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GREW addresses an assembly held at Pioneer
remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
School:
observes
King's birthday
EVERETT
the importance
for everyone in the
Tina Pettigrew, guest
shared one of Dr.
Luther King's great-
and road
bids sought
County is in the mar-
a truck and an electrically
transport for asphalt as
be used to patch up roads.
from companies which
Provide this equipment are
accepted by managers of
Equipment Rental
g Fund. They will
at 9:30 a.m. on Tues-
7.
truck will be used for me-
people work-
out of the county's central
Ia making a call for bids
indicated a maximum
to the county of $70,000
tax. They are also looking
a mode of transport-
000 gallons of hot asphalt
not indicated a maxi-
Cost.
est dreams at an assembly on
January 12 at Pioneer Primary
School.
Mrs. Pettigrew's daughter,
Mariyah Lewis, is a student
in the second grade at Pioneer
School and a member of the
choir, which sang "The Road to
Freedom" at the assembly in
honor of Dr. King on the anni-
versary of his 78th birthday.
There were also performances
by students in first through
third grades.
The first-graders saluted Dr.
King with an enthusiastic cheer
which stressed his messages of
peace, freedom, fairness, justice
and respect for others. Second-
graders shared words about Dr.
King's life and sang "We Shall
Overcome." An acrostic poem
was shared by third-graders
with each letter in Dr. King's
name standing for an important
fact about Dr. King's life and
work.
Music teacher Pat Peters,
the coordinator of the assembly,
gave the children an assignment
for the day to do something nice
for someone in remembrance of
Dr. King. The assembly ended
with an all sing of the song "Free
at Last."
LENNOX
mw
STOVES
STARTING AT
$399
w/this ad. Exp. 2/28/07
990 I" Washington St. & . 9445 Silverdal¢ Way
b, the Qt"{" Shot,pi,g C'lr (360) 6924303
• ltour: Moa-lhur 9:3{} b
1606&l IH63 • I tt 7 24108: 7
Hours: Moa Frl 9: {}.i ,r/sJt US onlllle at www.alIdstove-spa.oam }ti 9:30.a ll/,u 9:.0-6
9 ,,. . I Big City ;elu'tion, lqaho Ibidng, Hoto ,,rvke
Housing sales down
but prices are higher
December continued a pattern
of growing inventory, fewer sales
and higher prices, according to
the recent Northwest Multiple
Listing Service report on home
sales.
The holidays and stormy
weather accounted for some of
the lethargy on the market, ac-
cording to the MLS report. Ma-
son County's pending sales fig-
ures for December were down
almost 50 percent from the same
month last year, and closings
were down by about 25 percent.
Average prices on sales, how-
ever, rose compared to those in
2005.
Mason County members of
Northwest Multiple Listing Ser-
vice reported 93 new listings,
561 active properties on the
market, 53 pending sales and
the closing of 79 home sales. The
average home price among De-
cember sales was $233,589, with
a median price of $220,000.
The number of new listings
was up just slightly from De-
cember 2005, when 91 new prop-
Pay reflects cost
The Mason County Commission
last week voted to authorize a 2.2
percent cost-of-living allowance for
non-union government employees,
erties went on the market, but
the total number of active list-
ings was up 166 from the 395
active listings on the market a
year earlier.
The 53 pending sales for De-
cember 2006 work out to 52 per-
cent of the previous December's
102 deals in the works. And the
closed-sales figure of 79 for last
month amounts to just a hair un-
der 75 percent of the 106 closings
completed in December 2005.
Last month's average sale
price of $233,589 was up $16,448
from the December 2005 aver-
age price of $217,141, and the
December 2006 median price of
$220,000 was up more than 11
percent from the previous De-
cember's median of $195,500.
Across the 19-county MLS
area, listings were up 37 percent
and sales of single-family homes
slipped by about 12.5 percent.
Sales prices were up from a
year ago, however. The median
price across the MLS area for
sales of single-family homes and
condominiums that closed dur-
ing December was $315,000,
up about 9.4 percent from 12
months ago when the area's me-
dian sales price was $288,000.
If the legislature doesn't change
the governor's budget, what's
your befit bet for the year taxes
get rinsed, because current
taxes won't fund "',t?
By
Russ Denney
PANTORIUM
CLEANERS & TAILORS
Serving Sheton and
Mason County for 82 years
Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
215 South Second
426-3371
F
Tell that special someone that you really care.,.
and do it in a very special wayl Your special
message will be published in the newspaper on
February 8. It's a fantastic way to say "1 love you!"
CLIP AND MAIL OR BRING EITHER FORM TO SHELTON-MASON COUNTY
JOURNAL'S CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
DEADLINE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2 P.M.
TO : SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
P.O. BOX 430, SHELTON, WA 98584
Please publish the following Valentine's Greeting:
UP TO 15 WORDS $7,50
ADD 10¢ FOR EACH
ADDITIONAL WORD.
CHECK PAYABLE TO
SHELTON-MASON
COUNTY JOURNAL
ENCLOSED FOR $
YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS
CITY STATE
YOUR PHONE NUMBER
ZIP
J
' UP TO 15 WORDS IN
Dear Honey,
You are my one
and only.
I Love You
Always,
Your Sweetie
A BOX WITH STRIP
DESIGN -- $20
CHECK PAYABLE TO SHELTON-
MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
ENCLOSED FOR $.
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CITY STATE
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Thursday, January 25, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 29
GREW addresses an assembly held at Pioneer
remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
School:
observes
King's birthday
EVERETT
the importance
for everyone in the
Tina Pettigrew, guest
shared one of Dr.
Luther King's great-
and road
bids sought
County is in the mar-
a truck and an electrically
transport for asphalt as
be used to patch up roads.
from companies which
Provide this equipment are
accepted by managers of
Equipment Rental
g Fund. They will
at 9:30 a.m. on Tues-
7.
truck will be used for me-
people work-
out of the county's central
Ia making a call for bids
indicated a maximum
to the county of $70,000
tax. They are also looking
a mode of transport-
000 gallons of hot asphalt
not indicated a maxi-
Cost.
est dreams at an assembly on
January 12 at Pioneer Primary
School.
Mrs. Pettigrew's daughter,
Mariyah Lewis, is a student
in the second grade at Pioneer
School and a member of the
choir, which sang "The Road to
Freedom" at the assembly in
honor of Dr. King on the anni-
versary of his 78th birthday.
There were also performances
by students in first through
third grades.
The first-graders saluted Dr.
King with an enthusiastic cheer
which stressed his messages of
peace, freedom, fairness, justice
and respect for others. Second-
graders shared words about Dr.
King's life and sang "We Shall
Overcome." An acrostic poem
was shared by third-graders
with each letter in Dr. King's
name standing for an important
fact about Dr. King's life and
work.
Music teacher Pat Peters,
the coordinator of the assembly,
gave the children an assignment
for the day to do something nice
for someone in remembrance of
Dr. King. The assembly ended
with an all sing of the song "Free
at Last."
LENNOX
mw
STOVES
STARTING AT
$399
w/this ad. Exp. 2/28/07
990 I" Washington St. & . 9445 Silverdal¢ Way
b, the Qt"{" Shot,pi,g C'lr (360) 6924303
• ltour: Moa-lhur 9:3{} b
1606&l IH63 • I tt 7 24108: 7
Hours: Moa Frl 9: {}.i ,r/sJt US onlllle at www.alIdstove-spa.oam }ti 9:30.a ll/,u 9:.0-6
9 ,,. . I Big City ;elu'tion, lqaho Ibidng, Hoto ,,rvke
Housing sales down
but prices are higher
December continued a pattern
of growing inventory, fewer sales
and higher prices, according to
the recent Northwest Multiple
Listing Service report on home
sales.
The holidays and stormy
weather accounted for some of
the lethargy on the market, ac-
cording to the MLS report. Ma-
son County's pending sales fig-
ures for December were down
almost 50 percent from the same
month last year, and closings
were down by about 25 percent.
Average prices on sales, how-
ever, rose compared to those in
2005.
Mason County members of
Northwest Multiple Listing Ser-
vice reported 93 new listings,
561 active properties on the
market, 53 pending sales and
the closing of 79 home sales. The
average home price among De-
cember sales was $233,589, with
a median price of $220,000.
The number of new listings
was up just slightly from De-
cember 2005, when 91 new prop-
Pay reflects cost
The Mason County Commission
last week voted to authorize a 2.2
percent cost-of-living allowance for
non-union government employees,
erties went on the market, but
the total number of active list-
ings was up 166 from the 395
active listings on the market a
year earlier.
The 53 pending sales for De-
cember 2006 work out to 52 per-
cent of the previous December's
102 deals in the works. And the
closed-sales figure of 79 for last
month amounts to just a hair un-
der 75 percent of the 106 closings
completed in December 2005.
Last month's average sale
price of $233,589 was up $16,448
from the December 2005 aver-
age price of $217,141, and the
December 2006 median price of
$220,000 was up more than 11
percent from the previous De-
cember's median of $195,500.
Across the 19-county MLS
area, listings were up 37 percent
and sales of single-family homes
slipped by about 12.5 percent.
Sales prices were up from a
year ago, however. The median
price across the MLS area for
sales of single-family homes and
condominiums that closed dur-
ing December was $315,000,
up about 9.4 percent from 12
months ago when the area's me-
dian sales price was $288,000.
If the legislature doesn't change
the governor's budget, what's
your befit bet for the year taxes
get rinsed, because current
taxes won't fund "',t?
By
Russ Denney
PANTORIUM
CLEANERS & TAILORS
Serving Sheton and
Mason County for 82 years
Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
215 South Second
426-3371
F
Tell that special someone that you really care.,.
and do it in a very special wayl Your special
message will be published in the newspaper on
February 8. It's a fantastic way to say "1 love you!"
CLIP AND MAIL OR BRING EITHER FORM TO SHELTON-MASON COUNTY
JOURNAL'S CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
DEADLINE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2 P.M.
TO : SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
P.O. BOX 430, SHELTON, WA 98584
Please publish the following Valentine's Greeting:
UP TO 15 WORDS $7,50
ADD 10¢ FOR EACH
ADDITIONAL WORD.
CHECK PAYABLE TO
SHELTON-MASON
COUNTY JOURNAL
ENCLOSED FOR $
YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS
CITY STATE
YOUR PHONE NUMBER
ZIP
J
' UP TO 15 WORDS IN
Dear Honey,
You are my one
and only.
I Love You
Always,
Your Sweetie
A BOX WITH STRIP
DESIGN -- $20
CHECK PAYABLE TO SHELTON-
MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
ENCLOSED FOR $.
Please publish the following Valentine's Greeting:
YOUR NAME
YOUR ADDRESS
CITY STATE
YOUR PHONE NUMBER
ZIP
J
Shelf:on-(ounf:ff]3/l.on Cjourna I
(360) 426-4412
Thursday, January 25, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 29