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By DEAN SIEMON
While most high school
students would say that
math is their least favor-
ite subject, Shelton High
School senior Morgan
Earsley said the opposite,
and is interested in pursu-
ing a degree in accounting.
"I love numbers and I've
taken an accounting class
and I just loved it," Ears-
ley said.
Currently under the
high school's Running
Start program, which al-
lows students to take
college courses towards
an Associate's Degree,
Earsley said she has tak-
en higher level courses
through Olympic College,
including Calculus.
"I'm doing half time
here and half time there
[Olympic College]," she
said.
Earsley said she is de-
bating between attending
Washington State Univer-
sity in Pullman or West-
ern Washington Univer-
sity in Bellingham.
"Wazzu [Washington
State University] has
always been my dream
school that I've always
wanted to go to," she said.
"But Western has the best
accounting program in the
state. So it's like 'Do I go
with the better education
or the school I've always
wanted to go to?'"
Earsley said she has
scheduled visits to both
school this month to see
"what they offer."
In addition to majoring
in accounting, Earsley is
interested in a minor in
business management.
"They kind of go hand
in hand," she said.
When asked if she
would use the business
management minor to
work towards owning
her own accounting firm,
Earsley said she would
rather work for a larger
firm.
She used her job shad-
ow with an accountant for
the PUD 3 in Shelton as
an example of what she
would like to do.
"She was just in charge
of the finances and all that
and I liked that," Ears-
ley said. "I wouldn't want
nl
Morgan Earsley
to be in charge of several
companies."
As a student at SHS,
Earsley has been the ap-
pointed "tech guru" by
Students Against Destruc-
tive Decisions (S.A.D.D.),
updating the website and
Facebook account.
"I wanted to be more in-
volved in different things
at school," she said. "I re-
ally liked what [S.A.D.D.]
stands for."
Earsley was also ap-
pointed "spirit officer" by
the SHS dance team dur-
ing her third and final
year with the team.
"Everyone always said
I'm super spirited," she
said. "We never really had
a spirit officer before. I got
elected I guess you can
say."
As the schools Key Club
vice president, Earsley
used the club's annual
blood drive as her senior
project. The drive took
place on campus on De-
cember 17, before students
went on winter break.
"We had trouble trying
to plan the right date that
would work for the school
and the blood center,"
Earsley said.
Earsle: said she en-
joys the small town atmo-
sphere in Mason County
and doesn't think she
could live in a bigger city.
"I probably will stay
close to home," she said. "I
don't want to move to a big
town."
New number
Shelton Drag Strips phone number
has changed to 229-9309.
Hood Canal School District
recognizes board
The Hood canal School District
would like to recognize and thank the
elected members of our school dis-
trict's board of directors.
They are: Judi Woodard (District
1 - Union Area) strod33@hcc.net, Tom
Strong (District 2 - Skokomish Reser-
vation Area) tstrong@skokomish.org ,
Deb Petersen (District 3 - Skokomish
Valley and Lake Cushman Area) shep-
herdsoapsCmyahoo.com, Roslynne Reed
(District 4 - At large position) rlee@hctc.
com, Annie Robbins (District 5 - Hood-
sport North, Lilliwaup Area) annierob-
bins2009@gmail.com.
January has been proclaimed School
Board Recognition Month in the state
of Washington, a recognition that coin-
cides with a nationwide effort to honor
and underscore the important role of
elected school board members in public
education and student achievement.
Need a Resolution?
With the New Year comes an op-
portunity for each of us to make reso-
lutions to improve various parts of our
lives. These may be to lose weight, exer-
cise more, quit smoking, or make other
commitments to self-improvement.
If you are making resolutions for the
New year, the Hood Canal School Dis-
trict would like you to consider the fol-
lowing.
Make a commitment to having your
child attend school on time, every day.
Make a commitment to having your
child read for 20 minutes every day.
Make a commitment to having your
child master their addition, subtraction,
multiplication, and division facts.
Rodeo Association
looking for a queen
The Mason County Rodeo Associa-
tion and rodeo queen committee invites
young ladies between the age of 17 and
not more than 23 years old by January
1, 2011 to compete for the title of Mason
County Rodeo Queen 2011.
Also for 2011 the committee will be
looking for girls who will be 14 year old
and not more than 16 years old by Jan-
uary 1, 2011 to be on the Ma:: on County
Rodeo Jr. Court. The deadline for appli-
cations is February 4, 2011.
The competition will include horse-
manship, speech and interview compe-
tition. The young ladies who capture the
titles will represent the Mason County
Rodeo in 2011 and will reign over our
two-day rodeo. They will also be pro-
moting our Rodeo and the great west-
ern way of life by making numerous ap-
pearances at rodeos, fairs, schools, ser-
vice clubs, parades and related events
during their reign.
For information, please call Julie
Gray 360-4 2-0145.
Senior center hosts
fall-prevention workshop
The Mason County Senior Activi-
ties Center is partnering with Certi-
fied Adult Nurse Gretchen Dickson to
offer a Fall Prevention Workshop on
Thursday, January 13 at 11 a.m. at the
Center. The workshop is informal and
motivational. It outlines factors that
contribute to falls and how to increase
your likelihood of avoiding them.
The workshop is free and open to
adults of any age, but advance registra-
tion is requested for planning purposes.
Call the center at 426-7374 for more in-
formation.
Forest Festival
planning coronation
Mason County Forest Festival will
hold the 2011 Coronation on Saturday,
February 26, 2011 at the Shelton High
School Auditorium. The event is open
to the public.
We are pleased to invite all Mason
County High School Juniors and Se-
niors interested in serving on the For-
est Festival Court to an information
meeting at Alpine Way Retirement
Center (900 Alpine Way, Shelton, WA,
360-426-2600) on Tuesday, January 11
at 7 p.m. in the Dogwood Room.
The 2011 Court will include a Queen,
four princesses, Smokey Bear, and Paul
Bunyan. The Queen and Paul Bunyan
must be a high school senior. Students
must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 to
qualify for the court.
Additional information is available
on the Forest Festival website at www.
masoncountyforestfestival.com.
For questions, please contact Jessica
Gray at Anytime Fitness at 360-462-
2600.
Addresses needed for
class of '71
The Shelton High School Class of
1971 is planning their 40-year reunion
on September 9 and 10, 2011 in Ocean
Shores. Address for the following class-
mates are needed and can be mailed to
SHS Class of 71, PO Box 57, Shelton,
WA 98584.
Janet Anderson, Linda Archer, Dave
Bralley, Linda Brown, Richard Bruce,
Karen Bruce, Deborah Carr, Pat Cole,
Karen Cultee, George Ducksherer, Kyle
Duffy, Mary Dyer, Dennis Erwin, Ken
Evans, Lewis Ferris, Dave Fox, Con-
nie Fuller, Gary Griffin, Carleen Gross,
Joan Gunnarson, Gail Hasbrouck, Alica
Hicks, Cliff Hicks, Gail Hines, Retta
Kelley, Catherine Kershaw, Charlotte
Landis, Ken Marshall, Bruce McCarty,
Len Morris, Regina Morrow, William
Mowatt, Allen Patterson, Don Purvis,
Chris Radcliffe, Wes Russell, Don Ryck-
man, Cathy Ryckman, Jan Saeger,
Sherry Saeger, Doyle Schimschat, Barb
Sewell, Judy Sheffield, Jan Simmons,
Cher Speas, Melody Steere, Richard
Stevenson, Kippie Strandwold, Pam
Swantak, Jerry Swayze, Carmaletia
Swisher, Marsha Tomas, Marilla Wal-
ter, Deborah Ward, Susan West, Rhon-
da Whitener, John Wood, Bev Work-
man, Patti Yeck.
$12,500 contributed by Skokomish
Tribal Nation and Lucky Dog Casino
The Skokomish Tribal Nation con-
tributed $12,500 to local organizations
at an event held December 17, 2010 at
Lucky Dog Casino.
Six local organizations were invited
to a special event honoring their efforts.
However, the contribution amounts
were not disclosed until the official pre-
sentation. Thus, the event began with
anticipation as the Skokomish Tribal
Nation's Council and Lucky Dog Ca-
sino's General Manager David Owens
awarded each organization with contri-
butions ranging from $500 up to $5,000.
MARRIAGES
December marriage
licenses:
12-1-10
Thomas James Callan-
tine, 26, of Moses Lake and
Amber Nicole Callantine,
19, of Moses Lake.
Victor ttugo Aguilar An-
drade, of Mexico and
Fabiola Maribel Alcala Jau-
regui, 22, of Mexico.
Jeffrey Allen Hensel, 48,
of Chicago, Ill, and Carol Vi-
ola Kessel, 41, of Byron Ill.
; ' i::
Joseph Emery Jones, 22,
of Fort Leanerdwood Mo.
and Richandra Pearl Han-
kinson, 20, of Bremerton.
12-4-10
Andrew Scott Richards,
26, of Phoenix Ariz. and
Kimberly Ashley Badillo, 20
of Denver Colo.
12-6-10
David John Denys, 25, of
Oakdale Calif and Jessica
Ann Bentley, 19, of Tacoma.
John Michael Money,
21, of Bremerton and Viv-
Jan Catalina Suarez, 20, of
Reno, Nev.
12-7-10
Stanton Todd Sicade, 43,
of Tacoma and Stella Jean
Yacash, 37, of Toppenish.
Jason Chad Ruckman,
33, of Bremerton and Ra-
chel Yvonne Colson, 35, of
Bremerton.
12-9-10
Nicholas Steven Hanson,
28 of Olympia and Emily
Sue Storg, 25, of Meza Ariz.
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12-14-10
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