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!l,h,l, i,,hi,I,,i,,i,d,,iJ.hldl .... il .... iii,,,i,i,I,I By NATALIE JOl The City of Sh ton commissions 1: week for what bot~ achievement for loc Both commissioi Prairie Water Agr~ day, and the port oi PUD 3 also has a s the commission wi Tuesday, Oct. 25. "It truly is a mJ time coming," said I rant. Since 2009, the extend city water Prairie Road into area. The water Corone announ day, October NSON dton and dd the parties s voted to ement, the Tuesday. ~y in the ll not meet lestone, it's :ity has been ;wo miles ~he city's ll serve port r ces ,2011 l ': :~.:~, the Johns Prairie Industri- ~ "~" al Park, including the new :,,! i~!':~' of Shel- :S:iiiii,' i, PUD a faciliV, this As part of the agree- a historic ~~~ ment, the port voted to sign over a length of 16- a John's inch pipe along Johns on Mon- Prairie road to the city. On County Tuesday; the port co~s, : but sion also voted to sign over until Jay the ownership of a length Hupp of eight-inch pipe, which: a long John Tar- extends from Capital Hill John Dobson able to come to an agree- ment. '%Ve didn't want to make this simple," Port Execu- tive Director John Dobson joked. While the 75 acre-feet of water per year that the port will receive through this agreement will not solve all its water prob- lems, it helps to correct a water shortage on Johns Road to the Mason County Prairie. For years the port Recreation Area (MCRA) soccer and: softball has been restricted to how much water it can to fields to the PUD, which is expected to ~ven,: get from its Wells out of concern for water on Johns tually sign over ownership of that pipe tolthe levels and salmon habitat in Johns Creek• growth city• : '~Where we!re at is a lot better than where in While complicated, both parties have been we'Ve been in the past," said Port Commis- sioner Jay Hupp. Under the agreement, port tenants will not be subject to any connection fees related to the new city water lines. The agreement does not only benefit the port and PUD, city officials said on Monday. "I think everyone has come out with some- thing good," said City Administrator Dave O'Leary. 'Tie~l pick up $2 to $3 million of infrastructure." The annual income to the city from wa- ter sales to the port will likely total $40,000, O'Leary said. Both city and port officials called the agreement a major accomplishment on the part of the three entities involved, as well as commending each other for working together See Po~ on page A-7 Union ca use o death for Lingle By NATALIE JO[ Mason County Wes Stockwell has the cause of death mer Mason Coun' missioner Jerry Liv According to the office, Lingle mo~, died from a "car rhythmia as a con~ .of hypertensive c~ cular disease." The, office classified the natural After Lingle d [NSON Coroner released for for- ,y Com- gle. ;oroner's t likely ]iac ar- ~equence :oroner's /leath as led un- expectedly in his l~ome on August 19 at age~57, the coroner s office initi. sifted the cause of inconclusive but did pect foul play. This conchisio~ after a pathologL, ined Lingle's health along with sample sue, blood, urine m ous samples take~ the autopsy. City schedu l earing to address der business lic By NATALIE JOB The City of Shelt mission voted to sc] public hearing Morn 17, to address an ap: city decision to dem hess license to Marl medical marijuana sary with one loc~ Belfair. The hearing is sc for 6 p.m on Mon& 21. The application viewed be several partments and the Police Departme~ denied• The owne: appealed to City Dave O'Leary, wt agreed to approve s~ ets of the applicati~ business license in ~¢ "Parts of the bus cense were denied m were parts that wou ably make their t economically feasib] city administrative tant Vicki Look. dlyclas- ]eath as notsus- comes exam- history, of tis- ~d vitre- during |es ied ense NSON )n Com- mdule a ay, Oct. ~eal to a • a busi- Meds. a dispen- ~tion in heduled ~y, Nov. ~¢as re- city de- Shelton s and • then Ianager ~o only ,me fac- ,n for a helton. ness li- ~d those [d prob- usiness e," said assis- J!!l!l! !lll!!!l!l!lllll ABOVE: Kaylie Case struggles to lift the perfect pumpkin. RIGHT: Families walk through the pumpkin patch at Hunter Farms looking for the perfect pumpkin. Journal photos by Natalie Johnson orange Pumpkinfest takes hold of Hood Canal By NATALIE JOHNSON The Union Tourism As- sociation's (UTA) Pumpkin- lest has once again taken - over Hood Canal, giving all of Union a faint orange glow from the numerous Hallow- een and October related ac- tivities to enjoy this month• The star attraction of the festival is without a doubt Hunter Farms' pumpkin patch and all of the family- friendly farm fun that F~oes along with it. For 30 years, the pm p- kin patch activities at Hm t- er Farms have just ke~ growing and growing, J.R Hunter said. "It gets bigger, ii~'s always growing. Last weekend was probably the busiest week- end.., we had 4,000 people a day," he said on Monday• Every year the farm goes through hundreds upon hundreds of bins of pump- kins, he said. While pumpkin seekers can continue to come to the farm every day until Hal- loween, the weekends are the most festive, and in- clude vendors selling tasty treats like hamburgers, hot dogs and funnel cakes, Hunter said. The farm has more to of- fer than just the pumpkins, though, he said. There is a hay maze complete with tunnels and slides and animals on dis- play, including pigs, emus and a reindeer• Hunter said the pumpkin patch and related activities are always about fun, but also attract people to Union to see an increasmgly rare example of a working family farm. "That's where we started all of this," Hunter said. "My dad's generation, there were a lot of people that came from the farm. My genera- tion is more removed - we have generations of people who are so far removed from the farm." Today, the three genera- tions of Hunters manning the pumpkin patch activi- ties get a kick out of watch- ing the many kids in atten- dance have fun. In a little more than a See Pumpkin on page A-7