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Page A—46 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 Thflrsday, Nov. 18, 2021 l3y Kirk Boxleitner , kbox/eitnel@masoncounty. com Belfair’s Ruth Kessler brought a proposal before the Port of Allyn commissioners Nov. 1 to purchase property and build a Skate park, after conversing with Port of Allyn Executive Director Lary Coppola and collecting signatures from residents. “I understand that it has been attempted in Beards Cove before, but as we all know, location, lo— cation, location,” said Kessler, who cited proximity to state Route 3, Harrison Belfair Urgent Care and Hurricane Ridge, and the potential to attract retail business “associated with such an endeavor.” Kessler touted the support of One Ball Jay owner‘ Matt Cummins for the proposed skate park, noting he also referred her to the Seattle—based Grindline V LS; Cedar Company Top Quality Western Red Cedar Lumber of All Types , We deliver 1'800—572'3327 mm»; gut-milllilllm .imwtmwr/mmllllml mum iltllfifllli rmmerwmm grimy/111m BELFAIR Skateparks, and Andre Taylor of the Skatepark Proj— ect, formerly known as the Tony Hawk Foundation. “Lots of us in this town believe that this is a great opportunity and (the) right timing, coming out of COVID,” Kessler said. “It’s an outdoor activity where people aren’t necessarily too close in proxim- ity to each other, but they can still cooperate and learn from each other.” “Sounds cool to me,” Port of Allyn District 1 Com- missioner Judy Scott said, adding that she and Bon- nie Knight had previously worked toward a similar goal, and “I think that would be awesome if we could do it.” “I will go, in my spare time, and talk to some of the local businesses,” said Kessler, Who shared plans to Visit Shumaker Chiropractic and Cigar Land V in Belfair. “People my age, we’ve grown up with JESFlELD Construction, Inc. Serving the North Mason area since l968 Specializing in Seawall Repair, Remodeling and Additions 360-275-6684 Steve & Dortognon Merrill '0 Allyn, WA Lic #JESFII'228DO 33795 ;;,,‘,;§ Servingthe commUnities of Belfair, Allyn, Grapeview, Tahuya, Mason Lake, South Shore and Victor Shelton resident Colton Edmiston per- forms a bicycle stunt at the skate park in Shelton, which is jointly operated by the county, city, and‘ Shelton School Dis- trict. The Port of Allyn is taking initial steps to find a location for a similar park in the North Mason area. Journal file photo by Gordon Weeks Port of Allyn reacts favorably to proposed skate park skateboarding. It’s an Olympic sport now, so it’s re- ally not quite the counterculture that it used to be. It’s more mainstream culture.” Kessler cited what she described as the 3‘great success” of the skate park in South Kitsap, since “the kids pretty much maintain it themselves,” which she sees as a natural tie—in to high school students’ Com- munity-service requirements to graduate. Scott continued to compliment the proposal, while District 3 Commissioner John Sheridan concurred With Scott, recalling skateboarding as a youth, not- ing how “I used to drop into 14, 15-foot bowls, but I’m paying the price for it today.” Kessler said her proposal’s resident signatories range from real estate agents to the medical field, seeSKATE, pagerA-47 EAan IliAlllltlE ‘ ‘ tor um. 25 edition is Mon.uav.uou.22 “[6913?settingsoineihin ‘ ,yl'enfyourllstl ~ ' .JS ‘Vpngmo i , , WWW.NORVT,HMA ON