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What's Cool :in'?
Volunteering brings Donna delight
By MARY DUNCAN ..... So whose idea was it to open a I'm just a soft touch."
Although Donna Fairbanks
has lived in Mason County for 17
years, she jokes about being one
of the new kids on the block. Per-
haps that's because she keeps
finding new ways to contribute to
her adopted community.
Several days a week she's in
church, pitching the products of
local artisans. Once a week she
is sorting and bagging grocer-
ies, but she does not work at a
grocery store. And one day a
week she plays - bridge, that is.
Her most recent endeavor is
volunteering at Heavenly Gifts,
a shop in Saint David's Church
featuring the handcrafted work
and original art of over 50 area
artists and artisans.
"I LOVE TO show it off," she
says of the shop located in a room
with a fireplace just off the
church's double-door entrance on
Cedar Street. "We had an anni-
versary at Thanksgiving time
last year, our first anniversary.
Our first month, from Thanks-
giving to the holidays, we were
open six days a week, but we've
cut that back to three."
Staffed by volunteers, the store
is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursdays, Fridays and Satur-
days. "It's hard to get coverage
and, of" course, business isn't all
that brisk," Donna says. She
pauses and adds with a smile,
"Unfortunately."
Donna discusses the wares
more like a hostess than a sales-
person. "We've got a lot of Celtic
pieces that are lovely," she notes
pointing to silver jewelry, "and
very affordable too."
She gently handles the hand-
made cards and then winds up
one of the music boxes. Donna
con/bases she purchased on of the
pieces of pottery.
"THERE ARE LOTS of little
items that are really affordable
for people that want to support us
DONNA FAIRBANKS JOYFULLY displays a cloth-cov.
ered photo album as fanciful pinatas guard a ladder of
bags and hats in the background, some of a myriad of
handmade gifts for sale in the gift shop at Saint Da-
vid's Church.
without spending a fortune," she
suggests. "We've got some little
keychains. They're made of
wood and I think she told me the
wood is Scotch broom. I didn't
know Scotch broom had such
large stems." Each has a hand-
carved figure.
There is a variety of fabric
work including placemats and
several styles of bags and knit-
ted work like hats and scarves.
"We even have a sweater for
your dog, if your dog is little,"
she says.
Donna also points out the lo-
cally made soaps. ,They're won-
derful soaps, very nice. My hus-
band insists he stopped getting
hangnails when I started buying
it."
With a sense of pride, Donna
says the products travel beyond
Mason County. Someone pur-
chased candles from the shop to
use in a wedding in Portland,
Oregon, she adds.
DONNA EXHIBITS such
grace and ease in the shop, she
seems to be a natural. "I like it
especially if I'm busy," she ad-
mits. "If I'm not I feel like - oh,
I'm wasting my time."
......... ' =" :: L:/ ....... ............ >''\> 'Έ:*ΈΈ v:: T Έ: 7 ΈI Έ/ .......
Adopt-a-Pet
Adopt-a-Pet is a nonprofit volun-
teer group whose placement services,
kennels and spay-neuter assistance
program are financed through month-
ly garage sales. To list pets with the
placement-assistance program or to
list lost and found pets, call before 8
pro. Sunday for publication. All pets
from Adopt-a-Pet kennels are vet-
checked. Call 426-2610 to set up a
kennel visit or to donate items.
Or visit the Web site at www.aap-
wa.org.
JET, A 1U2-YEAR-OLD, neutered
hound cross with short, black and tan
hair, is described as a beautiful dog
with a great personality.
AT 6 MONTHS old, Belle, a
,spayed, ,shepherd. cross, with. long
black and tan hmr, m described as a
real character by kennel volunteers.
HEIDI, AN ll-MONTH-OLD,
spayed Doberman cross, has short,
hlack and tan hair and natural ears
and tail. She is a little on the timid
side, according to her caretakers.
A l I/2-YEAR-OLD, neutered, Rott-
wciler cross, Zylan is medium-sized
with short hair and has "much love to
give," say volunteers.
MAX, A ll/2-YEAR-OLD, large,
neutered black Lab cross, has a brin-
dle pattern and, according to his care-
takers, is a real lover with a great
personality.
Free Pets
A BEIGE AND black malamute
male was found in the Skokomish
Valley. 426-5612.
A YELLOW LAB cross male, 4- to
5-months old, is a real sweet pup who
needs a new home as soon as possi-
ble. 426-4896.
City of Shelton
Animal Shelter
Adoptions cost $25 plus $5 for a
city license. New dogs are brought in
all the time. Call 427-7503 or visit
the shelter at 902 West Pine Street.
Hours are 10 a.m, to 5 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday.
Here's a listing of some of the dogs
available this week:
LAB-ROTTWEILER male, a year
old, black, brown and white.
ROTTWEILER CROSS male, a
year old, black and brown.
HUSKY CROSS male, 4 months
old, brown and white.
BALLPLAYER FOXY IS a 3-
year-old, neutered German
shepherd cross with long,
red hair. Medium.sized, he
loves people and would en-
joy running with a jogger,
note kennel volunteers. He
is not good with poultry
and would like to be an
only dog. A fenced yard is
required. Call 426-2610 to
meet him.
KIMBERLY.t
40th
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
from
MOM :md DAI)
I
Page 6- Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, March 4, 1999
at the Mason County Senior Center
THE GOLDEN TONES ARE BACK
Friday, March 5th, 11 a.m.-noon
Come listen and enjoy -- invite a friend to come with you.
PAUL BABCOCK
"Fhe South Sound King of Western Swing
Friday, March 19th, 11 a.m.-noon
Paul will be playing and singing western, country,
swing and pop music from the '20's through '60's
for your listening and dancing pleasure.
826 W. Railroad Ave. * Shelton * 426-7374
gift shop in a church? "Well I
wish I could say it was mine,"
she says dramatically but with a
twinkle in her eye. "I had noth-
ing to do with it. I think Robin
Buckley was on the vestry at the
time and perhaps it was her baby.
She worked very hard to get it go-
ing and once it was rolling, she
got a full-time job so she's backed
out some, but she's still involved.
She still does volunteer work."
The artisans work on a com-
mission basis, Donna explains,
and Saint David's retains a por-
tion of each sale. "I think it's
generous," she comments of the
25 percent rate. "You know lots of
places do it 50-50, and some even
go 40-60 so most of these artists
are very pleased with it."
Besides spending time at the
church gift shop, Donna states, "I
wear a different hat. On Tues-
days, I work at the food bank, the
Saints' Pantry." It's open on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
from 10 to noon, she notes.
"However, there's lots more
that's going on besides that."
Volunteers arrive early in the
morning to package and bag
foods, she adds.
"ONE TIME there was a drive
for all dental things, brushes
and toothpaste and such," she
continues. "That's wonderful be-
cause we budget for staples, and
these other things that come in
are a nice treat. We don't buy pa-
per products; we can't afford to do
that."
While the Saints' Pantry re-
ceives regular support from local
churches and several business-
es, the requests for help continue
to mount. "We really need help
all the time," Donna emphasiz-
es. "There's so many sad
stories."
Children, especially sick
ones, touch Donna's heart in a
special way. "At the present time,
in addition to those things, I be-
long to Rachel Knott Children's
Hospital Guild and they work
hard to raise money for uncom-
pensated care for sick children,"
she explains.
She became involved in this
volunteer effort through Saint
David's. "One of the ladies that I
knew from here asked me if I'd
be interested," she recalls. "Of
course I was interested because I
had a granddaughter that was
born with health problems. She
didn't live here but she was in a
children's hospital in Omaha
and her family suffered finan-
cially, severely suffered. They
lost two cars and a house trying
to pay her doctor bills and so it
inspired me to help."
BUT WHAT inspired her to
devote so much of her time to vol-
unteer efforts? Does she have a
hard time saying "no"?
"Heavens, I guess you'd have to
say that's true," she laughs. "I
was cookie chairman for Girl
Scouts back in Iowa and I don't
even have any daughters." Don-
na pauses then concedes, "I guess
Retirement brought the Fair-
bankses here from the Midwest -
retirement and the winters back
there, she explains. "My home is
Rochester, Minnesota, and we
lived in Minnesota and Iowa all
of our married lives, but had vis-
ited in this part of the country be-
cause I have a sister in Des
Moines.
"Over a number of years we'd
been here about every season of
the year, and the one time we took
a whole month to see how we
could tolerate rain. It didn't rain
in February. With this February
would you believe that?" she
marvels. "In fact, we had the
umbrella with us twice and we
used it once in that month. So that
sort of made the decision easy.
We could stand the rain."
One of the couple's two sons
also moved west. "As a matter of
fact, perhaps five or six years af-
ter we moved to Shelton, one of
the sons we left in Iowa came out
to visit," she says. When he re-
turned to Iowa, Donna adds, "He
said if his company had an open-
ing in this part of the world, he
was going to jump on it, and
within a year's time he was set-
tled in Olympia. So we have
grandchildren in the area too.
Also a son and grandchildren in
Iowa."
WHILE THERE are yearly
visits to see family, Donna pre-
fers her adopted environs. Yet,
she adds, "We did go back in
May for a family wedding and
I'd forgot how pretty it is in May.
The lilacs were in bloom. It was
so beautiful. The trees were all
leafed up. But I don't want to live
back there again."
This warm, caring woman
does confess, "One day a week I
just play. I have to play bridge.
And then I guess the rest of the
time I play catch-up at home."
Donna says she had another
recipe in mind but her grafidson,
upon hearing about this inter-
view, insisted she share her
recipe for asparagus pie.
Asparagus pie
8 slices bacon, crisply cooked
3 C. cooked asparagus, cut in //2-
to 1/4-inch lengths
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 Tbsp. green onion, chopped
1 tap. sugar
114 tap. pepper
pinch of nutmeg
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 C. milk
1 C. Swiss cheese, grated
Crumble bacon in the bottom of
an unbaked, 10-inch pie shell.
Arrange cooked asparagus over
the bacon.
Combine eggs, green onion,
pepper, nutmeg, and pour over
asparagus. Sprinkle with half
the cheese.
Combine soup and milk and
pour over cheese. Sprinkle re-
maining cheese on top.
Bake at 400 ° for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350 ° and bake un-
til set, about 30 minutes. Serves
six.
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Eunice Price 1
on 80th birthd
Eunice Prince of Shelton joined
the ranks of the county's octage-
narians at a party Sunday, Feb-
ruary 21, hosted by her daughter
and son-in-law Pat and Steve Ed-
mondson.
Over 40 friends and family
members gathered in the ihmily
center at Shelton First Baptist
Church fbr traditional balloons,
banners, birthday cake, punch
and coffee.
Pat Edmondson explained the
cherry-tree cake decoration as "in
recognition of" Eunice being horn
five minutes before George
Washington's Birthday February
22."
A Shelton resident since 1993,
Mrs. Prince was showered with
cards of good wishes and a deco-
rated album created and assem-
bled by her friend Cathy Foseide
to hold the good wishes and pho-
tos from her milestone day.
Eunice Prince
Senior
Unless otherwise noted, all
events take place at the Mason
County Senior Activities Center
at 826 West Railroad Avenue.
The senior center hours are from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center's tele-
phone desk (426-7374) is closed
for lunch from noon till 12:30 p.m.
Adult lap swimming is set for
11:15 a.m. weekdays and noon on
Saturday at the Shelton High
School Pool.
Friday, March 5
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi class.
9 a.m., projects and interme-
diate line dancing.
10 a.m., beginning line danc-
ing.
Noon, potluck lunch.
1 p.m., open crafts.
Monday, March 8
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi class.
9 a.m., intermediate line danc-
ing.
10 a.m., beginning line danc-
ing.
Noon, lunch.
1 p.m., pinochle.
Tuesday, March 9
8 a.m. to 3 p.m., f(
pointment.
9 a.m., projects and
line dancing.
10 a.m., intermediate
dancing.
Noon, lunch.
Wednesday, March 10
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
help by appointment.
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi clasS.
9 a.m., line dancing.
Noon, lunch.
6:30 p.m., pinochle,
Moose Lodge.
Thursday, March 11
9 a.m., beginning line
and woodcarving.
t0 a.m., intermediate
dancing.
11 a.m., blood-pressure
Noon, lunch.
1 p.m., bingo.
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To Jean Ellin,
: Ohe of the best
: waitresses in town
worked at the Ming Tree
from March 1963 to
March 14th, 1999; 36
: years of service. We
: want to wish you a
HAPPY
We Love
Brad, Pare, ltyle
and CassandrZ,
"RETIREMENT!. Glenn arid
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Someone To Watch Over M e
Nothing takes the place of good frieO#
and helpful, watchful staff. At Alpine WaY,
you can take your place among them.
Visiting during meals, ridin our free
bus on shopping trips or playing dominOeS
in the evening, you'll feel like part of our
big family in no time.
When you're asleep, staff remains
awake. Our people are friendly and the
building is lovely.
Call us today for a
complimentary
lunch and tour.
(360) 426-2600
900 West Alpine Way
She]ton, WA 98584
Beth Johnston, R.N., Manager
RETIREMENT
& ASSISTED
What's Cool :in'?
Volunteering brings Donna delight
By MARY DUNCAN ..... So whose idea was it to open a I'm just a soft touch."
Although Donna Fairbanks
has lived in Mason County for 17
years, she jokes about being one
of the new kids on the block. Per-
haps that's because she keeps
finding new ways to contribute to
her adopted community.
Several days a week she's in
church, pitching the products of
local artisans. Once a week she
is sorting and bagging grocer-
ies, but she does not work at a
grocery store. And one day a
week she plays - bridge, that is.
Her most recent endeavor is
volunteering at Heavenly Gifts,
a shop in Saint David's Church
featuring the handcrafted work
and original art of over 50 area
artists and artisans.
"I LOVE TO show it off," she
says of the shop located in a room
with a fireplace just off the
church's double-door entrance on
Cedar Street. "We had an anni-
versary at Thanksgiving time
last year, our first anniversary.
Our first month, from Thanks-
giving to the holidays, we were
open six days a week, but we've
cut that back to three."
Staffed by volunteers, the store
is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursdays, Fridays and Satur-
days. "It's hard to get coverage
and, of" course, business isn't all
that brisk," Donna says. She
pauses and adds with a smile,
"Unfortunately."
Donna discusses the wares
more like a hostess than a sales-
person. "We've got a lot of Celtic
pieces that are lovely," she notes
pointing to silver jewelry, "and
very affordable too."
She gently handles the hand-
made cards and then winds up
one of the music boxes. Donna
con/bases she purchased on of the
pieces of pottery.
"THERE ARE LOTS of little
items that are really affordable
for people that want to support us
DONNA FAIRBANKS JOYFULLY displays a cloth-cov.
ered photo album as fanciful pinatas guard a ladder of
bags and hats in the background, some of a myriad of
handmade gifts for sale in the gift shop at Saint Da-
vid's Church.
without spending a fortune," she
suggests. "We've got some little
keychains. They're made of
wood and I think she told me the
wood is Scotch broom. I didn't
know Scotch broom had such
large stems." Each has a hand-
carved figure.
There is a variety of fabric
work including placemats and
several styles of bags and knit-
ted work like hats and scarves.
"We even have a sweater for
your dog, if your dog is little,"
she says.
Donna also points out the lo-
cally made soaps. ,They're won-
derful soaps, very nice. My hus-
band insists he stopped getting
hangnails when I started buying
it."
With a sense of pride, Donna
says the products travel beyond
Mason County. Someone pur-
chased candles from the shop to
use in a wedding in Portland,
Oregon, she adds.
DONNA EXHIBITS such
grace and ease in the shop, she
seems to be a natural. "I like it
especially if I'm busy," she ad-
mits. "If I'm not I feel like - oh,
I'm wasting my time."
......... ' =" :: L:/ ....... ............ >''\> 'Έ:*ΈΈ v:: T Έ: 7 ΈI Έ/ .......
Adopt-a-Pet
Adopt-a-Pet is a nonprofit volun-
teer group whose placement services,
kennels and spay-neuter assistance
program are financed through month-
ly garage sales. To list pets with the
placement-assistance program or to
list lost and found pets, call before 8
pro. Sunday for publication. All pets
from Adopt-a-Pet kennels are vet-
checked. Call 426-2610 to set up a
kennel visit or to donate items.
Or visit the Web site at www.aap-
wa.org.
JET, A 1U2-YEAR-OLD, neutered
hound cross with short, black and tan
hair, is described as a beautiful dog
with a great personality.
AT 6 MONTHS old, Belle, a
,spayed, ,shepherd. cross, with. long
black and tan hmr, m described as a
real character by kennel volunteers.
HEIDI, AN ll-MONTH-OLD,
spayed Doberman cross, has short,
hlack and tan hair and natural ears
and tail. She is a little on the timid
side, according to her caretakers.
A l I/2-YEAR-OLD, neutered, Rott-
wciler cross, Zylan is medium-sized
with short hair and has "much love to
give," say volunteers.
MAX, A ll/2-YEAR-OLD, large,
neutered black Lab cross, has a brin-
dle pattern and, according to his care-
takers, is a real lover with a great
personality.
Free Pets
A BEIGE AND black malamute
male was found in the Skokomish
Valley. 426-5612.
A YELLOW LAB cross male, 4- to
5-months old, is a real sweet pup who
needs a new home as soon as possi-
ble. 426-4896.
City of Shelton
Animal Shelter
Adoptions cost $25 plus $5 for a
city license. New dogs are brought in
all the time. Call 427-7503 or visit
the shelter at 902 West Pine Street.
Hours are 10 a.m, to 5 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Saturday.
Here's a listing of some of the dogs
available this week:
LAB-ROTTWEILER male, a year
old, black, brown and white.
ROTTWEILER CROSS male, a
year old, black and brown.
HUSKY CROSS male, 4 months
old, brown and white.
BALLPLAYER FOXY IS a 3-
year-old, neutered German
shepherd cross with long,
red hair. Medium.sized, he
loves people and would en-
joy running with a jogger,
note kennel volunteers. He
is not good with poultry
and would like to be an
only dog. A fenced yard is
required. Call 426-2610 to
meet him.
KIMBERLY.t
40th
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
from
MOM :md DAI)
I
Page 6- Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, March 4, 1999
at the Mason County Senior Center
THE GOLDEN TONES ARE BACK
Friday, March 5th, 11 a.m.-noon
Come listen and enjoy -- invite a friend to come with you.
PAUL BABCOCK
"Fhe South Sound King of Western Swing
Friday, March 19th, 11 a.m.-noon
Paul will be playing and singing western, country,
swing and pop music from the '20's through '60's
for your listening and dancing pleasure.
826 W. Railroad Ave. * Shelton * 426-7374
gift shop in a church? "Well I
wish I could say it was mine,"
she says dramatically but with a
twinkle in her eye. "I had noth-
ing to do with it. I think Robin
Buckley was on the vestry at the
time and perhaps it was her baby.
She worked very hard to get it go-
ing and once it was rolling, she
got a full-time job so she's backed
out some, but she's still involved.
She still does volunteer work."
The artisans work on a com-
mission basis, Donna explains,
and Saint David's retains a por-
tion of each sale. "I think it's
generous," she comments of the
25 percent rate. "You know lots of
places do it 50-50, and some even
go 40-60 so most of these artists
are very pleased with it."
Besides spending time at the
church gift shop, Donna states, "I
wear a different hat. On Tues-
days, I work at the food bank, the
Saints' Pantry." It's open on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays
from 10 to noon, she notes.
"However, there's lots more
that's going on besides that."
Volunteers arrive early in the
morning to package and bag
foods, she adds.
"ONE TIME there was a drive
for all dental things, brushes
and toothpaste and such," she
continues. "That's wonderful be-
cause we budget for staples, and
these other things that come in
are a nice treat. We don't buy pa-
per products; we can't afford to do
that."
While the Saints' Pantry re-
ceives regular support from local
churches and several business-
es, the requests for help continue
to mount. "We really need help
all the time," Donna emphasiz-
es. "There's so many sad
stories."
Children, especially sick
ones, touch Donna's heart in a
special way. "At the present time,
in addition to those things, I be-
long to Rachel Knott Children's
Hospital Guild and they work
hard to raise money for uncom-
pensated care for sick children,"
she explains.
She became involved in this
volunteer effort through Saint
David's. "One of the ladies that I
knew from here asked me if I'd
be interested," she recalls. "Of
course I was interested because I
had a granddaughter that was
born with health problems. She
didn't live here but she was in a
children's hospital in Omaha
and her family suffered finan-
cially, severely suffered. They
lost two cars and a house trying
to pay her doctor bills and so it
inspired me to help."
BUT WHAT inspired her to
devote so much of her time to vol-
unteer efforts? Does she have a
hard time saying "no"?
"Heavens, I guess you'd have to
say that's true," she laughs. "I
was cookie chairman for Girl
Scouts back in Iowa and I don't
even have any daughters." Don-
na pauses then concedes, "I guess
Retirement brought the Fair-
bankses here from the Midwest -
retirement and the winters back
there, she explains. "My home is
Rochester, Minnesota, and we
lived in Minnesota and Iowa all
of our married lives, but had vis-
ited in this part of the country be-
cause I have a sister in Des
Moines.
"Over a number of years we'd
been here about every season of
the year, and the one time we took
a whole month to see how we
could tolerate rain. It didn't rain
in February. With this February
would you believe that?" she
marvels. "In fact, we had the
umbrella with us twice and we
used it once in that month. So that
sort of made the decision easy.
We could stand the rain."
One of the couple's two sons
also moved west. "As a matter of
fact, perhaps five or six years af-
ter we moved to Shelton, one of
the sons we left in Iowa came out
to visit," she says. When he re-
turned to Iowa, Donna adds, "He
said if his company had an open-
ing in this part of the world, he
was going to jump on it, and
within a year's time he was set-
tled in Olympia. So we have
grandchildren in the area too.
Also a son and grandchildren in
Iowa."
WHILE THERE are yearly
visits to see family, Donna pre-
fers her adopted environs. Yet,
she adds, "We did go back in
May for a family wedding and
I'd forgot how pretty it is in May.
The lilacs were in bloom. It was
so beautiful. The trees were all
leafed up. But I don't want to live
back there again."
This warm, caring woman
does confess, "One day a week I
just play. I have to play bridge.
And then I guess the rest of the
time I play catch-up at home."
Donna says she had another
recipe in mind but her grafidson,
upon hearing about this inter-
view, insisted she share her
recipe for asparagus pie.
Asparagus pie
8 slices bacon, crisply cooked
3 C. cooked asparagus, cut in //2-
to 1/4-inch lengths
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 Tbsp. green onion, chopped
1 tap. sugar
114 tap. pepper
pinch of nutmeg
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 C. milk
1 C. Swiss cheese, grated
Crumble bacon in the bottom of
an unbaked, 10-inch pie shell.
Arrange cooked asparagus over
the bacon.
Combine eggs, green onion,
pepper, nutmeg, and pour over
asparagus. Sprinkle with half
the cheese.
Combine soup and milk and
pour over cheese. Sprinkle re-
maining cheese on top.
Bake at 400 ° for 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to 350 ° and bake un-
til set, about 30 minutes. Serves
six.
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Eunice Price 1
on 80th birthd
Eunice Prince of Shelton joined
the ranks of the county's octage-
narians at a party Sunday, Feb-
ruary 21, hosted by her daughter
and son-in-law Pat and Steve Ed-
mondson.
Over 40 friends and family
members gathered in the ihmily
center at Shelton First Baptist
Church fbr traditional balloons,
banners, birthday cake, punch
and coffee.
Pat Edmondson explained the
cherry-tree cake decoration as "in
recognition of" Eunice being horn
five minutes before George
Washington's Birthday February
22."
A Shelton resident since 1993,
Mrs. Prince was showered with
cards of good wishes and a deco-
rated album created and assem-
bled by her friend Cathy Foseide
to hold the good wishes and pho-
tos from her milestone day.
Eunice Prince
Senior
Unless otherwise noted, all
events take place at the Mason
County Senior Activities Center
at 826 West Railroad Avenue.
The senior center hours are from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center's tele-
phone desk (426-7374) is closed
for lunch from noon till 12:30 p.m.
Adult lap swimming is set for
11:15 a.m. weekdays and noon on
Saturday at the Shelton High
School Pool.
Friday, March 5
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi class.
9 a.m., projects and interme-
diate line dancing.
10 a.m., beginning line danc-
ing.
Noon, potluck lunch.
1 p.m., open crafts.
Monday, March 8
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi class.
9 a.m., intermediate line danc-
ing.
10 a.m., beginning line danc-
ing.
Noon, lunch.
1 p.m., pinochle.
Tuesday, March 9
8 a.m. to 3 p.m., f(
pointment.
9 a.m., projects and
line dancing.
10 a.m., intermediate
dancing.
Noon, lunch.
Wednesday, March 10
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
help by appointment.
8:30 a.m., Tai Chi clasS.
9 a.m., line dancing.
Noon, lunch.
6:30 p.m., pinochle,
Moose Lodge.
Thursday, March 11
9 a.m., beginning line
and woodcarving.
t0 a.m., intermediate
dancing.
11 a.m., blood-pressure
Noon, lunch.
1 p.m., bingo.
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To Jean Ellin,
: Ohe of the best
: waitresses in town
worked at the Ming Tree
from March 1963 to
March 14th, 1999; 36
: years of service. We
: want to wish you a
HAPPY
We Love
Brad, Pare, ltyle
and CassandrZ,
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Nothing takes the place of good frieO#
and helpful, watchful staff. At Alpine WaY,
you can take your place among them.
Visiting during meals, ridin our free
bus on shopping trips or playing dominOeS
in the evening, you'll feel like part of our
big family in no time.
When you're asleep, staff remains
awake. Our people are friendly and the
building is lovely.
Call us today for a
complimentary
lunch and tour.
(360) 426-2600
900 West Alpine Way
She]ton, WA 98584
Beth Johnston, R.N., Manager
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