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Burnett, Potter set July date
KRISTINE AMY BURNETT and James E. Potter,
both seniors at the University of Montana, will be
married July 10, they announced recently. Kris-
tine, the daughter of Jim and Alice Burnett of
Shelton, graduated from Shelton High School in
1995 and will receive her degree in marketing from
the UM School of Business Administration in May.
James, who will graduate from UM with a man-
agement degree in May, is the son of Dick and
Linda Potter of Laurel, Montana. He graduated
from Laurel High School in 1993.
Adopt-a- Pet the shelter at 902 West Pine Street.
ttours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-
Adopt-a-Pet is a nonprofit volun- day through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1
teer group whose placement services, p.m. Saturday.
kennels and spay-neuter assistance Here's a listing of some of the dogs
program are financed through month- available this week:
ly garage sales To list pe with A ROTTWEILER.LAB spayed fe-
placement-assistance= P,FOg'jau 0r. malo,
list lost and found pets, call before 8 A LAB CROSS female, one year
p.m. Sunday lbr 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.
SIX BEAUTIFUL PUPPIES, all
black and tan, and 10 weeks old.
FOXY, a German Shepherd type of
medium size, is long-haired, red in
color, and 3 years old.
MAX, a year-old, neutered black
Lab cross, has brindle trim and, ac-
cording to his caretakers, is a real
sweet dog who is very obedient.
JET, a year-old neutered hound
cross with black fur and white trim,
is described as a beautiful dog with a
super personality.
RANGER is a 5-month-old, neu-
tered German shepherd cross who
has short, gold-colored hair and a
black muzzle, He's described as very
gentle and beautiful.
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
old.
A RETRIEVER, male, one year
old.
BUDDY, a gentle and lov-
ing neutered black Lab
cross, is a year old and has
lots of love to share with a
family or single owner. A
fenced yard is required.
Call 426.2610 to meet Bud-
dy.
, ....
Dance raises funds
for SMS te:am trip
An all-ages dance to the rock
'n' roll sounds of Johnnie B and
the Goods Guys is scheduled for
next Saturday, March 27, at the
Shelton Moose Lodge.
Set to run from 6:30 to 10 p.m.,
the event is a fund-raiser for the
Shelton Middle School eighth-
grade Timberwolf Team's an-
nual trip to Washington, D.C.
Tickets are $10 for a family, $7
for a couple and $5 for single ad-
mission. They are available
from any student and at the door
the night of the event.
All proceeds will benefit the
future travelers, a parent spokes-
OFFICE SUPPLIES
at the
person noted, adding that the
band has donated its time and the
Moose lodge has contributed the
use of its facility for the event.
The lodge is located on Hul-
bert Road near the Shelton-High-
way 101 interchange.
What's Cookin'?
Carol's passion drives her effor
for hospital and her education
By MARY DUNCAN
Check out Carol Barker's cre-
dentials for manager of Treas-
ures, the Mason General Hospi-
tal Foundation's thrift shop: She
spent her childhood years in
Shelton, is a recent college
graduate with a degree in psy-
chology and is described by her
husband as a packrat.
Carol explains how last Au-
gust she came to the job where she
manages only two paid staffers,
herself and Yvonne Stedman,
and 30 to 35 volunteers. "I was
raised in Shelton when I was a
very small child," she begins,
"left here before I hit high school,
and left the state of Washington
over 20 years ago. I came back
two years ago. My father passed
away of cancer and his doctor
was Dr. Robinson up at Mason
General Hospital."
With mounting enthusiasm
building in her voice, she con-
tinues, "And I'm a medic. I'm in
the Air Force Reserves, still. I've
been a medic for 10 years so I
went to work at Mason General
Hospital in May of '97 in oncolo-
gy with my dad's doctor. I loved
it."
DURING THE SAME time pe-
riod Carol went back to college
when her son was in high school.
"He graduated from college the
year before me," she says with a
bit of a chuckle. "I graduated
from Saint Martin's last year
actually, and got a degree in psy-
chology." Next, she registered as
a counselor with the state.
"Then this job came up. I'm a
garage sales queen," she con-
fesses with full-blown laughter.
"I love it, and I also utilize my
degree, believe it or not. Work-
ing with volunteers, my psychol-
ogy degree has come into very
good play, and working with
community service workers, the
(Washington) Department of So-
cial and Health, Services - men-
toring and psychology go hand
in hand."
Carol is referring to the use of
persons assigned to community
service through the county's pro-
bation department. "Of course, I
can only utilize nonviolent
offenders," she explains. "These
are people that usually have traf-
fic violations. They have been
mandated by the court to do com-
munity service. I've got young
people, even high-school stu-
dents.
"Of course I have some high-
school students that are just vol-
unteers, wonderful," she notes,
"In fact our community service
workers, 99.9 percent of them are
just wonderful."
HER WORK AT Treasures is
linked to DHSH through a train-
ing program, Carol says.
"We've got women that are on the
welfare rolls that are trying to
better themselves and get back
into the mainstream of society.
They have to get some job experi-
ence. If they do a good job here, I
do write letters of reference for
them and try to help them with
anything they need. I love it."
She is as passionate about her
fund-raising endeavors for the
hospital as she is about mentor-
ing. "This store is part of the de-
velopment office and Mason
General Hospital Foundation.
My whole goal is to raise money
for the hospital," Carol states un-
abashedly. "Mason General
Hospital is not a county hospital;
it is not state-funded." Approx-
®
Symbol of Superbr Servke
Office Supply Store
• Cards • Gifts
• Furniture and More
409 West Railroad Avenue, Shelton
Phone 426.6102, Fax 426-6195
Your Complete Office Product Dealer
Page 8- Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, March 18, 1999
LEE STILLwELL
Friendly hometown service
Located in Downtown Shelton at
601 Railroad #200
426=2685
• Home * Auto • Life • Commercial
LOVER OF TROLLS Carol Barker, Treasures' manager,
hugs one of several dozen of the dolls which line the
windows in her office at the hospital thrift store.
imately five percent budget
comes from local taxes, she
guesstimates.
"The rest of it we have to
raise," she notes. "The reason
for development of the thrift store
is to help purchase surgical
equipment and that sort of thing.
The more I can raise in this as-
pect and am able to contribute
back to the hospital, the less
chances of services being raised
higher.
"I want people to understand
that that is a wonderful hospital,"
the medic observes, "and they are
the most wonderful people that
work there. You've got a top-
notch administrator in Bob Ap-
pel; you've got a top-notch fi-
nancier in Renee Young, and in
the development office with
Graham Thomas, and the foun-
dation board, which has put a lot
of work into doing fund-raisers.
"BUT IT IS very important
that we are able to raise funds.
That's why all these volunteers
are here - because of the hospital.
If we didn't have a hospital in
this area what would happen?"
she queries.
With a burst of energy she av-
ers, "I believe in this. We have a
lot of people that don't have in-
surance. We don't want to be
turning anyone away, and don't
as far as my knowledge." Carol
also lauds the emergency depart-
ment which she points out
provides critical care, even for
those who need to be transported
to other hospitals.
People often ask Carol how she
arrives at her prices for items in
the store. She comments, "People
...think that all this stuff is do-
nated, so why don't you just
charge minimal. Well, my
overhead in this store is, on an
average, $12,000 a month." That
includes rent, gas mileage for
volunteers, electricity and utili-
ties for the store, supplies and
other managing expenses.
"I do have two salaries that
come out of here. I wish I could
say I work for free but I had to
work," she adds. "Any advertis-
ing has to come off the top. This
winter's been a little tough but it's
been okay. We're paying our ex-
penses but we need to be making
money."
TO THAT END Carol is busy
planning an April 9 auction,
called "An Evening of
Memories," featuring donated
items that represent the last 100
years of clothing and collec-
tions. It was a collaborative ef-
fort between herself and one of
her volunteers, Carol Sadler,
who used to own an antiques
store downtown, she explains.
On Friday a live and silent
auction complete with models
and refreshments will be staged.
Only 100 tickets will be sold, she
says with the cost $10 in advance
and $15 at the door. Then on Sat-
urday the public will be given the
chance to purchase those items
which did not sell on Friday.
For instance, Carol boasts of a
collection of Red Cross Christ-
mas seals dating from 1907 to
1960. Also on the block will be six
1989 Franklin Mint cars com-
plete with paperwork and certifi-
cation and in the original boxes.
Two fur coats, a mink and silver
fox, will be offered.
"I've got a long black leather
coat that's beautiful," she contin-
ues, "and a long gray wool coat
that's gorgeous. Then I have
some fun clothes. They're just
funky."
SHE SAYS THE purpose for
the auction and sale is two-fold.
"To raise money for the hospital,
but the other thing I was hoping it
would be is to put Treasures in
people's minds, to give it some
attention so people realize that
we're here. I still get people that
walk into this store and say,
'Where's Penney's?' " she says
in a mocking pitch. "Penney's
has been gone for over a year and
a half now. And we've been in
the store a year next month."
For the event, some of the
downtown businesses are donat-
ing auction items, Carol notes.
She is almost as passionate about
promoting Shelton as she is about
raising funds for MGH. Since
her return to town, Carol ob-
serves, "I was saddened some-
what with all the empty stores
downtown. That really bothers
me because this town has such
history. I think we have so much
potential.
"I don't feel that pushing for or
trying to build up downtown has
to hurt up on the hill. I think we
can support each other and that's
something I'm not seeing right
now. There's too much pulling
from each other where if we
flowed together, worked together,
it'd be wonderful," she com-
ments.
"When you work together, it
builds up the area. The whole fo-
cus should be on getting people
into Shelton period," she empha-
sizes. "Get them here and then
each business can have their own
draw.
"THAT'S THE way I think it
should be. We don't have to be
cutthroat. We're supposed to be a
community," she says, "and
that's very important, and the
community feeling and to help
people."
Continuing her theme of giv-
ing within the community, she
adds, "We don't only sell the
merchandise to raise money for
the hospital. If I have an overa-
bundance of clothes or whatever I
donate to SonRise; we donate to
Boys' Ranch. I donate clothes up
to the hospital for ER or pedia-
Our
tries." She takes
rials from the store for
rooms too.
Ever the salesperson,
fers a plea for more
especially a lC
teer. She explains,
SPRING IS HERE
-- and--
WE'RE OPEN!
Ready Now.
Primroses--- Pansies -- Perennials
Strawberry Plants and Herbs
M.K-A-
27 Calder Road
E]00a * 482-3572
Open daily 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
.121 Olympic Highway
with a procurement
someone that will work
all year in getting
donate nice, neat items
preparing even now
year's auction. If this
success - I'm hoping I
on my face - then I'm
this annually, just like
fair. We have a book
tober and that was mY
did it during the week
Fest. It was quite a sucCe'
SHE IS ALSO
more donations. "I do
especially on the
I would love people
ing out estates or
please think of us
donate. Especially if
one was taken care
General Hospital,
place?" she queries.
"Again my whole
raise funds. And I
can't even express
enough. This hos
everything," Carol
Carol shares her
recipe for meatloaf, using
a binder. "It's awesome,
clares. "Sometimes I'll
add corn into it."
Carol's
2 to 2 1/2 lbs. lean
1 1/2 C. cooked rice
1/2 C. shredded carrots
1 C. tomatoes, diced
1 C. mixture of red
peppers, yellow pepperS,
finely chopped
1 - 2 pkgs. dry onion
depending on taste
Mix all ingredients
using 1 or 2 eggs, &
the size of the eggs.
favorite spices. Place
pan. Bake at 350 ° for 1
FANCY !
YARN &
WEAVING
You saw my
the "Sew
Puyallup
Quilters
show in Monroe..,
Now come see
much more there
the store.
Excellent
of yarns for
crochet, weaving
embellishment.
SE 591 Arcadia
5heltn
42:
Stylists:
Usa
Comeon
Slephonie
Lucy
Jill
Burnett, Potter set July date
KRISTINE AMY BURNETT and James E. Potter,
both seniors at the University of Montana, will be
married July 10, they announced recently. Kris-
tine, the daughter of Jim and Alice Burnett of
Shelton, graduated from Shelton High School in
1995 and will receive her degree in marketing from
the UM School of Business Administration in May.
James, who will graduate from UM with a man-
agement degree in May, is the son of Dick and
Linda Potter of Laurel, Montana. He graduated
from Laurel High School in 1993.
Adopt-a- Pet the shelter at 902 West Pine Street.
ttours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-
Adopt-a-Pet is a nonprofit volun- day through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1
teer group whose placement services, p.m. Saturday.
kennels and spay-neuter assistance Here's a listing of some of the dogs
program are financed through month- available this week:
ly garage sales To list pe with A ROTTWEILER.LAB spayed fe-
placement-assistance= P,FOg'jau 0r. malo,
list lost and found pets, call before 8 A LAB CROSS female, one year
p.m. Sunday lbr 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.
SIX BEAUTIFUL PUPPIES, all
black and tan, and 10 weeks old.
FOXY, a German Shepherd type of
medium size, is long-haired, red in
color, and 3 years old.
MAX, a year-old, neutered black
Lab cross, has brindle trim and, ac-
cording to his caretakers, is a real
sweet dog who is very obedient.
JET, a year-old neutered hound
cross with black fur and white trim,
is described as a beautiful dog with a
super personality.
RANGER is a 5-month-old, neu-
tered German shepherd cross who
has short, gold-colored hair and a
black muzzle, He's described as very
gentle and beautiful.
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
old.
A RETRIEVER, male, one year
old.
BUDDY, a gentle and lov-
ing neutered black Lab
cross, is a year old and has
lots of love to share with a
family or single owner. A
fenced yard is required.
Call 426.2610 to meet Bud-
dy.
, ....
Dance raises funds
for SMS te:am trip
An all-ages dance to the rock
'n' roll sounds of Johnnie B and
the Goods Guys is scheduled for
next Saturday, March 27, at the
Shelton Moose Lodge.
Set to run from 6:30 to 10 p.m.,
the event is a fund-raiser for the
Shelton Middle School eighth-
grade Timberwolf Team's an-
nual trip to Washington, D.C.
Tickets are $10 for a family, $7
for a couple and $5 for single ad-
mission. They are available
from any student and at the door
the night of the event.
All proceeds will benefit the
future travelers, a parent spokes-
OFFICE SUPPLIES
at the
person noted, adding that the
band has donated its time and the
Moose lodge has contributed the
use of its facility for the event.
The lodge is located on Hul-
bert Road near the Shelton-High-
way 101 interchange.
What's Cookin'?
Carol's passion drives her effor
for hospital and her education
By MARY DUNCAN
Check out Carol Barker's cre-
dentials for manager of Treas-
ures, the Mason General Hospi-
tal Foundation's thrift shop: She
spent her childhood years in
Shelton, is a recent college
graduate with a degree in psy-
chology and is described by her
husband as a packrat.
Carol explains how last Au-
gust she came to the job where she
manages only two paid staffers,
herself and Yvonne Stedman,
and 30 to 35 volunteers. "I was
raised in Shelton when I was a
very small child," she begins,
"left here before I hit high school,
and left the state of Washington
over 20 years ago. I came back
two years ago. My father passed
away of cancer and his doctor
was Dr. Robinson up at Mason
General Hospital."
With mounting enthusiasm
building in her voice, she con-
tinues, "And I'm a medic. I'm in
the Air Force Reserves, still. I've
been a medic for 10 years so I
went to work at Mason General
Hospital in May of '97 in oncolo-
gy with my dad's doctor. I loved
it."
DURING THE SAME time pe-
riod Carol went back to college
when her son was in high school.
"He graduated from college the
year before me," she says with a
bit of a chuckle. "I graduated
from Saint Martin's last year
actually, and got a degree in psy-
chology." Next, she registered as
a counselor with the state.
"Then this job came up. I'm a
garage sales queen," she con-
fesses with full-blown laughter.
"I love it, and I also utilize my
degree, believe it or not. Work-
ing with volunteers, my psychol-
ogy degree has come into very
good play, and working with
community service workers, the
(Washington) Department of So-
cial and Health, Services - men-
toring and psychology go hand
in hand."
Carol is referring to the use of
persons assigned to community
service through the county's pro-
bation department. "Of course, I
can only utilize nonviolent
offenders," she explains. "These
are people that usually have traf-
fic violations. They have been
mandated by the court to do com-
munity service. I've got young
people, even high-school stu-
dents.
"Of course I have some high-
school students that are just vol-
unteers, wonderful," she notes,
"In fact our community service
workers, 99.9 percent of them are
just wonderful."
HER WORK AT Treasures is
linked to DHSH through a train-
ing program, Carol says.
"We've got women that are on the
welfare rolls that are trying to
better themselves and get back
into the mainstream of society.
They have to get some job experi-
ence. If they do a good job here, I
do write letters of reference for
them and try to help them with
anything they need. I love it."
She is as passionate about her
fund-raising endeavors for the
hospital as she is about mentor-
ing. "This store is part of the de-
velopment office and Mason
General Hospital Foundation.
My whole goal is to raise money
for the hospital," Carol states un-
abashedly. "Mason General
Hospital is not a county hospital;
it is not state-funded." Approx-
®
Symbol of Superbr Servke
Office Supply Store
• Cards • Gifts
• Furniture and More
409 West Railroad Avenue, Shelton
Phone 426.6102, Fax 426-6195
Your Complete Office Product Dealer
Page 8- Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, March 18, 1999
LEE STILLwELL
Friendly hometown service
Located in Downtown Shelton at
601 Railroad #200
426=2685
• Home * Auto • Life • Commercial
LOVER OF TROLLS Carol Barker, Treasures' manager,
hugs one of several dozen of the dolls which line the
windows in her office at the hospital thrift store.
imately five percent budget
comes from local taxes, she
guesstimates.
"The rest of it we have to
raise," she notes. "The reason
for development of the thrift store
is to help purchase surgical
equipment and that sort of thing.
The more I can raise in this as-
pect and am able to contribute
back to the hospital, the less
chances of services being raised
higher.
"I want people to understand
that that is a wonderful hospital,"
the medic observes, "and they are
the most wonderful people that
work there. You've got a top-
notch administrator in Bob Ap-
pel; you've got a top-notch fi-
nancier in Renee Young, and in
the development office with
Graham Thomas, and the foun-
dation board, which has put a lot
of work into doing fund-raisers.
"BUT IT IS very important
that we are able to raise funds.
That's why all these volunteers
are here - because of the hospital.
If we didn't have a hospital in
this area what would happen?"
she queries.
With a burst of energy she av-
ers, "I believe in this. We have a
lot of people that don't have in-
surance. We don't want to be
turning anyone away, and don't
as far as my knowledge." Carol
also lauds the emergency depart-
ment which she points out
provides critical care, even for
those who need to be transported
to other hospitals.
People often ask Carol how she
arrives at her prices for items in
the store. She comments, "People
...think that all this stuff is do-
nated, so why don't you just
charge minimal. Well, my
overhead in this store is, on an
average, $12,000 a month." That
includes rent, gas mileage for
volunteers, electricity and utili-
ties for the store, supplies and
other managing expenses.
"I do have two salaries that
come out of here. I wish I could
say I work for free but I had to
work," she adds. "Any advertis-
ing has to come off the top. This
winter's been a little tough but it's
been okay. We're paying our ex-
penses but we need to be making
money."
TO THAT END Carol is busy
planning an April 9 auction,
called "An Evening of
Memories," featuring donated
items that represent the last 100
years of clothing and collec-
tions. It was a collaborative ef-
fort between herself and one of
her volunteers, Carol Sadler,
who used to own an antiques
store downtown, she explains.
On Friday a live and silent
auction complete with models
and refreshments will be staged.
Only 100 tickets will be sold, she
says with the cost $10 in advance
and $15 at the door. Then on Sat-
urday the public will be given the
chance to purchase those items
which did not sell on Friday.
For instance, Carol boasts of a
collection of Red Cross Christ-
mas seals dating from 1907 to
1960. Also on the block will be six
1989 Franklin Mint cars com-
plete with paperwork and certifi-
cation and in the original boxes.
Two fur coats, a mink and silver
fox, will be offered.
"I've got a long black leather
coat that's beautiful," she contin-
ues, "and a long gray wool coat
that's gorgeous. Then I have
some fun clothes. They're just
funky."
SHE SAYS THE purpose for
the auction and sale is two-fold.
"To raise money for the hospital,
but the other thing I was hoping it
would be is to put Treasures in
people's minds, to give it some
attention so people realize that
we're here. I still get people that
walk into this store and say,
'Where's Penney's?' " she says
in a mocking pitch. "Penney's
has been gone for over a year and
a half now. And we've been in
the store a year next month."
For the event, some of the
downtown businesses are donat-
ing auction items, Carol notes.
She is almost as passionate about
promoting Shelton as she is about
raising funds for MGH. Since
her return to town, Carol ob-
serves, "I was saddened some-
what with all the empty stores
downtown. That really bothers
me because this town has such
history. I think we have so much
potential.
"I don't feel that pushing for or
trying to build up downtown has
to hurt up on the hill. I think we
can support each other and that's
something I'm not seeing right
now. There's too much pulling
from each other where if we
flowed together, worked together,
it'd be wonderful," she com-
ments.
"When you work together, it
builds up the area. The whole fo-
cus should be on getting people
into Shelton period," she empha-
sizes. "Get them here and then
each business can have their own
draw.
"THAT'S THE way I think it
should be. We don't have to be
cutthroat. We're supposed to be a
community," she says, "and
that's very important, and the
community feeling and to help
people."
Continuing her theme of giv-
ing within the community, she
adds, "We don't only sell the
merchandise to raise money for
the hospital. If I have an overa-
bundance of clothes or whatever I
donate to SonRise; we donate to
Boys' Ranch. I donate clothes up
to the hospital for ER or pedia-
Our
tries." She takes
rials from the store for
rooms too.
Ever the salesperson,
fers a plea for more
especially a lC
teer. She explains,
SPRING IS HERE
-- and--
WE'RE OPEN!
Ready Now.
Primroses--- Pansies -- Perennials
Strawberry Plants and Herbs
M.K-A-
27 Calder Road
E]00a * 482-3572
Open daily 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
.121 Olympic Highway
with a procurement
someone that will work
all year in getting
donate nice, neat items
preparing even now
year's auction. If this
success - I'm hoping I
on my face - then I'm
this annually, just like
fair. We have a book
tober and that was mY
did it during the week
Fest. It was quite a sucCe'
SHE IS ALSO
more donations. "I do
especially on the
I would love people
ing out estates or
please think of us
donate. Especially if
one was taken care
General Hospital,
place?" she queries.
"Again my whole
raise funds. And I
can't even express
enough. This hos
everything," Carol
Carol shares her
recipe for meatloaf, using
a binder. "It's awesome,
clares. "Sometimes I'll
add corn into it."
Carol's
2 to 2 1/2 lbs. lean
1 1/2 C. cooked rice
1/2 C. shredded carrots
1 C. tomatoes, diced
1 C. mixture of red
peppers, yellow pepperS,
finely chopped
1 - 2 pkgs. dry onion
depending on taste
Mix all ingredients
using 1 or 2 eggs, &
the size of the eggs.
favorite spices. Place
pan. Bake at 350 ° for 1
FANCY !
YARN &
WEAVING
You saw my
the "Sew
Puyallup
Quilters
show in Monroe..,
Now come see
much more there
the store.
Excellent
of yarns for
crochet, weaving
embellishment.
SE 591 Arcadia
5heltn
42:
Stylists:
Usa
Comeon
Slephonie
Lucy
Jill