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Mason County
, Nov. 20, 2014 - Week 47 - The Voice of Mason County since 1886 m $1
League forum spotlights
addiction 'nightmares"
gordon@masoncoun cam
Heroin addiction found its way into the
home of Patty Ayala Ross, the manager of
the Shelton Timberland Library.
"It's a nightmare when your teenage
daughter comes home and says, 'Morn, I
have a drug problem,'" Ross told members
of the League of Women Voters of Mason
County on Tuesday. "And that's what hap-
pened."
Counseling, in-patient rehabilitation,
jail and childbirth didn't stop Ross's daugh-
ter, now 26, from returning to the drug,
Ross said.
"My daughter is a homeless junkie to-
day," she said. .......
Ross was among the speakers talking
about the devastating effects of heroin and
other drugs in Mason County at the forum
in the Johnson Library at Olympic College
Shelton.
In the past six months, 12 people have
been arrested in Shelten for heroin posses-
sion, said Shelton Police Lt. Les Watson.
Watson said he's watched shifting
trends in drug arrests during his 27 years
on the Shelton Police Department. Cocaine
seemed to be the drug of choice in Shelton
see DRUGS, page A-28
By NATALIE JOHNSON Board's Nov. 12 meeting, and administrators from Shelton
natalie@masoncoun com "You're at a very good place at High School and CHOICE Alterna-
Shelton," Interim Superintendenttive School discussed their school
The future looks bright at the Art Jarvis told the School Board. improvement plans at the meeting.
Shelton School District, the district's Jarvis presented the district's an- ____ __-
top administrator said at the School nual financial and personnel reports, see DISTRICT, page A-28
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Journal photo by Lloyd Mullen
Bordeaux Elementary Principal Carey Murray kicks back on a "beach" and reads Nov. 14 as a part of the
National Young Readers Week Principal Challenge, which encourages principals to read in wacky ways.
Murray read from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants in the challenge were entered into a drawing to win 101
new copies of "The Long Haul," the ninth book in Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series.
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New coordinator takes over at Belfair food bank cent de Paul and
Operation
Blessing. She started volun-
teering at the Community
By GORDON WEEKS the food pantry. Hopfensperger Food Pantry last month.
gordon@masoncounb/com was putting in 50-hour weeks "She's very motivated," Dix-
and is renowned for her fund- on said.
During its five hours of op- raising abilities, said Theron Fleek compares prices to
eration last Wednesday, volun- Dixon, president of the non- find the best buys, which has
teers at the Community Foodprofit's board of directors, allowed the pantry to offer
Pantry in Belfair gave food to Hopfensperger "took a food higher quality offerings and
304 people in need. bank and a food pantry and more variety of foods to clients,
"We have some homeless joined them together, with no Dixon said.
veterans and homeless fami-money, and made it work," he Fleek said she's found some
lies," said Angel Fleek, who re- said. great purchases at Grocery
cently became the new pantry Fleek is a native of Pend- Outlet and WinCo Foods.
coordinator. "A lot of seniors, leton, Oregon, who moved to"Safeway and QFC have
But we mostly serve families, Belfair nine years ago. She and wonderful sales," she said. "I've
the working poor." her family purchased a house always been a bargain hunter."
Fleek replaced Melody Hop- in the Trails End Lake area. Most of the food is pur-
fensperger, who served for Fleek has donated a lot of chased with grants through
three years as the full-time, time to nonprofits, including
unpaid executive director for the Salvation Army, St. Vin- see PANTRY, page A-28
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
From left, volunteers Bonnie Nance, new pantry coordinator
Angel Fleck, Cheryl Nelson, Madi Cataldo, Dan Newcomer
and Chuck Sawyer stand ready to serve people in need
Monday at the Community Food Pantry.
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