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THOSE MAPPING OUT a better future for the Skokomish River estuary
Rich Geiger of Mason Conservation District. Watching his presentation is Jayni
a landowner.
d partners receive
A partnership of business and environmental
with the Skokomish Tribe has been pre-
an award from the U.S. Forest Service
work on behalf of fisheries.
Several dozen people gathered at the Skokomish
Center for presentation of the 2006 Friend-
-'hip of the Program award to the Skokomish Wa-
_ershed Action Team. The partners in SWAT are
the Wildlife Federation, Mason County, Mason
Conservation District, Green Diamond Resource
k °mpany, Olympic Forest Coalition, Conservation
ortlwest, the Native Plant Society, the American
• . orest Resource Council, the Washington Depart
ent of Ecology and the Skokomish Tribe.
The award was presented on June 29 by the
:sheries program of the Pacific Northwest Region
bfthe U.S. Forest Service and recognized the part-
aers for "exceptional efforts to organize, promote
and complete comprehensive, whole-hearted res-
toration in partnership with the Olympic National
Sorest."
i In remarks to the gathering at the tribal cen-
Mike Anderson of the Wilderness Society said
l Qx oegan its work ot" stewardship in the water-
[ ea when community members started speaking
bout how timber should be cut and how some of
ie revenue could best be used to restore critical
abitat. "We're all real excited about our success
far in restoring the watershed," he said.
THE SKOKOlYIISH watershed is home to a
Umber of fish species that are threatened or en-
ered: Puget Sound chinook, Hood Canal sum-
run chum, bull trout and steelhead. I call the
kokomish Watershed ground zero This water-
hed must be restored," said Rich Geiger, an engi-
aeer with the conservation district.
4o Anderson said approximately $1 million in res-
ration projects are currently under way, and
at Paul Hunter's farm. The conservation district
has worked with Hunter to establish an anaerobic
digester there, this being a system that goes a long
way toward turning manure into fertilizer.
"There are two hundred and fifty head of cattle
that are no longer contributing fecal loading and
nutrients to the watershed," Geiger said.
After the award was presented to the group,
SWAT and its guests climbed into cars for a whirl-
wind tour of the watershed that included a look at
sediment in the Skokomish Valley, a rest stop at
the Lucky Dog Casino and a look at a fish-passage
restoration project at Gibbons/McTaggert Creek
that Green Diamond is working on in the upper
watershed. The first stop was the old Nalley farm,
which was established in the 1930s at the estuary
of the Skokomish River by Marcus Nalley, the man
who started making "Saratoga Chips" in 1918 and
died in 1962, but not before he established the firm
that has brought us Nalley's chili and many other
processed foods.
NALLEY'S HEIRS sold the. farm on the estu-
ary to Tacoma Power, operator of the Cushman
Hydroelectric Project, and the land has since come
into the possession of the Skoks. Geiger and Keith
Dublanica, director of natural resources for the
Skokomish Tribe, did most of the talking at the
estuary to those who gathered in a light rain that
was falling. Geiger pointed to aerial photographs
while three young interns in the natural resources
department huddled around Dublanica.
"Once those dike levees are removed we're going
to see shellfish increases," Dublanica said. "The
vistas here have not changed and so it will have a
nice historical context."
The estuary is where the Skokomish River
dumps its load into Annas Bay. "This is also the
place where we're seeing fish kills due to low dis-
iger talked about two of them: removing dikes solved oxygen," Geiger said. "This is the fish-kill
m the Nalley Estuary and alleviating the effects zone on Hood Canal."
n the water uallt ..... ce__d Pleas____e turn tL_ae 11)
q ' y of the cow manure produ' ( p g •
lYster " .
Fest calhng for competitlve cooks
k°°kum Rotary Club of Shel- Cooks are invited to send in
is Once again looking for chefs
want to enter its annual Oys-
est Seafood Cook-off on Octo
6-7 at the Mason County Fair-
rounds.
Phe competition will be spread
r both days of the West Coast
Ster Shucking Championship
"d Washington State Seafi)od
Stival, as OysterFest is also
0wn. Cook-off winners in three
b
egories will receive medals,
monetary prizes of $600 for
it, $400 for second and $300 for
rd will be awarded to the over-
,: winners.
their fawrite seafood recipes for
the competition by September 1
in three categories: main dish,
soups and stews, and appetizers.
Finalists in each category will be
selected by a panel in advance of
the October competition.
Entries must include cook-off
category, recipe name, number
served, preparation time, an in-
gredient list and complete prepa-
ration instructions with entrant's
name, address and telephone
number on 81/2-by-11-inch paper.
They should be sent to John
Hinck, 31 SE Emerald Drive,
Shelton, 98584. Questions can be
directed to Hinck at 426-4856 or
by e-mail at piceah@gmail.com.
The cook-off finals feature the
preparation of the dishes for a
panel of expert judges in full view
of the OysterFest crowd. In addi-
tion to the ongoing two-day com-
petition, the Ironman challenge
featuring two professional chefs
will be held at 4 p.m. on October
6. Using ingredients unknown to
them prior to the event, the chefs
must plan a menu, execute the
cooking and serve their dishes
to the judging panel within one
hour.
Spa of the Week!
"Epic"
• Seats 7/?
• 57 Jets
• Dual Vortex Filters
• Marquis Ozonator
& Sanitation System
• Underwater LED Lighting
• Durawood, Durabase
• Energy Cover
• 7yr, 5yr, 3yr, Warranty
Appliances. Spas • Fireplaces
N., Suite 220 (Next to Les
427-1
Schools reviewing drug policy
(Continued from page 3.)
ment with New Market Vocation-
al Skills Center. The agreement
allows Shelton School District
access to the on-line DigiPen
Computer Science Technology
Academy.
• Changed the July 24 school
board meeting to a study session.
The purpose of the study session
is to review the district's drug and
alcohol policy. No action will be
• taken at the meeting, and normal
meetings will resume beginning
Tuesday, August 7.
• Set a special board meeting for
noon on Monday, July 16, to award
roofing bids for the Administrative
Services Building and the Shelton
High School Pool. The meeting
will take place at the District Of-
.rice and is open to the public.
Shelton historic district proposed
(Continued from page 1.)
plan that was presented eight
years ago is a slight change of lo-
cation and increased attention to
discussing the process with the
people. Mayor John Tarrant ac-
knowledged that the current ap-
proach seems "more ()pen; more
inclusive."
Commissioners encouraged the
historic board to move forward and
to seek the input of the landown-
ers. According to a commission
briefing document, the purpose of
establishing a historic district is to
"preserve the flavor and character
of neighborhoods fi'om previous
eras."
THE REQUEST further
states that the integrity of Shel-
ton's traditional downtown is at
risk. "Without some provisions
in place designed to protect this
distinctive neighborhood, this
resource could be irreversibly
changed," it states.
7 • •
Taylor Towne Store I
& Subway I
0 SE Lynch Rd. • 426-0067
Marlcne Tayh)r, CI,U
AYLO
'NSURANCE
...SERViCES
Summertime weather is
great for cruising in your
antique or classic car
Why not check to see if we can
save you some money with
coverage by Hagerty?
Stop in for a quote. X
( 'lh,i:
[IA.'rm.D
104 E. "D" St. #1 Shelton, WA 98584
360-427-1989 • 360-426-5595
ma rlene@marlenetaylorinsurance.com
I I
Public Information Meeting For
Coffee Creek Estates Subdivision EIS
You are invited to a public information meeting on
Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the City of Shelton
Civic Center located at 525 West Cota Street in Shelton,
Washington to hear a short presentation and ask questions
egarding a proposed 275 lot (+/-) subdivision proposed on a
roughly 97.5 acre site located in the southwest portion of Shelton
City Limits• The parcel in question is located to the west of the
Angleside Area, to the west and adjacent to the Eaglewood
and Grandview Heights subdivisions and to the east of Deegan
Road. Automobile access to the site is proposed to be provided
by the following streets: Wyandotte Avenue, Grandview Avenue,
Eaglewood Way, and Eagleview Place.
On May 9, 2007 the City of Shelton issued a Determination of
Significance (DS) relative to the proposal, which, pursuant to the
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), necessitates the preparation
of an Envirorwnental Impact Statement (EIS) to review the proposal
and assess potential alternatives to the design of the project to
minimize, offset, and/or mitigate any environmental inpacts. The
City of Shelton is working with a private consulting firm, R.W
Thorpe and Associates, Inc., to draft the EIS.
This meeting is being held to introduce members of the
consultant team, the staff planner working on the project, to
provide a broad overview of the proposal, the ensuing EIS process,
and ways the public can become involved in the development of
the document.
For more information or general questions please contact: Jason
Dose, City Planner, at (360) 432-5102 or, by e-mail, at jasond@
ci.shelton.wa.us.
SPOONER FARMS
is back in
SHELTON!
456-4554
Thursday, July 12, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 7
THOSE MAPPING OUT a better future for the Skokomish River estuary
Rich Geiger of Mason Conservation District. Watching his presentation is Jayni
a landowner.
d partners receive
A partnership of business and environmental
with the Skokomish Tribe has been pre-
an award from the U.S. Forest Service
work on behalf of fisheries.
Several dozen people gathered at the Skokomish
Center for presentation of the 2006 Friend-
-'hip of the Program award to the Skokomish Wa-
_ershed Action Team. The partners in SWAT are
the Wildlife Federation, Mason County, Mason
Conservation District, Green Diamond Resource
k °mpany, Olympic Forest Coalition, Conservation
ortlwest, the Native Plant Society, the American
• . orest Resource Council, the Washington Depart
ent of Ecology and the Skokomish Tribe.
The award was presented on June 29 by the
:sheries program of the Pacific Northwest Region
bfthe U.S. Forest Service and recognized the part-
aers for "exceptional efforts to organize, promote
and complete comprehensive, whole-hearted res-
toration in partnership with the Olympic National
Sorest."
i In remarks to the gathering at the tribal cen-
Mike Anderson of the Wilderness Society said
l Qx oegan its work ot" stewardship in the water-
[ ea when community members started speaking
bout how timber should be cut and how some of
ie revenue could best be used to restore critical
abitat. "We're all real excited about our success
far in restoring the watershed," he said.
THE SKOKOlYIISH watershed is home to a
Umber of fish species that are threatened or en-
ered: Puget Sound chinook, Hood Canal sum-
run chum, bull trout and steelhead. I call the
kokomish Watershed ground zero This water-
hed must be restored," said Rich Geiger, an engi-
aeer with the conservation district.
4o Anderson said approximately $1 million in res-
ration projects are currently under way, and
at Paul Hunter's farm. The conservation district
has worked with Hunter to establish an anaerobic
digester there, this being a system that goes a long
way toward turning manure into fertilizer.
"There are two hundred and fifty head of cattle
that are no longer contributing fecal loading and
nutrients to the watershed," Geiger said.
After the award was presented to the group,
SWAT and its guests climbed into cars for a whirl-
wind tour of the watershed that included a look at
sediment in the Skokomish Valley, a rest stop at
the Lucky Dog Casino and a look at a fish-passage
restoration project at Gibbons/McTaggert Creek
that Green Diamond is working on in the upper
watershed. The first stop was the old Nalley farm,
which was established in the 1930s at the estuary
of the Skokomish River by Marcus Nalley, the man
who started making "Saratoga Chips" in 1918 and
died in 1962, but not before he established the firm
that has brought us Nalley's chili and many other
processed foods.
NALLEY'S HEIRS sold the. farm on the estu-
ary to Tacoma Power, operator of the Cushman
Hydroelectric Project, and the land has since come
into the possession of the Skoks. Geiger and Keith
Dublanica, director of natural resources for the
Skokomish Tribe, did most of the talking at the
estuary to those who gathered in a light rain that
was falling. Geiger pointed to aerial photographs
while three young interns in the natural resources
department huddled around Dublanica.
"Once those dike levees are removed we're going
to see shellfish increases," Dublanica said. "The
vistas here have not changed and so it will have a
nice historical context."
The estuary is where the Skokomish River
dumps its load into Annas Bay. "This is also the
place where we're seeing fish kills due to low dis-
iger talked about two of them: removing dikes solved oxygen," Geiger said. "This is the fish-kill
m the Nalley Estuary and alleviating the effects zone on Hood Canal."
n the water uallt ..... ce__d Pleas____e turn tL_ae 11)
q ' y of the cow manure produ' ( p g •
lYster " .
Fest calhng for competitlve cooks
k°°kum Rotary Club of Shel- Cooks are invited to send in
is Once again looking for chefs
want to enter its annual Oys-
est Seafood Cook-off on Octo
6-7 at the Mason County Fair-
rounds.
Phe competition will be spread
r both days of the West Coast
Ster Shucking Championship
"d Washington State Seafi)od
Stival, as OysterFest is also
0wn. Cook-off winners in three
b
egories will receive medals,
monetary prizes of $600 for
it, $400 for second and $300 for
rd will be awarded to the over-
,: winners.
their fawrite seafood recipes for
the competition by September 1
in three categories: main dish,
soups and stews, and appetizers.
Finalists in each category will be
selected by a panel in advance of
the October competition.
Entries must include cook-off
category, recipe name, number
served, preparation time, an in-
gredient list and complete prepa-
ration instructions with entrant's
name, address and telephone
number on 81/2-by-11-inch paper.
They should be sent to John
Hinck, 31 SE Emerald Drive,
Shelton, 98584. Questions can be
directed to Hinck at 426-4856 or
by e-mail at piceah@gmail.com.
The cook-off finals feature the
preparation of the dishes for a
panel of expert judges in full view
of the OysterFest crowd. In addi-
tion to the ongoing two-day com-
petition, the Ironman challenge
featuring two professional chefs
will be held at 4 p.m. on October
6. Using ingredients unknown to
them prior to the event, the chefs
must plan a menu, execute the
cooking and serve their dishes
to the judging panel within one
hour.
Spa of the Week!
"Epic"
• Seats 7/?
• 57 Jets
• Dual Vortex Filters
• Marquis Ozonator
& Sanitation System
• Underwater LED Lighting
• Durawood, Durabase
• Energy Cover
• 7yr, 5yr, 3yr, Warranty
Appliances. Spas • Fireplaces
N., Suite 220 (Next to Les
427-1
Schools reviewing drug policy
(Continued from page 3.)
ment with New Market Vocation-
al Skills Center. The agreement
allows Shelton School District
access to the on-line DigiPen
Computer Science Technology
Academy.
• Changed the July 24 school
board meeting to a study session.
The purpose of the study session
is to review the district's drug and
alcohol policy. No action will be
• taken at the meeting, and normal
meetings will resume beginning
Tuesday, August 7.
• Set a special board meeting for
noon on Monday, July 16, to award
roofing bids for the Administrative
Services Building and the Shelton
High School Pool. The meeting
will take place at the District Of-
.rice and is open to the public.
Shelton historic district proposed
(Continued from page 1.)
plan that was presented eight
years ago is a slight change of lo-
cation and increased attention to
discussing the process with the
people. Mayor John Tarrant ac-
knowledged that the current ap-
proach seems "more ()pen; more
inclusive."
Commissioners encouraged the
historic board to move forward and
to seek the input of the landown-
ers. According to a commission
briefing document, the purpose of
establishing a historic district is to
"preserve the flavor and character
of neighborhoods fi'om previous
eras."
THE REQUEST further
states that the integrity of Shel-
ton's traditional downtown is at
risk. "Without some provisions
in place designed to protect this
distinctive neighborhood, this
resource could be irreversibly
changed," it states.
7 • •
Taylor Towne Store I
& Subway I
0 SE Lynch Rd. • 426-0067
Marlcne Tayh)r, CI,U
AYLO
'NSURANCE
...SERViCES
Summertime weather is
great for cruising in your
antique or classic car
Why not check to see if we can
save you some money with
coverage by Hagerty?
Stop in for a quote. X
( 'lh,i:
[IA.'rm.D
104 E. "D" St. #1 Shelton, WA 98584
360-427-1989 • 360-426-5595
ma rlene@marlenetaylorinsurance.com
I I
Public Information Meeting For
Coffee Creek Estates Subdivision EIS
You are invited to a public information meeting on
Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the City of Shelton
Civic Center located at 525 West Cota Street in Shelton,
Washington to hear a short presentation and ask questions
egarding a proposed 275 lot (+/-) subdivision proposed on a
roughly 97.5 acre site located in the southwest portion of Shelton
City Limits• The parcel in question is located to the west of the
Angleside Area, to the west and adjacent to the Eaglewood
and Grandview Heights subdivisions and to the east of Deegan
Road. Automobile access to the site is proposed to be provided
by the following streets: Wyandotte Avenue, Grandview Avenue,
Eaglewood Way, and Eagleview Place.
On May 9, 2007 the City of Shelton issued a Determination of
Significance (DS) relative to the proposal, which, pursuant to the
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), necessitates the preparation
of an Envirorwnental Impact Statement (EIS) to review the proposal
and assess potential alternatives to the design of the project to
minimize, offset, and/or mitigate any environmental inpacts. The
City of Shelton is working with a private consulting firm, R.W
Thorpe and Associates, Inc., to draft the EIS.
This meeting is being held to introduce members of the
consultant team, the staff planner working on the project, to
provide a broad overview of the proposal, the ensuing EIS process,
and ways the public can become involved in the development of
the document.
For more information or general questions please contact: Jason
Dose, City Planner, at (360) 432-5102 or, by e-mail, at jasond@
ci.shelton.wa.us.
SPOONER FARMS
is back in
SHELTON!
456-4554
Thursday, July 12, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 7