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KAREN POPKE IS retiring from her job as director of the
Mason County Senior Activities Center.
Senior Center seeks
to hire new director
After ahnost a decade on the
job, Karen Popke is stepping
down as the director at the Mason
County Senior Activities Center.
She said the center has been a
part of her daily lifb for the last
91/2 years.
"I feel blessed to have worked
in this community at a wonder-
ful facility with outstanding staff,
volunteers and participants. I
appreciated the opportunity and
enjoyed the challenge this job
presented," she commented in a
prepared statement.
"I learned the value of volun-
teers and volunteering in a kind
and caring community. I will take
away many memories of good peo-
ple doing great deeds. I sincerely
thank everyone who made my job
t
s
easier and who helped me over
the years to keep our center a vi-
able part of this community and
of the senior population."
Popke's last day on the job will
be Wednesday, January 31. The
center is accepting applications
for a new director through then.
Those interested in the position
nmy send cover letters and re-
sumes to: Post Office Box 1066,
Shelton, 98584.
Responsibilities involve over-
seeing the day-to-day operations
of a multi-service senior center,
including personnel, contractual
services, fund-raising, coordina-
tion with other human-services
providers, planning and program-
ming social, educational and rec-
reational activities.
'Unless otherwise noted, all
events take place at the Mason
County Senior Activities Center
at 826 West Railroad Avenue.
The senior center hours are from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center's
telephone desk (426-7374) is
closed for lunch from noon till
12:30 p.m.
Adult lap swimming is set for
11:15 a.m. weekdays and noon
on Saturday at the Shelton ttigh
School Pool.
Friday, January 12
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi class.
9-11 a.m., line dancing.
9 a.m,-2 p.m., sewing circle.
Noon, potluck lunch.
Monday, January 15
Closed fbr Martin Luther King
Jr. Day.
Tuesday, January 16
9 a.m., line dancing.
9-11 a.m., sewing circle.
10-11 a.m., intermediate and
advanced line dancing.
11 a.m., general meeting.
1 p.m., bridge.
Wednesday, January 17
Foot care by appointment
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi class.
9-10 a.m., line dancing.
1 p.m., bridge lessons.
Thursday, January 18
9 a.m., beginning line dancing.
9-11 a.m., EZ Crafters.
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., blood-
pressure clinic.
1 p.m., bingo.
Hood Canal West:
Students taking a new look
at older countries of Europe
By JERRI LINDLEY
During the course of the last
semester, students in the sev-
enth-grade social studies class at
the Hood Canal School have been
learning about Europe and the
countries within.
For their final project on Europe
they were to partner up with an-
other student and create a display.
The displays focused on a certain
country that the children chose
and they created a theme around
the country. The displays were
shown in the library and other
students in the school were able to
take a mini tour of Europe and its
culture and people. The students
came away with knowledge of our
people from across the ocean.
A few of the countries that were
represented were Spain, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Romania, Mace-
donia and Bulgaria. The students
gave different reasons as to why
they chose a particular country.
BRIDGETTE Johnson and Des-
tini Martin had chosen the country
of Spain. The reason Bridgette
wanted to learn about Spain was
because of the Spanish culture and
her partner Destini said she chose
it because of its physical character-
istics.
They said the experience of
learning about Spain was enlight-
ening. One of the things the girls
learned about the Spanish people
is that they do not spend a lot of
time in the home because they are
always out and about. Part of their
display included a "Magdalena
Sponge Cake" that they made and
Bridgette brought in two Spanish
children's dresses to show.
Niall Tulee and Allison Hunter
created a display for Bosnia and
Herzegovina. They chose them
because originally they wanted to
do the country of Yugoslavia but
discovered that it is not a coun-
"barely measurable fecal counts."
In his view, any effort to build
public support for spending public
money on the sewer system should
be based on readily available 2006
data.
Debbie Riley of the Environ-
mental Division of the Mason
County Department of Health Ser-
vices, said she has not been privy
to all of the information Parrott
referenced. She has requested this
data from the Washington State
Department of Health so she can
review it and draw her own in-
formed conclusions.
"My main concern with state-
ments like this is that we have
found from past experience that
water quality's like being on a
roller coaster ride," she said.
RILEY DESCRIBED how se-
try anymore. They learned about
Eastern Europe and made "Bos-
nian Chocolate Chip Bars" a part
of" their display.
Houston Dean and Kalina Spi-
cher had an interesting way of
choosing their country. They just
looked at a map to find their coun-
try. Kalina said what she learned
that was interesting was Romania
was known as the "Little Paris of
Eastern Europe" and Houston dis-
covered that the country has lime-
stone. When they both are older
they would like to visit Romania.
For part of their display they had
copies of Romanian money.
AMANDA Gorham and her
partner Clara Robbins learned
about the country of Macedonia for
their project. Amanda chose that
country because she thought the
flag was pretty. One of the most in-
teresting things about this country
in Amanda's opinion was that the
name Macedonia is linked to the
grandchildren of Noah in the story
about the ark in the Bible. She said
it is an old country and it has kept
its name without changing through
the centuries. For her project she
made a "word seek" puzzle.
Blake Fraser chose the country
of Bulgaria for his assignment. The
reason he chose this country was
because he wanted a country with
a lot of history and culture but not
too much urbanization. One of the
interesting ihcts about Bulgaria is
Housing board
meets Thursday
The Mason County Housing Au-
thority Board will meet at 8 a.m.
on Thursday, January 18 at Alpine
Way Retirement Apartments, 900
Alpine Way in Shelton. Routine
business will be discussed.
that they had a gold rush of
own sometime in the 1800s
their countrymen praised
it. They were so proud that
used the gold to make masks
other objects out of it. He enj(
learning about Bulgaria
to visit it someday.
MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.
HOLIDAY
Schools
Closed
Libraries
Closed
Banks
Closed
Government offices
Closed
Stores
Most open
County transit
Buses not running
Post office
No delivery
City garbage
Monday routes Tuesday
Tuesday routes Wednesday
All other routes normal
Downtown parking
No two-hour limit
Liquor stores
Closed
Driver licensing
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Open Saturday, January 13
Journal office
Open
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CLEANERS & TAILORS
Serving Shelton and
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Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
215 South Second
426.3371
Page 28 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 11, 2007
holiday meals program include
United Way of Mason County,
Faith-in-Action of West Sound,
Wilson Construction Company,
Saints' Pantry food bank and
Wal-Mart.
Recipients are screened by
the Lewis-Mason-Thurston
Area Agency on Aging, Faith-
in-Action of West Sound, Volun-
teer Chore Services of Catholic
Community Services, the Ma-
son County Senior Activities As-
sociation and Senior Services of
South Sound.
O
PANTORIUM
Government Regulations
Fasten your seat belt!
No smoking!
Pretty soon, guys will have to shave,
and ladies will have to put on their
makeup, at home!
with several county partners to
deliver het meals the day befbre
Thanksgiving and the day be-
tbre Christmas Eve.
Volunteers at Saint David of
Wales Episcopal Church pre-
pared the food, while other com-
munity volunteers delivered it.
Terri Shaw, the volunteer ser-
vices coordinator, said the Ma-
son County office of the Volun-
teer Center "acted as a catalyst
to bring several Mason County
partners together."
Funding partners for the
By
Russ Denney
rises in proactive measures that
are then dropped as soon as the
first signs of improvement appear.
When disinterest causes support
and funding to fall off, she said,
water quality falls offtoo. "I really
hate to think that we might be
going down this path here when
we have some real possibilities to
do some real fixes," she told The
Journal.
While efforts to restore the wa-
ter quality at Belfair State Park
have really made a big difference
so far, she said, that doesn't mean
all further efforts to continue im--
proving and maintaining the wa-
ter quality in this area should stop.
She has been considering Parrott's
remarks in this light.
"I understand exactly where
he's coming from and what infor-
mation he's talking about," she
said.
This was a reference to the'im-
pacts of stormwater runoff from
housing above the canal, as well
as some small creek beds which
are preferred paths for sewage
drainage. These sorts of non-point
pollution sources used to fill Bel-
fair State Park, she said. Riley
compared the multiple sources of
pollution in the bay and surround-
ing area to "death by a thousand
cuts" and said collective efforts to
improve the water quality work
like so many bandages, covering
these holes to "get good, quick re-
sults." However, like bandages, "It
doesn't take care of the problem
and it doesn't hold forever."
A COMBINATION of straight-
pipe sewers and cluster systems
have been effective in addressing
a large part of the problem and
in some places individual on-site
o, L IW,,3D-r00.
We deliver
EATING IL
COMPARE OUR LOW PRICES!
carry kerosene. Located at Sanderson
TFiI . Industrial Park
00oooo°o, ,_.... ] 427-8084
Several inches of" new-fallen
snow on December 23 did not
stop 17 vohmteer driwr teams
from delivering 114 hot turkey
meals to homebound seniors and
physically challenged adults
who don't have a lot of money.
Meal recipients were t¥om
throughout Mason County,
including Shelton, Matlock,
Union, Allyn and Belfair.
The local office of the Volun-
teer Center of Lewis, Mason and
Thurston Counties coordinates
the annual program. It works
focus more on nitrogen?" I]
In her opinion a health hazl
must still exist because the
cove is not yet open to sb I)
tire
fish harvest. "There are so me T
things and it's so complex, I real le st
hate to lose momentum by sayi ir co
"Yeah, water quality's getting tlibt
little better,'" she said. ci ulc
Regarding Parrott's remaJ S ael
about nitrogen levels, she sJ tile
these are a new concern to PL)ye
lic health. "It's never widely
viewed as a human health haz
in the marine waters," she
plained. "Its the fecal contami
l
tion that we've been worried abt
in the past."
Riley said the Skokomish T
has been working "non-stop"
this environmental health is
since about 2003 and that work
improve the water quality in az F
in question has been going on sit C)ur
2002, when the declaration A(
issued. She said she really apl Vho
c( uv
ciates the shared efforts and e
cerns the community is shoW, Oce
s ,ys
regarding this matter and cal atd,
Parrott's comments a reminder yar.
the county that all the present h el
forts still aren't enough to cor sttis
all of the lingering problems. ,not
"I just don't want him to ov°nly
Le Parel
look all the work that is o
l , TI
done there and al the things u,
• ,, . . ,, ueii
are happening, Riley stud. Tth.
little end of Lynch Cove, boy, eVra-a
though the water comes in an t offic i
twice a day, it doesnt turn oroad
very fast." 'old r,
FI
ton.
S
T
bert
Satt
liar
Wes
C
agt
zatfi
:lrot
Pals
fol00:,; with holiday meals
' Volunteers here (:heered
pi
Parrott o nes on Lynch Cove pollutio |
(Continued from page 25.) vere pollution causes water qual- septic systems are the only l ='t
Union River to the park show ity to plummet, leading to quick sible option, Riley said. "Th#
one of the things we're struggle, R S
with and looking at and talld: ")uz
to our onsite advisory commit ','w
about," she said. "Is traditional
cal treatment of the sewage ei(C
ent good enough, or do we need---.
KAREN POPKE IS retiring from her job as director of the
Mason County Senior Activities Center.
Senior Center seeks
to hire new director
After ahnost a decade on the
job, Karen Popke is stepping
down as the director at the Mason
County Senior Activities Center.
She said the center has been a
part of her daily lifb for the last
91/2 years.
"I feel blessed to have worked
in this community at a wonder-
ful facility with outstanding staff,
volunteers and participants. I
appreciated the opportunity and
enjoyed the challenge this job
presented," she commented in a
prepared statement.
"I learned the value of volun-
teers and volunteering in a kind
and caring community. I will take
away many memories of good peo-
ple doing great deeds. I sincerely
thank everyone who made my job
t
s
easier and who helped me over
the years to keep our center a vi-
able part of this community and
of the senior population."
Popke's last day on the job will
be Wednesday, January 31. The
center is accepting applications
for a new director through then.
Those interested in the position
nmy send cover letters and re-
sumes to: Post Office Box 1066,
Shelton, 98584.
Responsibilities involve over-
seeing the day-to-day operations
of a multi-service senior center,
including personnel, contractual
services, fund-raising, coordina-
tion with other human-services
providers, planning and program-
ming social, educational and rec-
reational activities.
'Unless otherwise noted, all
events take place at the Mason
County Senior Activities Center
at 826 West Railroad Avenue.
The senior center hours are from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center's
telephone desk (426-7374) is
closed for lunch from noon till
12:30 p.m.
Adult lap swimming is set for
11:15 a.m. weekdays and noon
on Saturday at the Shelton ttigh
School Pool.
Friday, January 12
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi class.
9-11 a.m., line dancing.
9 a.m,-2 p.m., sewing circle.
Noon, potluck lunch.
Monday, January 15
Closed fbr Martin Luther King
Jr. Day.
Tuesday, January 16
9 a.m., line dancing.
9-11 a.m., sewing circle.
10-11 a.m., intermediate and
advanced line dancing.
11 a.m., general meeting.
1 p.m., bridge.
Wednesday, January 17
Foot care by appointment
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi class.
9-10 a.m., line dancing.
1 p.m., bridge lessons.
Thursday, January 18
9 a.m., beginning line dancing.
9-11 a.m., EZ Crafters.
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., blood-
pressure clinic.
1 p.m., bingo.
Hood Canal West:
Students taking a new look
at older countries of Europe
By JERRI LINDLEY
During the course of the last
semester, students in the sev-
enth-grade social studies class at
the Hood Canal School have been
learning about Europe and the
countries within.
For their final project on Europe
they were to partner up with an-
other student and create a display.
The displays focused on a certain
country that the children chose
and they created a theme around
the country. The displays were
shown in the library and other
students in the school were able to
take a mini tour of Europe and its
culture and people. The students
came away with knowledge of our
people from across the ocean.
A few of the countries that were
represented were Spain, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Romania, Mace-
donia and Bulgaria. The students
gave different reasons as to why
they chose a particular country.
BRIDGETTE Johnson and Des-
tini Martin had chosen the country
of Spain. The reason Bridgette
wanted to learn about Spain was
because of the Spanish culture and
her partner Destini said she chose
it because of its physical character-
istics.
They said the experience of
learning about Spain was enlight-
ening. One of the things the girls
learned about the Spanish people
is that they do not spend a lot of
time in the home because they are
always out and about. Part of their
display included a "Magdalena
Sponge Cake" that they made and
Bridgette brought in two Spanish
children's dresses to show.
Niall Tulee and Allison Hunter
created a display for Bosnia and
Herzegovina. They chose them
because originally they wanted to
do the country of Yugoslavia but
discovered that it is not a coun-
"barely measurable fecal counts."
In his view, any effort to build
public support for spending public
money on the sewer system should
be based on readily available 2006
data.
Debbie Riley of the Environ-
mental Division of the Mason
County Department of Health Ser-
vices, said she has not been privy
to all of the information Parrott
referenced. She has requested this
data from the Washington State
Department of Health so she can
review it and draw her own in-
formed conclusions.
"My main concern with state-
ments like this is that we have
found from past experience that
water quality's like being on a
roller coaster ride," she said.
RILEY DESCRIBED how se-
try anymore. They learned about
Eastern Europe and made "Bos-
nian Chocolate Chip Bars" a part
of" their display.
Houston Dean and Kalina Spi-
cher had an interesting way of
choosing their country. They just
looked at a map to find their coun-
try. Kalina said what she learned
that was interesting was Romania
was known as the "Little Paris of
Eastern Europe" and Houston dis-
covered that the country has lime-
stone. When they both are older
they would like to visit Romania.
For part of their display they had
copies of Romanian money.
AMANDA Gorham and her
partner Clara Robbins learned
about the country of Macedonia for
their project. Amanda chose that
country because she thought the
flag was pretty. One of the most in-
teresting things about this country
in Amanda's opinion was that the
name Macedonia is linked to the
grandchildren of Noah in the story
about the ark in the Bible. She said
it is an old country and it has kept
its name without changing through
the centuries. For her project she
made a "word seek" puzzle.
Blake Fraser chose the country
of Bulgaria for his assignment. The
reason he chose this country was
because he wanted a country with
a lot of history and culture but not
too much urbanization. One of the
interesting ihcts about Bulgaria is
Housing board
meets Thursday
The Mason County Housing Au-
thority Board will meet at 8 a.m.
on Thursday, January 18 at Alpine
Way Retirement Apartments, 900
Alpine Way in Shelton. Routine
business will be discussed.
that they had a gold rush of
own sometime in the 1800s
their countrymen praised
it. They were so proud that
used the gold to make masks
other objects out of it. He enj(
learning about Bulgaria
to visit it someday.
MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.
HOLIDAY
Schools
Closed
Libraries
Closed
Banks
Closed
Government offices
Closed
Stores
Most open
County transit
Buses not running
Post office
No delivery
City garbage
Monday routes Tuesday
Tuesday routes Wednesday
All other routes normal
Downtown parking
No two-hour limit
Liquor stores
Closed
Driver licensing
Closed Monday and Tuesday
Open Saturday, January 13
Journal office
Open
T[
71JD
il Lav
t VIII"
'i tti(
Tt
t so(
ti str
t ro
i, )n.
f it:
hqall
"I
rl In€
i:
stLch
s id
P j
high
al en
CLEANERS & TAILORS
Serving Shelton and
Mason County for 82 years
i iii
Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
215 South Second
426.3371
Page 28 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 11, 2007
holiday meals program include
United Way of Mason County,
Faith-in-Action of West Sound,
Wilson Construction Company,
Saints' Pantry food bank and
Wal-Mart.
Recipients are screened by
the Lewis-Mason-Thurston
Area Agency on Aging, Faith-
in-Action of West Sound, Volun-
teer Chore Services of Catholic
Community Services, the Ma-
son County Senior Activities As-
sociation and Senior Services of
South Sound.
O
PANTORIUM
Government Regulations
Fasten your seat belt!
No smoking!
Pretty soon, guys will have to shave,
and ladies will have to put on their
makeup, at home!
with several county partners to
deliver het meals the day befbre
Thanksgiving and the day be-
tbre Christmas Eve.
Volunteers at Saint David of
Wales Episcopal Church pre-
pared the food, while other com-
munity volunteers delivered it.
Terri Shaw, the volunteer ser-
vices coordinator, said the Ma-
son County office of the Volun-
teer Center "acted as a catalyst
to bring several Mason County
partners together."
Funding partners for the
By
Russ Denney
rises in proactive measures that
are then dropped as soon as the
first signs of improvement appear.
When disinterest causes support
and funding to fall off, she said,
water quality falls offtoo. "I really
hate to think that we might be
going down this path here when
we have some real possibilities to
do some real fixes," she told The
Journal.
While efforts to restore the wa-
ter quality at Belfair State Park
have really made a big difference
so far, she said, that doesn't mean
all further efforts to continue im--
proving and maintaining the wa-
ter quality in this area should stop.
She has been considering Parrott's
remarks in this light.
"I understand exactly where
he's coming from and what infor-
mation he's talking about," she
said.
This was a reference to the'im-
pacts of stormwater runoff from
housing above the canal, as well
as some small creek beds which
are preferred paths for sewage
drainage. These sorts of non-point
pollution sources used to fill Bel-
fair State Park, she said. Riley
compared the multiple sources of
pollution in the bay and surround-
ing area to "death by a thousand
cuts" and said collective efforts to
improve the water quality work
like so many bandages, covering
these holes to "get good, quick re-
sults." However, like bandages, "It
doesn't take care of the problem
and it doesn't hold forever."
A COMBINATION of straight-
pipe sewers and cluster systems
have been effective in addressing
a large part of the problem and
in some places individual on-site
o, L IW,,3D-r00.
We deliver
EATING IL
COMPARE OUR LOW PRICES!
carry kerosene. Located at Sanderson
TFiI . Industrial Park
00oooo°o, ,_.... ] 427-8084
Several inches of" new-fallen
snow on December 23 did not
stop 17 vohmteer driwr teams
from delivering 114 hot turkey
meals to homebound seniors and
physically challenged adults
who don't have a lot of money.
Meal recipients were t¥om
throughout Mason County,
including Shelton, Matlock,
Union, Allyn and Belfair.
The local office of the Volun-
teer Center of Lewis, Mason and
Thurston Counties coordinates
the annual program. It works
focus more on nitrogen?" I]
In her opinion a health hazl
must still exist because the
cove is not yet open to sb I)
tire
fish harvest. "There are so me T
things and it's so complex, I real le st
hate to lose momentum by sayi ir co
"Yeah, water quality's getting tlibt
little better,'" she said. ci ulc
Regarding Parrott's remaJ S ael
about nitrogen levels, she sJ tile
these are a new concern to PL)ye
lic health. "It's never widely
viewed as a human health haz
in the marine waters," she
plained. "Its the fecal contami
l
tion that we've been worried abt
in the past."
Riley said the Skokomish T
has been working "non-stop"
this environmental health is
since about 2003 and that work
improve the water quality in az F
in question has been going on sit C)ur
2002, when the declaration A(
issued. She said she really apl Vho
c( uv
ciates the shared efforts and e
cerns the community is shoW, Oce
s ,ys
regarding this matter and cal atd,
Parrott's comments a reminder yar.
the county that all the present h el
forts still aren't enough to cor sttis
all of the lingering problems. ,not
"I just don't want him to ov°nly
Le Parel
look all the work that is o
l , TI
done there and al the things u,
• ,, . . ,, ueii
are happening, Riley stud. Tth.
little end of Lynch Cove, boy, eVra-a
though the water comes in an t offic i
twice a day, it doesnt turn oroad
very fast." 'old r,
FI
ton.
S
T
bert
Satt
liar
Wes
C
agt
zatfi
:lrot
Pals
fol00:,; with holiday meals
' Volunteers here (:heered
pi
Parrott o nes on Lynch Cove pollutio |
(Continued from page 25.) vere pollution causes water qual- septic systems are the only l ='t
Union River to the park show ity to plummet, leading to quick sible option, Riley said. "Th#
one of the things we're struggle, R S
with and looking at and talld: ")uz
to our onsite advisory commit ','w
about," she said. "Is traditional
cal treatment of the sewage ei(C
ent good enough, or do we need---.