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P39? 571.2 .‘ §h9li°,"'"4?59’7999’7ty “WELT Thur5d3y2§f3pt- 3 202.9,. ndstreet ' _ Thrift Store bmtlrlmnr 826 W. Railroad I in Downtown Shelton ' Open Monday - Saturday 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Call for Donation Times 60" 7-0 5 8 Mason County Senior Activities Association Sonny and Kathryn Chichenoff 65 years STRONG! GUNSNHTH lllPll BRAND 'i985’Graduate of Colorado School of Trades 30+ years experience and knowledge as a skilled gunsmith and precision machinist. Repairs 0 Customizing 0 Refinishing Monday Saturday AM ,- PM Shelton, WA 360-427-07 67 Kirk Boxle'rtner kbOX/eitner@masonoounty. com , The Mason County Board of Com- missioners on Aug. 25 authorized Sup- port Services Director Frank Pinter to apply to the Department of Commerce, for the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Re- lief, and Economic Security) Act’s CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) CV—l Coronavirus grant. Pinter explained this would offer Lews and Mason counties, and the cities within those counties, the op— portunity to extend their CARES Act funding, through the Department of Housing and Urban Development, in the amount of $597,614. Pinter said the money would be made available as grants for public services, public health, emergency responses and temporary housing fa- cilities that address the impacts of COVID-19, and that they must benefit low- to moderate-income persons. Before their unanimous vote in favor of its authorization, District 3 County approves CARES Act moneyLERAP grant Commissioner Sharon Trask cred— ited the program with “helping our residents at a critical time.” District. 1 Commissioner Randy Neatherlin praised county staff with working to draw more money from such pro- grams, which he said are “not just a- feel-good thing.” The Board of Commissioners also approved entering into a contract with the .Department of Commerce for the Eviction Rent Assistance Pro- gram (ERAP) Grant, and to subcon- tract funds to Crossroads Housing, the Shelton Family Center and North Ma— son Resources. The ERAP Grant is intended to pre- vent evictions by paying 80% of up to three months of past due, current due and future rent, while targeting lim- ited resources to those with the great- est needs, and working to distribute money equitably. The total award to Mason County would add up to $500,876, of which $75,313 would be retained for grant administration. Commissioners look to reopen county buildings Kirk Boxleitner kbox/eitner@masoncounty com Mason County commissioners ad— dressed local disaster relief and re- visited the county’s pandemic policies during the board’s Aug. 31 briefing. Support Services Director Frank Pinter introduced another extension of the Mason County local declara- tion of disaster resolution that was discussed in more detail by Ross Mc- Dowell, manager of Mason County’s Parks Department, Division of Emer- ' gency Management and Information Services. The Board of County Commission- ers had previously declared that Ma- son County was still in a state of di— saster due to the COVID-19 epidemic, and while the emergency authority granted under the resolution was set to expire Sept. 21, McDowell request- ed the board extend the county’sdi- saster declaration until Washington’s disaster declaration also eXpires. McDowell suggested this would avoid unnecessary reissuances of the county’s disaster declaration, while District 3 Commissioner and board chair Sharon Trask concurred with McDowell by noting the uncertainty of when the state’s disaster declaration might end. ' Pinter acknowledged that Corona- virus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se— curity (CARES) Act funding is part of the county’s. disaster declaration, and described the exact application of those funds as “constantly chang- ing,” with the Port of Allyn modifying its funding request, increasing it to $18,000, which Trask expressed inter- est in reviewing, while $25,000 was BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS proposed to assist the local media of iFIBER One (with $10,000), Mason- WebTV.com (with $5,000) and the Shelton-Mason County Journal (with $10,000). District 1 Commissioner Randy Neatherlin asserted the importance of ensuring the funding for these three local media would not be taken from any one district alone, since they serve all three districts, but he also ex— pressed a desire for further conversa- tion about CARES Act funding among all three commissioners, including the absent District 2 Commissioner Kevin Shutty. ‘ Neatherlin also said he would con- tact MasonWebTV.com to determine whether it was still in need of its por- tion of the funds, since that had ap- parently been in question. Trask added that she wouldn’t want to see the county lose its local media, before Pinter promised the item would be on the agenda for the board’s next regular meeting on Tuesday. Pinter also told the board an agen- da item on its Sept. 14 briefing would address the degree to which the coun— ty government should be reopened to the public. In addition to safeguarding every— one’s health, Pinter outlined his goals of making the pandemic policy both coherent to county employees and consistent with the requirements of the state, public health agencies, and labor and industries, among others. Pinter concurred with Trask that the county should take care not to run afoul of any legal requirements, either, which was why he pledged to work with the county prosecutors’ of- fice between now and Sept. 14. Avery John Nicholas Wilbur, a boy, was born Aug. 21, 2020, to Rachael Jean Wilbur and Nicholas Glen Wilbur III, at Capital Medical Center. He was 9 pounds, 13 ounces. Jude Francis Blaine Vadnais, a boy, was born Aug. 26, 2020, to Crystal A.C. Kingery and Matthew Blaine Vadnais, at Capital Medical Center. He was 7 pounds, 10 ounces.