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Washington State Patrol hosts Kiwanis youth law enforcement career camp Washington State high school It offers exposure to problems en- juniors and seniors with an inter- countered by law enforcement of- est in law enforcement as a career ricers on a dally basis and shows will have an opportunity to spend how to handle these situations in a week this summer learning a professionalmanner. about the roles and job opportuni- The Washington State Patrol ties within law enforcement, and other police departments Applications are currently be- provide officers as staff members ing accepted for the 34th Annual to instruct and serve as counsel- Washington State Patrol Kiwanis ors. Guest speakers from vari- Youth Law Enforcement Career ous agencies provide first hand Camp to be held at the Washing- information to the students• This ton State Patrol Academy in Shel- gives the students a variety of ton from July 24 through July 30. experiences and exposure to fed- Applications can be downloaded eral, state, county and local law from the state patrol's home page, enforcement as a possible career wsp.wa.gov, under outreach. The path. Many students, who attend application deadline is May 13, this weeklong camp, go on to have 2011. careers in the criminal justice The purpose of the camp is to field. provide selected high school ju- This academy is sponsored and niors and seniors the opportunity paid for by Washington Kiwanis to explore various job opportuni- clubs statewide and their sup- ties in the law enforcement field, porters. O Timberland Regional Library will host six free workshops dur- ing Money Smart Week, April 23 - 30 in Thurston, Mason and Lewis Counties at the Timber- land libraries. Money Smart Week is a multi-state public awareness campaign designed to help con- sumers better manage their per- sonal finances through access to help, free educational seminars and activities. The Federal Re- serve Bank of Chicago and the Money Smart Advisory Council began the initiative in 2002 to equip consumers with informa- tion to become more financially literate and in turn make more informed, smarter financial de- cisions. Washington became the first west coast state to join in 2010. The TRL workshops in- clude: t Credit Repair and Bud- Lacey Timberland Library, 500 geting with Lyn Peters of the College Street SE, Lacey. Washington State Department of Financial Institutions at 5:30 Credit Reporting 101 with Kelly Wells of Credit Res- p.m. on Tuesday, April 26 at teration of Washington at 6 p.m. Centralia Timberland, Library 110 S. Silver St., Centralia. on Thursday, April 28 at Shelton Timberland Library, 710 W. A1- Solving the Credit Report der St., Shelton. Mystery with Katie Hopkins of Kitsap Credit Union at 6 pm. on Credit: Buy Now, Pay Lat- er with Marylin Ball-Brown, Tuesday, April 26 at North Ma- ......... ~ .. .. ___ ~_~.__1^ a T.'L------,~o,~ol rreslcteng/~Jlsu or uenerauons N E State Route ~ B "~ " • ^' " brem~ umon a~ --:~v p,m. on va~- • . a, etzmr, e~ar~ urday; April 30 at Olympia Tim- Up 101. berland Library, 313 8th Ave. Market Research Strate- S.E.~Olympia. gies with Tiffany Scrogga of . .... , . the Thurston County Economic ,_Mon , Sin.art Week ma ,.coor- Develo ment Council " ~ .... dinatea etlort oi orgamgations p at I p.m., ~ . . . . ......... that include fmancml mstitu- ~nurbSear~d~P~ra,f,~50~~C~llecoy riot; schools, libraries, not-for- ...... . ~J,, s~ profits and government agencies. v~ree~ ~5, -acey, Formore information see money- Identity Theft: with the WAsmartweek.org. For more details State Employees Credit Union at on Timberland library programs, 5:30 P.m-, Thursday, April 28 at visit TRL.org. Maxine Ann Clow ", Ann Clow, 90, died Tuesday, March 29, i~2011 in Shelton. She was a resident of Shelton for 30 years She was born October 5, 1920 to David A. and Emily M. (TaWes) Balch in Aber- deen. She graduated from Ab- erdeen High School in 1938. She later graduated from Western Washington Uni- versity in Bellingham and the University of Oregon in Salem, Ore. with a Master Degree. She served in the United States Coast Guard during WWII. in 1950. When she was about eight years of age, her fam- ily moved to Newburg, Ore. Her father had asthma and Gladys Flakus could not tolerate the damp Oregon weather so he moved the family back to the Midwest. This trip took about two years; the last leg, from Montana to South Dakota, was made in a covered wag- on. The family ultimately settled near Mission, S.D., She married James R.F. wh, er~ She taught at a Na- C10~ 0n'Octo~ !g, ~947 ~ tire American school irL.th~ Portland, Ore. ~~ Mission area and attended She taught school in Pe El Spearfish College near the and then was a principal of Black Hills during the sum- Aloha Grade School in Bea- mer breaks. verton, Ore. for 20 years. In 1935, she married She enjoyed reading, gar- Rudolph Joseph Flakus. In dening, knitting and fishing. 1938, the family escaped She was a member of Del-the Dust Bowl that had en- ta Gamma Society Intorna- gulfed much of the Midwest tional Alpha Sigma State of and moved to Randle. Washington Lota Chapter. Both she and her hus- She is survived by her band worked at the Kai- brother William C. ser shipyard during World islature. She regularly at- Balch of Kent and sister War II. She was a true life tended St. Edward's Catho- Shirley M. Walker of Olym- "Rosy the.Riveter," working lic Church and later Prince pia and four nephews, as a welder/burner building of Peace Church in Belfair, Her parents, David and ships to aid the war effort, where she taught Sunday Emily Balch, husband After the war, the faro-school for several years. James R.F. Clow, two sis- ily moved to Bellingham,She is survived by her tersBettyJeanSchoenbach where she resumed her three sons, Merlyn Flakus and Jacqueline Ann Berg academic career at West-(Ruth), Rodney Flakus and and niece Ann Berg preced- ern Washington University. Richard Flakus (Carol); ed her in death. The family moved to Mason grandchildren, Michael No service is planed at County in 1951, where she Flakus (Susan), Susan L. this time. taught elementary schoolFlakus and Kathy Hardy Memorial donations may for more than twenty years; (Judd); two great-grandchil- be sent to charity of your she first taught at the dren, Joshua Flakus and choice. Skokomish Valley School Sarah Flakus. McComb Funeral Home for three years, then at Ev- She was preceded in is handling the arrange- ergreen and Mountain View death by her parents and ments, schools in Shelten until her husband. Online condolences may retirement in 1972. After A mass for her will be at be sent to the family at me- her retirement, she moved 10 a.m. on Saturday, May eombih.com. " to a home on Hood Canal 14 at the Prince of Peace that her husband built. She Catholic Church in Belfair. enjoyed teaching, but was A Celebration of Life will G I dy especially fond of her time be held at 12 to 3 p.m. on a s Flakus at the Skokomish Valley May 14 at the Robin Hood Gladys Flakus, 100, diedSchool. Restaurant in Union. Saturday, March 26, 2011Flakus was active in theMcComb Funeral Home at Alpine Way Assisted Liv- League of Women Voters, in Shelton is handling the ing in Shelton. She was a Mason County Historical arrangements. resident of Mason CountySociety, Retired Teachers, A scholarship in her name for 60 years, and American Association of has been set up at Hoed Ca- She was born May 15, University Women. She was nal School, 111 North State 1910 in Neillsville, Wis. To active in lobbying for teach- Route 106, Shelton WA Philetus and Eva (Shum- ers issues when the Leg-98584. If you would like to way) McKinney. islature was in session in donate, the check should She graduated from Olympia. She once confided be made out to Hood Canal Todd County High School that one of the reasons she School with Glady's name in in Mission, S.D. in 1928. took a job in Mason County the memo line. She graduated from West-was due to the close proxim- For your convenience ern Washington University ity of Olympia and the Leg- online condolences may be sent to the family at mc- combfh.com. eyla Jane Miller Byla Jane Miller, 64, died March 26, 2011 in Shelten. She was a resident of Shel- ton for six years. She was born September 27, 1946 to Thomas Elkaney and Wrella M. (Sherar) Miller in Spokane. She graduated from Bal- lard High School in Seattle. She was a self-employed house cleaner on Harstine Island for 25 years. She enjoyed pets, ani- mals, was an avid reader, ~oyal to her friends, family and animals. She is survived by her sis- ter Jill Miller and her hus- band Mike Boyd of Langley. Her parents preceded her in death. A memorial service will be held at a later time. Memorial donation:s can be made to Feline Friends P.O. Box 27, Shelton, WA 98584. McComb Funeral Home is handling the rrange- ments.Online condolences may be sent to the family at mccombfh.com. Send obituaryinformation to: •obits@masoncounty.com. Deadine is 2pm the tuesday before publication. Reverend LaVern E. Tooley November 3, 1918 to April 1,2011 The Reverend LaVcrn E. Tooley was born on November 3, 1918 at Black Hawk, Wisconsin to Edgar and Eleanor Tooley. He passed away, surrounded by loving family members, in his Shelton home on April 1,2011. During LaVern's childhood, his patents'operated a dairy farm in Black Hawk, Wisconsin until moving to Portage, Wisconsin. In 1929 they resumed dairy farming in Sumpter Township and Veto andhis brother, Bob, attended a one-room school at nearby Otter Creek, WI. Vern attended high school in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin and upon graduating in 1937 enrolled at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He completed his Seminary studies at Garrett-Evangelical School of Theology in 1944. He was united in marriage in 1941 to Esther Mason of Pendleton, Oregon and in 1944 they moved to Leavenworth, Washington, where they served the Methodist Church until 1949. They were then transferred to Grangeville, Idaho to serve a Community Methodist- Presbyterian Church until 1955. Their next appointment was to serve the Methodist Church at Aberdeen, Washington. While there Veto was hospitalized with spinal meningitis, which nearly took his life. The Conference sent him to regain his health while serving the church at Counell, Washington. In 1960 the Tooley family moved to Tacoma, Washingion where LaVem was appointed to Epworth Methodist Church. While there, his wife, Esther, died leaving him with their four children to care for. In 1965 hc married Ruth Beggs who was a Deaconess of the Methodist Church, serving as Director of Christian Education at Sandpoint Methodist Church in Seattle. During their years together, Veto and Ruth served Methodist churches at Marysvillc, Crown Hill, Chchalis, and Redmond, where he retired in 1984 after serving 42 years of ministry. They then moved to their Mason Lake home near Shclton, which they had built themselves. In 1999 Vern and Ruth moved from Mason Lake to a home they purchased in Shelfon. Survivors, in addition to his wife, Ruth, include two siblings: Susan Tooley of Arizona and Norma Meisel of Wmconsin; 4 children: Patricia Constantino of Gig Harbor, Sharon and her husband Neal McCarter of Sequim, son Michael Tooley and his wife Magdalena of Shoreline, and Wendy and her husband Clay Hulbort of Forks. Also rein "aming arc nine grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. A memorial celebration of life will be held on April 30th at I:00 pm at the Shclton United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to: Shclton United Methodist Church and designated for Ocean Park UMC Church Camp, or, if you prefer, to a charity of your choice. -- Paid Obituary Notice -- - Funeral Alternatives offers a variety of simple, cost-effective options. Direct Cremation Worthy of Your Trust Competitive Pricing • Pre-Arranged Planning ttt OREST Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 7,2011 - Page B-7