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Recount
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candidate, they can change
their mind.
Delegates at the conven-
tion will also discuss and
vote on resolutions present-
ed by Republican voters in
Mason County.
These' resolutions reflect
issues Mason County's Re-
publican voters want to see
included in the national Re-
publican platform, Hrbacek
said. Resolutions approved
by delegates at the conven-
tion will continue to the
Washington State Republi-
can Convention.
Caucus-goers submitted
nine resolutions for consid-
eration at Saturday's cau-
cus. More resolutions may
be submitted at the March
31 convention.
Rickle encouraged those
interested in attending the
event to RSVP to the Re-
publican committee office at
432-1111. The convention is
free, but a $20 lunch is avail-
able. The committee encour-
ages convention attendees
to prepay for the lunch, but
will also take money at the
door.
George Rickle,
chair of the Mason
County
Republican
Central
Committee,
recounts ballots
taken in a straw
poll at the
county's
Republican
caucus on March
3. Trouble with a
Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet left
both county and
state Republican
party offices
uncertain about
the final tally.
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
..... assistant
Leslie Coyne
sorts dental
files for the
16 Mary M.
Knight
students the
Dream Team
Dental Clinic
examined
on Monday,
March 12.
The mobile
clinic offers
free services
for children
on Medicaid.
JournaF photo by
Natalie Johnson
Dental
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Mary M. Knight has hosted the
Dream Team for each of the past
five years, said Darlene Henson,
health para-educator for the Mary
M. Knight School District.
On Monday, McIntyre and den-
tal assistant Leslie Coyne did visu-
al inspections, applied tooth seal-
ants and fluoride treatments, and
taught children about proper oral
hygiene. Occasionally, the mobile
clinic will also provide teeth clean-
ing services.
Services provided by the Dream
Team are free to students covered
by Medicaid. The families of stu-
dents not on Medicaid can choose
a sliding scale payment option.
The clinic usually doesn't provide
services to students with dental in-
surance, because they can go to a
regular clinic for checkups.
"They try to make it as afford-
able to families as they can," Hen-
son said.
Dream Team dental assistants
and hygienists often refer children
to local dental clinics if they need
more extensive treatment.
"There's always follow-up with
the parents," Henson said.
This year, 16 students signed
up, and in any given year, 15-20
students participate, Henson said.
With a K-12 total population of
180 students at Mary M. Knight,
the Dream Team can help prevent
cavities in about 10 percent of the
school's population in only a few
hours.
At larger schools, the mobile
clinic can see up to 100 students
over a few days.
Dream Team members work
hard to make kids feel at ease and
wear pink jerseys with tooth loges
as uniforms.
"The kids really like them. They
know who we are when we walk
in," Coyne said.
Most of the students treated on
Monday were Mary M. Knight El-
ementary students. The oldest stu-
dent to participate was in seventh
grade.
Over the past six years, Mc-
Intyre said she has seen decay
rates decrease, both in the schools
she visits, and in national statis-
tics, because of the use of dental
sealants. '
On Monday, McIntyre and
Coyne said they plan on referring
some children to the Mason Com-
munity Dental Clinic, located at
807 W. Railroad Ave. in Shelton, in
the same building as the Commu-
nity Action Council. The clinic pro-
vides dental care for children 6 and
up, who are covered by Medicaid.
"That is a great asset to the com-
munity," McIntyre said.
The Dream Team hopes to
merge with another mobile den-
tal clinic soon to be able to expand
their services.
Both McIntyre and Coyne had
nothing but nice things to say
about the students and staff at
Mary M. Knight.
"The kids are so polite in this
district. They're so well behaved,"
McIntyre said.
For more information on the
Dream Team, visit dreamteam-
dental.com. For more information
on the Mason Community Dental
Clinic, call 426-2708.
Fireworks
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would be taking the weekend
off after the Fourth of July,
not before.
However, the weekend af-
ter the Fourth of July inter-
feres with crabbing season in
Hood Canal, creating a pub-
lic safety issue at the Port of
Hoodsport marina, where the
fireworks show takes place,
said port commissioner John
O'Laughlin.
"There is a lot of activity on
that dock (that Fourth of July
weekend)," O~aughlin said.
"If we can keep the dock open
for crabbing, we will do that."
Hoodsport Events Com-
mittee President Victoria
MacLeod said that three ma-
jor vendors had contacted her
and told her they would not
be able to attend Celebrate
Hoodsport during the week-
end of June 30.
'Tfe picked a weekend that
wouldn't get in the way (of
crabbing)," she said. "I didn't
feel like we had a choice ...
Last year, it was on a Sun-
day, because that's when you
forced me to have it, but the
community wasn't happy."
Even though the June 30
date has been set since last
summer, there is misinfor-
mation in the community
about when the event is tak-
ing place, MacLeod said.
Journal photo by Aria Shephard
Port of Hoodsport commissioners Mike Petz and John O'Laughlin listen to community members
advocate for holding the annual Celebrate Hoodsport fireworks show on Saturday, July 7,
instead of Saturday, June 30, at a port meeting this past Tuesday.
i
Hoodsport resident Kath-wrong day. committee hadn't brought up typically starts July 1.
leen Parks said that because "When you get out of that concerns or begtm advertising "I'm willing to bet you that
the event was held on a Sun, routine, you get people who for the June 30 event sooner, the 30th of June will bring
day last year, some people say, 'I'm going to do some- in order to reduce confusion, much business to town," he
who have traditionally come thing else that weekend," He also added that if the said.'Tou've got a readymade
to visit her family every Parks said. event were held earlier, visi- weekend that has a lot going
year had to miss the event O'Laughlin said he didn't tors might stay in town lon- on (and) we can create the
because they flew in on the understand why the events get, since crabbing season start of summer a week early
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... I love the fireworks show,
but we have a responsibility
to that little dock out there."
Last year, crabbers were
asked to leave the dock
around 3 p.m., when set up
for the fireworks show didn't
need to take place until 6
p.m., O'Laughlin said.
In addition to public safety
problems at the dock, other
business owners voiced more
concerns.
"One of the biggest is-
sues is you have no parking
plan and no traffic plan,"
said Mike Purvis, owner of
the Hood Canal IGA grocery
store, about the event. "I like
the event, I disagree with the
date most of all. Contrary to
what you guys think about
crabbing, I can show you
what crabbing means to me
and my business."
Commissioners Mike Petz
and O'Laughlin debated and
listened to public testimony
for more than an hour and a
half and eventually decided
to move the event to July 7.
"It seems to me that we
are not a cohesive commu-
nity, and we really need to
be," O'Laughlin said. '%Ve've
got so many diverse opinions
... the port will do everything
we can to accommodate that."
The port and the events
committee plan to have a
joint meeting at 6:15 p.m. on
Tuesday, May 8, to discuss
the event further.
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