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THE HONOR OF DIGGING the first dirt at the site of the new Mason County shop goes to, from left: Lance Harris of Rognlin's Construction Company; Mason County Com- missioners Ross Gallagher, Lynda Ring-Erickson and Tim Sheldon; Floyd Plemmons of Rognlin's and Mason County Public Works Director Charlie Butros. County commission roundup: Permitting tangle for garage on slope Which comes first, a permit or an engineering study? That's the quandary Kevin Lea of Belfair says he's facing as he tries to jump through the hoops to build a two- story garage on sloping property, located .between two roads built and maintained by the county. Lea explained his predicament at last week's meeting offthe Ma- son County Commission. His prob- lem, he said, is that while county ordinances mandate geotechni- col reports for all sloped lots, the process of submitting the reports keeps changing on him. He hired Ken Martig, a licensed engineer with decades of experi- ence, who completed his report in September of 2006 but when they tried to submit the report county officials said they needed to in- clude an associated building per- mit application. This meant Lea had to spend $5,000 more to have a topographical survey as well as septic and engineering designs for the garage. He then had to have the septic system installed and ap- proved for the garage at an addi- tional cost of $4,000. On top of all of that, when he was finally able to comply with everything by the second week of January, he was later inibrmed that the county had invoked new geotechnical requirements. Lea's engineer disagreed with these new requirements, saying they had nothing to do with determin- ing the stability of soils typical of his location. "I am no expert in this field, but I do believe that if Mr. Martig's documentation is correct, then words/requirements were added to this ordinance at the last minute by unqualified personnel resulting in needless hardship to me and others in this county," Lea wrote in a statement submitted to coun- ty staff. He also offered a couple of pro- posals to solve this problem. In a related development the commis- sioners authorized an amende- ment adding $]0,000 in public funds to the county's contract with RH2 Engineering, Incorporated for (Please turn to page 6.) Gott: NO new nukes in electric power mfi:, worldwide, 35 are plann of them- Jw0 t Contin._:i , poi 4 )t" 25 planJ h the| akes mt ti ppe Renewable power will be on the agenda when public utility officials in Mason County meet next Tues- day with their opposite numbers from other public utilities to talk about the White Creek Wind Proj- ect, a wind farm growing along the Columbia River. The workshop will begin at 1 p.m. on November 6 in the PUD 3 Auditorium at 307 West Cota Street in downtown Shelton. Com- missioners of the Lewis County PUD and other public utilities are expected to be there at that time to hear a presentation about the project. The public is invited to at- tend. This gathering comes on the heels of last week's members forum of Energy Northwest, a partner- ship of public utilities in the state. The subject of the forum was the conservation component of Initia- tive 937, a measure approved last year by voters that calls for public utilities to cut back on their use of electricity generated by hydrocar- bons and hydroelectric dams. Linda Gott attended the forum and talked about it on Tuesday of this week in her capacity as a member of the Energy Northwest board and chair of the PUD 3 Com- mission. PRESENTATIONS TO the board ranged from the simple to obscure. One speaker left many in the gathering wondering just what he'd been talking about while an- U.S. and none coted west of the vide. Gott makes the could take upwards of" 25 bring a new nuclear and that the process on Coast is complicated tions having to do with incidence of earthquakes part of the U.S. "New nuclear is not that is going to be ha fast in our part IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Weather IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII High Low Precip. Fahrenheit (In.) October 24 55 39 0 October 25 53 30 0 October 26 57 26 0 October 27 54 28 0 October 28 62 30 0 October 29 52 44 0 October 30 54 28 0 Measurements are recorded for the National Weather Service at Sanderson Field. Wednesday morning the Na- tional Weather Service predict- ed partly sunny skies on Thurs- day with a high near 52 degrees. Thursday night should be partly cloudy with a low around 28. other punctuated his own remarks with a simple message written on a yellow legal pad and waved at the gathering: "Conservation is good." Conservation may also be nec- essary if predictions hoisted at Energy Northwest turn out to be true. Gott said the gathering was told that by the year 2025 the U.S. will need 45 percent more electric energy than it is consuming now. "If we have a lot of restrictions on how we're going to get there" it could be a real challenge," Gott said. that leaves us with Some officials have been look- ab:s, GOt;udth:mOtih ing to nuclear power to meet grow- b s o t e Lm / ing demand but, of the 220 nuclear MOST OF THE T plants now on the drawing boards (Please turn to pag - ,.€ll IN i at - SHELTOL, MOOS : 00000000/TUESDAY & FRI 'DA00 Games start at 6:30 p.m. SE 741 CRAIG ROAD " 426-691 7 ,," Highclimber Happenings: Friday should be mostly sunny with a high in the lower 50s. Patchy fog is expected after 11 p.m. Friday RY S Tire & d. di 1 night with otherwise partly cloudy You can o Me eva skies and a low around38. Saturday should be sunny with at a feast00val of fun patchy fog before 11 a.m. with mostly cloudy skies expected Sat- urday night. The high should be S •  •  • By KELSY HOSKINS All Mason County businesses near 59 with a low around 42. e All lords, ladies, knights and and organizations should note The extended forecast for Sun- 202 South First Street, Shelton • 426.9 damsels of the shire of Shelton are invited to attend an evening of merrymaking at the ninth annual Medieval Feast hosted by the local roving minstrels better known as the Shelton High School Band and Color Guard. that they may now register for the tburth annual career expo taking place on Wednesday, November 7. The event, which will be held in the SHS Minidome from 8 a.m. to noon, allows business represen- tatives to present employment, day through Tuesday calls for mostly sunny days followed by partly cloudy conditions at night. The highs should be in the mid- 50s with lows in the mid-30s. l Evenings of frolic, food and fun internship, volunteering and cul-  will be presented on November minating project opportunities to SPCIAL. At ..the interse¢ t high-school and college students ..... .---- Of High.way 101 1 in Shelton. OF THE lOS, , W..K and Shelt  NiCd • NiMH • L-ion •  Nokia • Nextel I •  Motorola • Sony I LEARN HELPFUL RETIREMENT STRATEGIES IN JUST AN HOUR. i imberlond Libro ° Time: L3 & 0-7 pJ I N m.edmrdjones.com ,o. I COMPLETE -- N E W CIGARS MA 9 and 10 in the Student Union Building at 3737 Shelton Springs Road. Doors open at 6 o'clock. A ticket includes a medieval- style dinner and live entertain- ment provided by band members. Tickets are on sale now. Advance ticket prices are $12 and can be purchased from band members, at Verle's, Lynch Creek Floral and at the door. Tickets sold at the door cost $15. Proceeds from the Medieval Feast go to support the band's many activities throughout the year. Dole: November 13, 2007 • Ploce: Shelton Timberlond Librory • Time: 2-3 & 6-1 p.m. Dan Baumgartel Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Avenue, ROLL-YOUR-0WN Walk-In Humidor GREAT GIF Suite A, Shelton '12 ,006o9.00 99 vsoo.44,.o9s2 + tax NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO KEEP YOUR FUTURE ON TRACK. Now is fl)e time to schedule your free portfblio review. (:all or visil today.  Armin Baumgartel www.edwardJones.com Member SIPC Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Avenue, Suite A, Shelton 426-0982 1-800-441-0982 Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 1, 2007 One Pound Bag SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health, GREAT SELECTION of Fine Cigars & Humidor Accessories '.. Try our own ISLAND BLENDZ Hand rolled-Fine LARGE =,mo= , 5C =s,,.u.. ' RECEIVE PER GALLON , , GAS DISCOUNT I teee.t flus co.. [ E K ( d m   m + tax L .- "-'  '°%2-L% := ,,u.,,:,,,,E,,,,,,o,,,, HOURS: Mon-Thur 6am-12a.m / Fri & Sat 6am-2a31 / Sun 5a3vllpm The KamiMle ading Post operates under a compact with the State of WasMWton To Shop" TOBACCO PRODUCTS DRIVE .THRU OPEN Sun-Thur 7am-9pm • THE HONOR OF DIGGING the first dirt at the site of the new Mason County shop goes to, from left: Lance Harris of Rognlin's Construction Company; Mason County Com- missioners Ross Gallagher, Lynda Ring-Erickson and Tim Sheldon; Floyd Plemmons of Rognlin's and Mason County Public Works Director Charlie Butros. County commission roundup: Permitting tangle for garage on slope Which comes first, a permit or an engineering study? That's the quandary Kevin Lea of Belfair says he's facing as he tries to jump through the hoops to build a two- story garage on sloping property, located .between two roads built and maintained by the county. Lea explained his predicament at last week's meeting offthe Ma- son County Commission. His prob- lem, he said, is that while county ordinances mandate geotechni- col reports for all sloped lots, the process of submitting the reports keeps changing on him. He hired Ken Martig, a licensed engineer with decades of experi- ence, who completed his report in September of 2006 but when they tried to submit the report county officials said they needed to in- clude an associated building per- mit application. This meant Lea had to spend $5,000 more to have a topographical survey as well as septic and engineering designs for the garage. He then had to have the septic system installed and ap- proved for the garage at an addi- tional cost of $4,000. On top of all of that, when he was finally able to comply with everything by the second week of January, he was later inibrmed that the county had invoked new geotechnical requirements. Lea's engineer disagreed with these new requirements, saying they had nothing to do with determin- ing the stability of soils typical of his location. "I am no expert in this field, but I do believe that if Mr. Martig's documentation is correct, then words/requirements were added to this ordinance at the last minute by unqualified personnel resulting in needless hardship to me and others in this county," Lea wrote in a statement submitted to coun- ty staff. He also offered a couple of pro- posals to solve this problem. In a related development the commis- sioners authorized an amende- ment adding $]0,000 in public funds to the county's contract with RH2 Engineering, Incorporated for (Please turn to page 6.) Gott: NO new nukes in electric power mfi:, worldwide, 35 are plann of them- Jw0 t Contin._:i , poi 4 )t" 25 planJ h the| akes mt ti ppe Renewable power will be on the agenda when public utility officials in Mason County meet next Tues- day with their opposite numbers from other public utilities to talk about the White Creek Wind Proj- ect, a wind farm growing along the Columbia River. The workshop will begin at 1 p.m. on November 6 in the PUD 3 Auditorium at 307 West Cota Street in downtown Shelton. Com- missioners of the Lewis County PUD and other public utilities are expected to be there at that time to hear a presentation about the project. The public is invited to at- tend. This gathering comes on the heels of last week's members forum of Energy Northwest, a partner- ship of public utilities in the state. The subject of the forum was the conservation component of Initia- tive 937, a measure approved last year by voters that calls for public utilities to cut back on their use of electricity generated by hydrocar- bons and hydroelectric dams. Linda Gott attended the forum and talked about it on Tuesday of this week in her capacity as a member of the Energy Northwest board and chair of the PUD 3 Com- mission. PRESENTATIONS TO the board ranged from the simple to obscure. One speaker left many in the gathering wondering just what he'd been talking about while an- U.S. and none coted west of the vide. Gott makes the could take upwards of" 25 bring a new nuclear and that the process on Coast is complicated tions having to do with incidence of earthquakes part of the U.S. "New nuclear is not that is going to be ha fast in our part IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Weather IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII High Low Precip. Fahrenheit (In.) October 24 55 39 0 October 25 53 30 0 October 26 57 26 0 October 27 54 28 0 October 28 62 30 0 October 29 52 44 0 October 30 54 28 0 Measurements are recorded for the National Weather Service at Sanderson Field. Wednesday morning the Na- tional Weather Service predict- ed partly sunny skies on Thurs- day with a high near 52 degrees. Thursday night should be partly cloudy with a low around 28. other punctuated his own remarks with a simple message written on a yellow legal pad and waved at the gathering: "Conservation is good." Conservation may also be nec- essary if predictions hoisted at Energy Northwest turn out to be true. Gott said the gathering was told that by the year 2025 the U.S. will need 45 percent more electric energy than it is consuming now. "If we have a lot of restrictions on how we're going to get there" it could be a real challenge," Gott said. that leaves us with Some officials have been look- ab:s, GOt;udth:mOtih ing to nuclear power to meet grow- b s o t e Lm / ing demand but, of the 220 nuclear MOST OF THE T plants now on the drawing boards (Please turn to pag - ,.€ll IN i at - SHELTOL, MOOS : 00000000/TUESDAY & FRI 'DA00 Games start at 6:30 p.m. SE 741 CRAIG ROAD " 426-691 7 ,," Highclimber Happenings: Friday should be mostly sunny with a high in the lower 50s. Patchy fog is expected after 11 p.m. Friday RY S Tire & d. di 1 night with otherwise partly cloudy You can o Me eva skies and a low around38. Saturday should be sunny with at a feast00val of fun patchy fog before 11 a.m. with mostly cloudy skies expected Sat- urday night. The high should be S •  •  • By KELSY HOSKINS All Mason County businesses near 59 with a low around 42. e All lords, ladies, knights and and organizations should note The extended forecast for Sun- 202 South First Street, Shelton • 426.9 damsels of the shire of Shelton are invited to attend an evening of merrymaking at the ninth annual Medieval Feast hosted by the local roving minstrels better known as the Shelton High School Band and Color Guard. that they may now register for the tburth annual career expo taking place on Wednesday, November 7. The event, which will be held in the SHS Minidome from 8 a.m. to noon, allows business represen- tatives to present employment, day through Tuesday calls for mostly sunny days followed by partly cloudy conditions at night. The highs should be in the mid- 50s with lows in the mid-30s. l Evenings of frolic, food and fun internship, volunteering and cul-  will be presented on November minating project opportunities to SPCIAL. At ..the interse¢ t high-school and college students ..... .---- Of High.way 101 1 in Shelton. OF THE lOS, , W..K and Shelt  NiCd • NiMH • L-ion •  Nokia • Nextel I •  Motorola • Sony I LEARN HELPFUL RETIREMENT STRATEGIES IN JUST AN HOUR. i imberlond Libro ° Time: L3 & 0-7 pJ I N m.edmrdjones.com ,o. I COMPLETE -- N E W CIGARS MA 9 and 10 in the Student Union Building at 3737 Shelton Springs Road. Doors open at 6 o'clock. A ticket includes a medieval- style dinner and live entertain- ment provided by band members. Tickets are on sale now. Advance ticket prices are $12 and can be purchased from band members, at Verle's, Lynch Creek Floral and at the door. Tickets sold at the door cost $15. Proceeds from the Medieval Feast go to support the band's many activities throughout the year. Dole: November 13, 2007 • Ploce: Shelton Timberlond Librory • Time: 2-3 & 6-1 p.m. Dan Baumgartel Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Avenue, ROLL-YOUR-0WN Walk-In Humidor GREAT GIF Suite A, Shelton '12 ,006o9.00 99 vsoo.44,.o9s2 + tax NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO KEEP YOUR FUTURE ON TRACK. Now is fl)e time to schedule your free portfblio review. (:all or visil today.  Armin Baumgartel www.edwardJones.com Member SIPC Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Avenue, Suite A, Shelton 426-0982 1-800-441-0982 Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 1, 2007 One Pound Bag SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health, GREAT SELECTION of Fine Cigars & Humidor Accessories '.. Try our own ISLAND BLENDZ Hand rolled-Fine LARGE =,mo= , 5C =s,,.u.. ' RECEIVE PER GALLON , , GAS DISCOUNT I teee.t flus co.. [ E K ( d m   m + tax L .- "-'  '°%2-L% := ,,u.,,:,,,,E,,,,,,o,,,, HOURS: Mon-Thur 6am-12a.m / Fri & Sat 6am-2a31 / Sun 5a3vllpm The KamiMle ading Post operates under a compact with the State of WasMWton To Shop" TOBACCO PRODUCTS DRIVE .THRU OPEN Sun-Thur 7am-9pm •