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Out in the Open
iRI.CENTLY IT WAS ANNOUNCED that
. enhsts have determined that mice who exer-
develop more neurons than mice who don t.
I not SUre what a mouse would want with
'r re. neurons. Nor am I exactly sure what a neu-
o_ i.. nut whatever it is I wonder: Why are
'entlsts always picking on mice?
b I have no idea about this either, but it might
e SOmething a
Uldhelp. little therapeutic counseling
giV be Scientists say an increase in neurons
And ice the ability to remember more stuff.
When a mouse rem-mbers more stuff the
0Use be- -'"
comes smarter.
ad then I ask: How much stuff does a mouse
ave to remember, and is it such a good idea to
ave Sill
Th after mice?
.. e average brain contains 12 billion neurons
a While that "
ra0re sounds hke a lot it is only slightly
Icb^!h.an 10 percent of all hamburgers sold by
auaald's. So, while we now know it will take
ra 10 mice to remember all of McDonald's
reU.rgers, is there still a reason for mice to
eraber more?
a . JUST HOW MANY more neurons does
elu e need to have to do whatever a mouse
:rnl. to do? What is it in a mouse's life that is so
h. ated it would forget? Where it hid the
,,Se? Not to make fun of the cat?
th,_s not like it has to remember where it left
, r keys.
0C aich just happens to be my problem right
tho'ln fact, I shouldn't be sitting here writing
°ut Ihave nothing else to do since for the
,ae ! cannot remember where I put those
, keys
I nave an old ci,ar box nn m I
, - ,. .. _ _..y desk where put
Je S -- -- • --
fOUr y When I come home. I do thin because I
qUii..o__ Yself, always searching for them. It was
the,, .rUstratin. But since I started putting
0w' xn a box everything has been fine. Until
Whaut thisi is beside the point.
ideato- Want to know is: Is it sucn a bright
! d- .nave smarter mice?
0t s at know, and that's what scares me. I'm
thee I.m ready for a neuron-charged mouse
: a anng around the house.
, SURE, IT WOULD come in handy if I
e SOmeone to conjugate verbs or hel me
e my income taxes, but how often do I
%u_ o do either of those things? Not often
g ( to have some smart-alecky mouse quot-
wBcasat O r fighting me for the remote when
wrist, watcha discussion of Frank Lloyd
br/' 7 PBS while I'm settling down for
1. e Teenage Witch.
I digress.
'"' Scientists nut the mice into two ou s
:'i ,- gr p .
wt^ a Cage with an exercise wheel and one
1 "' t. The • • •
0Wd y stud the mce wth the wheel
rep a an increase in neurons as their brains
so[ ed to take-in additional information
' aY the exercise They said the exercise
E-mail at
diaz@budsters.com
stimulated the mice to remember more. They
surmised it was a way for the mice to remember
how to get back from where they were running
to.
NOW, I HATE TO show my ignorance, but
hello! Did these scientists ever stop to consider
the mice didn't need to remember where they
were going and how to get back, since all they
were doing was running on an exercise wheel in
a cage and weren't going anywhere anyhow?
I bet even the mice could have figured that
out.
Besides, if this were true, and all it took was a
bit of exercise to grow brain cells, then how come
pro-athletes aren't calculating rocket trajecto-
ries, curing cancer and cleaning up on Wheel of
Fortune?
And if we're talking about smarts, what about
all those computer programmers? Take Bill
Gates. Here's a guy with more dollars than neu-
rons. He has to be smart. But do you see him ex-
ercising? Do you see him running in a wheel in a
cage? Certainly not.
I'D LIKE TO SEE one of those smarty-pants
mice try to run a big company like Microsoft. I
bet it couldn't do it. If mice were in charge they
would probably do something stupid like create a
world-wide computer crash in the year 2000 or
something insane like that.
I sure am glad someone smarter than mice is
in charge.
The scientists said they took the two groups of
mice and put each into a maze. The mice with
the exercise wheel were able to negotiate the
maze easier and quicker than the non-exercising
mice.
Well, duh.
You see, what's going on here is what goes on
everywhere. These scientists are being in-
fluenced by their own cultural prejudices and are
interpreting what they are seeing into what they
are believing.
It's not the smart mice that are exercising.
Anyone with half a neuron knows that running
in a wheel in a cage is not going to get you any-
where. The really smart mice are the ones that
are hanging out at the cheese spigot while the
dumb ones are running themselves ragged. And
as for the maze? The smart ones don't care.
They've been there, they've done that.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE any of this? Well,
then, just look at me. I never exercise. Never
have, never will. I just don't believe in it. I figure
life is too short to get all hot and sweaty for no
reason at all. But yesterday I decided take the
dog for a walk. It wasn't a long walk, but it was a
walk just the same. And now today I can't find
my car keys.
Do you see the connection? I do.
I think what would put an end to all this is to
put the scientists in a cage and make them run
around in circles and see how smart they get.
I bet they would wise up in a hurry...
al,k-jog event set for
eler Wetlands area
: rj°ggers and nature Theler Community Center at 275-
a -o.. enjoy the Theler 4898. The next steps are lining up
id e,al System can help sponsors or pledges and walking,
rads. wth new or the wetlands
between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. on
Pating m a pledgeev?e jogging strolling
. ' April 24. April 24.
• lg°vernment a encies
[eaem funding to bild the
,:" out there are no
'}aintenance,,, notes an
of the event "Since the
Opened eight years
-as been a stead m
visitor Y "
._. s to the wetlands
;t °the public."
, -u visitors walked
;st Year, according to
.ro. ae Hood Canal Wa-
ct Center at the wet-
Prizes will be awarded for the
8
:h
, W,d'raising goal is
,ers and io ers can
sheets'atgghe 00et-
ty ng or the Theler Com-
ener or contact the
0000lhSoi r}. g
a00lit r00ty' s
t ,.ag Authority of Ma-
i ' ,Wich was audited by
r
t%he Period October i,
"Y, ':: °eptember 30, 1998
'a Z as found in com-
:it;s s release from the
h" aid.
I: b State Auditor
t)e,. g. said the housing
'h ::: Plied with state re
t. I . wn established pol-
& )Cedures, and with
.s ' ; requirements. No
" r,: t°ncompliance were
' indicated.
most miles walked on the day of
the event, the most pledges col-
lected, and the oldest and young-
est participants.
More information is available
from the Theler Center at the
number listed above.
OWN LAND,
!
Plans from 1000 to 2080 Sq. Ft.
• Building since 1969.
• Optional Garage Available.
• Northwest's largest "on your lot" builder.
* Limited ten year warranty with every home.
Model Home Open Daily From 10:00 am.6:00 pm
"Practical Homes For Practical People"
//00A00AIR
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Olympia, WA 98512 Beaverton, OR 97006 Bend, OR 97701 Medford, OR 97504
(36@) 352.8571 (503) 645-3547 (541) 382-4068 (541) 732-1560
*Special site conditions, local codes. WA sales tax or mileage fee will cause price to vary.
II
Property audits
slated for county
The Washington State Depart-
ment of Revenue will conduct au-
dits of personal-property assess-
ments in Mason County over the
next several months, announces
Personal Property Tax Program
Manager Joe Simmonds of the
Department of Revenue.
Audits will begin in April and
will be conducted countywide,
Simmonds said. They will include
the Lake Cushman area.
The audits estimate the mar-
ket value of selected residential
and business properties and ac-
counts. Approximately 60 proper-
ties to be audited were selected at
random from county assessment
rolls and are used to establish
how close county assessors are
coming to valuing properties at
100 percent of their true market
value.
The information, Simmonds
said, is used to adjust state school
levies for each county.
Simmonds said Department of
Revenue employees Markie Brew-
er and Christa Roy will conduct
the audits under his direction.
Taxpayers who receive notifica-
tion of an audit will be provided
with phone numbers of the agents
and are encouraged to contact
them if they have questions or
concerns, Simmonds said.
Additional information about
the process is available from the
tax program manager at 753-
5552.
40 et 8 schedules
a benefit breakfast
The public is invited to the 40
et 8 Charity Breakfast in Shelton
from 9 a.m. to noon this Sunday,
March 28.
The menu will include hash-
browns, toast or biscuit, choice of
ham, bacon or sausage, and eggs
to order (including omelets) for
$3.50. The veterans' organization
will also serve just biscuits and
gravy for $2.50.
Proceeds will help fund the 40
et 8's charitable programs and
scholarships.
Those attending should use the
back (alley) door of the 40 et 8
building, the second structure in
the 100 block of West Cota. Any-
one with a question may call 426-
5060.
RJ's Mufflers
and More
2316 Olympic
Highway North
427-3581
For oil your outomotiw rpoir needs
00]ournal of Record
(Continued from page 16.)
Road and East Timberlake
Drive.
Sunday, March 21
Fire District 4 responded at
5:01 a.m. to the report of a struc-
ture fire at 2402 SE Cole Road,
Shelton and at 9:47 p.m. to the re-
port of a structure fire at 1240 SE
Arcadia Road, Shelton.
Medic One responded at 2:32
a.m. on March 21 to the report of
an assault in the fourth degree at
2210 Olympic Highway North,
Shelton.
Deputies were asked to inves-
tigate a disturbance after a wom-
an allegedly drove a car into a
ditch while trying to get away
from a man who took a shovel to
the front door of a house on West
Lost Lake Park Drive.
Burglaries were reported to a
house on East Grapeview Loop
Road, where a 1971 car was re-
portedly stolen as well, and to a
summer cabin on East Wood
Lane, Shelton.
A caller from Belfair reported
suffering chest pains from
smoking too much marijuana.
A caller told dispatchers North
Mason High School had been
broken into.
Monday, March 22
Fire District 11 and Medic
One responded at 3:55 p.m. to the
report of an injury at Sanderson
Field.
Five juveniles reportedly got
stuck on a small island off East
Lakeshore Drive West. They
told dispatchers they rode out
there on a small crate and got
stuck during the thunderstorm.
A person from Hoodsport
called to complain about and on-
going problem with "firearm-tot-
ing" neighbors.
A woman called to complain
that someone had burned her be-
longings.
A caller from Grapeview re-
ported that a barge was spilling
oil as it approached the dock.
Confused? Stressed? Anxious?
Seek professional help.
Doing taxes yourself can send you through a range of emotions. Relax and let
a professional help. At H&R Block, we're familiar with the 824 tax code
changes. And we're ready to talk when you are.
104 East "D" Street
(Corner of Olympic Highway North and "D" Stree0
Weekdays 9-7
426-9077 Saturday 9-5
Shelter
Home
Improvement
Section
Coming
April 15th
Here's your chance
to tell about your
product .or
serv,ce ,n the o ...... q'00e r
or furnishing field. ' - -
Ad Deadline April 1
: st
For advertising ,nformat, on and assistance, call
• Stephen Gay • Dave Pierik • Janet Daugherty
426-4412
• Brenna woodward
275-6680
Thursday, March 25, 199g - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 17
[] ram=
Out in the Open
iRI.CENTLY IT WAS ANNOUNCED that
. enhsts have determined that mice who exer-
develop more neurons than mice who don t.
I not SUre what a mouse would want with
'r re. neurons. Nor am I exactly sure what a neu-
o_ i.. nut whatever it is I wonder: Why are
'entlsts always picking on mice?
b I have no idea about this either, but it might
e SOmething a
Uldhelp. little therapeutic counseling
giV be Scientists say an increase in neurons
And ice the ability to remember more stuff.
When a mouse rem-mbers more stuff the
0Use be- -'"
comes smarter.
ad then I ask: How much stuff does a mouse
ave to remember, and is it such a good idea to
ave Sill
Th after mice?
.. e average brain contains 12 billion neurons
a While that "
ra0re sounds hke a lot it is only slightly
Icb^!h.an 10 percent of all hamburgers sold by
auaald's. So, while we now know it will take
ra 10 mice to remember all of McDonald's
reU.rgers, is there still a reason for mice to
eraber more?
a . JUST HOW MANY more neurons does
elu e need to have to do whatever a mouse
:rnl. to do? What is it in a mouse's life that is so
h. ated it would forget? Where it hid the
,,Se? Not to make fun of the cat?
th,_s not like it has to remember where it left
, r keys.
0C aich just happens to be my problem right
tho'ln fact, I shouldn't be sitting here writing
°ut Ihave nothing else to do since for the
,ae ! cannot remember where I put those
, keys
I nave an old ci,ar box nn m I
, - ,. .. _ _..y desk where put
Je S -- -- • --
fOUr y When I come home. I do thin because I
qUii..o__ Yself, always searching for them. It was
the,, .rUstratin. But since I started putting
0w' xn a box everything has been fine. Until
Whaut thisi is beside the point.
ideato- Want to know is: Is it sucn a bright
! d- .nave smarter mice?
0t s at know, and that's what scares me. I'm
thee I.m ready for a neuron-charged mouse
: a anng around the house.
, SURE, IT WOULD come in handy if I
e SOmeone to conjugate verbs or hel me
e my income taxes, but how often do I
%u_ o do either of those things? Not often
g ( to have some smart-alecky mouse quot-
wBcasat O r fighting me for the remote when
wrist, watcha discussion of Frank Lloyd
br/' 7 PBS while I'm settling down for
1. e Teenage Witch.
I digress.
'"' Scientists nut the mice into two ou s
:'i ,- gr p .
wt^ a Cage with an exercise wheel and one
1 "' t. The • • •
0Wd y stud the mce wth the wheel
rep a an increase in neurons as their brains
so[ ed to take-in additional information
' aY the exercise They said the exercise
E-mail at
diaz@budsters.com
stimulated the mice to remember more. They
surmised it was a way for the mice to remember
how to get back from where they were running
to.
NOW, I HATE TO show my ignorance, but
hello! Did these scientists ever stop to consider
the mice didn't need to remember where they
were going and how to get back, since all they
were doing was running on an exercise wheel in
a cage and weren't going anywhere anyhow?
I bet even the mice could have figured that
out.
Besides, if this were true, and all it took was a
bit of exercise to grow brain cells, then how come
pro-athletes aren't calculating rocket trajecto-
ries, curing cancer and cleaning up on Wheel of
Fortune?
And if we're talking about smarts, what about
all those computer programmers? Take Bill
Gates. Here's a guy with more dollars than neu-
rons. He has to be smart. But do you see him ex-
ercising? Do you see him running in a wheel in a
cage? Certainly not.
I'D LIKE TO SEE one of those smarty-pants
mice try to run a big company like Microsoft. I
bet it couldn't do it. If mice were in charge they
would probably do something stupid like create a
world-wide computer crash in the year 2000 or
something insane like that.
I sure am glad someone smarter than mice is
in charge.
The scientists said they took the two groups of
mice and put each into a maze. The mice with
the exercise wheel were able to negotiate the
maze easier and quicker than the non-exercising
mice.
Well, duh.
You see, what's going on here is what goes on
everywhere. These scientists are being in-
fluenced by their own cultural prejudices and are
interpreting what they are seeing into what they
are believing.
It's not the smart mice that are exercising.
Anyone with half a neuron knows that running
in a wheel in a cage is not going to get you any-
where. The really smart mice are the ones that
are hanging out at the cheese spigot while the
dumb ones are running themselves ragged. And
as for the maze? The smart ones don't care.
They've been there, they've done that.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE any of this? Well,
then, just look at me. I never exercise. Never
have, never will. I just don't believe in it. I figure
life is too short to get all hot and sweaty for no
reason at all. But yesterday I decided take the
dog for a walk. It wasn't a long walk, but it was a
walk just the same. And now today I can't find
my car keys.
Do you see the connection? I do.
I think what would put an end to all this is to
put the scientists in a cage and make them run
around in circles and see how smart they get.
I bet they would wise up in a hurry...
al,k-jog event set for
eler Wetlands area
: rj°ggers and nature Theler Community Center at 275-
a -o.. enjoy the Theler 4898. The next steps are lining up
id e,al System can help sponsors or pledges and walking,
rads. wth new or the wetlands
between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. on
Pating m a pledgeev?e jogging strolling
. ' April 24. April 24.
• lg°vernment a encies
[eaem funding to bild the
,:" out there are no
'}aintenance,,, notes an
of the event "Since the
Opened eight years
-as been a stead m
visitor Y "
._. s to the wetlands
;t °the public."
, -u visitors walked
;st Year, according to
.ro. ae Hood Canal Wa-
ct Center at the wet-
Prizes will be awarded for the
8
:h
, W,d'raising goal is
,ers and io ers can
sheets'atgghe 00et-
ty ng or the Theler Com-
ener or contact the
0000lhSoi r}. g
a00lit r00ty' s
t ,.ag Authority of Ma-
i ' ,Wich was audited by
r
t%he Period October i,
"Y, ':: °eptember 30, 1998
'a Z as found in com-
:it;s s release from the
h" aid.
I: b State Auditor
t)e,. g. said the housing
'h ::: Plied with state re
t. I . wn established pol-
& )Cedures, and with
.s ' ; requirements. No
" r,: t°ncompliance were
' indicated.
most miles walked on the day of
the event, the most pledges col-
lected, and the oldest and young-
est participants.
More information is available
from the Theler Center at the
number listed above.
OWN LAND,
!
Plans from 1000 to 2080 Sq. Ft.
• Building since 1969.
• Optional Garage Available.
• Northwest's largest "on your lot" builder.
* Limited ten year warranty with every home.
Model Home Open Daily From 10:00 am.6:00 pm
"Practical Homes For Practical People"
//00A00AIR
2302 9Y#AveSW I111SW17O'Ave 63309NelsAndersonRd 541BusintssParkDrSteF
Olympia, WA 98512 Beaverton, OR 97006 Bend, OR 97701 Medford, OR 97504
(36@) 352.8571 (503) 645-3547 (541) 382-4068 (541) 732-1560
*Special site conditions, local codes. WA sales tax or mileage fee will cause price to vary.
II
Property audits
slated for county
The Washington State Depart-
ment of Revenue will conduct au-
dits of personal-property assess-
ments in Mason County over the
next several months, announces
Personal Property Tax Program
Manager Joe Simmonds of the
Department of Revenue.
Audits will begin in April and
will be conducted countywide,
Simmonds said. They will include
the Lake Cushman area.
The audits estimate the mar-
ket value of selected residential
and business properties and ac-
counts. Approximately 60 proper-
ties to be audited were selected at
random from county assessment
rolls and are used to establish
how close county assessors are
coming to valuing properties at
100 percent of their true market
value.
The information, Simmonds
said, is used to adjust state school
levies for each county.
Simmonds said Department of
Revenue employees Markie Brew-
er and Christa Roy will conduct
the audits under his direction.
Taxpayers who receive notifica-
tion of an audit will be provided
with phone numbers of the agents
and are encouraged to contact
them if they have questions or
concerns, Simmonds said.
Additional information about
the process is available from the
tax program manager at 753-
5552.
40 et 8 schedules
a benefit breakfast
The public is invited to the 40
et 8 Charity Breakfast in Shelton
from 9 a.m. to noon this Sunday,
March 28.
The menu will include hash-
browns, toast or biscuit, choice of
ham, bacon or sausage, and eggs
to order (including omelets) for
$3.50. The veterans' organization
will also serve just biscuits and
gravy for $2.50.
Proceeds will help fund the 40
et 8's charitable programs and
scholarships.
Those attending should use the
back (alley) door of the 40 et 8
building, the second structure in
the 100 block of West Cota. Any-
one with a question may call 426-
5060.
RJ's Mufflers
and More
2316 Olympic
Highway North
427-3581
For oil your outomotiw rpoir needs
00]ournal of Record
(Continued from page 16.)
Road and East Timberlake
Drive.
Sunday, March 21
Fire District 4 responded at
5:01 a.m. to the report of a struc-
ture fire at 2402 SE Cole Road,
Shelton and at 9:47 p.m. to the re-
port of a structure fire at 1240 SE
Arcadia Road, Shelton.
Medic One responded at 2:32
a.m. on March 21 to the report of
an assault in the fourth degree at
2210 Olympic Highway North,
Shelton.
Deputies were asked to inves-
tigate a disturbance after a wom-
an allegedly drove a car into a
ditch while trying to get away
from a man who took a shovel to
the front door of a house on West
Lost Lake Park Drive.
Burglaries were reported to a
house on East Grapeview Loop
Road, where a 1971 car was re-
portedly stolen as well, and to a
summer cabin on East Wood
Lane, Shelton.
A caller from Belfair reported
suffering chest pains from
smoking too much marijuana.
A caller told dispatchers North
Mason High School had been
broken into.
Monday, March 22
Fire District 11 and Medic
One responded at 3:55 p.m. to the
report of an injury at Sanderson
Field.
Five juveniles reportedly got
stuck on a small island off East
Lakeshore Drive West. They
told dispatchers they rode out
there on a small crate and got
stuck during the thunderstorm.
A person from Hoodsport
called to complain about and on-
going problem with "firearm-tot-
ing" neighbors.
A woman called to complain
that someone had burned her be-
longings.
A caller from Grapeview re-
ported that a barge was spilling
oil as it approached the dock.
Confused? Stressed? Anxious?
Seek professional help.
Doing taxes yourself can send you through a range of emotions. Relax and let
a professional help. At H&R Block, we're familiar with the 824 tax code
changes. And we're ready to talk when you are.
104 East "D" Street
(Corner of Olympic Highway North and "D" Stree0
Weekdays 9-7
426-9077 Saturday 9-5
Shelter
Home
Improvement
Section
Coming
April 15th
Here's your chance
to tell about your
product .or
serv,ce ,n the o ...... q'00e r
or furnishing field. ' - -
Ad Deadline April 1
: st
For advertising ,nformat, on and assistance, call
• Stephen Gay • Dave Pierik • Janet Daugherty
426-4412
• Brenna woodward
275-6680
Thursday, March 25, 199g - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 17
[] ram=