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Thursday~ February 23, 2012 • Week 8-- The Voice of Mason County'since 1886-- Published for Mason County and Heddy Godwin of Centralia-- $1 Veterans group celebrates long history of service By ARLA SHEPHARD ¢~ rla@~na.~o n.co~ n(y,com When Vietnam War veter- an Brian Walsh moved to Shelton three years ago, he had no idea what the 40 et 8 veterans club was, even though he'd been a member of the Veter- an, s of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the 40 et 8's parent group, the American Legion, in other cities. "]it's astonishing how under the radar this organization is," he ~.;aid.. Now, Walsh is correspondent, or secretary, of Shelton's 40 et 8, which celebrates its 90th anniver- J~ary at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, with a brief ceremony and pot- !u~ck barbecue lunch. Part of the goal of the celebra- tion is to show people what the 40 et 8 is all about, said Chef de Gare a~,~d Directeur George Radovich. "[ think wha~ amazes me the most is the number of people that don't know what 40 et 8 is," he said. '2 thought it was time to get ~ore recogmition for the club than i~ has had in the past." More than 160 veterans are members of Shelton's 40 et 8, and %op by the club's headquarters on Wc~-;t Cota Street to partake in a variely of social activities -- from playing bingo, cards and shuffle- board to singing karaoke or eating meals s~ch as brunch every Sun- day. Radovich said that the club is iJwite-only. ForW et 8 had its origins in France atthe end of World War I as an offshoot of the American Le- ~.ion, and that heritage extends to this day with the titles of people in ~he organization, Radovich said. "The fun group was the 40 et 8," he said. "There was the serious side of it all with the legion and thee there's the thn side, which is The name of the group derives from the boxcars that transported soldiers to the front line in France during World War I -- the boxcars could hold 40 men or eight horses, l~,adovich said. "Whenever you got in one, you would hope that there were men who'd used it betbre you, not the horses," he said. The 40 et 8 also works on com- munity service projects, most no- tably the Christmas food baskets that the group puts together with help from the Shelton-Mason County Journal each holiday sea- son, Journal photo by Aria Shephard Club correspondent Brian Walsh looks through historical 40 et 8 documents. The veterans club celebrates 90 years of service to veterans this Saturday, Feb. 25. They also raise money for community," Walsh said. "It'sThe club met at the Shelton scholarships for Mason Countynot that we have giant successes Memorial Hall, the Shelton Hotel residents pursuing nursing school or milestones, it's that we have on First Street and Railroad Av- and spend time teaching elemen- continued success throughout the enue, property near the KMAS ra- tary students about patriotism year ... we are a group of voter- dip station and then at its current through the Flags for First-Grad- ans who like our town and want location on West Cota Street. ors project, to make it better." In 1980, a group for the wives "It's a charitable society of vet- A group of 25 members started erans that want to help in the the 40 et 8 in Shelton in 1922. See 40 et 8 on page A-7 Shelton Hills development could move forward By NATALIE JOHNSON natal ie@maso nco u nty.co m After years of litigation, a zoning dispute in Shelton moved closer to a resolution this month. On Feb. 9, Thurston County Superior Court Judge Paula Casey reversed a July, 13, 2011 decision by the Washington Growth Management Hearings Board (GMHB) that invali- dated a City of Shelton at- tempt to rezone the 160- acre Shelton Hills Property from commercial/industrial to residential. "We're pretty happy this thing can move on. We're hoping we can get this chap- ter behind us," said Steve Goins, City of Shelton com- munity and economic devel- opment director. In April 2010, the City of Shelton Board of Commis- sioners voted to rezone the 160-acre Shelton Hills Prop- erty, owned by California- based Hall Equities, from commercial/industrial to residential. The land sits a half-mile south of the Port of Shel- ton's Sanderson Field air- port. Hall Equities plans to build retail space and a resi- dential development on the property. However, the port has long maintained that resi- dential development that close to its main runway would negatively impact airport operations, port Ex- ecutive Director John Dob- son said. "What we're talking about is the equivalent noise level of 44 diesel logging trucks every, single day, 365 days of the year," he said. "That's the equivalent noise level that these people will be subjected to. We have to work with the city to miti- gate that." See Rezone on page A-7 Historical society thankful for donation Shehon man's nearly monthly basis. On the spot, came blocked by excess snow he wrote a check to the soci- Cast off from plows. Someone $/,000 gift willpay ety for nearly $1,000, thecost -- he still doesn't know who ofthe unit for a full year. -- shoveled the snow out of costs" The donation makes a his driveway. big impact for the museum, "Somebody out there did ~y ~S&TALIE JOHNSON Cowling said me a huge favor -- a huge "It's .:~c~z~/ie~'.,~.~ ~,co~,(y.com huge," he said. "Our service -- and I don't know ............................................................................... perating budget in the last who it was," he said. four years has been about Quires, 77, volunteers at Early tbis month, Roland $60,000 or so. A $1,000 dona- Shelton's "Caboose" visitor's Qu in r~ gave the Mason Coun- tion for something we desper- center on Railroad Avenue. ~q/His~i,..ricalSocietyagiftthe ately need is big." He also spends several ~4roup seldom sees from a mu- Because the society paid a hours each week at the his- '.-urn patron, year in advance for the stor- torical society, either read- 'it's pretty rare we get age unit, it received a month's ing, checking out exhibits or (lo~adotas that big from a rent free. chatting with the staff, mu- private individual," Mason While Quinn's donation seum staffsaid. (;ounty Historical Society Di- is significant, he said there This time last year, Quinn r.':~ctcr Justin Cowling said. are many people in Masonsaid he suggested the mu- Ai~m- inquiring about the County who do more for their seum consider a heated stor- c~: U" s~orage units used to neighbors every day and nev- age facility to store histeri- } ~