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NEWS Unemployment claims balloon in Mason County. Claims for unemployment in Ma- son County increased seven-fold last week compared With the previous week, according to data released last week by the state Employment Secu- rities Department. The state had 865 applications for unemployment insurance in Mason County between March 15 and March ' 21, up from 124 the previous week. Claims in Washington increased from 14,154 from March 8 through March 14 to 133,464 last week. “All areas are going through the same situation,” said labor economist Jim Vleming of the Employment Se- curities Department. “It’s pretty much a statewide thing at this point.” Vleming said those numbers will probably increase in next week’s claims. Nationally, about 3.3 million people filed for unemployment claims in the week ending March 21. Woman injured after vehicle hits tree and shed A 28-year-old Shelton woman was injured after reportedly driving off the road and hitting a tree and a small shed Sunday morning near state Route 3 and Arcadia Avenue in Shelton. The driver, Leticia M. Silva, faces DUI and driving with a suspended ‘license charges after a 1997 Ford Expedition came to rest about 20 feet off the roadway, according to a Wash- ington State Patrol memo. She was transported to Mason General Hospi- tal in Shelton. The woman was wearing a seat- belt. According to the memo, the driver was speeding in the northbound lane of state Route 3. The Ford left the road at milepost 1. PUD 1 delays rate increases Mason PUD 1 will put off sched- uled rate electricity increases for cus— tomers for three months. The PUD 1 Board of Commis- SGHODL BRIEFS Local students excelling at UW Sixteen students from Mason , County were named to the dean’s list for the autumn quarter at the Univer- sity of Washington. To qualify, a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a GPA of at least 3.5 out of 4. The local students are sophomore Paige Marie Van Dijk of Allyn, senior Delaney R. Womack of Belfair, senior sioners voted Tuesday to delay the increase, which was scheduled to go into effect Wednesday. The rates are slated to begin July 1, said Kristin Masteller, general manager of PUD 1. The delay will allow time for PUD staff to evaluate the financial effects of loss of revenue for 90 days and to provide relief to customers who have i found themselves out of work due to , the COVID-19 crisis, Masteller said. The current residential electricity rates are $35.15 for the basic monthly V charge, and $0.081 per kilowatt hour. The scheduled increase would go up $2.85 per month to $38 for a basic charge, and $0.08301 per kilowatt hour. TempOrary changes coming on Shelton ’ Matlock Road . Drivers will see temporary changes as they drive on Shelton Matlock Road near U.S. Highway 101 as crews remove a fish barrier. Starting as soon as Thursday, crews will open a temporary two-lane bypass road fofidrivers to get around a work zone in the area. Drivers can expect up to 15—minute traffic stops between 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. as workers build a new stream channel and in- stall a 96-f00t-long culvert to eventu- ally connect a realigned Coffee Creek “ under Shelton Matlock Road, accord- ing to the Washington State Depart- ment of Transportation. The channel will link to a repli— ' cated natural streambed, which was previously built between Shelton Matlock Road and the area approach- ing Goldsborough Creek, according to WSDOT. Work will be weather dependent. For more information, go to www. wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/US101/coffee- crkrmvfishbarrier/home. City cancels regular meeting The City of Shelton has canceled its April 7 city council meeting. For more information, call 360-432- 5103. - I Compiled by editor in chief Adam Rudnick Steffen Tyler Riener of Grapeview, Theodore Thaddeus Richert of Hood- sport, and from Shelton, senior Mayra A. Arellano, freshman Josephine Lori Beaudoin, senior Amanda Marie Da- vis, senior Izabel Rosalia Del Bosque, senior Megan L. Jacobsen, junior Maya Ledoux, senior Madison Ross Mullins, sophomore Taylor Owens, freshman Christopher Richert, senior Ariela Maya Sanchez, senior Laura Whitten, and junior Ziming Ye. I Compiled by reporter Gordon Weeks Stuck at home? Check out our FUN PAGES starting on page A71 9 Thursday, April 2, 2020 Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A-11 waxim'ng effects and may be habit loaning Marijuana (an impair mum-lion, coordination, and judgment. Do not operate I vehicle or machinery under the influence ol this drug There may be health risks associated =~ with termination of this ._ product ‘ For use only by a‘dulis my» one and older. 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