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Duck Time

Posted on July 25, 2009 | 1 comment

Great Kitsap Duck Race Mascot

Great Kitsap Duck Race Mascot


The giant inflatable yellow mascot that advertises the Great Kitsap Duck Race and has come to symbolize Whaling Days was looking pretty good when I snapped its photo in Silverdale yesterday. Apparently there’s been a complete recovery from a humiliating incident five years ago (or the Rotary Club, the race promoters, simply bought a new duck). Unlike many recent posts this one has a connection to Mud Bay—tenuous but still a connection.
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Another Ten Feet Wouldn’t Help Much

Posted on July 22, 2009 | Leave a comment
PRF High Tide

PRF at High Tide

I was part of a group who appealed Mason County’s approval of a 110-foot pier-ramp-float (PRF) project (see photo) in the Grapeview Channel across from my vacation place on Treasure Island. We filed a petition last year with the Shoreline Hearings Board (SHB), a state agency that provides a final chance to appeal county decisions concerning shoreline development (unless you want to sue in Superior Court). In its January 2009 decision, the SHB didn’t prohibit the PRF completely, but it did reduce the overall length by 10 feet and required the applicant to add an additional nearby waterfront property owner to his joint-use agreement. The PRF was constructed last weekend, and for the most part things turned out differently than I thought they might.
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