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Changing of the Guard sees
SOCK take over the armory
By JEFF GREEN
The Changing of the Guard at
the Shelton Armory last Friday
occurred with little pomp but
plenty of circumstance.
The Washington National
Guard unit based at the armory
in downtown Shelton surrendered
the keys to the building to its now
full-time tenant, Save Our Coun-
ty's Kids. The military, unfor-
tunately, took all of its tanks and
hardware with it.
SOCK, as the center for at-risk
local youths is known, accepted
the building with relish. Now it
has a real home.
"We're terribly excited to have
this five-year lease on the build-
ing," SOCK Director Sue Sheldon
said. She added she hopes the
lease extends five years after five
years forever.
SHELDON SAID her organi-
zation will be busy. The game
room is being expanded. There
will be a "Homework Heaven"
with computer access and tutors
available to help kids with their
homework. And there will be a
large area for arts and crafts.
"We have a large rent payment
to make so we're going to be doing
a lot of fund-raising," she said.
One of the first funding efforts
will go towards purchasing a box-
ing ring for the center's popular
boxing program.
" 'Thank you' doesn't even ex-
press what we feel about what
you guys have done for us. It's
been tremendous," she told the
National Guard representatives
on hand for the ceremony. SOCK
was able to start its program with
free use of the armory, though
that use involved clearing out for
drill days and other events that
were traditionally held there.
"It's kind of depressing to leave
this place," said Washington Na-
tional Guard Sergeant First Class
Pat Patterson. "We've been part
of the community for seven
years," he said of the most recent
Guard unit based here. A lot of
work, heart and sweat went into
the armory, he added.
REMNANTS OF the National
Guard's presence remained. Little
signs, "Executive Officer" and
"Company Commander," stayed
behind on office doors. A stand
holding National Guard recruit-
ing brochures stood at attention
off to the side of a door leading to
the armory's gym. A sign reading,
"Co. B, 3rd, BN, 161st. Inf
(MECH)," hung on the wall be-
hind the podium at the event.
"This facility is probably one of
the most used facilities," Sergeant
Patterson continued. The armory
has been the site of community
bazaars, dances, church functions
and more over its years in Shel-
ton.
A few years ago, SOCK wanted
to clean up the graffiti around
town that provided impetus for
the group's formation. There was
plenty of it scrawled on the ar-
mory's walls. Patterson made a
deal. "You clean up my graffiti
and I'll let you use the
compound," he told SOCK offi-
cials.
Shelton needed a place for
youth to gather, he said. "The
public started noticing something
going on here," he said. The youth
center started on a part-time ba-
sis. Things started to grow and
kept expanding, he added.
"IT WAS A LOT of work," Pat-
terson said. "It was them doing
everything." Sergeant Dennis
Skeen was so impressed by the
group's efforts that he donated a
pool table to the cause.
"I hope this thing goes on for-
ever because the community
needs something like this," Pat-
terson said. He reached into a
pocket, pulled out a set of keys,
handed them over to Sheldon,
then gave her a hug.
"I hardly know what to say,"
Sheldon told the audience. "We've
had a lot of positive response
from this community for our
efforts." SOCK has registered
more than 1,200 kids in Mason
County, she said. And atten-
dance, which averages 80 to 90
youths per night at the center, is
growing.
"This is a great kind of pro-
gram to use our facility if we
can't," said Colonel Rick Read.
Due to military downsizing, the
National Guard is closing four ar-
mories this year in Washington.
Besides Shelton, armories in Oka-
nogan, Colville and Clarkston are
shutting down, he said. The Shel-
ton Armory dates back to around
1954, Read said.
Slide near Lilliwaup threatens
hillside homes on Highway 101
(Continued from page 1.)
Popes won't be moving back to
their Lilliwaup house. "There's no
way they'll ever get water or elec-
tricity up there for at least six
months," said Paula.
CREWS FROM THE Wash-
ington State Department of
Transportation worked Friday
morning clearing mud and debris
from Highway 101. They were
back at work there Tuesday,
clening ditches and scooping out
mud, silt, stumps and debris from
a roadside bank. By Wednesday
morning some 400 yards of debris
had been trucked from the slide
area to the department's main-
tenance facility in Potlatch.
"It's still moving," said Larry
WHILE CREW MEMBERS work to clean out a culvert along Highway
101 near a mud slide a mile north of Lilliwaup, John Sipp of the
Washington State Department of Transportation helps control traf-
fic Wednesday morning.
Deemer, area supervisor for the
Department of Transportation,
referring to the saturated ground
near the slide. "It's only been
moving about an inch a day."
Deemer said crews are opening
ditches and culverts so water can
drain off the hillside. "We don't
know if it's all going to come
down or just a little is going to
come down," he said of the hill-
side. "There's quite a bit of water
coming out of there."
A small slide Tuesday evening
just south of PotlatCh'State Park
closed the southbound lane of
Highway 101 for an hour and a
half, said Deemer. The slide was
reported at 8 p.m.
SOCK DIRECTOR SUE SHELDON is surrounded by departing Nation-
al Guard officials during Changing of the Guard ceremonies last
Friday at the Shelton Armory. From left, they are Colonel Rick Read,
Sergeant First Class Pat Patterson and Sergeant Dennis Skeen.
Year's big event Saturday:
Republicans set for
Lincoln Day dinner
Washington State Republi-
can Party Chairman Dale
Foreman will keynote the Ma-
son County Republicans' an-
nual Lincoln Day Dinner set
for Saturday, February 20, at
the Shelton Elks Lodge.
Foreman, who has served as
the state's party chairman
since 1997, is expected to
share his vision of the future
of the party for participants in
the gathering at 741 SE Craig
Road, Shelton.
Mason County Republican
Central Committee Chairman
Craig Chapman said the event'
"promises to be insightful and
fun.
"The Lincoln Day Dinner,"
Cady, former 35th District
Representative Peggy John-
son, and Bob Lawrence, a re-
cent Sixth Congressional Dis-
trict candidate.
In addition to the auctions,
said publicist John Sattgast, a
large gift basket full of valu-
able items will be raffled.
Hors d'oeuvres will be
served at 6 p.m. and the din-
ner is scheduled to begin at
6:45 p.m. The event is expect-
ed to wrap up by 9:30 p.m.
Tickets, at $25 per person,
may be purchased at the door
or t'esetvaton, may be id '
in advance. For information or
to reserve tickets, call Joane
Swanson at 898-2091. '
he said, "is one of the most im-
portant fund-raising events of
the year for Mason County Re-
publicans. We have some in-
teresting speakers, but along
with that, there will be musi-
cal entertainment, raffles, a
silent auction, a live auction
and much more," said Chap-
man.
"We're excited to have Dale
Foreman with us this year as
we bring Republicans back to-
gether for food, fun and a cele-
bration of freedom," he said.
Musical entertainment will
be pr0Vided"by' the' Shelton
High School Illusions. Other
speakers include Mason Coun-
ty Commissioner Mary Jo
BRAND NEW PENS
AT THE
LLER WINDOWS!
Dinner 6pm.7"MOpm
Dancing 8pro.Midnight
Live by the Marvelle$
Tickets
on sale now
Dinner & Show
,.00nly $25 per couple
IblDI
C A S N 0 AAA, ::
Open Daily * Interchange Hw,/101/106 * Shelton * (360) 42%7711 * www.lilfle-creck.€om ::
Check out our new hours: Sanday WIN/1 m 4m, lm'hy 1 m
II IINIIIIIIIINNINI I
(Just one of the big changes you'll see as
Centennial Bank becomes West Coast Bank.)
WEST
COAST
BANK
Thursday, February 18, 1999 - Shelton.Mason County Journal - Page 3
Changing of the Guard sees
SOCK take over the armory
By JEFF GREEN
The Changing of the Guard at
the Shelton Armory last Friday
occurred with little pomp but
plenty of circumstance.
The Washington National
Guard unit based at the armory
in downtown Shelton surrendered
the keys to the building to its now
full-time tenant, Save Our Coun-
ty's Kids. The military, unfor-
tunately, took all of its tanks and
hardware with it.
SOCK, as the center for at-risk
local youths is known, accepted
the building with relish. Now it
has a real home.
"We're terribly excited to have
this five-year lease on the build-
ing," SOCK Director Sue Sheldon
said. She added she hopes the
lease extends five years after five
years forever.
SHELDON SAID her organi-
zation will be busy. The game
room is being expanded. There
will be a "Homework Heaven"
with computer access and tutors
available to help kids with their
homework. And there will be a
large area for arts and crafts.
"We have a large rent payment
to make so we're going to be doing
a lot of fund-raising," she said.
One of the first funding efforts
will go towards purchasing a box-
ing ring for the center's popular
boxing program.
" 'Thank you' doesn't even ex-
press what we feel about what
you guys have done for us. It's
been tremendous," she told the
National Guard representatives
on hand for the ceremony. SOCK
was able to start its program with
free use of the armory, though
that use involved clearing out for
drill days and other events that
were traditionally held there.
"It's kind of depressing to leave
this place," said Washington Na-
tional Guard Sergeant First Class
Pat Patterson. "We've been part
of the community for seven
years," he said of the most recent
Guard unit based here. A lot of
work, heart and sweat went into
the armory, he added.
REMNANTS OF the National
Guard's presence remained. Little
signs, "Executive Officer" and
"Company Commander," stayed
behind on office doors. A stand
holding National Guard recruit-
ing brochures stood at attention
off to the side of a door leading to
the armory's gym. A sign reading,
"Co. B, 3rd, BN, 161st. Inf
(MECH)," hung on the wall be-
hind the podium at the event.
"This facility is probably one of
the most used facilities," Sergeant
Patterson continued. The armory
has been the site of community
bazaars, dances, church functions
and more over its years in Shel-
ton.
A few years ago, SOCK wanted
to clean up the graffiti around
town that provided impetus for
the group's formation. There was
plenty of it scrawled on the ar-
mory's walls. Patterson made a
deal. "You clean up my graffiti
and I'll let you use the
compound," he told SOCK offi-
cials.
Shelton needed a place for
youth to gather, he said. "The
public started noticing something
going on here," he said. The youth
center started on a part-time ba-
sis. Things started to grow and
kept expanding, he added.
"IT WAS A LOT of work," Pat-
terson said. "It was them doing
everything." Sergeant Dennis
Skeen was so impressed by the
group's efforts that he donated a
pool table to the cause.
"I hope this thing goes on for-
ever because the community
needs something like this," Pat-
terson said. He reached into a
pocket, pulled out a set of keys,
handed them over to Sheldon,
then gave her a hug.
"I hardly know what to say,"
Sheldon told the audience. "We've
had a lot of positive response
from this community for our
efforts." SOCK has registered
more than 1,200 kids in Mason
County, she said. And atten-
dance, which averages 80 to 90
youths per night at the center, is
growing.
"This is a great kind of pro-
gram to use our facility if we
can't," said Colonel Rick Read.
Due to military downsizing, the
National Guard is closing four ar-
mories this year in Washington.
Besides Shelton, armories in Oka-
nogan, Colville and Clarkston are
shutting down, he said. The Shel-
ton Armory dates back to around
1954, Read said.
Slide near Lilliwaup threatens
hillside homes on Highway 101
(Continued from page 1.)
Popes won't be moving back to
their Lilliwaup house. "There's no
way they'll ever get water or elec-
tricity up there for at least six
months," said Paula.
CREWS FROM THE Wash-
ington State Department of
Transportation worked Friday
morning clearing mud and debris
from Highway 101. They were
back at work there Tuesday,
clening ditches and scooping out
mud, silt, stumps and debris from
a roadside bank. By Wednesday
morning some 400 yards of debris
had been trucked from the slide
area to the department's main-
tenance facility in Potlatch.
"It's still moving," said Larry
WHILE CREW MEMBERS work to clean out a culvert along Highway
101 near a mud slide a mile north of Lilliwaup, John Sipp of the
Washington State Department of Transportation helps control traf-
fic Wednesday morning.
Deemer, area supervisor for the
Department of Transportation,
referring to the saturated ground
near the slide. "It's only been
moving about an inch a day."
Deemer said crews are opening
ditches and culverts so water can
drain off the hillside. "We don't
know if it's all going to come
down or just a little is going to
come down," he said of the hill-
side. "There's quite a bit of water
coming out of there."
A small slide Tuesday evening
just south of PotlatCh'State Park
closed the southbound lane of
Highway 101 for an hour and a
half, said Deemer. The slide was
reported at 8 p.m.
SOCK DIRECTOR SUE SHELDON is surrounded by departing Nation-
al Guard officials during Changing of the Guard ceremonies last
Friday at the Shelton Armory. From left, they are Colonel Rick Read,
Sergeant First Class Pat Patterson and Sergeant Dennis Skeen.
Year's big event Saturday:
Republicans set for
Lincoln Day dinner
Washington State Republi-
can Party Chairman Dale
Foreman will keynote the Ma-
son County Republicans' an-
nual Lincoln Day Dinner set
for Saturday, February 20, at
the Shelton Elks Lodge.
Foreman, who has served as
the state's party chairman
since 1997, is expected to
share his vision of the future
of the party for participants in
the gathering at 741 SE Craig
Road, Shelton.
Mason County Republican
Central Committee Chairman
Craig Chapman said the event'
"promises to be insightful and
fun.
"The Lincoln Day Dinner,"
Cady, former 35th District
Representative Peggy John-
son, and Bob Lawrence, a re-
cent Sixth Congressional Dis-
trict candidate.
In addition to the auctions,
said publicist John Sattgast, a
large gift basket full of valu-
able items will be raffled.
Hors d'oeuvres will be
served at 6 p.m. and the din-
ner is scheduled to begin at
6:45 p.m. The event is expect-
ed to wrap up by 9:30 p.m.
Tickets, at $25 per person,
may be purchased at the door
or t'esetvaton, may be id '
in advance. For information or
to reserve tickets, call Joane
Swanson at 898-2091. '
he said, "is one of the most im-
portant fund-raising events of
the year for Mason County Re-
publicans. We have some in-
teresting speakers, but along
with that, there will be musi-
cal entertainment, raffles, a
silent auction, a live auction
and much more," said Chap-
man.
"We're excited to have Dale
Foreman with us this year as
we bring Republicans back to-
gether for food, fun and a cele-
bration of freedom," he said.
Musical entertainment will
be pr0Vided"by' the' Shelton
High School Illusions. Other
speakers include Mason Coun-
ty Commissioner Mary Jo
BRAND NEW PENS
AT THE
LLER WINDOWS!
Dinner 6pm.7"MOpm
Dancing 8pro.Midnight
Live by the Marvelle$
Tickets
on sale now
Dinner & Show
,.00nly $25 per couple
IblDI
C A S N 0 AAA, ::
Open Daily * Interchange Hw,/101/106 * Shelton * (360) 42%7711 * www.lilfle-creck.€om ::
Check out our new hours: Sanday WIN/1 m 4m, lm'hy 1 m
II IINIIIIIIIINNINI I
(Just one of the big changes you'll see as
Centennial Bank becomes West Coast Bank.)
WEST
COAST
BANK
Thursday, February 18, 1999 - Shelton.Mason County Journal - Page 3