February 18, 1999 Shelton Mason County Journal | ![]() |
©
Shelton Mason County Journal. All rights reserved. Upgrade to access Premium Tools
PAGE 26 (26 of 30 available) PREVIOUS NEXT Jumbo Image Save To Scrapbook Set Notifiers PDF JPG
February 18, 1999 |
|
Website © 2025. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader ![]() |
Harstine Isla.00,d: Lowery named director of
Club honors fireman Burgdorf rural development council
By JOHN COOPER
Harstine Island firefighter
Fred Burgdorf was recognized for
20 years of service at a meeting of
the Harstine Island Community
Club on Lincoln's Birthday, Feb-
ruary 12.
Burgdorf walked the gamut of
a reception line of firefighting of-
ficials as he received a plaque in
observance of his long service to
the island community.
Nick Neuerburg, representing
Fire District 5, called forward the
guests from the fire district to
form a reception line. Among
them were Chief Richard Knight,
Assistant Chief Mike Snyder and
Battalion Chief Paul Wuestner.
Station Nine personnel made a
good showing with Battalion
Chief Gary Hink and firefighters
Lorna Hink, Jim Anderson, John
Graham and Ian Anderson stand-
ing in for that unit. Firefighters
Mark Mottet, new member Bon-
nie Ziztman and Nick Neuerburg
represented Station Eight in the
line,
RETIRED HARSTINE fire-
fighters A1 Bacon, Glen Yates,
John McCumsey, Joe Keller and
Bill Dougherty were asked to
stand and be recognized as part of
the group honoring the award re-
cipient.
Neuerburg characterized Burg-
dorf as one "who has always
shown his care of friends and
neighbors and his community as
a whole" and called him up for
one more drill: to proceed to the
stage along the line oI' firefighters
and receive their words of praise
and warm handshakes.
In his remarks of appreciation
Fred recognized those who had
helped him during his 20 years of
service, intimating that they all
shared in his award.
His remarks didn't end the pre-
sentation. Bob Helm, community
club president, immediately pre-
sented Burgdorf with an award
on behalf of the club which ex-
pressed that organization's appre-
ciation for Fred's 20 years of com-
munity service. When someone
called out, "Speech!" Fred re-
sponded with a typical Burgdorf-
ism: "l'm speeched out."
A large sheet cake, which was
shared after the meeting, was
ddcorated with a fire engine, pre-
sumably with Fred aboard and re-
sponding to an island fire call.
AWARDS WEREN'T over,
however. Diane Edgin, represent-
ing Pioneer Kiwanis, called for-
ward Damon and Barbara La-
June. Damon was presented with
the Kiwanis "Everyday Hero"
award. Edgin cited Damon's crea-
tion of the tradition of Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas meals, the
Over-50 luncheons, and his Har-
stine Island Farmer's Market pro-
motion, service to the community
club and sponsorship of the Pi-
Neighborhood
Appeal
.... and the
permanent value
With innovative concepts and
traditional designs, Fuqua
homes have true neighborhood
appeal. Your family will enjoy a
wide variety of options and
choices to customize your new
home. Discover the more
affordable way to home and
property ownership. See the
'4ppeal, know the value, and
visit our professional home
consuhants [br the surprising
facts now!
IrUgl II01U
www.endlesshomes.com
: i. h,:t,o,
\\;, FUQUA
ENDLESS HorIzoNs
HOMES
681 S,F. Craig Rd
Shelton (360) 427-6881
nochle Club as qualifications for
the award.
"Damon does what he does be-
cause he sees a need that needs to
be filled. He's one of those some-
bodies who will get the job done,"
she said.
Nonie Neuerburg reported a
record membership of 219 indi-
viduals in the community club, a
volunteer corps which may help
carry out the special events
planned for the year and the am-
bitious program of maintenance
outlined by vice president Terry
Hogan.
Club secretary Penny Orth
read minutes of the February 1,
1939 meeting of the Harstine Is-
land Social Club, predecessor of
the community club. That 60-
year-old record revealed that dues
for the year were 25 cents, 1/20
the current membership fee. The
minutes also brought to light that
entertainment following the busi-
ness meeting was far different
than programs nowadays: it con-
sisted of several rounds of boxing
by local contestants.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
John Bolender returned to give
one of his periodic reports to is-
landers assembled at the commu-
nity club meeting. He commented
on surpluses in budgetary funds,
possibilities of tax rate reduction,
flood control and salmon restora-
tion procedures.
Club members were interested
in his announcements of a Web-
site being established for greater
information access and of a coun-
ty-wide newsletter that will start
arriving in March.
His discussion of growth man-
agement elicited the most re-
sponse. Bolender said that des-
pite the county's meeting some of
the noncompliance factors, there
is still some work to be done by
the county in the next 180 days to
satisfy remaining requirements.
He encouraged islanders to be
present and express their posi-
tions and interests at meetings
and hearings during the next few
weeks.
"What is finally arrived at," he
said, "will touch everyone's life in
one way or another."
Mary Lou McQuiston won the
door prize, another hand-turned
bowl made of wood native to the
island by Joe LeLand.
HARSTINE GRANGE will
open part of its meeting tomorrow
night to the public for an informa-
tional program on Y2K.
In keeping with its purpose of
presenting programs of communi-
ty service, notes Grange spokes-
person Willa Smith, speakers
Robert O'Connor and Don Nichols
will give listeners a brief over-
view of what they can expect from
the Year 2000, which is now just
a few short months away.
The public is invited to attend
the February 19 potluck at the
community hall at 6:30 p.m. Par-
ticipants are asked to bring their
own table service and a food item
to share.
The speakers will begin their
presentation at 7 p.m., which will
be followed by the closed meeting
of the grange after 7:30. Further
information is available from Wil-
la Smith at 426-6526.
SOMETIMES ONE can be
completely unaware of something
interesting going on practically in
one's own backyard. At the recent
home and garden show in Taco-
ma, several islanders happened
upon a display of heaths and
heathers exhibited by islander
Karla Lortz.
During the five-day show, Kar-
la was assisted by Becky Cooper,
Elisabeth Cooper and Liesl
Plomski. Elisabeth reported that
visitors to the booth were sur-
prised and delighted with the var-
ieties and varied colors of the
plants shown, except for two Scot-
tish attendees who extolled the
beauty of the heather verdantly
covering the hills and dales of
their homeland.
Sue Thompson, another island
horticulturalist, had her grasses
on display at the show. She, along
with Karla and a third island
nursery owner, Pat LeClair, look
forward to their third annual
plant sale on the grounds of the
community hall on March 22.
More details on this event will be
available soon.
THE GARDEN club extends
an open invitation to anyone who
would like to join in the club's
hands-on workshop on pruning on
February 27. A tour will begin at
9 a.m. at the garden of Fran and
Louie Orth and will proceed to as
many sites as possible. Lunch will
be arranged.
Those who are interested in at-
tending are reminded to bring
their own clippers, saws and
other pruning tools. Off-islanders
are welcome to join in on this in-
structional activity. Information
is available from Barbara LaJune
at 426-0494 or Rod Hammett at
426-3089.
The club reports that its meet-
ing on Thursday, February 11,
was made very interesting by Sue
Thompson's presentation on orna-
mental grasses. Despite the ab-
sence of some regulars, a larger
group than usual gathered to
hear Thompson's illustrated talk.
Many islanders were interest-
ed to hear her discussion of the
rewards of planting grasses over
the drainfields of septic tanks, of
which there are many on the is-
A healthy heart works
in perfect harmony.
land.
The club was pleased with the
results of its cleanup around the
community hall on Saturday,
February 6, and members indicat-
ed that many chores kept all the
volunteers busy.
ALL ASPIRING actors, bath-
tub baritones and shower sopra-
nos, workers of magic with sight
and sound, painters and builders
are asked to circle February 28 on
their calendars for a 6:30 p.m.
meeting.
Gene Nelson, director, has
issued a casting and staffing call
for that date at the Harstine Is-
land Community Hall to assemble
the cast and behind-the-scenes
crew for the musical Oklahoma to
be presented this summer by the
Harstine Island Theatre Club.
Everyone is welcome and many
will be needed to fill the roles,
provide technical support, design
the sets, arrange costuming and
carry out the many duties of this
ambitious undertaking. Newcom-
ers and novices are welcome to at-
tend the session.
HERE'S A follow-up to the
story about the boat Bob Bries-
meister salvaged. The sheriffs of-
fice had no other reports of miss-
ing craft. There were no respons-
es to the mention of the find in
this column, and Bob could find
no one on the island who owned
the boat although he asked
around. He 6ffered the boat to
some islanders but found no tak-
ers.
After a respectable time he
towed the boat to the middle of
Case Inlet and cut it loose. It
drifted off in the direction of
Stretch Island on its way to be-
coming someone else's nautical
mystery.
Are we destined to be the
aphid-free zone of the Northwest?
We have received two more re-
ports of homes invaded en masse
by these chipper, friendly beetles.
Attempts to evict them have been
unsuccessful at one home on Wil-
son Point Road. That homeowner,
while getting lunch, saw one ap-
proach the heat source and,
touching it, explode into flames,
going out in a blaze of glory as a
firefly.
Further south, on Burgundy
Road, a homeowner uses a
"spooning" method of ladybug re-
moval. The bugs are spooned off
whatever surface they've congre-
gated on and put into a Mason
jar.
The four reports received to
date place the invasion forces at
widely-separated spots on the
southern part of the island, indi-
cating that the rotund little
creatures spread out well.
And around here, heart care
specialists work together, to
ii
Cardiac patients in Southwest Washington benefit from a team approach to
The board-certified emergency physicians and nurses at Mason General Hospital
handle all of your urgent care needs.Your local family practice doctor or internist can
diagnose and manage your care. And if you need heart surgery, the
Providence St. Peter Hospital are consulted and continue treatment. We work
to make sure you and your heart get the best care available.
Page 14 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 18, 1999
Former Shelton Mayor Jim
Lowery has been hired as the new
executive director of the Washing-
ton State Rural Development
Council. The announcement was
made recently by council chair-
man Bob Swanson.
Lowery grew up in Galvin and
graduated from Centralia High
School. As a youth he made mon-
ey by picking strawberries,
throwing bales of hay, cleaning
chicken houses and hauling si-
lage.
He has lived and worked in ru-
ral communities for most of his
working career. While working
for Simpson Timber Company, he
earned a two-year degree in com-
puter programming from Olympic
College in Bremerton.
LOWERY WAS business
agent of the 1,600-strong Shelton
local of the International Wood-
workers of America and worked
with dislocated timber workers
through Simpson Timber Com-
pay's re-employment program.
He later owned and operated
an asphalt business in Lewis
County and worked for former
U.S. Congresswoman Jolene Un-
soeld in the Third Congressional
District. He was most recently
employed as executive director of
the Pacific County Economic De-
velopment Council.
The council is part of the Rural
Development Partnership, which
Car clubs tq9
offer three
scholarships
Mason County TOWNE Cruis-
ers and Yesteryear Car Club will
offer three $500 vocational or
technical scholarships, said
spokesperson Annette McGee.
The scholarships are open to
any Mason County graduating se-
nior who is a U.S. citizen seeking
a vocational or technical skill in
an accredited community college
or vocational-technical school.
Selection, McGee noted, will
not be based on total grade-point
averages. '%Ve are looking for in-
dividuals who have shown overall
improvement in their lives," she
said. Preference, however, may be
given those applicants who seek
skills in the automotive industry.
The winners must be planning
to attend vocational or technical
training during the 1999-2000
academic year.
McGee said scholarship appli-
cation forms are available in the
counselors' offices at any of the
county's high schools. The dead-
line for application is May 1.
links organizations in 37 states.
The Washington council was one
of eight pilot programs that got
the partnership going, according
to Swanson.
The group's mission is to work
with lawmakers and other key de-
cision makers to improve the de-
livery of resources in rural areas.
The council was a key player in
the summits recently hosted in
Port Angeles and Moses Lake by
Governor Gary Locke.
LOWERY WILL be responsi-
ble for organizing six to eight
public forums to be held around
the state this year. Meetings are
scheduled in Olympia on March 4
and 5. At that time people will be
invited to share their thoughts
about rural issues.
Swanson said Lowery will be
an advocate for rural people in
Washington. His job is to listen to
their concerns and then pass
them on to key decision makers.
More information on the Rural
Development Council is available
by telephone at 704-7711.
W( Wttcom( I.comt Tax Woa.
• Individuals • Partnerships * Corporations
D.R. GanDSEa, C.P.A., P.S.
dba Gardner Accounting
601 W. Rollrood Ph. # (360) 426-8262
Suite 400 Fax # (360) 427-0597
Shelton, LLIA 98584 Emoil: 9ordner@hctc.com
Chevron
24 HOUR
DIESEL
FUELING
STATION
Front &
Grove
streets
C.C. Cole & Sons, Inc.
D.B.A.
Evergreen Fuel Co.
Full Line Petroleum Jobber
• Tanks • Lubricants
• Furnaces & Equipment
661 East Pine Serving Mason County 426-441 I
Shelton since 1935 426-2261
To stimulate your thinking
concerning some of the issues facing our
community, we present the following ...
Thought for
the Week:
• DO appointed
committees relieve the
By
Russ
Denney
PANTORIUM
CLEANERS & TAILORS
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
responsibility of the
people appointing them?
Monday-Friday
6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
215 South Second
426-3371
I
/
//
MD
Genera/Hosp
Quality
JL
Mark Taylor, MD
Providence
St. Peter
Harstine Isla.00,d: Lowery named director of
Club honors fireman Burgdorf rural development council
By JOHN COOPER
Harstine Island firefighter
Fred Burgdorf was recognized for
20 years of service at a meeting of
the Harstine Island Community
Club on Lincoln's Birthday, Feb-
ruary 12.
Burgdorf walked the gamut of
a reception line of firefighting of-
ficials as he received a plaque in
observance of his long service to
the island community.
Nick Neuerburg, representing
Fire District 5, called forward the
guests from the fire district to
form a reception line. Among
them were Chief Richard Knight,
Assistant Chief Mike Snyder and
Battalion Chief Paul Wuestner.
Station Nine personnel made a
good showing with Battalion
Chief Gary Hink and firefighters
Lorna Hink, Jim Anderson, John
Graham and Ian Anderson stand-
ing in for that unit. Firefighters
Mark Mottet, new member Bon-
nie Ziztman and Nick Neuerburg
represented Station Eight in the
line,
RETIRED HARSTINE fire-
fighters A1 Bacon, Glen Yates,
John McCumsey, Joe Keller and
Bill Dougherty were asked to
stand and be recognized as part of
the group honoring the award re-
cipient.
Neuerburg characterized Burg-
dorf as one "who has always
shown his care of friends and
neighbors and his community as
a whole" and called him up for
one more drill: to proceed to the
stage along the line oI' firefighters
and receive their words of praise
and warm handshakes.
In his remarks of appreciation
Fred recognized those who had
helped him during his 20 years of
service, intimating that they all
shared in his award.
His remarks didn't end the pre-
sentation. Bob Helm, community
club president, immediately pre-
sented Burgdorf with an award
on behalf of the club which ex-
pressed that organization's appre-
ciation for Fred's 20 years of com-
munity service. When someone
called out, "Speech!" Fred re-
sponded with a typical Burgdorf-
ism: "l'm speeched out."
A large sheet cake, which was
shared after the meeting, was
ddcorated with a fire engine, pre-
sumably with Fred aboard and re-
sponding to an island fire call.
AWARDS WEREN'T over,
however. Diane Edgin, represent-
ing Pioneer Kiwanis, called for-
ward Damon and Barbara La-
June. Damon was presented with
the Kiwanis "Everyday Hero"
award. Edgin cited Damon's crea-
tion of the tradition of Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas meals, the
Over-50 luncheons, and his Har-
stine Island Farmer's Market pro-
motion, service to the community
club and sponsorship of the Pi-
Neighborhood
Appeal
.... and the
permanent value
With innovative concepts and
traditional designs, Fuqua
homes have true neighborhood
appeal. Your family will enjoy a
wide variety of options and
choices to customize your new
home. Discover the more
affordable way to home and
property ownership. See the
appeal, know the value, and
visit our profiessional home
consuhants for the surprising
facts now!
IWlklEU
www.endlesshomes.com
: i. h,:t,o,
\\;, FUQUA
ENDLESS HORIZONS
HOMES
681 S,F, Craig Rd
8helton (360) 427-6881
nochle Club as qualifications for
the award.
"Damon does what he does be-
cause he sees a need that needs to
be filled. He's one of those some-
bodies who will get the job done,"
she said.
Nonie Neuerburg reported a
record membership of 219 indi-
viduals in the community club, a
volunteer corps which may help
carry out the special events
planned for the year and the am-
bitious program of maintenance
outlined by vice president Terry
Hogan.
Club secretary Penny Orth
read minutes of the February 1,
1939 meeting of the Harstine Is-
land Social Club, predecessor of
the community club. That 60-
year-old record revealed that dues
for the year were 25 cents, 1/20
the current membership fee. The
minutes also brought to light that
entertainment following the busi-
ness meeting was far different
than programs nowadays: it con-
sisted of several rounds of boxing
by local contestants.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
John Bolender returned to give
one of his periodic reports to is-
landers assembled at the commu-
nity club meeting. He commented
on surpluses in budgetary funds,
possibilities of tax rate reduction,
flood control and salmon restora-
tion procedures.
Club members were interested
in his announcements of a Web-
site being established for greater
information access and of a coun-
ty-wide newsletter that will start
arriving in March.
His discussion of growth man-
agement elicited the most re-
sponse. Bolender said that des-
pite the county's meeting some of
the noncompliance factors, there
is still some work to be done by
the county in the next 180 days to
satisfy remaining requirements.
He encouraged islanders to be
present and express their posi-
tions and interests at meetings
and hearings during the next few
weeks.
"What is finally arrived at," he
said, "will touch everyone's life in
one way or another."
Mary Lou McQuiston won the
door prize, another hand-turned
bowl made of wood native to the
island by Joe LeLand.
HARSTINE GRANGE will
open part of its meeting tomorrow
night to the public for an informa-
tional program on Y2K.
In keeping with its purpose of
presenting programs of communi-
ty service, notes Grange spokes-
person Willa Smith, speakers
Robert O'Connor and Don Nichols
will give listeners a brief over-
view of what they can expect from
the Year 2000, which is now just
a few short months away.
The public is invited to attend
the February 19 potluck at the
community hall at 6:30 p.m. Par-
ticipants are asked to bring their
own table service and a food item
to share.
The speakers will begin their
presentation at 7 p.m., which will
be followed by the closed meeting
of the grange after 7:30. Further
information is available from Wil-
la Smith at 426-6526.
SOMETIMES ONE can be
completely unaware of something
interesting going on practically in
one's own backyard. At the recent
home and garden show in Taco-
ma, several islanders happened
upon a display of heaths and
heathers exhibited by islander
Karla Lortz.
During the five-day show, Kar-
la was assisted by Becky Cooper,
Elisabeth Cooper and Liesl
Plomski. Elisabeth reported that
visitors to the booth were sur-
prised and delighted with the var-
ieties and varied colors of the
plants shown, except for two Scot-
tish attendees who extolled the
beauty of the heather verdantly
covering the hills and dales of
their homeland.
Sue Thompson, another island
horticulturalist, had her grasses
on display at the show. She, along
with Karla and a third island
nursery owner, Pat LeClair, look
forward to their third annual
plant sale on the grounds of the
community hall on March 22.
More details on this event will be
available soon.
THE GARDEN club extends
an open invitation to anyone who
would like to join in the club's
hands-on workshop on pruning on
February 27. A tour will begin at
9 a.m. at the garden of Fran and
Louie Orth and will proceed to as
many sites as possible. Lunch will
be arranged.
Those who are interested in at-
tending are reminded to bring
their own clippers, saws and
other pruning tools. Off-islanders
are welcome to join in on this in-
structional activity. Information
is available from Barbara LaJune
at 426-0494 or Rod Hammett at
426-3089.
The club reports that its meet-
ing on Thursday, February 11,
was made very interesting by Sue
Thompson's presentation on orna-
mental grasses. Despite the ab-
sence of some regulars, a larger
group than usual gathered to
hear Thompson's illustrated talk.
Many islanders were interest-
ed to hear her discussion of the
rewards of planting grasses over
the drainfields of septic tanks, of
which there are many on the is-
A healthy heart works
in perfect harmony.
land.
The club was pleased with the
results of its cleanup around the
community hall on Saturday,
February 6, and members indicat-
ed that many chores kept all the
volunteers busy.
ALL ASPIRING actors, bath-
tub baritones and shower sopra-
nos, workers of magic with sight
and sound, painters and builders
are asked to circle February 28 on
their calendars for a 6:30 p.m.
meeting.
Gene Nelson, director, has
issued a casting and staffing call
for that date at the Harstine Is-
land Community Hall to assemble
the cast and behind-the-scenes
crew for the musical Oklahoma to
be presented this summer by the
Harstine Island Theatre Club.
Everyone is welcome and many
will be needed to fill the roles,
provide technical support, design
the sets, arrange costuming and
carry out the many duties of this
ambitious undertaking. Newcom-
ers and novices are welcome to at-
tend the session.
HERE'S A follow-up to the
story about the boat Bob Bries-
meister salvaged. The sheriffs of-
fice had no other reports of miss-
ing craft. There were no respons-
es to the mention of the find in
this column, and Bob could find
no one on the island who owned
the boat although he asked
around. He 6ffered the boat to
some islanders but found no tak-
ers.
After a respectable time he
towed the boat to the middle of
Case Inlet and cut it loose. It
drifted off in the direction of
Stretch Island on its way to be-
coming someone else's nautical
mystery.
Are we destined to be the
aphid-free zone of the Northwest?
We have received two more re-
ports of homes invaded en masse
by these chipper, friendly beetles.
Attempts to evict them have been
unsuccessful at one home on Wil-
son Point Road. That homeowner,
while getting lunch, saw one ap-
proach the heat source and,
touching it, explode into flames,
going out in a blaze of glory as a
firefly.
Further south, on Burgundy
Road, a homeowner uses a
"spooning" method of ladybug re-
moval. The bugs are spooned off
whatever surface they've congre-
gated on and put into a Mason
jar.
The four reports received to
date place the invasion forces at
widely-separated spots on the
southern part of the island, indi-
cating that the rotund little
creatures spread out well.
And around here, heart care
specialists work together, to
ii
Cardiac patients in Southwest Washington benefit from a team approach to
The board-certified emergency physicians and nurses at Mason General Hospital
handle all of your urgent care needs.Your local family practice doctor or internist can
diagnose and manage your care. And if you need heart surgery, the
Providence St. Peter Hospital are consulted and continue treatment. We work
to make sure you and your heart get the best care available.
Page 14 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 18, 1999
Former Shelton Mayor Jim
Lowery has been hired as the new
executive director of the Washing-
ton State Rural Development
Council. The announcement was
made recently by council chair-
man Bob Swanson.
Lowery grew up in Galvin and
graduated from Centralia High
School. As a youth he made mon-
ey by picking strawberries,
throwing bales of hay, cleaning
chicken houses and hauling si-
lage.
He has lived and worked in ru-
ral communities for most of his
working career. While working
for Simpson Timber Company, he
earned a two-year degree in com-
puter programming from Olympic
College in Bremerton.
LOWERY WAS business
agent of the 1,600-strong Shelton
local of the International Wood-
workers of America and worked
with dislocated timber workers
through Simpson Timber Com-
pay's re-employment program.
He later owned and operated
an asphalt business in Lewis
County and worked for former
U.S. Congresswoman Jolene Un-
soeld in the Third Congressional
District. He was most recently
employed as executive director of
the Pacific County Economic De-
velopment Council.
The council is part of the Rural
Development Partnership, which
Car clubs tq9
offer three
scholarsnips
Mason County TOWNE Cruis-
ers and Yesteryear Car Club will
offer three $500 vocational or
technical scholarships, said
spokesperson Annette McGee.
The scholarships are open to
any Mason County graduating se-
nior who is a U.S. citizen seeking
a vocational or technical skill in
an accredited community college
or vocational-technical school.
Selection, McGee noted, will
not be based on total grade-point
averages. '%Ve are looking for in-
dividuals who have shown overall
improvement in their lives," she
said. Preference, however, may be
given those applicants who seek
skills in the automotive industry.
The winners must be planning
to attend vocational or technical
training during the 1999-2000
academic year.
McGee said scholarship appli-
cation forms are available in the
counselors' offices at any of the
county's high schools. The dead-
line for application is May 1.
links organizations in 37 states.
The Washington council was one
of eight pilot programs that got
the partnership going, according
to Swanson.
The group's mission is to work
with lawmakers and other key de-
cision makers to improve the de-
livery of resources in rural areas.
The council was a key player in
the summits recently hosted in
Port Angeles and Moses Lake by
Governor Gary Locke.
LOWERY WILL be responsi-
ble for organizing six to eight
public forums to be held around
the state this year. Meetings are
scheduled in Olympia on March 4
and 5. At that time people will be
invited to share their thoughts
about rural issues.
Swanson said Lowery will be
an advocate for rural people in
Washington. His job is to listen to
their concerns and then pass
them on to key decision makers.
More information on the Rural
Development Council is available
by telephone at 704-7711.
W( WEtcom( IXCOmE Tax Woa.
• Individuals * Partnerships * Corporations
D.R. GanDSEa, C.P.A., P.S.
dba Gardner Accounting
601 W. Rollrood Ph. # (360) 426-8262
Suite 400 Fax # (360) 427-0597
Shelton, LLIA 98584 Emoil: 9ordner@hctc.com
Chevron
24 HOUR
DIESEL
FUELING
STATION
Front &
Grove
streets
C.C. Cole & Sons, Inc.
D.B.A.
Evergreen Fuel Co.
Full Line Petroleum Jobber
• Tanks • Lubricants
• Furnaces & Equipment
661 East Pine Serving Mason County 426-441 I
Shelton since 1935 426-2261
To stimulate your thinking
concerning some of the issues facing our
community, we present the following ...
Thought for
the Week:
• DO appointed
committees relieve the
By
Russ
Denney
PANTORIUM
CLEANERS & TAILORS
Saturday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
responsibility of the
people appointing them?
Monday-Friday
6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
215 South Second
426-3371
I
/
//
MD
Genera/Hosp
Quality
JL
Mark Taylor, MD
Providence
St. Peter