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Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012
Week 44 The Voice of Mason County since 1886 Published for Mason County and G.E. Hofstatter of Tahuya --- $1
Gregoire, Dicks pat shellfish growers on back
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie~asoncounty.com
In September, the Washington
State Department of Health upgraded
750 acres of shellfish beds in Oakland
Bay to "approved" for the first time in
decades.
On Monday, Gov. Chris Gregoire
and U.S. Rep Norm Dicks traveled to
one of Taylor Shellfish's Oakland Bay
and CEO of Taylor Shellfish.
"It was like a gut kick for our busi-
ness," he said. "It's a great day for the
shellfish beaches to help local political shellfish industry."
leaders, shellfish growers and environ- ' While the bay was classified as con-
mental organizations celebrate the ac- ditionally approved for shellfish har-
complishment, vest, it would close after heavy rainfall
"This is really about a heritage that because of runoff into the bay from lo-
we are all proud of," Gregoire said. cal farms, industry and private septic
"We have reversed 80 years of degra- systems.
dation." Taylor thanked Dicks and Gregoire
Shellfish harvesting on Oaklandfor their efforts to help bring Oakland
Bay has been restricted by the Wash- Bay back from the brink.
ington State Department of Health for
25 years, said Bill Taylor, president See Shellfish on page A-7
First fall
flood hits
Skok Valley
Mudslide cuts power
to Tahuya residents
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncounty.com
November is here and
fall rain has come to stay.
After 2-3 inches of rain
fell Tuesday night on the
south slopes of the Olympic
Mountains, the National
Weather Service yester-
day issued a flood warning
for the Skokomish River
through this morning.
The Skokomish River
reached its peak yesterday
.~g at ~17 feet at its
mouth, said Marty Best,
director of the Mason Coun-
ty Division of Emergency
Management.
The Skokomish River
floods when it reaches 16.5
feet at its mouth.
There was also about
a foot of water over the
Skokomish Valley Road
where it meets U.S. High-
way 101.
The Hood Canal School
did not send buses into the
Skokomish Valley yester-
day because of the floodwa-
ter.
Nearly 1,600 Mason
County PUD 3 customers
were affected by a power
outage caused by a mud-
slide at about 11:30 Tues-
day night on the North
Shore Road 10 miles west of
Belfair. The mudslide drove
trees and debris into power
lines.
As of 8 a.m. Wednesday
morning, all but 30 custom-
ers had power.
Affected areas include
Collins Lake, Dewatto, Ta-
huya, North Shore Road,
Tee Lake and Maggie Lake.
The National Weather
Service has advised resi-
dents to avoid driving on
flooded roads.
The service also predicts
rain throughout the week.
2 dead
after head-
on collision
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncounty.com
A head-on collision near
Potlatch State Park killed
two people Tuesday.
Mary Irene Johnson, 51,
of Hoodsport and Richard
See Collision on page A-7
III1!!!1!1!11!!1!!1!11111
Courtesy photo
Movers and local bystanders struggle to navigate a house over this bridge near Potlatch at 10 a.m. Sunday morning.
Pumpkinfest wraps up week of Halloween fun
STAFF REPORT "Bat-A-Pult" pulled out the win
pr@masoncou~ty.com and the team received $250 from
Hunter Farms and a $200 McLen-
don's Hardware gift card. In sec-
Another Union Tourism Asso-ond place, Shelton took home
ciation Pumpkinfest has come and $150 from Hunter Farms.
gone and another set of competi- Teams were also judged on the
tors have been crowned pumpkin- design of their catapults and were
chucking champions, awarded points for construction,
On Saturday, the catapult con- design, the name of their catapult
test at Hunter Farms, quickly and team spirit.
becoming a local tradition, invit- West Sound Tech's "Bat-A-
ed local teams to hurl pumpkins Pult" also won this competition
from homemade catapults, with 333 points. Their prize was
IntheOlympicCatapultLeague $100 from Hunter Farms and a
High School Division, made up of unit of lumber donated by Simp-
teams from West Sound Tech and son: West Sound Tech's "Mo-
Shelton High School, each school hawkin Chop" took second place
came to the field with two teams with 332 points, earning a prize of
and two catapults. $100 from Hunter Farms.
Shelton's first catapult, called Shelton's "Charlie Brown Ex-
"If Pigs Could Fly/Stomp Out press" did not win any competi-
Breast Cancer," which also did tions this year, although it did
well last year, took first place in well at last year's catapult corn-
the distance competition with petition.
a 180-foot throw, winning $250 Adults also competed in the
cash from Hunter Farms and a Olympic Catapult League in the
$200 ProBuild gift card. Open Division.
West Sound Tech's "MohawkinThe "Max Distance" catapult
Chop" catapult took second place took first place in the distance
with a distance of 172 feet, 3 inch- competition with a record throw
es, winning $150 from Hunter of 258 feet, 2 inches, and also
Farms. won the design category with 289
In the accuracy competition, points.
each team had three tries to hit The "Save our Air" catapult
a target in the field. Shelton's "If took first place in the accuracy
Pigs Could Fly" and West Sound competition, being the only open
Tech's "Bat-A-Pult" were tied at
3, so each got a tiebreaker shot. " ~ ....... ~: ~: .... " ' ~~ "
See Pumpkmfest on page A-7
Competitors load their catapult in the
catapult competition at Hunter Farms
Photo courtesy of James John Bell
Pumpkinfest
last Saturday.