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Journal OJ Middle school celebrates the cultures of Shelton By NATALIE JOHNSON Food has a unique way of highlighting our cultural differences and similarities, and bringing us together. Students at Olympic Middle School saw that first- hand on Wednesday night when more than 500 sixth and seventh grade students got together at Olympic Middle School to celebrate their diverse backgrounds and heritage through performance, research projects and of course, food. The Olympic Middle School Celebrating the Many Cultures of Shelton project culminated Wednesday night in a school wide celebration. Through the project, the students learned about different cultures that were represented in their own classes. "Each advisory class selected a country to do," said ii assistant principal Fran Stevens. "They tried to pick an ethnicity from within that classroom." After an advisory class, which is similar to a home room, picked a country to study, they had to draw that .... country's flag, do a storyboard detailing the results of their research, put together some kind of entertainment native to their country, involve a community member in their project and make food from their country. The project is designed to teach students about how diverse a community Shelton really is, Stevens said. See Olympic on page B-5 Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Rafael Loper, left, and Marissa Welles admire their class project on Germany for the Olympic Mid- dle School Celebrating the Many Cultures of Shelton event. Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Theresa Gunter has been a certified kettlebell instructor at Anytime Fitness in Shelton for a year. , Throwing her weights around By NATALIE JOHNSON Kettlebell instructor Theresa Gunter has gotten used to throwing her weights around in the last two years ... her kettlebell weights that is. Two years ago, Gunter discov- ered kettlebells as an alternative to an everyday workout routine, and a year later was certified and became an instructor at Shelton's anytime fitness. "I was kind of looking for some- thing new, I had been a member of the gym for a year and I was just ready for something new," she said. "As soon as I did a workout that was it, I was hooked, and I've been doing kettlebell ever since." A kettlebell is basically a cast iron weight. Gunter described it as a "cannon ball with a handle." Kettlebells originated in Russia more than 300 years ago, Gunter said. She said the longevity and con- sistency of the workout were encour- aging. "Nothing has changed in 300 years, the movements are all the same.., it just never changes, so I feel very comfortable," Gunter said. "The Rssian strongmen -that's why they've been kicking our butts at the Olympics for so many years, because they've been throwing these things around for 300 years." While researching kettlebell cer- tification programs, Gunter said she was startled to find that some were as easy as an online questionnaire and a credit card payment. Instead of choosing the easy way out, Gunter sought out one of the most strenu- ous programs, but also, she said, the most authentic and respected. "You need to find somebody that knows what they're doing because technique and form are just vital when it comes to kettlebell or any kind of strength training," she said. Gnnter ended up choosing a pro- gram affiliated with Pavel Tsat- souline, who she described as the "gUru ofkettlebells," who introduced them to American gyms about 10 years ago. "I thought, this guy is the one who brought them here - I want his certi- fication," she said. While the certification process was grueling, Gunter said it was completely worth it. "It was probably the hardest thing I've ever done in my life - eight hours of straight up kettlebells, and then they test you at the end and it's not a written test, it's a physical one," she said. "It's a pass or fail situation and there's a 30 percent failure rate." Gunter said that one of the things she particularly likes about the ket- tlebell workout is that it involves your whole body. "It's strength training meets car- dio and I think that's one of the rea- sons people love it so much, because it's a big bang for your buck," she said. "You'll get your heart rate up a little bit lifting weights but you're not going to get the cardio." Gunter simply.oozes passion and enthusiasm for her sport, and said that while it took her until her for- ties to find her real passion in life, it was worth the wait. See Cookin'on page B-5 Harstine Island ....... Community Club .... meeting and more The Harstine Island Community Club had their monthly meeting this past Friday and there was a good turnout, some 46 island- ers were there. Judy and I along with Dan and Brenda Stainbrook were the host and hostesses. I have to tell you that it is kind' a fun to host because it really gets you involved with the hall and community club members. I men- tion this because there is a sign up sheet and Jeff Ro- berge, this year's president, still has a couple slots open for host and hostess. Another great thing about being there is one finds out about island events and the wonderful people who sponsor them. I don't know if they have found a host for April yet, but this April they are planning the an- nual chili cook-off and they still might need someone to sponsor it. This event is a lot of fun with a lot of good chili to be sampled: Jim Anderson let every- one know that the Garden Club will be selling bat houses this year. There is usually a Sheriffs update from John Strousberger who has been keeping the club informed for, well, for a long time. He told every- one that Sheriff Salisbury is not the spokesperson of law enforcement to the state leg- islature - that will sure give our county a voice. Nick Neuerburg reported on Fire District 5 and told us that there have been 19 calls so far this year. There have been a number of continu- ing improvements to the fire stations. Nick also thanked Neighborhood. Watch/All Island Eyes for it's coopera- tive community service and getting helpful informa- tion out to the communi- MIKE CALLAGHAN ty. And in that regard Linda Nickell let everyone know theat269 members signed up to the island watch net- work. There will be CERT team meetings every other month on the third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the island's north fire station. There are still advertising open- ings for the 2011 island newslet- ter. If you have something let Shel- leen know and you can contact her at katladysam@hot- mail.corn Tara Rigby with AmeriCorps invited the community to Pioneer Middle School on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m. to find out about needs and volun- teer opportunities to launch a mobile food bank for the area. There was that great article in the Journal last week about the health of Mason County. Seems hun- ger is an issue that hurts our health, so this project would be a great way to help in that area. I would think that the healthier we were as a community, the less strain there would be on our infrastructure. The club also had a great guest speaker Tammey Newton from Habitat for Humanity. She spoke of the vast amount of services including the ability to self- finance and service zero in- terest loans to Habitat occu- pants. There is also a pro- gram called 'A Brush with Kindness' which makes possible much-needed home repairs for those who qual- ify. The LUcky Dog Casino and the Skokomish Tribe have recently given them a $500 grant to help support the Brush with Kindness program. If you want to See Harstine on page B-5 Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page B-1