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Oh, happy day!
Keith Dublanica and a young member of
the Skokomish Indian Tribe enjoy a light
moment during a tour of the Skokom-
ish River Watershed that led them to
the site of the former Nalley farm at the
estuary of the river. Dublanica is the
tribe's director of natural resources and
the demure lady at his side is an intern
in his office. He is involved in efforts to
restore the estuary and to establish new
housing on a rise above the floodplain,
and she is looking at a better tomorrow
if the plans pan out. There is a story on
page 7.
okays land swap
ded for Skok home sites
Governor Christine Gregoire
3n a land swap that
more new homes for the
Tribe and more recre-
- hookups for visi-
Potlatch State Park.
An official of the Washington
Parks Department said the
signed the agreement
July 2 and that as of Friday
more steps remain before the
is sealed: the Skoks must
over $750,000 to the owners
the Minerva Beach Resort, and
owners of the resort must sign
documents too. All three
to the deal have agreed to
these things.
The state gets that part of the
devoted to recreational ve-
will be adding dozens of
and acres of space to the
of the park. At the same
the tribe gets tidelands, tim-
on a rise above the park
rights to the old logging road
tat leads to the property. The
have already installed wa-
service to the area and plan to
rt work soon on the first group
Current tribal housing is in the
the Skokomish River
the hope is that in time this
devel will be a big
There's room up
for as many as 200 homes,
housing and some
units.
HOME BUILDING will lead
a homecoming for the tribe,
has treaty rights to 2.5 rail-
acres in the Skokomish area.
in question was signed
the middle of the 19th Cen-
and in the years after that
Twana people, as the Skoks
also known, spread out in
villages which occupied the
between the mouth of the
and the land that is now the
The land deal gives the Skoks
clear title to 32 acres of timber-
land on the heights and 34 acres
of tidelands known as cHtt3bad-
das in the traditional tribal lan-
guage. The phrase, which sounds
like chutobaddas, translates into
English as "Our Blunt Point" and
describes one of the villages.
That's according to Tom
Strong, the deputy director of the
Skokomish Tribe. According to in-
formation provided by the Mason
County Historical Society Muse-
um, Potlatch State Park used to
be the site of the Minerva Beach
Resort, and the resort's begin-
nings have much to do with the
Hanson family. They established
a homestead there in the 1880s.
Julie Stone, an Army veteran
who worked at the park in the
late 1990s, researched the history
of the Hansons and the property
with all the fervor of a determined
genealogist, using records kept by
the museum, local libraries, Ma-
son County Title Company and
the state and national archives,
as well as those records kept by
the county assessor and auditor.
She found that the property came
to Fred Hanson after he married
Ella Jackson, to whom the land
was patented as a member of the
Skokomish Tribe.
ELLA DIED YOUNG and
Hanson married her sister, Jea-
nette, in 1917. He ran the Mi-
nerva Park Resort and Minerva
Mercantile Company, a store
selling fuel and general merchan-
dise. Documents donated to the
museum by Gladys Hanson in
1988 indicate her progenitors had
established the Minerva Service
Station of Potlatch at the site by
1924. In addition to fuel it sold
ice cream, tobacco and car parts
while laying claim to the "best
camping ground" in the area.
Itanson was the first U.S. tbr-
est supervisor in Hoodsport, also
serving as superintendent of the
Potlatch School District. On
February 26, 1935, an artist by
the name of Melvin Bearden,
who was described as "wide-
ly known for his beautiful oil
paintings," signed a lease with
Mr. Hanson for a group of cab-
ins known as Camp Minerva.
Mrs. Bearden was described as
"a culinary expert" who opened
a small lunch room while her
husband turned one of the cab-
ins into an artist's studio where
he displayed his own paintings
of the Olympics. The couple
built more cabins and made
other improvements in the
hopes of attracting new people
to the area.
Hanson died in 1951 and, ac-
cording to Stone, is buried in
an unmarked grave in Shelton
Memorial Park. His heirs sold
what's now the Potlatch State
Park property to the state in
1960 and the state acquired the
tidelands in 1961.
I I II
Edward Jones
SPECIALS
OF THE
WEEK
7/12-7/18
SURGEON GENER.'S W[ING: Qulll SalokJ' i
I Now r ss R to r ae. ,]
25
Off MI Nursery Stock!
• Perennials • Shrubs * Trees
• Berries • Houseplants
ANNUALS SALE
Buy 1,
FREE!
Topsoil, bark and rock delivered, or pick up here!
prairie Road. (360) 426-3747
School board roundup:
Three-year levies
c:ould save money
Shelton School Board members
made decisions regarding the 2008
maintenance and operations levy.
election at their meeting Tuesday
evening.
The board voted to run the levy
in February with the presidential
primary election, and they also
discussed the possibility of chang-
ing the levy to a three-year model.
This would allow the levy to cover
a period of three years rather than
its current two.
Superintendent Joan Zook
presented some pros and cons of'
changing to a three-year levy. She
said that to not "have to run the
campaign again" for an additional
year is a benefit and could save
money spent on elections. How-
ever, she added, "you never know
at what point the legislature may
change the funding system."
Zook explained the difficulty in
predicting a number of future eco-
nomic factors over a period of three
years. She said she thinks chang-
ing to a three-year levy would be
"probably worth it," but admitted
that it is difficult to be certain. She
said that economic changes usu-
ally are not huge, but with a laugh
added, "mark my words."
The board voted all in thvor of
the change. In other business on
July 10 the board:
* Approved a resolution autho-
rizing the 2006-07 budget exten-
sion for the Debt Service Fund.
The change fl'om $2,104,094 to
$2,538,647 was due to unexpected
expenditures related to the refi-
nancing of' bonds.
• Approwd a 2007-2008 agree-
(Please turn to page 7.)
Heart attack
takes life of
WCC inmate
An inmate at the Washington
Corrections Center died on ,July 3
of natural causes related to heart
trouble, according to Mason Coun-
ty C, oroner Wes Stockwell.
An autopsy pertbrmed on the
body of 48-year-old MiCa:hell G.
Calvert tbund that he died from
natural causes as a result of a
coronary thrombosis, Stockwell
reported. Calvert was pronounced
dead by medical personnel in the,
prison's infirmary where he had
been taken after he complained of
not feeling well.
Stockwell said the coroner's of-
rice investigates all deaths of per-
sons who are held in custody in
the county. The investigation ef
Calw,rt's death was conducted by
the coroner's office and by inves-
tigators at the corrections center,
Stockwel] reported.
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
TO KEEP YOUR FUTURE
ON TRACK.
l,ots of times, changes in life also aft'oct your inw'stments.
That's why there's mwcr bccn a Iwtler time Io s,4mdnh'.
your free portfolio r,,vicw. W,¢II talk about tim chang,s in
your life, and help you d,ci&. s:lmth,r it ntakcs s,'n-o I
revise your inw'stments t)(*(!llllSt ' of lhi'rll.
1A portfolio review will help ensure your inwstments
are keeping pace, with your goals. Call your local
financial advisor today;
Janis Byrd
Financial Advisor
1717 Olympic Hwy. N.
Shelton,WA 98584
360-432-8965
www.edwardjones.com M...,, .':
I I I
II I I I II I
At the intersection
of Highway 101 and
108, just minutes
away from Olympia
and Shelton
360-426-5254
i i ii
F A C T OllY
IIIII III1|
SKOOKO00I CREEK @00lt S W O E
TOBAC¢O ,, Made fresh at our own factory
I I
Yore romcoo00v00- C/00C000VT0VRNEWmC00
• Marlboro - $38" Carton/S3 s Pack
• Virnia Slims - $38" Carton/S3 s Pack
• Camel - $356' Carton/S35 Pack
• Winston - $35" Carton/S35" Pack
• Basic - $3547 Carton/S3 s5 Pack
All
--NEW--
Walk-In Humidor
GREAT SELECTION
of Fine Cigars &
Humidor Accessories
• Doral - $3 647 Carton/S3 "; Pack
• GPC - $35 "8 Carton/S3 r' Pack
• USA Gold - $32"' Carton/S3 ' Pack
• Liggett - $3 °4`' Carton/S3 ''4 Pack
• Newport - $44"" Carton/S4" Pack
| i iiiii i |
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HOURS: Mon-Thur 6am.12am / Ffi & Sat 6am-2am / Sun 6am-1 lpm
The Kamilche Trading Post operates under a compaa with the State of Washington "Safe, To Shop"
LARGE SELECTION
!
RDILY
£V£ILBLE
TOBACCO PRODUCTS DRIVE .THRU OPEN Sun-Thur 7am-9pm * Fri & Sat 7am-10pm
Thursday, July 12, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3
Oh, happy day!
Keith Dublanica and a young member of
the Skokomish Indian Tribe enjoy a light
moment during a tour of the Skokom-
ish River Watershed that led them to
the site of the former Nalley farm at the
estuary of the river. Dublanica is the
tribe's director of natural resources and
the demure lady at his side is an intern
in his office. He is involved in efforts to
restore the estuary and to establish new
housing on a rise above the floodplain,
and she is looking at a better tomorrow
if the plans pan out. There is a story on
page 7.
okays land swap
ded for Skok home sites
Governor Christine Gregoire
3n a land swap that
more new homes for the
Tribe and more recre-
- hookups for visi-
Potlatch State Park.
An official of the Washington
Parks Department said the
signed the agreement
July 2 and that as of Friday
more steps remain before the
is sealed: the Skoks must
over $750,000 to the owners
the Minerva Beach Resort, and
owners of the resort must sign
documents too. All three
to the deal have agreed to
these things.
The state gets that part of the
devoted to recreational ve-
will be adding dozens of
and acres of space to the
of the park. At the same
the tribe gets tidelands, tim-
on a rise above the park
rights to the old logging road
tat leads to the property. The
have already installed wa-
service to the area and plan to
rt work soon on the first group
Current tribal housing is in the
the Skokomish River
the hope is that in time this
devel will be a big
There's room up
for as many as 200 homes,
housing and some
units.
HOME BUILDING will lead
a homecoming for the tribe,
has treaty rights to 2.5 rail-
acres in the Skokomish area.
in question was signed
the middle of the 19th Cen-
and in the years after that
Twana people, as the Skoks
also known, spread out in
villages which occupied the
between the mouth of the
and the land that is now the
The land deal gives the Skoks
clear title to 32 acres of timber-
land on the heights and 34 acres
of tidelands known as cHtt3bad-
das in the traditional tribal lan-
guage. The phrase, which sounds
like chutobaddas, translates into
English as "Our Blunt Point" and
describes one of the villages.
That's according to Tom
Strong, the deputy director of the
Skokomish Tribe. According to in-
formation provided by the Mason
County Historical Society Muse-
um, Potlatch State Park used to
be the site of the Minerva Beach
Resort, and the resort's begin-
nings have much to do with the
Hanson family. They established
a homestead there in the 1880s.
Julie Stone, an Army veteran
who worked at the park in the
late 1990s, researched the history
of the Hansons and the property
with all the fervor of a determined
genealogist, using records kept by
the museum, local libraries, Ma-
son County Title Company and
the state and national archives,
as well as those records kept by
the county assessor and auditor.
She found that the property came
to Fred Hanson after he married
Ella Jackson, to whom the land
was patented as a member of the
Skokomish Tribe.
ELLA DIED YOUNG and
Hanson married her sister, Jea-
nette, in 1917. He ran the Mi-
nerva Park Resort and Minerva
Mercantile Company, a store
selling fuel and general merchan-
dise. Documents donated to the
museum by Gladys Hanson in
1988 indicate her progenitors had
established the Minerva Service
Station of Potlatch at the site by
1924. In addition to fuel it sold
ice cream, tobacco and car parts
while laying claim to the "best
camping ground" in the area.
Itanson was the first U.S. tbr-
est supervisor in Hoodsport, also
serving as superintendent of the
Potlatch School District. On
February 26, 1935, an artist by
the name of Melvin Bearden,
who was described as "wide-
ly known for his beautiful oil
paintings," signed a lease with
Mr. Hanson for a group of cab-
ins known as Camp Minerva.
Mrs. Bearden was described as
"a culinary expert" who opened
a small lunch room while her
husband turned one of the cab-
ins into an artist's studio where
he displayed his own paintings
of the Olympics. The couple
built more cabins and made
other improvements in the
hopes of attracting new people
to the area.
Hanson died in 1951 and, ac-
cording to Stone, is buried in
an unmarked grave in Shelton
Memorial Park. His heirs sold
what's now the Potlatch State
Park property to the state in
1960 and the state acquired the
tidelands in 1961.
I I II
Edward Jones
SPECIALS
OF THE
WEEK
7/12-7/18
SURGEON GENER.'S W[ING: Qulll SalokJ' i
I Now r ss R to r ae. ,]
25
Off MI Nursery Stock!
• Perennials • Shrubs * Trees
• Berries • Houseplants
ANNUALS SALE
Buy 1,
FREE!
Topsoil, bark and rock delivered, or pick up here!
prairie Road. (360) 426-3747
School board roundup:
Three-year levies
c:ould save money
Shelton School Board members
made decisions regarding the 2008
maintenance and operations levy.
election at their meeting Tuesday
evening.
The board voted to run the levy
in February with the presidential
primary election, and they also
discussed the possibility of chang-
ing the levy to a three-year model.
This would allow the levy to cover
a period of three years rather than
its current two.
Superintendent Joan Zook
presented some pros and cons of'
changing to a three-year levy. She
said that to not "have to run the
campaign again" for an additional
year is a benefit and could save
money spent on elections. How-
ever, she added, "you never know
at what point the legislature may
change the funding system."
Zook explained the difficulty in
predicting a number of future eco-
nomic factors over a period of three
years. She said she thinks chang-
ing to a three-year levy would be
"probably worth it," but admitted
that it is difficult to be certain. She
said that economic changes usu-
ally are not huge, but with a laugh
added, "mark my words."
The board voted all in thvor of
the change. In other business on
July 10 the board:
* Approved a resolution autho-
rizing the 2006-07 budget exten-
sion for the Debt Service Fund.
The change fl'om $2,104,094 to
$2,538,647 was due to unexpected
expenditures related to the refi-
nancing of' bonds.
• Approwd a 2007-2008 agree-
(Please turn to page 7.)
Heart attack
takes life of
WCC inmate
An inmate at the Washington
Corrections Center died on ,July 3
of natural causes related to heart
trouble, according to Mason Coun-
ty C, oroner Wes Stockwell.
An autopsy pertbrmed on the
body of 48-year-old MiCa:hell G.
Calvert tbund that he died from
natural causes as a result of a
coronary thrombosis, Stockwell
reported. Calvert was pronounced
dead by medical personnel in the,
prison's infirmary where he had
been taken after he complained of
not feeling well.
Stockwell said the coroner's of-
rice investigates all deaths of per-
sons who are held in custody in
the county. The investigation ef
Calw,rt's death was conducted by
the coroner's office and by inves-
tigators at the corrections center,
Stockwel] reported.
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT
TO KEEP YOUR FUTURE
ON TRACK.
l,ots of times, changes in life also aft'oct your inw'stments.
That's why there's mwcr bccn a Iwtler time Io s,4mdnh'.
your free portfolio r,,vicw. W,¢II talk about tim chang,s in
your life, and help you d,ci&. s:lmth,r it ntakcs s,'n-o I
revise your inw'stments t)(*(!llllSt ' of lhi'rll.
1A portfolio review will help ensure your inwstments
are keeping pace, with your goals. Call your local
financial advisor today;
Janis Byrd
Financial Advisor
1717 Olympic Hwy. N.
Shelton,WA 98584
360-432-8965
www.edwardjones.com M...,, .':
I I I
II I I I II I
At the intersection
of Highway 101 and
108, just minutes
away from Olympia
and Shelton
360-426-5254
i i ii
F A C T OllY
IIIII III1|
SKOOKO00I CREEK @00lt S W O E
TOBAC¢O ,, Made fresh at our own factory
I I
Yore romcoo00v00- C/00C000VT0VRNEWmC00
• Marlboro - $38" Carton/S3 s Pack
• Virnia Slims - $38" Carton/S3 s Pack
• Camel - $356' Carton/S35 Pack
• Winston - $35" Carton/S35" Pack
• Basic - $3547 Carton/S3 s5 Pack
All
--NEW--
Walk-In Humidor
GREAT SELECTION
of Fine Cigars &
Humidor Accessories
• Doral - $3 647 Carton/S3 "; Pack
• GPC - $35 "8 Carton/S3 r' Pack
• USA Gold - $32"' Carton/S3 ' Pack
• Liggett - $3 °4`' Carton/S3 ''4 Pack
• Newport - $44"" Carton/S4" Pack
| i iiiii i |
,I m00csIw I,
'1 o...._ I!
, S i DISCOUNT
.".".Z'°2"E': °° '°' ^' '': '2 '"'':"*':" "":" i.,,, ,,, •
HOURS: Mon-Thur 6am.12am / Ffi & Sat 6am-2am / Sun 6am-1 lpm
The Kamilche Trading Post operates under a compaa with the State of Washington "Safe, To Shop"
LARGE SELECTION
!
RDILY
£V£ILBLE
TOBACCO PRODUCTS DRIVE .THRU OPEN Sun-Thur 7am-9pm * Fri & Sat 7am-10pm
Thursday, July 12, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3