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Thursday, April 23, 2020 Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A-37 . Contractors on Monday afternoon dig up the Shelton High School pool. The pool and portions of the Mini-Dome are being renovated as part of a $13.1 million athletic facilities project at the school. Courtesy photo ' ~ Construction projects underway Additions, renovations taking shape at Shelton High By Justin Johnson-7 just/n@masoncounty. com While most Shelton School Dis- trict facilities are shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, construc- tion projects at Shelton High School and Bordeaux Elementary are in full swing. Jeff Feeney with KMB Architects presented an update on construction progress during the Shelton School Board’s regular April 14 meeting. The new gym being built at Bor— deaux is on track, with siding in-‘ stalled and no problems reported from the contractors on the project, Feeney reported. . When asked by Superintendent Alex Apostle about the projected com- pletion date’, Feeney said it’s on sched- ule to be finished by July 15. Work on the Shelton High School Mini-Dome and pool includes adding to the Mini-Dome’s southeast corner, Where a new weight training facility, wrestling room and athletic storage area will be built. It also includes rebuilding and ren- ovating the physical education locker room, athletic locker rooms, coaches and referee locker rooms and stadium bathroom. The work will also deepen one side of the pool, which will allow for block starts for the Highclimber boys and girls swim teams,'and a new pool deck surface. The contract for that phase — the second of three phases of Shelton High School’s athletic facilities projects -— was initially awarded to Pacific Tech Construction of Kelso, but it withdrew from the project and the second—low— est bidder, Schwiesow Construction of see ATHLETICS, page A-38 mm.m,¢wm WWW..,»WW , Wt...W~er .t "—1-... ._ FAB 2020 NFL Draft takes on bigger role during pandemic By JUSTIN JOHNSON t’s been over a month now since the world of sports went dark. What would normally be one of our biggest distractions from the troubles of the day isn’t there. While it won’t be a live sporting event, this weekend’s NFL Draft promises to offer a small, but welcome diversion to the coronavirus pandemic. . It also promises to be a marvel of technological innovation. The three-day draft was scheduled to take place ,in Las Vegas, but will now be produced at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, with a limited number of draft hosts and commentators in studio ad— hering to social distancing and workplace rules due to COVID-19. The draft begins at 5 p.m. today and will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN and NFL Network. It will continue Friday and conclude on Saturday. I NFLCommissioner Roger Goodell will announce the picks from his home, and the majority of analysts, reporters and other experts are scheduled to contribute from home studios. Truth be told, I rarely pay that much attention to professional sports drafts. , Way. too much bloat and noise from talking heads, but I think I’ll be tuning in for this one. I’m interested to see what both Seattle and my beloved Denver see POST, page A-39 .-