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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