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High School Spotlight:
Jessica enjoys surgery
By REBECCA WELI,S
Examining the intricate details
of surgical procedures doesn't make
Jessica Pascher nauseous. It fasci-
nates her, "which is really weird,
because my dad, he gets so nause-
ated," she notes.
Jessica, the daughter of Frank
and Janice Pascher, wants to be-
come a surgical nurse someday.
For the time being, she's on track
by studying at South Puget Sound
Community College through the
Running Start program. Since
she has been at the college from
the beginning of last year, Jessica
will be just five credits shy of hav-
ing earned her associate's degree
by the time she graduates in June
from Shelton High School. Her
academics have also earned her a
membership in the local chapter of
National Honor Society.
Through the Junior Job-Shadow
Program, she has had the opportu-
nity to observe both a laparoscopic
band surgery and a colonectomy
performed at Mason General Hos-
pital. The program allowed her
to observe these operations on
Wednesdays.
"If I could do that every Wednes-
day until I leave, I would," she says
enthusiastically.
DURING THOSE operations,
which involved blood, intestines
and other gol:y sights, the doctors
would occasionally ask her if she
felt queasy, but Jessica was actu-
ally excited to be watching the sur-
gery take place. "The blood entices
me," she says.
Jessica was nominated and se-
lected to attend a national youth
leadership forum held in Phoenix,
Arizona, last summer. The pro-
gram was tbr young people with an
interest in medical careers.
"I was one of three people that
didn't want to be a doctor," she re-
calls. Spanning 10 days, the forum
gave Jessica the chance to visit a
medical school and view cadavers.
She was also able to get an up-close
look at human hands and tbet. All
of the ligaments and muscles were
still intact but the skin had been
removed. She also got to see a hu-
man heart that had undergone a
quadruple bypass.
"That was thn!" she remembers.
HER EXPERIENCE at the fo-
rum took her to a relatively new
hospital with rooms furnished with
fancy televisions and artwork that
changed according to the patient's
taste. This hospital also provided
a personal chef tbr every three pa-
tients. According to what she was
told, hiring personal cheI turned
out to be just as cost-effective in
the long run.
Part of the forum included par-
ticipating in debates and discus-
sions with people having various
perspectives on current medical
issues. This really interested Jes-
sica. By the end of the thrum, she
noticed many of the students with
her were questioning whether or
not they still wanted to pursue a
medical profession. She, on the
other hand, came away even more
positive about where she wanted to
go professionally.
"I'm like, 'Right on!'" she recalls.
For her, the biggest shock was the
innse heat of summertime in
Phoenix. "It was so hot! Oh my
gosh!"
If nursing doesn't pan out, dietet-
ics also intrigues Jessica. Whatev-
er she ends up doing, Jessica's sure
German fare
will benefit
Relay effort
A German dinner will be served
to benetit the Shelton Relay For
Life. Dinner will be served from 6
to 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 31,
at the Shelton Moose ttall, 741 SE
Craig Road.
JESSICA PASCHER hopes to become a surgical nurse af-
ter college.
she'll end up w)rking somewhere
in the medical field, most likely in
nursing.
THE COLLEGE credits she's
accumulated will transfer to Mon-
tana State University in Bozeman,
Montana, where she plans to con-
tinue her studies next year. Before
she ever thought about attending
the college, her good friend Josie
Burnfield was already planning to
go there.
"I made fun of her for wanting
to go to Montana," Jessica remem-
bers. But then she decided to check
out the school tbr herself and end-
ed up ihlling in love with the area.
Three different ski resorts are lo-
cated within a 45-minute drive of
Bozeman and the Big Sky Ski Re-
sort is less than half an hour away.
Jessica has enjoyed snowboarding
and is looking forward to doing
more when she's a student in Mon-
tana.
An out-of-state college isn't the
only place she and her friend Josie
have visited. Both members of the
First Baptist Church of Shelton,
they traveled to Romania on a mis-
sion trip over the summer.
"It was so much fun. I want to go
back!" she says. Because she knows
of plans to organize a medical mis-
sion trip back to Romania in 2008,
she is optimistic about the chance
to return and use her skills as a
medical student over there.
"I WOULD LIVE there if I
could," she says, describing how
welcoming and accepting the Ro-
manians were. In spite of living in
a Third World country, conditions
weren't too bad and since everyone
was relatively poor, people didn't
care about appearances. The mem-
ory lingers of the missionaries driv-
ing through beautiful, expansive
fields of sunflowers in Romania.
Jessica attended Mason County
Christian School before enrolling in
Shelton ttigh. She has been active
in Key and Pep clubs at SHS. Until
this year, when work and college
commitments became too demand-
ing, she served as the Key Club
secretary. Last year she had been
Key Club's bulletin editor. Key
Club's service projects and annual
conventions in either Portland or
Seattle were always fun for her.
Jessica also turned out for the
Highclimbers' junior-varsity tennis
team her freshman year and then
competed on the high school's pow-
erlifting team the following two
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Page 14 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 29, 2007
It's tea time once again
The quaint Tea and Histori-
cal Tour to benefit Habitat for
Humanity of Mason County is
about to return. This annual
fund-raiser will take place on
Saturday, April 28, at the Co-
lonial House in Shelton.
Tables will be set with flow-
ered cloths, silver, china and
floral centerpieces. A selection
of fruit, scones, tea sandwich-
es, cookies, tarts, cream puffs,
tea and coffee will be served.
There will be a vintage fash-
ion show from Kay Thykeson's
collection and a guided tour of
the Colonial House.
There will be seatings at
noon and 2:30 p.m. Tickets
may be purchased at Lynch
Creek Floral and Gifts, 331
West Railroad Avenue in Shel-
ton or by calling 426-8134.
Tickets are $20 each and
all proceeds will benefit the
Habitat Building Fund. Two
tickets sold builds about one
square foot of house. Organiz-
ers recommend the tea as a
Mother's Day gift.
A guest enjoys the vintage
attire with her tea at the
Tea and Historical Tour to
benefit Habitat for Human"
ity of Mason County.
years. "Powerlifting was so fun!"
she says.
In her sophomore year Jessica
earned second place in her weight
division at the Shelton Invitation-
al meet and also qualified tbr the
state championships. Because she
had also won the title of Princess of
Douglas Fir on the Mason County
lorest Festival Royalty Court, she
wasn't able to go to state as a pa-
rade was scheduled for the same
day.
BEING A FOREST Festival
princess was an honor Jessica re-
ally enjoyed. Her favorite part was
when admiring little girls would
approach her at parades and events
while she was all dressed up in full
regalia and ask for her autograph.
Adding to Jessica's busy sched-
ule these days is her job at Sarah's
Espresso in Shelton. She works
the morning shift from 5:30 to 9:30
a.m. "I get up pretty early in the
morning. All my friends think I'm
a loser, because I go to bed at 8
o'clock," she says, smiling.
Hospital auxiliau00
will hear Mahar
Members of the Mason General
Hospital Auxiliary will meet for
their April luncheon at 11:30 a.m.
on Monday, April 9, in the Ellinor
Room of the hospital at 901 Moun-
tain View Drive.
Guest speaker Dennis Mahar,
director of the Lewis, Mason,
Thurston Area Agency on Aging,
will tell the group about what is
happening in the Washington Leg"
islature this year.
Reservations must be made bY
7 p.m. on Thursday, April 5. bY
calling Marge Busack at 426-2040
or Olive Lanman at 426-2879.
rre rs o n
DINNER
Featuring Guest Speaker:
DARCY BURNER
Democratic Congressional 8th District ('amlihte
"A Motivational Evening of Democratic Insights"
Open to everyone
Reser00lati(:00ns
Call R, )slynne 427-2731
OR Stop by MCDCC Headquarters Wednesdays
118 South 3rd - Downtown Shelton
or email: mcdcc@hctc.com
Banquet Room Saturday April 14th At:
Paid for by the Mason County Democrats, P.O. Box 1272, Shelton, WA 98584, 360-427-2731 1
$ T
50 per Person BUFFE
6 p,m,--Silent Auction
7 p,m.--Buffet & Speaker
High School Spotlight:
Jessica enjoys surgery
By REBECCA WELI,S
Examining the intricate details
of surgical procedures doesn't make
Jessica Pascher nauseous. It fasci-
nates her, "which is really weird,
because my dad, he gets so nause-
ated," she notes.
Jessica, the daughter of Frank
and Janice Pascher, wants to be-
come a surgical nurse someday.
For the time being, she's on track
by studying at South Puget Sound
Community College through the
Running Start program. Since
she has been at the college from
the beginning of last year, Jessica
will be just five credits shy of hav-
ing earned her associate's degree
by the time she graduates in June
from Shelton High School. Her
academics have also earned her a
membership in the local chapter of
National Honor Society.
Through the Junior Job-Shadow
Program, she has had the opportu-
nity to observe both a laparoscopic
band surgery and a colonectomy
performed at Mason General Hos-
pital. The program allowed her
to observe these operations on
Wednesdays.
"If I could do that every Wednes-
day until I leave, I would," she says
enthusiastically.
DURING THOSE operations,
which involved blood, intestines
and other gol:y sights, the doctors
would occasionally ask her if she
felt queasy, but Jessica was actu-
ally excited to be watching the sur-
gery take place. "The blood entices
me," she says.
Jessica was nominated and se-
lected to attend a national youth
leadership forum held in Phoenix,
Arizona, last summer. The pro-
gram was tbr young people with an
interest in medical careers.
"I was one of three people that
didn't want to be a doctor," she re-
calls. Spanning 10 days, the forum
gave Jessica the chance to visit a
medical school and view cadavers.
She was also able to get an up-close
look at human hands and tbet. All
of the ligaments and muscles were
still intact but the skin had been
removed. She also got to see a hu-
man heart that had undergone a
quadruple bypass.
"That was thn!" she remembers.
HER EXPERIENCE at the fo-
rum took her to a relatively new
hospital with rooms furnished with
fancy televisions and artwork that
changed according to the patient's
taste. This hospital also provided
a personal chef tbr every three pa-
tients. According to what she was
told, hiring personal cheI turned
out to be just as cost-effective in
the long run.
Part of the forum included par-
ticipating in debates and discus-
sions with people having various
perspectives on current medical
issues. This really interested Jes-
sica. By the end of the thrum, she
noticed many of the students with
her were questioning whether or
not they still wanted to pursue a
medical profession. She, on the
other hand, came away even more
positive about where she wanted to
go professionally.
"I'm like, 'Right on!'" she recalls.
For her, the biggest shock was the
innse heat of summertime in
Phoenix. "It was so hot! Oh my
gosh!"
If nursing doesn't pan out, dietet-
ics also intrigues Jessica. Whatev-
er she ends up doing, Jessica's sure
German fare
will benefit
Relay effort
A German dinner will be served
to benetit the Shelton Relay For
Life. Dinner will be served from 6
to 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 31,
at the Shelton Moose ttall, 741 SE
Craig Road.
JESSICA PASCHER hopes to become a surgical nurse af-
ter college.
she'll end up w)rking somewhere
in the medical field, most likely in
nursing.
THE COLLEGE credits she's
accumulated will transfer to Mon-
tana State University in Bozeman,
Montana, where she plans to con-
tinue her studies next year. Before
she ever thought about attending
the college, her good friend Josie
Burnfield was already planning to
go there.
"I made fun of her for wanting
to go to Montana," Jessica remem-
bers. But then she decided to check
out the school tbr herself and end-
ed up ihlling in love with the area.
Three different ski resorts are lo-
cated within a 45-minute drive of
Bozeman and the Big Sky Ski Re-
sort is less than half an hour away.
Jessica has enjoyed snowboarding
and is looking forward to doing
more when she's a student in Mon-
tana.
An out-of-state college isn't the
only place she and her friend Josie
have visited. Both members of the
First Baptist Church of Shelton,
they traveled to Romania on a mis-
sion trip over the summer.
"It was so much fun. I want to go
back!" she says. Because she knows
of plans to organize a medical mis-
sion trip back to Romania in 2008,
she is optimistic about the chance
to return and use her skills as a
medical student over there.
"I WOULD LIVE there if I
could," she says, describing how
welcoming and accepting the Ro-
manians were. In spite of living in
a Third World country, conditions
weren't too bad and since everyone
was relatively poor, people didn't
care about appearances. The mem-
ory lingers of the missionaries driv-
ing through beautiful, expansive
fields of sunflowers in Romania.
Jessica attended Mason County
Christian School before enrolling in
Shelton ttigh. She has been active
in Key and Pep clubs at SHS. Until
this year, when work and college
commitments became too demand-
ing, she served as the Key Club
secretary. Last year she had been
Key Club's bulletin editor. Key
Club's service projects and annual
conventions in either Portland or
Seattle were always fun for her.
Jessica also turned out for the
Highclimbers' junior-varsity tennis
team her freshman year and then
competed on the high school's pow-
erlifting team the following two
STRIKER S160
• 1,6 gram emiions
• heat ? to 14,1 ft.
.,.,,,..S.1,239
0nQ of the chariest burning mm catalytk
stoves in the todd
/Imling lmmm For Evmry wmm-
00HERITAGE00
-'Rqq,* P/IREPILA41 JXOP#. |lqlCo
L I1 77"" ' 94' 0 Viking Av" Nw" p°ulsb° (Ac'°s' fr°m p°u'b° RV)
..... www.hefltag eflreplaceshop.com ............... /
Page 14 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, March 29, 2007
It's tea time once again
The quaint Tea and Histori-
cal Tour to benefit Habitat for
Humanity of Mason County is
about to return. This annual
fund-raiser will take place on
Saturday, April 28, at the Co-
lonial House in Shelton.
Tables will be set with flow-
ered cloths, silver, china and
floral centerpieces. A selection
of fruit, scones, tea sandwich-
es, cookies, tarts, cream puffs,
tea and coffee will be served.
There will be a vintage fash-
ion show from Kay Thykeson's
collection and a guided tour of
the Colonial House.
There will be seatings at
noon and 2:30 p.m. Tickets
may be purchased at Lynch
Creek Floral and Gifts, 331
West Railroad Avenue in Shel-
ton or by calling 426-8134.
Tickets are $20 each and
all proceeds will benefit the
Habitat Building Fund. Two
tickets sold builds about one
square foot of house. Organiz-
ers recommend the tea as a
Mother's Day gift.
A guest enjoys the vintage
attire with her tea at the
Tea and Historical Tour to
benefit Habitat for Human"
ity of Mason County.
years. "Powerlifting was so fun!"
she says.
In her sophomore year Jessica
earned second place in her weight
division at the Shelton Invitation-
al meet and also qualified tbr the
state championships. Because she
had also won the title of Princess of
Douglas Fir on the Mason County
lorest Festival Royalty Court, she
wasn't able to go to state as a pa-
rade was scheduled for the same
day.
BEING A FOREST Festival
princess was an honor Jessica re-
ally enjoyed. Her favorite part was
when admiring little girls would
approach her at parades and events
while she was all dressed up in full
regalia and ask for her autograph.
Adding to Jessica's busy sched-
ule these days is her job at Sarah's
Espresso in Shelton. She works
the morning shift from 5:30 to 9:30
a.m. "I get up pretty early in the
morning. All my friends think I'm
a loser, because I go to bed at 8
o'clock," she says, smiling.
Hospital auxiliau00
will hear Mahar
Members of the Mason General
Hospital Auxiliary will meet for
their April luncheon at 11:30 a.m.
on Monday, April 9, in the Ellinor
Room of the hospital at 901 Moun-
tain View Drive.
Guest speaker Dennis Mahar,
director of the Lewis, Mason,
Thurston Area Agency on Aging,
will tell the group about what is
happening in the Washington Leg"
islature this year.
Reservations must be made bY
7 p.m. on Thursday, April 5. bY
calling Marge Busack at 426-2040
or Olive Lanman at 426-2879.
rre rs o n
DINNER
Featuring Guest Speaker:
DARCY BURNER
Democratic Congressional 8th District ('amlihte
"A Motivational Evening of Democratic Insights"
Open to everyone
Reser00lati(:00ns
Call R, )slynne 427-2731
OR Stop by MCDCC Headquarters Wednesdays
118 South 3rd - Downtown Shelton
or email: mcdcc@hctc.com
Banquet Room Saturday April 14th At:
Paid for by the Mason County Democrats, P.O. Box 1272, Shelton, WA 98584, 360-427-2731 1
$ T
50 per Person BUFFE
6 p,m,--Silent Auction
7 p,m.--Buffet & Speaker