Here are addresses and contact numbers for those who want to reach their elected representatives about an issue or problem.

Shelton City Commission: Mayor John Tarrant, Commissioner of Finance Dick Taylor and Commissioner of Public Works Dawn Pannell: Shelton City Hall, P.O. Box 1277, Shelton, 98584. Phone city hall at 426-4491. Home phones: 426-2635 for Tarrant, 426-5214 for Taylor and 426-0512 for Pannell.

Mason County Commission: District 1 Commissioner Lynda Ring-Erickson, District 2 Commissioner Tim Sheldon and District 3 Commissioner Jayni Kamin: Mason County Building I, 411 North Fifth Street, Shelton, 98584. Office phones: 427-9670 or 275-4467, Extension 419. Home phones: 427-2887 for Ring-Erickson, 877-5768 for Sheldon and 426-0002 for Kamin.

Washington State House of Representatives (35th District): Representative Kathy Haigh – Office: 431 John L. O’Brien Building. Mail: P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, 98504-0600. Phones: Olympia, 786-7966; fax, 786-1066; home, 426-9303. (Send faxes to her attention because she uses a shared machine.) Mason County office used when the legislature not in session, 427-2028. E-mail: haigh.kathy@leg.wa.gov.

Representative Bill Eickmeyer – Office: 328 John L. O’Brien Building. Mail: P.O. Box 40600, Olympia, 98504-0600. Phones: Olympia, 786-7902; fax, 786-7317; home, 275-6671. (Send faxes to his attention because it’s a shared machine). E-mail: eickmeye_bi@leg.wa.gov.

Washington State Senate (35th District): Senator Tim Sheldon: Office: 412 Legislative Building on the capital campus. Mail: P.O. Box 40435, Olympia, 98504-0435. Phones: Olympia, 786-7668; fax, 786-1323 (put his name on the message because it’s a shared fax machine); home, 877-5768. E-mail: sheldon_ti@leg.wa.gov.

Web site for legislature: To learn about bills and members of the legislature, go to www.leg.wa.gov.

Governor: Christine Gregoire: Phones: 753-6780 or 902-4111; fax, 753-4110. Mail: P.O. Box 40002, Olympia, 98504-0002. Gregoire’s Web site, where an electronic-mail form can be filled out, is www.governor.wa.gov. Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen: Office: 220 Legislative Building. Phones: Home, 426-1505; office, 786-7700; Mail: P.O. Box 40400, Olympia, 98504. E-mail: owen _br@leg.wa.gov.

Legislative Hotline in Olympia: To voice an opinion to a legislator or the governor or determine the progress of a bill, call 1-800-562-6000 (during legislative session only).

U.S. House of Representatives: Sixth District Congressman Norm Dicks: Office: 2467 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515. Phone in D.C.: 202-225-5916. Kitsap County office for casework from North Mason: 345 6th Street, #500, Bremerton, 98337 (phone 360-479-4011). Tacoma office for casework from Shelton area: 1717 Pacific Avenue, #2244, Tacoma, 98402 (phone 1-800-947-6676).

U.S. Senate: Senator Maria Cantwell: Office: 717 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510. Phone in D.C.: 202-224-3441. Local staff can be reached in Seattle at 206-220-6400 or by mail at Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Room 3206, Seattle, 98174. Faxes: 206-220-6404 in Seattle, 202-228-0514 in D.C. E-mail: maria_cantwell@cantwell.senate.gov.

Senator Patty Murray: Office: 173 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510-4704. Phone in D.C.: 202-224-2621. Staff in Seattle can be reached at 206-553-5545 or by mail at Jackson Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Room 2988, Seattle, 98174. Faxes: 206-553-0891 in Seattle, 202-224-0238 in D.C. E-mail: Find Web site: murray.senate.gov/email to use Web forum.

President: George W. Bush is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20500. The phone is 202- 456-1414, fax 202-456-2461 and e-mail president@white house.gov.