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LETTERS THE
Technical issue
with town hall
meeting
Editor, the Journal
Thank you for printing the
information in your paper
regarding the town hall meet—
ing with Drew MacEweu.
To join the live meeting,
you were asked to press the
“star” key on your phone.
After pressing this key for 10
minutes and getting nowhere,
l hung up.
in the future, it. would be
nice to have systems that
could handle calls from cell—
phones. Maybe the system is
only set tip for calls from a
landline. i do not have access
to a landline.
Robert Aaron
Shelton
Plenty of ways
to boost your
immunities
Editor, the Journal
I believe and know it‘s still
true that:
A) Boosting one’s immune
system is the best way to cut
down any viruses.
B) Medical enslavement
and loss of our rights. closing
parks. libraries, etc., comes
from a four—based Vitamin D-3
deficient society.
(’1 (inc can do their own
research on what ruins an
immune system, buy supple—
ments from stores and other
sources. Avoid sodas, ciga-
rettes, cigarette smokers (sec—
ond-hand smoke), drinking
alcohol and plastics. Exercise
or
D) Go to a health food
store. There is one in Shelton
that sells immune—boosting
supplements. They can help
you too.
PS. I find it very sad what
Mason T 'ansit has done ac—
cording to this week's S/u’l»
lonsMosrm County Journal.
Shouldnt buying food also be
an essential transportation
need‘.’
Faith Williamson
Shelton
BOCC and
the Dukes
of Hazzard
Editor, the Journal
I would like to commend
you for publishing the Tom
Davis letter to the editor
Times: We
continued from page A—4
1980. He died in China in
1982, the victim ofa virus,
oddly enough. and he got. a
neWs obituary in The New
Yor/c Times that used the
NOT BUSINESS
A5 UbUAL FOR YOU
LATELY WITH ALL
THE Covrd. 19
AROUND, HUN?
in your April 2 edition. His
obser 'ations and comments
about the current BOCC's
disregard for the public
trust, their failure to follow
procedure and their ongo—
ing malfeasance ofoffice,
although scandalous. should
not surprise any ofus at this
juncture.
Mason County today rc-
minds me a lot ofthc 1.980s
TV series "The Dukes ofHaz»
yard" in as much as we seem
to have a Boss llog leader of
commissioners, where this
one individual has the influ-
ence no matter their chair—
manship status at the time.
The other twa commission
members are just the Rosco
P. Coltrane (remember the
aloof minion sheriff character
with the basset hound?)
With the exception of
one member, the other two
draft have enough business
experience to give them a
headache. It takes business
experience to manage a $120
million public funded bud-
get. The home rule charter
mentioned by Mr. Davis and
in local consideration and
discussion is long overdue. in
Mason County and by its very
concept should put an end to
corruption and incommetencc
concerns whether real or sus-
pected.
On another note, taxpay»
ers should wonder about the
benefits of taxpayer-funded
improvements to an ar “a rep—
resented by an elected official
who has financial and real
property assets in the area.
Another Belfair concern of
mine is this so—called Freight
Corridor. So who owns the
rights—oflway and property
that will reap the only ben-
efits from this boondogglc‘.’
Former King County Ex—
ecutive Ron Sims became
wealthy from his insider info
that led to the construction
ofthat eyesore. money-losing
monorail that goes from Se-
attle to Sea—Tac airport, just
an example to think about.
When we hopefully and
finally get. a home rule char—
ter, I believe it will eliminate
graft and other assorted
monkey business. I would like
l
also to see our local natural
resource—based industries
start to become better neigh—
bors by paying a fee based
on 3.5% oftheir gross sales
collected quarterly. This
subject has been brought to
Mason (‘ounty commissioners
on more than one occasion,
including a private conver—
sation with Commissioner
Kevin Shutty and no traction
was gained. To this date,
we‘ve had no explanations.
just more stonewalling than
anything.
Their r arson for the con—
sternation is pretty obvious.
(The Golden Rule. he who has
the gold makes the rules).
it's time to wake up. all us
taxpaying suckers ofMason
County.
Patrick Burke
Shelton
Questions
about lnslee’s
response
Editor, the Journal
It’s hard to understand
why the governor has not
responded to Kim Wyman's
March 17 letter requesting a
postponement of the election.
I know he’s been in town ~ is
there something here that I‘m
missing? This involves tax-
payer money. Then consider
that all the auditors and their
constituents. not to mention
the states chiefclections of»
ticer, made the request.
You also mention in the
April article the possibil—
ity oflosing out on the $8.3
million from the Coronavirus
Aid, Relic.sz Economic Secu—
rity Act if both the governor
and the Legislature don't ap—
propriate $1.7 million. Our
elected officials need to act
now.
Here in Grapeview, if the
North Mason School District
levy doesn't pass, it can have
devastating effects for we tax—
payers who don‘t have a high
school here. The amount we
pay to North Mason School
District based on the mun—
ber oftlrapcview grads who
attend North Mason High
(currently about Tl ) would
increase dramatically ~-~ at
this time the exact number is
not known.
Where is the governor
when we need him?
«Jim Stark
Grapeview
County should
release
location data
Editor, the Journal
The April 9 Journal had
a front—page story about
coronavirus in which Mason
(‘ountys health department
states it does not provide
location data for positive
coronavirus cases. Why not?
The department is tasked
with protecting citizens from
health—related issues. If
there are county hot spots of
coronavirus. id like to know.
I respect the need to protect
individual identities, but in
this case the department bal-
ances the welfare oftens of
thousands of people against
the small theoretical pos-
sibility ofone or more people
being individually identified.
That’s an easy call for me. i
urge county leaders to review
this policy.
Secondly. Mr. Arthur Roh—
lik opined in a letter to the
editor that he didn‘t under-
stand why Sierra Pacific is
an essential industry. While
S-l) is primarily a lumber
producer, they also produce
significant by—products used
by pulp mills to produce
paper products, including
toilet paper. Iftoday‘s bare
store-shelves are any judge.
the public considers TP and
other paper products as es—
sential. i sure do. My thanks
to the men and women of
the forest industry. from for-
est workers to the delivered
product.
Bob Dick
Shelton
The difference
between logs
and lumber
Editor, the Journal
C()Vll)-1$i, environmental
catastrophe. economic woes,
edu ‘ation challenges, etc..
are all on our minds. But the
news that got my attention
in last week‘s Journal causes
me to get involved.
Thursday, April 16, 2020 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page A—5
CORRECTION
A story in the April 9 issue of the
Journal gave the incorrect hours
for the North Mason Food Bank
in Beifair. It is open from noon to
pm. Monday, Tuesday and Fri-
day. The Journal regrets the error.
To the staffofthe Journal:
"Logs" are long and round.
They used to be vertical. but
not anymore. "Lumber" is
also long but with corners.
Lumber has been removed
from logs during a process
called sawing. while the logs
are in ’a horizontal position.
The photos posted last week
contained at least three er-
rors identifying logs as being
lumber. ’l‘hought you'd like to
know.
.lerry ()bendorf
Olympia
Thank you
to those
who helped
Editor, the Journal
ljust wanted to take a
minute again, on behalfof my
family. Russell Harvey, Jeff
Harvey. Greg Harvey, Angie
Harvey, Julie Milam. Lexie
Hunter. Jesse Hunter, Alysha
Collins, Kegan Collins, Alex-
andra Howe, Beau Harv ey,
Emily Harvey, Rylee Harvey.
Cade Collins, Renlee Hunter,
Al Burke and Ryan Richards
to thank everyone for helping
find our mama. Debi Harvey.
We feel truly blessed that
so many people truly care
about our family. To all ofour
search party (and boy, there
was a ton), friends. family.
grandkids, old classmates and
even people who didn’t even
know her (I couldn't begin to
name you all. you know who
you are). Again. thank you.
Thank you for all the
prayers everyone 'as sending
out. Thank you to the people
that called and prayed to me
directly. Thank you to silver
alert. broadcast on KIRO and
K()l\rl(). And thank you to the
over 12,000 shares on Face-
book. to the detectives and
SAR.
W i are all so blessed and
happy to have our mama
home.
Kimberly Howe
Allyn
see LETTERS, page A—6
can only contemplate the future, not act in it
word "futurist" to describe
him in the very first sen-
tence.
in his 1978 book “Think-
ing in the Future Tense,“
Lindaman wrote, “We can—
not act in the future tense
h we can only contemplate.
And because the future is
unknown. w 1 are forced to
contemplate a universe of
alternatives. But here is the
critical point: We contem—
plate not only possible op—
tions but also preferred op—
tions. This involves deciding,
choosing. And once we cross
this magic—like barrier. some—
thing dramatic happens. We
are instantly transported
back to the world ofthe pres—
ent tense. where we must
consider the impact ofour
day-to—day actions on that.
future."
I Contact KIT/t El'lcson (ll
lsll'lrc"masonct)unlyi‘inn.