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Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011
County extends pot moratorium
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Lori Kent, left, and Robert Wood, owners of
MariMeds in Belfair, testified at a public
hearing on the county's six-month moratorium
on collective medical marijuana gardens
Tuesday.
By NATALIE JOHNSON
The Mason County Board of Com-
missioners voted Tuesday to approve
a "Findings of Fact" to continue a six-
month moratorium on collective mari-
juana gardens.
Such gardens were made legal in
the Washington State Legislature in
with Engrossed Second Substitute
Senate Bill (E2SSB) 5073, which made
amendments to state medical marijua-
na law.
Under that bill, now a law, up to 10
medical marijuana patients can work
together to grow up to 45 cannabis
plants for medical use and possess up
to 72 ounces of usable marijuana.
"I still have some questions - I am
not an opponent of medical marijua-
na," said Commissioner Tim Sheldon.
"I do have some concerns about the
fact that it is an illegal substance."
On July 19, the county commission "I see miracles every day, cancer
voted to impose a 60-day moratorium patients that are now eating and have
on the gardens, citing a lack of county color," Wood said. ,'I believe we do
ordinances and zoning to regulate the a good service, I'm a member of the
gardens effectively, chamber of commerce ... we've chased
"We're starting from scratch" it's the baddies away, we've put a lot of
going to take some research," said Bar- them in jail."
bara Adkins, director of community Others, however, spoke in favor of a
and economic development for Mason moratorium.
County. "We want to do it right, what's "I applaud everyone involved in this
right according to the bill and what's that wants to regulate this industry,"
right for the county." said Todd Nelson of Hood Canal Pc-
Several county residents affiliated tient to Patient. "[With] 90 percent
with medical marijuana dispensaries of the people that operate these busi-
commented on the moratorium, nesses, it's a cover for drug dealing
,'A moratorium is a procrastination and people who want to get money."
... this is a law - our governor signed While regulation is needed, Kent
this law," said Lori Kent of MariMeds argued that any time wasted would
in Belfair. negatively impact patients,
Kent and MariMeds co,owner Rob- Sheldon questioned whether dis-
ert Wood spoke of their own experi- pensaries like MariMeds were even
ences as patients, and of knowing the
needs of the community firsthand. See Marijuana on page A-7
Shelton
schools
to raise
lunch
prices
r
By NATALIE JOHNSON
The Shelton School Dis-
trict (SSD) has increased
lunch prices for the 2011-
2012 school year to comply
with a recent United States
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) decision, district of-
ficials said.
District Director of Fi-
nance
Brenda
Trogstad
sent out
a memo
to school
board
members
and Sh'el-
ton School
District
Wayne Superin-
Massie t e n d e n t
Wayne
Massie ex-
plaining the situation.
"The Shelton School Dis-
trict has received guidance
from the United States De-
partment of Agriculture
regarding Section 205 of
the Healthy, Hunger-Free
Kids Act of 2010," the memo
states. "The purpose of this
new rule is to ensure that
Local Education Agencies,
(LEAs) participating in the
National School Lunch Pro-
gram are providing the same
level of financial support for
the program through rev-
enue from paid lunches as
is provided for free and re-
duced-price lunches through
the federal meal reimburse-
ment process."
Under the Healthy,
Hunger-Free Kids Act of
2010, school districts with
a weighted average paid
lunch price less than $2.46
have to raise prices to meet
that standard.
In the 2010-2011 school
year, the SSD's weighted
average was $2.38. Under
See Lunch on page A-7
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Courtesy photo by Cooper Studios
From left, Forest Puterbaugh, Joe Strand and Colton Twiddy stand in front of their nearly completed sports sturcture
earlier this summer. The facillity was destroyed Sunday morning in a fire. The three boys built the structure for their
senior project.
Fire ravages baseball
players' senior project
By KEVAN MOORE
An arsonist destroyed a nearly
completed multi-use building next
to the Shelton High School base-
ball field Sunday morning.
The two-story, 2,400-square
foot building was fully involved in
flames when firefighters arrived
shortly before 6 a.m.
While fighting the sports cen-
ter blaze, firefighters spotted a
second fire only a few feet away
in a woodpile near the woodshop.
Investigators said that a gas can
was missing from the sports com-
plex and all of the doors were
kicked in. Officials also said that
whoever started the second fire
had to climb a fence in order to
get around a locked gate. As part
of the investigation, Fire District
5 and the Shelton Police Depart-
ment are reviewing surveillance
deo for leads.
The sports clubhouse was not
yet occupied but was being used
to store various football and base-
ball equipment at the time of the
See Fire on page A-6
Courtesy p[/oo
Firefighters extinguish a fire Sunday morning at a
multi-use building next to the Shelton High School
baseball field.
Big Hump fire reaches more than 200 acres
By KEVAN MOORE
A human-caused wildfire in the
Olympic National Forest grew to more
than 200 acres in size on Tuesdav.
The Big Hump fire was clearly vis-
ible from Seattle on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week as tempera-
tures soared and humidity remained
lOW.
The fire is burning in The Brothers
Wilderness between the Dosewallips
and DuckabUsh rivers. The fire is in
steep, dense woods and, as a result,
is being attacked by helicopter water
dumps to avoid risk to firefighters. The
fire is likely to continue burning until
cooler and wetter weather arrives.
A community meeting with informa-
tion regarding the current situation of
the fire was planned for at the Brinnon
Community Center on Wednesday eve-
ning. Incident Commander Doug John-
son was set to give an update and ad-
dress the management strategy of the
fire.
Courtesy of John Erwert
A fire burns
in the
Olympic
National
Forest.