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says aqmfer, farm secUons better: c o G-00-00mp liant i Mason • , ,, of c0ra 'C°unt.y:ls no longer out county s ei.ghth compliance hear- board ruled in August. sions allowed by the act, says a 8ta , phance with some of the ing says the county is in corn- Previous findings of invalidity board finding tes Growth Mann eme "  ..... ize of reqU'lreme _ ..... g nt Act phance with GMA regarding Its were msued regarding the s The county is also m com- ,._ rec, r-- nt for cnhcal, aquifer critical aquifer recharge areas as agricultural parcels and residen- pliance regarding its revmw of po- ge areas and agricultural a result of its adoption of'an ordi- tial densities "Mason County has tential agricultural lands with ,t In 0-  - Wash- nance protecting recharge areas, precluded parcels smaller t n 0 qu s an lth t e reqmre- !!es0urce lands, a Western " , ' ha 1 uni e soil d w" h .... :i. t4eaangt"' ,rowth Management. The adoption of another ordi- acres in agricultural resource ments of GMA about buffer ,. J lg Board order msued Au nance brings the count close to areas and has allowed densities of widths !.u A.says' compliance with its agricultural one dwelling unit per five acres The county still, according to d4 "" rmmg by the board on the resource lands compliance, the only under the clustering provi- the hearings board, must clarify ':-- one of the definitions in its agri- f:, cultural lands ordinance, explain o ]O1.]rl[-V O01rll"inlq rnl 1T'1cll 1T"1" its reasoning for division ofdesig- ._ --,.7 --x.*A.L££ZJJJ=  t.J.....I, nated and undesi'nated a'icul tter '  ----  rural land characterized by wood- :/Kqlm ,==, =  t  =     A_ lands, housing lots, ponds, pas- ,':.  • • • " r       1  •   ture and rangeland, and address i-... ,,m W JKJL JtJL.I.JKJL a descrepancy of 310 acres in its b agricultural resource land • . J   - •    acreage total. "*1 r  d , r d n  IQT 11  n T The eighth hearing on com- " 1 v V  .l,i..i. pliance was held July 29. Mem- -- ui, bers of the Western Washington t Steve Kutz, the former director • Authorized David Loser, residence at 155 East Community Growth Management Hearings e COunty's equipment rental and revolving t, hC::ldV's]on, personal health is now the coun- l( services administrator. their regular commission .ng Thursday, the county approved Kutz's est to recruit and hire for the position of Pro- II, who will super- e personal health services of the health services de- as appointed acting ad- June 3, following resignation. After a lection process, officially appointed to He has a bachelor of egree in nursing from Washington University asters degree in public Tulane University. sTmd  a2-year career Y etired as a ant colonel. BUSINESS at meeting, the county rs: Journal will be closed on September 6, for Labor early deadlines will up- departments. Dead- are as follows: pages, 2 p.m. )er 3. That in- ;ing announcements, dings and anniversa- display adver- 5 p.m. Friday, Sep- Those are the ones in the classified-ad deadlines remain as at's noon Tuesday for ing, 2 p.m. Tues- reader adver- .regular line copy), and for legal adver- d line ads will be noon Wednesday for Classify" section. fund manager, to purchase a sign cutter-plotter computer for the sgn shop. Loser said the price is from $4,000 to $5,000 for the machine, which will pay for itself in less than three years. * Authorized public works de- partment personnel to solicit bids for components for two fish-pas- sage projects. They okayed calling for tele- phone bids for the purchase of a structural plate pipe arch for a grant-funded, barrier-removal project to enhance fish passage in Schoolhouse Creek where it crosses Belfair-Tahuya Road. THEY ALSO authorized pub- lic works department personnel to solicit bids for the purchase of a 130-foot long, 10-foot diameter, 8- gauge structural plate pipe, which is to be used for a similarly grant-funded fish-passage, bar- rier-removal project on Upper Stimson Creek at Elfendahl Pass. Director of Publlc Works Jerry Hauth said due to the size of the latter project, formal bids will be necessary. The bid opening is set for 9:45 a.m. September 14. ..... • Approved. an emergency. $21,175 appropriation to the 1999 budget for postage costs. The county uses a centralized mailing system through the state of Washington. The purpose of moving the money from a non-de- partmental fund to individual de- partments is for bookkeeping pur- poses. • APPROVED A finding of fact on an appeal concerning a proposed dock by Allen Morris at 41 East Shore Drive in Grape- view. The appeal, filed by Jerome StruMs, challenges the approved dock as having violated the Ma- son County Shoreline Master Pro- gram on three use regulation counts for piers and docks. The board concluded that Mor- ris' dock should be modified so it is no closer than five feet from any adjacent docks and meets the five-foot property setback. If not, the dock must be removed within 30 days. • The commissioners also ap- proved a finding of facts on the proposed dock-pier-float facility at Howard and Nancy Bauer's Club Road. The board found that the facili- ty meets standards set by the Ma- son County Shoreline Master Pro- gram, but is subject to certain conditions. IN BUSINESS conducted dur- ing the August 24 meeting, the commissioners: • Authorized the closure of De- watto Road at milepost 2.2 from 8 a.m. Tuesday, September 7, to 5 p.m. Friday, September 10. The purpose is to replace a culvert. Also approved was closing Bel- fair-Tahuya Road at milepost 8.61 for culvert replacement from 8 a.m. Monday, September 20 to 8 a.m. Monday, September 27. • Approved the 1998 Commu- nity Oriented Policing Services More Award in the amount of $12,750. • Authorized Permit Assis- tance Center Director Betty Wing to post, interview and hire a Building Inspector II position to replace Warren Colvin, who has resigned. • Approved the reappointment of Paula Rioux to the Mason County Planning Commission. • Authorized the commission chairperson to sign the 1999 Con- solidated Contract Amendment Number 5, which will reduce the Local Capacity Development Fund by $2,241. • AUTHORIZED the depart- ment of community development director to seek sealed bids for surface preparation and coating application work at the county's solid waste transfer station, solid waste facility office building and the Belfair, Union and Hoodsport drop-box stations. Bid opening is at 9:45 a.m. September 21. * Scheduled a public hearing for 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, September 21, to hear testimony, as request- ed by Clifton Moss, about the re- moval of a utility and drainage easement between lots 14 and 15 of Lynch Cove, Division 3. • Approved the application of bituminous surface treatment to Jensen Drive. • Authorized David Loser of the equipment rental and revolv- ing fund to seek bids for the po- lice-car refurbishing of six Chev- rolet Caprices and three Ford Crown Victorias. That bid open- ing will be held at 9:15 a.m. Sep- tember 14. Board who made the ruling were Les Eldridge, Nan Henricksen and William Nielsen. KIDS AND PARENTS turned out in droves for last Friday evening's barbecue marking the end of the Boys & Girls Club's summer pro- gram in Shelton. About 175 people feasted on hot dogs and pizza. t3oys & Girls (',lubs air plans to fund year-00 ()und programs By JEFF GREEN day was pretty impressive." club held a carnival at the Shel- were served during the program, Riding the crest of a highly successful summer activities pro- gram, Shelton's Boys & Girls Club has kicked off a fund-raising campaign to ensure year-round operations. The Shelton club's fall program is scheduled to start on Wednes- day, September 15. Hours will be from 2:30 to 8 p.m. and the pro- gram is tentatively scheduled at the Angle Education Center, said Dave Ison, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Mason County. To date, the largest individual contribution was a $5,000 gift from Steve Boone and his family and Boone Ford of Olympia. Ear- lier, the club received a total of $25,000 from the Simpson Fund and $15,000 from the .City of Shelton. Ison said the Shelton commu- nity needs to contribute between $40,000 and $50,000, which would allow the club to seek matching funds of up to $40,000 from the federal Bureau of Jus- tice Administration. "I was very pleased with the job that the staff did," Ison said of the Shelton club's summer pro- gram. "It was a good summer. To have over 100 kids there every THE SUMMER program ran from June 21 through August 27, culminating in a barbecue at Loop Field that drew an estimat- ed 175 kids and parents. More than 180 awards to youngsters were given out. "Parents felt it gave kids a positive place to go that is safe and where they could socialize with their friends," said Shawn Buechel, the club's Shelton unit director. "It was awesome. We grew by leaps and bounds. The average daily attendance was 105 kids." The club offered the youngsters 14 different programs in five core areas: the arts, health and life skills, educational and career de- velopment, character and Leader- ship development, and sports-fit- ness-recreation. "There were a number of parents that were sur- prised we ran the programs," Buechel said. "Our programs, that's where our meat and po- tatoes are." The club also offered five day trips every other Friday during the summer. Major field trips in- cluded visits to Wild Waves, the Mason County Fair, Woodland Park Zoo and Discovery Zone. ON ALTERNATE weeks, the Visit beautiful South Shore Hood Canal Now picking 4 varieties HUNTER CORN New Crop Hunter Farms POTATOES ZUCCHINI PICKLING CUKES Russet GREEN BEANS 10 Jb.- $1 2S YELLO W BEANS so nb.- $6" Washungton PEACHES SLnClNG CUKES NECTARINES PLUMS LOCAL BLUEBERRIES Large Assortment of Sweet Spanish ONIONS by the lb. or 50 lb. bag PEARS GRAVENSTEIN APPLES PEPPERS AND NEW CROP MELONS  mmmmha ram_ m . NEW CROP 00Olymplc HA I’" Mountain Summer Color Ice Cream OYSTERS & CLAMS SALMON Large Assortment ANNUALS & PERENNIALS VERLE'S SPORTS CENTER & MARINE 2,q,:18 ()lyml)i(, Ilighway North * (:(;())42(;-09:3 A Family Farm Tradition 898:2212; r Z'Z V T T   1 IIR M  East 1921 Highway 106, Union, WA OPEN 9 a.m.-6 p.m, 7 DAYS A WEEK Visit beautiful South Shore Hood Canal ton Gym at Ninth and Pine, which was an opportunity for members to cash in on their good behavior with club bucks. The early morning Sunshine Club gave parent s the opportuni- ty to drop their children at the summer program at an earlier time. The club showed movies, played games and provided breakfast for the members. A to- tal of 304 kids attended it during the summer. As for meals, 343 breakfasts, 4,346 lunches and 4,076 snacks Buechel said. Nine people volunteered for a total of 109 hours, while the 14 staff members worked a combined 3,267 hours. And 322 youngsters signed up as members of the club. Buechel said the club will offer programs from the above five core areas during the fall program. More information about the Shel- ton club's activities or the fired- raising drive is available from the Boys & Girls Club of Mason County office at 275-7805 in Bel- fair. VERLE'S ARCHERY-GROUSE SPECIALS DICKSON GAME BAG #DGB100 79’ Each .22LR HP Copper plated. 50 round box. WW22LRD 97’t. coupon l.imit 4 boxe, O[s coupon per sh PMC I DOVE & QUAIL "Great for Grouse' 12 ga. 6 shot PL126 12 ga. Th shot PL127 WILDLIFE RESEARCH SCENTS * Cow Urine • Bull Rage • • Doe Urine * Red Fox Urine CAMOUFLAGE T.SHIRTS Long or short sleeve Extra 10’r00 OFF Extra 10% OFF Scents Reg. Price mm mm mm m mmmm mm m mmm mmm mmm mmm mm um m mm nm mm m mmm mm m m mm minK _ ' " //' Coupon Savings ! ( KERSHAW or BUCK KNIVES I x over $25.00 ! ! Cash value 1/20€ Expires 9/8/99 Sale or Clearance knive excluded from special. One c,mixm per ’.stomer L, ram= mm mm mm mm m mm m mmm m mm mm um mm =ram =ram =ram mm mm mm m m  Sale iems limited to stock on hand. Sale ends 9/8/99. Thursday, September 2, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3 says aqmfer, farm secUons better: c o G-00-00mp liant i Mason • , ,, of c0ra 'C°unt.y:ls no longer out county s ei.ghth compliance hear- board ruled in August. sions allowed by the act, says a 8ta , phance with some of the ing says the county is in corn- Previous findings of invalidity board finding tes Growth Mann eme "  ..... ize of reqU'lreme _ ..... g nt Act phance with GMA regarding Its were msued regarding the s The county is also m com- ,._ rec, r-- nt for cnhcal, aquifer critical aquifer recharge areas as agricultural parcels and residen- pliance regarding its revmw of po- ge areas and agricultural a result of its adoption of'an ordi- tial densities "Mason County has tential agricultural lands with ,t In 0-  - Wash- nance protecting recharge areas, precluded parcels smaller t n 0 qu s an lth t e reqmre- !!es0urce lands, a Western " , ' ha 1 uni e soil d w" h .... :i. t4eaangt"' ,rowth Management. The adoption of another ordi- acres in agricultural resource ments of GMA about buffer ,. J lg Board order msued Au nance brings the count close to areas and has allowed densities of widths !.u A.says' compliance with its agricultural one dwelling unit per five acres The county still, according to d4 "" rmmg by the board on the resource lands compliance, the only under the clustering provi- the hearings board, must clarify ':-- one of the definitions in its agri- f:, cultural lands ordinance, explain o ]O1.]rl[-V O01rll"inlq rnl 1T'1cll 1T"1" its reasoning for division ofdesig- ._ --,.7 --x.*A.L££ZJJJ=  t.J.....I, nated and undesi'nated a'icul tter '  ----  rural land characterized by wood- :/Kqlm ,==, =  t  =     A_ lands, housing lots, ponds, pas- ,':.  • • • " r       1  •   ture and rangeland, and address i-... ,,m W JKJL JtJL.I.JKJL a descrepancy of 310 acres in its b agricultural resource land • . J   - •    acreage total. "*1 r  d , r d n  IQT 11  n T The eighth hearing on com- " 1 v V  .l,i..i. pliance was held July 29. Mem- -- ui, bers of the Western Washington t Steve Kutz, the former director • Authorized David Loser, residence at 155 East Community Growth Management Hearings e COunty's equipment rental and revolving t, hC::ldV's]on, personal health is now the coun- l( services administrator. their regular commission .ng Thursday, the county approved Kutz's est to recruit and hire for the position of Pro- II, who will super- e personal health services of the health services de- as appointed acting ad- June 3, following resignation. After a lection process, officially appointed to He has a bachelor of egree in nursing from Washington University asters degree in public Tulane University. sTmd  a2-year career Y etired as a ant colonel. BUSINESS at meeting, the county rs: Journal will be closed on September 6, for Labor early deadlines will up- departments. Dead- are as follows: pages, 2 p.m. )er 3. That in- ;ing announcements, dings and anniversa- display adver- 5 p.m. Friday, Sep- Those are the ones in the classified-ad deadlines remain as at's noon Tuesday for ing, 2 p.m. Tues- reader adver- .regular line copy), and for legal adver- d line ads will be noon Wednesday for Classify" section. fund manager, to purchase a sign cutter-plotter computer for the sgn shop. Loser said the price is from $4,000 to $5,000 for the machine, which will pay for itself in less than three years. * Authorized public works de- partment personnel to solicit bids for components for two fish-pas- sage projects. They okayed calling for tele- phone bids for the purchase of a structural plate pipe arch for a grant-funded, barrier-removal project to enhance fish passage in Schoolhouse Creek where it crosses Belfair-Tahuya Road. THEY ALSO authorized pub- lic works department personnel to solicit bids for the purchase of a 130-foot long, 10-foot diameter, 8- gauge structural plate pipe, which is to be used for a similarly grant-funded fish-passage, bar- rier-removal project on Upper Stimson Creek at Elfendahl Pass. Director of Publlc Works Jerry Hauth said due to the size of the latter project, formal bids will be necessary. The bid opening is set for 9:45 a.m. September 14. ..... • Approved. an emergency. $21,175 appropriation to the 1999 budget for postage costs. The county uses a centralized mailing system through the state of Washington. The purpose of moving the money from a non-de- partmental fund to individual de- partments is for bookkeeping pur- poses. • APPROVED A finding of fact on an appeal concerning a proposed dock by Allen Morris at 41 East Shore Drive in Grape- view. The appeal, filed by Jerome StruMs, challenges the approved dock as having violated the Ma- son County Shoreline Master Pro- gram on three use regulation counts for piers and docks. The board concluded that Mor- ris' dock should be modified so it is no closer than five feet from any adjacent docks and meets the five-foot property setback. If not, the dock must be removed within 30 days. • The commissioners also ap- proved a finding of facts on the proposed dock-pier-float facility at Howard and Nancy Bauer's Club Road. The board found that the facili- ty meets standards set by the Ma- son County Shoreline Master Pro- gram, but is subject to certain conditions. IN BUSINESS conducted dur- ing the August 24 meeting, the commissioners: • Authorized the closure of De- watto Road at milepost 2.2 from 8 a.m. Tuesday, September 7, to 5 p.m. Friday, September 10. The purpose is to replace a culvert. Also approved was closing Bel- fair-Tahuya Road at milepost 8.61 for culvert replacement from 8 a.m. Monday, September 20 to 8 a.m. Monday, September 27. • Approved the 1998 Commu- nity Oriented Policing Services More Award in the amount of $12,750. • Authorized Permit Assis- tance Center Director Betty Wing to post, interview and hire a Building Inspector II position to replace Warren Colvin, who has resigned. • Approved the reappointment of Paula Rioux to the Mason County Planning Commission. • Authorized the commission chairperson to sign the 1999 Con- solidated Contract Amendment Number 5, which will reduce the Local Capacity Development Fund by $2,241. • AUTHORIZED the depart- ment of community development director to seek sealed bids for surface preparation and coating application work at the county's solid waste transfer station, solid waste facility office building and the Belfair, Union and Hoodsport drop-box stations. Bid opening is at 9:45 a.m. September 21. * Scheduled a public hearing for 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, September 21, to hear testimony, as request- ed by Clifton Moss, about the re- moval of a utility and drainage easement between lots 14 and 15 of Lynch Cove, Division 3. • Approved the application of bituminous surface treatment to Jensen Drive. • Authorized David Loser of the equipment rental and revolv- ing fund to seek bids for the po- lice-car refurbishing of six Chev- rolet Caprices and three Ford Crown Victorias. That bid open- ing will be held at 9:15 a.m. Sep- tember 14. Board who made the ruling were Les Eldridge, Nan Henricksen and William Nielsen. KIDS AND PARENTS turned out in droves for last Friday evening's barbecue marking the end of the Boys & Girls Club's summer pro- gram in Shelton. About 175 people feasted on hot dogs and pizza. t3oys & Girls (',lubs air plans to fund year-00 ()und programs By JEFF GREEN day was pretty impressive." club held a carnival at the Shel- were served during the program, Riding the crest of a highly successful summer activities pro- gram, Shelton's Boys & Girls Club has kicked off a fund-raising campaign to ensure year-round operations. The Shelton club's fall program is scheduled to start on Wednes- day, September 15. Hours will be from 2:30 to 8 p.m. and the pro- gram is tentatively scheduled at the Angle Education Center, said Dave Ison, executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Mason County. To date, the largest individual contribution was a $5,000 gift from Steve Boone and his family and Boone Ford of Olympia. Ear- lier, the club received a total of $25,000 from the Simpson Fund and $15,000 from the .City of Shelton. Ison said the Shelton commu- nity needs to contribute between $40,000 and $50,000, which would allow the club to seek matching funds of up to $40,000 from the federal Bureau of Jus- tice Administration. "I was very pleased with the job that the staff did," Ison said of the Shelton club's summer pro- gram. "It was a good summer. To have over 100 kids there every THE SUMMER program ran from June 21 through August 27, culminating in a barbecue at Loop Field that drew an estimat- ed 175 kids and parents. More than 180 awards to youngsters were given out. "Parents felt it gave kids a positive place to go that is safe and where they could socialize with their friends," said Shawn Buechel, the club's Shelton unit director. "It was awesome. We grew by leaps and bounds. The average daily attendance was 105 kids." The club offered the youngsters 14 different programs in five core areas: the arts, health and life skills, educational and career de- velopment, character and Leader- ship development, and sports-fit- ness-recreation. "There were a number of parents that were sur- prised we ran the programs," Buechel said. "Our programs, that's where our meat and po- tatoes are." The club also offered five day trips every other Friday during the summer. Major field trips in- cluded visits to Wild Waves, the Mason County Fair, Woodland Park Zoo and Discovery Zone. ON ALTERNATE weeks, the Visit beautiful South Shore Hood Canal Now picking 4 varieties HUNTER CORN New Crop Hunter Farms POTATOES ZUCCHINI PICKLING CUKES Russet GREEN BEANS 10 Jb.- $1 2S YELLO W BEANS so nb.- $6" Washungton PEACHES SLnClNG CUKES NECTARINES PLUMS LOCAL BLUEBERRIES Large Assortment of Sweet Spanish ONIONS by the lb. or 50 lb. bag PEARS GRAVENSTEIN APPLES PEPPERS AND NEW CROP MELONS  mmmmha ram_ m . NEW CROP 00Olymplc HA I’" Mountain Summer Color Ice Cream OYSTERS & CLAMS SALMON Large Assortment ANNUALS & PERENNIALS VERLE'S SPORTS CENTER & MARINE 2,q,:18 ()lyml)i(, Ilighway North * (:(;())42(;-09:3 A Family Farm Tradition 898:2212; r Z'Z V T T   1 IIR M  East 1921 Highway 106, Union, WA OPEN 9 a.m.-6 p.m, 7 DAYS A WEEK Visit beautiful South Shore Hood Canal ton Gym at Ninth and Pine, which was an opportunity for members to cash in on their good behavior with club bucks. The early morning Sunshine Club gave parent s the opportuni- ty to drop their children at the summer program at an earlier time. The club showed movies, played games and provided breakfast for the members. A to- tal of 304 kids attended it during the summer. As for meals, 343 breakfasts, 4,346 lunches and 4,076 snacks Buechel said. Nine people volunteered for a total of 109 hours, while the 14 staff members worked a combined 3,267 hours. And 322 youngsters signed up as members of the club. Buechel said the club will offer programs from the above five core areas during the fall program. More information about the Shel- ton club's activities or the fired- raising drive is available from the Boys & Girls Club of Mason County office at 275-7805 in Bel- fair. VERLE'S ARCHERY-GROUSE SPECIALS DICKSON GAME BAG #DGB100 79’ Each .22LR HP Copper plated. 50 round box. WW22LRD 97’t. coupon l.imit 4 boxe, O[s coupon per sh PMC I DOVE & QUAIL "Great for Grouse' 12 ga. 6 shot PL126 12 ga. Th shot PL127 WILDLIFE RESEARCH SCENTS * Cow Urine • Bull Rage • • Doe Urine * Red Fox Urine CAMOUFLAGE T.SHIRTS Long or short sleeve Extra 10’r00 OFF Extra 10% OFF Scents Reg. Price mm mm mm m mmmm mm m mmm mmm mmm mmm mm um m mm nm mm m mmm mm m m mm minK _ ' " //' Coupon Savings ! ( KERSHAW or BUCK KNIVES I x over $25.00 ! ! Cash value 1/20€ Expires 9/8/99 Sale or Clearance knive excluded from special. One c,mixm per ’.stomer L, ram= mm mm mm mm m mm m mmm m mm mm um mm =ram =ram =ram mm mm mm m m  Sale iems limited to stock on hand. Sale ends 9/8/99. Thursday, September 2, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3