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Positions Continued from page A-1 creating jobs." Cronce said that while he hasn't served in an elected office before, his business experience would be use- ful if elected mayor. Cronce said he ran against Tarrant four years ago. He is also a past president of the Mason County Homebuilders Asso- ciation. Cronce said his first prior- ity if elected would be public safety. "If I was elected mayor I would be proactive on neigh- borhood safety," he said. "We need to prioritize - ev- eryone has their priorities. I don't necessarily believe it's a money issue." Cronce said that he also wanted to create jobs in the City of Shelton and work to- ward historic preservation and street repair. He also said that he is not in favor of tax increases. "It's not a high prior- ity. If it was we'd be paving streets," he said. Cronce has lived in Ma- son County for 35 years and in Shelton for five. He runs Case By Case Jewelers with his wife. Tract Moore said that it was only a matter of time before she decided to run for mayor. "I have always suspected that I would run for mayor. I always thought it would be after I retired," she said. While Moore has never held elected office, she said that she has experience in leadership in volunteer boards for 20 years, particu- larly as the president of the Shelton Historic Preserva- tion Board. She has also served in the City Planning Board, the city's Plan Imple- mentation Committee and the Plan Advisory Board. As part of those boards, Moore helped write ordi- nances and zoning for the city. She also worked in the city's community and eco- nomic development depart- ment as a permit technician. "I'm very familiar with city zoning," she said. iii 'i M re said that if elected as Mayor she would take a "mainstroet approach," and focus on the strength of Shelton neighborhoods, local businesses and city pride. She said that her efforts as mayor would also encourage tourism to Mason County and Shelton. "We need to explore every avenue possible for attract- ing new businesses and pro- moting them," she said. Moore plans to work with the city's limited funds to improve civic pride and pub- lic safety. She suggested education programs to pro- mote crosswalk safety as one option. "I would really like to do some community education and promotions to make it a safer community to walk in," she said. "Obviously we're not going to have the money to redo all the streets in the near future." Moore has lived in Shel- ton for 24 years. The Commissioner of Finance seat at the city of Shelton is also up for elec- tion this year. Incumbent commissioner Mike Byrne is running for reelection against local contractor Mike Olsen. Because there are only two candidates for the office, there will not be a primary election for this po- sition. TOO LATE TO ClaSSIFY TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY LARGE, MULTI-FAMILY yard sale Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 2009 Hay Street. TV, children's clothes, lots of miscellaneous. E7/21 3 BEDROOM, 2-car garage and shed, waterfront com- munity. Large backyard, ex- tra parking. Available August 1. $1,100 monthly. 253-226- 6469 K7/21 COMMUNITY YARD sale. Olympic Bakery and Deli on Pickering Rd. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Furniture, books, music, movies, collectibles, even a boat. W7/21 Byrne was elected as the Commissioner of Finance four years ago, but stepped into the position in the middle of the previous term as an appointed replace- ment for Dick Taylor, who resigned to work with the chamber of commerce. Byrne said that he chose to run for reelection because he wanted to continue the plans that he and the oth- er two commissioners had made for the future. "We've had a pretty tough four years and nobody ex- pected that and we really had to make some tough decisions and reduce pro- grams and reduce staff and still keep the city going," Byme said. "We've really set in place the future bud- get years into 2012 and 2013 with a plan to rebuild pro- grams providing the funding increases a bit." Byrne also served two terms at the city in the 1970s as Commissioner of Public Works. Byrne said that as the Commissioner of Finance his main goal is to increase efficiency in government and push for economic devel- opment in the city, ~o pro- mote economic development in the city as much as we can in order to increase our tax base and meet demands of the people." Bymo ban lived in $h0L ton his entire life, except for seven and a half years he spent in Olympia teaching school. He previously owned a contracting business and worked for Mason County for 18 years as the Director of General Services, and the Director of Parks. Shelton contractor Mike Olsen will run against By- me in the general election. Olsen said that he wants to make sure the interests of downtown neighborhoods are well represented at the city commission. Olsen has never held pub- lic office but has been a part of several advisory boards, and is the vice president of the Shelton Historic Pres- ervation Board. Olsen also owns his own business in Shelton. l've been here for 30 years as a resident, and for 22 I've owned my own busi- ness- M.H. Olsen Construc- tion," he said. Olsen has been a huge proponent of historical pres- ervation in Shelton, and has even restored his own house, which is on the Shelton His- toric Register. "It's the Grisdale house- it's 104 years old, I bought it from the Catholic Church and restored it," he said. Olsen said that taking more, and quicker, action towards historical preserva- tion would be a good move for the city. "There aren't too many little towns like Shelten left," he said. "It's a dying type of a city environment - it's important that we keep that here." Olsen also said he would push for downtown revital- ization and increased tour- ism in Shelton as a city com- missioner. "It would also bring some pride to the community if people could get involved in" helping keep the downtown clean and growing," he said. Olsen addressed the city's continuing budget woes as well. "We don't have any mon- ey, we're not going to get any money, but we're not going to give up," he said. Hearing Continued from page A-1 in advance to lock in the current charges, called a capacity reserva- tion charge. Those parcels would then also be charged a capital ser- vice charge of $25 per month, in- stead of a monthly sewer rate. The rate ordinance outlines other charges like strength charg- es and capacity charges for those whose water usage later exceeds their original allocated ERU value. Belfair property owner Earl Lin- coln, among many others, testified that the ERU value would stamp out many businesses in Belfair. =This is about what it's going to cost the business people," Lin- coln said. "Why do these business- es have to absorb this mandated growth management?" Lincoln advocated for spread- ing the costs across the county, in the form of an assessment, or ask- ing the state to distribute the costs statewide. "Why would someone in Wenatchee want to pay for your sewer in Bolfair?" Sheldon asked in response. Others compared the 135 ERU value in Bolfair to the higher, and therefore more affordable, ERU Rescue Continued from page .A-1 values in Allyn and Olympia and argued for more equity. "Why should a Mexican restau- rant in Allyn pay less (in sewer fees) than a Mexican restaurant in Belfair?" said business and prop- erty owner Brian Petersen. =I just don't understand." • Business owner and North Ma- son Chamber Chairperson Cassan- dra Hoffman asked whether the county had a plan for what would happen if too many businesses shut down because of sewer costs, affect- ing the data for the how much the costs would be for everyone else. "I think unfortunately some people will not be able to connect, that's just how the world is," Shel- don said. "Who knows for sure? ... We have no choice but to build the infrastructure." Emmett Dobey, county director for utilities and wastewater, and Sheldon said that under those cir- cumstances proposed by Hoffman, the county could restructure its debt, consolidate utilities in Bel- fair, turn over the utility to the ratepayers or incorporate, if pos- sible. Developer Jack Johnson asked the county to re-look at the water usage data provided by the Belfair Water District and eliminate sea- sonal users and users at the Golden Bell Trailer Park, which is not re- quired to connect to the sewer un- der state law. Under Johnson's calculations, the ERU value would then be clos- er to 176 gallons per day. In the last week, several promi- nent groups and persons have spoken out against the county's interim rate ordinance, includ- ing the North Mason Chamber of Commerce, the Mason County As- sociation of Realtors and the North Mason School District Board and Superintendent. At the public hearing, most peo- ple urged the commissioners to take their time coming to a decision, so as to give the public and the county more time to go over the ordinance and any new calculations. "It will be cheaper to build a business in Silverdale than it will be to build in Belfair," said prop- erty owner Bob Harris. "I don't think there's an incentive to move te Belfair ... because it's just fiat- out cheaper to be somewhere else." The commissioners voted to con- tinue the hearing in two weeks at 9:30 a.m. on August 2 in the com- missioner's chambers. To read the interim sewer rate ordinance, visit www.mason- countywastewater.com and click "Project Library." the dog, but it was a training mission." While Wright said it =The owner called for =There was this one it and we called for it and ledge that a couple of I think a lot of people people who had gone thhiking that we down the south side had found the dog it wouldn't really wanted to look be good," she said. there," Wright said. The group continued She said group mem- was meant to be a "no- with their training mis- ber John Kaster agreed risk" mission, and was sion and started looking to rappel down the slope. technically only for train- for paw prints and other ing purposes, the major- clues for the dog's where- ity of the six volunteers abouts. who went looking for Eventually, the rescu- Sasha the morning of ers started taking turns Friday, July 8 were dog rapelling down cliff faces lovers in search of some- to look for the dog. body's lost friend. =Nobody could find They were pragmatic, any signs that the dog As he descended, he looked around for prints, looked in trees, bushes and around rocks. When he got to the bottom, he called up to the group, "I found Sa- sha," Wright said. "We heard him say however, and suspected had ended up on any of 'I found Sasha,' but it that ffthe dog had in fact the snow down there,"wasn't with a whole lot fallen the full 150 feet, it Wright said. "Nothingof excitement, so we may not have survived, would indicate where were all thinking, 'oh At 8:30 a.m. that Fri- something fell and got up no," she said. =He didn't injuries in her right paw, and a broken tooth. She was conscious, so nobody ]mows why she made no noise when her owners or the rescuers called for her. After finding Sasha, the volunteers had to get her back up the 150 foot slope. They were relieved to find that although Ber- nese Mountain Dogs can be quite large, Sasha was only 65 or 70 pounds, Wright said. They put the dog in a "litter" or a kind of mountain rescue gurney and hauled her to the top with a rope. Wright even passed down her fleece day Wright and five oth- and panicked." elaborate, then he said, jacket to keep the cold, er volunteers reached the After little success,'I found Sasha and she's hungry and dehydrated trailhead, and two and other than getting train- alive.' I think he was dog warm. a half hours later they ing, the volunteers were shocked." "Nobody thought the reached the summit and almost ready to go, l ome, AmazinKly, the dog outcome was going to be : decided to try l king only s tls slight in, the way it was," Wright -- t~'gotli~res~,l'i~,~:~,on~eil~p'lace. ~="i juries"i ligament said/ District one who is running. I can see value people equal representation and in every one of them." create more oversight of the dis- Continued from page A-3 She has a website at www.lin-trict, he said. niegriiTm.com. Jill Satran-Loudin has lived in Griffin decided to run because In the running for the two-year Belfair her whole life and has been she's "a person of common sense," Commissioner Position No. 2 race working for 22 years for the City she said, and she encourages peo- are Jack Kimball, 80, and Jill Sa- of Port Orchard's Public Works de- pie to read up on state laws and the tran-Loudin, 49. partment. community's six-year plan. Kimball said he is running be- She decided to run after others communicate with a lot ofcause the meetings don't take into suggested she attend the water dis- people and I care about our public account the input from the public, trict's meetings. water district," she said. "I've been "I think they need to open it up, "The first meeting that I went attending other meetings, asking open up the meetings," said Kim- to, I couldn't believe it," she said. questions, creating a network of ball, who once served a two-year rhey were picking on old people people who work within [the indus- term in Mason County Fire District and, I mean, [they need to] answer try]. I hope I can help create some 2 . "Now, you can't say anything the questions ... I think that the of the forward changes. We need to until the meeting's over. The peo- district's being mishandled and I take care of the past, work on the pie that actually open up their time think that it's sad that the ques- future and take care of the here to be there should have something tions aren't being answered to the and now." to say about how the business is be- public." If she were elected, Griffin would ing conducted." Satran-Loudin said she would allow anyone who signs in to speak Kimball has lived in Belfair remove arbitrary rules and create at meeting a chance to talk. since around 1960 and retired in fairness among the ratepayers. =I want to hear each and every 1985 from his career as a pipe fit- "I just want to be honest and I one of them, she said. =If we're ter and then general foreman in just care about the public's money," transparent it helps us work. I the Bremerton shipyard, and is a she said. want unity on the commissioner member of the North Mason Corn- She has been married for 11 beard and respect for each other's munity Voice and the local metal years and has volunteered for the knowledge, and I know we will detector's club. Beard's Cove Community Associa- have that. I am delighted by every- If he were elected, he would give tion. FIRST MONTH'S rent $500.FREE, GATED RV parking Newer 1 bedroom duplex in space with free electricity, no Shelton. 704 sq.ft., electric water or septic. Hwy. 101 and heat, dishwasher, W/D hook- Shelton Springs Rd. self stor- ups and covered parking, age. Owner to park his/her Septic included. $570. Rich- RV on-site behind secured ard Beckman Realty Group, gate. Near Hood Canal and 360-432-9000 or www.Rich- great fishing. Great weekend ardBeckmanGroup.com, getawy. Call Don, 253-988- B7/21-8/11 8181. 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