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Mason Transit delivering Agency in for senior drivers By Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncounty. com Last week, Mason Transit Authority delivered 244 Meals on Wheels to 16 homebound seniors in Mason County. The meals from Senior Services of South Sound are delivered frozen, and are designed to last the recipients two weeks. This week, MTA will deliver more than 280 meals to another group of seniors, the agency stated in a news release. MTA will. continue to deliver meals every other week until Senior Services of South Sound is able to resume delivery. To be eligible, recipients must live in Mason or Thurston counties, be 60 or older, unable to cook, un- able to leave home unassisted, or lack someone who can cook for them. Kathy Geist, MTA’s outreach/transit planner, and MTA driver Dan Sharp delivered the first round of meals. “This is what community is about,” Geist stated in the news release. “How lucky I am! Meals on Wheels asked MTA for help, so I got to deliver over 200 meals on the first day and even more next week. My dream job.” ' “I am proud of our team for stepping up to help Senior Services during this time of need and thank- ful we had the resources available,” MTA General Manager Danette Brannin said in the news release. “Kathy is perfect for accommodating this type of out- reach.” This week, Geist will help HUB Center for Se- niors in Belfair deliver food to 63 seniors. being elected in 2014. The district covers all of Mason County and parts of Thurston and Kit- sap counties. In an email to the Shelton-Mason EyCAdam‘rRudnick adam@masoncounty. com Colton Myers, a 28—year-old Olym- pia resident, announced Monday that he would challenge incumbent Dan Griffey for his 35th Legislative Dis- trict spot. Myers, a state health policy analyst County Journal, who was born and raised in Kitsap Myers Myers wrote he County, said in a news release that decided to run for the district has been left behind and the Legislature taken for granted because “we don’t have effective leadership in Olympia fighting for opportunity and invest- ments here at home.” Although candidates cannot file for the election until next month, Myers has registered with the state’s Public Disclosure Commission. Griffey, R-Allyn, has had the Posi- tion 1 seat of the 35th District since while pursuing his graduate studies. Growing up, he said he felt like he didn’t have a place in his community, which had representatives who voted against basic protections for LGBTQ+ individuals. Myers wrote the driving factor to return to the region and run for the Legislature was hisfamily. 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Cut Rate Auto Parts has options for our retail customers who do not want to Thursday, April 16, 2020 Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A—9 «an Olympia man to challenge 35th District pursue further education,” which are not the same opportunities that exist for other families in the district. Myers wrote that his father is a third-generation electrical worker. 'He wrote that he’ll promote econom- ic development to bring more family wage jobs to the district. The 35th District is being left be- hind other parts of the state, Myers wrote. The average household income remains well below the state average, while joblessness remains well above the state average, he wrote. Five of the six public school districts rank in the bottom half of the state, while three rank in the bottom 10%, he wrote, add- ing that health care delivery systems remain siloed and strained. “These are just a small sample of the many ways in which our district has been left behind,” Myers wrote. .“Many of these outcomes have wors- ened in recent years, and all of these challenges existed prior to COVID-19, but are certainly being exacerbated in light of this pandemic.” Myers wrote that coastal acidifi- cation and inaction by elected rep- Meal 0 Wheels Kathy Geist, Mason Transit Authority’s ; outreach/transit »‘ planner, and MTA , drivers are delivering hundreds of Meals on Wheels to homebound seniors in Mason County, and this week will help HUB Center for Seniors in Belfair deliver food to 63 seniors. Courtesy photo incumbent resentatives to acknowledge climate change has affected local businesses. He pointed to younger residents leav- ing the district, a lack of broadband internet, and the prevalence of behav- , ioral and substance use disorders as other problems. “We need a representative who will work toward bringing needed resourc- es to our district, so our families have the opportunity to not just survive, but thrive especially in the after- math of the coronavirus,” he wrote. Myers wrote that he’s not accept- ing corporate» contributions to his grassroots campaign. “I will bring my passion, personal experience, professional commitment and my longstanding ties to this com- munity to my policy in the Legisla- ture,” he wrote. “It’s time to set aside partisan differences, and work togeth- er to leverage our shared values and make lives better for our families.” Candidates’ official filing week is May 11 through 15. For more infor- matiOn about the November general election, go to www.masoncountyelec- tions.us. 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