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An open space with a falling down orange caution
fire destroyed the clubhouse above it and made the
is all that remains of the Shelton High
too unstable.
School
baseball dugout after a Labor
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Day weekend
File photo
Firefighters extinguish a fire the morning of
Sunday, Sept. 4 at a multi-use building next to
the Shelton High School baseball field.
By EMILY HANSON
An open, rectangular space with a half-fallen orange ~au-
tiOn fence is all that remains of the Shelton High School
baseball clubhouse built by three seniors over the summer.
On Sunday, Sept. 4, an arson fire destroyed the senior
project baseball clubhouse above the dugout built by Forrest
Puterbaugh, Joe Strand and Colton Twiddy.
The 2,400-square-foot structure was built by the three se-
n )rs and their project mentor Erik Engstrom with help from
t:~. community in the form of supplies donations, monetary
d nations and sweat labor.
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When the structure Was destroyed by an arsonist or ar-
lists unknown, SHS's insurance company covered the
~s of sports equipment being stored within the facility as
~ll as the cost of the rebuild. At the end of September, the
1crete of the dugout - all that survivied the fire - was
noved.
'W~rhen concrete gets burnt like that, in that hot of a fire, it
gels damaged too much and has to be taken out," Bob Woods,
director of facilities for the Shelton School District said.
|Since the removal of the dugout, the space has been left
empty and it appeared no work was being done, but Woods
sald the school and insurance company were working with
th~ engineering company - Erickson McGovern - to get to-
gether all of the specifications of the original building so that
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the rebuild can be done.
"Getting all of the specifications together took time,"
Woods said. "The building has to be re-engineered because it
was built around the existing dugout."
Woods said since this is such a large public works proj-
ect, it must go through the formal bid process. He said the
first bid advertisement for the rebuild project was publicized
Thursday, Dec. 22 while the second notice would be pub-
lished Thursday, Dec. 29. The bids are set to be opened at
the district office On Thursday, Dec. 5.
"A recommendation goes to the school board on Jan.
10 and a notice to proceed will go out on Jan. 11," Woods
said. "Substantial completion of the project must be done by
March 15."
He said the dugout will be back to its original state by
baseball season and that then the wiring and sheetrock will
need to be done.
"I've told these guys I need this done as quick as possible,"
he said. "This is an insurance job so the work will be done by
a contractor and the boys [Puterbaugh, Strand and Twiddy]
will probably not be able to help."
Woods said his plan is to hopefully have the other con-
tractors for the project lined up to begin work when the con-
struction portion is complete.
"We'll hopefully get it done as quickly as possible for base-
ball season," he said.
Shelton youths shoot
hoops in Elks contest
By EMILY HANSON
Youths of Shelton gathered in the Shelton High School
Mini Dome recently for the annual Hoops Shoot.
On Sunday, Dec. 18, 19 youths participated in the Elks
National "Hoop Shoot" Free Throw Program, hosted by the
Shelton Lodge #2467.
"This program creates an opportunity for character and
skill development, healthy spirited athletic competition,
social relationships, quality family time, camaraderie and
travel with minimal expense to participants and parents,"
Gloria Hodge, Hoop Shoot chairman, said.
The 19 participants each shot 25 free throws and were
scored based on how many they made. The top scorers
at the Mini Dome advanced to districts in Sequim. From
there, competitors travel to state then regionals and then
the national competition in Springfield, Mass. National
champions are enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Look in my bi-weekly section called
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