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What's Cookin'?" a11LY'S calling is in the classroom .......... "I'M GRATEFUL for the sup- know about the environment, such Putting on a mock "fighting" Sally Carpenter explains of the reasons why she's glad to teaching fourth grade: "I'm still than they are. I can still take Her average height isn't what many of her incoming Students. though. It's her reputa- for being strict about turning Ill completed homework on time. In fact, this very requirement on her classroom wall at County Christian School. above a threatening picture alligator with its mouth open supposedly representing the per- she becomes when homework is or incomplete. But her students often learn she's "not as mean" as they heard. In fact, some have re- marked to her that as long as they did what they were supposed to, everything was fine in her class. Later on, when Sally's former stu- dents return to visit her, she gives them each a piece of candy if they can still remember the state birds, the being and helping verbs, or if they can name five states with their respective capitals. THE OPEN interest and curios- ity fourth-grade students still have in learning makes teaching them especially fun for Sally. "You can kindle the flame in almost anything at this age," she explains. "You can get them interested. If you're inter- ested in it, they will be. And that's Sot going to be the case in a few Years." Becoming acquainted with each student's individual personal- ity and quirks is also part of what akes her job so enjoyable. While with children can be scary, says, acknowledging her stu- as people in their own right changes the perspective and helps her appreciate them for who they are. "They're good folks," she consid- ers. "It takes about half a year to re- t come to love them and then it's Do hard to give them up," she adds. the end of the year, she's seen transformation take place in her "I TURN MY nice little fourth- who I've finally whipped shape, over to Mr. E and they big, hurking old fifth-grad- describes Sally. Mr. E is teach- Endicott. This metamorphosis continues as she observes her former students Continue growing as they advance lip to higher grades in classrooms down the hall. They begin to de- Velop and mature into adolescence and she hears the boys' voices start to deepen. Ironically, as much as she loves teaching these days, it wasn't the Career she had in mind when she Vas in school. Sally wanted to be- Come a missionary in South Amer- ica. Teaching was the profession her father wanted her to pursue. tie encouraged her to study a pro- fession to fall back on in case her taissionary plans didn't work out as expected. She followed her father's advice and graduated from Biola College ith a degree in education since this seemed like a versatile field nd Sally had always achieved high academic scores as a student. 8he taught for several years to pay off her college loans, married and Started a family. At the same time Zhe still envisioned herself even- ally heading to the mission field d so did her husband, Bruce. HE WAS A PILOT working 0 earning his mechanic's license WITH ITS MOUTH GAPING open behind her, an alliga- tor illustrates the tough reputation Sally Carpenter has earned from the high standards she expects of her fourth- grade students. in the hope of flying airplanes for missionary ventures. However, he suffered a fatal bout of cancer that prevented them from embarking on this dream together. By then, they had four children: Janice, Philip, Chris and Victor. Before her husband's death, they discussed future p]ans fbr their family and he recommended mov- ing back to Shelton with her par- ents, Victor and Thelma Adams. They had been living in Portland, Oregon, at the time and gang vio- lence was on the rise, making them concerned about their children growing up in the area. "I thought, 'Where would I want my kids to grow up?'" she recalls. Her husband pointed out that her parents could help support the young family at that time and she, in turn, could help take care of her parents when they became elderly. That's just what's happened. "It's kind of funny. The more things change, the closer they come back to where they started," Sally re- flects. These days she's living in her parents' house and sleeping in the very same bedroom she had as a little girl. Only now, she's caring for her aging mother, who is also now a widow. Sally's mother, who grew up in a log cabin, loves hear- ing Sally read her stories from the Little House on the Prairie series. BEFORE SALLY'S father died of cancer, her children were very supportive by stepping up to take shifts to care for him around the clock. Her son Victor is his name- sake. For Sally, being able to give back to her parents is rewarding. "Not everybody has godly parents who just, you know, gave us every- thing," she says appreciatively. Sally spent her first year back in her hometown working as a substi- tute teacher in local public schools. She had been hoping to land a regu- lar teaching position in the public school system but things didn't turn out quite the way she'd planned. The path to her current situation started when she encountered Jay- has arrived at Bulb 00'¢zrm www.satsopbulbfarm.com iilOii!!i| ..... s00zs ...... ...... Daffodils ...... 'l ,=o. .... Tulips, s6 9 or S re Daffodils ...... ,. .......... ::: Daffodil Mailer Boxes iltO'' a with greens and $41 . ': boxed ready for you to mail Iii . I %/e can mail it for you for only $ I 0.50 more) i" "]" i Best days to mail are Monday through Wednesday  ' t i:=' Hours; 9 to 6 seven days a week. " k" [J I ":':' '':+ ,(,€ 5566 00iii iiii! ni Kamin through their sons' soccer team. When Jayni found out Sally was a teacher living in Shelton, she immediately - and very persistent- ly - recruited her to fill a position at Mason County Christian School. When she decided to accept a job there, Sally told herself she would only stay for a year. Then she would move on to something bigger. "I THOUGHT 'OH, a little one- horse Christian school out at the airport? Oh no!' But you know, I got hooked," she remembers. Now, 18 years later, she's still employed at the private Christian school. "The Lord hasn't told me to leave yet and here I am," Sally adds, gesturing around her classroom. Enrollment is now up to 160 students in the school, which teaches up through eighth grade. Employment criteria required Sally to enroll her children in the school and as soon as they started attending the school, she knew she wouldn't want them anywhere else. "It's been wonderful!" she says, adding how her children are still friends with students they met at the Christian school. "It's just such a blessing." Having smaller class sizes and "wonderful" parental support in a Christian environment are two things she appreciates about her job. "We have great parents. You know, they're sacrificing so their children can be here. It's really im- portant to them, so they support us," she says, mentioning how they offer to drive for field trips and or- ganize an annual benefit auction. port both from the administration and the parents," she says. At the same time she really enjoys the company of her colleagues at the school. This year that includes Ter- tie Manning, a physical education teacher, who is giving the other fac- ulty a break to dedicate more time to preparing for their lessons. "It's a great group of people and there's a lot of real fellowship and fun," Sally says. "The great thing is that we get to talk about God and how he's at the center of everything: If a thing is true, it's because that's the way God made it." Sally has come to realize teach- ing elementary students is the mis- sion field she was called to serve in all along. "I'm just sure of it. This is where God has put me," she says, nodding her head. "Every day I go home knowing that my guys learned something they didn't know before. They get to do something they couldn't do before, because I got to teach them something that day." Two of her children are carrying on her legacy in education-related careers: Janice is qualified as a spe- cial-education teacher and Sally's son Chris works in the Technology Department of the Shelton School District. Her daughter and son-in- law, Charlie Grimm, are currently expecting their first child in June. This will be Sally's first grand- child. HAVING GROWN up in Shel- • ton, graduating from Irene S. Reed High School in 1965, Sally has wit- nessed significant changes in the community over the years. For in- stance, aside from the expansion in size and population, she also no- tices more variety in employers and ethnic diversity. Children in this generation are not the same, either. She's amazed to learn how little they as the difference between decidu- ous and conifer trees. "So many kids don't know one tree from an- other. When we were growing up, everybody knew a fir tree from a maple from an alder f¥om a spruce, but there's so much less aware- ness of the outdoors and what's native around here," she notes. "Kids just don't know. They don't know where food comes from. The realities somehow don't seem to register. Everything's artificial now. It all comes in plastic wrap," she continues. "And that's not ev- erybody, but it's just overwhelming to me sometimes." Many people from her generation are beginning to come full circle by choosing to retire in Mason County, after spending the last few decades away. SALLY BELONGS to the First Baptist Church of Shelton, though the constraints of being the wid- owed mother of four and caring for her parents have kept her from (Please turn to page 16.) being able to participate too ac- Hop right in for some great Easter gift ideas! TbuRs.-Fm.-SaT. l I a.m.-÷ p.w. 462-GIFT. 324 W. Cedan STneeT 10-Yard Truck most sizes CRUSHED ROCK -- delivered into Shelton s165 o+ for and pricing to just other areas. Plus tax. Price effective 9/1/05. Prices subject to change without noti¢x • I CONS00.UC+ION G.,D00 3" Minus F.O.B. Located on Highway 101 between Shelton and Olympia Year-round delivery li ii Creek Quarry Call for details! o+000 426-4743 I IIIII LOOSE DENTURES? Can't eat? We have the MODERN SOLUTION! • Fast • Affordable • Easy "These are not your grandma and grandpa's For a complimentary consult, call ... (3.) 426-9711 dentures ..." William J. Busacca, DDS, PS DOCS 1525 Olympic Hwy. North, Shelton,WA 98584 American Dental Association Academy of General Dentistry American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry T h e S m i I e E x p r e s s Thursday, March 29, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 15 What's Cookin'?" a11LY'S calling is in the classroom .......... "I'M GRATEFUL for the sup- know about the environment, such Putting on a mock "fighting" Sally Carpenter explains of the reasons why she's glad to teaching fourth grade: "I'm still than they are. I can still take Her average height isn't what many of her incoming Students. though. It's her reputa- for being strict about turning Ill completed homework on time. In fact, this very requirement on her classroom wall at County Christian School. above a threatening picture alligator with its mouth open supposedly representing the per- she becomes when homework is or incomplete. But her students often learn she's "not as mean" as they heard. In fact, some have re- marked to her that as long as they did what they were supposed to, everything was fine in her class. Later on, when Sally's former stu- dents return to visit her, she gives them each a piece of candy if they can still remember the state birds, the being and helping verbs, or if they can name five states with their respective capitals. THE OPEN interest and curios- ity fourth-grade students still have in learning makes teaching them especially fun for Sally. "You can kindle the flame in almost anything at this age," she explains. "You can get them interested. If you're inter- ested in it, they will be. And that's Sot going to be the case in a few Years." Becoming acquainted with each student's individual personal- ity and quirks is also part of what akes her job so enjoyable. While with children can be scary, says, acknowledging her stu- as people in their own right changes the perspective and helps her appreciate them for who they are. "They're good folks," she consid- ers. "It takes about half a year to re- t come to love them and then it's Do hard to give them up," she adds. the end of the year, she's seen transformation take place in her "I TURN MY nice little fourth- who I've finally whipped shape, over to Mr. E and they big, hurking old fifth-grad- describes Sally. Mr. E is teach- Endicott. This metamorphosis continues as she observes her former students Continue growing as they advance lip to higher grades in classrooms down the hall. They begin to de- Velop and mature into adolescence and she hears the boys' voices start to deepen. Ironically, as much as she loves teaching these days, it wasn't the Career she had in mind when she Vas in school. Sally wanted to be- Come a missionary in South Amer- ica. Teaching was the profession her father wanted her to pursue. tie encouraged her to study a pro- fession to fall back on in case her taissionary plans didn't work out as expected. She followed her father's advice and graduated from Biola College ith a degree in education since this seemed like a versatile field nd Sally had always achieved high academic scores as a student. 8he taught for several years to pay off her college loans, married and Started a family. At the same time Zhe still envisioned herself even- ally heading to the mission field d so did her husband, Bruce. HE WAS A PILOT working 0 earning his mechanic's license WITH ITS MOUTH GAPING open behind her, an alliga- tor illustrates the tough reputation Sally Carpenter has earned from the high standards she expects of her fourth- grade students. in the hope of flying airplanes for missionary ventures. However, he suffered a fatal bout of cancer that prevented them from embarking on this dream together. By then, they had four children: Janice, Philip, Chris and Victor. Before her husband's death, they discussed future p]ans fbr their family and he recommended mov- ing back to Shelton with her par- ents, Victor and Thelma Adams. They had been living in Portland, Oregon, at the time and gang vio- lence was on the rise, making them concerned about their children growing up in the area. "I thought, 'Where would I want my kids to grow up?'" she recalls. Her husband pointed out that her parents could help support the young family at that time and she, in turn, could help take care of her parents when they became elderly. That's just what's happened. "It's kind of funny. The more things change, the closer they come back to where they started," Sally re- flects. These days she's living in her parents' house and sleeping in the very same bedroom she had as a little girl. Only now, she's caring for her aging mother, who is also now a widow. Sally's mother, who grew up in a log cabin, loves hear- ing Sally read her stories from the Little House on the Prairie series. BEFORE SALLY'S father died of cancer, her children were very supportive by stepping up to take shifts to care for him around the clock. Her son Victor is his name- sake. For Sally, being able to give back to her parents is rewarding. "Not everybody has godly parents who just, you know, gave us every- thing," she says appreciatively. Sally spent her first year back in her hometown working as a substi- tute teacher in local public schools. She had been hoping to land a regu- lar teaching position in the public school system but things didn't turn out quite the way she'd planned. The path to her current situation started when she encountered Jay- has arrived at Bulb 00'¢zrm www.satsopbulbfarm.com iilOii!!i| ..... s00zs ...... ...... Daffodils ...... 'l ,=o. .... Tulips, s6 9 or S re Daffodils ...... ,. .......... ::: Daffodil Mailer Boxes iltO'' a with greens and $41 . ': boxed ready for you to mail Iii . I %/e can mail it for you for only $ I 0.50 more) i" "]" i Best days to mail are Monday through Wednesday  ' t i:=' Hours; 9 to 6 seven days a week. " k" [J I ":':' '':+ ,(,€ 5566 00iii iiii! ni Kamin through their sons' soccer team. When Jayni found out Sally was a teacher living in Shelton, she immediately - and very persistent- ly - recruited her to fill a position at Mason County Christian School. When she decided to accept a job there, Sally told herself she would only stay for a year. Then she would move on to something bigger. "I THOUGHT 'OH, a little one- horse Christian school out at the airport? Oh no!' But you know, I got hooked," she remembers. Now, 18 years later, she's still employed at the private Christian school. "The Lord hasn't told me to leave yet and here I am," Sally adds, gesturing around her classroom. Enrollment is now up to 160 students in the school, which teaches up through eighth grade. Employment criteria required Sally to enroll her children in the school and as soon as they started attending the school, she knew she wouldn't want them anywhere else. "It's been wonderful!" she says, adding how her children are still friends with students they met at the Christian school. "It's just such a blessing." Having smaller class sizes and "wonderful" parental support in a Christian environment are two things she appreciates about her job. "We have great parents. You know, they're sacrificing so their children can be here. It's really im- portant to them, so they support us," she says, mentioning how they offer to drive for field trips and or- ganize an annual benefit auction. port both from the administration and the parents," she says. At the same time she really enjoys the company of her colleagues at the school. This year that includes Ter- tie Manning, a physical education teacher, who is giving the other fac- ulty a break to dedicate more time to preparing for their lessons. "It's a great group of people and there's a lot of real fellowship and fun," Sally says. "The great thing is that we get to talk about God and how he's at the center of everything: If a thing is true, it's because that's the way God made it." Sally has come to realize teach- ing elementary students is the mis- sion field she was called to serve in all along. "I'm just sure of it. This is where God has put me," she says, nodding her head. "Every day I go home knowing that my guys learned something they didn't know before. They get to do something they couldn't do before, because I got to teach them something that day." Two of her children are carrying on her legacy in education-related careers: Janice is qualified as a spe- cial-education teacher and Sally's son Chris works in the Technology Department of the Shelton School District. Her daughter and son-in- law, Charlie Grimm, are currently expecting their first child in June. This will be Sally's first grand- child. HAVING GROWN up in Shel- • ton, graduating from Irene S. Reed High School in 1965, Sally has wit- nessed significant changes in the community over the years. For in- stance, aside from the expansion in size and population, she also no- tices more variety in employers and ethnic diversity. Children in this generation are not the same, either. She's amazed to learn how little they as the difference between decidu- ous and conifer trees. "So many kids don't know one tree from an- other. When we were growing up, everybody knew a fir tree from a maple from an alder f¥om a spruce, but there's so much less aware- ness of the outdoors and what's native around here," she notes. "Kids just don't know. They don't know where food comes from. The realities somehow don't seem to register. Everything's artificial now. It all comes in plastic wrap," she continues. "And that's not ev- erybody, but it's just overwhelming to me sometimes." Many people from her generation are beginning to come full circle by choosing to retire in Mason County, after spending the last few decades away. SALLY BELONGS to the First Baptist Church of Shelton, though the constraints of being the wid- owed mother of four and caring for her parents have kept her from (Please turn to page 16.) being able to participate too ac- Hop right in for some great Easter gift ideas! TbuRs.-Fm.-SaT. l I a.m.-÷ p.w. 462-GIFT. 324 W. Cedan STneeT 10-Yard Truck most sizes CRUSHED ROCK -- delivered into Shelton s165 o+ for and pricing to just other areas. Plus tax. Price effective 9/1/05. Prices subject to change without noti¢x • I CONS00.UC+ION G.,D00 3" Minus F.O.B. Located on Highway 101 between Shelton and Olympia Year-round delivery li ii Creek Quarry Call for details! o+000 426-4743 I IIIII LOOSE DENTURES? Can't eat? We have the MODERN SOLUTION! • Fast • Affordable • Easy "These are not your grandma and grandpa's For a complimentary consult, call ... (3.) 426-9711 dentures ..." William J. Busacca, DDS, PS DOCS 1525 Olympic Hwy. North, Shelton,WA 98584 American Dental Association Academy of General Dentistry American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry T h e S m i I e E x p r e s s Thursday, March 29, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 15