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Sales, use allowed on
reservations, county
- By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncoun com
If you feel compelled to
something up in the
name of freedom, do so outside
the Shelton city limits.
The sale and discharge of
fireworks at any time - in-
cluding the Fourth of July -
is a misdemeanor crime in the
city limits.
Fireworks purchased on
reservations, including the
Squaxin Island Tribe and the
Skokomish Tribe, must be dis-
charged on the reservation.
Despite the protest of fire-
works sellers, the Shelton City
Commission in October 2012
voted unanimously to ban the
sale and use of fireworks with-
in:: city limits. The° commis:
sioners cited noise and safety
issues in making the decision.
According to state law, the
city was required to give no-
tice of the change in law one
year in advance. That allowed
fireworks to be legally dis-
charged one final time in Shel-
ton between .9 a.m. and mid-
night Fourth.of July in 2013.
The old city codes allowed
personal fireworks on the
Fourth of July and New Year's
Eve until 1 a.m. New Year's
Day.
Consumer fireworks sales in
other jurisdictions across the
state, including Mason County,
began Tuesday and will contin-
ue until 9 p.m. July 5.
For the sale and use of
see FIREWORKS, page A-18
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
School's out for the summer and the thermometer touched 80 degrees
on Monday - that means teens from Mason and Thurston counties are
going to make a beeline up Lake Cushman Road to leap off a big rock
while soaking in scenic splendor.
Commission puts moratorium
on medical cooperatives
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncoun com
The Mason "County Commission
on Tuesday voted to place a 60-day
moratorium on medical marijuana co-
operatives.
The move came three days before
state law replaces collective marijua-
na gardens with cooperative gardens.
Commissioners Tim Sheldon and
Terri Jeffreys voted for the moratori-
um. The moratorium is "a 60-day de-
lay to hear what people have to say,"
Sheldon said.
Commissioner Randy Neartherlin
voted against the moratorium. He
said he can't think of anything the
county could regulate outside the new
state law.
Neatherlin stressed that the mari-
juana cooperatives are small grows in
homes for up to four people.
"This is for the patients," he said.
"This is not for entrepreneurs."
The commission is required to set
a public hearing On the moratorium
within the next 60 days. At the public
hearing, the commission can choose
to renew the moratorium for up to six
months.
Beginning Friday, collective gar-
dens will no longer legally exist. State
laws have allowed as many as 10
patients to grow up to 45 plants to-
gether.
The smaller cooperative gardens
must be registered with the state
Liquor Control Board. Up to four
see MARIJUANA. page A-18
Shelton nurse
giving care across the ocean
By BRIANNA LOPER docked in Madagascar, Guin- they're different. They have
brianna@masoncountycom ea and the Republic of Congo. these great big smiles. That's
In her ward, Wulf helps the greatest gift."
Catrice Wulfis in the busi- patients prepare for or re- Wulf flips through photos
ness of reshaping lives -- and cover from facial surgeries, of her latest trip, when her
bodies, which include fixing cleftship, the Africa Mercy, was
Wulf, a Shelton native, is lips and palates, removingstationed in Madagascar for
one of the nurses in the D- tumors and reconstruct- 18 months. She points to chil-
ward on Mercy Ships, a non- ing those who have noma, adren who were burn victims;
profit Christian organization flesh-eating virus, as their skin healed, scar tis-
that sends ships functioning "I get to see the transfor- sue contracted and contorted
as hospitals to developing mation of these people corn- their skin.
countries in Africa. For more pletely changing," she said. One child was burned on
than three years, Wulf has "They come in here one per-
volunteered on the ship as it son, and when they leave, see NURSE, page A-17
Catrice Wulf, a
Shelton native,
holds 6-month-old
Haingo, a baby in
Madagascar who
was malnourished
because of her cleft
lip and palate. Wulf
and other nurses
onboard the Africa
Mercy fed Haingo
every hour for days
to get her up to a
healthy weight before
ship doctors operated
to fix Haingo's lip.
Photo courtesy of Catrice Wulf
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20-year-old killed in
Olympic National Park
Page A-3
Public Lands candidates
speak in Belfair
Page A-6
Youth athletes sample
sports during camps
Page B-1