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Faith Lutheran will
host guest pastors
In preparation for its 50th
anniversary celebration March
6 and 7, Faith Lutheran
Church will feature two spe-
cial guest pastors this month.
Pastor (Ben) J. Bernard
Bretheim, who served Faith
from 1952 to 1958, will deliver
the message this Sunday
morning at both the 9 o'clock
traditional and the 11:15 con-
temporary worship services.
He is now retired.
Pastor Don Clinton, also re-
tired, will present the sermon
on February 28. He was inter-
im pastor during 1989-1990.
The church is located at the
corner of 13th and Connection
streets on Mountain View.
Good News class to
start at Mount Olive
Pastor James Markus of
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
has announced the beginning
of a Good News class on Sun-
day, February 21.
The session will run from
9:15 to 10:15 a.m. in the
church at 206 East Wyandotte.
The purpose of the 15-week
class is to introduce the gener-
al public to the basics of the
Christian faith and to the dis-
tinctiveness of the Lutheran
Church within Christianity.
Topics to be covered in the
class include "What is God
like?" "What happens when we
die?" "How can I know the Bi-
ble is the Word of God any-
way?" "How can I be sure I am
saved?" "Who is Jesus and
what did he come to do? .... Is
church membership enough?"
"What about baptism and com-
munion? .... How can I experi-
ence more of God in my life to-
day and why should I want
to?"
The Good News class is of-
fered free to the public. Child-
care is provided.
Mount Olive to add
a midweek service
Mount Olive Lutheran
Church invites the public to a
series of special Lenten ser-
vices to be held at 7:30 p.m.
each Wednesday through
March 31.
"The 40 days of Lent corre-
spond to Christ's 40 days in
the wilderness," says Pastor
James Markus of Mount Olive.
"Lent is a special time in the
life of the church when we
think about Christ's death and
what it means for us. Those
who have observed the season
of Lent will have a richer cele-
bration of the resurrection of
Christ at Easter."
This year, the theme for the
Lenten worship services is
"Overcomers in Christ."
"Christ, who overcame our
common problems, can help us
overcofae such things as self-
ishness, conflicts, evil, frustra-
tion and misunderstanding,"
Markus said.
A family meal will precede
the Wednesday services at
6:30 p.m. A $2 donation is sug-
gested. Participants are asked
, to call .the church ,at 426-6353
for reservations. Mount Olive
is located at 206 East Wyan-
dotte Avenue.
Saint David's plans
class series for Lent
A series of classes on per-
sonal and corporate prayer
will be offered to all interested
people at Saint David's Hall
each Tuesday evening during
Lent. Father Don Maddux of
the Episcopal Church of Saint
David of Wales will lead the
classes.
The schedule for each Tues-
day begins with a Eucharist at
6 p.m. in the fireplace room of
the parish hall, continues with
a simple potluck supper and
winds up with the class, which
will run from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Those who cannot arrive in
time for the service or the pot-
luck are welcome to come just
for the class, Father Maddux
said. The public is invited to
participate in any or all of the
series, he added.
Saint David's Hall is located
at 218 North Third Street
downtown.
Interdenominational
youth gathering set
A two-day interdenomina-
tional conference for teens and
young adults is scheduled for
March 26 and 27, said a
spokesperson for Gateway
Christian Fellowship, sponsor
of the event.
Live bands and drama,
youth choir performances, mo-
tivational speakers and door
prizes will all be part of the ac-
tion at the two-day
"Generation Jesus" event,
which is to be held at the Shel-
ton High School Auditorium.
The conference will run
from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday,
March 26, and from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Saturday, March 27.
Those who want more informa-
tion on the event can phone
427-9092.
Lenten message:
Y2K? Prepare for J2C
By PASTOR HOWARD SPEAR
Bridge Community Church
and Family Bible Fellowship
WHY 2 K?
You have heard about the computer problem
known as Y2K that may cause some problems
when next year begins. But why do we have 2 K
(the year 2000)? In the past, people counted
years by the reign of the king - the most import-
ant person in the kingdom. Then, in 532 A.D.,
the monk Dionysius Exiguus started a Christian
system of dating events, beginning with the year
he believed Christ was born. (A.D. is the abbre-
viation for the Latin words anne Domini, which
means in the year of the Lord.)
But he miscalculated the birth of Christ by
four to six years, and we are now living about
2004 years since the birth of Christ. Dionysius
Exiguus recognized the Lord Jesus Christ as the
most important person in the entire scope of hu-
man history. Every time we write the date, we
witness that human history .revolves around this
central Person.
More important than dates is why Jesus
Christ was born. He was born to die!
His life and death were clearly prophesied 700
years before his birth (see Isaiah Chapter 53).
Jesus came to die as a sacrifice and a substitute.
He willingly took upon himself the punishment
for the sin of everyone who realizes he has
seriously offended God, and who admits that he
is totally helpless to do anything to be reconciled
to God. (Sin is basically our failure to love God
with all our heart, soul, and strength, and our
failure to obey God.)
Jesus came to express God's great kindness to
all who trust Him as Savior and Lord. He gives
abundant and eternal life to everyone who trusts
in Him. He is LIFE. When Jesus Christ took our
sins he earned the right to give His righteous-
ness to all who will put their case in His hands.
Consider this most amazing transaction. For
those who trust in Jesus Christ, God puts their
sins on Jesus Christ, and He gives the perfect
righteousness of Christ to them. God's perfect
justice is expressed by the punishment of sin,
and his perfect love and kindness is expressed by
forgiving the sin of those who are trusting in
Christ. See II Corinthians 5:21. More important
than the new dating system is the new life that
Jesus Christ gives. "Anyone who belongs to
Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and
everything is new." (II Corinthians 5:17 Contem-
porary, English Version.)
There is another coming event that we may
call J2C - Jesus' Second Coming. It is totally cer-
tain to occur, although we don't know the date.
The Bible tells us that every eye will see Him
when He returns in power and glory.
It is important to prepare for possible dis-
asters and problems, such as Y2K problems. We
know the date that most Y2K problems will oc-
cur but there are differing opinions about how
serious those problems will be.
It is infinitely more important to prepare for
J2C by being reconciled to God through faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ. This reconciliation is the
beginning of a growing relationship with God as
our Father, and fellowship with everyone who
loves Christ. To this end, the ministers of the
Mason County Ministerial Association present
this series of Lenten articles. We pray that
Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of Je-
sus Christ, (after his sacrificial death) will be-
come more meaningful to you and that you will
depend upon the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive
your sin and that you will enjoy abundant life in
daily fellowship with Him.
In this series of meditations for the
Lenten season, Mason County pastors
will explore aspects of the turn of the
millenium, popularly known as Y2K.
Port commission roundup:
Chairman Trusler says he
00rants working guidelines
Port of Shelton officials will
take another look at a series of
guidelines proposed last month by
Chairman Henry Trusler.
The commission adopted and
agreed to post a list of 10 guides
to go by at its first meeting in
January, but Trusler indicated
there appeared to be some tension
over them.
"I think they're just a simple
way of saying we're going to deal
with each other openly and hon-
estly and do what's right by the
public," he said at the port com-
mission's regular meeting
Wednesday, February 10.
He'd like a set of guidelines
that all three commissioners are
comfortable with, he said. "I am
persistent," he said. "I want to
put the past behind us and move
into the future."
IN OTHER business at the
February I0 meeting:
. Trusler announced the citi-
zens advisory committee will be
sending a letter to finalists for the
position of port director. Three fi-
nalists will be interviewed again
after background checks are con-
ducted.
• Commissioner Rose Nye
asked about $23,000 that showed
up in the miscellaneous account.
Commissioner George Radich
said the money was from a prop-
erty that involved the old Certi-
fied Aerospace. The funds have
been moved from a special trust
to the general fund. "I feel uncom-
fortable with that much money in
miscellaneous and it should be
someplace," she said.
• EVELETH SAID he was
working on lease arrangements
with Olympic Tool and Dolphin
Arms. Dolphin Arms makes
equipment for police and military
personnel. "They're not too un-
happy with what they got back
and it looks like it will be
resolved," Eveleth said of the ex-
change of paperwork between the
port and the firm.
• Eveleth said he is working on
plans to move local offices of the
Washington Department of Natu-
ral Resources into the Moose
Hall. He said it will cost about
$3,000 to carve up the floorspace
by setting up partitions, install-
ing some windows and rewiring
the electric system. "They're very
pleased with the prospects of go-
ing over there. It's just what
they're looking for," he said.
Thornbrue resigning his
position as port auditor
Rick Thornbrue has resigned
as auditor for the Port of Shelton
so he can devote more time to his
family and his core business,
which includes the preparation of
tax returns.
He said Wednesday that he's
been thinking of the move for
about a year but that the port has
been unable to find a suitable re-
placement.
"I prefer to emphasize the tax
areas," he said.
The problem of finding a re-
placement was solved with the
appearance on the scene of
George Fox.
Fox, the financial officer for the
Port of Olympia, has agreed to
take the job Thornbrue is vacat-
ing. In recent weeks he has been
working with interim port direc-
tor Norm Eveleth on designing
new internal controls for the
port's accounting system. They
expect to bring forward a proposal
within the next few weeks.
Thornbrue wants to spend the
time he's devoted to the port with
his sons, Brett and Tyler. The
former is a senior at Shelton High
School and the other a freshman.
"I want to spend more time
with the kids because they're
about gone," he said.
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Connolly talks
college funding
(Continued from page 1.)
tion is also diminished by some
$400,000 borrowed against it to
complete the current building in
the first phase of the college
building project, Connolly told the
group.
He was quick to acknowledge
that not everyone in the room was
happy with the building. "I'm not,
either," he said, but he reminded
the group that community colleg-
es fall under a state governance
that requires that construction be
done by a state-selected architect.
If the local community is will-
ing to wait 10 years or so, he said,
there might be some state match-
ing money available to augment
what the local campus will net for
the library building. Right now, a
pool of matching money that was
reduced from $5 million to $2 mil-
lion is significantly oversub-
scribed by colleges with projects
that have been planned for years.
There might also be some fed-
eral matching money for bringing
educational services to agricultur-
al or timber communities, he pos-
tulated. "But while we're explor-
ing funding sources, nothing's
happening," he reminded the
group.
HE ASSURED the group that
although the library on the main
campus of Olympic College is in
need of replacement, the Johnson
money can't be used anywhere
but in Mason County. A library
was specified in the bequest, he
said, .but while the new building
will house library facilities and
the technical support for library
materials, it will also have meet-
ing rooms that can double as
classrooms.
Funding for community colleg-
es, he said, comes through a
budget area for community and
technical colleges that represents
32 institutions statewide. The
main capital project for the group
is a new college in Northeast
King County and expands service
in Eastern Pierce County, Con-
nelly said.
Some 35 percent of the build-
ings on the state's community col-
lege campuses are more than 40
years old, two are condemned and
many are past their reasonable
life expectancy, he said.
The newest building on the
Bremerton campus was built 28
years ago, he added, noting bleak-
ly that the state has minimal
funding for construction and the
outlook doesn't appear to be get-
ting brighter.
AS FOR OPERATING ex-
penses, he said, they come from a
budget that's based on a formula
for per-student funding. And
that's an area where the Shelton
campus isn't quite pulling its
share of the Olympic College load,
Connolly told the local college
boosters.
Before the construction of the
new college on Alpine Way, he
said, Shelton had some 125 to 150
full-time-equivalent students
(FTEs) at the facility in Gateway
Center. "Today we have 250
FTEs," he said, handing out a
room- and seat-utilization study,
"but we've also doubled our
square footage and tripled our
budget."
Connolly said that substituting
leased annex space at Gateway
Center with a portable classroom
structure on the Alpine Way cam-
pus is a cost-effective way to re-
duce the need for support staff
Distance-learning options, while
they reach a larger potential pop-
ulation, are not particularly cost.
effective. "It's expensive," he said.
The rate at which Olympic Col
lege Shelton enrollment is in-
creasing, he added, is viewed as
positive. "We're getting there," he
said, congratulating Program
Manager Steve Miller and Execu-
tive Director Nora Elh,n Richard
on building a good learning
climate at the local campus.
MEMBERS OF the friends'
group took time at the meeting to
review the funding of the sculp-
ture "Journey" by Bainbridge Is-
land artist Jeff Oiens which will
grace the retaining pond at the
college.
Ray Hansen reported that do
nations are coming in well ant
the group discussed a plaque tha
will list the names of major cot,
tributors toward the project.
Pollination
Power from
WILDLIFE ATTRACTIONS
We Have Mason Bees
and Suppliesl
Spring is just around the corner and
it's time to prepare for the hummers
and other returning birds. We have
feeders, nest boxes, books and
supplies at Wildlife Attractions.
426.4926 61 E. Agate Road
Open Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-S:30 p.m.
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NEEDS LAND OR AN EXISTING BUILDING IN
MATLOCK, WA
The fl'stal Service is looking for parties interested in offering tr) sell land OR Ic,ise all
existing building to serve as the Matlock, WA. - Main Post Office.
The preferred area boundaries are as follows:
North: Anderson Road
South: Deckerville Road
East: Bingham Creek Bridge
West: Ford Road
Site size des/red is approximately 0.50 to 1.0 acre of land. Offerors may also olivet existing
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A Solicitation Package may be obtained at the Matlock, WA - Main Post Office, located at
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For proposal information call or write:
Susan Ruinhart
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Telephone: (206) 623-I 633
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Offers mailed or hand delivered must be received at the above address before 4:00 PM,
March 15, 1999.
III I I I I III
Thursday, February 18, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page 9
Faith Lutheran will
host guest pastors
In preparation for its 50th
anniversary celebration March
6 and 7, Faith Lutheran
Church will feature two spe-
cial guest pastors this month.
Pastor (Ben) J. Bernard
Bretheim, who served Faith
from 1952 to 1958, will deliver
the message this Sunday
morning at both the 9 o'clock
traditional and the 11:15 con-
temporary worship services.
He is now retired.
Pastor Don Clinton, also re-
tired, will present the sermon
on February 28. He was inter-
im pastor during 1989-1990.
The church is located at the
corner of 13th and Connection
streets on Mountain View.
Good News class to
start at Mount Olive
Pastor James Markus of
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
has announced the beginning
of a Good News class on Sun-
day, February 21.
The session will run from
9:15 to 10:15 a.m. in the
church at 206 East Wyandotte.
The purpose of the 15-week
class is to introduce the gener-
al public to the basics of the
Christian faith and to the dis-
tinctiveness of the Lutheran
Church within Christianity.
Topics to be covered in the
class include "What is God
like?" "What happens when we
die?" "How can I know the Bi-
ble is the Word of God any-
way?" "How can I be sure I am
saved?" "Who is Jesus and
what did he come to do? .... Is
church membership enough?"
"What about baptism and com-
munion? .... How can I experi-
ence more of God in my life to-
day and why should I want
to?"
The Good News class is of-
fered free to the public. Child-
care is provided.
Mount Olive to add
a midweek service
Mount Olive Lutheran
Church invites the public to a
series of special Lenten ser-
vices to be held at 7:30 p.m.
each Wednesday through
March 31.
"The 40 days of Lent corre-
spond to Christ's 40 days in
the wilderness," says Pastor
James Markus of Mount Olive.
"Lent is a special time in the
life of the church when we
think about Christ's death and
what it means for us. Those
who have observed the season
of Lent will have a richer cele-
bration of the resurrection of
Christ at Easter."
This year, the theme for the
Lenten worship services is
"Overcomers in Christ."
"Christ, who overcame our
common problems, can help us
overcofae such things as self-
ishness, conflicts, evil, frustra-
tion and misunderstanding,"
Markus said.
A family meal will precede
the Wednesday services at
6:30 p.m. A $2 donation is sug-
gested. Participants are asked
, to call .the church ,at 426-6353
for reservations. Mount Olive
is located at 206 East Wyan-
dotte Avenue.
Saint David's plans
class series for Lent
A series of classes on per-
sonal and corporate prayer
will be offered to all interested
people at Saint David's Hall
each Tuesday evening during
Lent. Father Don Maddux of
the Episcopal Church of Saint
David of Wales will lead the
classes.
The schedule for each Tues-
day begins with a Eucharist at
6 p.m. in the fireplace room of
the parish hall, continues with
a simple potluck supper and
winds up with the class, which
will run from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Those who cannot arrive in
time for the service or the pot-
luck are welcome to come just
for the class, Father Maddux
said. The public is invited to
participate in any or all of the
series, he added.
Saint David's Hall is located
at 218 North Third Street
downtown.
Interdenominational
youth gathering set
A two-day interdenomina-
tional conference for teens and
young adults is scheduled for
March 26 and 27, said a
spokesperson for Gateway
Christian Fellowship, sponsor
of the event.
Live bands and drama,
youth choir performances, mo-
tivational speakers and door
prizes will all be part of the ac-
tion at the two-day
"Generation Jesus" event,
which is to be held at the Shel-
ton High School Auditorium.
The conference will run
from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday,
March 26, and from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Saturday, March 27.
Those who want more informa-
tion on the event can phone
427-9092.
Lenten message:
Y2K? Prepare for J2C
By PASTOR HOWARD SPEAR
Bridge Community Church
and Family Bible Fellowship
WHY 2 K?
You have heard about the computer problem
known as Y2K that may cause some problems
when next year begins. But why do we have 2 K
(the year 2000)? In the past, people counted
years by the reign of the king - the most import-
ant person in the kingdom. Then, in 532 A.D.,
the monk Dionysius Exiguus started a Christian
system of dating events, beginning with the year
he believed Christ was born. (A.D. is the abbre-
viation for the Latin words anne Domini, which
means in the year of the Lord.)
But he miscalculated the birth of Christ by
four to six years, and we are now living about
2004 years since the birth of Christ. Dionysius
Exiguus recognized the Lord Jesus Christ as the
most important person in the entire scope of hu-
man history. Every time we write the date, we
witness that human history .revolves around this
central Person.
More important than dates is why Jesus
Christ was born. He was born to die!
His life and death were clearly prophesied 700
years before his birth (see Isaiah Chapter 53).
Jesus came to die as a sacrifice and a substitute.
He willingly took upon himself the punishment
for the sin of everyone who realizes he has
seriously offended God, and who admits that he
is totally helpless to do anything to be reconciled
to God. (Sin is basically our failure to love God
with all our heart, soul, and strength, and our
failure to obey God.)
Jesus came to express God's great kindness to
all who trust Him as Savior and Lord. He gives
abundant and eternal life to everyone who trusts
in Him. He is LIFE. When Jesus Christ took our
sins he earned the right to give His righteous-
ness to all who will put their case in His hands.
Consider this most amazing transaction. For
those who trust in Jesus Christ, God puts their
sins on Jesus Christ, and He gives the perfect
righteousness of Christ to them. God's perfect
justice is expressed by the punishment of sin,
and his perfect love and kindness is expressed by
forgiving the sin of those who are trusting in
Christ. See II Corinthians 5:21. More important
than the new dating system is the new life that
Jesus Christ gives. "Anyone who belongs to
Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and
everything is new." (II Corinthians 5:17 Contem-
porary, English Version.)
There is another coming event that we may
call J2C - Jesus' Second Coming. It is totally cer-
tain to occur, although we don't know the date.
The Bible tells us that every eye will see Him
when He returns in power and glory.
It is important to prepare for possible dis-
asters and problems, such as Y2K problems. We
know the date that most Y2K problems will oc-
cur but there are differing opinions about how
serious those problems will be.
It is infinitely more important to prepare for
J2C by being reconciled to God through faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ. This reconciliation is the
beginning of a growing relationship with God as
our Father, and fellowship with everyone who
loves Christ. To this end, the ministers of the
Mason County Ministerial Association present
this series of Lenten articles. We pray that
Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of Je-
sus Christ, (after his sacrificial death) will be-
come more meaningful to you and that you will
depend upon the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive
your sin and that you will enjoy abundant life in
daily fellowship with Him.
In this series of meditations for the
Lenten season, Mason County pastors
will explore aspects of the turn of the
millenium, popularly known as Y2K.
Port commission roundup:
Chairman Trusler says he
00rants working guidelines
Port of Shelton officials will
take another look at a series of
guidelines proposed last month by
Chairman Henry Trusler.
The commission adopted and
agreed to post a list of 10 guides
to go by at its first meeting in
January, but Trusler indicated
there appeared to be some tension
over them.
"I think they're just a simple
way of saying we're going to deal
with each other openly and hon-
estly and do what's right by the
public," he said at the port com-
mission's regular meeting
Wednesday, February 10.
He'd like a set of guidelines
that all three commissioners are
comfortable with, he said. "I am
persistent," he said. "I want to
put the past behind us and move
into the future."
IN OTHER business at the
February I0 meeting:
. Trusler announced the citi-
zens advisory committee will be
sending a letter to finalists for the
position of port director. Three fi-
nalists will be interviewed again
after background checks are con-
ducted.
• Commissioner Rose Nye
asked about $23,000 that showed
up in the miscellaneous account.
Commissioner George Radich
said the money was from a prop-
erty that involved the old Certi-
fied Aerospace. The funds have
been moved from a special trust
to the general fund. "I feel uncom-
fortable with that much money in
miscellaneous and it should be
someplace," she said.
• EVELETH SAID he was
working on lease arrangements
with Olympic Tool and Dolphin
Arms. Dolphin Arms makes
equipment for police and military
personnel. "They're not too un-
happy with what they got back
and it looks like it will be
resolved," Eveleth said of the ex-
change of paperwork between the
port and the firm.
• Eveleth said he is working on
plans to move local offices of the
Washington Department of Natu-
ral Resources into the Moose
Hall. He said it will cost about
$3,000 to carve up the floorspace
by setting up partitions, install-
ing some windows and rewiring
the electric system. "They're very
pleased with the prospects of go-
ing over there. It's just what
they're looking for," he said.
Thornbrue resigning his
position as port auditor
Rick Thornbrue has resigned
as auditor for the Port of Shelton
so he can devote more time to his
family and his core business,
which includes the preparation of
tax returns.
He said Wednesday that he's
been thinking of the move for
about a year but that the port has
been unable to find a suitable re-
placement.
"I prefer to emphasize the tax
areas," he said.
The problem of finding a re-
placement was solved with the
appearance on the scene of
George Fox.
Fox, the financial officer for the
Port of Olympia, has agreed to
take the job Thornbrue is vacat-
ing. In recent weeks he has been
working with interim port direc-
tor Norm Eveleth on designing
new internal controls for the
port's accounting system. They
expect to bring forward a proposal
within the next few weeks.
Thornbrue wants to spend the
time he's devoted to the port with
his sons, Brett and Tyler. The
former is a senior at Shelton High
School and the other a freshman.
"I want to spend more time
with the kids because they're
about gone," he said.
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tion is also diminished by some
$400,000 borrowed against it to
complete the current building in
the first phase of the college
building project, Connolly told the
group.
He was quick to acknowledge
that not everyone in the room was
happy with the building. "I'm not,
either," he said, but he reminded
the group that community colleg-
es fall under a state governance
that requires that construction be
done by a state-selected architect.
If the local community is will-
ing to wait 10 years or so, he said,
there might be some state match-
ing money available to augment
what the local campus will net for
the library building. Right now, a
pool of matching money that was
reduced from $5 million to $2 mil-
lion is significantly oversub-
scribed by colleges with projects
that have been planned for years.
There might also be some fed-
eral matching money for bringing
educational services to agricultur-
al or timber communities, he pos-
tulated. "But while we're explor-
ing funding sources, nothing's
happening," he reminded the
group.
HE ASSURED the group that
although the library on the main
campus of Olympic College is in
need of replacement, the Johnson
money can't be used anywhere
but in Mason County. A library
was specified in the bequest, he
said, .but while the new building
will house library facilities and
the technical support for library
materials, it will also have meet-
ing rooms that can double as
classrooms.
Funding for community colleg-
es, he said, comes through a
budget area for community and
technical colleges that represents
32 institutions statewide. The
main capital project for the group
is a new college in Northeast
King County and expands service
in Eastern Pierce County, Con-
nelly said.
Some 35 percent of the build-
ings on the state's community col-
lege campuses are more than 40
years old, two are condemned and
many are past their reasonable
life expectancy, he said.
The newest building on the
Bremerton campus was built 28
years ago, he added, noting bleak-
ly that the state has minimal
funding for construction and the
outlook doesn't appear to be get-
ting brighter.
AS FOR OPERATING ex-
penses, he said, they come from a
budget that's based on a formula
for per-student funding. And
that's an area where the Shelton
campus isn't quite pulling its
share of the Olympic College load,
Connolly told the local college
boosters.
Before the construction of the
new college on Alpine Way, he
said, Shelton had some 125 to 150
full-time-equivalent students
(FTEs) at the facility in Gateway
Center. "Today we have 250
FTEs," he said, handing out a
room- and seat-utilization study,
"but we've also doubled our
square footage and tripled our
budget."
Connolly said that substituting
leased annex space at Gateway
Center with a portable classroom
structure on the Alpine Way cam-
pus is a cost-effective way to re-
duce the need for support staff
Distance-learning options, while
they reach a larger potential pop-
ulation, are not particularly cost.
effective. "It's expensive," he said.
The rate at which Olympic Col
lege Shelton enrollment is in-
creasing, he added, is viewed as
positive. "We're getting there," he
said, congratulating Program
Manager Steve Miller and Execu-
tive Director Nora Elh,n Richard
on building a good learning
climate at the local campus.
MEMBERS OF the friends'
group took time at the meeting to
review the funding of the sculp-
ture "Journey" by Bainbridge Is-
land artist Jeff Oiens which will
grace the retaining pond at the
college.
Ray Hansen reported that do
nations are coming in well ant
the group discussed a plaque tha
will list the names of major cot,
tributors toward the project.
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POSTAL SERVICE
THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
NEEDS LAND OR AN EXISTING BUILDING IN
MATLOCK, WA
The fl'stal Service is looking for parties interested in offering tr) sell land OR Ic,ise all
existing building to serve as the Matlock, WA. - Main Post Office.
The preferred area boundaries are as follows:
North: Anderson Road
South: Deckerville Road
East: Bingham Creek Bridge
West: Ford Road
Site size des/red is approximately 0.50 to 1.0 acre of land. Offerors may also olivet existing
space or building for lease. Minimum net square footage required is I, ]:,7. Lease term to be
2(3 years. Quote rent for space/building in its "as is" condition Existing budding space must
meet Federal Handicapped Accessibility Standards at time oi occupancy or be capable ol
being modified to meet such. Offerors must own or control the site and must stale the pncel
lease rate. If the proposal is submitted by an agent for the owner, evidence of the agent's
exclusive authorily to sell the subject site must accomparly the proposal. Subjecl property
shall be outside oi the 100-year flood plain. Tbe owner shall be responsible for all actrm
necessary to obtain zoning prior to purchasellease by the U.S. Postal Service rlw l)st,d
Service reserves the right to negotiate with any and all respondents.
A Solicitation Package may be obtained at the Matlock, WA - Main Post Office, located at
West 1749(I Shelton-Matlock Rd., Matlock, WA 98560-9998.
For proposal information call or write:
Susan Ruinhart
LaBonde Land, Inc.
601 Union St, Ste 1725
Seattle, WA 98101-2341
Telephone: (206) 623-I 633
FAX: (206) 654-4148
Offers mailed or hand delivered must be received at the above address before 4:00 PM,
March 15, 1999.
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