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PORTI. ANE) OR 97P (; 40,4,.l.- 1,,1-,4 (3.4 I--:tq E, NOS IN " ; l,bU I,;.L ,3 ;S; ,VL. PORTLAND OR 97232 (';()MP PUD eyeing on-ramp Father charged in rape, to 'info superhighway' ault of tiny daughter aSS County PUD 3 is one of    : ::: ........ A 1-month-old baby who was area, according to deputies of the result of child abuse, hit her in the stomach and inject- to access the infer- SUperhighway in an to use fiber optics for and community pur- 4, the Bonneville tion and the Public Utility Dis- signed an could make fiber- available to public entities and the com- Said PUD 3 Manager last week, "we the interest in the THE community's Were on hand at B nleeting of the PUD Voice just that in- City Manager Port of Shelton Robinson, Tim Mal- Shelton Timberland County Com- Bolender all ex- for the possibility broad-band commu- said the city would the ability to link its and services with corn- sYStems using fiber Would allow us to ex- increasing areas of better ser- McCarty main interest, he by the importance COmmunications to s like Mason of the potential that might be McCarty told can't offer the broad-band access .rnet and the world world the Internet then we're at a corn- R Bolender arguments. "We Journal Tuesday. gOVernment pays signifi- for what's called Service, but we'd at reducing our cost agency." Like in the coun- would benefit of access to infer- by broad-band allegedly assaulted by her father is in critical but improving condi- tion at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, according to Detective Nick Patterson of the Mason County Sheriffs Office. The baby was taken to Mary Bridge after physicians and nurs- es at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton examined her for injuries at the request of her par- ents. Tests conducted at Mary Bridge found a probable skull fracture, a hemorrhage in her ab- domen and fluid in her pelvic Mason County Sheriffs Office. Justin Ryan Jennings, 18, of 6181 NE Bear Creek-Dewatto Road, Belfair, was charged Friday with assault in the first degree and rape of a child in the first de- gree. He is being held in the Ma- son County Jail on $500,000 bail pending arraignment scheduled for today in Mason County Supe- rior Court. Jennings and Sara Torrez, the baby's mother, were given voice stress tests by Deputy Jim Petrai- tis after physicians reported that the injuries may have been the Petraitis concluded that Torrez had nothing to do with injuries to the baby, according to the state- ment of probable cause on file with the Mason County Superior Court Clerk. Jennings told Petraitis he tripped over a shoe and then stumbled around midnight Sep- tember 29 and the baby hit her head on the countertop, deputies wrote. He then told Petraitis he was bitter because he was taking care of the baby and that he slapped the child on the side of the head, ed lamp oil into an intravenous tube used to deliver medicine to the baby, according to the state- ment of probable cause. Prosecu- tors say that he also sexually mo- lested her. The attacks allegedly occurred when the baby was 17 days old. Patterson said Detective Mike Frank visited the child at Mary Bridge last week and found that she is being cuddled there by nurses and family members. "She is in this touch-a-baby program where they bring people in to hold her," he said. Kids face criteria ' WYLA WOOD, PUD 3 power supply manager, ponders a sample bundle of fiber-optic lines, each of which of- fers the equivalent capacity of 30,240 voice lines. The 60 lines in the cable Wood holds represent the ability to transmit over a million messages instantly. As a businessperson, Bolender added, he sees the lack of broad- band telecommunications as "the greatest significant competitive disadvantage of this area. We can't compet for really good, high-paying professional jobs in the information-services industry until we get pipes big enough to ship the data." Recent legislation that gives significant tax incentives to tele- communications businesses that relocate to dl:tressd counties, the commissioner said, won't do Mason County any good "if we don't have the foundation for them to land on." Robinson, at the port, says his experience so far has indicated a definite need among tenants and potential tenants for high-speed data transmission of some sort. Although the scope of the project isn't defined for the port staff and commissioners yet, he said, the port "enthusiastically supports a continued feasibility study." "DIGITAL DUSTBOWL" is the term coined for areas left un- linked to fiber-optic networks that cross the country and touch down in high-population, high- tech areas. People in the utilities business compare the phenome- non to the effect of the towns and communities around the country when railroads arrived. A community on a main line, or a spur, was sure to grow and flourish, says PUD 3 Assistant Manager Pat McGary. For a lot of towns, the failure to secure a rail link sounded the death knell. To- day, said Blakemore and McGary, the development of fiber-optic ser- vice offers the same opportunities for growth or decline. The two cited a report from Kitsap County that Olympic (Please turn to page 10.) ty okays another for road study commissioners, Tuesday, ap- ar-plus con- Skillings- for work on en- of the High- Study. a probable shortfall a Belfair bypass, committed the study in their The Highway includes anal- project and a highways 3 authorized the total for the :Uted March 10, The supple- is necessary bypass propo- connector study into two con- tracts, Public Works Director Jer- ry Hauth told the board. In May, State Senator Tim Sheldon was able to secure legislative funding for the bypass project. Hauth said the two projects were separated to distinguish funding for the bypass from funds for the connector route from the Kitsap County line to Highway 101 near Shelton. Skillings-Con- nelly had performed work valued at about $1.4 million up to that time, he added. "Now we're up against a wall with 695," Hauth said of the ini- tiative on the November ballot which proposes a flat fee for vehi- cle tabs. If 1-695 passes, he pre- dicted, the Belfair project would fall off of the state legislative funding list. If 1-695 does not pass, Hauth continued, the Washington State Department of Transportation will still most likely drop the by- pass from its list after restructur- ing. This third supplement adding $1,092,956 to the consultant's contract extends the completion date to June 30, 2000. When the work is completed, Hauth said, the county "will be able to pro- pare the environmental assess- ment' for both the connector route and the bypass. Thirty per- cent of the design is included in this contract. Commissioner Mary Jo Cady said she was excited about the Belfair bypass project. "In spite of the reluctance of the state, I feel Mason County has the budget where we can handle this. One way or another, we're going to get that road built," she said. hurt in Thurston mishap women were in- critically, and driving the wrong was killed in Monday evening south of Olympia, State Patrol re- 23, of Shel- injuries in was listed in tion Wednesday Peter Hospital L. Rasler, 21, in the driven by facial, leg and arm injuries. She was listed in satisfactory condition Wednesday morning at Saint Peter Hospital. Also injured in the three-vehi- cle crash was a Tumwater wom- an, Selena A. Patten, 50. She was treated at Saint Peter Hospital and released. She was another passenger in the Nissan driven by Rowton, which was totaled. A third vehicle, a 1976 Ford Pinto station wagon driven by Linda L. Leggett, 50, of Olympia, was also damaged. Leggett was not transported to the hospital. Killed in the crash was Vernon L. Olson, 83, of Chehalis. The 1988 Dodge he was driving was totaled. Olson died at the scene, troopers reported. According to the state patrol, the Dodge driven by Olson drove southbound on the northbound off-ramp at 93rd Avenue SW, en- tered I-5 southbound in the northbound lane and struck the Nissan Pathfinder head-on at Milepost 98. The Nissan then struck the Ford Pinto station wagon. Troopers reported that neither Olson nor any of the others in- volved in the three-vehicle crash were wearing seat belts at the time. to pass Social promotion, the passing of students along to the next grade level even if they don't de- serve the promotion, is going to be a thing of the past in the Shel- ton School District. The Shelton School Board Tuesday night approved a policy that holds students in the district accountable for their own acade- mic progress. The Academic Accountability Policy (formerly the promotion/re- tention policy) requires students to meet specified levels of acade- mic achievement at each grade level. At grades 5, 8 and 10, addi- tional academic achievement standards must be met prior to promotion to the next grade level. The policy was drafted during the past year by the district's Council for the Improvement of Student Learning. The council in- cludes teachers, parents and com- munity members. Report card grades, attel(lance records and demonstratfns of proficiency will be used to assess whether stu- dents meet the standards. Teachers will identify those falling behind academically and allow for intervention with in- structional support by developing an individualized learning plan. Those at risk of not being promot- ed will be identified as early as possible and educators will work on the learning plan with a child and his parents or guardians. The district, parents and guardians all will be responsible for certain aspects of making sure the students meet the academic requirements, but the students themselves are going to be held responsible as well for a number of things, including: • Assuming responsibility for learning and attendance. • Being aware of the exit stan- dards for grades 5, 8 and 10. • Putting forth their best ef- forts on assessments to give the most reliable, valid information about their academic standing. • Taking advantage of extend- ed learning opportunities, if need- ed, to meet the exit standards. • Completing homework as- signments. The council and district next must develop procedures on how to work with students and bring them along. The council hopes to bring a proposal back to the school board before the end of the current school year about how to establish the procedures. In other school business, the board accepted a gift of $150,000 from the trust of the late Barbara Jean Bearden for the Robert and Donald Drake Scholarship Fund. The fund has been used for the past 20 years to provide scholar- ships for district graduates. Mrs. Bearden was the Drakes' sister. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII On the inside Births ..................................... 14 Classifieds ............................ 31 Community Calendar .......... 7 Crossword ......... . .................. 36 Entertainment, Dining ..... 30 Health Journal .................... 14 Journal of Record .............. 23 Obituaries .....................  ...... 10 Opinions, Letters ......... 4, 5, 6 Sports .................................... 25 Tides ...................................... 29 Weather ................................ 23 IMHHIIHIMIHII .I Thursday, October 14, 1999 113th Year - Number 41 4 Sections - 42 Pages 50 Cents Lacey boy, 10, drowns fishing at Brown Creek A 10-year-old Lacey boy drowned Saturday while fishing with his father and a friend at Brown Creek in the Olympic Na- tional Forest. The Pierce County Coroner is conducting an autopsy on Shawn Lowrance of 5913 Crimson Court SE, Lacey. Deputy Duain Dugan of the Mason County Sheriffs Of- fice wrote that the boy "had a wound to the back of his head" when his father, John Lowrance of the same address, found him floating face up in the creek. Dugan was dispatched to the Brown Creek Campground at 6:11 p.m. and arrived there44 minutes later, according to his of- ficial report. By then emergency responders from Mason County Fire District 9 in the Skokomish Valley had taken the victim from the scene. The boy was pro- nounced dead at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, Dugan wrote. His father was taken to the Skokomish Valley Community Church so he could be picked up there by his wife. Dugan interviewed 10-year-old Jeffrey Smith, who had gone fish- ing with the Lorances. Jeffrey said the three were fishing at the campground when he and Mr. Lowrance walked downstream to try to find a better fishing spot, Dugan wrote. He told Dugan that Shawn stayed by their vehicle. According to Dugan, Jeffrey said that when they returned about 20 minutes later they found Shawn floating face up in a pool of water about four feet, six inch- es deep. Mr. Lowrance tied a rope around Jeffrey and sent him into the water to retrieve Shawn, Du- gan wrote. Mr. Lowrance carried his son up to a flat space above the creek and discovered the wound and the fact that Shawn was not breath- ing, Dugan wrote. Jeffrey told Dugan he ran to another camping spot and got help from the people camping there. Dugan also talked to those campers - Mason and Angelika Stanhope. They told Dugan that Mr. Stanhope attempted cardio- pulmonary resuscitation on the boy while Mrs. Stanhope drove him to a telephone to call for emergency assistance. Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope said they continued to attempt CPR until the ambulance from District 9 arrived on the scene. The autopsy reportedly should be completed in three or four weeks. Meeting on clock tower set A town meeting about the clock tower that is being planned for downtown Shelton will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 21, at the Shelton Civic Center. Olympia architect and Shelton area resident Bill Sloane will lead the meeting. Sloane's firm, Masi- ni Sanford Gabrielse & Schoen- feldt Architects of Olympia, was selected recently by Shelton city commissioners to do the design work on the 25-foot tall, four- sided clock tower, complete with carillon bells and bronze relief panels. The clock tower is planned for the southeast corner of the Evergreen Square parking lot near the Shelton Post Office, The final design of the project is planned to be done by Novem. ber, 15. The Shelton Arts Commission, which is sponsoring the clock tow- timber and shellfish industries and others - on the panels. The bulk of the project's cost, estimated at $225,000, vill be funded by private sources, includ. ing corporations, and through the sale of bricks, tiles and benches which will bear the names of er project, is seeking public corn- sponsors. It's estimated that the ments about the tower's design bronze relief panels will cost be- and the four relief panels that tween $12,000 and $18,000 each. will celebrate the area's history of Arts commission plans call for sustained resources. The arts dedicating the clock tower on July commission is going to the corn- 4, 2000. munity for input about what Refreshments will be served at should be included - such as the the meeting. Dog days of autumn at fairgrounds Dogs by the dozens - over 1,300 of them dog shows at the fairgrounds Saturday - and 6,000 people showed up for the and Sunday. A photo review and story Gig Harbor Kennel Club's all-breed are on page 22. PORTI. ANE) OR 97P (; 40,4,.l.- 1,,1-,4 (3.4 I--:tq E, NOS IN " ; l,bU I,;.L ,3 ;S; ,VL. PORTLAND OR 97232 (';()MP PUD eyeing on-ramp Father charged in rape, to 'info superhighway' ault of tiny daughter aSS County PUD 3 is one of    : ::: ........ A 1-month-old baby who was area, according to deputies of the result of child abuse, hit her in the stomach and inject- to access the infer- SUperhighway in an to use fiber optics for and community pur- 4, the Bonneville tion and the Public Utility Dis- signed an could make fiber- available to public entities and the com- Said PUD 3 Manager last week, "we the interest in the THE community's Were on hand at B nleeting of the PUD Voice just that in- City Manager Port of Shelton Robinson, Tim Mal- Shelton Timberland County Com- Bolender all ex- for the possibility broad-band commu- said the city would the ability to link its and services with corn- sYStems using fiber Would allow us to ex- increasing areas of better ser- McCarty main interest, he by the importance COmmunications to s like Mason of the potential that might be McCarty told can't offer the broad-band access .rnet and the world world the Internet then we're at a corn- R Bolender arguments. "We Journal Tuesday. gOVernment pays signifi- for what's called Service, but we'd at reducing our cost agency." Like in the coun- would benefit of access to infer- by broad-band allegedly assaulted by her father is in critical but improving condi- tion at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, according to Detective Nick Patterson of the Mason County Sheriffs Office. The baby was taken to Mary Bridge after physicians and nurs- es at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton examined her for injuries at the request of her par- ents. Tests conducted at Mary Bridge found a probable skull fracture, a hemorrhage in her ab- domen and fluid in her pelvic Mason County Sheriffs Office. Justin Ryan Jennings, 18, of 6181 NE Bear Creek-Dewatto Road, Belfair, was charged Friday with assault in the first degree and rape of a child in the first de- gree. He is being held in the Ma- son County Jail on $500,000 bail pending arraignment scheduled for today in Mason County Supe- rior Court. Jennings and Sara Torrez, the baby's mother, were given voice stress tests by Deputy Jim Petrai- tis after physicians reported that the injuries may have been the Petraitis concluded that Torrez had nothing to do with injuries to the baby, according to the state- ment of probable cause on file with the Mason County Superior Court Clerk. Jennings told Petraitis he tripped over a shoe and then stumbled around midnight Sep- tember 29 and the baby hit her head on the countertop, deputies wrote. He then told Petraitis he was bitter because he was taking care of the baby and that he slapped the child on the side of the head, ed lamp oil into an intravenous tube used to deliver medicine to the baby, according to the state- ment of probable cause. Prosecu- tors say that he also sexually mo- lested her. The attacks allegedly occurred when the baby was 17 days old. Patterson said Detective Mike Frank visited the child at Mary Bridge last week and found that she is being cuddled there by nurses and family members. "She is in this touch-a-baby program where they bring people in to hold her," he said. Kids face criteria ' WYLA WOOD, PUD 3 power supply manager, ponders a sample bundle of fiber-optic lines, each of which of- fers the equivalent capacity of 30,240 voice lines. The 60 lines in the cable Wood holds represent the ability to transmit over a million messages instantly. As a businessperson, Bolender added, he sees the lack of broad- band telecommunications as "the greatest significant competitive disadvantage of this area. We can't compet for really good, high-paying professional jobs in the information-services industry until we get pipes big enough to ship the data." Recent legislation that gives significant tax incentives to tele- communications businesses that relocate to dl:tressd counties, the commissioner said, won't do Mason County any good "if we don't have the foundation for them to land on." Robinson, at the port, says his experience so far has indicated a definite need among tenants and potential tenants for high-speed data transmission of some sort. Although the scope of the project isn't defined for the port staff and commissioners yet, he said, the port "enthusiastically supports a continued feasibility study." "DIGITAL DUSTBOWL" is the term coined for areas left un- linked to fiber-optic networks that cross the country and touch down in high-population, high- tech areas. People in the utilities business compare the phenome- non to the effect of the towns and communities around the country when railroads arrived. A community on a main line, or a spur, was sure to grow and flourish, says PUD 3 Assistant Manager Pat McGary. For a lot of towns, the failure to secure a rail link sounded the death knell. To- day, said Blakemore and McGary, the development of fiber-optic ser- vice offers the same opportunities for growth or decline. The two cited a report from Kitsap County that Olympic (Please turn to page 10.) ty okays another for road study commissioners, Tuesday, ap- ar-plus con- Skillings- for work on en- of the High- Study. a probable shortfall a Belfair bypass, committed the study in their The Highway includes anal- project and a highways 3 authorized the total for the :Uted March 10, The supple- is necessary bypass propo- connector study into two con- tracts, Public Works Director Jer- ry Hauth told the board. In May, State Senator Tim Sheldon was able to secure legislative funding for the bypass project. Hauth said the two projects were separated to distinguish funding for the bypass from funds for the connector route from the Kitsap County line to Highway 101 near Shelton. Skillings-Con- nelly had performed work valued at about $1.4 million up to that time, he added. "Now we're up against a wall with 695," Hauth said of the ini- tiative on the November ballot which proposes a flat fee for vehi- cle tabs. If 1-695 passes, he pre- dicted, the Belfair project would fall off of the state legislative funding list. If 1-695 does not pass, Hauth continued, the Washington State Department of Transportation will still most likely drop the by- pass from its list after restructur- ing. This third supplement adding $1,092,956 to the consultant's contract extends the completion date to June 30, 2000. When the work is completed, Hauth said, the county "will be able to pro- pare the environmental assess- ment' for both the connector route and the bypass. Thirty per- cent of the design is included in this contract. Commissioner Mary Jo Cady said she was excited about the Belfair bypass project. "In spite of the reluctance of the state, I feel Mason County has the budget where we can handle this. One way or another, we're going to get that road built," she said. hurt in Thurston mishap women were in- critically, and driving the wrong was killed in Monday evening south of Olympia, State Patrol re- 23, of Shel- injuries in was listed in tion Wednesday Peter Hospital L. Rasler, 21, in the driven by facial, leg and arm injuries. She was listed in satisfactory condition Wednesday morning at Saint Peter Hospital. Also injured in the three-vehi- cle crash was a Tumwater wom- an, Selena A. Patten, 50. She was treated at Saint Peter Hospital and released. She was another passenger in the Nissan driven by Rowton, which was totaled. A third vehicle, a 1976 Ford Pinto station wagon driven by Linda L. Leggett, 50, of Olympia, was also damaged. Leggett was not transported to the hospital. Killed in the crash was Vernon L. Olson, 83, of Chehalis. The 1988 Dodge he was driving was totaled. Olson died at the scene, troopers reported. According to the state patrol, the Dodge driven by Olson drove southbound on the northbound off-ramp at 93rd Avenue SW, en- tered I-5 southbound in the northbound lane and struck the Nissan Pathfinder head-on at Milepost 98. The Nissan then struck the Ford Pinto station wagon. Troopers reported that neither Olson nor any of the others in- volved in the three-vehicle crash were wearing seat belts at the time. to pass Social promotion, the passing of students along to the next grade level even if they don't de- serve the promotion, is going to be a thing of the past in the Shel- ton School District. The Shelton School Board Tuesday night approved a policy that holds students in the district accountable for their own acade- mic progress. The Academic Accountability Policy (formerly the promotion/re- tention policy) requires students to meet specified levels of acade- mic achievement at each grade level. At grades 5, 8 and 10, addi- tional academic achievement standards must be met prior to promotion to the next grade level. The policy was drafted during the past year by the district's Council for the Improvement of Student Learning. The council in- cludes teachers, parents and com- munity members. Report card grades, attel(lance records and demonstratfns of proficiency will be used to assess whether stu- dents meet the standards. Teachers will identify those falling behind academically and allow for intervention with in- structional support by developing an individualized learning plan. Those at risk of not being promot- ed will be identified as early as possible and educators will work on the learning plan with a child and his parents or guardians. The district, parents and guardians all will be responsible for certain aspects of making sure the students meet the academic requirements, but the students themselves are going to be held responsible as well for a number of things, including: • Assuming responsibility for learning and attendance. • Being aware of the exit stan- dards for grades 5, 8 and 10. • Putting forth their best ef- forts on assessments to give the most reliable, valid information about their academic standing. • Taking advantage of extend- ed learning opportunities, if need- ed, to meet the exit standards. • Completing homework as- signments. The council and district next must develop procedures on how to work with students and bring them along. The council hopes to bring a proposal back to the school board before the end of the current school year about how to establish the procedures. In other school business, the board accepted a gift of $150,000 from the trust of the late Barbara Jean Bearden for the Robert and Donald Drake Scholarship Fund. The fund has been used for the past 20 years to provide scholar- ships for district graduates. Mrs. Bearden was the Drakes' sister. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII On the inside Births ..................................... 14 Classifieds ............................ 31 Community Calendar .......... 7 Crossword ......... . .................. 36 Entertainment, Dining ..... 30 Health Journal .................... 14 Journal of Record .............. 23 Obituaries .....................  ...... 10 Opinions, Letters ......... 4, 5, 6 Sports .................................... 25 Tides ...................................... 29 Weather ................................ 23 IMHHIIHIMIHII .I Thursday, October 14, 1999 113th Year - Number 41 4 Sections - 42 Pages 50 Cents Lacey boy, 10, drowns fishing at Brown Creek A 10-year-old Lacey boy drowned Saturday while fishing with his father and a friend at Brown Creek in the Olympic Na- tional Forest. The Pierce County Coroner is conducting an autopsy on Shawn Lowrance of 5913 Crimson Court SE, Lacey. Deputy Duain Dugan of the Mason County Sheriffs Of- fice wrote that the boy "had a wound to the back of his head" when his father, John Lowrance of the same address, found him floating face up in the creek. Dugan was dispatched to the Brown Creek Campground at 6:11 p.m. and arrived there44 minutes later, according to his of- ficial report. By then emergency responders from Mason County Fire District 9 in the Skokomish Valley had taken the victim from the scene. The boy was pro- nounced dead at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, Dugan wrote. His father was taken to the Skokomish Valley Community Church so he could be picked up there by his wife. Dugan interviewed 10-year-old Jeffrey Smith, who had gone fish- ing with the Lorances. Jeffrey said the three were fishing at the campground when he and Mr. Lowrance walked downstream to try to find a better fishing spot, Dugan wrote. He told Dugan that Shawn stayed by their vehicle. According to Dugan, Jeffrey said that when they returned about 20 minutes later they found Shawn floating face up in a pool of water about four feet, six inch- es deep. Mr. Lowrance tied a rope around Jeffrey and sent him into the water to retrieve Shawn, Du- gan wrote. Mr. Lowrance carried his son up to a flat space above the creek and discovered the wound and the fact that Shawn was not breath- ing, Dugan wrote. Jeffrey told Dugan he ran to another camping spot and got help from the people camping there. Dugan also talked to those campers - Mason and Angelika Stanhope. They told Dugan that Mr. Stanhope attempted cardio- pulmonary resuscitation on the boy while Mrs. Stanhope drove him to a telephone to call for emergency assistance. Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope said they continued to attempt CPR until the ambulance from District 9 arrived on the scene. The autopsy reportedly should be completed in three or four weeks. Meeting on clock tower set A town meeting about the clock tower that is being planned for downtown Shelton will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 21, at the Shelton Civic Center. Olympia architect and Shelton area resident Bill Sloane will lead the meeting. Sloane's firm, Masi- ni Sanford Gabrielse & Schoen- feldt Architects of Olympia, was selected recently by Shelton city commissioners to do the design work on the 25-foot tall, four- sided clock tower, complete with carillon bells and bronze relief panels. The clock tower is planned for the southeast corner of the Evergreen Square parking lot near the Shelton Post Office, The final design of the project is planned to be done by Novem. ber, 15. The Shelton Arts Commission, which is sponsoring the clock tow- timber and shellfish industries and others - on the panels. The bulk of the project's cost, estimated at $225,000, vill be funded by private sources, includ. ing corporations, and through the sale of bricks, tiles and benches which will bear the names of er project, is seeking public corn- sponsors. It's estimated that the ments about the tower's design bronze relief panels will cost be- and the four relief panels that tween $12,000 and $18,000 each. will celebrate the area's history of Arts commission plans call for sustained resources. The arts dedicating the clock tower on July commission is going to the corn- 4, 2000. munity for input about what Refreshments will be served at should be included - such as the the meeting. Dog days of autumn at fairgrounds Dogs by the dozens - over 1,300 of them dog shows at the fairgrounds Saturday - and 6,000 people showed up for the and Sunday. A photo review and story Gig Harbor Kennel Club's all-breed are on page 22.