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Fire marshal cites dangers of
accelerant that caused death
important lessons. First, never
use Coleman fuel or any other
liquid fuel to start or accelerate a
fire.
"Coleman fuel, also known as
Naptha or White Gas, is an ex-
tremely flammable hydrocar-
bon, with a flashpoint at 0
An accident on New Year's
Eve took the life of Roy ester who
was severely burned when he
used Coleman fuel in his wood-
stwe.
Mason County Fire Marshal
[)ave Salzer said Monday that
the traffic incident offers several
Moriah Center will
host prayer session
A prayer meeting for Mason
County is scheduled for noon
to i p.m. February 4 at Moriah
Christian Center at 910 East
Dearborn in Shelton.
"Believers are invited to
gather together monthly to in-
tercede ibr Shelton and the vi-
cinity," said Rita LeBresh, as-
sociate pastor at Moriah
Christian Center. Meetings,
she added, will rotate through
various churches in the com-
munity each month.
The local ministerial asso-
ciation began the meetings af-
ter May's National Day of
Prayer at the courthouse.
Iversons to speak at
Gateway Fellowship
Pastor Dick Iverson and his
wit, Edie, will speak at Gate-
way Christian Fellowship this
Saturday and Sunday, Janu-
ary 30 and 31.
Pastor Iverson, senior pas-
tor at Bible Temple in Port-
land, Oregon, for over 30
years, is president and founder
of Ministers Fellowship Inter-
national and a mentor for
other pastors. He will speak at
Sunday's 10:30 a.m. service.
Edie Iverson, described as
"a woman who can relate to all
generations," will be guest
speaker at a ladies' fellowship
at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Gateway is located at 405
South Seventh Street. More
information is available from
the church office at 426-2758.
Saint David's set to
observe Candelaria
Saint David's Episcopal
Church will celebrate the
Feast of the Presentation of
Our Lord Jesus Christ in the
Temple, also known as Candle-
mas or Candelaria, with a bi-
lingual service at 6 p.m. Feb-
ruary 2.
Readings, music and liturgy
in English and Spanish will
follow a procession with can-
dles. Candlemas is "the tradi-
tional service of light that ends
the 40-day Christmas season
in the church."
A potluck dinner and the
breaking of a pifiata will follow
the service.
Church is setting
for a Bible institute
Gateway Christian Fellow-
ship (formerly Shelton Chris-
tian Fellowship) has estab-
lished a Bible school for in-
depth studies in Bible and
Christian development.
The church uses a curricu-
lum from Christian Life School
of Theology (CLST), accredited
by the Southern Accrediting
Association of Bible Institutes
and Bible Colleges. Degrees
range from diploma of theology
to master of divinity and doc-
tor of ministry. The curricu-
lum includes Biblical theology,
Christian counseling, histori-
cal theology, both testaments,
practical theology and worship
and the arts.
Three-day class sessions
once per month consist of 10
hours of video instruction,
reading, book critique and
tests of 70 to 100 questions for
three hours of semester credit.
,,Upcoming classes for winter
and spring include "Receiving
Divine Revelation" by Fucshia
Pickett on February 18-20 and
"The Covenants of God" by Jim
Hodges on March 18-20, "Let
There Be Light: Creationism"
by Tim Robertson in April,
"How to Hear the Voice of
God" by Drew Rousse in May
and "The Book of Ruth" by
Fucshia Pickett in June.
Information on admission
and administration fees, dates
and tuition is available
through at Gateway, 405
South Seventh Street, Shelton,
or by calling 426-2758.
To stimulate your thinking
concerning some of the issues facing our
community, we present the following ...
Thoughts for the Week:
* How can four people (who
live outside the city limits) tie
up the city's aquifer recharge
ordinance?
. Will your business or home
By be bar, ned from the recharge
Russ
Denney area?
Monday-Friday
6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
PANTORI UM Saturday 9'.00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
215 South Second
CLEANERS & TAILORS 426-3371
IIIII [ J I
, II,hUrl,I II III I IIIIII IIIII I I I I II I
Paqe 10- Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 28, 1999
degrees," Salzer explained. "The
liquid or vapors can be ignited by
virtually any ignition source.
'rWHEN MR. eSTER poured
or squirted the fuel into the open
stove door, the result was instan-
taneous," he continued. "The va-
pors ignited back into the can
and the pressure of the ignition
peeled the bottom off the can,
spreading burning fuel around
the room and all over Mr.
Oster."
Salzer said he talked with
Oster's wife, Rose, who shared
the events of the accident with
him. She saw her husband en-
gulfed in flames. "Her recollec-
tion is that he reacted with a com-
bination of alarm and anger -
alarm at the result of his actions
and anger at himself for mak-
ing what ended up being a fatal
mistake," he reported.
Mrs. Oster told Salzer her
husband ran through the house
with his clothes still flaming.
"She tried to get him down on the
floor to wrap a blanket around
him," Salzer noted, explaining
that the "stop, drop and roll" ma-
neuver is taught over and over to
school children as the life-sav-
ing response if clothing catches
fire.
Instead, he said, Oster ran to a
small fish pond where he jumped
into the water to extinguish the
flames. When he returned to the
house, his wife realized he was
badly burned, wrapped him in a
blanket and ushered him to the
car. She knew she had to get him
to the hospital.
BECAUSE eSTER never en-
tered the 911 emergency dispatch
system, Salzer says, he arrived
at the emergency room unan-
nounced, so emergency facilities
weren't prepared for his needs.
By the time ester arrived at
the hospital, he was beginning to
feel the physical effects of his
burns, Salzer said. "His breath-
ing was becoming labored due to
the damage to his lungs from the
heat and flames. The skin on his
face, arms and legs was starting
to slough, a result of fluid build-
up from the heat," he added.
The victim was stabilized and
prepared for helicopter transport
to Harborview Medical Center in
Seattle. He was admitted to the
burn center with second- and
third-degree burns over 80 per-
cent of his body, Salzer reported.
ester died there on January 6.
Although the outcome may not
have been any different had
Mrs. ester called 911, Salzer
noted, "It is important to remind
citizens about the depth of the
emergency medical system in
Mason County.
"A 911 call would have brought
a paramedic unit to the ester res-
idence within five minutes of the
call," he continued. "Mason
General Hospital would have
been advised by radio or phone
about the incident. That would
have allowed staff to prepare.
Airlift Northwest could have
been advised and been en route
before the medic unit arrived at
the hospital."
Sales benefit book loan fund:
OC writers published in
new issue of Succotash
The fifth edition of Succotash,
the occasional publication of the
"Anyone Can Write class at
Olympic College Shelton, is hot
off the presses.
The chapbook-format magazine
includes 61 pages of poems, short
fiction and memoirs, including
several selections of Mason Coun-
ty history recounted by members
of the class.
Frank Guyer is author of a vig-
nette from World War II and a
short sketch of life in the Agate
area in the 1930s, and Dick Par-
rett shares summer memories of
the same area. Norm Eveleth's
work includes two accounts of
farm life in Southwest Mason
County, one called "Gathering
Cows" and one describing his in-
advertent discovery of a hidden
still on a Cloquallum-area farm.
Contributors to SuccotashV in-
clude Darlene Castle, John Davis,
Tracy Drake, Eveleth, Guyer,
Betti Haskins, Ida Leggett, Caro-
lyn Maddux, Jean Maxwell, Zella
Mounts, Phyl Meyer, Parrett,
Gordon Personius, Phil Sevilla,
Virginia Trammell and Bill
Young.
The publication, which sells for
$3, is available at the Mason
County Historical Society Mu-
seum at Fifth and Railroad and
Lasley's Books in Gateway Cen-
ter, and will be available shortly
at Images and Gifts at Hoodsport
Landing on Highway 101.
Proceeds from the sales go to
the Friends of Olympic College
Shelton fund to provide books on
loan to Olympic College Shelton
students who can't afford them.
VOLUNTEERS, JUST DONE with collating copies of Succotash, check
out the stories in the creative writing magazine. Members of the
Olympic Poets and Writers Workshop (from left) Zella Mounts, Patti
Padgett, Frank Guyer, Betti Haskins, Bill Young and Carolla Kosel,
who took on the final phase of production, savor the moment•
.... !51
'i: i I
MASON COUNTY FIRE Marshal Dave Salzer holds
Coleman fuel can which Roy ester used on New
Eve to accelerate a fire in his woodstove. The
of the ignition spread burning fuel all over ester,
died six days later after suffering burns over 80
cent of his body.
40 et 8 vets set
charity breakfast
The public is invited to the 40
et 8 Charity Breakfast in Shelton
from 9 a.m. to noon this Sunday,
January 31.
The menu will include hash-
browns, toast or biscuit, choice of
ham, bacon or sausage, and eggs
to order (including omelets) for
$3.50. The veterans' organization
will also serve just biscuits and
gravy for $2.50.
Proceeds will help fund the i
et 8's charitable programs
scholarships.
Those attending should use
back (alley) door of the 40
building, the second structure
the 100 block of West Cota.
one with a question may call
5060.
TRUCK TROUBLE?
Repairs Plus
Automotive, Truck, RV
and Tractor Repair
WE CAN
FIX IT?
• Tune-ups • Maior Engine I{.p.ir
• Brake and Clutch Repair
• 4x4 and General naint,,n,',.
1022 East Johns Prairie Road
Shellon, WA 9858,1
O c.;I
426-0403
VE 300/0
OR
MORE
Simply by owning, not leasing, your propane tank,
you will pay less for propane. Start the new year
off right -- call us today and SAVE!
Puget Sound Propane
2116 Pacific Ave.
Olympia 753"587
You'll find them at Centennial Bank. The entire staff at Centennial, from {)tit" tellers t. opt I,,a
officers, is committed to providing exceptional, personal service every (lay. If you art, h,okiv" for
a hanker who can help your business grow and prosper, at a bank where, local deeisimls and custotO
loan packages are status quo, then you've found the "Best of the Best" at Centennial Bank.
Shehon • 2307 Olympic Hwy. N.
Hoodsport • N. 24341 Hwy. 101
(360) 426-5581
(360) 877-5272
CENTE0000ra:LBANK
jzatz,t000000
the local success
soon to be
WEST COAST BANK
Fire marshal cites dangers of
accelerant that caused death
important lessons. First, never
use Coleman fuel or any other
liquid fuel to start or accelerate a
fire.
"Coleman fuel, also known as
Naptha or White Gas, is an ex-
tremely flammable hydrocar-
bon, with a flashpoint at 0
An accident on New Year's
Eve took the life of Roy ester who
was severely burned when he
used Coleman fuel in his wood-
stwe.
Mason County Fire Marshal
[)ave Salzer said Monday that
the traffic incident offers several
Moriah Center will
host prayer session
A prayer meeting for Mason
County is scheduled for noon
to i p.m. February 4 at Moriah
Christian Center at 910 East
Dearborn in Shelton.
"Believers are invited to
gather together monthly to in-
tercede ibr Shelton and the vi-
cinity," said Rita LeBresh, as-
sociate pastor at Moriah
Christian Center. Meetings,
she added, will rotate through
various churches in the com-
munity each month.
The local ministerial asso-
ciation began the meetings af-
ter May's National Day of
Prayer at the courthouse.
Iversons to speak at
Gateway Fellowship
Pastor Dick Iverson and his
wit, Edie, will speak at Gate-
way Christian Fellowship this
Saturday and Sunday, Janu-
ary 30 and 31.
Pastor Iverson, senior pas-
tor at Bible Temple in Port-
land, Oregon, for over 30
years, is president and founder
of Ministers Fellowship Inter-
national and a mentor for
other pastors. He will speak at
Sunday's 10:30 a.m. service.
Edie Iverson, described as
"a woman who can relate to all
generations," will be guest
speaker at a ladies' fellowship
at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Gateway is located at 405
South Seventh Street. More
information is available from
the church office at 426-2758.
Saint David's set to
observe Candelaria
Saint David's Episcopal
Church will celebrate the
Feast of the Presentation of
Our Lord Jesus Christ in the
Temple, also known as Candle-
mas or Candelaria, with a bi-
lingual service at 6 p.m. Feb-
ruary 2.
Readings, music and liturgy
in English and Spanish will
follow a procession with can-
dles. Candlemas is "the tradi-
tional service of light that ends
the 40-day Christmas season
in the church."
A potluck dinner and the
breaking of a pifiata will follow
the service.
Church is setting
for a Bible institute
Gateway Christian Fellow-
ship (formerly Shelton Chris-
tian Fellowship) has estab-
lished a Bible school for in-
depth studies in Bible and
Christian development.
The church uses a curricu-
lum from Christian Life School
of Theology (CLST), accredited
by the Southern Accrediting
Association of Bible Institutes
and Bible Colleges. Degrees
range from diploma of theology
to master of divinity and doc-
tor of ministry. The curricu-
lum includes Biblical theology,
Christian counseling, histori-
cal theology, both testaments,
practical theology and worship
and the arts.
Three-day class sessions
once per month consist of 10
hours of video instruction,
reading, book critique and
tests of 70 to 100 questions for
three hours of semester credit.
,,Upcoming classes for winter
and spring include "Receiving
Divine Revelation" by Fucshia
Pickett on February 18-20 and
"The Covenants of God" by Jim
Hodges on March 18-20, "Let
There Be Light: Creationism"
by Tim Robertson in April,
"How to Hear the Voice of
God" by Drew Rousse in May
and "The Book of Ruth" by
Fucshia Pickett in June.
Information on admission
and administration fees, dates
and tuition is available
through at Gateway, 405
South Seventh Street, Shelton,
or by calling 426-2758.
To stimulate your thinking
concerning some of the issues facing our
community, we present the following ...
Thoughts for the Week:
* How can four people (who
live outside the city limits) tie
up the city's aquifer recharge
ordinance?
. Will your business or home
By be bar, ned from the recharge
Russ
Denney area?
Monday-Friday
6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
PANTORI UM Saturday 9'.00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
215 South Second
CLEANERS & TAILORS 426-3371
IIIII [ J I
, II,hUrl,I II III I IIIIII IIIII I I I I II I
Paqe 10- Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 28, 1999
degrees," Salzer explained. "The
liquid or vapors can be ignited by
virtually any ignition source.
'rWHEN MR. eSTER poured
or squirted the fuel into the open
stove door, the result was instan-
taneous," he continued. "The va-
pors ignited back into the can
and the pressure of the ignition
peeled the bottom off the can,
spreading burning fuel around
the room and all over Mr.
Oster."
Salzer said he talked with
Oster's wife, Rose, who shared
the events of the accident with
him. She saw her husband en-
gulfed in flames. "Her recollec-
tion is that he reacted with a com-
bination of alarm and anger -
alarm at the result of his actions
and anger at himself for mak-
ing what ended up being a fatal
mistake," he reported.
Mrs. Oster told Salzer her
husband ran through the house
with his clothes still flaming.
"She tried to get him down on the
floor to wrap a blanket around
him," Salzer noted, explaining
that the "stop, drop and roll" ma-
neuver is taught over and over to
school children as the life-sav-
ing response if clothing catches
fire.
Instead, he said, Oster ran to a
small fish pond where he jumped
into the water to extinguish the
flames. When he returned to the
house, his wife realized he was
badly burned, wrapped him in a
blanket and ushered him to the
car. She knew she had to get him
to the hospital.
BECAUSE eSTER never en-
tered the 911 emergency dispatch
system, Salzer says, he arrived
at the emergency room unan-
nounced, so emergency facilities
weren't prepared for his needs.
By the time ester arrived at
the hospital, he was beginning to
feel the physical effects of his
burns, Salzer said. "His breath-
ing was becoming labored due to
the damage to his lungs from the
heat and flames. The skin on his
face, arms and legs was starting
to slough, a result of fluid build-
up from the heat," he added.
The victim was stabilized and
prepared for helicopter transport
to Harborview Medical Center in
Seattle. He was admitted to the
burn center with second- and
third-degree burns over 80 per-
cent of his body, Salzer reported.
ester died there on January 6.
Although the outcome may not
have been any different had
Mrs. ester called 911, Salzer
noted, "It is important to remind
citizens about the depth of the
emergency medical system in
Mason County.
"A 911 call would have brought
a paramedic unit to the ester res-
idence within five minutes of the
call," he continued. "Mason
General Hospital would have
been advised by radio or phone
about the incident. That would
have allowed staff to prepare.
Airlift Northwest could have
been advised and been en route
before the medic unit arrived at
the hospital."
Sales benefit book loan fund:
OC writers published in
new issue of Succotash
The fifth edition of Succotash,
the occasional publication of the
"Anyone Can Write class at
Olympic College Shelton, is hot
off the presses.
The chapbook-format magazine
includes 61 pages of poems, short
fiction and memoirs, including
several selections of Mason Coun-
ty history recounted by members
of the class.
Frank Guyer is author of a vig-
nette from World War II and a
short sketch of life in the Agate
area in the 1930s, and Dick Par-
rett shares summer memories of
the same area. Norm Eveleth's
work includes two accounts of
farm life in Southwest Mason
County, one called "Gathering
Cows" and one describing his in-
advertent discovery of a hidden
still on a Cloquallum-area farm.
Contributors to SuccotashV in-
clude Darlene Castle, John Davis,
Tracy Drake, Eveleth, Guyer,
Betti Haskins, Ida Leggett, Caro-
lyn Maddux, Jean Maxwell, Zella
Mounts, Phyl Meyer, Parrett,
Gordon Personius, Phil Sevilla,
Virginia Trammell and Bill
Young.
The publication, which sells for
$3, is available at the Mason
County Historical Society Mu-
seum at Fifth and Railroad and
Lasley's Books in Gateway Cen-
ter, and will be available shortly
at Images and Gifts at Hoodsport
Landing on Highway 101.
Proceeds from the sales go to
the Friends of Olympic College
Shelton fund to provide books on
loan to Olympic College Shelton
students who can't afford them.
VOLUNTEERS, JUST DONE with collating copies of Succotash, check
out the stories in the creative writing magazine. Members of the
Olympic Poets and Writers Workshop (from left) Zella Mounts, Patti
Padgett, Frank Guyer, Betti Haskins, Bill Young and Carolla Kosel,
who took on the final phase of production, savor the moment•
.... !51
'i: i I
MASON COUNTY FIRE Marshal Dave Salzer holds
Coleman fuel can which Roy ester used on New
Eve to accelerate a fire in his woodstove. The
of the ignition spread burning fuel all over ester,
died six days later after suffering burns over 80
cent of his body.
40 et 8 vets set
charity breakfast
The public is invited to the 40
et 8 Charity Breakfast in Shelton
from 9 a.m. to noon this Sunday,
January 31.
The menu will include hash-
browns, toast or biscuit, choice of
ham, bacon or sausage, and eggs
to order (including omelets) for
$3.50. The veterans' organization
will also serve just biscuits and
gravy for $2.50.
Proceeds will help fund the i
et 8's charitable programs
scholarships.
Those attending should use
back (alley) door of the 40
building, the second structure
the 100 block of West Cota.
one with a question may call
5060.
TRUCK TROUBLE?
Repairs Plus
Automotive, Truck, RV
and Tractor Repair
WE CAN
FIX IT?
• Tune-ups • Maior Engine I{.p.ir
• Brake and Clutch Repair
• 4x4 and General naint,,n,',.
1022 East Johns Prairie Road
Shellon, WA 9858,1
O c.;I
426-0403
VE 300/0
OR
MORE
Simply by owning, not leasing, your propane tank,
you will pay less for propane. Start the new year
off right -- call us today and SAVE!
Puget Sound Propane
2116 Pacific Ave.
Olympia 753"587
You'll find them at Centennial Bank. The entire staff at Centennial, from {)tit" tellers t. opt I,,a
officers, is committed to providing exceptional, personal service every (lay. If you art, h,okiv" for
a hanker who can help your business grow and prosper, at a bank where, local deeisimls and custotO
loan packages are status quo, then you've found the "Best of the Best" at Centennial Bank.
Shehon • 2307 Olympic Hwy. N.
Hoodsport • N. 24341 Hwy. 101
(360) 426-5581
(360) 877-5272
CENTE0000ra:LBANK
jzatz,t000000
the local success
soon to be
WEST COAST BANK