Big Wood Chip Piles. If you have stopped by the Illahee Preserve's Almira parking lot recently you will notice more chips have been delivered and they are spilling over into the parking lot. Extra wheel borrows (and helpers) are being requested to help with the effort on Wednesday.
Lost Dog in Preserve? When we were working in the Preserve on Wednesday there was a person looking for a lost dog. The information is attached and the picture is below:
Harriet lives just south of preserve on Olympus Dr.--
She has not been taken to any shelter or vet--she is micro chipped.
Please Help find her!
Response re Dumping. We got the following responses to the question about the dumping of trash in Illahee:
The illegal dumping if the same...was going up the hill just beyond George Schafers on the right hand side going up... mattress, bedframe plus more, and just a ways back toward Illahee another pile of junk....
The dumping of garbage and furniture was in the Rue Villa area on Illahee
Road. It was picked up the next day by a couple of young men in a county
pickup truck.
Road. It was picked up the next day by a couple of young men in a county
pickup truck.
... we had dumping along 1st Avenue and Rest Place. Sorry we did not get any pics. I can tell you along our street was a fireplace insert, wood and other building materials. In front of my neighbors house was a garbage can filled with project clean up materials. All were dumped along the side of the road. I was nervous because some of these items were quite large and with no shoulder vehicles could have easily run into them.
Response re Sailboat Sinking. We revived the following note and picture of the sailboat that sunk off of the Illahee community dock:
Not a very good picture, it was taken with my cell phone.
More Responses re Beach Walking. And we received another response regarding beach walking.
Years ago a man who worked for one of the major Title companies (names forgotten) and was very knowledgeable about property matters, told us that the beaches were considered "ancient highways" so that walking across them was not considered trespassing. Other activities, clamming, taking of oysters, camping etc.are different stories and in our case on two different ocassions we had to call the Sheriff. Rue Villa became a hang out for the "hippy culture" and a drug scource back in the late 60s early 70s.He also stated that we owned to the "extreme" low tide but that the State retained the mineral rights between "mean" low and "extreme" low tide.
Regarding Shoreline Walking...
I have always felt that the public has the right to access the tidelands below the high tide line. Washington is the only state on the west coast where people will try to exclude people from walking on the beach in front of their property, but I honestly doubt they have the legal authority to do so. Caminiti v. Boyle seems to affirm that.
There is an interesting ongoing discussion in response to an article by C Dunagan titled "Beach-walkers are still waiting for a legal answer" July 8th, 2010 by cdunaganin the Sun.
You'll find an Interesting poll regarding this issue there also...
I have always felt that the public has the right to access the tidelands below the high tide line. Washington is the only state on the west coast where people will try to exclude people from walking on the beach in front of their property, but I honestly doubt they have the legal authority to do so. Caminiti v. Boyle seems to affirm that.
There is an interesting ongoing discussion in response to an article by C Dunagan titled "Beach-walkers are still waiting for a legal answer" July 8th, 2010 by cdunaganin the Sun.
You'll find an Interesting poll regarding this issue there also...
Response re Deer. Many have commented on how tame the deer have become and how they don't seem to be concerned about being around humans. We received the following video and link about how deer can be dangerous.
Thought you might find this interesting.
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Torched Car on Fir Drive. We received the following two reports on a car fire on Fir Drive very early last Sunday morning:
I slept thru the excitement and only heard about the event Sunday afternoon. Apparently around 3 AM the blaring of a car horn and glare of flames woke my neighbors and they saw a car parked near the big granite rock at the curve of FIR DR. on fire. The FD responded but the burning tires and ignited gasoline took awhile to control. The gas tank and tires apparently blew up and burning gas was reported to be flowing down the road toward us. After the fire was controlled the Sheriff Deputy determined that the car had been reported as stolen. This is 2nd hand info.... many others witnessed the event and relayed some of it as having me missing the bonfire and hot dog and marsh-mellow roast. The remains were towed away and by morning there was no signs of the happening.
Just a little info you may want to add to one of your updates. Sunday morning about 0300, my wife, myself and most our neighborhood were awoken by a steady car horn blaring. Walking out the door there was a car on fire near the Wagon Wheel rock at the bend of the road on Fir Drive. It was completely engulfed in flames shooting about 20 feet into the air. Calling 911 the fire department responded within about 5 minutes. It was safely extinguished in minutes and investigated. The car was traced to an owner in Vancouver, WA but was not necessarily reported as stolen. Interesting, but no harm was done less some singed tree tops and roadside vegetation.
Petitions? We have been asked a number of times about when the Illahee Community Club petitions will be sent out or distributed. There was an initial limited petition distribution, and because of the responses to the Kitsap Sun article, a list of "frequently asked questions" (FAQ) sheet was developed to answer some of the questions being raised. We heard the FAQ sheet is being finalized and will likely be available or distributed with the petitions. The last report from the early distribution was 53 yes responses and 3 no responses. Once the FAQ sheet is made available to us, we will pass it on.
Jim Aho
