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COVIDcases hit record high
By Matt Baide
matt@masoncounty.com
Mason County recorded 657 CO—
VID-19 cases in the past week, ac-
cording to the Division of Emergency
Management.
There were 362 cases recorded from
Jan. 7 t0' 9. The county recorded five
died last week, including a woman in
her 60s, two women in their 70s, a man
in his 70s and a man in his 80s. The
county’s pandemic death toll is 89.
The seven-day case rate per 100,000
people is at 798.2 and the 14-day case
rate is at 1,352.6. Nine people were hos-
pitalized with COVID as of Tuesday and
' the county is 55.3% fully vaccinated.
Mason County Superior Court has
suspended jury trials until Feb. 11 due
to the increase in COVID in the commu-
nity. The recommendation came from
Mason County Public Health. The Court
has entered several emergency admin-
istrative orders limiting in-person ap-
pearances in the courtrooms. All court
hearings and bench trials will be held
Virtually, with few exceptions.
Gov. Jay Inslee had a news confer-
ence Jan. 6 to address COVID in the
state. He said the state has seen a
146% increase in the number of ,infec-
tions from the previous week and a
46% increaSe in daily COVID hospital
admissions.
“We are seeing more COVID cases
now then at any point during the en-
tire pandemic,” Inslee'said. “Our hospi-
talizations are nearing the peak of the
hospitalizations that we’ve experienced
during the delta portion of this pandem-
ic. Now we know why this is, omicron is
very contagious, more contagious than
the delta variant and is rapidly over-
taking the delta variant already in the
infections in the state of Washington as
well as nationally.”
Inslee said masking, especially a
KN 95 or even double masking, can help
reduce the spread of COVID. He an-
nounced the expansion of testing and
said the state Department of Health
has acquired 5.5 million rapid at-home
tests. He noted 1 million of these tests
will be sent to schools as they request
them. He‘said he expects schools will
remain open.
“We believe we have the tools avail-
able to provide safety for our students
and we are committed to doing every-
thing we‘can to keep our schools open
in the upcoming months,” Inslee said
during the news conference. “We cer-
tainly want to minimize any disruption
and there maybe some disruption in the
classroom in the future but we want
.to minimize those so that we can keep
our schools open.,The reason for this
is obvious, in-school education is more
effective.”
Shelton School Board
Proposes field trip rules ..
By Baide
matt@masoncounty.com
The Shelton School Board had a first
treading on a proposed ‘change to the ‘
out-of—state field trip rules at its meet-vs
ing Tuesday.
r According to the information packet,
the most notable change regards out-of-
state travel. The current policy is the
Shelton School Board approves out-of-
district overnight trips, regardless of
costs to the district. If there is a cost to
the district, the trip must be submitted
in advance to the board and all trips
without a cost to the district must still
be submitted to the board for review
and informational purposes.
The rule change would switch the
approval role for out-of-district over-
night trips to the superintendent or the
designee and would not require board
approval.‘ '
Similar changes in policy were made
to outdoor education and international
travel. The proposed changes would in-
clude outdoor education plans for the,
coming school year be submitted to the
Superintendent or the designee for re-
view and approval, not‘the board and
all staff involved will be notified of plans
after approval. International travel will
need'to be approved by the superinten-
dent or a designee and not the board:
Emergency: County staff
assesses propertyjdamages
continued from page A—1
can do to lend in on a one-county re-
sponse, hopefully we can be there to do
that for you.”
The Mason County Department of
Emergency Management released a
statement Jan. 6 to Lake Cushman
area residents stating the increased
rain combined with, heavy snow is cre-
ating a significant risk of structural col-
'1apse in the area. The risk comes from
“snow loading,” which is rain adding to
a large amount of snow on a roof, which
increases the weight of snow on a build-
ing, with estimated weights between 20
and 50 pounds per square foot.
Residents are encouraged to look for
imminent signs of structural collapse,
including sagging roofs, creaking or
cracking noises coming from your home,
cracks in the walls or ceiling or bulging
walls. Anyone who suspects their home
is at risk of imminent collapse, grab any
esSential medications and warm cloth-
ing and evacuate your home until it is V
‘ deemed safe. .
If you have to evacuate your home
and need a place to shelter, Station 18
is set up as a warming shelter for the
public, and people are asked to cbntact
360-877-9882 to ensure availability.
Residents in the Skokomish Valley
area in flood-prone areas were asked to
evacuate immediately Jan. 6 or shelter
in place for 72 hours. The 800 line and
E118 Hill Road were closed and inacces-
sible. Floodwaters reached more than
- 17.75 feet on Friday.
Mason County inspection staff are
available to property owners to assess
damage due to recentweather, accord-
ing to a news release. I
County property owners have experi-
enced damage due to weather. County
inspection staif are able to do damage
assessment as needed. Inspection staff
' will be notified and sent out for review
of structure conditions and an evalu-
ation of buildings to ensure safe occu-
pancy in coordination with the County
Emergency Operations Center- and
the Department of Community
Developmeht. _ ‘
Property owners can contact the
permit assistance center at 360-427-*
9670 ext. 352 or email permits@mason-
county.gov for more information.
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