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Artist Valley designs TrUmped-uP,t job t°, +s no co winning MGH poster quiet up till now. barring him from approaching speak up and say from ,rsonal observation of the county com- trumped_up job of property on la 1997 my son Guy me and asked, Come out and give of the job the Gold) is doing out did. I have been t member of the Op- for 52 years about rigging and because Ive done at that Mickey did and told Guy, Over half of the cable and not didn't they dig a anchor that mess put the cable ing tree for an eventually kill will pull it up. I told will never hold, talk about sub- Work. That's an under- With SOme of the peo- in the Skok Valley why Mr. work on the riv- out that Mr. Gold °mmissioner Mary and Commissioner r's brother working to say more? U.S. Army Corps nd the hydrologist Tribe called ard Work, they said a say (I quote Parsons are COOperate with us." tracks they are All Guy wanted is to come in and .not SOme county en- who is not a I don't think he knows if the river is north, south or east or they do now in con- they are If they con- 'Property, they can do it the three stooges. to me are a bunch of any county staff working within the river's banks. I went to the trial and was wondering why the public works department sent one man (Rich Geiger), not two to do surveying or measuring by himself on a riv- er bank that is very dangerous. I'll tell you what I think. Rich Geiger went upstream to Guy's neighbor and came on down to Guy's (that's where the job is) and Guy said Geiger was on his prop- erty without his permission. Geig- er in court said he wasn't on Guy's property. So as far as I'm concerned, it's a case of "he said, she said" and never should have gone to court. It was a waste of taxpayers' money and a trumped- up job. When they say something is rotten in Denmark, I think they also should say it is rotten in the county commissioners' chambers. I forgot to mention that Guy has also received phone calls that said, 'Your house can burn real good" and "You have a beautiful little daughter." Now that is very, very sick. I know there are sickos in" and out of governments. I'm writing this letter just to let the public know what is going on, that they don't or can't print in The Journal or maybe they don't know. But you know who the real cul- prit is, it's Simpson Logging Com- pany, U.S. Forest Service and the county. In the last 50 years the gravel has been coming down from the clearcutting and the roads they put in and don't main- tain and it has built up so high, some of the river bars are as high or higher than the farm land and full of stumps, logs, etc. which end up in the canal, causing a safety hazard for boaters. Now one neighbor is fighting the other neighbor with all the lies going on. What I would like to see happen is for" all of them to get together and get a class-action suit against all three of the cul- prits. The river has been studied enough; it is time for action. J:L. (Joe) Parsons Jr. Shelton Mason General Hospital Foun- dation has announced the winner of its 1999 Fantasy Forest poster contest. William R. (Bill) Valley, whose Shelton roots are a lifetime deep, won the contest with a color pho- tograph of Christmas ornaments and decorations displayed on a bed of evergreens. His creation, said Fantasy For- est co-chairperson Nancy Truck- sess, best depicted the 1999 Fan- tasy Forest theme "Holiday Magic." Trucksess shares the chairmanship of this year's Fan- : tasy Forest gala with Graham Thomas of the hospital's develop- ment office. Bill Valley's work was selected : from several entries by other ..... county artists. The photograph will serve as the backdrop for the posters and cover art for the hos- pital foundation's annual fund- raising series of gala events that will run from November 18 to 20 this year. "They absolutely trans- form the hospital," commented Karen Burger, publicist for Fan- tasy Forest. The three-day run of events in- cludes children's activities, auc- tions and celebrations featuring holiday cuisine. The proceeds benefit new equipment at Mason General Hospital, North Mason Medical Clinic and Oakland Bay Pedia- trics. Valley's design won't be con- fined to paper, either. A local jew- eler has translated his design into a pin in the shape of a holiday bough ornamented with jewels. A limited issue of signed and numbered prints will also be made. ARTIST BILL VALLEY holds the Christmas-tree-orna. mented format he designed for this year's Fantasy Forest posters. Admiring the design are (left) Fantasy Forest co-chairperson Nancy Trucksess and Karen Burger, the event's publicist. State shuffleboard event set for S0000eltc,n Hordes of highly competitive shuffleboard players from across Washington State are poised to descend on Shelton in a little more than a month. times involved. "I have seen it as much as $5,000," Hohn said of the prize money. "Will it be that high? I don't know. It depends on how many show up." The prize "People like to come to Shelton because there's a lot of things to do," she said. COMPETITION IN the state championship tournament will vhy was it Mr. The Fir Cone Tavern in down- money comes from entry fees. start at 7 p.m. Friday, November the motion town Shelton will be the site of Teams will pay $100 for the right 5. Hohn figures the final game the property and this year s Washington State to compete. The competition is won't be completed until early on serious stuff indeed. d the motion and Shuffleboard Championship. Up- Shuffleboard has long been a the morning of Monday, Novem- .hat'indy is' Olsen)olsen s' wentdm_, wardSare expected°f 120 competitorSto take part,°r mOresaid staple of taverns, along with pool berlast 8.fijrThat'Sas longbecaUSeas sixgameShours,Canhe ' tables and pinball games. Sur- said. There will be singles and n t she make the CotaMel Hohn,street tavern.°Wner Hohn°f thesaidWestto prisingly, a good 30 percent, and doubles competition, including r Wants that prop- _ , ..... __ his knowledge the event, sched- probably 40 percent, of the,people brackets for intermediate and they buy all of it  What s ne expresuu uled for the weekend of November who play shuffleboard don t even pro-le_v, el players as well as a ould sell all at fair used to describe jake 5-7, is a first for Shelton. drink, Hohn said. women s bracket. The game also transcends so- Hohn said he's still in the mid- *ecause it s no good brakes? Back in the 1960s, the state cial barriers. "We have business dle of planning for the big event. t!e else if they don't championship for the popular tav- owners, corporate executives; we he river. Air on the side of caution, ern game used to be held in the have bums," Hohn said. "The in- [rophies are being ordered and rence to the coun- Kelso-Longview area and drew teresting thing is, they're all will be awarded to the top two thousands of teams, Hohn told friends• We ve got a couple of re- places in all divisions. nty extends its The Journal. Butthepopularity tired copswhoplay, asamatter OldeTowneSheltonAssocia- • of that event waned and it was offhct." tion Director Debbie Webber " eventually canceled• In the past The Fir Cone is home to two or broke the news about the event four to five years, shuffleboard three shuffleboard tournaments a this week. She was excited by the Servancy listing enthusiasts havebeenworkingtO year, said Hohn's wife, Jeanette. prospects ofseveralhundredvisi- revive the state championship. Those events draw people from as tors coming to the old town, she Totten Skookum HIGH STAKES are some- far away as Canada and Oregon. said. 9 County commis- a public hearing their August extend the conser- ation for Totten inlets for prehensive plan, he said. The designation will be effective un- til August 26, 2000. Diane Cooper, representing Taylor Shellfish Farms, spoke in support of the extension. She said the company has signifi- cant clam resources in the area which could be threatened by in- tensive or increased develop- ment. It's a special area which requires unique and special con- sideration consistent with the Shoreline Master Program, Cooper noted. She was the only person to testify at the hearing. REGISTRATION UNDERWAY ot OLYMPIC COLLEGE SHELTON Because YOUR FUTURE can't wait. Credit Classes: FALL QUARTER September 27-December 17 CA NO ItAVA designation for eight six- and one 12- March 1993, Allan Borden extension is a review of the ne Master Pro- and found the county's corn- Ka00aoke Great Prizes !or pros and amateurs, ) Frlda Doors open at 7:30pm $5 admission includes one:S5 i Celebrity judges will award prizes based on talent, appearance, stage presence, and audience response. 1! HOG FEED HIGHLAND HOG ill I l II I fill I l III l|ll.l-Ul 50 Ibs 3.99 :T 105171 FALL TRUE VALUES ROLLED RATION t04497 50 Ibs+ 4.39 PURINA PET FOODS DOG FOOD PRIDE 40 lb. bag ® 18% prolein yoUR CHOICE 8.49 CAT FOOD DEALER'S PRIDE N l)liA I.I!II'S lq{IDl00 20 Ib bog BIRD FOOD Bonus bag - buy 20 Ibs+, get 5 Ibs. FREEI 25 Ib, bag 3.99 WOODSTOVE PELLETS Highesl quoli b, wood pellels Minimum 50 bag purchase+ SUPER -' ING ALFRED 7 wm'r,mzER I [DAFFODILS / I | : - +" " ' ] Flower ": " .' " .; Pure / /• v tot/ .;'] wi)h --- ]" orange /12.00o/ :::+1 I I / LARGE I Rich U ll:,do,, L CUP i FALL GARDEN SHADE TREE MUMS CLEARANCE 136 30% OFF 25% OFF ANY WEBER BBQ THREE DAYS ONLY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY First & Mill, Shelton 426-4373 or 426-2411 Monday-Saturday 7:30-7 Sunday 9-6 Thursday, September 23, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 5 Artist Valley designs TrUmped-uP,t job t°, +s no co winning MGH poster quiet up till now. barring him from approaching speak up and say from ,rsonal observation of the county com- trumped_up job of property on la 1997 my son Guy me and asked, Come out and give of the job the Gold) is doing out did. I have been t member of the Op- for 52 years about rigging and because Ive done at that Mickey did and told Guy, Over half of the cable and not didn't they dig a anchor that mess put the cable ing tree for an eventually kill will pull it up. I told will never hold, talk about sub- Work. That's an under- With SOme of the peo- in the Skok Valley why Mr. work on the riv- out that Mr. Gold °mmissioner Mary and Commissioner r's brother working to say more? U.S. Army Corps nd the hydrologist Tribe called ard Work, they said a say (I quote Parsons are COOperate with us." tracks they are All Guy wanted is to come in and .not SOme county en- who is not a I don't think he knows if the river is north, south or east or they do now in con- they are If they con- 'Property, they can do it the three stooges. to me are a bunch of any county staff working within the river's banks. I went to the trial and was wondering why the public works department sent one man (Rich Geiger), not two to do surveying or measuring by himself on a riv- er bank that is very dangerous. I'll tell you what I think. Rich Geiger went upstream to Guy's neighbor and came on down to Guy's (that's where the job is) and Guy said Geiger was on his prop- erty without his permission. Geig- er in court said he wasn't on Guy's property. So as far as I'm concerned, it's a case of "he said, she said" and never should have gone to court. It was a waste of taxpayers' money and a trumped- up job. When they say something is rotten in Denmark, I think they also should say it is rotten in the county commissioners' chambers. I forgot to mention that Guy has also received phone calls that said, 'Your house can burn real good" and "You have a beautiful little daughter." Now that is very, very sick. I know there are sickos in" and out of governments. I'm writing this letter just to let the public know what is going on, that they don't or can't print in The Journal or maybe they don't know. But you know who the real cul- prit is, it's Simpson Logging Com- pany, U.S. Forest Service and the county. In the last 50 years the gravel has been coming down from the clearcutting and the roads they put in and don't main- tain and it has built up so high, some of the river bars are as high or higher than the farm land and full of stumps, logs, etc. which end up in the canal, causing a safety hazard for boaters. Now one neighbor is fighting the other neighbor with all the lies going on. What I would like to see happen is for" all of them to get together and get a class-action suit against all three of the cul- prits. The river has been studied enough; it is time for action. J:L. (Joe) Parsons Jr. Shelton Mason General Hospital Foun- dation has announced the winner of its 1999 Fantasy Forest poster contest. William R. (Bill) Valley, whose Shelton roots are a lifetime deep, won the contest with a color pho- tograph of Christmas ornaments and decorations displayed on a bed of evergreens. His creation, said Fantasy For- est co-chairperson Nancy Truck- sess, best depicted the 1999 Fan- tasy Forest theme "Holiday Magic." Trucksess shares the chairmanship of this year's Fan- : tasy Forest gala with Graham Thomas of the hospital's develop- ment office. Bill Valley's work was selected : from several entries by other ..... county artists. The photograph will serve as the backdrop for the posters and cover art for the hos- pital foundation's annual fund- raising series of gala events that will run from November 18 to 20 this year. "They absolutely trans- form the hospital," commented Karen Burger, publicist for Fan- tasy Forest. The three-day run of events in- cludes children's activities, auc- tions and celebrations featuring holiday cuisine. The proceeds benefit new equipment at Mason General Hospital, North Mason Medical Clinic and Oakland Bay Pedia- trics. Valley's design won't be con- fined to paper, either. A local jew- eler has translated his design into a pin in the shape of a holiday bough ornamented with jewels. A limited issue of signed and numbered prints will also be made. ARTIST BILL VALLEY holds the Christmas-tree-orna. mented format he designed for this year's Fantasy Forest posters. Admiring the design are (left) Fantasy Forest co-chairperson Nancy Trucksess and Karen Burger, the event's publicist. State shuffleboard event set for S0000eltc,n Hordes of highly competitive shuffleboard players from across Washington State are poised to descend on Shelton in a little more than a month. times involved. "I have seen it as much as $5,000," Hohn said of the prize money. "Will it be that high? I don't know. It depends on how many show up." The prize "People like to come to Shelton because there's a lot of things to do," she said. COMPETITION IN the state championship tournament will vhy was it Mr. The Fir Cone Tavern in down- money comes from entry fees. start at 7 p.m. Friday, November the motion town Shelton will be the site of Teams will pay $100 for the right 5. Hohn figures the final game the property and this year s Washington State to compete. The competition is won't be completed until early on serious stuff indeed. d the motion and Shuffleboard Championship. Up- Shuffleboard has long been a the morning of Monday, Novem- .hat'indy is' Olsen)olsen s' wentdm_, wardSare expected°f 120 competitorSto take part,°r mOresaid staple of taverns, along with pool berlast 8.fijrThat'Sas longbecaUSeas sixgameShours,Canhe ' tables and pinball games. Sur- said. There will be singles and n t she make the CotaMel Hohn,street tavern.°Wner Hohn°f thesaidWestto prisingly, a good 30 percent, and doubles competition, including r Wants that prop- _ , ..... __ his knowledge the event, sched- probably 40 percent, of the,people brackets for intermediate and they buy all of it  What s ne expresuu uled for the weekend of November who play shuffleboard don t even pro-le_v, el players as well as a ould sell all at fair used to describe jake 5-7, is a first for Shelton. drink, Hohn said. women s bracket. The game also transcends so- Hohn said he's still in the mid- *ecause it s no good brakes? Back in the 1960s, the state cial barriers. "We have business dle of planning for the big event. t!e else if they don't championship for the popular tav- owners, corporate executives; we he river. Air on the side of caution, ern game used to be held in the have bums," Hohn said. "The in- [rophies are being ordered and rence to the coun- Kelso-Longview area and drew teresting thing is, they're all will be awarded to the top two thousands of teams, Hohn told friends• We ve got a couple of re- places in all divisions. nty extends its The Journal. Butthepopularity tired copswhoplay, asamatter OldeTowneSheltonAssocia- • of that event waned and it was offhct." tion Director Debbie Webber " eventually canceled• In the past The Fir Cone is home to two or broke the news about the event four to five years, shuffleboard three shuffleboard tournaments a this week. She was excited by the Servancy listing enthusiasts havebeenworkingtO year, said Hohn's wife, Jeanette. prospects ofseveralhundredvisi- revive the state championship. Those events draw people from as tors coming to the old town, she Totten Skookum HIGH STAKES are some- far away as Canada and Oregon. said. 9 County commis- a public hearing their August extend the conser- ation for Totten inlets for prehensive plan, he said. The designation will be effective un- til August 26, 2000. Diane Cooper, representing Taylor Shellfish Farms, spoke in support of the extension. She said the company has signifi- cant clam resources in the area which could be threatened by in- tensive or increased develop- ment. It's a special area which requires unique and special con- sideration consistent with the Shoreline Master Program, Cooper noted. She was the only person to testify at the hearing. REGISTRATION UNDERWAY ot OLYMPIC COLLEGE SHELTON Because YOUR FUTURE can't wait. Credit Classes: FALL QUARTER September 27-December 17 CA NO ItAVA designation for eight six- and one 12- March 1993, Allan Borden extension is a review of the ne Master Pro- and found the county's corn- Ka00aoke Great Prizes !or pros and amateurs, ) Frlda Doors open at 7:30pm $5 admission includes one:S5 i Celebrity judges will award prizes based on talent, appearance, stage presence, and audience response. 1! HOG FEED HIGHLAND HOG ill I l II I fill I l III l|ll.l-Ul 50 Ibs 3.99 :T 105171 FALL TRUE VALUES ROLLED RATION t04497 50 Ibs+ 4.39 PURINA PET FOODS DOG FOOD PRIDE 40 lb. bag ® 18% prolein yoUR CHOICE 8.49 CAT FOOD DEALER'S PRIDE N l)liA I.I!II'S lq{IDl00 20 Ib bog BIRD FOOD Bonus bag - buy 20 Ibs+, get 5 Ibs. FREEI 25 Ib, bag 3.99 WOODSTOVE PELLETS Highesl quoli b, wood pellels Minimum 50 bag purchase+ SUPER -' ING ALFRED 7 wm'r,mzER I [DAFFODILS / I | : - +" " ' ] Flower ": " .' " .; Pure / /• v tot/ .;'] wi)h --- ]" orange /12.00o/ :::+1 I I / LARGE I Rich U ll:,do,, L CUP i FALL GARDEN SHADE TREE MUMS CLEARANCE 136 30% OFF 25% OFF ANY WEBER BBQ THREE DAYS ONLY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY First & Mill, Shelton 426-4373 or 426-2411 Monday-Saturday 7:30-7 Sunday 9-6 Thursday, September 23, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 5