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BELFAIR HERALD Serving Belfair m Allyn -- Grapeview -- Tahuya Mason Lake South Shore -- Victor Thursday, July 12, 2007 Section of The Shelton-Mason County Journal Tahuya Day draws big crowd A youngster gets a lift for a better view - and perhaps even a better shot at catching candy from a passing float - during the Tahuya Day Parade this past Satur- day in Tahuya. The parade, various vendors, a raffle ad the famous "I Love Tahuya" buttons drew hun- dreds of visitors and raised hundreds of dollars for lOcal scholarships. More photos from the event can be f0und on page 2. ,00trays get hand 'from local group The Humane Society of Ma- and Pat Fitzhugh, longtime Hu-  County is reaching out to the .l°h Mason community through Sew lost and found pet locator ard at the North Mason Cham- r of Commerce offices on State 0Ute 3 in Belfair 1 rior to the erection of the lost d found pet locator board, the ly notification process was post- a on trees, telephone poles and ¢al businesses," said Humane i iety member Patti Carter. "We le to increase the success rate reunions of lost and found com- aaion animals with their fami- . t Officials from the Humane Soci- ' Y have received many calls each Y for lost and found companion iaals in recent years. Carol Venson, the treasurer of the lo- gro ' up who has been an active eaber since 2004, initiated the ea of having a centralized noti- !ation area in Belfair for posting aOtices. .TIIE GROUP then worked ,! Ith Frank Kenny, executive di- Pper of the North Mason Cham- .r of Commerce and Steve Van TeaOver, the building coordinator It the Chamber of Commerce for e location of the board. Material the lost and found pet locator was donated by Mitchell r and SouthGate Roofing. actual design and construc- f the board was done by Kim mane Society members. The local Humane Society has been actively working for the wel- fare of abused and abandoned companion animals since Decem- ber of 2004. The parent group had actually started working together 10 years prior to that, but had be- come inactive. The initial work of the new group centered on fostering the many companion animals that im- mediately made their way to the group's door the moment it an- nounced it was forming. FOR THE NEXT 18 months, every penny they raised went to spay or neuter the animals and for medical attention for 50-60 animals. All those animals were successfully placed in permanent homes. "We realized, however, that the need was huge and if we were go- ing to make an impact in the qual- ity of life for Mason County com- panion animals we had to regroup and center our activity on building a quality facility," Carter said. "All efforts are now focused on fund- raising and public education. We are currently looking for a dona- tion of land for the facility. We recently participated in the Fire District 2-sponsored Safety Day at Sand Hill Elementary and Bel- fair Elementary with education on dog-bite prevention. samples to be taken Sunday of the Oyster Study shell- Sampling will run again from to 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, 15, for shellfish harvested on r held tidelands. owners can again sub- OYsters or clams for sampling noon to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday QFC parking lot in Bel- at the Happy Hollow Store Route 106, a parking lot at 6751 East State Route Farms. collection procedures are Collect only six oysters (five-plus inches in Keep them in the shell in a )roof bag and cool until are at the drop site. Clearly with your name, the collection site address, your mail- ing address and your phone and e-mail contact information. Attach your completed survey and a col- lection form in a waterproof bag to the bag of oyster samples. The cost for fecal coliform analysis is $25 and the cost for vibrio is $30. Checks need to be made payable to AmTest Laboratories. Six oysters are suitable for both vibrio and fe- cal testing. For information on how to go about having shellfish sampled or the State of the Oyster Study, contact Teri King of the Wash- ington Sea Grant program in Shelton via e-mail at guatemal@ u'washingt°n'edu or by calling her at 360-432-3054. Moving forward: Salmon Center happy with land-use decision Officials from the Pacific North- west Salmon Center are still cel- ebrating a decision by the Mason County Commission last week to add educational learning centers as a permitted land use in urban growth areas and agricultural re- source lands. "The Pacific Northwest Salmon Center is pleased with the Mason County Board of Commissioner's decision affirming our land use recommendation to allow Envi- ronmental Learning Centers on agricultural resource lands," cen- ter officials said in a statement. "Their unanimous decision on the new ordinance clears the way for the Pacific Northwest Salmon Center to begin in earnest the full development of our envisioned world-class education and re- search facility in Belfair on what is now known as the Johnson property." The unanimous decision by the commissioners appears to allow for educational learning centers both inside and outside of urban growth areas. COMMISSIONER Tim Shel- don's motion, approved by the en- tire board, says that "if the educa- tional learning center is outside a UGA, on agricultural land, then it shall have no more cumulative im- pacts than if the land remained in traditional agricultural resource use." In his staff report on the pro- posed change to the land-use ma- trix, planner Allan Borden em- phasized that in any case propos- als for educational centers would require a permit review process. He noted that educational learning centers are already in the matrix as permitted uses for long-term commercial forestlands and in other rural, residential and commercial lands. Borden also noted that public parks, along with greenhouses, kennels and stables, are currently permitted on agricultural lands, and he cited the county's permit- ting of a learning center on North Mason School District property at Theler Wetlands as an example of the kind of educational facility that might be developed in other areas. SOME 12 residents testified in favor of the land-use changes while two testified against permit- ting the new use on agricultural lands and a third person submit- ted a written letter opposing the move. Before voting, though, Commis- sioner Lynda Ring-Erickson also noted that the land-use change was not solely about the Pacific Northwest Salmon Center and would have an impact on other projects or proposals throughout the county. "This is not about any one proj- ect," she said. "This is about using our lands, preserving agricultural use and educating the public." DAN ROY and Ann Cacciari, at left, hosted a Live Earth party at their South Shore home this weekend to raise awareness about global warm- ing. Two of the guests at the event were Suzie Dicks and her husband, United States Congressman Norm Dicks. Live Earth makes stops along Hood Canal shores By KEVAN MOORE While this past weekend's Live Earth Concert made its way around the world in an effort to raise awareness about global warming it made at least a couple of successful stops in Belfair. Two couples, South Shore resi- dents Dan Roy and Anna Cacciari and North Shore residents Marcia and Denny Hamilton, each hosted house parties Saturday while the 24-hour concert series made its way around the globe, featuring over 100 top artists in eight differ- ent locations. The global concert, similar to the 2006 Live 8 concert which aimed to eliminate poverty in Af- rica, was organized by former Vice President Al Gore with a mission designed to "trigger a global move- ment to solve the climate crisis." THE SOUTH Shore gathering - which featured a United States Congressman, the co-chairman of a leading environmental group focused on the health of Hood Ca- nal and one of Governor Christine Gregoire's appointments to the newly created Puget Sound Part- nership - turned out to be an event marked by both a pledge and a pe- CONGRESSMAN DICKS spoke to those gathered at the event about his appreciation of the climate change issue and his admiration for former Vice President AI Gore. He is seen here signing a petition urging Gore to run for Pres- ident. tition. The pledge was part of the concert's effort to get people to sign a pledge of eight steps they would take to raise awareness about and reduce global warming, while the petition went a step further and urged Gore to run for President. Roy and Cacciari have been married for 34 years and are both active and lifelong Democrats. Af- ter Roy's retirement from the Uni- versity of California, Davis, they were spending about half of their (Please turn to page 4.) BELFAIR HERALD Serving Belfair m Allyn -- Grapeview -- Tahuya Mason Lake South Shore -- Victor Thursday, July 12, 2007 Section of The Shelton-Mason County Journal Tahuya Day draws big crowd A youngster gets a lift for a better view - and perhaps even a better shot at catching candy from a passing float - during the Tahuya Day Parade this past Satur- day in Tahuya. The parade, various vendors, a raffle ad the famous "I Love Tahuya" buttons drew hun- dreds of visitors and raised hundreds of dollars for lOcal scholarships. More photos from the event can be f0und on page 2. ,00trays get hand 'from local group The Humane Society of Ma- and Pat Fitzhugh, longtime Hu-  County is reaching out to the .l°h Mason community through Sew lost and found pet locator ard at the North Mason Cham- r of Commerce offices on State 0Ute 3 in Belfair 1 rior to the erection of the lost d found pet locator board, the ly notification process was post- a on trees, telephone poles and ¢al businesses," said Humane i iety member Patti Carter. "We le to increase the success rate reunions of lost and found com- aaion animals with their fami- . t Officials from the Humane Soci- ' Y have received many calls each Y for lost and found companion iaals in recent years. Carol Venson, the treasurer of the lo- gro ' up who has been an active eaber since 2004, initiated the ea of having a centralized noti- !ation area in Belfair for posting aOtices. .TIIE GROUP then worked ,! Ith Frank Kenny, executive di- Pper of the North Mason Cham- .r of Commerce and Steve Van TeaOver, the building coordinator It the Chamber of Commerce for e location of the board. Material the lost and found pet locator was donated by Mitchell r and SouthGate Roofing. actual design and construc- f the board was done by Kim mane Society members. The local Humane Society has been actively working for the wel- fare of abused and abandoned companion animals since Decem- ber of 2004. The parent group had actually started working together 10 years prior to that, but had be- come inactive. The initial work of the new group centered on fostering the many companion animals that im- mediately made their way to the group's door the moment it an- nounced it was forming. FOR THE NEXT 18 months, every penny they raised went to spay or neuter the animals and for medical attention for 50-60 animals. All those animals were successfully placed in permanent homes. "We realized, however, that the need was huge and if we were go- ing to make an impact in the qual- ity of life for Mason County com- panion animals we had to regroup and center our activity on building a quality facility," Carter said. "All efforts are now focused on fund- raising and public education. We are currently looking for a dona- tion of land for the facility. We recently participated in the Fire District 2-sponsored Safety Day at Sand Hill Elementary and Bel- fair Elementary with education on dog-bite prevention. samples to be taken Sunday of the Oyster Study shell- Sampling will run again from to 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, 15, for shellfish harvested on r held tidelands. owners can again sub- OYsters or clams for sampling noon to 2:30 p.m. on Sunday QFC parking lot in Bel- at the Happy Hollow Store Route 106, a parking lot at 6751 East State Route Farms. collection procedures are Collect only six oysters (five-plus inches in Keep them in the shell in a )roof bag and cool until are at the drop site. Clearly with your name, the collection site address, your mail- ing address and your phone and e-mail contact information. Attach your completed survey and a col- lection form in a waterproof bag to the bag of oyster samples. The cost for fecal coliform analysis is $25 and the cost for vibrio is $30. Checks need to be made payable to AmTest Laboratories. Six oysters are suitable for both vibrio and fe- cal testing. For information on how to go about having shellfish sampled or the State of the Oyster Study, contact Teri King of the Wash- ington Sea Grant program in Shelton via e-mail at guatemal@ u'washingt°n'edu or by calling her at 360-432-3054. Moving forward: Salmon Center happy with land-use decision Officials from the Pacific North- west Salmon Center are still cel- ebrating a decision by the Mason County Commission last week to add educational learning centers as a permitted land use in urban growth areas and agricultural re- source lands. "The Pacific Northwest Salmon Center is pleased with the Mason County Board of Commissioner's decision affirming our land use recommendation to allow Envi- ronmental Learning Centers on agricultural resource lands," cen- ter officials said in a statement. "Their unanimous decision on the new ordinance clears the way for the Pacific Northwest Salmon Center to begin in earnest the full development of our envisioned world-class education and re- search facility in Belfair on what is now known as the Johnson property." The unanimous decision by the commissioners appears to allow for educational learning centers both inside and outside of urban growth areas. COMMISSIONER Tim Shel- don's motion, approved by the en- tire board, says that "if the educa- tional learning center is outside a UGA, on agricultural land, then it shall have no more cumulative im- pacts than if the land remained in traditional agricultural resource use." In his staff report on the pro- posed change to the land-use ma- trix, planner Allan Borden em- phasized that in any case propos- als for educational centers would require a permit review process. He noted that educational learning centers are already in the matrix as permitted uses for long-term commercial forestlands and in other rural, residential and commercial lands. Borden also noted that public parks, along with greenhouses, kennels and stables, are currently permitted on agricultural lands, and he cited the county's permit- ting of a learning center on North Mason School District property at Theler Wetlands as an example of the kind of educational facility that might be developed in other areas. SOME 12 residents testified in favor of the land-use changes while two testified against permit- ting the new use on agricultural lands and a third person submit- ted a written letter opposing the move. Before voting, though, Commis- sioner Lynda Ring-Erickson also noted that the land-use change was not solely about the Pacific Northwest Salmon Center and would have an impact on other projects or proposals throughout the county. "This is not about any one proj- ect," she said. "This is about using our lands, preserving agricultural use and educating the public." DAN ROY and Ann Cacciari, at left, hosted a Live Earth party at their South Shore home this weekend to raise awareness about global warm- ing. Two of the guests at the event were Suzie Dicks and her husband, United States Congressman Norm Dicks. Live Earth makes stops along Hood Canal shores By KEVAN MOORE While this past weekend's Live Earth Concert made its way around the world in an effort to raise awareness about global warming it made at least a couple of successful stops in Belfair. Two couples, South Shore resi- dents Dan Roy and Anna Cacciari and North Shore residents Marcia and Denny Hamilton, each hosted house parties Saturday while the 24-hour concert series made its way around the globe, featuring over 100 top artists in eight differ- ent locations. The global concert, similar to the 2006 Live 8 concert which aimed to eliminate poverty in Af- rica, was organized by former Vice President Al Gore with a mission designed to "trigger a global move- ment to solve the climate crisis." THE SOUTH Shore gathering - which featured a United States Congressman, the co-chairman of a leading environmental group focused on the health of Hood Ca- nal and one of Governor Christine Gregoire's appointments to the newly created Puget Sound Part- nership - turned out to be an event marked by both a pledge and ape- CONGRESSMAN DICKS spoke to those gathered at the event about his appreciation of the climate change issue and his admiration for former Vice President AI Gore. He is seen here signing a petition urging Gore to run for Pres- ident. tition. The pledge was part of the concert's effort to get people to sign a pledge of eight steps they would take to raise awareness about and reduce global warming, while the petition went a step further and urged Gore to run for President. Roy and Cacciari have been married for 34 years and are both active and lifelong Democrats. Af- ter Roy's retirement from the Uni- versity of California, Davis, they were spending about half of their (Please turn to page 4.)