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Page A-14 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019
16 Mason Shantel Bartell, Malicia M.
Bragg, Lindsey Kay Goldsby,
Elizabeth M. Harrington,
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zie Rose Jorgensen, Ashley
Michele Knauf, Gable Harvey
Lacy, Stephen Paul Lindahl,
excelatWSU Damien Everett Pruitt, Derek
A. Robinson, Sara Rose Schi-
Sixteen students from er, Jack Clifford Schlender,
Mason County earned a spotand Kyle N. Sosky.
on the spring semester 2018
honor roll at Washington
State University.
TO be eligible, a student
must take at least nine grad- student does
ed hours in a single term and
earn a GPAof3.75, or earna well at Pacific
3.50 cumulative GPA on 15
cumulative hours of graded
work.
The students are Haley
Christine and Jenna Kay Alexander Quast of Shel-
from Allyn, and from Shelton, ton earned a spot on the
Levies: Districts can run
dean's list for the fall semes- complete their Free Appli-
ter at Pacific University in cation for Federal Student
Oregon. Aid (FAFSA), and undocu-
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must earn a GPA of 3.7 or
better while completing 12 or
more graded hours.
Pacific University has
branches in Forest Grove,
Hillsboro, Eugene and Wood-
burn, Oregon.
for Washington Application
for State Financial Aid, from
1 to 2 p.m. the first and third
Thursdays of February and
March at Olympic College
Shelton, 937 W. Alpine Way.
Individual appointments
are also available.
7 scholarships
available for
seniors-
Students can
seek financial
aid at OC
Olympic College financial
aid staff will heI~ students
Our Community Credit
Union will award seven
$1,000 scholarships to high
school seniors who are gradu-
ating this year from schools
in Mason, Thurston and
Gr- ",~d
on Vashon Island. Applicants
must be members of OCCU.
Scholarship applications
and guidelines are available
for download at www.ourcu.
com. April 30 is the deadline
to apply. Winners will be an-
nounced in May.
OCCU is based in Shelton,
and has eight branches in
Mason, Thurston and east
Grays Harbor counties, and
on Vashon Island.
For more information,
contact Amber Trail at 360-
427-3405, 1-800-426-5657 or
atrail@ourcu.com.
Compiled by reporter
Gordon Weeks
levy a se,
continued from page A-1 On the initial ballot count,
Hood Canal School District
count, according to the Mason voters were approving at 58.8
County Auditor's Office. The percent a replacement levy
results of the second count for educational programs and
were scheduled to be released operations (EP&O), and by
at 4 p.m. Wednesday, after a 54 percent margin a new
the Shelton-Mason County capital levy to enhance safety,
Journal went to press, improve the 55-year-old gym,
In the first ballot count, and pay the Shelton School
Southside School District's District to educate its second-
$450,723 capital levy to pay ary students.
their share of expansions at All four measures on the
Shelton High School was fail- ballot need a simple majority
ing by three votes. Two-hun- of 50 percent plus one vote to
dred and 50 people voted no, pass.
247 yes. With the three capital lev-
A similar $3.2 million mea- ies, the three districts would
sure in the Pioneer School use the money to pay for their
District on" the first count re- students who attend ninth
ceived 1,288 yes votes, and through the 12th grade in
1,341 no votes, a gap of 53. the Shelton School District.
continued from page A-5
admires, Riana said,
"Personally, l look up
to Derik. He does all
the songwriting for our
group. He's released
seven albums, and does
all the audio engineering
and arranging. I think
he's just a powerhouse
of creativity, and I really
Known as a "non-high fee,"
the amount has grown with
the passage of the Shelton
School District's $65 million
building bond on Valentine's
Day 2017.
If they fail, the districts
have a second opportunity to
run the -levies on the April or
this portion, so we will review
our budget at that time."
Shawn Batstone, the su-
perintendent of the Hood Ca-
nal School District, said he's
"very excited about the pre-
liminary election results and
want to thank the Hood Canal
community for the support
November ballot. A sec6nd fail- theyhave shown our students
ure would open the door to the an the school district by vot-
districts being absorbed fi~to ingyeson both propositions."
the Shelton School District.
Don Robbins, a member of
the Southside School District
board, said, "We're sorry to
see it fail and ur~derstand how
turnout due to weather was a
factor. We will try to run the
levy again, not-sure of the
date yet If it fails again, we
will still be responsible to pay
Batstone added, "a commu-
nity investment in education
helps to ensure that we are in
a position to provide our stu-
dents with the education they
22.
The Pioneer School Dis-
trict has about 700 students
in kindergarten through the
eighth grade. Between 300
and 400 students from the
Pioneer District attend sec-
ondary schools in the Shelton
School District.
The Hood Canal School
has 315 students in preschool
through the eighth grade.
Passage of Proposition 1
would replace an EPO&O levy
voters passed in 2016. The
district states that the EP&O
levy makes up 20 percent of
need to pursue their goals and its overall budget.
dreams. We are grateful for The Southside School
the support." trict teaches students in kin-
The election results are dergarten through the sev-
slated to be certified on Feb. enth grade.
a
look up to him for put-
ting his creative work
out there so vulnerably."
Riana said supporting
each other has been key
in the family's success.
"We really are pus-
much of our equipment
and setup, so that we're
really a strong team at
this point.
"It's also enabled us
to go to some really cre-
ative places that don't
er towns they've visited
have been some of her
favorite venues because
of the close connection to
the people.
"That is what live
music is all about, con-
come in with."
Though the stage in
Shelton will be bigger
than the living room per-
formances the Nelsons
held for their friends as
kids. the performers look
career path, but we can
accomplish things to-
gether. I think that level
of community and that
level of support is essen-
tial."
Tickets are avail-
sionate about this sib-normally get full-pro- necting with people on forward to returning able at the door, $30 for
ling project together, duction shows because an emotional level and home for a show. Riana adults and $2 for chil-
and we love performing they don t have the re-knowing that they really said it s especially excit- dren younger than 18.
together," Riana said. sources." " felt something and tooking given her experience Passes for the remain-
'%Ve've streamlined so Riana said the small- something away from advising the Olympia- der of the 2018-19 con-
a family, that s probably center, for $50. The performing
the show," she said. "As based performing arts cert season are available
our biggest goal -- we Through internation- arts center is located at
want everybody to feel al tours and TV Spots, 700 S. First St Shelton.
something when they Riana said ,they've hadDoors open an hour be-
leave that they didn't one another s backs, fore the Show.
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