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Fiddlers
Continued from page B-1
"It's a terrible weekend to
have it," she said. "I think
the economy plays a role.
too."
While attendance was
particularly low last year,
with an overall attendance
of only 542 people, this year
attendance is up, SOCK Sec-
retary Bob Bottman said.
"Attendance is up - the
Friday night performance is
typically the lowest, but this
year it was up to 157."
Sheldon said that the fid-
dle festival is an extremely
important fundraiser for
SOCK, and will help fund
programs and staff in the
coming year.
"This is very important,
this is the biggest fundraiser
we've got all year," she said.
"It's important to us to do
for others - service to others
is what we're all about."
Cookin'
Continued from page B-1
After the library, McLin went to Ma-
son County Literacy, where she took
classes for a year and a half before pass-
ing an English language test with a high
percentage, she said.
"I go at daytime, I go in the evening
time, I take my daughters there after-
school," she said. "I learned how to an-
swer the phone, how to find job, how to
interview for a job."
McLin said that learning English and
adapting to life in America was not easy.
Her two daughters begged to go back
home to Thailand, she said.
"I said, no we can not go back home ...
we need to study, I don't know [English]
either.
Finding a decent job without English
skills was impossible McLin said, and
the desire to have a good job and a com-
fortable life motivated her to study day
and night to learn English and pass an
exam to get a license to practice mas-
sage.
"It was a hard time. I was thinking,
what kind of work am I going to do? I
could work in the back yard, I could chop
wood, I could clean somebody's house,"
she said.
In 2007, McLin started studying mas-
sage, and was presented with an even
more difficult challenge - reading and
understanding complicated medical
texts in a language she had only been
speaking for a couple of years.
"When I go to school, I needed to study
the books, and the treatments and all
the medical words, all the names of the
muscles and the names of the bones," she
said. "I sleep just about four or five hours
a night and studied, studied, studied."
Through it all, McLin said she held on
to a paper from Mason County Literacy,
a sort of "cheat-sheet" to help her get
through her studying.
After several attempts, McLin passed
an international massage test that al-
lows her to practice massage wherever
she lives. She said that every night she
continues to study English to improve
her skills.
"I try to ready every night a little bit,"
she said. "Now I'm so thankful, I can talk
with you and have a conversation."
Today, McLin beams at the mere men-
tion of either of her two daughters, of-
fers to show off her skills on guitar, and
gushes about an upcoming trip to Thai-
land to check on her orphanage and help
the people in her village.
"I love helping the children," she said.
Though she owes much of her suc-
cess to her own considerable work ethic,
McLin also expressed gratitude to Ma-
son County Literacy, and the people of
Shelton, for helping her learn English.
"If you don't know English... people
like to take advantage of me a lot in my
life," McLin said.
On top of her many other responsibili-
ties, McLin plans to start a Thai cooking
class soon. To get involved in the class,
contact Chris Brickert at 426-5242, or
McLin at 427-4521.
She shared this recipe for vegetarian
fried rice.
Vegetarian fried rice
3 cups riee
114 eup boiled corn kernels
: eupd/ced pineapple
kidney beans
i tbsl l ht soy sauce
I/2 salt
1/4 tsp
Heat oil in awok, and when hot, fry garlic until fragrant.
beans, rice and corn and stir-fry until the rice dries
tothe degree desired. Then add tomato and pineapple.
to with soy sauce and salt and pepper and
stir Plate serve with spring onions,
sliced: and: vegetables.
Journal photos l~y Natalie Johnson
Susan Wilson, top, Gil and Betty Pamer, middle, bottom picture is of
Tyler Hagood, left, and Will Farr. All performed last Saturday at the
Old Time Fiddlers Fest.
Diego Dragon Shrek Heokules Monny Dr. Hook
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PIONEER COMMUNITY KIWANIS CLUB THANKS ALL OUR CONTRIBUTORS
FOR OUR MARCH 19 HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CRAB 'N CLAM DINNER AND AUCTION
FIRST: all who came to enjoy our crab; clams, ~aghetti, and 3uction!
SECOND: Pioneer School and staff for use of their facili~ and their help
THIRD: our hard working members, their partners, Pioneer SchoOl Cub Scouts and other younger
helpers, and especially our kitchen crew-~r~ and Kim I.awrenCe, Heather M~ick, Kevin Evetsz,
' Theresa GOrmani Mi~am Krona and R~ Avery.
AND FOURTH: our many contributors of awide array of auction items!
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SHELTON ATH~C CLUB
WEST COAST BANK
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SAGE BOOK STORE
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OUR COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION
DENNYS AUTO SERVICE
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Make a Difference In Your Communltyl
The City of Shelton Master Sho.reline Update Citizens Advisory Committee
The City would like to establish an 11 member advisory committee to aid in drafting
policies and regulations for its Shoreline regulations update that consists of a broad
range of local stakeholders and interests that are able to meet once, and sometimes
twice, a month and serve until June 30, 2013 (most work will occur between June 2011
and June 2012). To that end, the City will*be mailing invitation letters to a number of
community organizations and shoreline property owners within the City to encourage
them to designate a person/member to sit on the committee. The City expects to
reserve two or three positions on the committee for "at large" citizen members.
In order to
required
be considered for an "at large" citizen position on the committee a member is
to live, own property, or maintain a business within the City of Shelton or its
Urban Growth Area.
Applicant's should send a short letter identifying their interest in the committee as well as
any special qualifying merits (background, experience, technical expertise, etc) they
could contribute to the committee, as well as the location of their home, business, and/or
property (in order to establish eligibility).
Please submit, mail, or e-mail letters of interest to:
City of Shelton
Attention: Jason Dose
525 West Cota Street
Shelton, WA 98584
e-maih " "
All letters of interest must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday April 18, 2011.
Final appointments to the committee will be made by the Shelton City Commission.
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