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B ELFAIR HERALD Serving Belfair -- Allyn m Grapeview m Tahuya m Mason Lake m South Shore n Victor Thursday, June 14, 2007 Section of The Shelton-Mason County Journal This weekend: North Mason holds graduation hTiara Hannafious, seen here getting a congratulatory ug from a friend following the ceremony, was one of 149 North Mason High School students to graduate earlier this week at the Kitsap Pavilion. Next week's lerald will include a special section featuring pho- tos of each graduate, speeches given during the com- lencement ceremony, a comprehensive list of this Year's scholarship awards and more. d Canal health: samples show c00acteria levels results from the Memo- State of the Oyster Study ties are in and every one of 19 samples submitted for fecal analysis showed a. pres- of the bacteria. Officials say that none of the were extremely high, but are worth watching to see if are a result of a chronic prob- or were caused by a passing Fecal coliform bacteria found in all warm-blooded ani- They shed out in feces and and other filter feeders them. Fecal coliform test- [is used worldwide as an indica- levels in both water shellfish tissues. When fecal counts are high it serves Warning that pathogens may Present. Since it is a "broad indicator," a number of types fall within the fe- One is Escherichia coli coli for short), the bacteria ; is found naturally in the gut animals. I OTHER testing news, none vibrio samples submit- vibrio parahaemolyticus in them. But as the sun on, just a few days later, State Department of announced that all recre- harvested in Hood Area 8 (Shady Beach to Sun- on the South Shore and on the North Shore) be thoroughly cooked due Vibrio oyster-associated ill- So, vibrio is present in some Canal. is good to remember some things when enjoying and mussels from this summer. They following: Make sure to check the bio- hotline (1-800-562-5632 or 'w.doh. ,a.gov) to see are any closures in your area. • arvest shellfish from the as the tide uncovers them let them bake in the sun). them on ice or under re- Farms. The collection procedures are straightforward: Collect on only six large oysters (five-plus inches in length). Keep them in the shell in a heavy leak-proof bag and cool until they are at the drop site. Clearly mark the bag with your name, the collection site address, your mailing address and your phone and e-mail contact infor- mation. Attach your completed (Please turn to page 3.) thoroughly to a temper- above 145 Fahrenheit. OWNERS can oysters or clams for from noon to 2:30 p.m. June 17, in the QFC lot in Belfair, at the Hap- Store on State Route q Parking lot located at 6751 Route 106 or Hunter Ninth annual Relay set to run Friday, Saturday The 2007 version of North Ma- son's Relay For Life, benefiting the American Cancer Society, is ready to begin with a first lap around the North Mason High School track at 7 p.m. this Friday, June 15. The first lap will be local cancer survivors only. Anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer, regardless of current status, is en- couraged to participate. The North Mason High School cheer squad will be energetically leading the public in cheering the survivors on their way as they kick off the ninth annual Relay event in North Mason. This year's theme is "Aloha Life!" FOLLOWING THE first lap, each of the 25 registered teams will have at least one person on the track for the duration of the over- night event. Community members are invited to attend at no charge, keeping in mind that donations are being sought for cancer research, public education, patient support and advocacy. The popular luminary ceremo- ny will commence at 11 p.m. this Friday night. The lights will be dimmed, candles lit and the names of those who have lost their battle to cancer, as well as survivors, will shine forth. "Come play with us!" said De- nise Snow, chair of the 2007 event. She is referring to both the record- ed and live music, including ka- raoke and a giant musical chairs game, and also to the games and activities sponsored by the various teams. "It will be such fun!" she added. The local "bloodmobile" will be present from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, seeking life-saving do- nations administered through the Puget Sound Blood Center. THE FINAL lap will also carry through the tradition of "cancer survivors only." Snow says this is another time to come out to sup- port and encourage these special people, who will begin to gather for this concluding lap at around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. For further infbrmation about the Relay or to make a donation to the American Cancer Society event, Snow may be reached by calling 360-275-6066, Extension 3204. At the chamber: AWB president will speak during chamber luncheon The North Mason Chamber of Commerce has announced that Don Brunell, President of the As- sociation of Washington Business, will be the featured speaker at this month's luncheon on Wednesday, June 27, at the Mary E. Theler Community Center in Belfair. The monthly event starts at 11:30 a.m. with networking op- portunities, followed by the lunch which is served at noon. Various community announcements and the featured speaker follow the lunch and all members of the pub- lic are invited. Organizers note that the AWB is the oldest and most influential business organization in the state and serves as Washington's cham- ber of commerce. Of 6,200 mem- bers, 75 percent are businesses with fewer than 50 employees. The membership also includes some of the nation's largest and most influ- ential companies. Together, AWB members provide jobs for some 600,000 Washington residents. BRUNELL IS A native of Mon- tana and a graduate of the Univer- sity of Montana in Missoula, with a bachelor of arts degree in educa- tion. Before joining AWB, he start- ed his career as a writer and editor for two Montana daily newspapers and then went to Washington, D.C., as a press aide to Congress- man Richard Shoup. In 1975, he started lobbying for The Inland Forest Resource Council. In 1978, he became a communications man- ager for Crown Zellerbach and at the same time became a member of the AWB board. In 1986, Brunell became vice president of governmental affairs for AWB and was named presi- dent in 1987. He has served in the United States Army as part of the special tbrces and retired as a major in the Washington Army National Guard. Among the vari- ous committees Brunell serves on are the Conference of State Manu- facturers Associations as presi- dent, Kids Chance of Washington, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Indus- trial Council of State Associations Group, the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy and he is the chair of the National Coun- cil of State Chambers. Those that would like more in- formation about the local cham- ber can visit the group's Web site at www.northmasonchamber. com or call executive director Frank Kenny at 275-4267. Goodell family makes travel plans for Liberia this summer, By LIZ CASE By mid-summer, Belfair at- torney Dan Goodell and his fam- ily will have a summer-trip story to top everyone else's. It will be a journey, an adventure, but certain- ly not a vacation, to the country of Liberia, on Africa's northwestern Atlantic coast. The Goodells will be leaving on June 21, traveling with the non- profit group Serve The Children (STC) based in Gig Harbor and spending three weeks working at STC's school in the capital, Mon- rovia. According to its brochure, the two schools STC operates in Liberia provide "some of the only tuition-free, faith-based education and trauma counseling" in that country. The trip was not in the Goodells' original plans for the summer of 2007. It was only within the last few months that Dan Goodell hap- pened to be at a local meeting and strike up a conversation with an- other attendee, an STC official. That led one thing to another, and to firm plans for a mission-type trip. LIBERIA, THEY learned, was a country established in 1822 by a group of American abolitionists, the American Colonization Soci- ety, as an English-speaking colony of freed American slaves. Even- tually, 15,000 blacks emigrated there from the United States to begin life anew. According to Goodell, as recent- ly as the 1970s Liberia was known as one of the most modern coun- trie#4n all of Africa. But 14 years of civil war, ending in 2003, de- Dan, Quin and Barb Goodell stroyed every vestige of progress and left the country uniformly impoverished. Even in its capital city, Monrovia, the infrastructure - running water, sewer systems and electricity - was destroyed, and the adult population was deci- mated from the war. The median age of Liberians is now only 14 years, the same as it was in Europe during the Middle Ages' Black (bubonic) Plague. Twenty-five percent of Liberian children die betbre the age of 5 due to needless infections and simple diarrhea. The average life span there is currently only 48 years. (Please turn to page 3.) B ELFAIR HERALD Serving Belfair -- Allyn m Grapeview m Tahuya m Mason Lake m South Shore n Victor Thursday, June 14, 2007 Section of The Shelton-Mason County Journal This weekend: North Mason holds graduation hTiara Hannafious, seen here getting a congratulatory ug from a friend following the ceremony, was one of 149 North Mason High School students to graduate earlier this week at the Kitsap Pavilion. Next week's lerald will include a special section featuring pho- tos of each graduate, speeches given during the com- lencement ceremony, a comprehensive list of this Year's scholarship awards and more. d Canal health: samples show c00acteria levels results from the Memo- State of the Oyster Study ties are in and every one of 19 samples submitted for fecal analysis showed a. pres- of the bacteria. Officials say that none of the were extremely high, but are worth watching to see if are a result of a chronic prob- or were caused by a passing Fecal coliform bacteria found in all warm-blooded ani- They shed out in feces and and other filter feeders them. Fecal coliform test- [is used worldwide as an indica- levels in both water shellfish tissues. When fecal counts are high it serves Warning that pathogens may Present. Since it is a "broad indicator," a number of types fall within the fe- One is Escherichia coli coli for short), the bacteria ; is found naturally in the gut animals. I OTHER testing news, none vibrio samples submit- vibrio parahaemolyticus in them. But as the sun on, just a few days later, State Department of announced that all recre- harvested in Hood Area 8 (Shady Beach to Sun- on the South Shore and on the North Shore) be thoroughly cooked due Vibrio oyster-associated ill- So, vibrio is present in some Canal. is good to remember some things when enjoying and mussels from this summer. They following: Make sure to check the bio- hotline (1-800-562-5632 or 'w.doh. ,a.gov) to see are any closures in your area. • arvest shellfish from the as the tide uncovers them let them bake in the sun). them on ice or under re- Farms. The collection procedures are straightforward: Collect on only six large oysters (five-plus inches in length). Keep them in the shell in a heavy leak-proof bag and cool until they are at the drop site. Clearly mark the bag with your name, the collection site address, your mailing address and your phone and e-mail contact infor- mation. Attach your completed (Please turn to page 3.) thoroughly to a temper- above 145 Fahrenheit. OWNERS can oysters or clams for from noon to 2:30 p.m. June 17, in the QFC lot in Belfair, at the Hap- Store on State Route q Parking lot located at 6751 Route 106 or Hunter Ninth annual Relay set to run Friday, Saturday The 2007 version of North Ma- son's Relay For Life, benefiting the American Cancer Society, is ready to begin with a first lap around the North Mason High School track at 7 p.m. this Friday, June 15. The first lap will be local cancer survivors only. Anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer, regardless of current status, is en- couraged to participate. The North Mason High School cheer squad will be energetically leading the public in cheering the survivors on their way as they kick off the ninth annual Relay event in North Mason. This year's theme is "Aloha Life!" FOLLOWING THE first lap, each of the 25 registered teams will have at least one person on the track for the duration of the over- night event. Community members are invited to attend at no charge, keeping in mind that donations are being sought for cancer research, public education, patient support and advocacy. The popular luminary ceremo- ny will commence at 11 p.m. this Friday night. The lights will be dimmed, candles lit and the names of those who have lost their battle to cancer, as well as survivors, will shine forth. "Come play with us!" said De- nise Snow, chair of the 2007 event. She is referring to both the record- ed and live music, including ka- raoke and a giant musical chairs game, and also to the games and activities sponsored by the various teams. "It will be such fun!" she added. The local "bloodmobile" will be present from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, seeking life-saving do- nations administered through the Puget Sound Blood Center. THE FINAL lap will also carry through the tradition of "cancer survivors only." Snow says this is another time to come out to sup- port and encourage these special people, who will begin to gather for this concluding lap at around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. For further infbrmation about the Relay or to make a donation to the American Cancer Society event, Snow may be reached by calling 360-275-6066, Extension 3204. At the chamber: AWB president will speak during chamber luncheon The North Mason Chamber of Commerce has announced that Don Brunell, President of the As- sociation of Washington Business, will be the featured speaker at this month's luncheon on Wednesday, June 27, at the Mary E. Theler Community Center in Belfair. The monthly event starts at 11:30 a.m. with networking op- portunities, followed by the lunch which is served at noon. Various community announcements and the featured speaker follow the lunch and all members of the pub- lic are invited. Organizers note that the AWB is the oldest and most influential business organization in the state and serves as Washington's cham- ber of commerce. Of 6,200 mem- bers, 75 percent are businesses with fewer than 50 employees. The membership also includes some of the nation's largest and most influ- ential companies. Together, AWB members provide jobs for some 600,000 Washington residents. BRUNELL IS A native of Mon- tana and a graduate of the Univer- sity of Montana in Missoula, with a bachelor of arts degree in educa- tion. Before joining AWB, he start- ed his career as a writer and editor for two Montana daily newspapers and then went to Washington, D.C., as a press aide to Congress- man Richard Shoup. In 1975, he started lobbying for The Inland Forest Resource Council. In 1978, he became a communications man- ager for Crown Zellerbach and at the same time became a member of the AWB board. In 1986, Brunell became vice president of governmental affairs for AWB and was named presi- dent in 1987. He has served in the United States Army as part of the special tbrces and retired as a major in the Washington Army National Guard. Among the vari- ous committees Brunell serves on are the Conference of State Manu- facturers Associations as presi- dent, Kids Chance of Washington, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Indus- trial Council of State Associations Group, the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy and he is the chair of the National Coun- cil of State Chambers. Those that would like more in- formation about the local cham- ber can visit the group's Web site at www.northmasonchamber. com or call executive director Frank Kenny at 275-4267. Goodell family makes travel plans for Liberia this summer, By LIZ CASE By mid-summer, Belfair at- torney Dan Goodell and his fam- ily will have a summer-trip story to top everyone else's. It will be a journey, an adventure, but certain- ly not a vacation, to the country of Liberia, on Africa's northwestern Atlantic coast. The Goodells will be leaving on June 21, traveling with the non- profit group Serve The Children (STC) based in Gig Harbor and spending three weeks working at STC's school in the capital, Mon- rovia. According to its brochure, the two schools STC operates in Liberia provide "some of the only tuition-free, faith-based education and trauma counseling" in that country. The trip was not in the Goodells' original plans for the summer of 2007. It was only within the last few months that Dan Goodell hap- pened to be at a local meeting and strike up a conversation with an- other attendee, an STC official. That led one thing to another, and to firm plans for a mission-type trip. LIBERIA, THEY learned, was a country established in 1822 by a group of American abolitionists, the American Colonization Soci- ety, as an English-speaking colony of freed American slaves. Even- tually, 15,000 blacks emigrated there from the United States to begin life anew. According to Goodell, as recent- ly as the 1970s Liberia was known as one of the most modern coun- trie#4n all of Africa. But 14 years of civil war, ending in 2003, de- Dan, Quin and Barb Goodell stroyed every vestige of progress and left the country uniformly impoverished. Even in its capital city, Monrovia, the infrastructure - running water, sewer systems and electricity - was destroyed, and the adult population was deci- mated from the war. The median age of Liberians is now only 14 years, the same as it was in Europe during the Middle Ages' Black (bubonic) Plague. Twenty-five percent of Liberian children die betbre the age of 5 due to needless infections and simple diarrhea. The average life span there is currently only 48 years. (Please turn to page 3.)