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The Olympian Wednesday September 22 1993 South Sound Northwest C3 transportation Volunteers sell train station to IT for $1 at 6600 Yelm Highway The station opened May 1 and also houses a Office substation Coming to fruition: The depot committee built the station with the intention of selling it to a public entity to operate Transit convince Amtrak to hire a hill-time station ticket agent he added IT will up the pressure" to get Amtrak to hire an agent said Roger Dean IT facilities director But Dean said he's taking a pragmatic approach: see it when I believe Harmon said Amtrak officials offered encouragement over the years that an agent wouldbe hired But Amtrak spokesman Ron Scolaro in Los Angeles said never committed to staffing that station" our long range plans we do not have a of manning the facility in Olympia" said revenue shortfalls the past couple of years have been so significant we are looking at unmanning some Scolaro suggested Thurston County could benefit by paying for an sal-ary for one year about $50000 to see if the staffing was proven to pay for itself The same approach occurred in Irvine Calif but he conceded that that community was in a better location to attract more passengers Scolaro said the most current ridership figures for the Olympia-area's station show there was little change for the months of April May and June this year compared to a year ago Cost of service Intercity Transit a municipal corporation with board members from the various jurisidictions estimates it will cost $39240 per year to maintain and operate the station Thurston County's share is 30 percent IT 25 percent Olympia 20 percent Lacey 12 percent Tumwater 6 percent Port of Olympia 6 percent Yelm 1 percent ByJoelCoffldla The Olympian The Amtrak the end of a long challenging said Buck Hannon depot committee president only goal was to build the depot in the hopes that some public entity would take it over and operate it" Harmon said Committee the non- of the sale finalized earlier this month In the meantime more than 30 volunteers will continue assisting passengers with questions and other information from 8 am to noon and 4-8 pm daily Harmon said IT will maintain and operate the station The next challenge is helping Intercity profit group of volunteers who worked to build the Centennial (Amtrak) Station off of Yelm Highway has sold the station to Intercity Transit for $1 sju Ai EDUCATION WSU series explores anti-tax initiatives ACKERIEY 601602: The publications are to inform voters about the decisions that will follow if either or both of the initiatives are adopted says one of the authors YOUR BASIORUTH Tastes Good Costs I SURGEON GENEBALS WABilM: QGAHETfE SMOKE CMITAIlti CARBDII MIIIMIIf I sues at The publications were written by Robert Berney chair of economics department Nicholas Lovrich professor of political science Ronald Faas extension economist and Barron The publications in the State Revenue or Expenditure Limitation" series are: TEL 1 601: What is It?" TEL 2 602: What is It?" TEL 3 Would You Cut the State TEL 4 About Slaking Changes in the Tax TEL 8 About Levels of State and Local Government TEL 0 About Supermajority Requirements in TEL 7 Components of Tax and Expenditure TEL 8 "Public Survey of State and Local Government Issues in Washington" Ask for them by TEL number at county extension offices The 21-minute educational video explores the same topics as the publications Ask to see 601602 a Time to The Olympian Professors and other faculty at Washington State University have prepared seven brief publications ana a video exploring various aspects of initiatives 601 and 602 state taxes and state expenditures and tax and expenditure limitation measures in general The materials are available for free at Washington State University Cooperative Extension offices around the state An eighth publication reports the results of a survey taken last spring designed to find out how Washington citizens view taxes government and related issues The publications are inform people about the choices and the nature of the decisions that will follow if either or both of the initiatives are adopted" said James Louto Mukoff Thi Olympian EDITORIAL COMMENT: An artist with a taste for vandalism had added his opinion Monday to this billboard at the comer of Adams Street and Legion Way Barron extension economist and chair of department of agricultural economics have tried to clarity some of the complex is Wilderness permits provoke debate Northwest Hart said a program next year will teach people now overuse is the fragile alpine vegeta- damaging the tion and trails permits would be issued for dayhiking from 19 of the 48 trailheads in the wilderness The agency based its plan on a 1990 study that found the wilder-i had suffered Environmental protection: Although many nature lovers oppose the system forest officials say it protects the wilderness from overuse Dale Potter assistant recreation chief for Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest In Juty forest officials who administer the wilderness in the Cascades south of Stevens Pass proposed a permit system starting next summer It asked for public comment on the idea with the comment period to end Thursday Paul Hart spokesman for Wenatchee National Forest said Tuesday that no decision on the proposal has been made Each year more than 900000 rile use the area renowned for forests peaks and chains iff lakes That makes it one of the most visited wilderness areas in the country you could sum up the reaction it would be perhaps our proposed action was too said Bob Stoehr a wilderness specialist at the Leavenworth ranger station we do ultimately go with a permit system going to have to do a lot more evaluation on how to organize Potter said The Forest Service had favored splitting the 360000-acre wilderness into 30 zones and limiting the number of overnight visitors in each zone during the snow-free months In addition a number iff But some questioned the damage standard based on provisions of the 1964 Wilderness Act that require a certain level of solitude social standard is not well thought out and there's not any factual basis for said Norm Winn conservation chairman for The Mountaineers club in Seattle pie i not otqect to seeing other people and you can get away from most by going 50 yards off the Ths Associated Press MOUNTLAKE TERRACE A proposal to make recreationists get permits before heading into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness is meeting stiff opposition Comments from many of the backpackers horse riders climbers and others who use the wilderness almost unanimously opposed to what we're said Seattle zoo moves toward first test-tube orangutan Woodland Park Zoo has performed an embryo transplant it hopes could produce the first test-tube baby orangutan Three eggs from an orangutan on loan from the Houston Zoo were mixedin a test tube with sperm collected from a donor at the Los Angeles Zoo The eggs were implanted in Chinta a 25-year-old orangutan at the Seattle zoo If the procedure succeeds it could be used to help reproduce endangered apes without transporting the animals from zoo to zoo said Woodland Park spokeswoman Gigi Ogilvie VOTERS IN SIX OREGON CITIES Creswell Estacada Lebanon Medford Molalla and Sweet Home all approved anti-gay rights measures Tuesday most by wide margins But a new state law effective Aug 3 prohibits local governments from enacting or enforcing ordinances on gay rights The Oregon Citizens Alliance which campaigns for the measures that ban the protection of gays and lesbians from discrimination has challenged the law A ruling is not expected until late October SOUTHERN OREGONIANS WERE WARNED Tuesday that earthquake-damaged buildings could collapse as dozens of aftershocks continued to rumble through the area One motorist was killed in Klamath Falls by a rock slide in Monday quake An 82-year-old woman died (A an apparent heart attack The earthquake which struck at 8:29 pm was upgraded Tuesday night from 57 to 59 on the Richter scale by the 05 Geological Survey in Vancouver Wash The largest aftershock whic' irrea at 10:45 Dm was upgraded to 60 on cu: Coast fishing closed to protect salmon Coho stocks: Officials are concerned that north coastal coho stocks are going to return in the same condition as those in Puget Sound Fishing was restricted last week at Neah Bay and parts of inland waters to protect coho headed for the Skagit River Turner said coho returning to streams on the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula are a small fort of the catch but are heavily impacted by fishing in areas they share with salmon returning to the Columbia River system The closure is effective south of Leadbetter Point on the north tip of the Long Beach Peninsula The NMFS will consult with re grating to north coast rivers state fisheries director Bob Turner said Tuesday Turner said the order was made Rollie Schmitten regional head the National Marine Fisheries Service after talking with Turner commercial trailers and other fishing industry representatives are very concerned that north coastal coho stocks are going to return in the same condition as we are seeing for the Puget Sound (coho) Turner said in a news release gional fisheries managers on 'Yiday to discuss the possibility of closing the recreational ocean fishing season south of Leadbetter Point Turner said That is the onty non-Indian fishery that remains open along the coast north of Cape Falcon Ore Turner also said his staff was evaluating the catch in the San Juan Islands to make sure the impact of that fishery on Skagit stocks is minor If there are unusually high coho catches restrictions may be necessary he said TheAisociatad Press Commercial troll fishing off the southern Washington coast has been closed in an effort to protect weak stocks of coho salmon mi- be habitable Dozens of other homes and buildings were damaged Mortgagee Contract Money To Lend Money To Lend 140 150 140 19 Ticket Ezchenge 18 12 Meesegee Lost Found Announcements SEATTLE TO 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