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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 | ,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 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