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ema will screen its first film of the New Year, the full-length docu- mentary, "Food Matters," in the Thursday PUD No. 3 Auditorium, 307 W. Cota Street, Shelton. The film is 9 a.m Jan. 6, the regular being shown as a benefit for SOCK meeting of the Housing Authority youth programs in Shelton. of" Mason County Board of Cam- missioners is be held at the Mason County Commission Chambers located at 411 North 5th Street, Shelton. Sunday 2 p.m Shelton Spiritual Cin- Monday 6:30 - 8 p.m January 10, Ma- son County Republican Central Committee will hold its January meeting at Alpine Way Retire- ment Apartments located at 900 W. Alpine Way. For more informa- tion contact the Mason County Re- publicans at (360) 432-1111, go on- line at masoncountyrepublicans. org or stop by the Mason County Republican office at 1620 N. Olym- pic Hwy in Shelton. Tuesday 11:3o a.m January 11, month- ly meeting for the Mason County Multiple Sclerosis Support Group will be held at Route 66 Grill lo- cated at 506 W. Railroad Ave. The meeting is open to those that are interested. 4 p.m. January 11 the regu- lar meeting of the Mason County Transportation Authority Board will be at Mason Transit's Busi- ness Office located at 790 E. Johns Prairie Road, Shelton. 7 p.m every Tuesday, De- pressed Anonymous 12 Step Self Help meets at Mason general Hos- pital. Depression self-help group is an international program. Meet with those who understand de- pression or severe blues. No pre- tending. Wednesday 1 - 3 p.m January 12, the regular meeting for Chronic pain and other "invisible" disabilities will meet. This support group meets twice monthly in the confer- ence room in the Shelton Public Library on the corner of 7th and Alder downtown Shelton. For additional information please call 360-426-0900. Christmas Fund The 64th Journal-40 et 8 Christmas fund has received a total of $30,350, with $55 coming in during the last week. Tanya Nolte gave $50 and there was one $5 anony- mous donation. 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The program, what Bu- cheit called an "upstream program" works with first- time parents, connecting them with public health nurses who meet with them regularly to provide knowl- edge and skills that allow them to be better parents and citizens. "It's education, its not just physical, teaching the mom about pregnancy," Bucheit said. "It's also about self suf- Mason County Public Health received a $100,000 grant in December, which will allow them to maintain and even expand their Nurse Family Partnership pro- gram. "By touching these fami- lies, we literally are making a shift in what's happening for our future," Lydia Bu- cheit, the program's nurse home supervisor said. "We're She a Digital Photo( Living Long and Healthy to Die Right and Live to Tell About It Bonding With Your Children a Better Marriage I Class $15 for individuals seminar series and for 6 nights/ Seminar to: ficiency helping them get back to school and through school, helping them get a profession so they become a productive member of soci- ety, and their children will also follow suit with that. We're trying to break the cycle of poverty." The nurses follow each family for two years and are available for questions by phone as well as through regular visits. The program is based on studies that link problems at home in early childhood with later delinquency and crime, and showed that home vis- its from nurses for first time parents gave real, measur- able results. ' they did three studies over the course of 30 years this is the number one evi- dence based program in the United States," Bucheit said. 'q3ais program is actually helping to reduce the number of kids in jail or on drugs, it helps families become more productive." Currently, the program only has nine children en- rolled, but because of the grant, the program will soon be able to support up to 25 families, Bucheit said. The $100,000 grant, a 2010 Home Visiting Service Account Grant, overseen by the Thrive by Five program. This program gets no di- rect funding from Mason County; only grant funding, Bucheit said. Since 2001, 23 families have graduated from the program and 75 have been enrolled. Some people either quit the program, move out of the area, or are trans- ferred to another program in a different region. The two home visiting nurses in the program, Eliza- beth Custis and Linda Bull- ock, both only work part time in this program, while spend- ing the rest of their time in other public health depart- "1 feel fike it's my best fife's work outside my family." ments. "Honestly I feel like it's my best life's work outside my family because the cli- ents are so grateful to have a nurse that they can ask questions of that knows the right answer," Custis said. Custis and Bullock visit their clients regularly, do- ing everything from checking to see if their home is prop- erly baby-proofed, to helping them navigate child-support systems and do health checks for their baby. The nurses said they pull double and triple duty, serv- ing as not only nurses, but also social workers, legal ad- visers and much Inore. "We work across multi- ple domains," Bullock said. "Sometimes I f~el like I'm everything - I'm a realtor, a paralegal, a social worker, a nutritionist, whatever it is." Bullock said that visits often include games, which at first seem like just a fun distraction, but always carry a message meant to guide their clients. "We ,do one called 'Love is a Rocky Road'," and we bring all the ingredients to make ice-cream for them," she said. "I'm actually doing this talk on relationships and toler- ance." While they do have some dropouts in the program the nurses said they also see some amazing success sto- ries. Custis talked about one woman in particular. "I'm so proud of her," Cus- tis said. '%Ve set up some goals and she met all of them in a year - huge goals, like getting her G.E.D get her drivers license and get a job." First time, low-income parents can enroll in the pro- gram before their 28th week in the pregnancy. NEED WEEKDAY li Sunday Services :',LNednesdav Night Service I ' " ~::" = ;~:" ' l:: 9:00 Celebr.tlon Service ' ""7:00 .M|d W~k S~.v, ' H~ ~~:~:~~ ] ~ )::] S~*,~ O,o 0 l:: I :3,I { 'elebr,tiota servi e ~ Cl,il,b'en's C'l ] -r Call 426-4412 s G,o [7 Childrents Cla ~ ' i it 8eli Choi~ |~:: (.t ], (/" ' ,;'eoPl:~/~if: d:'~'t'W. t.~, a~n ] .~V.rk l{~r H:l:r~.:~::h~::: ~i~i] O*f~,&~rt, Wt.~t$,jp Exp, 0~. h~ t Or,', ~i L Op &~m. 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