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/ Foreign exchange Students at Hood Canal School have been taking a closer look at some distant lands and sharing what they've learned with their classmates. Pictured are Bridgette Johnson and Destini "Martin displaying their sense of Spain and Blake Fraser showing off the best of Bulgaria. There's a story about this program on page 28. Pioneer School: [magination Station explores inner space By KAREN EVERETT Beginning Wednesday, Janu- ary 24, Pioneer Primary students in first through third grades will have the opportunity to use their creative power in an after-school program called Imagination Sta- tion. For the seventh year the Pio- neer School District is oflering Wednesday workshops in the arts from around the world and throughout the centuries. The lead instructor for this program is Laurie McGovern, who teaches Correction: Others can rent Nordstrom hall A story in last week's paper gave an incomplete description of the relationship between the An- has Bay Music Festival and the Elmer and Katharine Nordstrom Great Hall at the Harmony Hill Retreat Center in Union• The festival rents the hall fi'om a nonprofit organization which es- tablished Harmony Hill w.ith the assistance of the Nordstrom fam- ily as a refuge fbr persons afflict- ed by cancer and other maladies• The hall may be rented by other groups. a second- and third-grade split class at Pioneer. Mrs. McGovern has studied abroad in China and Japan in recent years and brings to students first-hand knowledge, experiences, stories and projects from her travels. This year's workshop choices will include haiku poetry and Asian brush painting, African pottery making, Native American ledger art, Japanese story scrolls, Australian tblk art, and the mak- ing ot' Yup'ik story sticks from Alaska. Students will have the op- portunity to make kites and trees through recycled art and will learn to paint in the style of famous art- ists including Picasso and Suerat. AS SHE HAS done for several years, Suzanne Jackson will assist Mrs. McGovern. New instructors to the program this year are Jona- thon Corcoran, Kelly McCarty and Erin Bacon, all teachers at the pri- mary school. "Each staff member of Imagi- nation Station has had extensive training in the arts, poetry, and experience in the cultures repre- sented in the workshops," Mrs. McGovern said. Application tbrms for the work- shops have gone home with the students. As space in the work- shops is limited, applications will be honored on a first-come, first- served basis and children will need (Please turn to page 6.) THINK SAVING FOR RETIREMEN IS COMPLICATED? CASINO * SORT. Edward Jones Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 11, 2007 Schoolboard roundup: lSk To redo Mountain Viewltb0000: Th try agaiYI! 00atu' they must , try the h By JEFF GREEN Shelton School Board mem- bers are hoping the third time is the charm as they voted Tues- day night to seek bids yet again fbr part of' the remodel project at Mountain View Elementary School. Last December, the board learned to its dismay that bids had come in more than $1 mil- lion higher than what the school district had budgeted fi)r the first third of the remodel project at Mountain View. The board voted to reject the bids. In September, bids fi)r the entire project were also more than $1 million over what was budgeted for it. At that time, the board rejected the bids and district officials pared back the scope of the project by 60 per- cent, opting to complete the project in stages. Tuesday night, Mark Weston, the district's director of opera- tions, outlined the latest ver- sion of the project's first phase. It includes a paved parking lot just west of the school with a ca- pacity tbr about 100 vehicles; a new play shed between the main building and the hexagonal building on the east side of the campus; a stormwater drainage facility north of the ball field; a new portable classroom; an asphalt fire loop; and sidewalk improvements between the new parking lot and existing school building. WITH THE new parking lot, the main entrance would then be on the west side of the build- ing, with traffic and congestion to be moved oil" K Street. Be- cause the new play shed will be reconfigured and located 25 feet east of the main building, which has the current play shed at- tached to its east wall, the dis- trict will be able to improve the school bus loop in that area. Mountain View Principal John Hill pointed out that under this plan, the school will be los- ing a covered walkway between the main building and the hex- agonal building, exposing staff and students to the elements. Weston said the old walkway has to come down to make way for the fire lane. He said people can walk through the new play shed and there would be un- covered areas of 20 and 25 feet between the play shed and the hexagonal and main buildings. In the end, the board voted 5-0 to call for bids "on the proj- ect, adding an alternate bid for a new covered walkway and re- designed fire lane. That gives the board the option, of adding the new walkway if bids come in favorably for a change. Weston said the district can be ready to go out tbr bids within 30 days. Officials estimate the dis- trict will have $2,111,042.60 in its Capital Projects Fund and are budgeting $1.2 million for the first phase of the Mountain View project. OTHER PROJECTS rec- ommended for thnding from the Capital Projects Fund include: adding three portable class- rooms, with one at each elemen- tary school, $325,000; adding one portable classroom at Oak- land Bay Junior High School, $108,000; retrofitting remain- ing heating, ventilation and air- conditioning units at Shelton High School that weren't done earlier, $100,000; replacing the rotting back wall at the SHS Pool, $100,000; and improve- ments to the sound and lighting systems and seats at the SHS Auditorium, $125,000. Superintendent Joan Zook said adding the portables at the elementary schools would give the district a green light for add- ing all-day kindergarten pro- grams at the schools next year, depending on what action the Washington Legislature takes during its current session. In other school district busi- hess on Tuesday, the board: • Approved a resolution as- thorizing refinancing of a por- tion of the district's outstanding bonds to take advantage of low- er interest rates. The move will save taxpayers $1,369,244 dur- ing the next 14 years in money that will not be collected. Zook emphasized the sav- ings flow directly to taxpayers through reduced tax levies and are not available for district expenses. Recent low interest rates allowed the district to ex- reed its savings target. Inter- est rates on the $22,590,000 in refinanced bonds averaged 4.02 percent, compared to 5.26 per- , an ar cent on the old debt  ,, • . esel • Watched as Zook admire . ,  water tered the oath of office to :t'- C_. ne board member Marty m i who replaces Ross Gallag n: Thank you very much for t .... $1will t. opportunity, Crow toia  ' board, which picked him fr ary 1 several applicants  shoal • Do ( • Voted 5-0 to eliminate  g district s requirement that S] way 1 • • [ ReseI students take one cross m -h sttil av science to graduate. T e ,I -: already requires students,  Pa: eluding those in Shelton, to } warm four science classes to gralars s ate. (] SHS Principal Wanda ndtson said requiring the ! science class, which she T scribed as a kind of lower-le { biology class, limits stude choices and keeps them frtrf :• taking other classes in ecol0[: "" biology and marine science, ! Th example. ':', work • Voted 5°0 to allow EI p.n green Principal Steve Warne- Maso apply to the state for a $29,i Nortl grant for the district s Hig M( Capable Program. Warner _are i that grant amount will 2007 about 21 percent of the progr this l The program s annual budgeli towa $142,709, which includes theA full-time teachers, supplies  is fin: other costs, i er ad • Voted 5-0 to approve a r TI lution establishing the Cthe g Boelk Memorial Football Sc tend. arship. Trustees of the scl Kim arship fund will award one!543. more scholarships annually t itgadung senior for college' • " . so SHS football coa; es will pick a deserving pla: UI each year to receive a scholi ship to pay for a summer f0 By ball camp. t A Boelk, who played on t.-, SHS football team when he ra-- in high school, was killed i ...... " • i wre traffic accident last Septem0 t Wa-t He was 22 and graduated fI ap"el SHS in 2002. } in MI Ed .... f lama Hood Canal ballots !Cent, i: of att goln o voters soon: Mason County Auditor Karen auditor's vote tallying systen .hey Herr announced this week that preparation for the election. T: in S ballots ibr a special election on {! i anUPiryl " February 6 will be mailed on Janu- tm.l:a:Tdi ary 17 to voters in the Hood Canal i School District. office at 411 North Fifth Streef with Ballots in the all-mail election downtown Shelton. four must be postmarked no later than Persons who have not receii Hoph or: and election day. Voters in the Hood a ballot by the end of this m , Canal district will be voting on a  are advised to make arrangemet: head three-year maintenance-and-op- to get one by calling 427-9670, l Ga tension 470. Afric erations levy and a transportation levy to be collected in 2008. Herr and her staff will conduct a logic and accuracy test of the THINK AGAIN. Some of the best plans in life are often the simplest ones, especially when saving for retirement. For example, you can invest a set amount of money on a monthly basis into an Edward Jones IRA. This lets you: i Take full advantage of contribution limits and potential tax benefits E Eliminate the worry about investing at the right time t Add potential growth and diversification to your portfolio I Keep your long-term financial goals in focus To learn why it may make sense for you to invest a set amount of money into an Edward Jones IRA each month, call or visit your local investment representative today. Atltomahcally ilw(!shng each rlvollth does not tl]su[tt d ploflt IId dOS *Kd proh,:l agaiost loss ltl dechaulg ,latkets Such t plall itwolve$ contlllUaI I[IMUSII|FOIIt ill Set:tlrltleS regardless of fltlchlahrlg price libels of such securities YOtl shollf] coflsitllr yOtll t+nacJal aiOdl|y t0 c0rltintle the purchases through periods 0t low price levels. Armin Baumgartel Dan Baumgartei Inveslmen! Representatives 821 West Railroad Avenue, Suile A, Shelton 426-0982 • !-800-441-0982 Armln Baumgartel [)an Baumgartel www.edwardjones.com Member SIP(" taunl BIRTHSTONE for the month of fWeek Cordi /lWes00 Th ( ' ! cordil I st & Railroad, Suite 1 426-5811 • AlfMajor Credit Cards • Free Gift Wrapping • One year Interest FP£E w/Required Minimum Purchase Monday-Friday 10-$:30 Saturday 10-4 In Store Professional:: Jewelry Repair J / Foreign exchange Students at Hood Canal School have been taking a closer look at some distant lands and sharing what they've learned with their classmates. Pictured are Bridgette Johnson and Destini "Martin displaying their sense of Spain and Blake Fraser showing off the best of Bulgaria. There's a story about this program on page 28. Pioneer School: [magination Station explores inner space By KAREN EVERETT Beginning Wednesday, Janu- ary 24, Pioneer Primary students in first through third grades will have the opportunity to use their creative power in an after-school program called Imagination Sta- tion. For the seventh year the Pio- neer School District is oflering Wednesday workshops in the arts from around the world and throughout the centuries. The lead instructor for this program is Laurie McGovern, who teaches Correction: Others can rent Nordstrom hall A story in last week's paper gave an incomplete description of the relationship between the An- has Bay Music Festival and the Elmer and Katharine Nordstrom Great Hall at the Harmony Hill Retreat Center in Union• The festival rents the hall fi'om a nonprofit organization which es- tablished Harmony Hill w.ith the assistance of the Nordstrom fam- ily as a refuge fbr persons afflict- ed by cancer and other maladies• The hall may be rented by other groups. a second- and third-grade split class at Pioneer. Mrs. McGovern has studied abroad in China and Japan in recent years and brings to students first-hand knowledge, experiences, stories and projects from her travels. This year's workshop choices will include haiku poetry and Asian brush painting, African pottery making, Native American ledger art, Japanese story scrolls, Australian tblk art, and the mak- ing ot' Yup'ik story sticks from Alaska. Students will have the op- portunity to make kites and trees through recycled art and will learn to paint in the style of famous art- ists including Picasso and Suerat. AS SHE HAS done for several years, Suzanne Jackson will assist Mrs. McGovern. New instructors to the program this year are Jona- thon Corcoran, Kelly McCarty and Erin Bacon, all teachers at the pri- mary school. "Each staff member of Imagi- nation Station has had extensive training in the arts, poetry, and experience in the cultures repre- sented in the workshops," Mrs. McGovern said. Application tbrms for the work- shops have gone home with the students. As space in the work- shops is limited, applications will be honored on a first-come, first- served basis and children will need (Please turn to page 6.) THINK SAVING FOR RETIREMEN IS COMPLICATED? CASINO * SORT. Edward Jones Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 11, 2007 Schoolboard roundup: lSk To redo Mountain Viewltb0000: Th try agaiYI! 00atu' they must , try the h By JEFF GREEN Shelton School Board mem- bers are hoping the third time is the charm as they voted Tues- day night to seek bids yet again fbr part of' the remodel project at Mountain View Elementary School. Last December, the board learned to its dismay that bids had come in more than $1 mil- lion higher than what the school district had budgeted fi)r the first third of the remodel project at Mountain View. The board voted to reject the bids. In September, bids fi)r the entire project were also more than $1 million over what was budgeted for it. At that time, the board rejected the bids and district officials pared back the scope of the project by 60 per- cent, opting to complete the project in stages. Tuesday night, Mark Weston, the district's director of opera- tions, outlined the latest ver- sion of the project's first phase. It includes a paved parking lot just west of the school with a ca- pacity tbr about 100 vehicles; a new play shed between the main building and the hexagonal building on the east side of the campus; a stormwater drainage facility north of the ball field; a new portable classroom; an asphalt fire loop; and sidewalk improvements between the new parking lot and existing school building. WITH THE new parking lot, the main entrance would then be on the west side of the build- ing, with traffic and congestion to be moved oil" K Street. Be- cause the new play shed will be reconfigured and located 25 feet east of the main building, which has the current play shed at- tached to its east wall, the dis- trict will be able to improve the school bus loop in that area. Mountain View Principal John Hill pointed out that under this plan, the school will be los- ing a covered walkway between the main building and the hex- agonal building, exposing staff and students to the elements. Weston said the old walkway has to come down to make way for the fire lane. He said people can walk through the new play shed and there would be un- covered areas of 20 and 25 feet between the play shed and the hexagonal and main buildings. In the end, the board voted 5-0 to call for bids "on the proj- ect, adding an alternate bid for a new covered walkway and re- designed fire lane. That gives the board the option, of adding the new walkway if bids come in favorably for a change. Weston said the district can be ready to go out tbr bids within 30 days. Officials estimate the dis- trict will have $2,111,042.60 in its Capital Projects Fund and are budgeting $1.2 million for the first phase of the Mountain View project. OTHER PROJECTS rec- ommended for thnding from the Capital Projects Fund include: adding three portable class- rooms, with one at each elemen- tary school, $325,000; adding one portable classroom at Oak- land Bay Junior High School, $108,000; retrofitting remain- ing heating, ventilation and air- conditioning units at Shelton High School that weren't done earlier, $100,000; replacing the rotting back wall at the SHS Pool, $100,000; and improve- ments to the sound and lighting systems and seats at the SHS Auditorium, $125,000. Superintendent Joan Zook said adding the portables at the elementary schools would give the district a green light for add- ing all-day kindergarten pro- grams at the schools next year, depending on what action the Washington Legislature takes during its current session. In other school district busi- hess on Tuesday, the board: • Approved a resolution as- thorizing refinancing of a por- tion of the district's outstanding bonds to take advantage of low- er interest rates. The move will save taxpayers $1,369,244 dur- ing the next 14 years in money that will not be collected. Zook emphasized the sav- ings flow directly to taxpayers through reduced tax levies and are not available for district expenses. Recent low interest rates allowed the district to ex- reed its savings target. Inter- est rates on the $22,590,000 in refinanced bonds averaged 4.02 percent, compared to 5.26 per- , an ar cent on the old debt  ,, • . esel • Watched as Zook admire . ,  water tered the oath of office to :t'- C_. ne board member Marty m i who replaces Ross Gallag n: Thank you very much for t .... $1will t. opportunity, Crow toia  ' board, which picked him fr ary 1 several applicants  shoal • Do ( • Voted 5-0 to eliminate  g district s requirement that S] way 1 • • [ ReseI students take one cross m -h sttil av science to graduate. T e ,I -: already requires students,  Pa: eluding those in Shelton, to } warm four science classes to gralars s ate. (] SHS Principal Wanda ndtson said requiring the ! science class, which she T scribed as a kind of lower-le { biology class, limits stude choices and keeps them frtrf :• taking other classes in ecol0[: "" biology and marine science, ! Th example. ':', work • Voted 5°0 to allow EI p.n green Principal Steve Warne- Maso apply to the state for a $29,i Nortl grant for the district s Hig M( Capable Program. Warner _are i that grant amount will 2007 about 21 percent of the progr this l The program s annual budgeli towa $142,709, which includes theA full-time teachers, supplies  is fin: other costs, i er ad • Voted 5-0 to approve a r TI lution establishing the Cthe g Boelk Memorial Football Sc tend. arship. Trustees of the scl Kim arship fund will award one!543. more scholarships annually t itgadung senior for college' • " . so SHS football coa; es will pick a deserving pla: UI each year to receive a scholi ship to pay for a summer f0 By ball camp. t A Boelk, who played on t.-, SHS football team when he ra-- in high school, was killed i ...... " • i wre traffic accident last Septem0 t Wa-t He was 22 and graduated fI ap"el SHS in 2002. } in MI Ed .... f lama Hood Canal ballots !Cent, i: of att goln o voters soon: Mason County Auditor Karen auditor's vote tallying systen .hey Herr announced this week that preparation for the election. T: in S ballots ibr a special election on {! i anUPiryl " February 6 will be mailed on Janu- tm.l:a:Tdi ary 17 to voters in the Hood Canal i School District. office at 411 North Fifth Streef with Ballots in the all-mail election downtown Shelton. four must be postmarked no later than Persons who have not receii Hoph or: and election day. Voters in the Hood a ballot by the end of this m , Canal district will be voting on a  are advised to make arrangemet: head three-year maintenance-and-op- to get one by calling 427-9670, l Ga tension 470. Afric erations levy and a transportation levy to be collected in 2008. Herr and her staff will conduct a logic and accuracy test of the THINK AGAIN. Some of the best plans in life are often the simplest ones, especially when saving for retirement. For example, you can invest a set amount of money on a monthly basis into an Edward Jones IRA. This lets you: i Take full advantage of contribution limits and potential tax benefits E Eliminate the worry about investing at the right time t Add potential growth and diversification to your portfolio I Keep your long-term financial goals in focus To learn why it may make sense for you to invest a set amount of money into an Edward Jones IRA each month, call or visit your local investment representative today. Atltomahcally ilw(!shng each rlvollth does not tl]su[tt d ploflt IId dOS *Kd proh,:l agaiost loss ltl dechaulg ,latkets Such t plall itwolve$ contlllUaI I[IMUSII|FOIIt ill Set:tlrltleS regardless of fltlchlahrlg price libels of such securities YOtl shollf] coflsitllr yOtll t+nacJal aiOdl|y t0 c0rltintle the purchases through periods 0t low price levels. Armin Baumgartel Dan Baumgartei Inveslmen! Representatives 821 West Railroad Avenue, Suile A, Shelton 426-0982 • !-800-441-0982 Armln Baumgartel [)an Baumgartel www.edwardjones.com Member SIP(" taunl BIRTHSTONE for the month of fWeek Cordi /lWes00 Th ( ' ! cordil I st & Railroad, Suite 1 426-5811 • AlfMajor Credit Cards • Free Gift Wrapping • One year Interest FP£E w/Required Minimum Purchase Monday-Friday 10-$:30 Saturday 10-4 In Store Professional:: Jewelry Repair J