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Since 1886 — VOL. 134, No. 28 MASON COUNT‘ sit _, . _ Fuddpuckers’ Barb Rhoades gets a hit during a City of Shelton adult coed recreational league softball game Monday at Callanan Park in Shelton. Fuddpuckers defeated Steph’s Espresso 10—9 during the first day of league play. See more photos on A-10, 1 1 and 38. Journal photo Justin Johnson A new hotel, retail in Shelton Hills? By Adam Rudnick adan i<a>masoncounty com Developments in Shelton Hills could soon be back in View. According to Central Mason Fire & EMS documents, lire dis- trict statfmembers were scheduled last. week to review a proposed site plan for access and water for a development that could include a hotel, restaurant and retail space west of US. Highway 101 in Shel— ton. Shelton (Tity Manager Jetf Ni- ten confirmed 'l‘uesday that the city was working with l'lall Equi— ties Group v the Shelton llills de— veloper ~ on a “scaled down" ver- sion of its initial plan to create an 8()t)~acre community. That original plan, according to Hall Equities, would have included up to 1,800 residential lots, a 550,00tl-square— foot. retail center, a 50—acre busi— ness park and more. The Shelton-Mason (,‘ounly Journal reported in 2016 that two years after Shelton Hills was slat— ed to break ground, the project had been stalled by legal wrangling and unmet requirements involving the state’s Department of Trans- portation and Mason PUD 3. Any progress on the proposed development has remained largely out of the public eye, but that might be changing. An artist’s rendition shows the proposed Shelton Hills development in 2016. A new and scaled-back proposal could include a four-story hotel and retail stores. Illustration coo/tesy of the City of She/ton Niten wrote in an email to the Journal that the city had a meet.- ing scheduled for March with Hall Equities Group, based in Wal— nut (,Treck, Calitornia. That meet— ing was canceled due to the corona— virus stay—home order. “We are working to reschedule that meeting either in person or via Zoom in the near future,” Niten wrote. “Following that meeting I’ll likely have more intbrmation on the developers' intentions." N iten (lid not provide a date for the meeting. According to a July 1 report to the Central Mason ll‘ire & EMS Board of Directors, Fire Chief Mike Patti wrote that the project was “back in View again, with a «1—story hotel, a restaurant and re— tail space.” Hall Equities did not respond to requests for comment on the devel— opment. Hall Equities ran into multiple see HILLS, page A~16 so “mll!”.milullunlHi“uplllin]llqlllfliuhhllilnul ******tt**t*tt*ttc LOT**C SMALL rows PAPERS " 927 W RAILROAD AVE SHELTON'WA', 98584-3847 Residents sue over gravel mine Homeowners: Neother/in, county violated their rights By Isabella Breda Babe/WON? iasoncou/ ll y. com A dozen North Shore residents allege t\la~ son (,‘onnty Commissioner Randy Neatherlin and David Windom, Mason ('ounty director of Community Services, deprived them of “rights, privileges or immunities secured by the Coir stitntion and federal laws" when the county gifted a business entity “a valuable right to op— erate a ($6.5—acre surface mine in a residential zone," according to a class—action lawsuit liled June ‘39 in US. District Court. l’laintitl's Dale and Barbara Brown, Brian and Wendy Comfort, Patrick Yates. Linda Hebish, Earl lddings, Joel and Angie Kramer, Michael Kovar, l’at McCullough and William Anspach live near the Scott Gravel Pit surface mine at 4952 NE North Shore Road. near Bel— fair State Park. Surface mines have the potential to cause dust pollution, silica runoff into nearby water- ways, increased traftic and noise. By placing a fully functional mine with asphalt production 3,: a, ,-.r.t;._:. hotne— .. mt: :l :Ione and Hal wri-sl‘iitf!" owners allege the byproducts Would harm their quality oflife. The county originally Zoned the exist- ing 1.87-acre gravel borrow that sits on the proposed mine site as residential in 1996, see LAWSUIT, page A2? Start of high school sports pushed back By Justin Johnson /'ust/n@/i rise/70m 1i ity. com High school sports in Mason (‘ounty ~ and across the state — will begin a bit later this fall. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Board in a ’l‘uesday eve» ning meeting in Renton delayed the beginning ofthe 2020-2021 WIAA athletic seasons. North Mason, Shelton and Mary M. Knight high schools are members ofthe WlAA. The start oflootball practice has been moved to Sept. 5, and the start of practice for all other sports is set for Sept. 7. The annual Mason County Cup football game between Shelton and North Mason high schools was previously scheduled for Sept. 4. WIAA requires athletes to complete 10 prac— tice sessions prior to competing, making Sept, 18 the earliest possible date for the beginning of fall sports competition. The WIAA stated in a news release that it would make a statement concerning the start of fall sports following its July meeting. In the interim, a committee of board mem— bers, staff and select stakeholders will create a fall competition schedule with the adjusted dates, according to the release. ' ~ INSIDE TODAY , ' 3263 00111 Tiny homes development one step closer in Shelton Page A-3 History buff seeks treasure for patrons Page A—8 Burglar hits Grapeview, Allyn post offices Page A-26