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FALLER RON BURKE, tiny against the
sky, works atop a towering fir.
Logging comes
close to home
for Ragsdale
Retired journalist Wilmot Ragsdale went into
the logging business this summer.
Not that he was doing the cutting, mind you.
He left that to professional Ron Burke, an Agate
failer who scaled the 160-foot tree to the south of
Ragsdale's Point Wilson home on the east shore
of Harstine Island to take down the tall Douglas
fir gradually.
Burke limbed the tree as he went up, Rags-
dale said. Then, from the top of the denuded for-
est giant, he cut. off two-foot blocks as he de-
scended. "They'd come down with quite a thud,"
the homeowner observed.
Betbre long, tile forest giant that shadowed
Ragsdale's house was a memory and a stack of
firewood.
Ragsdale said he counted the growth rings on
the tree and determined that it was a century
and a half old. "It started out slow," he said.
"They were so close together in the center it was
hard to count. But it was 150 years, more or
less."
Okay, so taking out one tree wasn't a real log-
ging operation• But it reminded Ragsdale of his
early years in Shelton, back when it was a full-
scale timber town, back before he left Mason
County for the world of international journalism•
Ragsdale grew up on Cota Street in the house
next to the current PUD office.
"We'd hear the log trains come into town," he
mused. "And when somebody got hurt, they'd tie
the whistle down. I'll always remember that
sound.
"When they did that, Dr. Gage, who lived next
door, would meet the train," he recalled.
There was no need, he said, for whistle tie-
downs on the Point Wilson operation this sum-
mer.
"It went just fine," Ragsdale said.
BURKE STRIKES the traditional treecutter's pose in the notch
of the big fir he took down, section by section, for Harstine Is-
lander Wilmot Ragsdale.
New law prescribes impounding:
Suspended drivers will
see their vehicles held
A new law will allow the Wash-
ington St:ate Patrol to hold vehi-
cles driven by people wit l sus-
pended or revoked drivers licens-
es for up to 90 days.
I,egislation passed during the
1999 session of the Washington
Legislature authorizes the troop-
era to place 30-, 60- or 90-day
holds on vehicles. The new law
goes into effect October 1, accord-
ing to a statement prepared by
the troopers and released on Mon-
day.
If a driver is stopped and his or
her license is suspended or re-
voked, the vehicle the driver is
driving may be impounded for up
• 'S
to 30 days. If the driver license
is suspended or revoked and he
has another conviction for driving
with a license that's suspended or
revoked within the prior five
years, the car may be held fi)r up
to 60 days. An impound of up to
90 days is authorized if a driver is
stopped with a license that's sus-
pended or revoked and two or
more convictions are on record for
the same crime within the prior
five years.
Nl,,nl I I II I
"THIS WILL make the roads
safer by removing the opportunity
for a suspended and revoked driv-
er to get behind the wheel of a ve-
hicle," said WSP Chief Annette
Sandberg.
Suspended drivers are more
likely to be involved in co|listens
and seldom have insurance, ac-
cording to the WSP. The National
Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration's Fatality Analysis Re-
porting System found that last
year 128 drivers involved in 662
fatal collisions did not have a
valid license.
A 1992 California study found
that suspended or revoked drivers
are nearly eight times more likely
to be the cause of a fatal accident
than drivers with a valid license
when both parties are involved in
a fatal accident.
The WSP made 24,921 arrests
h tat year of" people driving with li-
censes that were suspended or re-
w)ked.
"WE WOULD prefer not to
have to impound vehicles," Sand-
berg said. "Our hope is that this
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enibrcement method will prompt
those who are eligible to get their
license reinstated."
The troopers urged registered
owners to be careful about whom
they allow to drive their vehicles.
The owners will be responsible for
paying towing costs and storage
fees whether they were driving or
not. A car owner can check on a
person's driving stats by sending
a written request to the Washing-
ton Department of Licensing.
The state licensing department
estimates that there are about
340,000 suspended or revoked li-
censes in Washington at any one
time. Every week DOL issues ap-
proximately 8,700 suspensions
and revocations, according to fig-
ures issued by the state patrol.
A person can find out the sta-
tus of his driver's license by cal-
ling the DOL customer service
line at 360-902-3900.
Harstine:
00tery of Jarrell's C()ve
play at island hall this
By JOHN COOPER in a corner of it for just such a problem.
A locally written and acted purpose. Hutli, now retired, lives in the
drama is scheduled for its pre- MASON COUNTY'S Health Sunshine State. On one of its less
miere on the island this weekend. Department does not look kindly sunny days Floyd moved in and
Vikki Shanahan's ecodrama, upon illegal dumping. In fact, cancelled many airplane flights,
The Mystery of Jarrell's Cove, where the "No Dumping" signs Peter's included. Storm-stayed for
will play tomorrow, September are posted, violators who foist two days beyond his scheduled
24, and Saturday, September 25, their discards on others are com- departure, he was able to enjoy a
at 8 p.m. Shanahan, Harstine mitting a misdemeanor and are couple of extra days of Harstine
Theatre Club vice president, will subject to a fine of $1,000 and a hospitality.
see her creation acted on the stay of 90daysinjail. THOUGH WE havehad some
stage of the community hall. There's another stinger in the warmer days, the nights have
Those who have not obtained law for the hunter who might be been cool. Consequently the hints
their tickets yet for this original tempted to use the notice as a tar- of oncoming fall are beginning to
play will find tickets on sale at get or the vandal who would tear show. The maples, among the
the door. Tickets are available down and tear up the warning, first to dress for the season, have
now at the Jarrell's Cove Marina Destroying the sign is also a mis- begun to trade their summer
and the Hartstene Points office, demeanor, greens for golden yellow. No won-
The production features young Bob Helm, community club der? Just as we thought we had
people of the island not only as president, has secured a quantity latched onto summer it was offi-
actors and actresses but as pup- of the notices. Some of these were cially over this week.
peteers as well. distributed to those who attended As one watches the news on TV
A TIME CAPSULE for Har- the September meeting of the in the comfort of one's home those
stine Island? Penny Orth, Har- club. Those who wish to post their segments showing aircraft carry-
stine Island Community Club sec- property can see Bob for the offi- ing large containers of water to
retary, has revived the concept of cial placards, douse wildfires are interesting,
preparing such a cache of histori- THE NOMINATING commit- but somehow remote.
cal facts and current-day artifacts tee of the community club, John However, residents and vial-
that would reflect life on our is- Cooper, Fred Burgdorf and Kay tots in the vicinity of the Team-
land during the last two centu- Braget, is scheduled to meet on sters' campsite off Myers Lane
ries. Tuesday, September 28, at 7 p.m. witnessed a similar sight live on
Time capsules aren't new, but at the Helm residence. Tuesday, September 14, in the
the immediate arrival of Y2K, the Have you been saving those late afternoon. Personnel from
year whose 366 days will unfold planting pots, not wanting to the Department of Natural Re-
the final events of the 20th Cen- throw them away for fear sources joined crews from Fire
tury, rekindled the thought, someone might want them, and District 5 to bring under control a
One factor crucial to the imple- now they are just taking up fire that charred two acres of
mentation of such an idea is the room? Karla Lortz of Heath and thick brush and timber.
designing of a suitable container Heathers has volunteered to recy- The DNR helicopter ferried wa-
wbjch will preserve whatever is cle any one-gallon or larger con- ter to the site while District 5 fire
placed in it. Penny welcomes aug- tainers. Folks with extra contain- fighters and the crew of the DNR
gestions about what the capsule era can drop them off at Karla's brush rig used several tenders to
should contain that would help booth on Saturday. douse the flames on the ground.
the discoverers of the historic rel- If you thought Hurricane Floyd The blaze which brought fire-
ic to understand how life was on was too far away to affect anyone fighters to the site a little before 4
this 10-by-three-mile section of on Harstine Island, think again, p.m. was stubborn, keeping per-
Earth before the dawn of the Whickey Hopkins reports that sonnel busy through the night
third millennium in 2001. Peter Hutli, long-time friend of and into Wednesday morning,
When the foundation at the Shirl Larson, was visiting as a when mopping-up took place. A
rear of the community hall was houseguest when the destructive late summer lessening of rainfall
poured, a niche was constructed storm hit Florida. Therein lay the has quickly created a tinder-dry
situation in many areas, but each
ijnjiiuuiiuiunnunujlnullljuillu wildfire that occurs has a cause.
€'0000ides Theinvestigation.Cause of this blaze is under
HABITAT FOR Humanity
mmmmjjuuuiiji"ljnjjjj"jjjiuuuijiuinuunjuuuoujuuujuuuuaji[ul spokeswoman Lynn Lloyd Conner
Hood Canal Low .............. 12:44 p.m. 0.7 ft. spoke last week at the Harstine
Thursday, September 23 High ............... 6:34 p.m. 14.1 ft.
High ............... 3:32 a.m. 9.8 ft. Saturday, September 25 IIIlUlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
.ow .............. o0,00ow ................ .. ,,,_
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High ............... 4:53 p.m. 11.5 ft. High ............... 6:25 a.m. 13.2 ft.
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Low .............. 11:02 p.m. 4.0 ft. Low ................ 1:23 p.m. 1.0 ft.
Friday, September 24 High ............... 7:00 p.m. 14.3 ft. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
High ............... 4:21 a.m. 10.3 ft. Sunday, September 26 High Low Precip.
Low .............. 11:00 a.m. 1.0 ft. Low ................ 1:56 a.m. 1.7 ft. Fahrenheit (In.)
High ............... 5:18 p.m. 11.7 ft. High ............... 7:14 a.m. 13.6 ft. September 15 79 52 0
Low .............. 11:36 p.m. 3.0 ft. Low ................ 2:04 p.m. 1.5 ft. September 16 63 50 0
Saturday, September 25 High ............... 7:29 p.m. 14.4 ft. September 17 69 49 0
High ............... 5:09 a.m. 10.8 ft. Monday, September 27 September 18 79 42 0
Low .............. 11:39 a.m. 1.3 ft. Low ................ 2:34 a.m. 0.7 ft. September 19 87 46 0
High ............... 5:44 p.m. 11.9 ft. High ............... 8:05 a,m. 13.8 ft. September 20 86 50 0
Sunday, September 26 Low ................ 2:46 p.m. 2.3 ft. September21 84 45 0
Low .............. 12:12 a.m. 2.0 ft. High ............... 8:01 p.m. 14.4 ft.
Measurements for the preyS-
High ............... 5:58 a.m. 11.2 ft. Tuesday, September 28
Low .............. 12:20 p.m. 1.8 ft. Low ................ 3:16 a.m. -0.1 ft. ous 24 hours are recorded for the
High ............... 6:13 p.m. 12.0 ft. High ............... 8:59 a.rn. 13.9 ft. National Weather Service at 4
Monday, September 27 Low ................ 3:30 p.m, 3.2 ft, p.m. each day at Olympic Air at
Low .............. 12:50 a.m. 1.0 ft. High ............... 8:36 p.m. 14.2 ft. Sanderson Field.
High ............... 6:49 a.m. 11.4 ft. Wednesday, September 29 Meteorologists with the Na-
Low ................ 1:02 p.m. 2.6 ft. Low ................ 4:01 a.m. -0.6 ft. tional Weather Service predicted
High ............... 6:45 p.m. 12.0 ft. High ............... 9:69a.m. 13.7 ft. Wednesday morning that the
Tuesday, September 28 Low ................ 4:20 p.m. 4.3 ft. weekend will continue a cooling
Low ................ 1:32 a.m. 0.2 ft. High ............... 9:16 p.m. 13.9 ft. trend. Friday through Sunday
High ............... 7:43 a.m. 11.5 ft. Thursday, September 30 are expected to bring cloudy pert-
Low ................ 1:46 p.m. 3.5 ft. Low ................ 4:51 a.m. -0.8 ft. ods with a chance of rain, main-
High ............... 7:20 p.m. 11.8 ft. High .............. 11:05 a.m. 13.6 ft. ly in the north. Lows should
Low ................ 5:16 p.m. 5.2 ft. range 40-50 with highs around
High .............. 10:02 p.m. 13.4 ft. 60.
Wednesday, September 29
Low ................ 2:17 a.m. -0.3 ft.
High ............... 8:43 a.m. 11.3 ft.
Low ................ 2:36 p.m. 4.6 ft.
High ............... 8:00 p.m. 11.5 ft.
Thursday, September 30
Low ................ 3:07 a.m. -0.5 ft.
High ............... 9:49 a.m. 11.2 ft.
Low ................ 3:32 p.m. 5.5 ft.
High ............... 8:46 p.m. 11.0 ft.
Oakland Bay
Thursday, September 23
Low .............. 12:13 a,m. 4.6 ft.
High ............... 4:48 a.m. 12,2 ft.
Low .............. 12:05 p,m. 0.6 ft.
High ............... 6:09 p.m. 13.9 ft.
Friday, September 24
Low .............. 12:46 a.rn. 3.7 ft.
High ............... 5:37 a.m. 12,7 ft.
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Island Grange. An
week's column
wasn't this co
correctly identified the !
Agate Grange, but
cause her to lose her
she arrived on
meeting of the lo
community hall.
Her talk was
informative. As Wills
arranges programs
grange, said, "She
loss!" Habitat
Lloyd Conner
unteers to erect
ing for those who are
sub-standard
financially rc
proving their situation.
Habitat provides an
home at cost.
$35,000, and a
gage with mans
payments. The pro,
families a leg up to
Habitat for
ton is about to begin
tion of its fourth
Conner said.
teers engaged in this
an effort are islanders
foon and Bob Helm.
A CREATIVE idea.
come a reality on
passageway to
"His and her" businesS'
building with living qU
the second floor is the
two Harstine islanderS,
and Karen Schasel.
For a decade the
on Tamarack Lane
tablished the
and Garden Shop aw
lyns Dell, on the
brand-new building
by outdoor eating
waterfall and pond.
Though the Scht
came here from
York, will be taking
on Pickering Road
they have left their
Harstine Island. They
five-acre parcel of la
which they plan to
years down the road.
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The Washingtc
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FALLER I{ON BURKE, tiny against the
sky, works atop a towering fir.
fO
Logl,l ng comes
close to home
for Ragsdale
Retired journalist Wilmot Ragsdale went into
the logging business this summer.
Not that he was doing the cutting, mind you.
He left that to professional Ron Burke, an Agate
failer who scaled the 160-foot tree to the south of
Ragsdale's Point Wilson home on the east shore
of Harstine Island to take down the tall Douglas
fir gradually.
Burke limbed the tree as he went up, Rags-
dale said. Then, from the top of the denuded for-
est giant, he cut off two-foot blocks as he de-
scended. "They'd come down with quite a thud,"
the homeowner observed.
Betbre long, the forest giant that shadowed
Ragsdale's house was a memory and a stack of
firewood.
Ragsdale said he counted the growth rings on
the tree and determined that it was a century
and a half old. "It started out slow," he said.
"They were so close together in the center it was
hard to count. But it was 150 years, more or
less."
Okay, so taking out one tree wasn't a real log-
ging operation. But it reminded Ragsdale of his
early years in Shelton, back when it was a full-
scale timber town, back before he left Mason
County for the world of international journalism.
Ragsdale grew up on Cota Street in the house
next to the current PUD office.
"We'd hear the log trains come into town," he
mused. "And when somebody got hurt, they'd tie
the whistle down. I'll always remember that
sound.
"When they did that, Dr. Gage, who lived next
door, would meet the train," he recalled.
There was no need, he said, for whistle tie-
downs on the Point Wilson operation this sum-
mer.
"It went just fine," Ragsdale said.
BURKE STRIKES the traditional treecutter's pose in the notch
of the big fir he took down, section by section, for Harstine Is-
lander Wilmot Ragsdale.
New law prescribes impounding:
Suspended drivers will
see their vehicles held
A new law will allow the Wash-
ington State Patrol to hold vehi-
cles driven by people witl sus-
pended or revoked drivers' licens-
es for up to 90 days.
I,egislation passed during the
1999 session of the Washington
Legislature authorizes the troop-
ers to place 30-, 60- or 90-day
holds on vehicles. The new law
goes into eflbct October 1, accord-
ing to a statement prepared by
the troopers and released on Mon-
day.
If a driver is stopped and his or
her license is suspended or re-
voked, the vehicle the driver is
driving may be impounded for up
to 30 days. If the driver's license
is suspended or revoked and he
has another conviction for driving
with a license that's suspended or
revoked within the prior five
years, the car may be held fi)r up
to 60 days. An impound of up to
90 days is authorized if a driver is
stopped with a license that's sus-
pended or revoked and two or
more convictions are on record for
the same crime within the prior
five years.
"THIS WILL make the roads
safer by removing the opportunity
for a suspended and revoked driv-
er to get behind the wheel of a ve-
hicle," said WSP Chief Annette
Sandberg.
Suspended drivers are more
likely to be involved in collisions
and seldom have insurance, ac-
cording to the WSP. The National
Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration's Fatality Analysis Re-
porting System found that last
year 128 drivers involved in 662
fatal collisions did not have a
valid license.
A 1992 California study found
that suspended or revoked drivers
are nearly eight times more likely
to be the cause of a fatal accident
than drivers with a valid license
when both parties are involved in
a thtal accident.
The WSP made 24,921 arrests
last year of people driving with li-
censes that were suspended or re-
w)ked.
"WE WOULD prefer not to
have to impound vehicles," Sand-
berg said. "Our hope is that this
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enforcement method will prompt
those who are eligible to get their
license reinstated."
The troopers urged registered
owners to be careful about whom
they allow to drive their vehicles.
The owners will be responsible for
paying towing costs and storage
fees whether they were driving or
not. A car owner can check on a
person's driving stattls by sending
a written request to the Washing-
ton Department of Licensing.
The state licensing department
estimates that there are about
340,000 suspended or revoked li-
censes in Washington at any one
time. Every week DOL issues ap-
proximately 8,700 suspensions
and revocations, according to fig-
ures issued by the state patrol.
A person can find out the sta-
tus of his driver's license by cal-
ling the DOL customer service
line at 360-902-3900.
Harstine:
00tew. of Jarrell's Cove
play al: island hall this we
By JOHN COOPER
A locally written and acted
drama is scheduled for its pre-
miere on the island this weekend.
Vikki Shanahan's ecodrama,
The Mystery of darrell's Cove,
will play tomorrow, September
24, and Saturday, September 25,
at 8 p.m. Shanahan, Harstine
Theatre Club vice president, will
see her creation acted on the
stage of the community hall.
Those who have not obtained
their tickets yet for this original
play will find tickets on sale at
the door. Tickets are available
now at the darrell's Cove Marina
and the Hartstene Pointe office.
The production features young
people of the island not only as
actors and actresses but as pup-
peteers as well.
A TIME CAPSULE for Har-
stine Island? Penny Orth, Har-
stine Island Community Club sec-
retary, has revived the concept of
preparing such a cache of histori-
cal facts and current-day artifacts
that would reflect life on our is-
land during the last two centu-
ries.
Time capsules aren't new, but
the immediate arrival of Y2K, the
year whose 366 days will unfold
the final events of the 20th Cen-
tury, rekindled the thought.
One factor crucial to the imple-
,nentation of such an idea is the
designing of a suitable container
wkich will preserve whatever is
placed in it. Penny welcomes sug-
gestions about what the capsule
should contain that would help
the discoverers of the historic rel-
ic to understand how life was on
this 10-by-three-mile section of
Earth before the dawn of the
third millennium in 2001.
When the foundation at the
rear of the community hall was
poured, a niche was constructed
in a corner of it for just such a
purpose.
MASON COUNTY'S Health
Department does not look kindly
upon illegal dumping. In fact,
where the "No Dumping" signs
are posted, violators who foist
their discards on others are com-
mitting a misdemeanor and are
subject to a fine of $1,000 and a
stay of 90 days in jail.
There's another stinger in the
law for the hunter who might be
tempted to use the notice as a tar-
get or the vandal who would tear
down and tear up the warning.
Destroying the sign is also a mis-
demeanor.
Bob Helm, community club
president, has secured a quantity
of the notices. Some of these were
distributed to those who attended
the September meeting of the
club. Those who wish to post their
property can see Bob for the offi-
cial placards.
THE NOMINATING commit-
tee of the community club, John
Cooper, Fred Burgdorf and Kay
Braget, is scheduled to meet on
Tuesday, September 28, at 7 p.m.
at the Helm residence.
Have you been saving those
planting pots, not wanting to
throw them away for fear
someone might want them, and
now they are just taking up
room? Karla Lortz of Heath and
Heathers has volunteered to recy-
cle any one-gallon or larger con-
tainers. Folks with extra contain-
ers can drop them off at Karla's
booth on Saturday.
If you thought Hurricane Floyd
was too far away to affect anyone
on Harstine Island, think again.
Whickey Hopkins reports that
Peter Hutli, long-time friend of
Shirl Larson, was visiting as a
houseguest when the destructive
storm hit Florida. Therein lay the
u
00tides
uuuuuuuu
Hood Canal
Thursday, September 23
High ............... 3:32 a.m. 9.8 ft.
Low .............. 10:21 a.m. 0.9 ft.
High ............... 4:53 p.m. 11.5 ft.
Low .............. 11:02p.m. 4.0 ft.
Friday, September 24
High ............... 4:21 a.m. 10.3 ft.
Low .............. 11:00 a.m. 1.0 ft.
High ............... 5:18 p.m. 11.7 ft.
Low .............. 11:36 p.m. 3.0 ft.
Saturday, September 25
High ............... 5:09 a.m. 10.8 ft.
Low .............. 11:39 a.m. 1.3 ft.
High ............... 5:44 p.m. 11.9 ft.
Sunday. September 26
Low .............. 12:12 a.m. 2.0 ft.
High ............... 5:58 a.m. 11.2 ft.
Low .............. 12:20 p.m. 1.8 ft.
High ............... 6:13 p.m. 12.0 ft.
Monday, September 27
Low .............. 12:50 a.m. 1.0 ft.
High ............... 6:49 a.m. 11.4 ft.
Low ................ 1:02 p.m. 2.6 ft.
High ............... 6:45 p.m. 12.0 ft.
Tuesday, September 28
Low ................ 1:32 a.m. 0.2 ft.
High ............... 7:43 a.m. 11.5 ft.
Low ................ 1:46 p.m. 3.5 ft.
High ............... 7:20 p.m. 11.8 ft.
Wednesday, September 29
Low ................ 2:17 a.m. -0.3 ft.
High ............... 8:43 a.m. 11.3 ft.
Low ................ 2:36 p.m. 4.6 ft.
High ............... 8:00 p.m. 11.5 ft.
Thursday, September 30
Low ................ 3:07 a.m. -0.5 ft.
High ............... 9:49 a.m. 11.2 ft.
Low ................ 3:32 p,m. 5.5 ft.
High ............... 8:46 p.m. 11.0 ft.
Oakland Bay
Thursday, September 23
Low .............. 12:13 a.m. 4.6 ft.
High ............... 4:48 a.m. 12.2 ft.
Low .............. 12:05 p.m. 0.6 ft.
High ............... 6:09 p.m. 13.9 ft.
Friday, September 24
Low .............. 12:46 a.m. 3.7 ft.
High ............... 5:37 a.m. 12.7 ft.
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Low .............. 12:44 p.m. 0.7 ft.
High ............... 6:34 p.m. 14.1 ft.
Saturday, September 25
Low ................ 1:20 a.m. 2.7 ft.
High ............... 6:25 a.m. 13.2 ft.
Low ................ 1:23 p.m. 1.0 ft.
High ............... 7:00 p.m. 14.3 ft.
Sunday, September 26
Low ................ 1:56 a.m. 1.7 ft.
High ............... 7:14 a.m. 13.6 ft.
Low ................ 2:04 p.m. 1.5 ft.
High ............... 7:29 p.m. 14.4 ft.
Monday, September 27
Low ................ 2:34 a.m. 0.7 ft.
High ............... 8:05 a.m. 13.8 ft.
Low ................ 2:46 p.m. 2.3 ft.
High ............... 8:01 p.m. 14.4 ft.
Tuesday, September 28
Low ................ 3:16 a.m. -0.1 ft.
High ............... 8:59 a.m. 13.9 ft.
Low ................ 3:30 p.m. 3.2 ft.
High ............... 8:36 p.m. 14.2 ft.
Wednesday, September 29
Low ................ 4:01 a.m. -0.6 ft.
High ............... 9:59" a.m, 13.7 ft.
Low ................ 4:20 p.m. 4.3 ft.
High ............... 9:16 p.m. 13.9 ft.
Thursday, September 30
Low ................ 4:51 a.m. -0.8 ft.
High .............. 11:05 a.m. 13.6 ft.
Low ................ 5:16 p.m. 5.2 ft.
High .............. 10:02 p.m. 13.4 ft.
problem.
Hutli, now retired, lives in the
Sunshine State. On one of its less
sunny days Floyd moved in and
cancelled many airplane flights,
Peter's included. Storm-stayed for
two days beyond his scheduled
departure, he was able to enjoy a
couple of extra days of Harstine
hospitality.
THOUGH WE have had some
warmer days, the nights have
been cool. Consequently the hints
of oncoming fall are beginning to
show. The maples, among the
first to dress for the season, have
begun to trade their summer
greens for golden yellow. No won-
der! Just as we thought we had
latched onto summer it was offi-
cially over this week.
As one watches the news on TV
in the comfort of one's home those
segments showing aircraft carry-
ing large containers of water to
douse wildfires are interesting,
but somehow remote.
However, residents and visi-
tors in the vicinity of the Team-
sters' campsite off Myers Lane
witnessed a similar sight live on
Tuesday, September 14, in the
late afternoon. Personnel from
the Department of Natural Re-
sources joined crews from Fire
District 5 to bring under control a
fire that charred two acres of
thick brush and timber.
The DNR helicopter ferried wa-
ter to the site while District 5 fire
fighters and the crew of the DNR
brush rig used several tenders to
douse the flames on the ground.
The blaze which brought fire-
fighters to the site a little before 4
p.m. was stubborn, keeping per-
sonnel busy through the night
and into Wednesday morning,
when mopping-up took place. A
late summer lessening of rainfall
has quickly created a tinder-dry
situation in many areas, but each
wildfire that occurs has a cause.
The cause of this blaze is under
investigation.
HABITAT FOR Humanity
spokeswoman Lynn Lloyd Conner
spoke last week at the Harstine
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Weather
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High Low Precip.
Fahrenheit (In.)
September 15 79 52 0
September 16 63 50 0
September 17 69 49 0
September 18 79 42 0
September 19 87 46 0
September 20 86 50 0
September 21 84 45 0
Measurements for the previ-
ous 24 hours are recorded for the
National Weather Service at 4
p.m. each day at Olympic Air at
Sanderson Field.
Meteorologists with the Na-
tional Weather Service predicted
Wednesday morning that the
weekend will continue a cooling
trend. Friday through Sunday
are expected to bring cloudy peri-
ods with a chance of rain, main-
ly in the north. Lows should
range 40-50 with highs around
60.
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Island Grange. An
week's column
wasn't this
correctly identified the
Agate Grange, but
cause her to lose her
she arrived on
meeting of the local
community hall.
Her talk was ins
informative. As Wills
arranges programs
grange, said, "She
lous!" Habitat for
Lloyd Conner
unteers to erect
ing for those who arc
sub-standard
financially res
proving their situat ion.
Habitat provides an
home at cost
$35,000, and a
gage with mana
payments. The pro
families a leg up to
Habitat for
ton is about
tion of its fourth
Conner said.
teers engaged in this
an effort are islanders
loon and Bob Helm.
A CREATIVE idea
come a reality on
passageway to
"His and her" business*
building with living qU
the second floor is the
two Harstine islanders,
and Karen Schasel.
For a decade the
on Tamarack Lane
tablished the
and Garden Shop an
lyns Dell, on the
brand-new building
by outdoor eating area
waterfall and pond.
Though the Sch
came here from
York, will be taking
on Pickering Road
they have left their
Harstine Island. They
five-acre parcel of lan
which they plan to
years down the road.
WCC
for
next
The Washingt(
Center has sc
qualification, with its
gunfire, in two s
the coming week.
According to Alan
will hear the
between 2 and 10
Thursday, Septembe:
from noon to 6 p.m.
October 1.
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