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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 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---. 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---.