Grapeview looks at maintenance, grants

Port of Grapeview Commissioner Art Whitson said several matters worthy of public interest were raised at the port’s special meeting Aug. 22.

Under the port’s maintenance plan, landscaping, irrigation and septic systems were addressed, its trees have been trimmed, and its restrooms and gutters have been cleaned, although replacing the women’s restroom toilet requires some work.

Whitson praised AAA Septic in Shelton, which had to deal with hundreds of pounds of invasive roots infiltrating the port’s septic system. That fact made Whitson, an environmental engineer, realize that septic...