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Mason General Hospital &
Family of Clinics is offering
two free adult, child and infant
basic life support CPR classes
from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday,
March 8, and again on Thurs-
day April 12, at MGH & FC's
Learning Center, located next
to McDonald's on Olympic
Highway North.
Attendees will learn correct
techniques for adult, child and
infant CPR, as well as how to
identify the signs of a heart at-
tack and stroke.
The classes are open to the
public. A Spanish-language in-
terpreter can be made available
if required. Organizers recom-
mend participants wear comfort-
able clothing.
Class size is limited, so resi-
dents must pre-register by call-
ing the learning center at 427-
3609.
Reservations must be made
by March 2 for the March 8
class or by April 6 for the April
12 session. This is not a first aid
class.
File photo
Kitten Rescue Director Norma Webber holds a cat at the rescue organization. While the organization does not help
put on the Mason County International Girl Pageant, Kitten Rescue of Mason County will benefit from donations
collected at this weekend's pageant for the second year.
Pageant
Continued from page B-1
and Saint's Pantry so I wtas re-
ally excited about that."
Dee Chartier said girls who
won titles at last year's event
went on to win state titles, and
later competed in a national
competition.
While children's pageants
might bring to mind images of
made-up children in age-inapro-
priate outfits, Mikailah said this
pageant is nothing like those on
TV, such as TLC's "Toddlers and
Tiaras."
'"On 'Toddlers and Tiaras'
they took fake, they don't look
natural. They look like real life,
walking, talking, creepy Barbie
dolls," she said. "In my kind of
pageants you aren't allowed to
do that."
In these "natural pageants,"
girls under 13 are only allowed
to wear minimal makeup and
are encouraged to be themselves,
the Chartiers said.
"There are certain pageant
systems that are trying to tell
you it's all about the crown," Dee
Chartier said. "With natural
pageants like International Girl,
they want to know the girl."
While Mikailah can't compete
in pageants her family organizes,
she competes in others around
the state, and has won several
titles in natural pageants.
Mikailah has won prizes in-
cluding the Miss Junior Pre-
teen Seattle contest in 2008,
2011 Little Miss Photogenic
for Washington State and most
recently Miss Lewis County, in
her age group. She also plans
to compete in a statewide com-
petition in Portland, Ore., in
May.
Mikailah said she has ben-
efited from the pageants, which
have boosted her self-confidence.
She also earns scholarships for
college at pageants.
"I was really shy, I wouldn't
speak up that much," she said.
Now Mikailah is positively
bubbly.
"Once I did my first pageant
I was very talkative - I became
the chatterbox in my family,"
she said.
The International Girl pag-
eants require participants to be
involved in their community,
Dee Chartier said. Mikailah's
love of animals led them to orga-
nize the benefit for Kitten Res-
cue.
Entrants for this weekend's
pageant can either prereg-
ister or sign up at the door.
The overall entry fee is $50.
Entrants can bring donations
for Kitten Rescue and get free
entry into "mini optional" con-
tests like "Best Smile" or "Pret-
tiest Hair."
This weekend's pageant in-
cludes age divisions for girls
from birth to 24 years and for
boys up to 45 months.
For more information, call
or email Dee Chartier at 427-
8836 or waintlgirl@yahoo.com or
mcpageant@aol.com.
"On 'Toddlers and Tiaras' they look fake, they don't look
natural. They look like real life, walking,
talking, creepy Barbie dolls,"
McNamara-
Steenbergen
John and Kim McNama-
ra of Belfair announce the
impending nuptials of their
youngest daughter Kayley
Jean McNamara to Brendon
Steenbergen of Russellville,
Missouri.
A July 22 wedding is
planned at Roche Harbor
Resort and Marina on San
Juan Island.
The couple met in gradu-
ate school at the University
of Missouri in Columbia,
Missouri.
The future bride works
as a Women's Performance
Coach at Phired Up Produc-
tions of Indianapolis, Indi-
ana. Her fiance is a director
of development at Columbia
College in Columbia, Mis-
souri.
SHS slated
to attend
NJROTC
event
On Saturday, Feb. 25,
Curtis Junior High School
in University Place will hold
the next NW Drill and Rifle
Conference for the Colum-
bia River Division JROTC
units.
Shelton High School
NJROTC teams will com-
pete with 10 other schools
at this meet. Shelton sends
one of the largest armed and
unarmed teams in this divi-
sion.
Competitions begin at 8
a.m. and conclude with the
awards ceremony around
3:30 p.m.
There is no admis-
sion charge and Shelton
NJROTC supporters are en-
couraged to attend.
Continued from page B-1
On her trip, Horn trav-
eled with other explorers
on a 300-foot long boat,
and took smaller trips to
land to look at pods of seals
and penguin colonies and
hear stories and lectures
on Antarctica's climate and
history of whaling.
Often, Hom said she
would "just absorb the im-
mensity of the space."
Hom has already trav-
eled through Europe, Asia,
South America and Antarc-
tica and said she is think-
ing about her next trip.
"I have friends that are
already pushing me to go to
Africa," she said. "I didn't
plan Antarctica, it just fell
into my lap this fall."
In the age of the text
message, Hom's work
keeps oral histories and
stories alive. However, she
feels confident the younger
generation will carry on
the work of storytellers
like her.
"I am very optimistic.
I think that the 20-some-
things are hungry to be
connected," she said. "I
have great optimism --
it's in our human nature.
We've been doing this
many thousands of years
and we're not going to
stop."
Harstine
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walks around with a plate of
oysters and asks if you want sec-
onds or thirds.
The Harstine Island Commu-
nity Club is 98 years young and
it's time we had an official logo.
The contest to design and pick
our official logo is on and the
HICC Board is requesting sub-
missions.
Logo designs should represent
the "heart" of the organization
keeping in mind that it should
be simple, versatile and memo-
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rable.
Anyone interested in partici-
pating should contact Bill Bur-
rows at profB@myVBProf.com
and he will send you submission
information including Logo De-
sign Tips.
At our March 9, membership
meeting logo design entries will
be displayed and members at- est musical and comical hits.
tending the meeting will then The Mason County Fair needs
vote on their favorite. Please volunteers to supervise various
join the fun and become a part of exhibits.
the Harstine Island Community Volunteers will supervise
Club's history, setup, judging and handing out
Don't forget that the Back- ribbons, ....
woods Irish will be at that meet- Volunteers are also needed for
ing performing some of their lat- clean-up.