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Forest Service Meetings to Discuss Land Management
Posted by David Haviland on October 30, 2009 at 10:44 am (580 social interactions)

Montesano, WA - The Quinault Forest Service is hosting two local meetings to invite the public to meet the new District Ranger, Dean Millett, and share their interest in the future management of the Humptulips, Quinault, and Matheney Forest Service lands.

 

Dean will give us an up-date on the 2010 project to start thinning the W. Fork Humptulips, as well as keeping access open to river bars with the help of the “Eyes in the Woods” organization. 

 

The public is invited to share what is important to them. Some issues identified so far include; road access, atv/quad use, seatbelt requirements, fire wood cutting and dispersed campsites. 

 

Meetings are Wed., Nov. 4th at the GH County Commissioners Mtg. Room from 6 to 8 PM. and on Thurs., Nov. 5th at the Forest Service Headquarters in Quinault from 5 to 7 PM.

 

Contact Dean Millett at 360-374-1222 or Dan Boeholt at 532-7046.

Draft Wolf Management Plan is Met With Concerns, Skeptics at Thursday Meeting
Posted by David Haviland on October 30, 2009 at 6:20 am (733 social interactions)

Aberdeen, WA - It was 12 to 3 Against during the public comment phase of a meeting last night to discuss a draft wolf management plan in Washington State held by the Department of Fish and Wildlife.


PhotobucketConcerns ranged from safety issues - using the Cougar as an example, Frank Majeski said "The Cougar population has excalated to a level where people are shooting them during dear season" ..to funding issues, and existing issues with the state's Elk population - using Bitteroot as an example John Hubler said "I hunted the Bitteroot area of Montana back in 1997, and I went back in 2007 and what a change, because of the wolves."
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GHCH Board of Directors Opposes Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1033
Posted by David Haviland on October 30, 2009 at 6:08 am (767 social interactions)

Aberdeen, WA – The board of Grays Harbor Community Hospital has passed a resolution in opposition to Tim Eyman’s Initiative 1033. Initiative 1033 will be on the November 3, 2009 statewide ballot.  

 

After careful discussion, the board of directors found that I-1033 threatens the continued financial viability of GHCH and its ability to provide quality health services to the community.

 

According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management, the initiative reduces state general fund revenues that support education; social, health and environmental services; and general government activities by an estimated $5.9 billion by 2015.
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Contractor pleads guilty to felony theft of sales tax, workers’ comp fraud
Posted by David Haviland on October 30, 2009 at 5:07 am (796 social interactions)

Everett, Wash., Oct. 29, 2009 — The owner of Master’s Touch Drywall pled guilty today to felony theft of sales tax and workers’ compensation fraud, and agreed to pay more than $2.1 million in restitution.


Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Ellen J. Fair gave Mark D. Standley, 53, until May 5, 2010, to make nearly $1.5 million in restitution to the Department of Revenue and nearly $650,000 to the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I). The restitution includes penalties and interest.


The judge indicated that the length of Standley’s sentence, which could be as much as nine and one-half years in prison, will depend on how much restitution he makes before his sentencing date.
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Transit and School Bus "Slow-Speed" Collision
Posted by David Haviland on October 29, 2009 at 11:08 am (815 social interactions)

Elma, WA - A Transit Bus collided with a School bus yesterday afternoon in East County, just before 4 pm at MP3 on the Elma McCleary Road an Elma School bus was stopped allowing it's last passenger, a 6 year old girl, to get off the bus when a Grays Harbor Transit bus was unable to come to a complete stop resulting in what Undersheriff Rick Scott described as a low-speed collision.


Scott said "no one was injured, there were four passengers on the transit bus plus the driver, and one passenger on the school bus plus the driver." Minor damage was reported to both vehicles, the driver of the Transit bus was cited for failure to stop for a stopped school bus.
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