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levels his sport offers brought has
brought out the best in the community.
Justin Sillars, a home-schooled resi-
dent of Shelton and member of the Shel-
ton High School rifle team, will compete
in the 2020 National Junior Olympic
men’s rifle championship April 13-18 at
the Olympic Training Center in Colorado
Springs, Colorado Sillars will compete
against more than 500 shooters, with top
finishers earning a spot on the USA Ju-
nior Olympic team.
“Being a rifle shooter is hard work,
but very rewarding,” Sillars said. “I have
\ been a part of the high. school shooting
team the past two seasons. I was invited
to shoot with the Capitol City Rifle Club,
Where I was able to try out for the Junior
Olympics.”
With expenses for equipment, travel
to and from Colorado and accommoda-
tions on the horizon, Sillars approached; .
the Mason County Sportsman’s Associa-
tion for help raising money to be able
attend.
The MCSA is a nonprofit organiza—
tion that helps sponsor the Shelton High
School Rifle Team and the Shelton High
Naval Junior Reserve Office Training
Corps Air Rifle Team.
When Sillars first approached the as—
sociation about the expenses, the MCSA
was unsure of its ability to help.
“We’re not rolling in the dough as a
club, so when Justirinmade his appeal to
the club to help with some equipment
costs so that he can compete at the Junior
Olympics (to the tune of $4,000), we as
see RIFLE, page B-2
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Shelton resident Justin Sillars shoots durin
Junior Olympics in April at the Olympic Trai
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' Journal reporter Gordon Weeks for—
warded me a press release from the
State of Washington Recreation and Conser-
vation Office that caught my attention.
The release touted a pair of studies show-
ing the economic, environmental and health .
benefits of the state’s trails, and the office’s
recommendations that state leaders develop
more trails and use them as a way to im-
prove the health of Washingtonians.
According to the companion studies, re-
By JUSTIN
JOHNSON
leased by the office Friday, Washington’s
trails contribute more than $8.2 billion to the
state’s economy.
One study, titled Economic, Environmen-
tal & Social Benefits of Recreational Trails in
Washington State, estimated that trail-based
activities improve health and reduce medical
costs by more than $390 million per year, in
addition to supporting 81,000 jobs annually.
“We know that trails provide a lot of ben-
efits,” Kaleen Cottingham, director of the
state Recreation and Conservation Office,
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said. “People are healthier when they use
trails, trails are good for local businesses
and trails are better for the environment. It
just makes sense that state and local leaders
should invest in this valuable commodity.
Not only will people benefit, but so will the
state overall.”
I wholeheartedly agree.
One of the best things features of Mason
County is the ability to get to dozens, if not
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