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Thursday, May 16, 2019 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A-19
BELFAIR
By Dana Kampa
dana@masoncounty: com
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North Mason hosted its
inaugural Day of Champions
May 9 at Phil Pugh Stadium
in Belfair. Volunteers cheered
as students from schools
throughout Mason County
made their way to the field.
The Day of Champions
provides a day of fun for local
students with special needs.
It began in the early 2000s in
Thurston County.
"It started with one class-
room, one teacher, and it just
grew from there," said Julie
Rowan, who helped organize
the Belfair event.
For the past few years, Ki-
wanis organizers invited stu-
dents from Shelton and Hood
Canal school districts to join
the event in Thurston. The
event grew enormously popu-
lar. Rowan said they needed
to think about branching out
when attendance at last year's
event in Thurston topped out
at almost 800.
Unwilling to say goodbye to
the event, Rowan
it to North Mason as the first
offshoot of the original Day of
Champions.
see CHAMPION, page A-20
Cody Andrews, a student at Olympic Middle School, enjoys the blue, red, orange and purple side of a rainbow parachute ":"
billowing in the breeze during the inaugural North Mason Day of Champions on May 9 at Phil Pugh Stadium in Belfair.
Herald photo by Dana Kampa
Mission Creek Corrections Center
for Women honors first TRAC gmds
By Dana Kampa
dana@masoncounty.com
ed to pursue apprentice-
ships after their release
m industries
iron work, carpentry and
construction On May
29, the corrections cen-
ter will host a ceremony
honoring the first class
of graduates to make
it through the TRAC
curriculum at Mission
Creek.
The group of seven
women, led by instruc-
tor John Brown, spent
Monday morning run-
ning through some of
the practical tests they
Women at a North
Mason corrections facil-
ity are paving the way
for change.
In July, staff broke
ground on a new facility
for the Trades Related
Apprenticeship Coach-
ing (TRAC) program
On the grounds at Mis-
sion Creek Corrections
Center for Women in
Belfair.
This program teaches
inmates the skills need-
n=ng
rogram
are taking this week to
earn their carpentry cer-
tifications. The course
included ergonomics
(how to lift heavy objects
without risking injury),
hammering, sawing and
rce
Jennifer Eberle,
a member of the
first graduating
class from Mission
barrow.
The days main speed-
based test was hammer-
ing 10 nails into a wood-
en frame within 60 sec-
onds. For the saw booth,
the trainees focused on
accuracy, needing to
make straight cuts with-
in 1/16th of an inch of
their mark.
Brown said the ex-
ams replicate real-world
Center for Women's
Trades Related
Apprenticeship
Coaching (TRAC)
program, keeps
track of her fellow
students' progress
during a practice
practical test
session Monday at
the Belfair facility.
Herald photo by Dana
Kampa
see TRAC; page A-22
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"Welcoming Ways" Guest/Customer Service Training featuring The training is available to the public, free of charge. Reservati ons are required.
Stephanie Rowland, Chamber President & CEO and
Certified Business Etiquette Trainer, Protocol School of Washington D.C.
Who is the first contact~ for your business?
Are you comfortable putting your company's first impression in their hands?
Prepare your staff to maximize that moment. It only comes along once!
The busy summer season is coming. Join us for this important training.
The North Mason Chamber is proud to present these four, two-hour, workshops
on behalf of our Visitor Information Centers.
For questions and RSVP, please email: srowland@northmasonchamber.com
WednesdaY, May 14, 10-noon- Afderbrook Golf & Yacht Cl ub
Wednesday, May 28, 10-noon - Alderbro0k Golf & Yacht Club
Wednesday, June 5, 10-noon - Our Community Credit Union, Shelton
Friday, June 14, lO-noon, Port of Atlyn
Visit North Mason Chamber, Belfair Licensing, and Visitor Center in Belfair & Union 360.275.4267 northmasonchamber.com explorehoodcanal.com
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