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everyone 50 and up:
nior center hires
!REBECCA WELLS
impressed Fred Cor-
most about his new job as
director of the Mason
Activities Center
the quality of its peo-
'It's so neat, you know? With
I've been and with what
I love this place al-
he said.
a barber with an
background in fund-
charity work and public
Corbett took his new
the senior center on Janu-
He follows Karen Popke,
recently retired the posi-
and helped train and orient
Was selected out of sev-
for the job and
through the employment
of the Shelton-Mason
Chamber of Commerce.
organization he's
so far has sent him to
sort of leadership training
Corbett said, he has
more and more accus-
to handling information
different sources and deal-
;Mth the needs and possibili-
ps.
INVOLVEMENT in-
serving as an officer and
two local Ma-
as well Lions Club
and the Elks. He
organize the Toys for
cook-off and auction
Was an on-air personality
technician for KMAS Radio
! ia 1999.
with how closely
able to work with the
center's board of directors
supportive the board
in meeting the needs at
his requests
the equipment in his
while the newly printed
listed the need fbr
of coffee, creamer and
of these items
to pour in to the center
People responding to the
needs. At the same
aembers, volunteers and
keep the center's pan-
SEATED AT HIS desk is Fred Corbett, the new adminis-
trator of the Mason County Senior Activities Center.
tries and craft cabinets well-
stocked. The center's facilities,
he points out, are well-main-
tained. The floors were replaced
a few weeks ago.
In addition to bingo, cards
and other games, the senior cen-
ter also has a pool table and a
cofl'ee pot always on and ready
with fresh donuts nearby.
"WHAT'S UNIQUI about
this senior center is that we take
no federal and no state and no
county money. We take no city
money," Corbett said.
Funding from United Way of
Mason County and revenue gen-
erated by the Nifty Thrifty Shop
and a crafts boutique located
inside the center have financed
the senior center's operations
for the last 18 years, he said.
And this has "given us the abil-
ity to remain independent and
expand all the great programs
that were started 25 years ago."
He is working on plans to cel-
ebrate the senior center's 25th
anniversary with a party on Fri-
day, June 29, featuring a live
radio broadcast over KMAS and
an invitation to the public to
check out what the center has to
offer. Various tables and booths
will be set up for the event to
showcase the array of programs
available at the center.
"This 25-year legacy that I've
to benefit Mountain View
annual Dinner Auction
View School will
on Saturday, March 24,
Little Creek Casino Re-
public is invited to join in
event for a catered
live auction, silent auc-
raffles, door prizes, dessert
and more.
entertainment for the
Wild West" themed event
the bluegrass band, Big
Candy Mountain Fiddlers.
performed by some tal-
Mountain View students
enhance the evening.
from the event will be
make Mountain View a
students to learn
County chapter of
Friends meets
first Monday of each
and grow, say organizers.
Some of the items up for bid
will be a hot-air balloon ride for
two; a charter cruise of Hood
Canal and a night at the Alder-
brook Resort; a trip for four to
Winthrop including river rafting
and horseback riding; Mariners
tickets; and tickets to the North-
west Ballet with dinner at E1
Gaucho restaurant.
Full details on auction items
can be found by logging on to
www.mtviewptso.com and
clicking on "auction." Tickets are
$25 per person, and may be pur-
chased in the school office or by
calling Cindy Hall at 426-8564.
Krueger makes bid for land
County commissioners last
week awarded a bid for surplus
county property located at 2378
NE State Route 3 in Belfair.
Mason County Treasurer Lisa
Frazier opened the sealed bid
from the sole bidder for the prop-
Friends to meet
Allen Roth in the evenings at
427-1694 and in the daytime at
427-1418.
erty, Rick Krueger. He offered
$205,100 and the minimum ac-
ceptable lump sum for the bid had
been $146,820. Frazier pointed
out how there is an existing dis-
pute over a boundary line on this
property.
"I think this piece of property
probably has much better uses,
given its central location," com-
mented Commissioner Ring-Er-
ickson, noting that this property
is not currently being used or gen-
erating any real estate taxes.
next meeting will begin
l.. on Monday, March 5,
Pershing Room at Mason
Hospital, 901 Mountain
in Shelton. Compas-
Friends is a support
for parents and grand-
who have lost children.
is no cost to participate.
support group is de-
to help people have a
after an unacceptable
more information, call
• Full Service- A/P, A/R, Payroll,
Accounting & Taxes
• Business & Individual
• Free E-File for our clients
• Meet, drop or call-in consultations - Tax
preparation without leaving home
• Great prices - We take the time to listen
Joanne L. Konrade, EA, PA
4773 East State Route 3
(obove Ookland Bay Organic Form)
Shelton, WA 98584-0947
360-427-8081
Joanne@jobird.com
25 Years of Public Accounting
Enrolled to Practice before the IRS
Shrek
Dragon Pack Rat and Tuggs
360-426-7167
1-800-67S-7167
2911 E. Brockdale Road
Diego Hookules
Scrc
new director
been handed will nurture and
grow," Corbett said.
SOME OF THE regular
programs and activities at the
center include Tai Chi and line
dancing classes, weekly blood-
pressure clinics and crafts. Up-
coming are painting classes with
artists Paul Kucharick and Bob
Chambers.
"My goals are to increase
awareness, explain to every-
body that being a senior citizen
means that you have maturity,
that you haven't retired from
life and that maturity matters,"
Corbett said.
People become eligible to be-
come senior center members at
age 50. Annual dues of $12 en-
title members to all of the activi-
ties, classes, special events and
holiday dinners available at the
center. "If you've ever gone to a
casino and got a discount for be-
ing a senior and being 50, you've
had at least one benefit of being
a mature adult," Corbett elabo-
rated.
In his opinion, belonging to
the Mason County Senior Ac-
tivities Association and its cen-
ter could be the greatest benefit
of turning 50. Looking ahead to
the next 25 years, Corbett said
he would like to enhance com-
munity partnerships. The se-
nior center already provides its
facility for Rivers of Grace to
have church services on Sunday
mornings and is working with
Hood Canal Communications
to offer Internet and computer-
skills classes on site. The com-
pany hosts the center's Web site
and e-mail accounts.
"THOSE KINDS of partner-
ships is what's going to make
this place really spin and go,"
Corbett said.
He sees a need for the senior
center to have a presence at
community events like the Bite
of Shelton as a way of display-
ing resources available to area
seniors. Corbett wants to build
a directory of services and re-
ferrals available for seniors in
Mason County "because Mason
County is what matters to us,"
he explained.
Corbett is currently looking
for someone interested in help-
ing to publish the local senior
resource directory. "We do need
to tailor it for Mason County be-
cause Mason County, in all of its
unique beauty, needs unique re-
sources," he added.
He's also working closely with
the Lewis, Mason, Thurston
Area Agency on Aging to ad-
dress senior issues in the com-
munity. Corbett said the senior
center is also open to establish-
ing programs around whatever
volunteers are interested in do-
ing to enhance the quality of
life for older adults while filling
their needs for nutrition, educa-
tion, health, wellness and recre-
ation.
"WHEN PEOPLE come
through the doors looking to see
what's here, we tell them that
there are volunteer opportuni-
ties," he said.
The senior center already has
a history of community giving
since it has its beginnings with
people simply hosting bake sales
to fund its programs. "If we're
going to be the force that I think
we're going to continue to be in
the near future, we need contin-
ued support," Corbett said.
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Thursday, March 1,2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21
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everyone 50 and up:
nior center hires
!REBECCA WELLS
impressed Fred Cor-
most about his new job as
director of the Mason
Activities Center
the quality of its peo-
'It's so neat, you know? With
I've been and with what
I love this place al-
he said.
a barber with an
background in fund-
charity work and public
Corbett took his new
the senior center on Janu-
He follows Karen Popke,
recently retired the posi-
and helped train and orient
Was selected out of sev-
for the job and
through the employment
of the Shelton-Mason
Chamber of Commerce.
organization he's
so far has sent him to
sort of leadership training
Corbett said, he has
more and more accus-
to handling information
different sources and deal-
;Mth the needs and possibili-
ps.
INVOLVEMENT in-
serving as an officer and
two local Ma-
as well Lions Club
and the Elks. He
organize the Toys for
cook-off and auction
Was an on-air personality
technician for KMAS Radio
! ia 1999.
with how closely
able to work with the
center's board of directors
supportive the board
in meeting the needs at
his requests
the equipment in his
while the newly printed
listed the need fbr
of coffee, creamer and
of these items
to pour in to the center
People responding to the
needs. At the same
aembers, volunteers and
keep the center's pan-
SEATED AT HIS desk is Fred Corbett, the new adminis-
trator of the Mason County Senior Activities Center.
tries and craft cabinets well-
stocked. The center's facilities,
he points out, are well-main-
tained. The floors were replaced
a few weeks ago.
In addition to bingo, cards
and other games, the senior cen-
ter also has a pool table and a
cofl'ee pot always on and ready
with fresh donuts nearby.
"WHAT'S UNIQUI about
this senior center is that we take
no federal and no state and no
county money. We take no city
money," Corbett said.
Funding from United Way of
Mason County and revenue gen-
erated by the Nifty Thrifty Shop
and a crafts boutique located
inside the center have financed
the senior center's operations
for the last 18 years, he said.
And this has "given us the abil-
ity to remain independent and
expand all the great programs
that were started 25 years ago."
He is working on plans to cel-
ebrate the senior center's 25th
anniversary with a party on Fri-
day, June 29, featuring a live
radio broadcast over KMAS and
an invitation to the public to
check out what the center has to
offer. Various tables and booths
will be set up for the event to
showcase the array of programs
available at the center.
"This 25-year legacy that I've
to benefit Mountain View
annual Dinner Auction
View School will
on Saturday, March 24,
Little Creek Casino Re-
public is invited to join in
event for a catered
live auction, silent auc-
raffles, door prizes, dessert
and more.
entertainment for the
Wild West" themed event
the bluegrass band, Big
Candy Mountain Fiddlers.
performed by some tal-
Mountain View students
enhance the evening.
from the event will be
make Mountain View a
students to learn
County chapter of
Friends meets
first Monday of each
and grow, say organizers.
Some of the items up for bid
will be a hot-air balloon ride for
two; a charter cruise of Hood
Canal and a night at the Alder-
brook Resort; a trip for four to
Winthrop including river rafting
and horseback riding; Mariners
tickets; and tickets to the North-
west Ballet with dinner at E1
Gaucho restaurant.
Full details on auction items
can be found by logging on to
www.mtviewptso.com and
clicking on "auction." Tickets are
$25 per person, and may be pur-
chased in the school office or by
calling Cindy Hall at 426-8564.
Krueger makes bid for land
County commissioners last
week awarded a bid for surplus
county property located at 2378
NE State Route 3 in Belfair.
Mason County Treasurer Lisa
Frazier opened the sealed bid
from the sole bidder for the prop-
Friends to meet
Allen Roth in the evenings at
427-1694 and in the daytime at
427-1418.
erty, Rick Krueger. He offered
$205,100 and the minimum ac-
ceptable lump sum for the bid had
been $146,820. Frazier pointed
out how there is an existing dis-
pute over a boundary line on this
property.
"I think this piece of property
probably has much better uses,
given its central location," com-
mented Commissioner Ring-Er-
ickson, noting that this property
is not currently being used or gen-
erating any real estate taxes.
next meeting will begin
l.. on Monday, March 5,
Pershing Room at Mason
Hospital, 901 Mountain
in Shelton. Compas-
Friends is a support
for parents and grand-
who have lost children.
is no cost to participate.
support group is de-
to help people have a
after an unacceptable
more information, call
• Full Service- A/P, A/R, Payroll,
Accounting & Taxes
• Business & Individual
• Free E-File for our clients
• Meet, drop or call-in consultations - Tax
preparation without leaving home
• Great prices - We take the time to listen
Joanne L. Konrade, EA, PA
4773 East State Route 3
(obove Ookland Bay Organic Form)
Shelton, WA 98584-0947
360-427-8081
Joanne@jobird.com
25 Years of Public Accounting
Enrolled to Practice before the IRS
Shrek
Dragon Pack Rat and Tuggs
360-426-7167
1-800-67S-7167
2911 E. Brockdale Road
Diego Hookules
Scrc
new director
been handed will nurture and
grow," Corbett said.
SOME OF THE regular
programs and activities at the
center include Tai Chi and line
dancing classes, weekly blood-
pressure clinics and crafts. Up-
coming are painting classes with
artists Paul Kucharick and Bob
Chambers.
"My goals are to increase
awareness, explain to every-
body that being a senior citizen
means that you have maturity,
that you haven't retired from
life and that maturity matters,"
Corbett said.
People become eligible to be-
come senior center members at
age 50. Annual dues of $12 en-
title members to all of the activi-
ties, classes, special events and
holiday dinners available at the
center. "If you've ever gone to a
casino and got a discount for be-
ing a senior and being 50, you've
had at least one benefit of being
a mature adult," Corbett elabo-
rated.
In his opinion, belonging to
the Mason County Senior Ac-
tivities Association and its cen-
ter could be the greatest benefit
of turning 50. Looking ahead to
the next 25 years, Corbett said
he would like to enhance com-
munity partnerships. The se-
nior center already provides its
facility for Rivers of Grace to
have church services on Sunday
mornings and is working with
Hood Canal Communications
to offer Internet and computer-
skills classes on site. The com-
pany hosts the center's Web site
and e-mail accounts.
"THOSE KINDS of partner-
ships is what's going to make
this place really spin and go,"
Corbett said.
He sees a need for the senior
center to have a presence at
community events like the Bite
of Shelton as a way of display-
ing resources available to area
seniors. Corbett wants to build
a directory of services and re-
ferrals available for seniors in
Mason County "because Mason
County is what matters to us,"
he explained.
Corbett is currently looking
for someone interested in help-
ing to publish the local senior
resource directory. "We do need
to tailor it for Mason County be-
cause Mason County, in all of its
unique beauty, needs unique re-
sources," he added.
He's also working closely with
the Lewis, Mason, Thurston
Area Agency on Aging to ad-
dress senior issues in the com-
munity. Corbett said the senior
center is also open to establish-
ing programs around whatever
volunteers are interested in do-
ing to enhance the quality of
life for older adults while filling
their needs for nutrition, educa-
tion, health, wellness and recre-
ation.
"WHEN PEOPLE come
through the doors looking to see
what's here, we tell them that
there are volunteer opportuni-
ties," he said.
The senior center already has
a history of community giving
since it has its beginnings with
people simply hosting bake sales
to fund its programs. "If we're
going to be the force that I think
we're going to continue to be in
the near future, we need contin-
ued support," Corbett said.
r., Ultimate
4.Stroke OlI)rd
3.YEAR--- "
LIMITED
WARRANTY
Standard on every Suzuki
3-YEAR
EXTENDED
PROTECTION
and right now it's FREE!
6-YEARS
OF FREEDOM
At no extra charge
"Westport" by Enviro Fire
I
Cast Iron Flat Black Model
on sale now $1499.00
Capital City
Stove & Fan Center
2118 Pacific Ave., Olympia • 943-5587
Monday-Friday 8:30-5:30, Saturday 8:30-5:00
www.capitaicitystove.com
Thursday, March 1,2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 21
IHIIII