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Winners of the
~st place
2nd place
3rdplace
4th place
5th place
Continued from page A-1
attendance.
"Because of our budget
cycle, I don't think it's go-
ing to affect what we can
give to the community," he
said.
Last year, the rotary
club donated $22.000 in
scholarships to 17 Mason
County students in school
already or going to college•
The group also puts on field
trips for local students and
supports the science fair at
Shelton High School.
Mario Leon of Patix Oyster
02:31:47
Oliver Gray
02:~:25
Guadaiupe Leon of Goose Point OySters
03~10:15
Dionisio Leon of Goose Point Oysters
03:I7:31
Gerardo Leon of Palix Oyster
03:I9:2.5
Sean Beyo of Hog Island Oyster Co.
04:0t:10
All of that money comes
from OysterFest, which has
followed the same basic for-
mula for the last 30 years,
Everett said.
"The template that's
been working for 30 years
is what we continue to fol-
low. though we make incre-
mental changes," he said.
referring to the new shuttle
bus route that brought in
visitors without backing up
Highway 101.
In 1981. before Oyster-
Fest started. Skookum
Rotary's budget for good
works in the community
was $1,200, which was
raised from cutting logs
and selling wood.
The 2009-2510 budget
for good works was $65,000,
Everett said. all of which
comes from OysterFest.
"Our template will go on
and that's the same tem-
plate created by Richard
Oltman as his masters the-
sis in tourism at George
Washington University,"
he said "He came to us in
the spring of 1982 with this
detailed master plan. And
here we are 30 years later."
The rotary will begin
planning for next year's
OysterFest in January•
Girl Scouts
Destiny Albro,
left, and Zoe
Martin, both 12
years old, serve
geoduck clam
chowder at the
Girl Scouts food
tent at OysterFest
last Saturday,
Oct. 1. More than
60 nonprofits
raised money
through food
sales at the event
this year.
Journa photobvArlaShe3nara
Bloomfield
Continued from page A-1
him in as the county's new-
est commissioner.
Bloomfield will spend the
next week or so catching up
on the budget proce~ss and
meeting with new c~nstitu-
ents. He said he is Open to
input from everyone he rep-
resents, i
"The door is alwayg open,"
he said. "I'm going to Sely on
you guys to steer me! in the
right direction."
Bloomfield will serve as
the commissioner for district
3 until the 2012 election. He
may choose to run in 2012
to fill out the remainder of
the unexpired term. i If an-
other candidate wins the
2012 election for the district
3 seat, they would ta~e over
immediately after tl~e elec-
tion in November 2012, rath-
er than in January 2q13.
i
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
City Finance Manager Cathy Beierle walked
the city commission through the finer points of
the 2012 budget overview on Monday.
City tors on the project took a tour of the
facility to see the effects of the $1 mil-
Continued frorn page A-1 lion of damage caused by the faulty
screens.
City of Wapato and Mason County for After the project was complete,
prisoner confinement, the city kept $250.000 of the mon-
While Mason County charges ey it owed to contractor Pease
$78.51 per day and Wapato chargesand Sons as retainage, or money
$50 per day ¢o house inmates for the designed to be used as leverage
city, Forks would only charge $45 per against a contractor if such dam-
day and $20 for prisoner transporta- age occurs as a result of a contrac-
tion. tot's actions.
Forks atso provides housing for the "I'm realizing it's probably a good
Cities of Hoquiam, Port Orchard and thing we did that," Haggard said.
Poulsbo. While the money cannot be used to
The commission will again dis- pay for the replacement screens, Hag-
cuss the proposed three-year agree- gard learned Monday that Pease's in-
ment with Forks during its regularly surer, Travelers Insurance, agreed to
scheduled commission meeting at write the city a check for $250,000 to
2 p.m. Monday at the Shelton Civic induce the city to release the retain-
Center. age.
City attorney Kathleen Haggard The city could use those funds to
gave a brief update on the city's ef- pay for work to repair the plant, Hag-
forts to resolve a dispute regarding gard said.
damage done by faulty "rotary drum The next step to recovering the rest
screens" at the satellite water recla- of the approimately $1 million neces-
marion plant, sary to fix the plant is to enter into
On Monday, Haggard and insurers mediation, which is scheduled for No-
represe~ting the city and its contrac- vember, Haggard said.
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