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HELTON-
ON COUNTY JOURNAL
1.21st Year -- Number 34 5 Sections -- 46 Pages Published in Shelton, Washington 75 cents
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election, topping the race. of Tuesday, the measure had re- to go to the November election, ture," he said. "We're going to do
in his bid for reelection
weak voter turnout.
gathered 655 votes to
two challengers: Shel-
and former prop-
Gary Cronce, who
and Port of Shelton
Jack Miles, who
with just 122 votes.
gained some momen-
Tuesday's primary vic-
The three-man mayor's contest
was the only item on the primary
ballot for city voters and returns
were light. On Tuesday, elections
workers counted 1,218 ballots, in-
cluding 12 write-in ballots, for a
turnout of 34.9 percent.
Mason County Auditor Karen
Herr said there are about 250 ad-
ditional ballots that will be count-
ed at 9:30 a.m. on Friday at the
county elections department.
ceived 923 "yes" votes, or 47.9
percent, and 1,002 "no" votes. The
turnout was 39.1 percent.
In Shelton, Tarrant received
more votes than Cronce and Miles
combined. He captured 53.8 per-
cent of the votes, compared to 35.2
percent for Cronce and 10 percent
for Miles.
"I'll continue to work hard. I
want to continue as mayor," Tar-
rant said. "I think people are
but added, "If you look at what the
City of Shelton is doing right now,
people are pleased with what's go-
ing on."
He pointed to the major con-
struction projects now under way
in the city, including those involv-
ing Northcliff Road, the Basin 2
Sewer Project and the Shelton
Area Regional Water and Sewer
Project.
something about the streets."
Cronce tried to pick up traction
by going door-to-door throughout
the city. Tarrant didn't do that pri-
or to Tuesday's primary, but said
he would doorbell before the gen-
eral election. "I know Gary's going
to work hard," he added.
Tarrant is seeking a third tbur-
year term as mayor. He was first
elected to the city commission in
1995 as commissioner of finance.
hears
Egreat
00entlal
:!
' GREEN
irson Field is an excellent
t s underutilized in a lot
R according to a consultant
prepare a marketing
airport on behalf of
Sound area, Sand-
has more capacity to
businesses than other
Lee Smith, a develop-
sultant, told the Shelton
mission during a briefing
iee marketing analysis at
r ting on Tuesday after-
al airport, Smith said,
D very strong competitive
to attract businesses in
tion-related field. "You do
ellent airport facilities,"
d.
addition, Sanderson Field
, capacity to handle the
• lt jets that are the biggest
in the aviation business.
orts have built hangars
ce condominiums so that
conduct business where
Use their aircraft, Smith
Make weigh for Sea Spray
A barge with the muscle to haul up to 5,000 tons of gravel
is anchored just a few yards from the watery end of a 1.2-
mile conveyor system built by Manke Family Resources.
Rob Kycek, manager of the project, said a mining crew
of seven already has processed 70,000 tons of aggregate
for an operation looking to ship sand and gravel to cus-
tomers in the Seattle and Everett areas. "We're getting
the bugs out," he said. The barge christened Sea Spray
delivered a roll of belts which will be attached to the
system and become a driving force that delivers gravel
over the top of State Route 3 and onto barges like itself
that will anchor in Oakland Bay and then ply the waters
of Puget Sound. Kycek said it will be a few more weeks
before the first load is on its way. The project was per-
mitted by Mason County in the Nineties. If all goes well
the Mankes may also supply customers in Canada.
llableaTHEinawCtai;t:tuhn Reput)dcan Baze
,, Way is something Smith
I d .highly recommend.
is a great location; it
e a park," he said of the ente:rs 35th race
I, airport. He said he be-
e turn to page 8.)
00ristian
this
00ekend
alnual Festival of Hope
lated for this Saturday
ay in Shelton.
lay's lineup will run from
to 8 p.m. at Loop Field
and Franklin. Numer-
ths will showcase local
8,
Christian ministries
ce organizations. The fes-
also feature complimen-
and children's activities,
al worship teams and
tands play throughout
1 e program will feature:
l Community Church of
1 a.m.-noon; Graydon
:and the group Effected,
il,zn.; By the Blood, 1-2
rge Mic and Northside
hurch, 2-3 p.m.; Mount
eran Church worship
P.m.; SonDay, 4-5 p.m.;
1 Assembly of God wor-
ld, 5 p.m.
rt by Brazilian Chris-
Rudy Micelli, followed
from Rivers of Grace
B band, will round out the
Micelli has appeared at
Z °f Hope in past years.
Ening to stay all day are
W to bring lawn furni-
mankets
Republican Herb Baze, a former
Mason County commissioner, on
Monday announced his candida-
cy for election to the Washington
House of Rep-
resentatives in
the 35th Dis-
trict.
Baze was
elected to the
county com-
mission for a
four-year term,
serving from
2001 to 2004
and acting as
chair of the
panel for part
of that time.
During his Herb
term, he helped Baze
establish the
first drug court in Mason County.
He served on the Mason County
Transit Advisory Board and as
an advisory board member of the
Harmony Hill Retreat Center
in Union. He is a member of the
Shelton-Mason County Chamber
of Commerce.
He will campaign for the seat
now held by State Representative
Bill Eickmeyer, a Democrat from
Belfair who has said he will not
seek reelection. "The decisions that
are made, or are not made, by our
governor and our legislators affect
the quality of life for our kids and
our families," Baze said. "I'm not
afraid to make the decisions that
are necessary to protect and im-
prove our qualityof life here in our
community."
The 35th District includes all of
Mason County and small parts of
Kitsap, Thurston and Grays Har-
bor counties.
Baze has deep roots in Mason
County and the 35th Legislative
District. His great-grandfather
homesteaded here and Herb was
born at Shelton General Hospital
in 1949. He attended Hood Canal
School and Shelton High School.
He and his wife Cathy and their
(Please turn to page 8.)
Democrat Finn
eyes House post
Fred Finn, a Democrat who
lives in rural Thurston County,
has announced his candidacy for
state representative of the 35th
Legislative
District. The
35th District
includes all
of Mason and
parts of Kitsap,
Grays Harbor
and Thurston
counties.
In announc-
ing his can-
didacy Finn
noted that in
a "fiscally re-
sponsible man- Fred
ner" we need
to: improve the Finn
quality and
funding, of our schools; improve
the quality of our environment,
particularly Hood Canal; pro-
mote the creation of family wage
jobs while ensuring that the costs
New recycling program starts
glass and metal, including alumi-
num and tin cans, soda cans, new
dairy tubs, and plastic and glass
jugs, bottles and jars.
• Green containers - mixed pa-
per, including magazines and cat-
alogs, newspaper, junk mail with
window envelopes, phone books,
cardboard, cereal and dry food
boxes, paper bags and sacks, fro-
zen food boxes, milk cartons and
juice boxes and shredded paper
ucts and packaging that contain
recycled content," she said.
"Try to purchase paper that
consists of 100 percent post-con-
sumer recycled content. Reduce
your waste. The average Ameri-
can throws away more than four
pounds of trash per day.
"Buy only what you will use, try
to buy in bulk and buy products
with little or no packaging or pack-
aging that can be recycled. Compost
The City of Shelton's new dual-
stream automated recycling pro-
gram is under way with the deliv-
ery of two new containers to resi-
dents who have been using the old
three-bin system.
Using the new containers will
be simple and more efficient by
reducing the number of bins used
and increasing the volume of mate-
rials collected, said Tracy Farrell,
the city's recycling coordinator
of growth are fairly apportioned;
and provide a mechanism for all
citizens, in this the richest nation
on Earth, to obtain health care.
"As a member of the legislature,
I hope to have a significant part in
addressing these issues and bring-
ing about results," he said.
Finn, 61, is a Thurston/Mason
County area businessman, in-
volved in commercial real estate
in Mason and Thurston counties
with an interest in the renewal of
downtown Shelton. A past three-
term member of the Griffin School
Board, he is a founding member of
the Griffin School Foundation and
Washington Business Bank. He
currently is a member of the Ma-
son County Hospital Foundation
Board and belongs to a number of
business and civic organizations in
Thurston and Mason counties, in-
cluding the Shelton-Mason Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce and the
Economic Development Council of
(Please turn to page 8.)
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On the inside
Births .................................. 42
Classifieds ........................... 33
Community Calendar ....... 19
Crossword ........................... 41
Entertainment, Dining ..... 32
Health Journal ................. 18
Journal of Record ............. 27
Obituaries ........................... 10
Opinions, Letters ................. 4
Sports ................................... 21
Tides ..... . ............................... 28
to sit on. In addition, the automated placed in paper bags. These con- your yard waste, kitchen waste and Weather .............. 29
Wil! perfo.rm again on truck will provide better efficiency tainers can be used for.gift wrap food-soiled paper. This adds to the ..................
orain durra a commu and lower the risk of u to the but not shin foil wra m reduction of ur b e and kee s IlIlIIIlIIIlIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIII[IIIlIIIIIIIIIIUlIIIIUllIIlIlIIIIlIlII
-- hi g g " n ry y pp g. yo gar ag p
[,.p service beginning at operator. Farrell urges residents to re- the wet, smelly and generally messy 18|| Illl[|i||lll|l|8 |1 |i |l|ll
ighclimber Stadium on Following is a list of materials member to recycle and buy re- stuffoutofyourgarbagecan." IIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIlIIIIIIIII
sofShelton High School accepted in the new containers: cycled products. "Recycling only For more information, phone [M| [|[[|[||[[|I|[||||||U] [
elton Springs Road. • Blue containers - plastic, works when you buy back prod- Farrell at 432-5126. 8 5 3 2 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 2
HELTON-
ON COUNTY JOURNAL
1.21st Year -- Number 34 5 Sections -- 46 Pages Published in Shelton, Washington 75 cents
' o rran t, noCron CBe su00iVeton prima0000 an
gY:hoJOhginTaa: t_ erYb::E:ralaseii°ntagn e:;;eP:::adfOoFiTefDitr! cP:i::i!:)dit:e:'ie,salongwia: (nel=tic°on)ts]'f=ad°:l!:thth.
election, topping the race. of Tuesday, the measure had re- to go to the November election, ture," he said. "We're going to do
in his bid for reelection
weak voter turnout.
gathered 655 votes to
two challengers: Shel-
and former prop-
Gary Cronce, who
and Port of Shelton
Jack Miles, who
with just 122 votes.
gained some momen-
Tuesday's primary vic-
The three-man mayor's contest
was the only item on the primary
ballot for city voters and returns
were light. On Tuesday, elections
workers counted 1,218 ballots, in-
cluding 12 write-in ballots, for a
turnout of 34.9 percent.
Mason County Auditor Karen
Herr said there are about 250 ad-
ditional ballots that will be count-
ed at 9:30 a.m. on Friday at the
county elections department.
ceived 923 "yes" votes, or 47.9
percent, and 1,002 "no" votes. The
turnout was 39.1 percent.
In Shelton, Tarrant received
more votes than Cronce and Miles
combined. He captured 53.8 per-
cent of the votes, compared to 35.2
percent for Cronce and 10 percent
for Miles.
"I'll continue to work hard. I
want to continue as mayor," Tar-
rant said. "I think people are
but added, "If you look at what the
City of Shelton is doing right now,
people are pleased with what's go-
ing on."
He pointed to the major con-
struction projects now under way
in the city, including those involv-
ing Northcliff Road, the Basin 2
Sewer Project and the Shelton
Area Regional Water and Sewer
Project.
something about the streets."
Cronce tried to pick up traction
by going door-to-door throughout
the city. Tarrant didn't do that pri-
or to Tuesday's primary, but said
he would doorbell before the gen-
eral election. "I know Gary's going
to work hard," he added.
Tarrant is seeking a third tbur-
year term as mayor. He was first
elected to the city commission in
1995 as commissioner of finance.
hears
Egreat
00entlal
:!
' GREEN
irson Field is an excellent
t s underutilized in a lot
R according to a consultant
prepare a marketing
airport on behalf of
Sound area, Sand-
has more capacity to
businesses than other
Lee Smith, a develop-
sultant, told the Shelton
mission during a briefing
iee marketing analysis at
r ting on Tuesday after-
al airport, Smith said,
D very strong competitive
to attract businesses in
tion-related field. "You do
ellent airport facilities,"
d.
addition, Sanderson Field
, capacity to handle the
• lt jets that are the biggest
in the aviation business.
orts have built hangars
ce condominiums so that
conduct business where
Use their aircraft, Smith
Make weigh for Sea Spray
A barge with the muscle to haul up to 5,000 tons of gravel
is anchored just a few yards from the watery end of a 1.2-
mile conveyor system built by Manke Family Resources.
Rob Kycek, manager of the project, said a mining crew
of seven already has processed 70,000 tons of aggregate
for an operation looking to ship sand and gravel to cus-
tomers in the Seattle and Everett areas. "We're getting
the bugs out," he said. The barge christened Sea Spray
delivered a roll of belts which will be attached to the
system and become a driving force that delivers gravel
over the top of State Route 3 and onto barges like itself
that will anchor in Oakland Bay and then ply the waters
of Puget Sound. Kycek said it will be a few more weeks
before the first load is on its way. The project was per-
mitted by Mason County in the Nineties. If all goes well
the Mankes may also supply customers in Canada.
llableaTHEinawCtai;t:tuhn Reput)dcan Baze
,, Way is something Smith
I d .highly recommend.
is a great location; it
e a park," he said of the ente:rs 35th race
I, airport. He said he be-
e turn to page 8.)
00ristian
this
00ekend
alnual Festival of Hope
lated for this Saturday
ay in Shelton.
lay's lineup will run from
to 8 p.m. at Loop Field
and Franklin. Numer-
ths will showcase local
8,
Christian ministries
ce organizations. The fes-
also feature complimen-
and children's activities,
al worship teams and
tands play throughout
1 e program will feature:
l Community Church of
1 a.m.-noon; Graydon
:and the group Effected,
il,zn.; By the Blood, 1-2
rge Mic and Northside
hurch, 2-3 p.m.; Mount
eran Church worship
P.m.; SonDay, 4-5 p.m.;
1 Assembly of God wor-
ld, 5 p.m.
rt by Brazilian Chris-
Rudy Micelli, followed
from Rivers of Grace
B band, will round out the
Micelli has appeared at
Z °f Hope in past years.
Ening to stay all day are
W to bring lawn furni-
mankets
Republican Herb Baze, a former
Mason County commissioner, on
Monday announced his candida-
cy for election to the Washington
House of Rep-
resentatives in
the 35th Dis-
trict.
Baze was
elected to the
county com-
mission for a
four-year term,
serving from
2001 to 2004
and acting as
chair of the
panel for part
of that time.
During his Herb
term, he helped Baze
establish the
first drug court in Mason County.
He served on the Mason County
Transit Advisory Board and as
an advisory board member of the
Harmony Hill Retreat Center
in Union. He is a member of the
Shelton-Mason County Chamber
of Commerce.
He will campaign for the seat
now held by State Representative
Bill Eickmeyer, a Democrat from
Belfair who has said he will not
seek reelection. "The decisions that
are made, or are not made, by our
governor and our legislators affect
the quality of life for our kids and
our families," Baze said. "I'm not
afraid to make the decisions that
are necessary to protect and im-
prove our qualityof life here in our
community."
The 35th District includes all of
Mason County and small parts of
Kitsap, Thurston and Grays Har-
bor counties.
Baze has deep roots in Mason
County and the 35th Legislative
District. His great-grandfather
homesteaded here and Herb was
born at Shelton General Hospital
in 1949. He attended Hood Canal
School and Shelton High School.
He and his wife Cathy and their
(Please turn to page 8.)
Democrat Finn
eyes House post
Fred Finn, a Democrat who
lives in rural Thurston County,
has announced his candidacy for
state representative of the 35th
Legislative
District. The
35th District
includes all
of Mason and
parts of Kitsap,
Grays Harbor
and Thurston
counties.
In announc-
ing his can-
didacy Finn
noted that in
a "fiscally re-
sponsible man- Fred
ner" we need
to: improve the Finn
quality and
funding, of our schools; improve
the quality of our environment,
particularly Hood Canal; pro-
mote the creation of family wage
jobs while ensuring that the costs
New recycling program starts
glass and metal, including alumi-
num and tin cans, soda cans, new
dairy tubs, and plastic and glass
jugs, bottles and jars.
• Green containers - mixed pa-
per, including magazines and cat-
alogs, newspaper, junk mail with
window envelopes, phone books,
cardboard, cereal and dry food
boxes, paper bags and sacks, fro-
zen food boxes, milk cartons and
juice boxes and shredded paper
ucts and packaging that contain
recycled content," she said.
"Try to purchase paper that
consists of 100 percent post-con-
sumer recycled content. Reduce
your waste. The average Ameri-
can throws away more than four
pounds of trash per day.
"Buy only what you will use, try
to buy in bulk and buy products
with little or no packaging or pack-
aging that can be recycled. Compost
The City of Shelton's new dual-
stream automated recycling pro-
gram is under way with the deliv-
ery of two new containers to resi-
dents who have been using the old
three-bin system.
Using the new containers will
be simple and more efficient by
reducing the number of bins used
and increasing the volume of mate-
rials collected, said Tracy Farrell,
the city's recycling coordinator
of growth are fairly apportioned;
and provide a mechanism for all
citizens, in this the richest nation
on Earth, to obtain health care.
"As a member of the legislature,
I hope to have a significant part in
addressing these issues and bring-
ing about results," he said.
Finn, 61, is a Thurston/Mason
County area businessman, in-
volved in commercial real estate
in Mason and Thurston counties
with an interest in the renewal of
downtown Shelton. A past three-
term member of the Griffin School
Board, he is a founding member of
the Griffin School Foundation and
Washington Business Bank. He
currently is a member of the Ma-
son County Hospital Foundation
Board and belongs to a number of
business and civic organizations in
Thurston and Mason counties, in-
cluding the Shelton-Mason Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce and the
Economic Development Council of
(Please turn to page 8.)
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On the inside
Births .................................. 42
Classifieds ........................... 33
Community Calendar ....... 19
Crossword ........................... 41
Entertainment, Dining ..... 32
Health Journal ................. 18
Journal of Record ............. 27
Obituaries ........................... 10
Opinions, Letters ................. 4
Sports ................................... 21
Tides ..... . ............................... 28
to sit on. In addition, the automated placed in paper bags. These con- your yard waste, kitchen waste and Weather .............. 29
Wil! perfo.rm again on truck will provide better efficiency tainers can be used for.gift wrap food-soiled paper. This adds to the ..................
orain durra a commu and lower the risk of u to the but not shin foil wra m reduction of ur b e and kee s IlIlIIIlIIIlIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIII[IIIlIIIIIIIIIIUlIIIIUllIIlIlIIIIlIlII
-- hi g g " n ry y pp g. yo gar ag p
[,.p service beginning at operator. Farrell urges residents to re- the wet, smelly and generally messy 18|| Illl[|i||lll|l|8 |1 |i |l|ll
ighclimber Stadium on Following is a list of materials member to recycle and buy re- stuffoutofyourgarbagecan." IIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIIlIIIIIIIII
sofShelton High School accepted in the new containers: cycled products. "Recycling only For more information, phone [M| [|[[|[||[[|I|[||||||U] [
elton Springs Road. • Blue containers - plastic, works when you buy back prod- Farrell at 432-5126. 8 5 3 2 6 3 0 0 1 1 1 2