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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 2012 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1