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Thursday, July 30, 2020 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page A-7
Squaxintribe receives grant money for tiny homes
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncountycom
The Squaxin Island Tribe
received a federal CARES
Act grant of $899,997 to con-
struct 15 tiny homes that will
provide temporary lodging for
families affected by COVID-19
to quarantine, and provide
utility assistance to families
The grants are earmarked
for tribes to help them prepare
forand respond to COVID-19.
The U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Develop-
ment recently announced the
award of almost $17.4 million
in CARES Act HUD Communi-
ty Development Block Grants
to 15 federally recognized
tribes and Alaska Native vil-
threats to the public health or
safety of tribal residents.
“Today’s grant announce-
ment will 'help families
throughout Indian Country to
access essential resources amid
the coronavirus outbreak,” Ben
Carson, secretary of the U.S.
Department of Housing and
Urban Development, stated in
a July 17 news release.
is . one of five Washington
tribes that received a total of
$5,694,484 in grants.
The Lummi Nation Hous-
ing Authority near Belling-
ham received almost $1.5 mil-
lion to construct 14 new hous-
ing units. The Muckleshoot
Housing Authority in Auburn
received $900,000 to construct
three new housing units.
Tribe near Olympia will use
a $900,000 grant to construct
an emergency response center
and purchase a modular unit,
which will be used as a domes-
tic violence prevention center.
The Tulalip Tribes of Wash-
ington in Tulalip will use a
$1.5 million grant to provide
rental and utility assistance
to families financially affected
facing financial hardship.
NEWS BRIEFS
BaIIDts for primary
election due
Tuesday
Ballots have been out for a couple
weeks, but voters must turn them
back in by next week.
Ballots for the upcoming primary
election, which includes local fire levy
measures and races for county, state
and federal offiCes, must be post-
marked by Election Day on Tuesday
or dropped off at one of the county
ballot box locations.
Results will be released at about 8 ‘
p.m., according to the county auditor’s
office.
The county’s canvassing board will
review ballots Aug. 17 and is sched-
uled to certify the election results
Aug. 18.
A list of measures and races is
available at www.masoncountyelec-
tions.us. '
For more information, call the
county’s elections office at 360-427-
9670, ext. 470.
Serving you
in two locations:
Steven H. Bowers, DDS
717 W. Railroad Avenue
426-1664
Thomas Duffy, DDS
Marlin Meharry, DDS
1525 Olympic Hwy North
(360) 426-9711
'lages to help address imminent
Renton woman
injured in
motorcycle crash
A 20-year-old Renton woman was
airlifted to Harborview Medical Cen-
ter in Seattle after the motorcycle she
was a-passenger on went into some
trees to avoid rear-ending a vehicle
earlier this week on U.S. Highway
101. '
The woman was riding on a mo-
torcycle with a 27-year-old Kent man
Monday afternoon near Hamma Ham-
ma Road when the vehicle in front of
them slowed to make a turn. The mo-
torcycle left the road and went off the
road, causing the woman to fall off.
Another motorcycle, driven by a
26—year-old Kirkland man, was driv-
ing side-by-side with the 27-year-old.
His motorcycle struck the rear of the
vehicle, which was driven by 32-year-
old Beaverton, Oregon, man.
The Renton woman was trans-
ported to Mason General Hospital
before being airlifted to Harborview,
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The Squaxin Island Tribe
The Nisqually
according to a Washington State Pa—
trol memo.
Both motorcycle drivers face cita-
tions for following too closely. No oth-
er injuries were reported, and drugs
or alcohol were not involved.
16-year-old
could face felony
eluding charges
A 16eyear-old Vancouver, Wash-
ington, resident faces felony eluding
charges after failing to pull over early
Tuesday morning on U.S. Highway
101 near Shelton Matlock Road.
Law enforcement repOrtedly used
spike strips just before 3 a.m. to
stop the vehicle driven by the minor,
whose name and sex were not re—
leased by Washington State Patrol,
and a 16—year—old passenger. The ve-
hicle lost control and hit a guardrail.
The 2006 Mercedes-Benz CL was
totaled, according to a WSP memo.
Drugs or alcohol was not a factor, ac-
cording to WSP.
Indian by the coronavirus.
04 injuredi‘nfl
head-on crash
Four people were injured Monday
morning in a head-on collision on
state Route 3 near East Deer Creek
Road.
A 60-year—old Shelton man could
face charges after the vehicle he was
driving allegedly crossed the center
line about 11:45 a.m., striking a ve-
hicle driven by a 34-year-old Shelton
woman.
The woman and her three passen-
gers — a 30—year-old Shelton woman
and two Shelton girls ages 10 and 8
were transported to Mason General
Hospital in Shelton.
The vehicle driven by the 34-year-
old woman was totaled.
The Shelton man’s vehicle had re-
portable damage.
The cause of the collision is under
investigation, according to a Washing—
ton State Patrol memo.
. Compiled by editor in chief Adam
Rudnick
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