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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.) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIlUlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIIIIlll 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.) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIlUlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIIIIlll 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