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0 inion:
Home brood
The sentiment in Kasey Cronquist's final message to the
members of the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce
would warm the heart of anyone who loves this small part of
the world. It was written just before Kasey, the chamber's
executive director for the past three years, recently left with
his wife for new opportunities in warmer climes. His Words of
wisdom about not dissing one's hometown - wisdom he admits
came only with age - deserve wider circulation.
When he graduated from Shelton High School, Kasey
said, his friends may have voted him as Most Likely To
Never Return to Shelton. "This may be a common atti-
tude for a graduating high school student," he said, "but
I was fairly passionate about 'getting out' of Shelton.
"Life is filled with irony; nobody could have convinced me
that I would graduate from college only to return to Shelton
and find myself working in a position that included managing
the promotion and development of Mason County." (On his
watch the chamber grew from 219 to 359 members and under-
took projects such as keeping Hoodsport's visitors center open.)
"But with age does come maturity," he continued,
"and my return to Shelton has been more than finding a
job; it has resulted in a respect and appreciation for the
community I couldn't wait to get away from.
"Why? Shelton and Mason County is a great place with great
people striving for great things .... This job has been a personal
inspiration, and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to
give back to a community that I had immaturely discredited."
Perspective is so important. It's hard to get perspec-
tive without experience. And it's hard to get experience
when you're so closed-minded you don't want it.
It's just as incorrect and potentially harmful for a rural resi-
dent to think city dwellers are crazy as it is for a city slicker to
think we're all hicks out here in the sticks. The chauvinism
that goes both ways can result from a lack of travel and inter-
action as well as some prejudices and tastes, and then there's
an opposite of chauvinism, such as when a youngster rejects his
hometown without a lot of perspective.
Some 18-year-olds have rational reasons for their
rejection. Their small-town experience complete with
high.school cliques might have been miserable. They
might have felt like they were living in a fishbowl. They
might have longed for the opportunities of a metro area.
The lucky ones end up where they want to be, not on a tread-
mill in a small burg that bores them or in a rat race in a large
city too fast for them. Mason Countians often express a fear
that there might not be jobs here for their children if the kids
want to stay or come back after college. So I always share the
joy of parents such as my SHS classmates Kevin and Kathy
Dorcy whose son Mike, an attorney, was able to settle here
with a job in a private firm and then in the prosecutor's office.
Many families' children are spread out all over the country and
world, by the children's choice and professional necessity.
I learned early that this is a great place to live, but so
are many other, places. I grew up in two small towns,
Buckley and Shelton, where my family ran newspapers.
But after I graduated from high school here I fell in love
with Seattle while at the University of Washington.
Then I fell in love with Europe on a three-month back-
packing trip after college. It's hard not to love Carmel,
California, where I was born. The only bad thing about
that place is there are no decent golf courses nearby.
In an odyssey of newspaper jobs from Tacoma to Lynnwood
to Bothell to Scappoose, Oregon, between college and the time I
came back to Shelton 27 years ago, I realized that although I
wasn't in love with those places a lot of the natives were. The
people of Scappoose, whose main street is U.S. Highway 30,
called it the greatest place on Earth with its farms, small-town
feel, proximity to Portland and salmon fishing in the Columbia
flowing just outside the city. I felt like I was always waiting in
traffic in the other three places, but the pace was second nature
to folks who loved them. A Lynnwood intersection where you
could wait for two minutes through six light changes had the
same traffic volume as the 1-90 floating bridge.
Then there is the allure of seemingly frozen Alaska or
an arid place where those of us with webfeet would
bake. Back in the '80s a Shelton businesswoman told me
she was going to Alaska because Mason County was get-
ting too crowded. This when the county had about
35,000 people. And I can remember SHS classmate and
international-law attorney Dan Nye telling me how in-
credible it was to hike in the desert in Saudi Arabia.
Some give Shelton a chance; some don't. I once offered a
newsroom internship to a Western Washington University stu-
dent who said he didn't want to work in this town after reading
The Journal's letters to the editor. Too conservative. A few
years later Greener Kevan Moore not only took an internship
but subsequently became Belfair Herald editor. He mistakes
Hood Canal for heaven when he's in his kayak on a sunny day.
Must be different paddle strokes for different folks.
-CG
uuuuIuuu
°n 00ol00rnal00ason
eounty usPs 492-800
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Shelton-Mason
County Journal, P.O. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584.
Published weekly by Shelton Publishing Inc. at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Washington
Mailing address: p.o. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584
Telephone (360) 426-4412 * www.masoncounty.com
Periodicals postage paid at Shetton, Washington
Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $31.00 per year in-county address,
$45.00 per year in state of Washington $55.00 per year out of state
Charles Gay, editor and publisher. Newsroom: Sean Hanlon, managing editor, Port of Shelton;
Steve Patch, sports editor; Jeff Green, general assignment, city government, schools; Rebecca
Wells, society editor, county government; Mary Duncan, police, courts. Advertising: Stephen
Gay, advertising manager; Dave Pierik and Harvey Morris, ad sales. Front office: Julie Orme,
business manager; Kathy Lester, circulation; Donna Kinnaird, bookkeeper; Cricket Carter, mailroom
supervisor. Composing room: Diane Riordan, supervisor; Margot Brand, Jan Kaltinen, pagination;
Monica CarvajaI-Beben, pagination, darkroom; Koleen Wood, typesetter, computer system manager;
Colleen Scott, ad builder, computer system manager; William Adams, ad builder; Clinton Kendall,
proofreader. Pressroom: Kelly Riordan, pressman; Nick Carr, pressman's assistant.
uuuuululluu
Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 25, 2007
/00eaders' 00ournal:
Media won't report positive
Editor, The Journal:
Do you know?
I didn't know!
How could we? Did you know
that 47 countries have reestab-
lished their embassies in Iraq?
Did you know that the Iraqi
government currently employs
1.2 million Iraqi people? Did you
know that 3,100 schools have
been renovated, 364 schools are
under rehabilitation, 263 new
schools are now under construc-
tion and 38 new schools have
been completed in Iraq? Did you
know that Iraq's higher educa-
tional structure consists of 20
universities, 46 institutes or col-
leges and tbur research centers,
all currently operating?
Did you know that 25 Iraqi stu-
dents departed fbr the U.S. in
January 2005 fbr the reestab-
lished Fulbright program?
Did you know that the Iraqi
Navy is operational? They have
five 100-foot patrol craft, 34
smaller vessels and a naval infhn-
try regiment.
Did you know that Iraq's Air
Force consists of three operation-
al squadrons, which includes nine
reconnaissance and three U.S. C-
130 transport aircraft under Iraqi
operational control which operate
day and night and will soon add
16 UH-1 helicopters and four Bell
Jet Rangers?
Did you know that Iraq has a
counter-terrorist unit and a com-
mando battalion? Did you know
that the Iraqi Police Service has
over 55,000 fully trained and
equipped police officers?
Did you know that there are
five police academies in Iraq that
produce over 3,500 new ofl]cers
each eight weeks?
Did you know there are more
than 1,100 building projects going
on in Iraq? They include 364
schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hos-
pitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil
facilities, 93 water facilities and
69 electrical ihcilities.
Did you know that 96 percent
of Iraqi children under the age of
5 have received the first two
series of polio vaccinations?
Did you know that 4.3 million
Iraqi children were enrolled in
primary school by mid-October?
Did you know that there are
1,192,000 cell phone subscribers
in Iraq and phone use has gone
up 158 percent?
Did you know that Iraq has
independent media that consi
of 75 radio stations, 180 newel
pers and 10 television stationS?
Did you know that the Bat
dad Stock Exchange opened
June of 2004? Did you know tt
two candidates in the Iraqi pr
dential election had a televi
debate recently? ::
Of course we didn't know! WM
didn't we know? Our me
wouldn't tell us!
Instead of reflecting our 1€
for our country, we get photos
flag-burning incidents at A|
Ghraib and people throwi
snowballs at the presidential
torcades.
Tragically, the lack of acc¢
tuating the positive in Iraq se
two purposes:
It is intended to undermine tl
world's perception of the unit
States, thus minimizing co_
quent support, and it is intenLd
to discourage American citizenS.
The above facts are verifiab
on the Department of Defeal
Web site, http'J/www.defe$
link.rail/ Andrea Sheph.
Lake Limerid
Tollbooth proposal for Belfaffl
Editor, The Journal:
Once again the Democratic-
controlled state of Washington
has gone back on its word. They
told us in their fight against the
gas-tax repeal that if we kept the
9.5-cent gas tax we would get our
bypass. Now they say there is not
enough money, so I guess that
means we can expect thet another
tax will be on the way.
I have a solution for this prob-
lem. Install tollbooths on High-
way 3 and Old Belfair Highway.
Place one 50 yards north of Victor
Cutoff Road, one 50 yards south
of the county line and one at the
speed change near Bear Creek on
Old Belfair Highway.
Those of us who are residents
of Belfhir and the immediate area
would be charged a dollar a
month fbr access, and those who
are not would be charged five
cents less than the Tacoma Nar-
rows Bridge toll each way
through Belfair. If drivers
through our town don't wish to
pay the toll then they can just go
around.
This would do several thi
provide jobs in Belfair, create t
revenue needed to pay for the bl
pass and lessen the traffic tl¢
through our town.
I also suggest that the st al
keep the money collected from t
tolls here in Belfair at one of 0
banks. That way it would not
used to pay for things like
watchers in Olympia or road w'|
in Seattle. I feel money crea'
here should stay here. .J
Kevin Bar.
Belf00]
Suggestion for hospital name:]
Editor, The Journal:
If at some point Mason General
Hospital does not serve all the
people of' Mason County, what
will the new name be? Lap-Band
General?
Why is Ben Anderson, who is
petitioning against Mason Tran-
sit's proposed fare increase for
out-of-county rides, on the wrong
side? Maybe he is a young man
who is taking a stand. The last I
knew that's what our great coun-
try was founded on.
Should the county put a little
more thought into service to the
public instead of wasting resourc-
es on playing the name game? I
believe so! How about marking
our county buildings clearly?
Maybe educating the public as!
certain death risks we face at J
ages. Remember the switchbO
fiasco?
So, before you get up in a
by my comments, stop and take
deep breath and use come °
sense, myself included.
Barbara L. Ever.
Capitol I4
Same-sex marriage on agenda
ings will be held on each bill.
Everyone has broken all ten
commandments in their hearts by
hatred, envy, jealousy, etc. Paul
wrote in his letter t o the Corin-
thians, "Be not deceived, neither
fornicators, nor idolaters nor ef-
feminate (homosexual), nor abus-
ers of themselves with mankind,
nor thieves, murderers, covetous,
revilers, etc. shall inherit the King-
dom of God, and such were some
of you, but ye are washed, but ye
are sanctified, but ye are justified
in the Name of the Lord Jesus
Christ and the Spirit of our God."
Our lawmakers are making
laws we're tbrced to obey. They
are our leaders, and they set up
the stage for living our everyday
lives. We enable them to orot
us from our enemies, both'wit
and without.
How is it they are legal
ing/legitimizing the effemig
(homosexual) lifestyle? Don't t I]
realize they can also legalJ
legitimize lying, cheating, mar(
etc., but that kind of legislat
will surely have its consequenV;
f
I noticed only one other pe.,
who didn't stand, clap and el
when House Bill 2661 (gay rig
I,
bill) passed in the Senate l'd
year. He was a lobbyist. • l
Both houses have one ptV
hearing for each bill. I hope yo
be there!
Di
Gra
Editor, The Journal:
Same-sex marriage is on the
legislative agenda this session,
covered in Senate bills 5335, 5336
and 5069, and House bills 1350
and 1351.
Senate Bill 5336 receives a
public hearing January 25 at 3:30
p.m. in Senate Hearing Room 2,
J.A. Cherberg Building, Olympia.
Section 4 of Senate Bill 5336
states: "The requirement to enter
into a state registered domestic
partnership requires Nos. 1...6."
Number 6: "Either (a) both per-
sons are members of the same
sex; or (b) one of the persons is at
least 62 years of age."
Call 1-800-562-6000 for copies
of bills and ask when public hear-
0 inion:
Home brood
The sentiment in Kasey Cronquist's final message to the
members of the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce
would warm the heart of anyone who loves this small part of
the world. It was written just before Kasey, the chamber's
executive director for the past three years, recently left with
his wife for new opportunities in warmer climes. His Words of
wisdom about not dissing one's hometown - wisdom he admits
came only with age - deserve wider circulation.
When he graduated from Shelton High School, Kasey
said, his friends may have voted him as Most Likely To
Never Return to Shelton. "This may be a common atti-
tude for a graduating high school student," he said, "but
I was fairly passionate about 'getting out' of Shelton.
"Life is filled with irony; nobody could have convinced me
that I would graduate from college only to return to Shelton
and find myself working in a position that included managing
the promotion and development of Mason County." (On his
watch the chamber grew from 219 to 359 members and under-
took projects such as keeping Hoodsport's visitors center open.)
"But with age does come maturity," he continued,
"and my return to Shelton has been more than finding a
job; it has resulted in a respect and appreciation for the
community I couldn't wait to get away from.
"Why? Shelton and Mason County is a great place with great
people striving for great things .... This job has been a personal
inspiration, and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to
give back to a community that I had immaturely discredited."
Perspective is so important. It's hard to get perspec-
tive without experience. And it's hard to get experience
when you're so closed-minded you don't want it.
It's just as incorrect and potentially harmful for a rural resi-
dent to think city dwellers are crazy as it is for a city slicker to
think we're all hicks out here in the sticks. The chauvinism
that goes both ways can result from a lack of travel and inter-
action as well as some prejudices and tastes, and then there's
an opposite of chauvinism, such as when a youngster rejects his
hometown without a lot of perspective.
Some 18-year-olds have rational reasons for their
rejection. Their small-town experience complete with
high.school cliques might have been miserable. They
might have felt like they were living in a fishbowl. They
might have longed for the opportunities of a metro area.
The lucky ones end up where they want to be, not on a tread-
mill in a small burg that bores them or in a rat race in a large
city too fast for them. Mason Countians often express a fear
that there might not be jobs here for their children if the kids
want to stay or come back after college. So I always share the
joy of parents such as my SHS classmates Kevin and Kathy
Dorcy whose son Mike, an attorney, was able to settle here
with a job in a private firm and then in the prosecutor's office.
Many families' children are spread out all over the country and
world, by the children's choice and professional necessity.
I learned early that this is a great place to live, but so
are many other, places. I grew up in two small towns,
Buckley and Shelton, where my family ran newspapers.
But after I graduated from high school here I fell in love
with Seattle while at the University of Washington.
Then I fell in love with Europe on a three-month back-
packing trip after college. It's hard not to love Carmel,
California, where I was born. The only bad thing about
that place is there are no decent golf courses nearby.
In an odyssey of newspaper jobs from Tacoma to Lynnwood
to Bothell to Scappoose, Oregon, between college and the time I
came back to Shelton 27 years ago, I realized that although I
wasn't in love with those places a lot of the natives were. The
people of Scappoose, whose main street is U.S. Highway 30,
called it the greatest place on Earth with its farms, small-town
feel, proximity to Portland and salmon fishing in the Columbia
flowing just outside the city. I felt like I was always waiting in
traffic in the other three places, but the pace was second nature
to folks who loved them. A Lynnwood intersection where you
could wait for two minutes through six light changes had the
same traffic volume as the 1-90 floating bridge.
Then there is the allure of seemingly frozen Alaska or
an arid place where those of us with webfeet would
bake. Back in the '80s a Shelton businesswoman told me
she was going to Alaska because Mason County was get-
ting too crowded. This when the county had about
35,000 people. And I can remember SHS classmate and
international-law attorney Dan Nye telling me how in-
credible it was to hike in the desert in Saudi Arabia.
Some give Shelton a chance; some don't. I once offered a
newsroom internship to a Western Washington University stu-
dent who said he didn't want to work in this town after reading
The Journal's letters to the editor. Too conservative. A few
years later Greener Kevan Moore not only took an internship
but subsequently became Belfair Herald editor. He mistakes
Hood Canal for heaven when he's in his kayak on a sunny day.
Must be different paddle strokes for different folks.
-CG
uuuuIuuu
°n 00ol00rnal00ason
eounty usPs 492-800
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Shelton-Mason
County Journal, P.O. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584.
Published weekly by Shelton Publishing Inc. at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Washington
Mailing address: p.o. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584
Telephone (360) 426-4412 * www.masoncounty.com
Periodicals postage paid at Shetton, Washington
Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $31.00 per year in-county address,
$45.00 per year in state of Washington $55.00 per year out of state
Charles Gay, editor and publisher. Newsroom: Sean Hanlon, managing editor, Port of Shelton;
Steve Patch, sports editor; Jeff Green, general assignment, city government, schools; Rebecca
Wells, society editor, county government; Mary Duncan, police, courts. Advertising: Stephen
Gay, advertising manager; Dave Pierik and Harvey Morris, ad sales. Front office: Julie Orme,
business manager; Kathy Lester, circulation; Donna Kinnaird, bookkeeper; Cricket Carter, mailroom
supervisor. Composing room: Diane Riordan, supervisor; Margot Brand, Jan Kaltinen, pagination;
Monica CarvajaI-Beben, pagination, darkroom; Koleen Wood, typesetter, computer system manager;
Colleen Scott, ad builder, computer system manager; William Adams, ad builder; Clinton Kendall,
proofreader. Pressroom: Kelly Riordan, pressman; Nick Carr, pressman's assistant.
uuuuululluu
Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 25, 2007
/00eaders' 00ournal:
Media won't report positive
Editor, The Journal:
Do you know?
I didn't know!
How could we? Did you know
that 47 countries have reestab-
lished their embassies in Iraq?
Did you know that the Iraqi
government currently employs
1.2 million Iraqi people? Did you
know that 3,100 schools have
been renovated, 364 schools are
under rehabilitation, 263 new
schools are now under construc-
tion and 38 new schools have
been completed in Iraq? Did you
know that Iraq's higher educa-
tional structure consists of 20
universities, 46 institutes or col-
leges and tbur research centers,
all currently operating?
Did you know that 25 Iraqi stu-
dents departed fbr the U.S. in
January 2005 fbr the reestab-
lished Fulbright program?
Did you know that the Iraqi
Navy is operational? They have
five 100-foot patrol craft, 34
smaller vessels and a naval infhn-
try regiment.
Did you know that Iraq's Air
Force consists of three operation-
al squadrons, which includes nine
reconnaissance and three U.S. C-
130 transport aircraft under Iraqi
operational control which operate
day and night and will soon add
16 UH-1 helicopters and four Bell
Jet Rangers?
Did you know that Iraq has a
counter-terrorist unit and a com-
mando battalion? Did you know
that the Iraqi Police Service has
over 55,000 fully trained and
equipped police officers?
Did you know that there are
five police academies in Iraq that
produce over 3,500 new ofl]cers
each eight weeks?
Did you know there are more
than 1,100 building projects going
on in Iraq? They include 364
schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hos-
pitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil
facilities, 93 water facilities and
69 electrical ihcilities.
Did you know that 96 percent
of Iraqi children under the age of
5 have received the first two
series of polio vaccinations?
Did you know that 4.3 million
Iraqi children were enrolled in
primary school by mid-October?
Did you know that there are
1,192,000 cell phone subscribers
in Iraq and phone use has gone
up 158 percent?
Did you know that Iraq has
independent media that consi
of 75 radio stations, 180 newel
pers and 10 television stationS?
Did you know that the Bat
dad Stock Exchange opened
June of 2004? Did you know tt
two candidates in the Iraqi pr
dential election had a televi
debate recently? ::
Of course we didn't know! WM
didn't we know? Our me
wouldn't tell us!
Instead of reflecting our 1€
for our country, we get photos
flag-burning incidents at A|
Ghraib and people throwi
snowballs at the presidential
torcades.
Tragically, the lack of acc¢
tuating the positive in Iraq se
two purposes:
It is intended to undermine tl
world's perception of the unit
States, thus minimizing co_
quent support, and it is intenLd
to discourage American citizenS.
The above facts are verifiab
on the Department of Defeal
Web site, http'J/www.defe$
link.rail/ Andrea Sheph.
Lake Limerid
Tollbooth proposal for Belfaffl
Editor, The Journal:
Once again the Democratic-
controlled state of Washington
has gone back on its word. They
told us in their fight against the
gas-tax repeal that if we kept the
9.5-cent gas tax we would get our
bypass. Now they say there is not
enough money, so I guess that
means we can expect thet another
tax will be on the way.
I have a solution for this prob-
lem. Install tollbooths on High-
way 3 and Old Belfair Highway.
Place one 50 yards north of Victor
Cutoff Road, one 50 yards south
of the county line and one at the
speed change near Bear Creek on
Old Belfair Highway.
Those of us who are residents
of Belfhir and the immediate area
would be charged a dollar a
month fbr access, and those who
are not would be charged five
cents less than the Tacoma Nar-
rows Bridge toll each way
through Belfair. If drivers
through our town don't wish to
pay the toll then they can just go
around.
This would do several thi
provide jobs in Belfair, create t
revenue needed to pay for the bl
pass and lessen the traffic tl¢
through our town.
I also suggest that the st al
keep the money collected from t
tolls here in Belfair at one of 0
banks. That way it would not
used to pay for things like
watchers in Olympia or road w'|
in Seattle. I feel money crea'
here should stay here. .J
Kevin Bar.
Belf00]
Suggestion for hospital name:]
Editor, The Journal:
If at some point Mason General
Hospital does not serve all the
people of' Mason County, what
will the new name be? Lap-Band
General?
Why is Ben Anderson, who is
petitioning against Mason Tran-
sit's proposed fare increase for
out-of-county rides, on the wrong
side? Maybe he is a young man
who is taking a stand. The last I
knew that's what our great coun-
try was founded on.
Should the county put a little
more thought into service to the
public instead of wasting resourc-
es on playing the name game? I
believe so! How about marking
our county buildings clearly?
Maybe educating the public as!
certain death risks we face at J
ages. Remember the switchbO
fiasco?
So, before you get up in a
by my comments, stop and take
deep breath and use come °
sense, myself included.
Barbara L. Ever.
Capitol I4
Same-sex marriage on agenda
ings will be held on each bill.
Everyone has broken all ten
commandments in their hearts by
hatred, envy, jealousy, etc. Paul
wrote in his letter t o the Corin-
thians, "Be not deceived, neither
fornicators, nor idolaters nor ef-
feminate (homosexual), nor abus-
ers of themselves with mankind,
nor thieves, murderers, covetous,
revilers, etc. shall inherit the King-
dom of God, and such were some
of you, but ye are washed, but ye
are sanctified, but ye are justified
in the Name of the Lord Jesus
Christ and the Spirit of our God."
Our lawmakers are making
laws we're tbrced to obey. They
are our leaders, and they set up
the stage for living our everyday
lives. We enable them to orot
us from our enemies, both'wit
and without.
How is it they are legal
ing/legitimizing the effemig
(homosexual) lifestyle? Don't t I]
realize they can also legalJ
legitimize lying, cheating, mar(
etc., but that kind of legislat
will surely have its consequenV;
f
I noticed only one other pe.,
who didn't stand, clap and el
when House Bill 2661 (gay rig
I,
bill) passed in the Senate l'd
year. He was a lobbyist. • l
Both houses have one ptV
hearing for each bill. I hope yo
be there!
Di
Gra
Editor, The Journal:
Same-sex marriage is on the
legislative agenda this session,
covered in Senate bills 5335, 5336
and 5069, and House bills 1350
and 1351.
Senate Bill 5336 receives a
public hearing January 25 at 3:30
p.m. in Senate Hearing Room 2,
J.A. Cherberg Building, Olympia.
Section 4 of Senate Bill 5336
states: "The requirement to enter
into a state registered domestic
partnership requires Nos. 1...6."
Number 6: "Either (a) both per-
sons are members of the same
sex; or (b) one of the persons is at
least 62 years of age."
Call 1-800-562-6000 for copies
of bills and ask when public hear-