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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. Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, October 6, 2011 - Page A-7