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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 IlilU!!I!!IIU!I!Ijl!!II12 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.