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City agrees to continue its pot moratorium By NATALIE JOHNSON "We've already seen indication that entre- preneurs will stretch it further than we'd like The City of Shelton Commission agreed to them to," he said. "The moratorium will give continue a six-month moratorium on coopera- us a chance to make those decisions." tive medical marijuana gardens Monday. The moratorium will extend for about the '"We need to step back and a moratorium is next five and a half months, O'Leary said, and a good way to do that," Commissioner Dawn during that time, city staff will research and Pannell said. draft zoning ordinances regulating the gar- State legislators recently legalized collec- dens. tive marijuana grow gardens in Washington "There are just mo many uncertainties - State through the passage of Engrossed Sec- there are too many ambiguities the way the ond Substitute Bill 50731ESSB 5073). law's been handed down." commissioner Mike According to the bill, in section 402, "Quali- Byrne said. %Ve would probably make a simi- fying patients may create and participate in lar action for anything that came down ... collective gardens for the purpose of produc- with these kinds of regulations." ing, processing, transporting, and delivering Mayor John Tarrant said that without reg- cannabis for medical use." ulation the cooperative gardens could become Mason County enacted a similar morato- an "attractive nuisance," or an attraction to rium this summer. Both commissions have crime. He also expressed concern because cited a lack of zoning ordinances to regulate marijuana IS still illegal according to federal these cooperative gardens, law and said under state law, there is noth- "The complication with this is its brand new ing stopping someone from forming a garden law," City Admimstrator Dave O'Leary said. close to a school. O%eary said one of the mare questions the "Having the gardens if you will presents a city has about the legislation is one of defmi- real problem for our police force." he said tion. He said the cit:~ has room to more strictly After the six month moratorium is over, define the cooperative gardens, the city will have the option of renewing it. iiiiiii Journal DnO[O O~ Natahe Johnson Charles Greninger is full of gratitude for his friends at Mason County after they helped save his life during a heart attack. Employees come together to help colleague during heart attack November 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19. At The Pavilion at Sentry Park in Shelton. Tickets on sale until November 9. Saturday. November 19 Candy Cane Carnival Co-sponsored by South Sound Radiology Children's activities, Santa, refreshments, surprises, raffle & gift shop. 10:00 a,m, - 11:30 a,m. Reservations Required $10°° I adult and I child • $400 each additional guest Saturday, November 19 Gala and Auction Co-sponsored by Hiawatha Corporation & Hoffman Counstruction Company Gourmet dining, silent & live auctions, gift shop, raffle & no-host bar. Black tie optional. 6:00 p.m, - 10:00 p.m. Reservations Required $1,50000 Emerald reserved table of 10 • $15000 Single Ticket Purchase Emerald table includes a limited edition ornament for each guest, preferred seating & personal wait staff for your table. $1,20000 Sapphire reserved table of 10 ° $1 ~t000 Single Ticket Purchase Sapphire table includes an amJreciation gift for each guest. Tuesday. November i 5 Fantasy Laugh Factory Sponsored by Dynamic Collectors, Inc. Come enjoy an adult night out with live comedy featuring entertainment by comedian and ventriloquist Justin Ver Burg. Includes a raffle, a gift shop, buffet dinner, extravaganza and No-Host Cash Only Bar. 5:30 p.m. Cocktails • 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner Event Ends at 9:30 p.m. Reservations Required ] 530°° per person MGH Foundation also acknowledges the following sponsors for their support of the 2011 Fantasy Forest Event: Advertising Sponsor-Christmas Village, Gift Shop-Heritage Bank, Co-Memorial Tree-John _. Scott Real Estate. Entertainment Cellnetix Pathology & Laboratory, Volunteer Village-Taylor Shellfish Farm, inc. Raffle Sponsors - Peninsula Credit Union. Mar3 Anne Munson, Skookum Rotary Foundation: Oysterfest Dollars at Work, ano MASCO Petroleum ~~t FOUNDI~rlON For reservations and tickets, call (360) 427-3623 or go online at www.MasonGeneral.com/201 I fantasv_forest.htrnl **Portrait packages available for aurchase. Offered by Cooper Studios at these events: Father- Daughter Night out, Dance Fever, Candy Cane Carnival and Gala & Auction. A portion of sales will be donated to MC HF. By NATALIE JOHNSON pound lady with a high heel heart attack," he said. "There standing on my chest." was a couP~le ~of lad~e~ - ~the.y Charles Greninger was Greninger now knows he brought out 'ice. Somebody having the golf game of his was having a nasty heart at- brought out~a bag of tater tots life on August 2, but what he tack. but at the time, nobody but didn't know it was open.~ ] remembers about that day is thought it could be a heart remember feeling things fall- how friends, strangers and attack, ing on my head - there were fellow golfers came together His golfing buddies werebits of potato all around me." to save his life. worried, Greninger said.Eventually the ambulance At Lake Limerick Golf Some people believed it was did arrive and transported Course on that Tuesday af- a stomach ailment, others Greninger to Providence St. ternoon in August, he andthought it was a pulled mus- Peter Hospital in Olympia many other Mason County cle. where he had a stint placed employees played nine holes "I didn't want to quit,"in a 100 percent blocked ar- with the county's golf league, he said. "I just went and lay tery. A month later surgeons "It's a way for employeesdown in the fairway while put in another stint for a 90 to get some exercise and get they hit their balls." percent blocked artery. to w each other," he said. But after a short time, ev- Greninger knows he's "1 kn°playingwas probably the ery0ne knew something was lucky to be alive, for a variety best I've played in 20 years." seriously wrong. Doug Elling- of reasons. But at the seventh hole son insisted on calling an am- just finished going things took a turn for the bulance even though Gren- through Stage 4 cancer - worse. After hitting a great ingerjust wanted to go home. lymphoma," he said. "It was drive, Gremnger said he While Ellingson and fel-just a month afLer my last CT dropped to one knee in pain. low golfer Marty Best called scan after a year and I have a "I had a pain in my chest, the ambulance, Greningerheart attack playing golf. The Immediately I thought it was tried to make it to his car to doctor said because of the ac- indigestion," he said. go home, but collapsed on the tions of people helping that He blamed the intense fairway. Immediately he was there's no major damage to pain on a Power Bar his golf- surrounded by other golfers my heart." ing partner Leslie Mosleyand residents of the Lake Greninger's cardiolo- gave him earlier, but the "in- Limerick course who waited gist said he owes a lot to his digestion" he felt, didn't go with him all 25 minutes until friends at Mason County. away. the ambulance showed up."He said if [Ellingson] Greninger played on to the Greninger said he doesn't would have let me go home next hole, but after hitting remember much about the someone would have found another spectacular drive, wait for the ambulance, ex- me dead," Gremnger said. this time the pain physically cept people trying to keep "I hope the [Mason County] knocked him down. him cool. commission would recognize "It was like an ice pick," "I remember - still no- these individuals for going he said. "It felt like a 500 - body knew I was having aabove and beyond." Scavenger hunt set for weekend Hood Canal Adventures doing a statewide one." Mason County. is hosting its second-annual Over the course of this The grand prizes will be geocache bash this week- two-day event, which com- awarded at the end of the end. Oct. 8 and 9, through- mences at 8 a.m. on Sat-two-day event, and partici- out Mason County. urday, Oct. 8 at the Alder- pants must be present to The modern-day treasure brook Resort & Spa, eachwin. hunt, whereby teams use team will use a GPS device There is more than $5,000 GPS devices and clues to to locate hidden contain- in prizes. find hidden items redeem- ers. called caches, that are The event will also fea- able for prizes, attracted placed at specific GPS coor- ture a visit from Jack Pe- 200 participants last year dinates throughout Masonters, author of "The Com- and the event coordinators County. Each cache is filled plete Idiot's Guide to Geo- expect attendance to double with clues, items or trea- cache," and participants this go-around, sures, will receive free water "Last year, we had 200 There will be 30 hidden bottles sponsored by differ- and this year we hope to caches to locate on the first ent local businesses -- the have 400," said David Wag- day and 20 hidden cachesproceeds from the water net, co-owner of Hood Canal to locate on the second day. bottle ad sales will go to- Adventures. '~We're trying Participants are required to ward the Hood Canal IGA to promote this thing to oth- find each cache for a chance er counties and we're also to win prizes and the caches looking at the possibility of are scattered throughout Sponsorea by: d ~Breast, Cervical and Colon Health Proqram Savk~g Lb/es Throu¢~h Early D~t,~ctkm Saturday, October 15, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Main Entrance of MGH FREE dioital mammogram screening for women uninsured or under-insureo, aged 40 to 64 t0thefirstBOwomen whouualily/. Funded by the Karen Hilburn Breast & Cervical Cancer Fund the Wasmngton Breast. Cervica and Colon Health Prograrr and Susan G. Komen for the Cure/Puget Sound. Women who are insured for mammograms may make an appointment for a digital mammogram a~ a ater date by calling B60} 427-9590.0ution 1. Nutritional services M Cardiac health - DIOOO oressure screening ano information on heart health for women Diabetes - testing ano self-assessment Mini-massages [] Information on HPV vaccine used to prevent the types of genita numan papillomaviruses (HPV's) that cause most cases of cervical cancer ano genita war~s [] Clinica breast exam Dy MGH nealtncare DrOvider [] Healthy refreshments Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics M,~,osoft' ~lt Mason General HosPital Goto~~ 901 Mountain View Drive. Shelton WA MyMosonHeolth.corn For information: (360~, 432-7706 for medicol histories www.MasonGeneral.com store's Wounded Warrior project for injured service men and women. WWW. rn asoncou nty.co m Shelton-Mason C.ounty Journal -Thursday, October 6, 2011 - Page A-3