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By KEVAN MOORE
Supporters of the St. David's Parish Hall Rescue
Fund will be holding a special fund-raising dinner this
Friday to help keep downtown Shelton's cold weather
center open for years to come.
Northwest author Richard LeMieux, who wrote
"Breakfast at Sally's, a nationally acclaimed memoir
about his experience of going from having it all to be-
hag homeless, will be the night's featured speaker.
The Simpson Family Fund has already offered a
matching grant of $50,000 to save the parish hall and
supporters are hoping to raise an additional $80,000
to repair brick work and other failings at the 1926
building.
Volunteers from five churches work at the parish
hall and last year served 9,780 meals to homeless res-
idents of Mason County. The parish hall also serves
as a cold weather shelter on evenings when the wind
chill factor is 35 degrees or less. In 2010, they pro-
vided shelter for 1,432 guests. In a addition, the hall
is used for wedding receptions and Rotary lunches.
Other special guests at Friday's fund-raising din-
ner, which will be at St. Edward's Catholic Church
will include The Rt. Rev. Gregory Rickel, Episcopal
Bishop of Western Washington and Paul Moseley of
the Simpson Family Fund. Organizers said that near-
ly 200 tickets have already been sold, but some may
be available at the door depending on turnout.
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Mason County Auditor Karen
Herr speaks during the county
meeting on Tuesday.
By KEVAN MOORE open and subject to election this year.
All positions are non-partisan and
This is filing week for the 2011 elec- there are no filing fees with the excep-
tion in Mason County and 35 people tion of three positions: the mayor and
had already filed for 68 local positions the commissioner of finance for the
by Tuesday, June 7. City of Shelton and commissioner for
The filing deadline is at 4:30 p.m. the Port of Shelton.
this Friday. Election officials will con- All other positions include commis-
duct a lot draw fiReen minutes later to sioners within the fire districts, port
determine the order in which names districts, cemetery district, hospital
will appear on the primary ballot, districts and water districts. They also
"If two or less candidates file for any include school board members for each
one office, there will not be a primary school district.
for that position," said Mason County In order to be eligible to file for elec-
Auditor Karen Herr. "If, however, tive office, a person must live within
there are three or more candidates the district for which he or she is filing.
who file for an office, they will appear Those interested can either come into
on the Aug. 16 primary election ballot the auditor's office to submit a declara-
and the top two candidates who re- tion of candidacy or access auditor's web
ceive the most votes will continue on site at www.co.mason.wa.us and file on-
to the Nov. 8 general election." line. The elections department can be
There are 68 local positions that are reached by calling 427-9670 ext. 470.
Pickering among threatened shellfish areas
iron "The two downgraded ar-
Numbers show. r rovement since 2010 eas are stillahigimpact."
While the DOH has done
By NATALIE JOHNSON "System-wide we are were first put on the DOH extensive testing through-
seeing better water qual- watch-list, Sullivan said. out Mason County, no ad-
The Washington State ity,~ said DOH Public Last year McLane Cove ditional sites were singled
Depart/nent of 'Health Health Advisor Lawrencewas listed as failing, but out as threatened, Sulli-
(DOH) announced Wednes- Sullivan. had a conditional approv- van said.
day that nine commercialBeing on a list does not al, meaning that depend-"The shellfish industry
shellfish growing areas in mean an area will deft-ing on the amount of rain, is really important to Ma-
W sNngt0n are arr@ntly nitely experience a el0. growers could mtill harv0st son County W41Ve been
threatened with closures, sure, only that the DOHshellfish there, out sampling all over the
including Mason County'sis keeping an eye on poilu- Both stations have ira- county," he said.
Pickering Passage. tion issues, he explained, proved to the point that"We're always con-
However, this year's Specifically, the two af- the DOH approved them cerned with keeping clean
numbers show improved fected beaches are McLane for harvesting, but is still water in Mason County for
water qualityinthePuget Cove and an area just keeping an eye on the shellfish."
Sound and a downward south of it in the far south sites. The eight other threat-
trend in the number ofpol- end of Pickering Passage Both sites will likely ened areas in Washington
luted harvest areas, DOHnear Hammersely Inlet, stay open through the sea- are Grays Harbor's Pacific
officials said. Sullivan said. son, Sullivan said. Coast, Port Townsend in
In 2009, 16 areas in These areas have no While overall wa- Jefferson County, Dyes In-
Washington were listed as public access and are only ter quality in the Pugetlet in Kitsap County, the
threatened, in 2010, there used by commercial shell- Sound seems to be improv- Naselle River in Pacific
were i0, and in 2011, the fish growers, he said. ing, Sullivan said that the County, Burley Lagoon
number has continued to While the two areas in DOH did downgrade two and Filucy Bay in Pierce
decrease to nine. Pickering Passage are still growing areas this year. County, Padilla Bay in
listed asthreatened,' the~" "The last Several years. Skagit County and South
are ~uch better con di-have had a stronger down- Skagit Bay in Snohomish
tion no~ tha& whcrt they turn, for'isure," he ,said. County.
"Are you on one level? I don't
do well with stairs anymore."
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