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Readers compete in winter marathon
By NATALIE JOHNSON
Most libraries have read-
ing programs for kids com-
plete with prizes and rewards
for finishing their books, but
what about adults who don't
want to be left out?
The Timberland Regional
Library has an answer for
that reading-program-envy
- their Adult Winter Reading
program.
"Kids always have the
summer reading program
so this is a way of doing the
same thing for adults," said
Shelton Timberland Library
Manager Patty Ayala Ross.
"I ran it the first two years I
was here. I know that it real-
ly encourages people to read
even more than they normal-
ly would because it's a compe-
tition with themselves."
Senior Librarian for Adult
Services Blake Bresnahan
said the program, which runs
from January through mid-
March, is designed to get
people to read more books
during a time of year when
Journa photo Dy Natalie Jonnson
Last year Shelton Timberland Library patrons
read almost 1,500 books in the Adult Winter
Reading program.
they're already stuck inside
on the couch.
Participants in the pro-
gram turn in cards marking
the books they've read after
every five books.
Bresnahan said some peo-
ple turn in up o two cards,
meamng 10 books, every
week.
"Some people do this at a
level I don't believe," he said.
Last year Ann Dagle read
15 books over the two-and-a-
half month program.
"It's marvelous ... I just
picked up my first form to-
day," she said on Tuesday.
Dagle said even a 700-
page book may only take her
a week to read.
"I've always made time to
read," she said.
After the first five books,
participants get a free book
plus a 15 percent discount
card and free cup of cof-
fee from Sage Book Store in
Shelton.
This year the library threw
in an added bonus, Bresnah-
an said, and after their first
five books, participants will
be entered to win an Amazon
Kindle Touch 3G eReader.
"People always like priz-
es," Ayala Ross said.
Along with the local priz-
es, the Timberland Regional
Library offers several grand
prizes for top readers over
all of the Timberland Librar-
ies, including overnight stays
for two at the Lochaerie Re-
sort on Lake Quinault in the
Olympic National Park, the
Shelburne Inn in Seaview,
the Lake Quinault Lodge, the
Tokeland Hotel and one of 10
Winter Reading bookbags.
In 2010, 95 different par-
ticipants turned in 254 slips
- that's 1,270 total books
read by library patrons over
less than three months.
Last year, 97 people partic-
ipated, turning in 290 slips,
or 1,450 total books. This put
Shelton in fourth place for
both number of entrants and
number of total books read
among all 27 Timberland Li-
braries, behind Lacey, Olym-
pa and Tumwater.
"We usually have really
high numbers," Bresnahan
said.
Last year a participant in
Shelton's program won the
getaway at the Lake Quinault
Lodge, Bresnahan said.
Participants can read any
book in print, on an eReader
like the Barnes and Noble
Nook or Amazon Kindle or
books on tape, and they don't
have to be checked out from
the library.
Normally the adult win-
ter reading comes with an-
other program, often a guest
speaker, although in 2012
such a program has not been
scheduled.
Two people stabbed in early hours of New Year's Day
By KEVAN MOORE
Mason County Sheriffs Office
Deputies are investigating a stab-
bing that occurred during the early
morning hours of New Year's Day.
At about 3:13 a.m. on Sunday,
Sheriffs Deputies responded to a
911 call located in the 100 block of
Enatai Court on the Skokomish In-
dian Reservation. When deputies
arrived they contacted a number
of intoxicated and uncooperative
partygoers. Deputies also found a
significant amount of blood at the
scene.
The investigation disclosed that
a fight had broken out at the party,
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Eventually, with the help
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The victims are described as a
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Both victims were treated and re-
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Investigators have been able to
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"I believe that God is
somebody that in that time
knew my needs - he saved
my life," she said. "It gave
me a chance to not only get
away but to have freedom
- the word freedom has be-
come very important."
Lopez's organization, An-
gels in the Field, operates
Often victims are prom-
ised jobs by their captors,
Lopez said, only to face a far
different reality when they
get to the United States.
After bringing victims
into the country, captors
take away any form of iden-
tification, including pass-
ports, visas 0rdriVers ' licens-
person in this country has a
right to not be enslaved, hu-
m.an trafficking continues to
be a problem in the United
States and beyond.
"With the start of each
year, we commemorate the
anniversaries of the Eman-
cipation Proclamation,
which became effective on
nationally and Till'celebrate • es, Lopez 'sai d. Typically, J anuaz3y 1, 1863, and the
its fifth anniversary in May they charge victims fees for 13th Amendment to abolish
2012. Since founding the
group, she has worked tire-
lessly with U.S. senators in
Washington, D.C., Washing-
ton state leaders, social ser-
vices and other nonprofits to
increase awareness about
human trafficking.
In five years, Lopez's An-
gels in the Field has helped
rescue 18 people out of slav-
ery in the United States,
eight of which were in Ma-
son County.
As a registered nonprofit,
Angels in the Field also has
a six-person board of direc-
tors, Lopez said.
One of these board mem-
bers, Pastor Mark Sartori of
the Mountain View Alliance
Church. said Lopez is very
proactive in trying to help
victims of human traffick-
ing in her community and
beyond.
"I know she's been very
helpful in helping those
who've been trapped in sex-
ual exploitation," he said. "I
know some people are look-
ing for somebody with a de-
gree. The point is she has
this ministry for the exact
reason that she doesn't have
a degree."
Sartori said Lopez does
the best she can with her
program with the limited
amount of money she re-
ceives through fundraising
efforts.
"She struggles financially
- she doesn't have a lot of
supporters," Sartori said.
"The work she does is really
good - she knows what to
look for."
Since starting her non-
profit, Lopez has spoken at
local high schools and the
Shelton Police Department,
Sartori said.
Lopez said one of the vic-
tims she helped was held
captive right in downtown
Shelton.
Others come across her
websites during brief peri-
ods of freedom and contact
her, once from as far as Min-
nesota.
Many victims are not
physically restrained, she
said, but are held captive in
more sophisticated ways.
transporting them into the
country, which become debts
that are impossible to pay.
"It's like you don't exist,"
she said.
Many vic-
tims speak ua believe
limited or
no English
and find that God is
themselves
trapped in somebody
a country
that they that in that
are in ille-
gally, with time knew my
no one to
turn to. needs."
"I knew
a lady all
the way from China - they
promised to bring her here
for jobs," Lopez said.
Lopez works closely with
the vice unit of the Seattle
Police Department with an
officer specifically trained
to deal with instances of hu-
man trafficking.
"There is hardly anybody
who is trained for human
trafficking," she said.
Lopez said education is
the only real way to stop hu-
man trafficking as a whole.
She and other organizations
can work to save individual
victims and bring down
groups of perpetrators, but
to stop the problem, ordi-
nary people first need to
know about it.
On Friday, Dec. 30, Presi-
dent Barack Obama de-
clared January to be Nation-
al Slavery and Human Traf-
ticking Prevention Month,
in recognition of the growing
problem.
"During National Slav-
ery and Human Trafficking
Prevention Month, we stand
with all those who are held
in compelled service; we rec-
ognize the people, organiza-
tions and govermnent enti-
ties that are working to com-
bat human trafficking; and
we recommit to bringing an
end to this inexcusable hu-
man rights abuse," the pres-
ident wrote in a statement
released Friday.
President Obama remind-
ed Americans in his state-
ment that alt/hough every
slavery, which was signed by
President Abraham Lincoln
and submitted to the States
for ratification on February
1, 1865," President Obama
wrote.
"These
documents
stand as
testaments
to the gains
we have
made in
pursuit of
freedom
and justice
for all, and
they remind
us of the
work that
remains to be done."
Lopez plans to take on
some of that work over the
next six months, starting
January 15 when she'll travel
to India to bring her organiza-
tion to an international level.
Among other things, Lo-
pez plans to help raise funds
and coordinate the construc-
tion of a safehouse in Chen-
nai, India for victims of hu-
man trafficking and sexual
abuse in the country.
While the trip to India is
an accomplishment for Lo-
pez's organization, she said
it would also be a part of her
healing process.
"It's going to be a healing
process ... My trip to India
is going to be a journey of
hope," she said.
Lopez would also like to
travel to Thailand and Af-
rica to work to end human
trafficking.
And as Lopez found her
way out of the darkness
of her slavery through the
kindness of strangers, she
continues to rely on them to
fund her program.
"It takes a lot - call it beg-
ging I don't care," she said.
Angels in the Field is
funded entirely through do-
nations gathered through
fundraising efforts. The
Shelton First Baptist
Church on Cota Street will
host the next fundraiser at 6
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14.
For more information, go
to dj sangelsinthefield.web-
starts.com.