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Thursday, August 4, 2011 Year 125 -- Week 31 -- 8 Sections -- 60 Pages -- Published in Shelton, WasMn on -- $1 Journal ~hoto by Natalie Johnson Shelton Mayor candidates Dawn Pannell, left, Gary Cronce and Tract Moore speak at Thursday's forum. By NATALIE JOHNSON the port and Mason County if elected, attract manufacturing companies. All candidates gave a three-minute "We do have the rail access and we Voters got their first chance this opening statement and answered sev- need to use that," he said. "We need week to quiz candidates for City of eral questions from voters, to utilize the infrastructure that we Shelten Mayor, Commissioner of Fi- After a short commercial break -- have." nance and Port of Shelten Commis- since the forum was also a live broad- Miles, the incumbent, said that he sioner District 2 at two KMAS candi- cast -- port candidates Dick Taylor, would work to court businesses but date forums. Jack Miles and Brian Edward Avery would not be influenced by "big busi- The first took place Wednesday gave theiropeningstatements, ness." night in Belfair and the second was "We need to get the port working"Anything but biomass," he said. Thursday at the Mason County Public together.., for economic development," "I'm not discriminant (sic) on busi- Works building. Taylor said. ness." Candidates for Port ofShelton Com- Taylor, a former City of SheltonAvery, a candidate who has never missioner District 2 had the floor first commissioner and long-time localbeen elected to public office, suggested off Thursday and 'answered several business owner suggested that the audience questions about how they port should take advantage of being in would bring economic development to a free-trade zone and use rail lines to See Forums on page A-5 City to vote on Simpson R d Historic District By NATALIE JOHNSON In eight square blocks of downtown Shelton, houses still stand that were once owned by famous local families like the Simpsons, Reeds, Grisdales, Govey~, Fredsous and more. For years, the Shelton Historic Preservation Board has wanted to create a his- toric district downtown, and since last summer have de- veloped a plan to make this area a local hish)ric district, with Shelton City Commis- sion Approval. Mike Olsen, vice presi- dent of the Shelton Historic Preservation Board and candidate for city commis- sioner of finance spoke in favor of the project. "I'd just like to say that this really is an example of how an idea to improve the downtown district can be ac- complished," he said. Whis will be an improvement for Shelton as Shelton moves forward to create a better downtown core." City Planner Erik Birk presented the proposed his- toric district to the city com- mission. "As I was looking at this thing I actually realized this district is more than just the style of the homes," he said. Birk told the story of Shelton as he walked the city through the proposed Simpson Reed Historic Dis- trict. "It also stemmed all the way back to David Shelton," Birk said. David Shelton built the first homestead in what is now the City of Shelton on the site of the city's fire sta- tion on Franklin Street, one of the sites in the proposed district. ARer settling down in his own homestead, Simp- son surveyed all of the land between what is now First Street all the way to 12th Street and sold all of the land in between for See City on page A-7 Journal photo by Emity Hanson Trisha McCoin swings her lasso, ready to rope her calf during the breakaway roping event at the Mason County Rodeo Association rodeo on Saturday, July 30. McCoin came in second in the event with a score of 3.30. For results and photos, see Page BH-5. Mason Area Fair breaks even, new organizers needed for 2012 By NATALIE JOHNSON By many accounts, last week- end's 2011 Mason Area Fair was a success. Kids, from 4H and el~sewhere; turned out in droves for the three- day event and entered everything from cows to dogs, to art and baked goods, flowers, and even clams. Riana Friest earned a blue rib- ben for the second year running for her shellfish display in the aquacUlture department. ~La~t year my grandpa and I did an exhibit on shellfish and clams and ! wanted to learn more 2011 than 2010, said Rachaelonstrated what happens when HansenofNorthwest Event Orga- tree branches touch live power nizers, lines, and the dangers of a downed Bands High Ceiling, Black power line by electrocuting a doll. Market Revue and Big Sam's More than 400 people visited the Funky Nation from New Orleans display. so I did it again," she said. rocked the main stage and the Despite it's apparent success, Terri King, from the Wash- Dragon Steps Fire Show kept peo- fimding for the fair was in short ington Sea Grant, said that the pie at the fairgrounds until well supply this year. return of the aquaculture depart- a~er dark, "We were $15,000 in the hole ment in the last two years~ after a "Not a soul leR hntil it wa~When we started," Hansen said. several year hiatus, is important over," Hanson said. "Everything Part of the problem, she said, for the community, that happened was a total suc- was a decreased amount of lodg- "It's our largest crop - aquacul- cess." i ing tax money from Mason Coun- ture is agriculture," she said. Mason County PUD 3's demon- ty. Fair enthusiasts feasted stration was one of the most popu- In 2010, the company received through the day on such delicacies lar at the fair, according to a press $16,000 from the county to help as Olympic Mountain Ice Cream, release sent by the PUD's public run the fair. In 2011, they re- corn and hot dogs, barbeque and information and government af- ceived $6,000. of course, cotton candy, fairs manager Joel Myer said. Attendance and revenue from The carnival was quite a bit The display, which is part ofev- tickets were also down this year, more popular than last year, and cry fourth grader's curriculum in did 30 percent more business in Mason County, Myer said, dem- See Fair on page A-7 Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Port of Hoodspert commissioner v kune Petz teers at the Hood Canal Food Baak where he also donates fresh food. County food banks head off hunger By NATALIE JOHNSON and ARLA 8HEPHARD • Tawnya Keen spends most of her days working as a caregiver, driving from one end of the county to the other t~ help people and families with disabilities get through their day. Every week Keen walks through the Saint's Pantry Food Bank for her clients and for herself. "It's embarrassing but it's ~dto make a living," Keen "My kids are tired of eating hot dogs and mac and cheese ... It gets to the point where you can't even buy your cat food." The Saint's Pantry Food Bank in Shelton is the oldest people and gave out 600,000 pounds of food. "It's grown about 10 to 15 percent every year in the last couple of years," said food bank director Steve Russell. "We don't want the necessity of this but unfortunately it's going in the opposite direc- and busiest food bank in Ma- tion." Son County. In 2010, 30 years As the country risks slip- after it began at St. David's ping into another recession, Episcopal Church in Shelton, the food bank served 56,000 . See Food banks on page A-3