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"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, Angel Continued from page A-1 free," she said. Eventually, with the help of strangers, Lopez made it LICENSED FAMILY daycare has openings for children ages 1 year and up. We of- fer meals/snacks and a pre- school program. Excellent references. Fenced play area, separate toy room, 3 acres of country property, www.clo- quallumroaddaycare.webs. com, 360-426-4103.1/5tfn HUGE LIQUIDATION sale. New and slightly used. 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We carry kerosene. Located at Sanderson  Industrial Park 00ln/Ij 427-8084 PEi'RO-CANADA* 8761 Page A-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, January 5, 2012 "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.