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set for next board meeting: uthside to consider "ng an eighth grade GREEN Kids learn addition at South- School. Now it will be up to to decide about adding an class there. le topic of adding an eighth to the current kindergar- grade config- will be discussed at next Southside School Board That meeting will get way at 7 p.m. Monday, 1, in the Southside Li- The school board will also dis- the results of a recent dis- The public is encour- attend, and people will be time at the end of the discussion for public com- about adding the extra the survey. That survey went out last fall in the district to eval- COmmunity support for add- eighth grade. Two hundred 20-question surveys were SUMMARY of the survey by Southside Superin- Harvey Hazen shows OVerall, district voters feel Positive about Southside RINGS: Elks gold/onyx, $175. of Columbus, ruby/gold $175. Hills gold/silver $75. Large $400, offers consid. 877- L.F. mahogany casement mold- offer 877-5657. 11/28 F Shelton Job Announcement Surfacewater Engineer Sal- $3,192-$3,671 per month of Closing: February 19, position assists the City En- administration and manage- of the Surfacewater Drainage Plan, including review of drain- by developers and of construction of drainage and in addition shall be re- for the successful adminis- completion of a Stormwater lrough the Centennial Clean und. This is a non-union, non- position with benefits. Un- degree in engineering forestry, or a closely from accredited four year or university; and three (3) y responsible ex- a civil engineering position; Engineer-in-training cer- or the ability to obtain such (12) months from date of Desired Qualifications: Professional Engineer; ex- With AutoCad. For a complete t, job description, and packet, contact City Hall, Street, Shelton, WA 98584 426-9731 during normal busi- EOE. C1/28-2/4 "IME JANITORIAL workers, 6 P.m. daily, Shelton area. Call S 1/28 - 2/4 itemsT Lamps, $10. hers, $50. Drop-in stoves, and queen bedspreads, $10 B1/28 4 double-wide mo- 2 bath, 1,800 sq. ft. on monthly, call Tracy 898- 1/28 HOME Health/Ho- LPNs & NACs Providence meCare & Hospice is currently pplemental RNs, LPNs and Shelton Office. These po° Will cover vacation, sick and off. Requirements include of an accredited school and Wa. State licensure/certifi- A minimum of one year nursing nce in acute care or home uired. Valid Wa. State and an insured reliable required. Send or fax re- 3706 Griffin Ln. SE WA 98501 Fax: (360) 493- P 1/28- 2/4 School. Of those returning sur- veys, 66 percent expressed opin- ions about the school: 40 percent gave it an A, 22 percent a B, and only 6 percent gave the school a C or lower. The other 33 percent in- dicated no opinion. A majority of respondents (54 percent) indicated they support adding an eighth grade. And a 57- percent majority said they would support increasing the mainte- nance-and-operations levy from the current $2.77 per $1,000 of assessed valuation to approx- imately $3 per $1,000 to fund the eighth grade. A similar 57 percent also indi- cated support for a $260,000 bond issue that would increase the dis- trict's current bond debt from $1.10 per $1,000 of assessed val- uation to $1.32 per $1,000. "Voters in all subgroups sup- port increasing the operating levy," notes a report on the survey by Moore Information, the firm that conducted it. "However, this proposal receives more support from women and voters age(s) 18 to 44 than it does among men and older voters." But voters who are more likely to vote (people who have voted in three of the four most recent primary and general elections) are not as enthusiastic about a levy increase as the less likely voters by a 61 to 32 percent mar- gin, the report noted. MOST SUBGROUPS would support a $260,000 bond issue, with women and voters ages 18 to 44 the most supportive. Support for addihg an eighth grade is based largely on percep- tions that Southside "provides better quality education" and would provide "more stability; less change is less traumatic," the report indicated. Responders agreed that students "shouldn't go to middle school for only one year," the report said. Opposition to the move came from voters who think a transition is necessary be- fore students enter high school. Most of the survey respondents (63 percent) disagree that sending eighth graders directly to Shelton High School from Southside would make their transition more difficult. Most believe their tran- sition would be "easier" (24 per- cent) or not affect the students at all (38 percent). Less than a third (31 percent) indicated they be- lieved adding the eighth grade would make the transition more difficult. Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of the respondents agree that adding the eighth grade will not have any impact on the overall quality of education at the school. And 57 percent agree eighth graders will receive a better qual- ity education at Southside than they would at Shelton Middle School. AS FOR TURNING Southside into a kindergarten-through- sixth-grade school, most respond- ents (53 percent) opposed the idea, while 35 percent supported it and 13 percent had no opinion. "Not surprisingly, voters who oppose the bond (issue) and in- creasing the operating levy sup- port sending both seventh and eighth graders to Shelton to avoid incurring additional bond debt," the report noted. "However, vot- ers in all other subgroups oppose turning Southside into a K-6 ele- mentary school." Southside received a number of positive comments about the quality of the education it provides students. Areas singled out for accolades included a good quality teaching staff; small class sizes; good overall quality and ef- fectiveness and high academic standards. At the same time, respondents had few complaints about the dis- trict. Those negative comments included bringing eighth graders back to Southside; lack of pro- gram offerings; outdated facilities and overcrowded classrooms. Board hears good news: SHS THESPIANS ready to perform this weekend in- bel as Lucy, Keith Beers as Charlie Brown, Marie clude (from left) director Dan Olson, Hannah Schna- Keyzers as Snoopy and Jordan Thomas as Patty. Musical hits boards tomorrow Popular "Peanuts" cartoon folk will come alive on the Shelton High School stage starting this weekend in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a musical scheduled for January 28 and 29 and February 5 and 6. Performances begin at 7:30 each of the four nights. Two casts share the perfor- mance limelight. Charlie Brown, eternally youthful and bewildered, is played by Joseph Walbaum and Keith Beers. Lucy Van Pelt is played by Sunny J. Gold and Hannah Schnabel, and her brother Linus is played by Inn Ue- son and Aaron Schnabel. Sharing the role of Schroeder are Chad Weeth and Dan Olson, while Patty is played and sung by Maria Densley and Jor- dan Thomas. Ashley MacWilliam and Marie Keyzers share the role of Snoopy. Co-directors are Keith R. Thomas and Greg Fryhling. Technical direction is pro- vided by Bryce Jacot. Based on the Charles M. Schultz cartoon strip, the script, music and lyrics are by Clark Gesner. The play's action is "an average day in the life of Charlie Brown," according to Thomas. The day, he explains, "is made up of little moments picked from all the days of Charlie Brown, from Valentine's Dayto the baseball season, glee club rehearsal to kite- flying and rabbit-chasing. It moves with Charlie Brown from wild optimism to utter despair, all mixed in the lives of his friends." Evergreen to host Preview Day The Evergreen State College will host Preview Day for prospec- tive students and their families on the Olympia area campus from Shelton can join new league as 4-A school By JEFF GREEN It looks like Shelton High School will be able to join the new Pacific 9 League as a full partici- pating member. SHS Athletic Director Bill Hicks and Principal Mellody Matthes gave Shelton School Board members an updated re- port at Tuesday night's board meeting. Last week, high school officials learned SHS was being reclassified from a 3-A to a 4-A school because of enrollment. Shelton athletic teams will get to compete for league champion- ships in the Pac-9 League, and will get an equal partnership with all other schools in it, Hicks said. "It's a great gesture on the part of our league to offer that," he added. "It's not just athletics," he ex- plained. Participation in the league also includes other extra- curricular activities and academ- ics, he added. "We can do so many things," he said. "The cooperation is there. The camaraderie is there. It's a win-win situation for us all the way around." ATHLETIC DIRECTORS of schools in the new league, which includes Tumwater, Black Hills, North Thurston, Timberline, Riv- er Ridge, Aberdeen, Chehalis and Centralia - all of them 3-A schools, voted unanimously in favor of accepting Shelton as a full member, Matthes told The Journal. Next week, she will meet with principals from schools in the league, who ultimately will vote on whether or not to allow Shel- ton in. "It looks very positive," Matthes said. "It shows the com- munity we really are a league." The state playoff picture for Shelton teams is not as clear right now. If the Highclimbers win a Pac-9 title, the team would be included in District 4 at the 4- A level, which covers the Greater Saint Helena League in the Van- couver area. For now, though, that district gets only one state playoff berth, Matthes said. It's up to the Washington In- terscholastic Activities Associa- tion, which oversees high school athletics throughout most of the state, to work out that situation, she added. BOARD MEMBER Annette McGee said she had no problems with SHS athletes competing against 4-A teams, but she did have a problem with the distanc- es involved in traveling longer distances to compete against them. The other Pac-9 schools are relatively close to Shelton and McGee and other board members were elated by the prospects of SHS joining that league, pros- pects that initially appeared in question by the new 4-A classifi- cation. McGee suggested the board write a letter to the league ex- pressing its gratitude at Shelton being welcomed as a league mem- ber. The other board members quickly agreed. Do You Know Why? • Your chin is too close to your nose? • You can't see your teeth when you smile? • Your lips have disappeared? • You can't chew anymore? • Your teeth look darker? Do You really think you have to five like this? We Welcome 'lnsured-- patients * All private insurance • DSHS -)3152 NE Hwy 3 • Belfair • (Across from Library) s1,190 FULL UPPER and LOWER SET (Replacement Set Only) Reg. Price $1,390 *$200 CASH DISCOUNT IF PAID AT TIME OF IMPRESSlONSl 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 30. The event, which kicks off at 9:30 a.m. with a welcome in the library by TESC President Jane Jervis, is sponsored by the col- lege's office of admissions to ac- quaint interested students with Evergreen's programs, students and campus. Visitors can attend one of three workshops. They'll include an- swers to frequently asked ques- tions, a student panel presenta- tion, and a panel of representa- tives from the First People's com- munity. Lunch and a student-led tour of the campus will follow, with tours leaving the library's second floor at 1, 1:30 and 2 p.m. Staff from housing, financial aid and advising units will be available to answer questions and provide information from 1 to 3 Foundation seeks homes for students The American Intercultural Student Exchange, a nonprofit educational foundation, is one of several exchange organizations seeking local host families for high school foreign exchange students for the upcoming school year. AISE's students come from more than 40 countries for a six- or 10-month experience, says a spokesperson for the exchange. More information is available from AISE at 1-800-SIBLING or on the AISE Web site at www.aise.com. p.m. in the Office of Admissions on the library's first floor. Park- ing at the campus is free for the event. Applications to TESC received before March 1 will receive priori- ty consideration, notes Evergreen spokesperson Pat Barte. Informa- tion on the preview event is avail- able from the admissions office at 866-6000, Extension 6170. WE WANT YOUI MASON COUNTY FIRE DISTRICTS NEED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS (EMT$) BENEFITS: Help others • Serve your community • Education • Hands on training • Reduces tax and insurance costs • Other benefits If you are interested or have questions, contact Firecom at 426-5533. They can refer you to the fire district you live in. Sponsored by Mason County Fire Chiefs Association i i im Senior Leisure Trips Calendar for February For more information call the Senior Citizens Center at 426-7374 SUN M T W 12 J J lol 171 4_J 111 181 2=J TH 191 F SAT .... 201 Space provided by: eHELTON OFFICE $21  Ave ity s w,.s. Peninsula Commun NtAm OFFm| FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 8,-o,-,, 275-6066 I IIIII I I I I II Thursday, January 28, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal ' Page 9 141 Mary McCrank's Restaurant - Centralia Valentine's Day Dinner Van $6.00 Leave 12:30 p.m. 211 Poulsbo Quilt Show Van $5.50 Leave 9 a.m. Seniors - Cllp and save this calendar for easy reference during February. All Idps subject to change. If there is somewhere you want to go, get your group of 8-11 people, call the center and make arrangements. set for next board meeting: uthside to consider "ng an eighth grade GREEN Kids learn addition at South- School. Now it will be up to to decide about adding an class there. le topic of adding an eighth to the current kindergar- grade config- will be discussed at next Southside School Board That meeting will get way at 7 p.m. Monday, 1, in the Southside Li- The school board will also dis- the results of a recent dis- The public is encour- attend, and people will be time at the end of the discussion for public com- about adding the extra the survey. That survey went out last fall in the district to eval- COmmunity support for add- eighth grade. Two hundred 20-question surveys were SUMMARY of the survey by Southside Superin- Harvey Hazen shows OVerall, district voters feel Positive about Southside RINGS: Elks gold/onyx, $175. of Columbus, ruby/gold $175. Hills gold/silver $75. Large $400, offers consid. 877- L.F. mahogany casement mold- offer 877-5657. 11/28 F Shelton Job Announcement Surfacewater Engineer Sal- $3,192-$3,671 per month of Closing: February 19, position assists the City En- administration and manage- of the Surfacewater Drainage Plan, including review of drain- by developers and of construction of drainage and in addition shall be re- for the successful adminis- completion of a Stormwater lrough the Centennial Clean und. This is a non-union, non- position with benefits. Un- degree in engineering forestry, or a closely from accredited four year or university; and three (3) y responsible ex- a civil engineering position; Engineer-in-training cer- or the ability to obtain such (12) months from date of Desired Qualifications: Professional Engineer; ex- With AutoCad. For a complete t, job description, and packet, contact City Hall, Street, Shelton, WA 98584 426-9731 during normal busi- EOE. C1/28-2/4 "IME JANITORIAL workers, 6 P.m. daily, Shelton area. Call S 1/28 - 2/4 itemsT Lamps, $10. hers, $50. Drop-in stoves, and queen bedspreads, $10 B1/28 4 double-wide mo- 2 bath, 1,800 sq. ft. on monthly, call Tracy 898- 1/28 HOME Health/Ho- LPNs & NACs Providence meCare & Hospice is currently pplemental RNs, LPNs and Shelton Office. These po° Will cover vacation, sick and off. Requirements include of an accredited school and Wa. State licensure/certifi- A minimum of one year nursing nce in acute care or home uired. Valid Wa. State and an insured reliable required. Send or fax re- 3706 Griffin Ln. SE WA 98501 Fax: (360) 493- P 1/28- 2/4 School. Of those returning sur- veys, 66 percent expressed opin- ions about the school: 40 percent gave it an A, 22 percent a B, and only 6 percent gave the school a C or lower. The other 33 percent in- dicated no opinion. A majority of respondents (54 percent) indicated they support adding an eighth grade. And a 57- percent majority said they would support increasing the mainte- nance-and-operations levy from the current $2.77 per $1,000 of assessed valuation to approx- imately $3 per $1,000 to fund the eighth grade. A similar 57 percent also indi- cated support for a $260,000 bond issue that would increase the dis- trict's current bond debt from $1.10 per $1,000 of assessed val- uation to $1.32 per $1,000. "Voters in all subgroups sup- port increasing the operating levy," notes a report on the survey by Moore Information, the firm that conducted it. "However, this proposal receives more support from women and voters age(s) 18 to 44 than it does among men and older voters." But voters who are more likely to vote (people who have voted in three of the four most recent primary and general elections) are not as enthusiastic about a levy increase as the less likely voters by a 61 to 32 percent mar- gin, the report noted. MOST SUBGROUPS would support a $260,000 bond issue, with women and voters ages 18 to 44 the most supportive. Support for addihg an eighth grade is based largely on percep- tions that Southside "provides better quality education" and would provide "more stability; less change is less traumatic," the report indicated. Responders agreed that students "shouldn't go to middle school for only one year," the report said. Opposition to the move came from voters who think a transition is necessary be- fore students enter high school. Most of the survey respondents (63 percent) disagree that sending eighth graders directly to Shelton High School from Southside would make their transition more difficult. Most believe their tran- sition would be "easier" (24 per- cent) or not affect the students at all (38 percent). Less than a third (31 percent) indicated they be- lieved adding the eighth grade would make the transition more difficult. Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of the respondents agree that adding the eighth grade will not have any impact on the overall quality of education at the school. And 57 percent agree eighth graders will receive a better qual- ity education at Southside than they would at Shelton Middle School. AS FOR TURNING Southside into a kindergarten-through- sixth-grade school, most respond- ents (53 percent) opposed the idea, while 35 percent supported it and 13 percent had no opinion. "Not surprisingly, voters who oppose the bond (issue) and in- creasing the operating levy sup- port sending both seventh and eighth graders to Shelton to avoid incurring additional bond debt," the report noted. "However, vot- ers in all other subgroups oppose turning Southside into a K-6 ele- mentary school." Southside received a number of positive comments about the quality of the education it provides students. Areas singled out for accolades included a good quality teaching staff; small class sizes; good overall quality and ef- fectiveness and high academic standards. At the same time, respondents had few complaints about the dis- trict. Those negative comments included bringing eighth graders back to Southside; lack of pro- gram offerings; outdated facilities and overcrowded classrooms. Board hears good news: SHS THESPIANS ready to perform this weekend in- bel as Lucy, Keith Beers as Charlie Brown, Marie clude (from left) director Dan Olson, Hannah Schna- Keyzers as Snoopy and Jordan Thomas as Patty. Musical hits boards tomorrow Popular "Peanuts" cartoon folk will come alive on the Shelton High School stage starting this weekend in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a musical scheduled for January 28 and 29 and February 5 and 6. Performances begin at 7:30 each of the four nights. Two casts share the perfor- mance limelight. Charlie Brown, eternally youthful and bewildered, is played by Joseph Walbaum and Keith Beers. Lucy Van Pelt is played by Sunny J. Gold and Hannah Schnabel, and her brother Linus is played by Inn Ue- son and Aaron Schnabel. Sharing the role of Schroeder are Chad Weeth and Dan Olson, while Patty is played and sung by Maria Densley and Jor- dan Thomas. Ashley MacWilliam and Marie Keyzers share the role of Snoopy. Co-directors are Keith R. Thomas and Greg Fryhling. Technical direction is pro- vided by Bryce Jacot. Based on the Charles M. Schultz cartoon strip, the script, music and lyrics are by Clark Gesner. The play's action is "an average day in the life of Charlie Brown," according to Thomas. The day, he explains, "is made up of little moments picked from all the days of Charlie Brown, from Valentine's Dayto the baseball season, glee club rehearsal to kite- flying and rabbit-chasing. It moves with Charlie Brown from wild optimism to utter despair, all mixed in the lives of his friends." Evergreen to host Preview Day The Evergreen State College will host Preview Day for prospec- tive students and their families on the Olympia area campus from Shelton can join new league as 4-A school By JEFF GREEN It looks like Shelton High School will be able to join the new Pacific 9 League as a full partici- pating member. SHS Athletic Director Bill Hicks and Principal Mellody Matthes gave Shelton School Board members an updated re- port at Tuesday night's board meeting. Last week, high school officials learned SHS was being reclassified from a 3-A to a 4-A school because of enrollment. Shelton athletic teams will get to compete for league champion- ships in the Pac-9 League, and will get an equal partnership with all other schools in it, Hicks said. "It's a great gesture on the part of our league to offer that," he added. "It's not just athletics," he ex- plained. Participation in the league also includes other extra- curricular activities and academ- ics, he added. "We can do so many things," he said. "The cooperation is there. The camaraderie is there. It's a win-win situation for us all the way around." ATHLETIC DIRECTORS of schools in the new league, which includes Tumwater, Black Hills, North Thurston, Timberline, Riv- er Ridge, Aberdeen, Chehalis and Centralia - all of them 3-A schools, voted unanimously in favor of accepting Shelton as a full member, Matthes told The Journal. Next week, she will meet with principals from schools in the league, who ultimately will vote on whether or not to allow Shel- ton in. "It looks very positive," Matthes said. "It shows the com- munity we really are a league." The state playoff picture for Shelton teams is not as clear right now. If the Highclimbers win a Pac-9 title, the team would be included in District 4 at the 4- A level, which covers the Greater Saint Helena League in the Van- couver area. For now, though, that district gets only one state playoff berth, Matthes said. It's up to the Washington In- terscholastic Activities Associa- tion, which oversees high school athletics throughout most of the state, to work out that situation, she added. BOARD MEMBER Annette McGee said she had no problems with SHS athletes competing against 4-A teams, but she did have a problem with the distanc- es involved in traveling longer distances to compete against them. The other Pac-9 schools are relatively close to Shelton and McGee and other board members were elated by the prospects of SHS joining that league, pros- pects that initially appeared in question by the new 4-A classifi- cation. McGee suggested the board write a letter to the league ex- pressing its gratitude at Shelton being welcomed as a league mem- ber. The other board members quickly agreed. Do You Know Why? • Your chin is too close to your nose? • You can't see your teeth when you smile? • Your lips have disappeared? • You can't chew anymore? • Your teeth look darker? Do You really think you have to five like this? We Welcome 'lnsured-- patients * All private insurance • DSHS -)3152 NE Hwy 3 • Belfair • (Across from Library) s1,190 FULL UPPER and LOWER SET (Replacement Set Only) Reg. Price $1,390 *$200 CASH DISCOUNT IF PAID AT TIME OF IMPRESSlONSl 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, January 30. The event, which kicks off at 9:30 a.m. with a welcome in the library by TESC President Jane Jervis, is sponsored by the col- lege's office of admissions to ac- quaint interested students with Evergreen's programs, students and campus. Visitors can attend one of three workshops. They'll include an- swers to frequently asked ques- tions, a student panel presenta- tion, and a panel of representa- tives from the First People's com- munity. Lunch and a student-led tour of the campus will follow, with tours leaving the library's second floor at 1, 1:30 and 2 p.m. Staff from housing, financial aid and advising units will be available to answer questions and provide information from 1 to 3 Foundation seeks homes for students The American Intercultural Student Exchange, a nonprofit educational foundation, is one of several exchange organizations seeking local host families for high school foreign exchange students for the upcoming school year. AISE's students come from more than 40 countries for a six- or 10-month experience, says a spokesperson for the exchange. More information is available from AISE at 1-800-SIBLING or on the AISE Web site at www.aise.com. p.m. in the Office of Admissions on the library's first floor. Park- ing at the campus is free for the event. Applications to TESC received before March 1 will receive priori- ty consideration, notes Evergreen spokesperson Pat Barte. Informa- tion on the preview event is avail- able from the admissions office at 866-6000, Extension 6170. WE WANT YOUI MASON COUNTY FIRE DISTRICTS NEED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS (EMT$) BENEFITS: Help others • Serve your community • Education • Hands on training • Reduces tax and insurance costs • Other benefits If you are interested or have questions, contact Firecom at 426-5533. They can refer you to the fire district you live in. Sponsored by Mason County Fire Chiefs Association i i im Senior Leisure Trips Calendar for February For more information call the Senior Citizens Center at 426-7374 SUN M T W 12 J J lol 171 4_J 111 181 2=J TH 191 F SAT .... 201 Space provided by: eHELTON OFFICE $21  Ave ity s w,.s. Peninsula Commun NtAm OFFm| FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 8,-o,-,, 275-6066 I IIIII I I I I II Thursday, January 28, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal ' Page 9 141 Mary McCrank's Restaurant - Centralia Valentine's Day Dinner Van $6.00 Leave 12:30 p.m. 211 Poulsbo Quilt Show Van $5.50 Leave 9 a.m. Seniors - Cllp and save this calendar for easy reference during February. All Idps subject to change. If there is somewhere you want to go, get your group of 8-11 people, call the center and make arrangements.