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ABOVE: Jenny Wallace sprays
water to cool down the members
of the 4th and 5th Grade North
Mason Elementary Band on
Saturday as they wait to march in
the Paul Bunyan Grand Parade in
downtown Shelton.
AT LEFT: The members of the
Mason County Forest Festival
court greet the hometown crowd
as they travel down Railroad
Avenue. For parade winners and
more photos, see pages A-20
and A-21.
Journal photos by Gordon Weeks
crus
cancer aga,n an
By BRIANNA LOPER roach," a nickname Harold is
bfianna@masoncountycom proud he's earned.
"He's a cockroach; no one
Harold Parks was given can kill him," his wife, Kath-
a 6 percent survival rate the leen said. "People say 'ew,'
day he entered surgery, but Harold has embraced it.
Colon cancer wrapped In spite of him(self) ... he's
around a vein in his liver still thriving."
and needed to be removed It was no small feat to
if Harold was going to live. earn the nickname; Harold
Many doctors told the Hood- has beaten three types of
sport resident his best bet cancer, survived 10 cancer-
was to go home, make him- related surgeries and gone
self comfortable and wait to through six bouts of chemo-
die. therapy.
"What choice did I have?" In March, Harold cel-
Harold said when asked why ebrated his 80th birthday;
he entered the surgery. "I'm last week, he celebrated
not going to just wait around being officially small-cell
to die." lung cancer free for the
Now, nearly 15 years
later, doctors call him "Cock- see COCKROACH, page A-13
Journal photo by Brianna Loper
Harold Parks, 80, flexes on the porch of his Hoodsport
home last week. Parks has survived three types of
cancer during the past 16 years. His wife says his zest
for life and attitude have helped him survive and prosper.
Manufacturer will start
to shut down in July
By BRIANNA LOPER
bfianna@masoncounty com
The Olympic Panel Products shut
down will come to fruition within
the next few weeks.
The Shelton-based plywood man:
ufacturer is scheduled to begin clos-
ing parts of its operation July 22, ac-
cording to Lynn Longan, director of
the Economic Development Council
of Mason County.
"They have unions and that sort
of thing, so they're going to do a
'phased approach,' " Longan told
the Joul'nal. "They have contracts,
unions, salaried employees, IAM
(International Association of Ma-
chinists and Aerospace Workers) . :.
So all of those will be phased out,
but I don't know the order."
IAM representatives could not be
reached for comment.
According to a news release pro-
vided to the Journal by Olympic
Panel, the 25-acre Shelton location
will remain operational until Au-
gust.
Longan said she expects the shut
down to take three to four weeks.
Officially, the manufacturer said
see OLYMPIC, page A-15
could solve
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncounty com
If the Shelton School District
changes its grade configuration,
overcrowding at the elementary
schools immediately will be solved
by moving the fifth-graders to mid-
dle school. Simultaneously, Shelton
High School will need extensive
renovations to add the ninth-grade
students.
Those are among the scenarios
see SCHOOLS, page A-14
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