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JOSHUA LETO of Boy Scout Troop 110 rakes up debris by
Shelton Creek.
Shelton Creek looking
more spruced up after
club works with SOCK
Members of the Shelton Nim-
rod Club, a community group for
outdoors enthusiasts, sponsored a
cleanup of Shelton Creek on Sat-
urday.
Members of Boy Scout Troop
110 and the Save Our County's
Kids organization joined in the
eflbrt to clean up the stream that
meanders through downtown
Shelton.
The cleanup began on the sec-
tion of the creek which surfaces
across from the SOCK Youth
Center on Franklin Street. Volun-
teers pulled out a tire, an umbrel-
la and countless broken bottles
and candy wrappers. They also
cleared out blackberry, vines and
debris that kept the public from
being able to see the creek and
perhaps, refrain from using it as
a trash dump.
"Ever since I was a kid, I knew
the sense of accomplishment one
feels when tidying things up,"
said Dave Matthews of the Nim-
rod Club. "The club did a cleanup
like this years ago, and it was
something we always wanted to
get back into. Now that we have
some new younger members, the
time was right. As a club of hunt-
ers and fishers, we know that it is
important to take care of the en-
vironment and be active and in-
volved. We look forward to orga-
nizing more events like this one."
The kids from the Summer
@ SOCK program had recently
cleaned up a tributary of the same
stream that runs behind the Wil-
liam G. Reed Library. "The kids
were amazed at all the trash and
junk people had dumped in that
beautiful stream," said Kelsey
Martin-Keating, a director of
SOCK. "They all wanted to know
why anyone would do something
like that. While there is no good
answer to that question, SOCK,
the Nimrod Club and the Boy
Scouts are all invested together in
teaching this generation of youth
to become community stewards
and set an example ibr other com-
munity members."
Persons interested in joining
the Nimrod Club can call Dave
Matthews at 426-8178. For more
information about SOCK, call
Marti.n-Keating at 462-5947.
Christians are tuning up
for latest Festival of Hope
The annual Festival of Hope,
presented by a coalition of local
Christians, is scheduled for the
weekend of'August 25-26 in Shel-
ton.
Saturday is the main event,
with festivities planned for 11
a.m. to 7 p.m. at Loop Field at 10th
and Franklin downtown. Worship
teams from local churches and
Christian bands will play all day.
Participants on Saturday will
be able to visit booths manned
by h)cal churches, parachurch
ministries and service organiza-
tions. Those groups will provide
information, free tbod, numerous
activities for children and various
wares.
Sunday there will be a commu-
nity worship service open to all at
11 a.m. at Highclimber Stadium.
Rudy Micelli, a musician or-
ganizers say has become popular
with Mason County Christians,
will perform Saturday evening at
Loop Field as well as Sunday at
the stadium.
Lupus comebackus:
S-00ate t--00ing 'comments '""'"[""'"
on plan to manage wolves00',,,
Citizens can comment on gray will be held in Clarkston, Spa- The state plan will add# at i
wolf management in Washing-
ton through August 31.
A series of public "scoping"
meetings is being held by the
Washington Department ofFish
and Wildlife and an 18-member
citizen working group that is
advising on development of a
draft wolf-management plan.
Gerry RingErickson of Shelton
is Mason County's representa-
tive on the working group.
"This public comment op-
portunity is intended to ensure
that we receive a full range of
citizen views as we develop a
conservation and management
plan for the gray wolf," said
Rocky Beach, the state's wild-
life diversity manager.
While the state will not re-
introduce wolves, the species
is expected to reestablish in
Washington on its own as wolf
numbers increase in neighbor-
ing states and Canada.
TO PREPARE for the re-
turn of wolves, RingErick-
son and other members of the
working group have been meet-
ing since early this year. The
group includes representatives
of the livestock and timber in-
dustries, conservation groups,
local government, hunters and
other outdoor recreation enthu-
siasts. Additional public com-
ment will be taken on the draft
plan when it is completed next
year.
The eventual wolf-manage-
ment plan is expected to include
gray wolf population objectives,
wolf-livestock conflict resolu-
tion, wolf-game species interac-
tions, wolf-human interactions
and other issues.
A series of public meetings
Shelton schools
are reaching out
to homeschoolers
Shelton School District's Home
Partnership Academy will hold an
informational meeting for new and
returning students on Thursday,
August 23, at Bordeaux Elemen-
tary School.
The meeting will be from 6 to
8 p.m. The Home Partnership
Academy is for students who are
currently or have recently been
home-schooled. Cheri Estep and
Peter Nielsen will be available to
answer questions and registration
packets will be available.
kane, Yakima, Twisp, Bell-
ingham, Vancouver, Sequim
and Olympia. The meeting in
Olympia will be from 7 to 9
p.m. on Thursday, August 23,
in the Water Resources Educa-
tion Center, 4600 SE Columbia
Way.
Written public comments
will be taken by surface mail to
Wolf Plan Scoping, SEPA Desk-
Habitat Division, Washington
Department of Fish and Wild-
life, 600 Capitol Way North,
Olympia, 98501-1091.
ALTHOUGH GRAY wolves
were largely eradicated in
Washington by the 1930s,
sightings have increased since
federal recovery efforts were
initiated in Idaho and Montana
in the mid-1990s. The success
of those efforts has prompted
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-
vice to propose removing gray
wolf populations from the fd-
eral list of endangered species
in three states and parts of four
other states, including Wash-
ington.
wolf management in Washi
ton after the species is rein#
from the federal list of ends
gered species. [
Since the gray wolf is sJ
strategies.
"If gray wolves are de-li¢ q
by the federal government, t QI
main difference will be t U:
t
Washington and other we#
states will have the priO
responsibility for mana# h
their wolf populations," B0 i
said. "We need toprepar.ely¢l `
that possibility by aevelopl
conservation and managelle
plan that works for people am
wildlife." ]
Once a draft wolf conse r
tion and management pl]
developed
r newXt year, additi0]
public evie opportunities |]
be offered. The final plan is #
pected to be complete by J |
30, 2008.
Notice of the Finding of No Significant Impact
USDA Rural I)evelopment has received an application for financial
assistance from the Mason County PUD #1. The proposed project consistS
of upgrades to the existing Canal Mutual Water System.
As required by the National Environmental Policy Act, USDA Rural
Development has assessed the potential environmental impacts of
the proposed project and has determined that the proposal will not
have a significant effect on the human environment and for which an
Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared. "[he basis of this
determination is no important Farmland, Wetland or Floodplains were
identified at the location of the project.
Copies of the Environmental Assessment can be reviewed or obtained at
USDA, Rural Development, Attn: Debbie Harper, 1835 Black Lake Bird
SW Ste C, Olympia, WA 98512; phone 360 704-7764.
A general location map of the proposal is shown below.
Canal Mutual (
W<ter System_//
o///
Hoodsport// /
J
A huge thank you goes out to the following
wonderful community supporters br sponsoring
the Mason Count), Fair and Rodeo!
Lucky Dog Casino
Gillis Auto Center
Dodge
Shoppers Weekly
KMAS 1030 AM
94.5 Roxy
KGY Real Country
Shelton Journal
Costco Wholesale
Brad Wilson Construction
J &J Trailer Sales
Brady's Trucking
Kristmas Towne Kiwanis
Eldon Store
Shelton Inn
Sundance Auto
Del's Farm Supply
qhe Office Supply Store
Mason County Forest Products
Taylor Shellfish Farms
Our Community Credit Union
Hood Canal Heating & Cooling
Hunter Christmas Trees
Northwest Refrigeration
Shelton Land & Homes
Timberbowl
A,
Coca Cola Products
Cary's Tire
Hunter Farms
Shelton Cinemas
Don & Betty Olsbn
Brent's Horseshoeing
Steph's Espresso
And... last, but Oe/bdtely not least...
The Mason County Commissioners and Fair staff
would like to thank the Fair & Rodeo Superintendents
and the many volunteers.
Without EWE the Fair & Rodeo wouldn't be possible.
See o3Otd i 3tdl 5OO3!
NPRA DODGE TRUCK
Page 6 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 9, 2007
JOSHUA LETO of Boy Scout Troop 110 rakes up debris by
Shelton Creek.
Shelton Creek looking
more spruced up after
club works with SOCK
Members of the Shelton Nim-
rod Club, a community group for
outdoors enthusiasts, sponsored a
cleanup of Shelton Creek on Sat-
urday.
Members of Boy Scout Troop
110 and the Save Our County's
Kids organization joined in the
eflbrt to clean up the stream that
meanders through downtown
Shelton.
The cleanup began on the sec-
tion of the creek which surfaces
across from the SOCK Youth
Center on Franklin Street. Volun-
teers pulled out a tire, an umbrel-
la and countless broken bottles
and candy wrappers. They also
cleared out blackberry, vines and
debris that kept the public from
being able to see the creek and
perhaps, refrain from using it as
a trash dump.
"Ever since I was a kid, I knew
the sense of accomplishment one
feels when tidying things up,"
said Dave Matthews of the Nim-
rod Club. "The club did a cleanup
like this years ago, and it was
something we always wanted to
get back into. Now that we have
some new younger members, the
time was right. As a club of hunt-
ers and fishers, we know that it is
important to take care of the en-
vironment and be active and in-
volved. We look forward to orga-
nizing more events like this one."
The kids from the Summer
@ SOCK program had recently
cleaned up a tributary of the same
stream that runs behind the Wil-
liam G. Reed Library. "The kids
were amazed at all the trash and
junk people had dumped in that
beautiful stream," said Kelsey
Martin-Keating, a director of
SOCK. "They all wanted to know
why anyone would do something
like that. While there is no good
answer to that question, SOCK,
the Nimrod Club and the Boy
Scouts are all invested together in
teaching this generation of youth
to become community stewards
and set an example ibr other com-
munity members."
Persons interested in joining
the Nimrod Club can call Dave
Matthews at 426-8178. For more
information about SOCK, call
Marti.n-Keating at 462-5947.
Christians are tuning up
for latest Festival of Hope
The annual Festival of Hope,
presented by a coalition of local
Christians, is scheduled for the
weekend of'August 25-26 in Shel-
ton.
Saturday is the main event,
with festivities planned for 11
a.m. to 7 p.m. at Loop Field at 10th
and Franklin downtown. Worship
teams from local churches and
Christian bands will play all day.
Participants on Saturday will
be able to visit booths manned
by h)cal churches, parachurch
ministries and service organiza-
tions. Those groups will provide
information, free tbod, numerous
activities for children and various
wares.
Sunday there will be a commu-
nity worship service open to all at
11 a.m. at Highclimber Stadium.
Rudy Micelli, a musician or-
ganizers say has become popular
with Mason County Christians,
will perform Saturday evening at
Loop Field as well as Sunday at
the stadium.
Lupus comebackus:
S-00ate t--00ing 'comments '""'"[""'"
on plan to manage wolves00',,,
Citizens can comment on gray will be held in Clarkston, Spa- The state plan will add# at i
wolf management in Washing-
ton through August 31.
A series of public "scoping"
meetings is being held by the
Washington Department ofFish
and Wildlife and an 18-member
citizen working group that is
advising on development of a
draft wolf-management plan.
Gerry RingErickson of Shelton
is Mason County's representa-
tive on the working group.
"This public comment op-
portunity is intended to ensure
that we receive a full range of
citizen views as we develop a
conservation and management
plan for the gray wolf," said
Rocky Beach, the state's wild-
life diversity manager.
While the state will not re-
introduce wolves, the species
is expected to reestablish in
Washington on its own as wolf
numbers increase in neighbor-
ing states and Canada.
TO PREPARE for the re-
turn of wolves, RingErick-
son and other members of the
working group have been meet-
ing since early this year. The
group includes representatives
of the livestock and timber in-
dustries, conservation groups,
local government, hunters and
other outdoor recreation enthu-
siasts. Additional public com-
ment will be taken on the draft
plan when it is completed next
year.
The eventual wolf-manage-
ment plan is expected to include
gray wolf population objectives,
wolf-livestock conflict resolu-
tion, wolf-game species interac-
tions, wolf-human interactions
and other issues.
A series of public meetings
Shelton schools
are reaching out
to homeschoolers
Shelton School District's Home
Partnership Academy will hold an
informational meeting for new and
returning students on Thursday,
August 23, at Bordeaux Elemen-
tary School.
The meeting will be from 6 to
8 p.m. The Home Partnership
Academy is for students who are
currently or have recently been
home-schooled. Cheri Estep and
Peter Nielsen will be available to
answer questions and registration
packets will be available.
kane, Yakima, Twisp, Bell-
ingham, Vancouver, Sequim
and Olympia. The meeting in
Olympia will be from 7 to 9
p.m. on Thursday, August 23,
in the Water Resources Educa-
tion Center, 4600 SE Columbia
Way.
Written public comments
will be taken by surface mail to
Wolf Plan Scoping, SEPA Desk-
Habitat Division, Washington
Department of Fish and Wild-
life, 600 Capitol Way North,
Olympia, 98501-1091.
ALTHOUGH GRAY wolves
were largely eradicated in
Washington by the 1930s,
sightings have increased since
federal recovery efforts were
initiated in Idaho and Montana
in the mid-1990s. The success
of those efforts has prompted
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-
vice to propose removing gray
wolf populations from the fd-
eral list of endangered species
in three states and parts of four
other states, including Wash-
ington.
wolf management in Washi
ton after the species is rein#
from the federal list of ends
gered species. [
Since the gray wolf is sJ
strategies.
"If gray wolves are de-li¢ q
by the federal government, t QI
main difference will be t U:
t
Washington and other we#
states will have the priO
responsibility for mana# h
their wolf populations," B0 i
said. "We need toprepar.ely¢l `
that possibility by aevelopl
conservation and managelle
plan that works for people am
wildlife." ]
Once a draft wolf conse r
tion and management pl]
developed
r newXt year, additi0]
public evie opportunities |]
be offered. The final plan is #
pected to be complete by J |
30, 2008.
Notice of the Finding of No Significant Impact
USDA Rural I)evelopment has received an application for financial
assistance from the Mason County PUD #1. The proposed project consistS
of upgrades to the existing Canal Mutual Water System.
As required by the National Environmental Policy Act, USDA Rural
Development has assessed the potential environmental impacts of
the proposed project and has determined that the proposal will not
have a significant effect on the human environment and for which an
Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared. "[he basis of this
determination is no important Farmland, Wetland or Floodplains were
identified at the location of the project.
Copies of the Environmental Assessment can be reviewed or obtained at
USDA, Rural Development, Attn: Debbie Harper, 1835 Black Lake Bird
SW Ste C, Olympia, WA 98512; phone 360 704-7764.
A general location map of the proposal is shown below.
Canal Mutual (
W<ter System_//
o///
Hoodsport// /
J
A huge thank you goes out to the following
wonderful community supporters br sponsoring
the Mason Count), Fair and Rodeo!
Lucky Dog Casino
Gillis Auto Center
Dodge
Shoppers Weekly
KMAS 1030 AM
94.5 Roxy
KGY Real Country
Shelton Journal
Costco Wholesale
Brad Wilson Construction
J &J Trailer Sales
Brady's Trucking
Kristmas Towne Kiwanis
Eldon Store
Shelton Inn
Sundance Auto
Del's Farm Supply
qhe Office Supply Store
Mason County Forest Products
Taylor Shellfish Farms
Our Community Credit Union
Hood Canal Heating & Cooling
Hunter Christmas Trees
Northwest Refrigeration
Shelton Land & Homes
Timberbowl
A,
Coca Cola Products
Cary's Tire
Hunter Farms
Shelton Cinemas
Don & Betty Olsbn
Brent's Horseshoeing
Steph's Espresso
And... last, but Oe/bdtely not least...
The Mason County Commissioners and Fair staff
would like to thank the Fair & Rodeo Superintendents
and the many volunteers.
Without EWE the Fair & Rodeo wouldn't be possible.
See o3Otd i 3tdl 5OO3!
NPRA DODGE TRUCK
Page 6 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 9, 2007