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Readers" 00Journai:
Blatant recruiting propaganda
Editor, The Journal: though there will be no cash cost The letter states "we're proud
I was sickened by the blatant
ruiting propaganda of your
at-page story last week head
lined, "H'- " " " ' "
CKS tO eye warme ca-
opPortunities."
text of the story runs 75
of print. More than half
-at least 40 lines - are direct
qUOtes from the letter of invi-
tati0n from the Marine Corps
_arketing and Public Mtairs
uepartment to the Shelton High
School athletic director to attend
af0ur.day expen se-paid junket to
ann Diego. It turns out that al-
to Shelton School District, all of
us as taxpayers will foot the bill
to be paid by the Marine Corps.
"Myriad educational opportu-
nities" for recruits is one memo-
rable phrase. Another is "many
different educational and career
opportunities."
But nowhere among all of these
glowing opportunities, including
those referenced in the headline
itself, does the story mention the
opportunity for a Marine recruit
to be killed or maimed before
reaching age 20.
of our product." Unfortunately
that is exactly what any young-
ster tempted into enlisting by
this glittering nonsense will be-
come: A PRODUCT. And an ex-
pendable product at that. Simply
another piece of cannon fodder.
All students would do well
to remember that when they
sign enlistment papers into any
branch of military service, they
are literally signing away their
lives.
Lois Walker
Harstine Island
F •
air terminations political
litor, The Journal: the road when the ghayb comes window slowly opens and once
When we as voting fair board to the surface that it was the again oxygen refreshed by winds
embers and superintendents
il to ask more questions of our
Uaty commissioners employ-
g ludicrous and exaggerated
*: :USes for the termination of
01 r fair managers one after an-
let, in my estimation we let
0Qwn our community and dis-
',L_a? r our positions as superin-
dents plu disgrace ALL we
Standing for and passion-
.about and worked so hard to
• eve.
I for one must ask what
,b (which means un-
in Arabic) fhctor in all
we find out years down
hidden politics of a few applying
crafty, sly and cunning personal
agendas which are corrosive and
eating away till we have no lon-
ger a fair and rodeo?
Doesn't anyone care or under-
stand all this?
It's clear to me it is politics
in this case, with poly mean-
ing many and the ticks are the
bloodsuckers which cling till our
fair and rodeo will die out like
the many thousands all across
the United States.
Debby Baker Alexander and
Gretchen Jankauskas-Stewart I
pray will come back as theghayb
of change, held together by build-
ing truth with honor, breathes
new life into our fair and rodeo
with Holly again handing out
ribbons hard-won and John with
his daughter Mary exhibiting
their young colts and fillies plus
John's wife once again cooking
camp cowboy food, the politics
gone.
Until then and that day comes
I resign as herpetologist super-
intendent of the Mason County
Fair of Washington State, Unit-
ed States of America.
Kathryn Leckel-Shilling
Shelton Valley
l00ioneer building inadequate
The Journal:
we retired and moved
family property in the Pio-
School District, I was like
retirees, concerned about
'property taxes. I also, won-
about the need for a new
a couple of years of nega-
in 1999 I ran for a school
position and discovered
positive things about the
I discovered that
is a very dedicated group
and staff that were
for academic excellence.
discovered that the cur-
laiddle school, built in 1952,
inadequate. For ex-
the science and technology
are totally out of date to
teach the skills needed in today's
world.
Realizing that there were still
challenges facing the district, I
again ran for a school board posi-
tion in 2005. We had a new super-
intendent to hire and an outdated
school to replace.
This past spring, we hired Mr.
Dan Winter as our new super-
intendent. Dan is a young man
with a lot of skills, ambition and
a vision for the Pioneer School
District. On February 13 you will
have an opportunity to meet the
new superintendent at an open
house at the middle school. On
February 22 you will receive a
ballot in the mail giving you the
opportunity to vote for additions
to the primary school and reno-
vating the middle-school campus.
By now, you should have re-
ceived an informational flier on
the details of the bond. Please
read the flier over carefully to
help you understand the impor-
tance of this bond. If you feel that
you need additional information,
you can call the business office at
the middle school at 426-9115 or
myself at 427-6875.
Excellent schools sustain a
healthy and safe community.
Also, well educated students grow
up to be responsible, productive
citizens.
Please vote "yes" on the Pioneer
School Bond and help support our
future leaders.
Dick Parrett
Agate
die •
00000000oclety s influence harms kids
,(¢litor's note" Mason County
!ePior Sourt Judze "James Saw-
,last week sentenced Brandon
O jail on a charge of commu-
iag with a minor for immoral
lSes after the youngster used
ll Phone to send others a photo
li
t
co taken
,_] of the vagina of a girl
re !3 dated. He pled guilty after the
urA$=ee was reduced from a felony
/, , e of dealing in depictions of a
efiP en a e - n exua l
,. g g d " s l y explicit
te .'d",,ct.)
id lltor, The Journal:
lIy ne h
.,tk" pew Brandon Wolf was
stiteaced to one year in jail, all
, it*k..three months'suspended. He
)oO. 'ow in the county jail. We are
00.ed at the sentence because
. ort of Tacoma officers facing
,io ailar charge were given a
t, c and. Where is justice?
a Ur young people's lives have
'. influenced for sexual mis-
I 'i2tlct by various societal stan-
aliqs, and then when they do
'th'lt-thing that only reflects what
'e#L " have learned in our own so-
a
ere.l bout sexual morality, they
°tDr°secuted This is a sad situ-
00Vl,.p00 '
k? nephew has never been
VCted of any criminal activi-
. s a juvenile. He just turned
:' NOvember and has never
. b,.arY adult convictions. I be-
!-a}: the punishment for this
'0ilself now in j all and rais-
e .¢d. He was a juvenile when
,r, i4:lraitted the alleged crime.
€'/we hand our kids condoms in
schools, allow pornography on
the Internet and on checkstands
in stores, permit adult video
businesses and videos and DVDs
that are illicit. Then when they
innocently text-message a pic-
ture of a nude person who had no
head shot to a friend, it is called
a crime of distribution of pornog-
raphy!
In no way am I in agreement
with my nephew's conduct. But
I believe if he would have been
fully aware and have had the
knowledge of what the laws and
severe consequences were re-
garding pornography and sexual
misconduct, he would have made
a different choice. In raising my
own children, when they violated
one of my rules, my first ques-
tion was, did they fully under-
stand what I was asking them
and then knowingly disobey?
I am sick to my stomach. Now
my nephew will go into this jail
system, possibly be influenced
more and also become a victim
himself of sexual violence, as we
all know exists in the pits of a jail
system. Where is our compas-
sion? If he had a history of crimi-
nal activity I could understand
the sentence, but he does not and
I know him to be a different per-
son than this.
He deserved a chance to cor-
rect his mistake. Maybe some
counseling and redirection I feel
would have been a better choice.
Even the prosecutor only recom-
mended home confinement fol-
lowed by supervision and follow-
up counseling.
What is happening in our sys-
terns today, I do not know, but
I feel that a change needs to be
considered in how we influence
our young people and then hold
them accountable for acts they
have been influenced by in our
society through the explicit use
of legal pornography that is run-
ning rampant in our world.
I was a federal case manager
for nine years working in con-
tract with the Federal Bureau of
Prisons in Seattle. My job was to
aid inmates who had served time
to transition back into the com-
munity from a long-term federal
prison sentence. My last job was
at the Washington Corrections
Center as their lead chemical de-
pendency counselor.
I am an associate pastor of my
church as well as the leader of
the Celebrate Recovery Ministry
there. I see these addictive behav-
iors in the people I work with and
when I begin to explore where
their addictions have started it
seems it has begun in early child-
hood, and many times the exter-
nal influences around them have
gripped their minds and they find
themselves engulfed in their ad-
dictive cycles before realizing the
impact and severe consequences
on themselves and those around
them.
Brandon has been influenced
by society in the matter of por-
nography and sex, and unfor-
tunately I believe our youth get
a lot of mixed messages about
right and wrong in this area, and
it only confuses them more.
Sharma Drake
Shelton
+'._ y Left ba d "II k
00ibon n s attac
or,,ss, I .:_The Journal'. hung a .sign on your back that demn., everything you say as being
t,, regards sa s, "Kick me " a he
;t]re, to the letter to The Y •
'"at l The La Ta lors and the Thank you for your courage
¢IIi_ tast week from Jack rry y
'ill= rgerc,,0 defendino the accom- bands of the Loony Left are. going and thanks for saying. it.
• 'l/..le.nts of President George to go after you and remind you Cra,g Chapman
'rt]' t ;''t: h, all I can say, Jack, IS and your side to keep your opin- Shelton
• YoU might "ust as Well have ions to yourself, and they will con-
f
141 SAW
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" !350 SAW
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199.99
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/,
00455 RANCHER00 #460 SAW
24" Bar
• Cylinder displacement- 3.4 cu. in. (56cc)
• Engine power- 3.4 hp
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• Cylinder displacement-3.7 cu. in. (60.3cc)
• Engine power- 3.7 hp
OREGON
CHAIN
Bulk chain custom
fit while you wait
BUY TWO
FOR THE
PRICE OF
ONE!
BAR OIL
For all chain saws
74134
AXE, MAUL
OR SLEDGE
Splitting Maul
36" handle
6 lb.
73707
Single Bit Axe
36" handle
3-1/2 Ibs.
72825 I,iO%l
Your Choice
WOOD
SPLITTER
5.5 hp Briggs & Stmlt0n
21 ton vertical or horizontal
7103682
END-OF-SEASON CLEARANCE
• Wood stoves
• Pellet stoves
• Inserts
SAVE
UP
TO
25%
OFF
• Gaspropane
stoves
(2-TON CABLE-
COME-ALONG
. Haul big logs
m close
. Rescue
your truck
j0000EHardware
First & Mill, Shelton
• 6' lift
• 2 year limited worran.ty.
, Auto let-down safety latch
72274
III
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - SheRon-Mason County Journal - Page 5
426-4373 or 426-2411
Monday-Saturday 7:30-6
Sunday 8:30-5
Readers" 00Journai:
Blatant recruiting propaganda
Editor, The Journal: though there will be no cash cost The letter states "we're proud
I was sickened by the blatant
ruiting propaganda of your
at-page story last week head
lined, "H'- " " " ' "
CKS tO eye warme ca-
opPortunities."
text of the story runs 75
of print. More than half
-at least 40 lines - are direct
qUOtes from the letter of invi-
tati0n from the Marine Corps
_arketing and Public Mtairs
uepartment to the Shelton High
School athletic director to attend
af0ur.day expen se-paid junket to
ann Diego. It turns out that al-
to Shelton School District, all of
us as taxpayers will foot the bill
to be paid by the Marine Corps.
"Myriad educational opportu-
nities" for recruits is one memo-
rable phrase. Another is "many
different educational and career
opportunities."
But nowhere among all of these
glowing opportunities, including
those referenced in the headline
itself, does the story mention the
opportunity for a Marine recruit
to be killed or maimed before
reaching age 20.
of our product." Unfortunately
that is exactly what any young-
ster tempted into enlisting by
this glittering nonsense will be-
come: A PRODUCT. And an ex-
pendable product at that. Simply
another piece of cannon fodder.
All students would do well
to remember that when they
sign enlistment papers into any
branch of military service, they
are literally signing away their
lives.
Lois Walker
Harstine Island
F •
air terminations political
litor, The Journal: the road when the ghayb comes window slowly opens and once
When we as voting fair board to the surface that it was the again oxygen refreshed by winds
embers and superintendents
il to ask more questions of our
Uaty commissioners employ-
g ludicrous and exaggerated
*: :USes for the termination of
01 r fair managers one after an-
let, in my estimation we let
0Qwn our community and dis-
',L_a? r our positions as superin-
dents plu disgrace ALL we
Standing for and passion-
.about and worked so hard to
• eve.
I for one must ask what
,b (which means un-
in Arabic) fhctor in all
we find out years down
hidden politics of a few applying
crafty, sly and cunning personal
agendas which are corrosive and
eating away till we have no lon-
ger a fair and rodeo?
Doesn't anyone care or under-
stand all this?
It's clear to me it is politics
in this case, with poly mean-
ing many and the ticks are the
bloodsuckers which cling till our
fair and rodeo will die out like
the many thousands all across
the United States.
Debby Baker Alexander and
Gretchen Jankauskas-Stewart I
pray will come back as theghayb
of change, held together by build-
ing truth with honor, breathes
new life into our fair and rodeo
with Holly again handing out
ribbons hard-won and John with
his daughter Mary exhibiting
their young colts and fillies plus
John's wife once again cooking
camp cowboy food, the politics
gone.
Until then and that day comes
I resign as herpetologist super-
intendent of the Mason County
Fair of Washington State, Unit-
ed States of America.
Kathryn Leckel-Shilling
Shelton Valley
l00ioneer building inadequate
The Journal:
we retired and moved
family property in the Pio-
School District, I was like
retirees, concerned about
'property taxes. I also, won-
about the need for a new
a couple of years of nega-
in 1999 I ran for a school
position and discovered
positive things about the
I discovered that
is a very dedicated group
and staff that were
for academic excellence.
discovered that the cur-
laiddle school, built in 1952,
inadequate. For ex-
the science and technology
are totally out of date to
teach the skills needed in today's
world.
Realizing that there were still
challenges facing the district, I
again ran for a school board posi-
tion in 2005. We had a new super-
intendent to hire and an outdated
school to replace.
This past spring, we hired Mr.
Dan Winter as our new super-
intendent. Dan is a young man
with a lot of skills, ambition and
a vision for the Pioneer School
District. On February 13 you will
have an opportunity to meet the
new superintendent at an open
house at the middle school. On
February 22 you will receive a
ballot in the mail giving you the
opportunity to vote for additions
to the primary school and reno-
vating the middle-school campus.
By now, you should have re-
ceived an informational flier on
the details of the bond. Please
read the flier over carefully to
help you understand the impor-
tance of this bond. If you feel that
you need additional information,
you can call the business office at
the middle school at 426-9115 or
myself at 427-6875.
Excellent schools sustain a
healthy and safe community.
Also, well educated students grow
up to be responsible, productive
citizens.
Please vote "yes" on the Pioneer
School Bond and help support our
future leaders.
Dick Parrett
Agate
die •
00000000oclety s influence harms kids
,(¢litor's note" Mason County
!ePior Sourt Judze "James Saw-
,last week sentenced Brandon
O jail on a charge of commu-
iag with a minor for immoral
lSes after the youngster used
ll Phone to send others a photo
li
t
co taken
,_] of the vagina of a girl
re !3 dated. He pled guilty after the
urA$=ee was reduced from a felony
/, , e of dealing in depictions of a
efiP en a e - n exua l
,. g g d " s l y explicit
te .'d",,ct.)
id lltor, The Journal:
lIy ne h
.,tk" pew Brandon Wolf was
stiteaced to one year in jail, all
, it*k..three months'suspended. He
)oO. 'ow in the county jail. We are
00.ed at the sentence because
. ort of Tacoma officers facing
,io ailar charge were given a
t, c and. Where is justice?
a Ur young people's lives have
'. influenced for sexual mis-
I 'i2tlct by various societal stan-
aliqs, and then when they do
'th'lt-thing that only reflects what
'e#L " have learned in our own so-
a
ere.l bout sexual morality, they
°tDr°secuted This is a sad situ-
00Vl,.p00 '
k? nephew has never been
VCted of any criminal activi-
. s a juvenile. He just turned
:' NOvember and has never
. b,.arY adult convictions. I be-
!-a}: the punishment for this
'0ilself now in j all and rais-
e .¢d. He was a juvenile when
,r, i4:lraitted the alleged crime.
€'/we hand our kids condoms in
schools, allow pornography on
the Internet and on checkstands
in stores, permit adult video
businesses and videos and DVDs
that are illicit. Then when they
innocently text-message a pic-
ture of a nude person who had no
head shot to a friend, it is called
a crime of distribution of pornog-
raphy!
In no way am I in agreement
with my nephew's conduct. But
I believe if he would have been
fully aware and have had the
knowledge of what the laws and
severe consequences were re-
garding pornography and sexual
misconduct, he would have made
a different choice. In raising my
own children, when they violated
one of my rules, my first ques-
tion was, did they fully under-
stand what I was asking them
and then knowingly disobey?
I am sick to my stomach. Now
my nephew will go into this jail
system, possibly be influenced
more and also become a victim
himself of sexual violence, as we
all know exists in the pits of a jail
system. Where is our compas-
sion? If he had a history of crimi-
nal activity I could understand
the sentence, but he does not and
I know him to be a different per-
son than this.
He deserved a chance to cor-
rect his mistake. Maybe some
counseling and redirection I feel
would have been a better choice.
Even the prosecutor only recom-
mended home confinement fol-
lowed by supervision and follow-
up counseling.
What is happening in our sys-
terns today, I do not know, but
I feel that a change needs to be
considered in how we influence
our young people and then hold
them accountable for acts they
have been influenced by in our
society through the explicit use
of legal pornography that is run-
ning rampant in our world.
I was a federal case manager
for nine years working in con-
tract with the Federal Bureau of
Prisons in Seattle. My job was to
aid inmates who had served time
to transition back into the com-
munity from a long-term federal
prison sentence. My last job was
at the Washington Corrections
Center as their lead chemical de-
pendency counselor.
I am an associate pastor of my
church as well as the leader of
the Celebrate Recovery Ministry
there. I see these addictive behav-
iors in the people I work with and
when I begin to explore where
their addictions have started it
seems it has begun in early child-
hood, and many times the exter-
nal influences around them have
gripped their minds and they find
themselves engulfed in their ad-
dictive cycles before realizing the
impact and severe consequences
on themselves and those around
them.
Brandon has been influenced
by society in the matter of por-
nography and sex, and unfor-
tunately I believe our youth get
a lot of mixed messages about
right and wrong in this area, and
it only confuses them more.
Sharma Drake
Shelton
+'._ y Left ba d "II k
00ibon n s attac
or,,ss, I .:_The Journal'. hung a .sign on your back that demn., everything you say as being
t,, regards sa s, "Kick me " a he
;t]re, to the letter to The Y •
'"at l The La Ta lors and the Thank you for your courage
¢IIi_ tast week from Jack rry y
'ill= rgerc,,0 defendino the accom- bands of the Loony Left are. going and thanks for saying. it.
• 'l/..le.nts of President George to go after you and remind you Cra,g Chapman
'rt]' t ;''t: h, all I can say, Jack, IS and your side to keep your opin- Shelton
• YoU might "ust as Well have ions to yourself, and they will con-
f
141 SAW
• Cylinder displacement- 2.2 cu. in. (30cc
• Engine power- 2 hp
FIREWOOD
CUTTIN'
SALE
" !350 SAW
• Cylinder displacement- 3.0cu. in. (SOcc)
• Engine power- 2.3kW (3.1 hp)
199.99
iHusqvarna
349.99 •
/,
00455 RANCHER00 #460 SAW
24" Bar
• Cylinder displacement- 3.4 cu. in. (56cc)
• Engine power- 3.4 hp
24" Bar
• Cylinder displacement-3.7 cu. in. (60.3cc)
• Engine power- 3.7 hp
OREGON
CHAIN
Bulk chain custom
fit while you wait
BUY TWO
FOR THE
PRICE OF
ONE!
BAR OIL
For all chain saws
74134
AXE, MAUL
OR SLEDGE
Splitting Maul
36" handle
6 lb.
73707
Single Bit Axe
36" handle
3-1/2 Ibs.
72825 I,iO%l
Your Choice
WOOD
SPLITTER
5.5 hp Briggs & Stmlt0n
21 ton vertical or horizontal
7103682
END-OF-SEASON CLEARANCE
• Wood stoves
• Pellet stoves
• Inserts
SAVE
UP
TO
25%
OFF
• Gaspropane
stoves
(2-TON CABLE-
COME-ALONG
. Haul big logs
m close
. Rescue
your truck
j0000EHardware
First & Mill, Shelton
• 6' lift
• 2 year limited worran.ty.
, Auto let-down safety latch
72274
III
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - SheRon-Mason County Journal - Page 5
426-4373 or 426-2411
Monday-Saturday 7:30-6
Sunday 8:30-5