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Shelton-Mason County Journal
Nonprofit hands over keys
to new homeowners at event
On Jan. 29, the Albrightan Church Sewing Saints
family was given the keys to made the quilts. Grocery
their new home (house No. Outlet filled the home with
21) in Shelton during a food, bathroom supplies and
dedication ceremony withmore. South Sound Reading
a crowd assembled in theFoundation provided a bas-
home. ket of books for the children.
At the close of each build, Danisa and Robert A1-
Mason County Habitat forbright and their two sons --
Humanity turns over the Ethan and Aaron- worked
keys to the new homeown-on the new home, along-.
er and hosts a ceremony to side their family and site
bless the home and thoseconstruction manager Bret
who will live in it, orgainzers Barrish.
said. The home was a fore-
The ceremony consists closed home that was taken
of prayer for the home and down to the studs and re-
family and a presentation of built with new and recycled
a Bible, quilts and a basket materials from the Habitat
of food. Store.
New Community Church Habitat's next home
of Union and Faith Luther- (house No. 20) will be dedi-
cated to the Morris family
and is being built through
a partnership with Thri-
vent Financial for Luther-
ans and Thrivent Builds
with Habitat for Humanity,
which provides 65 percent
of the funding for this home
through a grant.
To learn more about
Thrivent Builds and how to
help, residents can attend a
free informational spaghetti
feed at 12:15 p.m. on Sun-
day, Feb. 12 at the Faith
Lutheran Church, located
at 1212 Connection Street
in Shelton.
Habitat for Humanity
is a faith-based non-profit
organization that builds af-
fordable housing for low-in-
come families in need. The
partner family purchases
the Habitat house with a no-
interest, no-profit mortgage.
See Habitat on page B-2
Courtesy photo
Ethan Albright, 6, is presented with a quilt by Habitat for Humanity
Board Member Sandy Carlson at his family's new habitat home.
WHAT'SCOOKIN'
Former Mason County PUD 3 Power Supply Manager Jay Himlie is retiring this month
years of service to the utility.
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
after almost 38
After nearly 38 years, Mason County PUD 3 worker slated to retire
By NATALIE JOHNSON Himlie's official last day is at the commissioner resigned and voters
natalie@mas°nc°unty'c°rn end of February, but he has to take recalled the other two, Himlie said.
the rest of his paid time off before "It's kind of like the Chinese
then. curse," Himlie said. "May you live in
Jay Himlie is practically an insti- However, he promised PUD 3 staff interesting times."
tution at Mason County PUD 3. In that he would be available during an When he started at the utility in
his almost 38 years with the utility, upcoming audit of the PUD's prac- 1973, power cost 1.4 cents per kilo-
he's seen it all. tices under Initiative 937, a renew- watt hour (kWh). Today, PUD 3 resi-
Over the last 37 years and eight able energy initiative which requires dential rates amount to more than 6
months, Himlie has worked under 13 Washington PUDs to purchase 15cents per kWh.
different job titles, most recently as percent of their power from non- Himlie's time at the PUD has
power supply manager, hydropower renewable resources by given him memories that he said
Himlie's depth of experience at 2020. will stay with him for a lifetime.
the PUD could be measured in the Himlie has not only guided theHe's spent time behind the scenes at
depth of files, books and paper, all PUD through the first years of the the Nine Canyon wind farm and at
PUD-related, piled on his desk. On initiative -- he helped write it. Grand Coulee Dam.
his last day in the office, on Friday, ,I was part of the rulemaking pro- "I've gotten to visit a lot of inter-
Jan. 27, Himlie was making an effort cess for Initiative 937," he said. esting places," he said.
to sift through some of it. Himlie said he was responsibleOne night while helping line crews
"It's been one of my goals allfor two of the four changes made be- spot outages during a storm, Him-
along," he said. tween the second and third draft of lie said a line crashed down to the
Himlie started at PUD 3 in thethe initiative, ground right in front of him, setting
summer of 1973 as a summer intern, Himlie said some of his most off an explosion of sparks.
with the task of updating the utility~s memorable moments in his career "That kind of thing will liven up
maps. happened in the early 1980s, when your evening," he said.
The PUD later hired him as an en- cost overruns at several Washing- Of course, Himlie is no stranger
gineering assistant, ton nuclear facilities caused whole- to explosions. He has pyrotechnics
"Obviously I never found a better sale power rates to increase by 500 licenses in Washington and Alaska.
job because I'm still here," he said. percent and retail rates to increase Himlie first got his license in 1998
Himlie is only 57, but he's actually by 80 percent during a span of three and since then has done a number
retiring late, he said. He could have years.
retired after 30 years of service. As a result of that, one PUD 3See Career on page B-6
Thursday,
February
Logo contest
scheduled for
community club
91
Well, I'll tell you, you can't get
away with anything on this
sland or in this column. There
are a lot of eyes watching and there
are a lot of retired folks with incredibly
knowledgeable backgrounds. One of
those is Wally Ewart -- he caught me
in a mistake. In last weeks column I
said, "C02 sinks and is odorless."
Wally is a chemist. He let me know
that CO2 (carbon dioxide) is an inert
part of the air we breathe and is in high
levels of the air we
breathe out. The gas I
should have men-
tioned is CO (carbon
monoxide): It is dead-
ly for us humans.
Boy, I have to stay on
my toes and watch
my twos.
The Harstine Is-
MIKE land Community Club
CALLAGHAN is 98 years young and
it's time we had an
official logo. The con-
test to design and pick our official logo
is on and the HICC Board is requesting
submissions.
Logo designs should represent the
"heart" of the organization. It should be
simple, versatile and memorable. Any-
one interested in participating can con-
tact Bill Burrows at profB@myVBProf.
corn and he will send you submission
information inchiding'"Logo Design
Tips."
At our March 9 Membership meet-
ing, logo design entries will be dis-
played and members attending the
meeting will then vote on their favor-
ite. Please join the fun and become a
part of the Harstine Island Community
Club's history.
Senior lunch will be Wednes-
day, 2-22-2012 (just watching my
twos). They will have baked ham, scal-
loped potatoes and coleslaw with a
tasty cherry dessert. This bi-monthly
event starts at noon. People usually get
there a little early so they can find a
place to sit. All those over 50 and their
guests are invited. As this is an all-vol-
unteer activity, they need a little finan-
cial help and a $3 donation is asked.
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of
Washington is accepting donations of
new, gently used and handcrafted items
for its Wild Cat Boutique, which will
be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on March
24 at the Harstine Island Community
Hall. If you have something to do-
nate to Washington's only sanctuary for
wild cats or would like more informa-
tion, contact mail@wildfelids.org or call
427-4466.
They are also looking for a few ar-
tisans/craftsman interested in having
their own table at the event. This is a
purr-fectly timely opportunity to get
See Harstine on page B-6
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