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DALE McMANN (LEFT), president of Mount Olive Lutheran Church,
presents scholarships to church members at a service Sunday. From the
right they are Cathy Green, Marie Whitney, Walt Lux and Nate Schulz
(accepting for his wife Ann).
u' Lutheran students get some
ris00 lp
ooo he with Christian studies
tion
and
the
join*
ter.
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s for
the
Con-
Four members of Mount Ol-
ive Lutheran Church in Shelton
were presented Sunday with a
total of $18,000 in scholarships
from the church's scholarship
fund.
Thanks to the foresight and
generosity of the late George Zier
and his desire to assist students
with their Christian education,
the scholarship fund was set up
to provide financial assistance to
members of Mount Olive who are
enrolled in an approved Luther-
an educational institution.
Zier was a longtime member
of the congregation who made
major donations to establish the
principal of the fund, and the in-
terest has been used to provide
tens of thousands of dollars in
scholarships over the last sev-
',oop-
gto00 Best is new emergency manager
(Continued from page 1.)
and public officials tell you to be
prepared, then nothing happens."
BUT WHETHER disasters oc-
cur or not, it's always better to be
prepared. The December 14 wind-
Storm, which toppled numerous
trees and knocked out power to
most utility district customers in
Mason County, drove that point
home.
"We need to be better prepared,"
Best said, explaining residents
have to realize that, depending on
the magnitude of a disaster, it may
take government three to seven to
10 days to get to them.
Best said residents need to ask
themselves what would they do if
they had no electrical power for
two weeks, where would they' go
to stay warm, how would they feed
their families?
"There are folks in rural King
County who will be without power
a month," he noted.
SOMETIMES A survivor men-
tality emerges after a disaster.
SOme homes on the Mississippi
Gulf Coast had been there hun-
reds of years prior to Hurricane
trina, Best said. Before the 2005
disaster, people in the area, which
est toured afterward, had come
through Hurricane Betsy and oth-
er major storms unscathed.
. Ive been through ,this befbre,
It Won't happen again,' was an at-
titude many had. "We've taken the
WOrst that nature can throw at us
and we've survived."
By contrast, instead of thinking
they have dodged a bullet following
the recent windstorm, local resi-
dents and public officials should
be preparing for the next event.
Residents should have emergency
SUPplies on hand to keep them
Self-sufficient for a minimum of 72
hours and up to one week or lon-
ger. Those provisions include food,
Water, flashlights, medical sup-
Plies and more.
None of the emergency shelters
identified in the county s emergen-
cy plan, except for Mary M. Knight
School, had backup power, Best
nOted. He said priority shelters
With the greatest capacity need to
be wired fbr generators and gen-
erators need to be on trucks and
ready to go to the shelters.
THE COUNTY'S emergency
anagement center at Sanderson
ield had power from a generator
during the storm, but lost Internet
Capacity after PUD 3's fiber optic
.SYstem went down for a time, mak-
Ing communications difficult.
In response, Best had fliers
Printed in English and Spanish
.and distributed at some local stores
Informing people where shelters
Were available if they needed
them. Search and rescue volun-
teers also posted fliers around.
tSihelton letting people
know
it
heir homes suffered damage they
COuld contact the local emergency
raanagement department.
As for local public agencies, Best
aid he will set up a meeting some-
lrae this month to discuss with
Other officials what worked and
What didn't during the windstorm
and its aftermath. The role of
trgency management is to help
ae COmmunity be as prepared as
it can be to lessen the effects of a
disaster, he said.
Public education is one key to
emergency management, so is
building relationships with other
agencies, such as special-purpose
districts and schools, Best said.
The Nisqually earthquake in late
February 2001 shook Western
Washington with a magnitude
of 6.8 on the Richter scale. "Kids
knew what to do: drop, cover and
hold," Best said. Many adults, by
comparison, stood in doorways or
rushed outside to gawk back at the
buildings they'd just fled.
BEST WAS in Seattle that day
in 2001, en route to a meeting that
ironically had to do with earth-
quakes. He remembers sitting
in his cat" at a stop sigl when he
noticed parts ot" a building falling
down. Why are people standing in
the street watching a building be-
ing demolished? he asked himself.
Then he saw a car bouncing and
realized he was in the midst of an
earthquake.
"You exercise and plan for
things that have a high probabil-
ity of happening," he said. In Ma-
son County that means an earth-
quake rather than, say, a terrorist
attack. He summed up emergency
management philosophy this way:
assess risks; mitigate what you
can; what you can't mitigate, you
prepare for.
He said his goal is to change
the perception of emergency man-
agement throughout the county.
"There's a need tbr improvement
across the state," he said. "The
status quo for me is not satisfac-
tory."
He also wants to make major
changes by the end of this year.
One change has already occurred.
Starting on January l, the emer-
gency management department,
which formerly was part of the Ma-
son County Sheriffs Office, is now
part of the Mason County Public
Works Department. "County pub-
lic works folks are out there do-
ing the first disaster assessment,"
looking, tbr example, at the condi-
tions of county roads, he said. In
Thurston and Clallam counties,
the emergency management de-
partment is part of those coun-
ties' public works departments, he
noted.
"THERE'S A willingness to get
things done," he said of people in
Shelton and Mason County. "Folks
tend to help people here. There's
really an underlying theme of
hope here ... We also understand
we have to help each other."
Best, 52, began working for Ma-
son County at the start of Decem-
ber. He grew up in California and
has a bachelor's degree in business
administration from the Universi-
ty of Maryland.
He is not new to the area, how-
ever. He and his family have lived
in Shelton since April 1988.
Best had some emergency man-
agement experience during a stint
in the Air Force. He started work-
ing for the state of Washington's
Department of Community Trade
and Economic Development in Feb-
ruary 1991. In November 1991, he
began working for the Washington
Military Department Emergency
Management Division.
eral years.
Given scholarships during a
service at Mount Olive on De-
cember 31 were:
Marie Whitney, daughter of
Ed and Maggie Whitney of Shel-
ton, who received $8,700. She is
a full-time student at Concordia
University in Portland, Oregon,
majoring in education with an
endorsement in math and pas-
toral church work to become a
teacher.
Cathy Green, who received
$8,700 to continue to pursue her
studies toward earning a teach-
ing degree and becoming a direc-
tor of Christian education. She,
too, is a full-time student at Con-
cordia.
Ann Schulz, who received
$300. She is using Mount Olive's
distance learning center to take
classes from Concordia. She is
enrolled in the Leadership Ad-
vancement Process with prereq-
uisites in theology and ministry
to become a deaconess.
Walt Lux, who received $300.
He is using the distance learning
program tom his home and is
enrolled in Concordia's Leader-
ship Advancement Process stud-
ies in theology and ministry to
become a licensed deacon.
ting
arm
0 to;
r the
ount
one-
Out-
the
tival
) As-
1 the
were
lmit-
tion,
.ions
e ad-
flica-
corn-
es of
[uest
As:
npli'
rt of
per
ad of
"lway
They really lit it
up for Chrislnms
Shelton homes and offices glow-
ing with holiday spirit have re-
cently received recognition for il-
luminating the community.
TJ's Hair Salon, located at 106
South Seventh Street in downtown
Shelton won first place in the the
Shelton-Mason County Chamber
of Commerce's annual Christmas
Lighting Contest. Lumbermen's
of Shelton, located on the corner
of First and Pine streets, earned
second place.
Robert Woodward and Haley
and Amanda Gish of" Holman
Street came out in the lead in the
residential category. Deborah Har-
ding, of North Third Street came
away in second place. Ron Italli-
day of Itenry Street took third.
"We want to thank the above
for their enthusiasm and effort
put forth to comfort and delight
many residents of our community.
Thanks tbr the spirit!" said Gregg
Shank of the chamber.
Test detects drug in urine
of trucker in homicide case
(Continued from page 1.)
Rochester man in connection with
that accident.
Massingham, as a commercial
driver, was required to be tested
after the Shelton accident. A urine
test was performed and he alleg-
edly tested positive for amphet-
amine, said Grays Harbor County
Prosecutor Stew Menefee.
The Shelton accident occurred
on the same day that Massing-
ham was due in court in Grays
Harbor County for a pretrial
hearing, which he missed.
Massingham was ordered to
jail by a Grays Harbor County
Superior Court judge for violating
conditions ot' his release - testing
positive for taking drugs and fail-
ure to appear in court. Menetbe
said on Wednesday, December
27, that Massingham remained in
jail, His bail was set at $500,000.
In addition, Massingham was
fired by J.B. Leonard Logging of
Chehalis on November 15. He
was driving tbr that firm when
both accidents occurred, The
Daily World said. Also, his com-
mercial driver's license has been
suspended by the Washington
State Department of Licensing,
Menefee said.
Marlene Taylor, CLU
Open Thursdays
til 7 p.m. for your
COtl vetl it'n ce
? AYLOR
I.suRA.cE
- 00s..v,o.s
HAPPY NEW YEAR
START THE NEW YEAR OFF
RIGHT WITH A REVIEW OF
YOUR INSURANCE --
* Auto * Home Life Health
* Retirement Annuities
* Commercial * Supplemental
Stop by today...
_ THE )
HARTFORD
104 E. "D" St. #1
360-427-1989 360-426-5595
Shelton, WA 98584
The holidays may be over,
but you don't need to be alone.
There are friends and helpful staff
at Alpine Way. You're free to leave
the privacy of your apartment to
join friends or participate in
activities at any time.
RETIREMENT APARTMENTS,
ASSISTED LIVING AND
ALZHEIMER'S SPECIAL CARE
Call for a free lunch ai Id tour
900 Alpine Way (360) 26-2600
Shelton, WA 98584
www, encorecommunities.com Beth Johnston,. R.N., Manager
Thursday, January 4, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 7
bout
aula
ting-
eavy
s to
, the
lled
anco '
The!
voo
,lng-?
.s o
have
t the
tsic,"
is to
;ime,
;sion
DALE McMANN (LEFT), president of Mount Olive Lutheran Church,
presents scholarships to church members at a service Sunday. From the
right they are Cathy Green, Marie Whitney, Walt Lux and Nate Schulz
(accepting for his wife Ann).
u' Lutheran students get some
ris00 lp
ooo he with Christian studies
tion
and
the
join*
ter.
ting
[ Ro-
om-
mar-
)0 to
s for
the
Con-
Four members of Mount Ol-
ive Lutheran Church in Shelton
were presented Sunday with a
total of $18,000 in scholarships
from the church's scholarship
fund.
Thanks to the foresight and
generosity of the late George Zier
and his desire to assist students
with their Christian education,
the scholarship fund was set up
to provide financial assistance to
members of Mount Olive who are
enrolled in an approved Luther-
an educational institution.
Zier was a longtime member
of the congregation who made
major donations to establish the
principal of the fund, and the in-
terest has been used to provide
tens of thousands of dollars in
scholarships over the last sev-
',oop-
gto00 Best is new emergency manager
(Continued from page 1.)
and public officials tell you to be
prepared, then nothing happens."
BUT WHETHER disasters oc-
cur or not, it's always better to be
prepared. The December 14 wind-
Storm, which toppled numerous
trees and knocked out power to
most utility district customers in
Mason County, drove that point
home.
"We need to be better prepared,"
Best said, explaining residents
have to realize that, depending on
the magnitude of a disaster, it may
take government three to seven to
10 days to get to them.
Best said residents need to ask
themselves what would they do if
they had no electrical power for
two weeks, where would they' go
to stay warm, how would they feed
their families?
"There are folks in rural King
County who will be without power
a month," he noted.
SOMETIMES A survivor men-
tality emerges after a disaster.
SOme homes on the Mississippi
Gulf Coast had been there hun-
reds of years prior to Hurricane
trina, Best said. Before the 2005
disaster, people in the area, which
est toured afterward, had come
through Hurricane Betsy and oth-
er major storms unscathed.
. I ve been through ,this befbre,
It Won't happen again,' was an at-
titude many had. "We've taken the
WOrst that nature can throw at us
and we've survived."
By contrast, instead of thinking
they have dodged a bullet following
the recent windstorm, local resi-
dents and public officials should
be preparing for the next event.
Residents should have emergency
SUPplies on hand to keep them
Self-sufficient for a minimum of 72
hours and up to one week or lon-
ger. Those provisions include food,
Water, flashlights, medical sup-
Plies and more.
None of the emergency shelters
identified in the county s emergen-
cy plan, except for Mary M. Knight
School, had backup power, Best
nOted. He said priority shelters
With the greatest capacity need to
be wired fbr generators and gen-
erators need to be on trucks and
ready to go to the shelters.
THE COUNTY'S emergency
anagement center at Sanderson
ield had power from a generator
during the storm, but lost Internet
Capacity after PUD 3's fiber optic
.SYstem went down for a time, mak-
Ing communications difficult.
In response, Best had fliers
Printed in English and Spanish
.and distributed at some local stores
Informing people where shelters
Were available if they needed
them. Search and rescue volun-
teers also posted fliers around.
tSihelton letting people
know
it
heir homes suffered damage they
COuld contact the local emergency
raanagement department.
As for local public agencies, Best
aid he will set up a meeting some-
lrae this month to discuss with
Other officials what worked and
What didn't during the windstorm
and its aftermath. The role of
trgency management is to help
ae COmmunity be as prepared as
it can be to lessen the effects of a
disaster, he said.
Public education is one key to
emergency management, so is
building relationships with other
agencies, such as special-purpose
districts and schools, Best said.
The Nisqually earthquake in late
February 2001 shook Western
Washington with a magnitude
of 6.8 on the Richter scale. "Kids
knew what to do: drop, cover and
hold," Best said. Many adults, by
comparison, stood in doorways or
rushed outside to gawk back at the
buildings they'd just fled.
BEST WAS in Seattle that day
in 2001, en route to a meeting that
ironically had to do with earth-
quakes. He remembers sitting
in his cat" at a stop sigl when he
noticed parts ot" a building falling
down. Why are people standing in
the street watching a building be-
ing demolished? he asked himself.
Then he saw a car bouncing and
realized he was in the midst of an
earthquake.
"You exercise and plan for
things that have a high probabil-
ity of happening," he said. In Ma-
son County that means an earth-
quake rather than, say, a terrorist
attack. He summed up emergency
management philosophy this way:
assess risks; mitigate what you
can; what you can't mitigate, you
prepare for.
He said his goal is to change
the perception of emergency man-
agement throughout the county.
"There's a need tbr improvement
across the state," he said. "The
status quo for me is not satisfac-
tory."
He also wants to make major
changes by the end of this year.
One change has already occurred.
Starting on January l, the emer-
gency management department,
which formerly was part of the Ma-
son County Sheriffs Office, is now
part of the Mason County Public
Works Department. "County pub-
lic works folks are out there do-
ing the first disaster assessment,"
looking, tbr example, at the condi-
tions of county roads, he said. In
Thurston and Clallam counties,
the emergency management de-
partment is part of those coun-
ties' public works departments, he
noted.
"THERE'S A willingness to get
things done," he said of people in
Shelton and Mason County. "Folks
tend to help people here. There's
really an underlying theme of
hope here ... We also understand
we have to help each other."
Best, 52, began working for Ma-
son County at the start of Decem-
ber. He grew up in California and
has a bachelor's degree in business
administration from the Universi-
ty of Maryland.
He is not new to the area, how-
ever. He and his family have lived
in Shelton since April 1988.
Best had some emergency man-
agement experience during a stint
in the Air Force. He started work-
ing for the state of Washington's
Department of Community Trade
and Economic Development in Feb-
ruary 1991. In November 1991, he
began working for the Washington
Military Department Emergency
Management Division.
eral years.
Given scholarships during a
service at Mount Olive on De-
cember 31 were:
Marie Whitney, daughter of
Ed and Maggie Whitney of Shel-
ton, who received $8,700. She is
a full-time student at Concordia
University in Portland, Oregon,
majoring in education with an
endorsement in math and pas-
toral church work to become a
teacher.
Cathy Green, who received
$8,700 to continue to pursue her
studies toward earning a teach-
ing degree and becoming a direc-
tor of Christian education. She,
too, is a full-time student at Con-
cordia.
Ann Schulz, who received
$300. She is using Mount Olive's
distance learning center to take
classes from Concordia. She is
enrolled in the Leadership Ad-
vancement Process with prereq-
uisites in theology and ministry
to become a deaconess.
Walt Lux, who received $300.
He is using the distance learning
program tom his home and is
enrolled in Concordia's Leader-
ship Advancement Process stud-
ies in theology and ministry to
become a licensed deacon.
ting
arm
0 to;
r the
ount
one-
Out-
the
tival
) As-
1 the
were
lmit-
tion,
.ions
e ad-
flica-
corn-
es of
[uest
As:
npli'
rt of
per
ad of
"lway
They really lit it
up for Chrislnms
Shelton homes and offices glow-
ing with holiday spirit have re-
cently received recognition for il-
luminating the community.
TJ's Hair Salon, located at 106
South Seventh Street in downtown
Shelton won first place in the the
Shelton-Mason County Chamber
of Commerce's annual Christmas
Lighting Contest. Lumbermen's
of Shelton, located on the corner
of First and Pine streets, earned
second place.
Robert Woodward and Haley
and Amanda Gish of" Holman
Street came out in the lead in the
residential category. Deborah Har-
ding, of North Third Street came
away in second place. Ron Italli-
day of Itenry Street took third.
"We want to thank the above
for their enthusiasm and effort
put forth to comfort and delight
many residents of our community.
Thanks tbr the spirit!" said Gregg
Shank of the chamber.
Test detects drug in urine
of trucker in homicide case
(Continued from page 1.)
Rochester man in connection with
that accident.
Massingham, as a commercial
driver, was required to be tested
after the Shelton accident. A urine
test was performed and he alleg-
edly tested positive for amphet-
amine, said Grays Harbor County
Prosecutor Stew Menefee.
The Shelton accident occurred
on the same day that Massing-
ham was due in court in Grays
Harbor County for a pretrial
hearing, which he missed.
Massingham was ordered to
jail by a Grays Harbor County
Superior Court judge for violating
conditions ot' his release - testing
positive for taking drugs and fail-
ure to appear in court. Menetbe
said on Wednesday, December
27, that Massingham remained in
jail, His bail was set at $500,000.
In addition, Massingham was
fired by J.B. Leonard Logging of
Chehalis on November 15. He
was driving tbr that firm when
both accidents occurred, The
Daily World said. Also, his com-
mercial driver's license has been
suspended by the Washington
State Department of Licensing,
Menefee said.
Marlene Taylor, CLU
Open Thursdays
til 7 p.m. for your
COtl vetl it'n ce
? AYLOR
I.suRA.cE
- 00s..v,o.s
HAPPY NEW YEAR
START THE NEW YEAR OFF
RIGHT WITH A REVIEW OF
YOUR INSURANCE --
* Auto * Home Life Health
* Retirement Annuities
* Commercial * Supplemental
Stop by today...
_ THE )
HARTFORD
104 E. "D" St. #1
360-427-1989 360-426-5595
Shelton, WA 98584
The holidays may be over,
but you don't need to be alone.
There are friends and helpful staff
at Alpine Way. You're free to leave
the privacy of your apartment to
join friends or participate in
activities at any time.
RETIREMENT APARTMENTS,
ASSISTED LIVING AND
ALZHEIMER'S SPECIAL CARE
Call for a free lunch ai Id tour
900 Alpine Way (360) 26-2600
Shelton, WA 98584
www, encorecommunities.com Beth Johnston,. R.N., Manager
Thursday, January 4, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 7