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Hospital names Justice
its Employee of Month
Debi Justice, a certified nursing
assistant and a unit secretary in the
medical, surgical and pediatric unit, is
the Employee of the Month for Febru-
ary at Mason General Hospital.
She began working at Mason Gen-
eral in housekeeping seven years ago
and then attended South Puget Sound
Community College to receive her cer-
tified nursing assistant degree. That's
when she was transferred to the medi-
cal, surgical and pediatric unit.
"I love it here," she said. "The peo-
ple are kind and caring. We are a huge
family."
Justice went on to say she loves her
job as a unit secretary and can "make
a difference in someone's life" as a
nursing assistant. She said Mason
General offers some "wonderful educa-
tional opportunities." She took classes
that have enabled her to become an in- Debi Justice
structor in basic lifb support. She also
helps to teach classes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
When Justice is not working, she enjoys being a mother to
three sons and a daughter. She and her husband, Roy, have
built their new home together.
Dramas to help
I,iberian church
Kellen Gold, a senior at Shel-
ton High School, will present
fi)ur short plays tomorrow night.
Curtains will open at 7:30 p.m.
on Friday, March 2, at Shelton
High School Auditorium, 3737
Shelton Springs Road.
Admission to the theatrical
productions is by donation. Pro-
ceeds will benefit the ministries
of Victory Assembly Church in
Monrovia, Liberia. Julius Nyang-
beh is the senior pastor over this
ministry.
This West African church
has four worship centers and,
as funds are received, its mem-
bers are currently working to
complete an unfinished primary-
school building. Students and the
staff are still meeting for class in
a deteriorating church structure.
Future plans include build-
ing of a large church facility and
construction of a Women's Vo-
cational Training Center where
students will learn tie-dying and
sewing skills. The hope is this
center will allow a total of 12
families to become economically
self-sufficient.
Gold's theatrical program,
which she is directing, will con-
sist of both dramatic and comi-
cal scenes, including Abbot and
Costello's famous "Who's on
First?" skit. She is organizing
this performance to earn credit
for her cumulative senior proj-
ect.
Following the dramas, she will
speak about this ministry she is
supporting. She will also set up
a display table exhibiting pho-
tos and supplementary material
about the church.
Donations may also be sent to:
Abba's Garden Ministries, Incor-
porated, 90 East Lakeway Drive,
Shelton, indicating on the check
for it to support efforts in Libe-
ria. All contributions are tax-de-
ductible.
More information is avail-
able by calling Miss Gold at 427-
4492,
Thursdays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., Alcoholics
Anonymous, 125 West Cota Street.
1 p.m., Depressed Anonymous, 123
South Fourth Street. Call 427-6847.
5 p.m., AA, New Community
Church of Union, 310 Dalby Road,
Suite 3.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking-nonswear-
ing, Saint David's Episcopal Church,
Third and Cedar streets.
7 p.m., Friends of Bill W. Chapter
at Hood Canal Community Church,
81 Fiipch Creek Road, Hoodsport.
Fridays
Noon, Al-Anon family group, Saint
David's Episcopal Church. Call 427-
6831.
Noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., AA, 125
West Cota Street.
7
It, 125 West Cota Street.
Sundays
8 a.m., noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.,
AA, 125 West Cota Street.
4-6 p.m., Freedom in Recovery,
Gateway Christian Fellowship, 405
South Seventh Street.
7 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous,
Matlock Grange Hall.
Mondays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cota Street.
4k30 p.m., AMAl-Anon, parish hall
of Saint Edward's Catholic Church.
7 p.m., Overeaters Anonymous,
Saint David's Church.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking and non-
swearing, Saint David's Episcopal
Fair to be held March 12 for
young people with disa
Mason Courty students with
developmental disabilities and
their parents are invited to the
annual High School Transition
Fair sponsored by the Thurston-
Mason County Social Services
Office of Developmental Dis-
abilities.
The free event is scheduled
for 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, March
12, at the Labor & Industries
Building, 7273 Linderson Way
in Tumwater.
The fair features information
about local vocational, residen-
tial and recreational services as
well as community and family
resources for the developmen-
tally disabled. No fewer than 30
private, county and state agen-
cies and organizations will be
there.
While the event is aimed at
providing information to those
with developmental disabilities
who will be graduating from
high school within the
years, any family with a
with special needs is
Library offering
adults a class in
computer basics
A class in computers will be
presented Wednesday by the
staff of the William G. Reed Li-
brary in Shelton.
The monthly class is for people
who have little or no computer
experience. It includes instruc-
tion in logging on to the library's
computers, using the mouse and
keyboard, scrolling, using links
and understanding the basic
tool bars.
Registration is required for
this class, which will be from
10 a.m. to noon on March 7.
The following programs are also
planned for the next few days.
PageTurners, a book discus-
sion group for adults, will meet
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today, which
is Thursday, March 1. Partici-
pants will discuss Gulliver's
Travels and A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift.
The Friends of the William
G. Reed Library will have a sale
of. used books for all ages from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,
March 3.
Toddlers Story Time will be
from 10:30 to 10:50 a,m. on Mon-
day, March 5, for children ages
18 months to 3 years.
Family Story Time will be
from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Tues-
day, March 6, for children ages 6
and younger.
Parents and caregivers are
invited to bring young children
to Mindihl Parenting Commu-
nity, which meets from 10 a.m.
to noon, on Wednesday, March 7.
This informal group meets to so-
cialize and discuss parenting top-
ics while children play nearby.
The Adult Winter Reading
Program ends March 31. For
each five books that participants
read or listen to until then, they
can fill out a form for chances to
win prizes.
The library is located at 710
West Alder Street in Shelton. All
programs are free of charge un-
less otherwise noted. For more
information, call 426-1362.
Lookie for cookie?
Girl Scouts will be selling cook-
ies March 2-18. You can look for
the traditional Thin Mints and
Peanut Butter Patties. New this
year are cookies that have "zero
trans fat per serving" in compli-
ance with regulations of the feder-
al Food and Drug Administration.
Blood drive
will be held
A blood drive will be held in
Shelton from noon to 6 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 13.
Persons who would like to donate
blood to help people in the hospi-
tals of this part of the state can go
to Memorial Hall at the comer of
Second and Franklin streets down-
town. Tori Fairhurst of the Puget
Sound Blood Center said a person
can give up to six times per year.
For more information, call her at
1-800-398-7888.
sport library.
7 p.m., Ala-Teen, Saint David's
Episcopal Church, Third and Cedar.
7 p.m., Depressed Anonymous,
the Pershing Room of Mason General
Hospital, 901 Mountain View Drive.
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m., Al-Anon family group,
T.C. Room of the Skokomish Tribal
Center, 80 Tribal Center Road.
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cota Street.
Noon, Overeaters Anonymous,
Saint David's Episcopal Church,
Third and Cedar.
7 p.m., Adult Children of Alcohol-
ics, McDonald's meeting room, Olym-
pic Highway North.
Even though
most people find
sitting to be more
comfortable than
standing, sitting places more stress on
the lower back than standing. Now,
research goes one step farther to say
that sitting up straight is not the best
posture for sitting. While many people
consider a 90-degree body-thigh sit-
ting posture to be correct, a 135-de-
gree body-thigh sitting posture places
less stress on the back and spine.
This conclusion was reached after
analyzing the spines of subjects who
assumed different sitting postures. A
new form of magnetic resonance imag-
ing (MRI) helped researchers see the
impact of these various postures on
the spine. If you sit for long periods
and experience lower-back pain, have
To get there, take Exit
Interstate 5 to Tumwater ]
levard, drive east to
Way and take a left to
Building. Or take a 12 or 13
from the Olympia Transit
ter to the site.
For more information
make arrangements for
accommodations for the
capped, call Kim Jensen
5585, Extension 7208.
MEDICINE
Jim '
Smith
The
Shoppe ®
PharmaCY
Dry Cracked Skin on
and Heels
Dry skin on the feet and
heels characterized by fissures
cracks) or hyperkeratosis (thic
areas of dry skin) is
sociated with fungal infections
as athlete's foot or
pedis). The dry, cracked
chronic and quite difficult to
using a topical preparation,
the scale on the sole of the
impedes or limits the absor
the antifungal agent. Doctors
Department of DermatologY,
versity of Alabama at
evaluated the efficacy of 40%
moisturizing cream as an
topical antifungals in the
of moccasin tenea pedis.
with untreated moccasin tinea
dis were selected from the
dermatology clinic,
with 40% urea cream once daily !
antifungal cream twice daily.
then were evaluated after
weeks of treatment for the
of redness, scaling, and itching.
2 to 3 weeks, a 100% cure rate
achieved in the 12 patients
concomitantly with topical 40° t
cream and antifungal cream.
NiiiIonal Prelcription
1-800-640-5503
207 Professional Way
(Across from the
DOES SITTING PLACE
IN AN AWKWARD POS
. ByJosephZygar, P.T.
a physical therapist analyze your sit'
ting posture.
This finding is '
who suffer from lower-back
you have questions about
discussed in today's column,
SHELTON PHYSICAL
AND SPORTS MEDICINE at (
426-5903. We are a full service
helping people recover from
and work injuries. You'll find us
veniently located at 2300 Kati Ct.,
B. New patients are welcome.
day appointments are available.
P.S. Sitting with correct post
is essential because the strain ptl
the spine and its associated ligarae
from incorrect posture over time c :c
lead to pain, deformity, and chr0W
illness.
Church, Third and Cedar streets.
and 7 p.m., Adult Children of Alcohol- mmm m mm mmm mmm
p.m., AA, nonsmoking
handicap-accessible, Sheltons Unit- ics, New Community Church office, I NEW PATIENT OFEER!
ed Methodist Church, 1900 King 310 East Dalby Road, Suite 300,
Street Union. For information call 898-6962
7:30 p.m., A1-Anon, Coffee Compa- 7:30 p.m. Mondays, AA, Fir Lane
ny, 24240 Highway 101, Hoodsport. Health and Rehabilitation Center,
Saturdays8 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Elli- 2430 Northa.m., Maplel3th Street. m=='
nor Room, Mason General Hospital. Tuesdays
1D Glen Assisted Liv- II
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West ing, 1700 North 13th Loop Road,
Cota Street. Shelton. For information call 36O- I With paid comprehensive exam, X rays and cleaning. $300 value!
7:30 p.m., Friends of Bill and Bob 556-6579.
Chapter at the Skokomish Tribal Noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., AA, 125 == With coupon through March 31, 2007. Not valid with other offers, cash value 1/20€.
The office of Richard C. Downing, D.D.S. Shelton.
Center, 80 Tribal Center Road. West Cota. m
10 pm.., The Point Is, Easy Does -
I
HOODSPORT FAHILY CLINIC, RS.
MARGENE FIELDS, ARNP I
Full-time health-care provider
V
• The most advanced dental technology is now available in Shelton.
Walk-ins
welcome
Experienced
in
treating
m
Family care, from patients of all ages
newborns to adult
geriatrics
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday "
Margene Fields, Call (360) 877 '-' 0372
BSN, HN,ANP, FNP 24261 N. US Highway 101,Hoodsport
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 1,2007
1626 Olympic Highway North
I * Families welcome Richard C. Downing, D.D.S,
u,u,, ,n:^"'a' A/y;V-"'-^ Christopher d. Burton, D.D.S. I
comprehensive family dentistry
l * Smile enhancement with a friendly personal touoh
I frlendlyden;Ist." Call for appointment today! 426-4710000
m m m m m m m m m m m mm m m
Hospital names Justice
its Employee of Month
Debi Justice, a certified nursing
assistant and a unit secretary in the
medical, surgical and pediatric unit, is
the Employee of the Month for Febru-
ary at Mason General Hospital.
She began working at Mason Gen-
eral in housekeeping seven years ago
and then attended South Puget Sound
Community College to receive her cer-
tified nursing assistant degree. That's
when she was transferred to the medi-
cal, surgical and pediatric unit.
"I love it here," she said. "The peo-
ple are kind and caring. We are a huge
family."
Justice went on to say she loves her
job as a unit secretary and can "make
a difference in someone's life" as a
nursing assistant. She said Mason
General offers some "wonderful educa-
tional opportunities." She took classes
that have enabled her to become an in- Debi Justice
structor in basic lifb support. She also
helps to teach classes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
When Justice is not working, she enjoys being a mother to
three sons and a daughter. She and her husband, Roy, have
built their new home together.
Dramas to help
I,iberian church
Kellen Gold, a senior at Shel-
ton High School, will present
fi)ur short plays tomorrow night.
Curtains will open at 7:30 p.m.
on Friday, March 2, at Shelton
High School Auditorium, 3737
Shelton Springs Road.
Admission to the theatrical
productions is by donation. Pro-
ceeds will benefit the ministries
of Victory Assembly Church in
Monrovia, Liberia. Julius Nyang-
beh is the senior pastor over this
ministry.
This West African church
has four worship centers and,
as funds are received, its mem-
bers are currently working to
complete an unfinished primary-
school building. Students and the
staff are still meeting for class in
a deteriorating church structure.
Future plans include build-
ing of a large church facility and
construction of a Women's Vo-
cational Training Center where
students will learn tie-dying and
sewing skills. The hope is this
center will allow a total of 12
families to become economically
self-sufficient.
Gold's theatrical program,
which she is directing, will con-
sist of both dramatic and comi-
cal scenes, including Abbot and
Costello's famous "Who's on
First?" skit. She is organizing
this performance to earn credit
for her cumulative senior proj-
ect.
Following the dramas, she will
speak about this ministry she is
supporting. She will also set up
a display table exhibiting pho-
tos and supplementary material
about the church.
Donations may also be sent to:
Abba's Garden Ministries, Incor-
porated, 90 East Lakeway Drive,
Shelton, indicating on the check
for it to support efforts in Libe-
ria. All contributions are tax-de-
ductible.
More information is avail-
able by calling Miss Gold at 427-
4492,
Thursdays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., Alcoholics
Anonymous, 125 West Cota Street.
1 p.m., Depressed Anonymous, 123
South Fourth Street. Call 427-6847.
5 p.m., AA, New Community
Church of Union, 310 Dalby Road,
Suite 3.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking-nonswear-
ing, Saint David's Episcopal Church,
Third and Cedar streets.
7 p.m., Friends of Bill W. Chapter
at Hood Canal Community Church,
81 Fiipch Creek Road, Hoodsport.
Fridays
Noon, Al-Anon family group, Saint
David's Episcopal Church. Call 427-
6831.
Noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., AA, 125
West Cota Street.
7
It, 125 West Cota Street.
Sundays
8 a.m., noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.,
AA, 125 West Cota Street.
4-6 p.m., Freedom in Recovery,
Gateway Christian Fellowship, 405
South Seventh Street.
7 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous,
Matlock Grange Hall.
Mondays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cota Street.
4k30 p.m., AMAl-Anon, parish hall
of Saint Edward's Catholic Church.
7 p.m., Overeaters Anonymous,
Saint David's Church.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking and non-
swearing, Saint David's Episcopal
Fair to be held March 12 for
young people with disa
Mason Courty students with
developmental disabilities and
their parents are invited to the
annual High School Transition
Fair sponsored by the Thurston-
Mason County Social Services
Office of Developmental Dis-
abilities.
The free event is scheduled
for 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, March
12, at the Labor & Industries
Building, 7273 Linderson Way
in Tumwater.
The fair features information
about local vocational, residen-
tial and recreational services as
well as community and family
resources for the developmen-
tally disabled. No fewer than 30
private, county and state agen-
cies and organizations will be
there.
While the event is aimed at
providing information to those
with developmental disabilities
who will be graduating from
high school within the
years, any family with a
with special needs is
Library offering
adults a class in
computer basics
A class in computers will be
presented Wednesday by the
staff of the William G. Reed Li-
brary in Shelton.
The monthly class is for people
who have little or no computer
experience. It includes instruc-
tion in logging on to the library's
computers, using the mouse and
keyboard, scrolling, using links
and understanding the basic
tool bars.
Registration is required for
this class, which will be from
10 a.m. to noon on March 7.
The following programs are also
planned for the next few days.
PageTurners, a book discus-
sion group for adults, will meet
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today, which
is Thursday, March 1. Partici-
pants will discuss Gulliver's
Travels and A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift.
The Friends of the William
G. Reed Library will have a sale
of. used books for all ages from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,
March 3.
Toddlers Story Time will be
from 10:30 to 10:50 a,m. on Mon-
day, March 5, for children ages
18 months to 3 years.
Family Story Time will be
from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Tues-
day, March 6, for children ages 6
and younger.
Parents and caregivers are
invited to bring young children
to Mindihl Parenting Commu-
nity, which meets from 10 a.m.
to noon, on Wednesday, March 7.
This informal group meets to so-
cialize and discuss parenting top-
ics while children play nearby.
The Adult Winter Reading
Program ends March 31. For
each five books that participants
read or listen to until then, they
can fill out a form for chances to
win prizes.
The library is located at 710
West Alder Street in Shelton. All
programs are free of charge un-
less otherwise noted. For more
information, call 426-1362.
Lookie for cookie?
Girl Scouts will be selling cook-
ies March 2-18. You can look for
the traditional Thin Mints and
Peanut Butter Patties. New this
year are cookies that have "zero
trans fat per serving" in compli-
ance with regulations of the feder-
al Food and Drug Administration.
Blood drive
will be held
A blood drive will be held in
Shelton from noon to 6 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 13.
Persons who would like to donate
blood to help people in the hospi-
tals of this part of the state can go
to Memorial Hall at the comer of
Second and Franklin streets down-
town. Tori Fairhurst of the Puget
Sound Blood Center said a person
can give up to six times per year.
For more information, call her at
1-800-398-7888.
sport library.
7 p.m., Ala-Teen, Saint David's
Episcopal Church, Third and Cedar.
7 p.m., Depressed Anonymous,
the Pershing Room of Mason General
Hospital, 901 Mountain View Drive.
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m., Al-Anon family group,
T.C. Room of the Skokomish Tribal
Center, 80 Tribal Center Road.
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cota Street.
Noon, Overeaters Anonymous,
Saint David's Episcopal Church,
Third and Cedar.
7 p.m., Adult Children of Alcohol-
ics, McDonald's meeting room, Olym-
pic Highway North.
Even though
most people find
sitting to be more
comfortable than
standing, sitting places more stress on
the lower back than standing. Now,
research goes one step farther to say
that sitting up straight is not the best
posture for sitting. While many people
consider a 90-degree body-thigh sit-
ting posture to be correct, a 135-de-
gree body-thigh sitting posture places
less stress on the back and spine.
This conclusion was reached after
analyzing the spines of subjects who
assumed different sitting postures. A
new form of magnetic resonance imag-
ing (MRI) helped researchers see the
impact of these various postures on
the spine. If you sit for long periods
and experience lower-back pain, have
To get there, take Exit
Interstate 5 to Tumwater ]
levard, drive east to
Way and take a left to
Building. Or take a 12 or 13
from the Olympia Transit
ter to the site.
For more information
make arrangements for
accommodations for the
capped, call Kim Jensen
5585, Extension 7208.
MEDICINE
Jim '
Smith
The
Shoppe ®
PharmaCY
Dry Cracked Skin on
and Heels
Dry skin on the feet and
heels characterized by fissures
cracks) or hyperkeratosis (thic
areas of dry skin) is
sociated with fungal infections
as athlete's foot or
pedis). The dry, cracked
chronic and quite difficult to
using a topical preparation,
the scale on the sole of the
impedes or limits the absor
the antifungal agent. Doctors
Department of DermatologY,
versity of Alabama at
evaluated the efficacy of 40%
moisturizing cream as an
topical antifungals in the
of moccasin tenea pedis.
with untreated moccasin tinea
dis were selected from the
dermatology clinic,
with 40% urea cream once daily !
antifungal cream twice daily.
then were evaluated after
weeks of treatment for the
of redness, scaling, and itching.
2 to 3 weeks, a 100% cure rate
achieved in the 12 patients
concomitantly with topical 40° t
cream and antifungal cream.
NiiiIonal Prelcription
1-800-640-5503
207 Professional Way
(Across from the
DOES SITTING PLACE
IN AN AWKWARD POS
. ByJosephZygar, P.T.
a physical therapist analyze your sit'
ting posture.
This finding is '
who suffer from lower-back
you have questions about
discussed in today's column,
SHELTON PHYSICAL
AND SPORTS MEDICINE at (
426-5903. We are a full service
helping people recover from
and work injuries. You'll find us
veniently located at 2300 Kati Ct.,
B. New patients are welcome.
day appointments are available.
P.S. Sitting with correct post
is essential because the strain ptl
the spine and its associated ligarae
from incorrect posture over time c :c
lead to pain, deformity, and chr0W
illness.
Church, Third and Cedar streets.
and 7 p.m., Adult Children of Alcohol- mmm m mm mmm mmm
p.m., AA, nonsmoking
handicap-accessible, Sheltons Unit- ics, New Community Church office, I NEW PATIENT OFEER!
ed Methodist Church, 1900 King 310 East Dalby Road, Suite 300,
Street Union. For information call 898-6962
7:30 p.m., A1-Anon, Coffee Compa- 7:30 p.m. Mondays, AA, Fir Lane
ny, 24240 Highway 101, Hoodsport. Health and Rehabilitation Center,
Saturdays8 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Elli- 2430 Northa.m., Maplel3th Street. m=='
nor Room, Mason General Hospital. Tuesdays
1D Glen Assisted Liv- II
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West ing, 1700 North 13th Loop Road,
Cota Street. Shelton. For information call 36O- I With paid comprehensive exam, X rays and cleaning. $300 value!
7:30 p.m., Friends of Bill and Bob 556-6579.
Chapter at the Skokomish Tribal Noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., AA, 125 == With coupon through March 31, 2007. Not valid with other offers, cash value 1/20€.
The office of Richard C. Downing, D.D.S. Shelton.
Center, 80 Tribal Center Road. West Cota. m
10 pm.., The Point Is, Easy Does -
I
HOODSPORT FAHILY CLINIC, RS.
MARGENE FIELDS, ARNP I
Full-time health-care provider
V
• The most advanced dental technology is now available in Shelton.
Walk-ins
welcome
Experienced
in
treating
m
Family care, from patients of all ages
newborns to adult
geriatrics
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday "
Margene Fields, Call (360) 877 '-' 0372
BSN, HN,ANP, FNP 24261 N. US Highway 101,Hoodsport
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 1,2007
1626 Olympic Highway North
I * Families welcome Richard C. Downing, D.D.S,
u,u,, ,n:^"'a' A/y;V-"'-^ Christopher d. Burton, D.D.S. I
comprehensive family dentistry
l * Smile enhancement with a friendly personal touoh
I frlendlyden;Ist." Call for appointment today! 426-4710000
m m m m m m m m m m m mm m m