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• By ARLA SHEPHARD Mason County residents may see themselves represented by a different county commissioner next year, depending on what re- districting option the Board will approve in the coming weeks. The county's re-districting advi- sery committee has been meeting over the last two months to recon- figure the county commissioner districts, which is required follow- ing the release of the 2010 census population data. On Tuesday, the committee se- lected its top three options that Mason County Auditor Karen Herr will present to the Board at a brief- ing open to the public at 10:30 a.m. next Tuesday, July 5, in the com- ,. missioners chambers. ~e had some different ideas that we thought might work, like we tried splitting the City into three, which didn't seem to work out well,~ said Amber Cervantes of the county's Elections department. "One thing we wanted was to try to alleviate one particular commis- Dption 4 I ........................................................................................................................................................................................ I District 1 20387 . 12332 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii /iiiiiiiiiiiiiii] District 2 20012 10700 ................................................. I District 3 20300 10309 ontio, 1 District 1 20074 10066 District 2 19873 10674 .................................................. District 3 20752 12601 sioner from covering an immense ton, Harstine Island and the Agate amount of ground. We were trying area. to even up the amount of cover- Under the same option, Corn- age each commissioner had while missioner Tim Sheldon's District maintaining pepulation." 2 would absorb the areas south Under one option, labeled Op- of Shelton to include Matlock and tion 1, Commissioner Lynda Ring Taylor Town and would relinquish Erickson's District 1 would shift -- the entirety of North Mason, in- from its current boundaries encom- cluding the North and South shores passing the north part of Shelton, through to Union, to Commissioner Harstine Island and the Case Inlet District 3. communities of Grapeview, Allyn Since Commissioner Jerry Lin- and Victor -- to cover all of Shel- gle lives in south Shelton, if this option were selected, the commis- sioners would need to appoint a new representative from North county to Commissioner District 3, and Lingle and Sheldon would share District 2. Under a second option, Option 4, Ring Erickson's district would retain Harstine Island and pick up all of North Mason from Sheldon, ~mcluding Mason Lake, while Lin- gle would take over all of Shelton and the Agate area and Sheldon's district would include much of the west part of the county down to Matlock. The committee's preferred op- tion, Option 6-3, splits Shelton between Sheldon and Lingle, with L'mgle's District 3 to the south and Sheldon's District 2 to the north to include Agate. Ring Erickson's district would then still cover Harstine, Grape- view and Allyn, and gain Mason Lake, Belfair and North Shore. Each option varies in population and in the number of active regis- tered voters per district (see chart). If the commissioners select a preferred option from next Tues- day's briefing, a [public hearing will be set. The new districts can- not be approved until at least two weeks after a public hearing and would not go into effect until next year. The re-districting committee also reduced the number of voting precincts in Mason County from 57 to 36, and in Shelton specifical- ly, from 16 precincts to just four. State law now allows voting precincts to include up to 1,500 registered voters (up from just 900), though a change in voting precincts does not affect the aver- age voter because the state now requires all voting to be done" by mail. The re-districting committee consists of nine members: two members from the local Democrat- ic Party, two members from the local Republican Party, two mem- bers from the League of Women Voters, one member from the County G.I.S. Department, and two members from the Elections Department. Arcadia boat launch to close for repairs July 10 By NATALIE JOHNSON Beyond fixing the ten-year- about this at all - when people old damage to the launch, Nee- drive on this they will be able Ten years after a barge de- lands said that the work would to do it with confidence,~ Nee- stl~yed much of the Arcadia add to the launch's size and lands said. boat ramp the Squaxin Islandstability. Neelands said that the proj- Tribe will begin repairs on the "We're widening the ramp ect is important, not just for launch this July. and then the lengthening," he fisherman, but to preserve The launch, located on Area-said "We couldn't find any re- the Arcadia launch, which is dia Point, will be closed from cords, we're not sure if we're owned by the Squaxin Tribe July 6 to August 31 for repairs, going any longer than it was.~ and is one of the few public widening and lengthening of The project has the properboat launches in the county. the boat ramp. permits through the Army The Mason County commis- Squaxin Island Tribe con- Corps of Engineers, the Envi- sioners recently voted against struction manager Dan Nee- ronmental Protection Agency boat launch fees at Mason lands said that the launch is (EPA) for water quality, as Lake and Latimer's Land- important to private as wellwell as through the Wash- ing, two county owned public as commercial boaters in theington State Department oflaunch sites. area. Transportation. The repairs "It's important to note that • ~It'simportant to tribal fish- are funded by a senate appro- this boat launch is open to the erman exercising their treaty priation from the federal high- public,~ he said. "There aren't rights as well as commercialways fund. many of those left - Mason fishermen,~ he said. :, "There's nothing amateur~:!iCounty is pretty good about City surpluses 47 weapons By NATALIE JOHNSON The Shelton City Commission re- viewed a resolution declaring 47 weapons surplus. The Shelton Police Department plans to trade in all but four of those weapons in order to purchase 25 new weapons for its officers. ~Fhe goal is to do it at zero cost and I think I'm there," city Police Chief Dave Eklund said. While many of the guns were depart- ment weapons, some of them were confis- cated by the department. The four guns set to be destroyed are either broken, unsafe, or have no serial number, Eklund said. The commission placed the resolution on its consent agenda and, will likely ap- prOve it next.week:, ,=. ,,~ ....... .. .... "Taking care of Morn and Dad is becoming a full-time job. With everything else I have to do, it s more than I can handle now. But Dad made me promise not to put him in the nursing home. Can Alpine \Vay help?" smrting July T, Yes, Alpine Way can. help, and for less than the cost of the nursing home! Your parents will have nurses and assistants available when needed. You will also be pleased to see everything from a beautician and a chef to laundryservices and security on-site. If you'd like to free yourself up so that the time you spend with Morn and Dad can be quality time, come and tour Alpine Way. We'd love to treat you to lunch, show you our lovely apartments, and answer all your questions. Call Kathy Burbidge at (360) 426-2600 for a free lunch and tour 900 West Alpine Way Shelton, WA 98584 RETIREMENT APARTMENTS, ASSISTED LIVING AND ALZHEIMER'S SPECIAL CARE www.encorecommunifies.com Page A-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, June 30, 2011 !