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Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 Week 45 -- The Voice of Mason County since 1886 -- Published for Mason County and Jay Benjamin of Grapeview -- $1 @ Journal photo by Gordon Weeks On Tuesday night, Republican Drew MacEwen celebrates his impending election to the state House of Representatives at the new restaurant he co-owns in downtown Shelton, Smokin' Mo's Kitchen. Neatherlin, Jeffreys join Sheldon on Mason County Board of Commissioners By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie(~nmsoncounty.com cent of the vote. Sheldon said he was pleased to be elected for a third term, and to be able to help educate new commissioners on . Voters of Mason County casted their the commission's history. vote Tuesday for all three districts rep- "It's difficult to serve three terms and resented in the Mason County Board of I'm really happy I've been reelected," he Commissioners, electing two new com- said. "I think we're missioners, and. reelecting an incum- MORE RESULTS going to need some bent. iNSIDE- historical perspec- In commissioner district 1, Randy tive ... It's difficult Neatherlin, (I) defeated Denny Hamil- 6th Congressional District for a new commisi- o ton (D), with 52.6 percent of the vote. son to sweep up the Neatherlin did not respond to a re- Mason CounlV PUD No. 1, debris from the last * quest for comment by press time. District 3 commission." v Hamilton reacted to the loss Wednes- Sheldon, a con- day morning. Mason C0un~/PUD No. 3, servative Demo- "We ran an honorable, honest cam-DislTict3 crat, said the elec- paign and sometimes that doesn't make tion showed that a difference," he said. "We felt we did Mason C0un~/Superior Court voters were dissat- as good a campaign as we could do and isfied with the old we of course didn't get the outcome we C0u~ of Appenls Division 2 guard of the Demo- would have liked." cratic Party in Ma-~' Hamilton said he hopes the new corn- PLUS son County. ~: mission works to support at-risk groups "I think it was in Mason County, such as the homeless, Conlwell, Baumg0rtner visit a huge loss last . youth and veterans. M0sonC0un~/ night for the Ma- "I believe that there are some sig- son County Demo- nificant challenges ahead for the new- crats," he said. "For them to lose in such ly elected board of commissioners," he a Democratic tide shows the people said. "I stand by ready to help them in are just fed up with the Mason County their efforts for the community."Democrats." Hamilton plans to continue his work Reed did not respond to a request for with the Allyn Community Association, comment by press time. Faith In Action South Sound and the In commissioner district 3, Terri Jef- Mason County Re-Entry Coalition. freys (I) defeated Ross Gallagher (D) o In commissioner district 2, Tim Shel- a former county commissioner, with don (D), the only incumbent in the race, beat Roslynne Reed (D) with 53.36 per- See Commissioners on page A-7 MacEwen defeats Ring Erickson in 35th District Haigh leads Griffey By GORDON WEEKS gordun(?~nasoru:ounty.com Mason County voters helped select a rookie Repub- lican to represent them in the state House of Representa- tives, while the other legisla- tive race remained too close to call yesterday. Democratic Rep. Kathy Haigh led challenger Dan Griffey by 1,370 votes in her efforts to retain her seat in the 35th District, position 1. In the contest for the 35th District position 2, Republican Drew MacEwen - owner of the Union-based investment firm Falcon Financial - garnered 52.3 percent of the vote to beat Democrat and Mason County Commissioner Lynda Ring Erickson in the race to replace state Rep. Fred Finn (D). In Mason County alone, Haigh received 50.8 per- cent, while Griffey re- ceived 48.2 percent See Legislative on page A-7 din 1the Deadline to purchase PUD building passes for senior center Center officials look at other options By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoneounty.com The Mason County Senior Activities Center's dream of moving to two vacant Mason County PUD 3 build- ings in downtown Shelton has not become a reality, but efforts to find a new location are not over, Execu- tive Director Terri Shaw said. On Oct. 31, the deadline on the senior center's op- tion to purchase the two buildings from the public util- ity district came and went. "We had to make sure our dream didn't turn into a nightmare," she said. PUD 3 Manager Wyla Wood said she could not com- ment on the senior center's decision. In late 2011, as the PUD was preparing for its move to a new operations center on Johns Prairie Road, the senior center signed an option to buy two of the util- ity's downtown buildings by April 2012. When that deadline loomed, the PUD extended it, to July then again to the end of October. Both extensions, Shaw said, were to allow the se- nior center the time needed to apply for, and hopeful- ly win, an $825,000 Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Ur- ban Development (HUD). The center learned early this summer that it did not get the grant, and in June, Shaw and supporters of the senior center asked the PUD to consider a lease to own agreement. The senior center raised about $190,000 toward the project. That money will remain in a separate account to be used in a future effort to move to a new location. Although early discussions seemed promising, the See PUD on page A-7 )ournal photo by Natalie Johnson The Mason County Senior Activities Center's deadline on its option to purchase the Mason County PUD 3 buildings on Cota Street in Shelton came and went on Oct. 31. The center is still pursuing moving to a new location. County extends moratorium on collective marijuana gardens By NATALIE JOHNSON set to expire today. The new for Mason County, said the natalie@~as°nc°unty'c°rn moratorium will expire on planning department has May8,2013. struggled to create ade- The county first enactedquate zoning regulations to The Mason County board the moratorium on July 19, comply with the relatively of Commissioners voted 2011, after the state Legis- new law. unanimously Tuesday to lature approved House Bill "Putting zoning regula- extend a moratorium on col- 5073, now RCW 69.51A.085, tions together has been a lective medical marijuana which allows clualifying pa- bit challenging to say the gardens for an additional tients to essentially pool least," she said. "Hopefully six months, their resources by establish- this will be the end of the The current moratorium, ing collective gardens "for extensions." enacted six months ago, was the purpose of producing, Commissioner Steve processing, transporting Bloomfield echoed Adkins' and delivering cannabis for statement. ][ll!lJ !]!lJ[llJ!l!l!!lllI] medical use." "We've kicked it down the Barbara Adkins, director road a long ways. I hope we of planning and community 8 2 and economic development See Gardens on page A-7 ii!/ The Mason County Board of Commissioners, from left, Steve Bloomfield and Lynda Ring Erickson, along with Tim Sheldon (not shown), voted unanimously Tuesday to extend a moratorium on collective medical marijuana gardens, until May 8. Journal photos by Natalie Johnson