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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. Thursday, Jan. 13, — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page A—9 -» a Lawn '1‘] (10M II..LDIE'I§.II.II ~‘ Clilyill ' {flitflllillfl'l Land Title Company Announces. Jennifer Waiters and Kirsw Holdbroolc’s New Roles in our Mason County aperations wflwfimk V Jennifer“ Worms Land Title Company is proud to announce that Jennifer Waders and, Klrsty Holdbmok will he assuming the respenslbiiities as the company's Mason County Cor-Managers. V We are very excited for hmh of them and wish them continued success with our com pany. 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