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Heat sends people to cooling stations in search of relief
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some of them the next day.
One woman, who did not
want to be identified, came to
Fire District 4's main station
Tuesday afternoon. She told
officials she was "thrilled to
death" to be there. She had
picked up some books at
the Shelton library and sat
in a recliner in the station
reading one.
The civic center stayed
busy Tuesday. Front desk
employee Jill Dickinson
said three cases of bottled
water were handed out.
"Lots of people are coming
in today," she said Tuesday
afternoon. Most would sit a
while and drink water, then
either catch a bus in front
of the building or head back
outside.
The four Shelton cooling
stations and ones at the
Theler Center in Belfair and
at Collins Lake Fire Station
in the North Mason area are
scheduled to be open at least
through Friday.
The civic center will be
open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
the other stations from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m., with the
exception of the main Fire
District 4 station, which will
remain open until 8 or 8:30
p.m.
Due to extreme fire
danger, the Mason County
fire marshal, Washington
State Department of
Natural Resources and fire
departments and districts
agreed to place a burn ban
into effect in the county
starting last Saturday.
The ban remains in
effect until further notice. It
applies to all silvicultural,
land-clearing and yard-
debris bunting. Recreational
campfires are allowed in
campgrounds with the
landowner's permission,
as long as the fire is in
an approved metal or
concrete fire pit and clear
of vegetation, the state
Department of Natural
Resources announced.
Last Friday, Green
Diamond Resource Company
announced the closure of its
timberlands to the public due
to increasing fire danger and
expected hot temperatures.
Until the fire danger eases,
unauthorized traffic -
vehicular and otherwise
- is prohibited on Green
Diamond land. Anyone
caught in the timberland
may be prosecuted, the
company announced.
Meanwhile, the Shelton
library and Mason County
Historical Society Museum
among other locations in
downtown Shelton offered
air-conditioned comfort for
visitors on Tuesday.
Some people no doubt
tried to cool off in local lakes
and inlets, as well as Hood
Canal. The swimming pool at
Shelton High School, though,
was closed due to ongoing
roof reconstruction work.
Sheldon says he has no idea why he was attacked
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surprise" when the Journal
called her for comment about
the alleged phone call, and its
content.
One county employee who
asked to remain anonymous
for employment reasons said
that Ring Erickson asked for
the story about the phone call
and its allegations to be re-
leased to the Journal.
"She pulled the trigger on
it," the employee said.
That's where the real prob-
lem starts for Ring Erickson's
credibility. Sheldon said the
fact the alleged call didn't
show up in records tells the
public that he is telling the
truth.
According to University of
Washington professor of pub-
lic affairs J. Patrick Doble a
special set of obligations ex-
ists requiring elected officials
to tell the truth in almost
every situation. The burden
is heavier because the public
elected them and the only way
the public can trust them is
through truth.
"Constituents deserve to
know that what they are be-
ing told is the actual truth,"
Doble said.
Ring Erickson said she had
no concern that the public
who elected her has lost faith
in her abilities.
Doble, a previous chair of
the King County Ethics Board
who specializes in public eth-
ics and leadership, added
to Ring Erickson's political
problems by saying her use
of a county employee for the
political purpose of leaking
the accusation crosses the
line because her position on
the Mason County Board of
Commissioners is both an ex-
ecutive and legislative one - a
public official and a direct su-
pervisor.
'¢Iey should only be ask-
ing them to abide by the law,"
Doble said. "It's a special ob-
ligation not to ask those [em-
ployees] to do things against
the law in order to further
their career."
In December of 2004 Ring
Erickson entered a training
program for new county com-
missioners.
Since the appearance of
her conflicting account in the
Sun Ring Erickson's county
cell phone has been forwarded
to her county desk. Ring Er-
ickson called on or about July
1 and asked for the change
according to Diane Zorn, an
employee of the commission-
ers. Zorn said she didn't know
why Ring Erickson wanted
the phone rerouted.
The change came because
the phone didn't work well
and getting messages was
hard, Ring Erickson said. She
denies cutting her phone off
to keep the questioning press
and the public at bay.
Communication with the
public has not been harmed
because when a constituent
calls they can often get a coun-
ty employee to help faster, she
said.
"In some cases it's im-
proved services," she said.
Ring Erickson has recently
taken a "no comment" stand
regarding questions about her
allegations that Sheldon re-
vealed ageist remarks to her.
Previously she said, %Ie did
express a desire to have some-
body younger."
After learning that records
show no call, Ring Erickson
said the whole situation could
turn into a "ae said she said"
situation.
Now Ring Erickson says
she cannot discuss the matter
because it's under investiga-
tion by the Washington Coun-
ties Risk Pool, a public agency
providing coverage for 'q_iabil-
ity exposures of counties."
Upon hearing the initial
accusation asserted by Ring
Erickson, Sheldon replied,
'hat woman is a liar." Re-
cently Sheldon said he had
no idea why Ring Erickson
proffered the attack. Corn-
mon speculation among sev-
eral Mason County politicos
is that Ring Erickson is after
Sheldon's state senate seat.
If higher office is behind her
leak order, another ethical
line has been crossed, accord-
ing to Doble,
Using the government it-
self as a mechanism to attack
Sheldon becomes a really se-
rious ethical issue, he said.
In this case Ring Erickson
used personnel and person-
nel employment information
to attack Sheldon. It crosses
a powerful boundary, Doble
said.
"Policy attacks are fine," he
said. 'When you attack char-
acter it's a different kind of
issue."
As things stand Ring Er-
ickson denies that the boiling
trouble has had an effect on
county governance during its
biggest budget crisis of mod-
em times.
"I believe Tim and I both
value our positions and can do
our jobs," Ring Erickson said.
Ring Erickson has not
ruled out answering to Shel-
don and the public for the con-
flicting stories and the lack of
evidence she swore to some-
time in the future.
'Things have a way of be-
ing clarified," Ring Erickson
said. "But for now it's no com-
Paddlers take to the water
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journey will take the canoes
to Brinnon, where the
pullers, as paddlers are
known, will spend the night,
There will be 11 people in
the Willapa Spirit, 10 pullers
and the skipper. On board
the cedar strip canoe, built by
John Smith of the Skokomish
area, they will carry plenty of
bottled water, sandwiches,
fruit, vegetables, trail mix
and more.
"No greasy food or coffee,"
Ficca said, "it makes you
sluggish." Trailing the canoe
will be a support beat with
substitute pullers who can
replace those who need to
rest.
The crew of pullers
includes a couple of
youngsters. Jac Trautman,
12, from Shoreline, is going
into the seventh grade and
a member of a swimming
team. He's banking on his
swim team workouts to have
him in shape for the journey.
Jonnica Royal of Burien is
almost 12 years old. She said
she's been practicing pulling
every Sunday.
"Around the hook," is the
term they use for paddling
out of Hood Canal and
around Port Townsend. "It
gets kind of tricky out there,"
Ficca said.
This year's contingent
includes a team of Maori
natives from New Zealand.
There will be seven Maoris in
a double canoe from Potlatch,
plus two others paddling
with a tribe from Oregon.
"I was over here two years
ago on an art residency,"
said Taki Rirangi Smith,
one of the New Zealanders.
A professional carver, he
carved both of the cedar
canoes with the help of two
other people.
Smith said this year is
the first time Maoris have
participated in the Tribal
Journeys event. The seven
Maoris who will paddle in
the double canoe arrived in
Seattle Sunday afternoon
and have been staying in the
Skokomish area.
'2Vlost of us are familiar
with either making or
paddling canoes," he said.
'Is is a pretty unique event
for canoe people worldwide."
He worked Monday
evening joining the two
canoes together to create a
traditional double canoe.
"It's enough for me to
come over here and get away
from carving and just do pad-
dling," Smith said. "I do all
kinds, but mainly traditional
carving."
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