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Budget
Qi." Mom lives in the big city, but the
senior communities are all high-rises
and the city is so noisy. She needs good
medical services, but driving through
traffic to her appointments takes a lot of
time. What should we do?
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the unit had been paid off
in 2011, the county commis-
sion felt the unit's budget
should be decreased accord-
Howev
voted to c
Salisbl
to the tra:
and a $3~
general fi
office, wt
like man
~r Bloomfield still
ut the $125,000.
Lry said with cuts
"tic safety division,
)0,000 increase in
md money for the
ich covers things
tatory salary and
end it comes out the other,"
he said. "It's really tough
for us to cover all our bas-
es."
Commissioner Tim Shel-
don suggested using sup-
plemental budget requests
to cover gaps left behind
ingly.
"The sheriff found an-
other need for that mon-
ey and I can respect that
need," Commissioner Steve
Bloomfield said.
Snow
health l~enefit increases,
the department is feeling
pinched.
"The bottom line for
our sheri ~fs office is ... we
squeeze he balloon at one
after budget cuts.
"What we've become is
a county that wants to pit
one department against an-
other," he said. "We can't do
that."
Mason County Sheriffs Office Chief
Deputy Dean Byrd also said that most
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which crews hoped to have done by 5 p.
Officials from the Shelton Police :
partment and Mason County Sheri
Office said that things were pretty qt
throughout the morning and afternoon
Wednesday.
"Within the city we've had pretty l:
ited traffic and everybody's been driv
slow," said Lt. Les Watson. "We're in pl
ty good shape.
Watson said that road conditions wo
remain bad for quite some time and url
, people not to drive unless they absolut
had to.
county residents were staying indoors and
off the roads Wednesday.
m. "I think it's been pretty quiet," he said.
)e- "There are the typical cars in the ditch
ffs that deputies are running to, but nothing
let really out of the ordinary."
on City commissioners met for their regu-
lar meeting Tuesday night before the snow
m- started while trustees at Olympic College
ng decided to postpone their scheduled ses-
et- sion.
The Shelton School District preemptive-
lld ly closed schools on Tuesday night ahead
led of the storm, while North Mason sent out
ely word shortly after 4"30 a.m. Wednesday
that schools would be closed.
Washington Conservation Corps
Sanders watch as a truck drops {
Domestic Violence Shelter on Mc
dogs near the shelter.
MLK
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of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was ce
brated in 2011.
AmeriCorps engineer Jennifer Lai,
has worked with Mason Conservation siJ
October, designed the project and appl
for the proper permitting.
Lai said the group planned on work:
over the next few weeks to complete 1
project with as much volunteer labor
possible.
"We're hoping to get some local
groups involved with the finishing
planning," she said.
The work should be done by the end
January, providing the weather holds o
she said.
Lai said teens from CHOICE H:
Zombie
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Gennari said "The Inevi-
table" is a post-apocalyptic
zombie film that takes place
48 days after a zombie-cre-
ating virus is unleashed on
the population.
Unlike many zombie
plots, Gennari's are not
"undead."
"The zombies in our mov-
ie are living breathing crea-
tures still," said Associate
Director and actor Christo-
pher Hoard.
Gennari, who wrote the
film along with Hoard, said
he intended the movie to be
a commentary on warfare
and morality -- the zombie-
creating virus is released on
the unsuspecting populace
by a bomb.
"With all of the differ-
ent things we're doing with
genetic research and gene-
splicing ... I thought it apt
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
workers Tyler Harris, left, and Jeremi
,ff a load of sand at the Turning Pointe
nday for a project to build an area for
School and volunteers from the Shelton
Fire Department, or Mason County Fire
Protection District 5, would likely volun-
teer in the future.
le- "If it wasn't for AmeriCorps I don't know
how we would get this project done," said
ho Mason Conservation engineer Rich Geiger.
me On Monday, Geiger worked with Lai and
ed the WCC, a division of AmeriCorps, to pre-
pare the foundation of the dog area, which
ng will have room for four kennels and a dog
he run.
as Monnier Construction donated time, and
the Miles Sand and Gravel company donat-
nH ed sand, gravel and concrete, Geiger said.
The project also included an infiltration
trench and gravel pit to deal with stormwa-
of ter runoff, Geiger said.
at, "We had to do the same level of engi-
neering for this as the whole building," he
gh said;
to create ; film where there
is no cure "he said. "It's re-
ally to mr ~e people think."
After the bomb is
dropped,, ]ennari said, "the
inevitable happens."
Right row the film should
be a 30qainute short, but
Gennari )lans on incorpo-
rating it into a full-length
feature fi]m in the future.
Last ~eekend, Area 51
filmed sh, ,ts in the alley be-
hind Fore st Funeral Home.
The weet:end before, they
shot inside various loca-
tions, including the 40 et 8
and the l'ine Tree Restau-
rant and :5ounge.
"My cream with this
was to tave as many of
the She |ton community
come out and participate in
the film md be able to sit
down in ~he movie theater
and wat h the premiere,"
Gennari ~aid. "We shot in
I think eyery room of the
Pine Tree]'
Genna] started his ca-
reer in theater, but switched
to film when he created
Area 51 Productions about
four years ago, he said.
"I finally solidified the
fact that I wanted to start
filming and make major
motion pictures," he said.
Right now, Area 51 Pro-
duction crews work on fea-
ture films and shorts on
weekends and film com-
mercials and public service
announcements for clients
during the week.
In the future, Gennari
and Hoard said they hope
to work in Shelton again.
They have several scripts
with Shelton as a main lo-
cation, they said.
Gennari said he was im-
pressed with Shelton's en-
thusiasm for the project.
"I do want to thank the
community first," he said.
"They welcomed us with
open arms -- I'm deeply
grateful to them for their
hospitality."
Move Mom to Alpine
Way, in Shelton. It's located just
a couple blocks away from highly
rated Mason General Hospital,
and several specialized clinics
are also nearby. Shelton has
wonderful small-town charm, and
is friendly in a Norman Rockwell
kind of way. You'll be happy with
the atmosphere at Alpine Way, too. Our friendly family of residents and
helpful, professional staffsure beats the big city crowd. From Music in
the Park to Oysterfest, there are wonderful things going on in a beautiful
setting near Hood Canal.
If you're ready to help Mom find a new home, come and tour Alpine Way.
We'd love to treat you to lunch, show you our lovely apartments, and
answer all your questions.
Call Kathy Burbidge at
(360) 426-2600
for a free lunch and tour
900 West Alpine Way
Shelton, WA 98584
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