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Page A—1 - Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, April 16, 2020
NEWS BRIEFS
PUD 1 gets hand sanitizer
from Hardware Distillery
Mason County PUD 1 has a new supplier for sani-
tizer — the local distillery.
PUD 1 announced Monday that it is now purchas-
ing hand sanitizer from Hoodsport-based Hardware
Distillery.
The PUD, along with other essential businesses
and agencies, are competing with the rest of Mason
County’s shoppers for supplies to keep its personnel
safe, such as hand sanitizer, face masks and rub-
bing alcohol.
That led PUD 1 to get creative the agency’s
purchasing agent, Rich Crump, and treasurer, Katie
Arnold, procured sanitizer from an unlikely source
—— the distillery.
The Hardware Distillery produces the hand
sanitizer from scratch, using apple cider provided
by Whitewood Cider Co. in Olympia, according to a
news release from PUD 1. The company has a barter
arrangement with the Thurston County distillery to
trade the apple cider product for finished bottles of
sanitizer that the Whitewood owner then donates to
a homeless shelter in Olympia.
Hardware Distillery owners Jan and Chuck Mor-
ris donate sanitizer to Hoodsport’s fire district and
food bank, and the Mason County Department of
Emergency Management.
The distillery also sells the product to the public
at the Hood Canal Outfitters grocery store across
US. Highway 101 from the business storefront. New
product is stocked on Fridays.
Hardware Distillery also takes special orders for
essential businesses, including PUD 1.
“The PUD is very appreciative of the new busi-
ness arrangement and hopes the new business
stream will help keep The Hardware Distillery op-
erating during the downturn,” the PUD wrote in the
news release.
“What they’re doing for their community is really
great,” said Crump in the release. “Being able to use
a local business here in Hoodsport to get sanitizer
spray to disinfect our trucks and equipment is a win-
Win for everyone.”
New unemployment
claims on par with last week
Initial unemployment claims in Mason County
remained steady last week.
From March 29 through April 4, county resi-
dents made 1,187 new claims for unemployment
benefits, up slightly from the 1,178 made the week
before. Since March 15, 3,230 new claims have been
filed by local residents, according to the state’s Un— ‘
employment Security Department.
Statewide, 170,063 initial claims for unemploy-
ment benefits were made from March 29 through
April 4 —— a 6.5% decrease from the previous week,
but still more than seven times more than'during
the peak week during the 2008-2009 recessions,
which saw about 26,000 initial weekly claims, ac-
cording to the department.
Last week, the Employment Security Depart-
ment paid out more than $79 million to 182,315
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state residents. Since March 16, the department
has paid out nearly $150 million to residents.
“It remains critical that people stay home and stay
healthy, that is paramount,” said Employment Se-
curity Commissioner Suzi LeVine in a news release.
“The increased utilization of unemployment insurance
across the state demonstrates that more and more
people are abiding by this order. Although the num—
ber of initial claims is down slightly from last week,
we need to be cautious that this does not yet depict
a trend. As our ESD team works round the clock to
make it easier for Washingtonians to apply for un-
employment benefits in addition to implementing the
new federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
Program which will increase the number of workers
who are eligible for unemployment benefits, we expect
to see a new surge of claims in the coming weeks.”
COVID-19 fund donates
to Crossroad Housing
A fund set up to help Mason County residents af-
fected by COVID-19 will help locals pay their rent.
On Friday, United Way of Mason County and
the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound
announced that $10,000 from their Mason County
COVID—19 Response Fund would go to Crossroad
Housing to provide rental assistance to local resi-
dents having difficulty paying, rent.
The initial investment of $10,000 from the fund
will assist qualified residents who lost all or part of
their income due to the pandemic, said Ted J ack—
son, executive director of United Way of Mason
County.
“The ultimate goal is to stop homelessness before
it begins,” said Tanya Strozyk-FraZier, executive
director of Crossroad Housing, in a news release.
“We are thrilled to utilize this generous funding to
help keep 10-20 families in their homes.”
Residents who need rental assistance can call
Crossroads Housing in Shelton at 360-427-6919.
Crossroads Housings mission is to, “help move
homeless families forward in life by helping them
achieve greater self-sufficiency and stability
through permanent affordable housing,” according
to its website.
For more information about the COVID-19 fund,
or to make a donation, go to www.thecommunity-
foundation.com/covid-response/mason.
Changes at Mason Health
Due to COVID-19, residents who enter any Mason
Health facility including Mason General Hospital
and the new Mason Clinic — must wear masks, and
in most instances visitors are not allowed to enter
the hospital, according to a news release.
Exceptions to the new rule include:
I Patients undergoing end-of—life care will be
permitted one visitor.
I Mothers giving birth will be permitted one
visitor when they are admitted to the Birth Center.
I Guardians coming with patients who are un-
der age 18 are still allowed.
Hours have also changed at Mason Health facili-
ties.
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6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m.
to noon Saturday; closed to the public Sundays
I The lab at the hospital — 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to noon on Satur-
day; closed Sundays
I Mason Clinic — 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday; closed on weekends
I Mason General Hospital Olympic Physicians
— 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday;
closed on weekends
I Mason Clinic lab — 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon—
day through Friday
'I Mason Clinic walk-in 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
and Sunday
I Diagnostic Imaging outpatient — 6:30 a.m. to
3 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to noon Sat—
urday; closed to the public on Sunday
For more information, go to www.masongeneral.
com.
Mason Health launches
videoconferencing
services for patients
Patients can download the Z60m app to access
health-related video services, which better serve
patients and minimize the risk of transmitting CO-
VID-19.
To learn more about video health services, go to
www.ma’songeneral.com/services/telehealth.
Fundraiser underway to
aid SHS’s senior athletes
Shelton resident Dawn Myers is raising money
to pay for banners honoring the Shelton High
School’s senior athletes who had their season can—
celed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The GoFundMe fundraiser has a goal of $4,000
to cover materials and printing costs for the ban-
ners.
Our Community Credit Union donated $1,000
and 12 donors have centributed $100. As of 9 a.m.
Wednesday the fundraiser had raised $2,865 from
30 donors.
“Some athletes will never take the field for their
senior season. Some won’t get their senior night
recognition. They won’t get the ‘last home game’ the
last time with teammates,” Myers wrote in the fund-
raiser description. “They won’t get to play one game,
or run one race. They won’t get to hear the crowd
cheer for them. They won’t get to take pictures with
their friends in their uniform one last time. Friends
and family won’t get to take pics of their son/daugh-
ter in their high school uniform for the last time.”
Shelton has 43 senior student athletes whose
spring sports season was canceled.
The fundraiser can be accessed at www.gofund-
me.com/tYhs-senior-spring-sports—amp-class-shout-
out-banners or by searching for “Shelton senior
sports” from the gofundme.com home page. '
I Compiled by editor in chief Adam. Rudnick
,. ,. KMAS lflBDAM 103.3FM