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Students who won bicycles recently at Bordeaux Elementary School include, from left to right, Brett
Miller, Jackson Cruz, Jessica Ashby, Rikki Anderson, Zoey Larsen and Megan Arrington.
Student readers win bikes at Bordeaux
Stude4ats at Bordeaux Elementary
School celebrated their reading success
last week during an assembly where
some were recognized for their reading
during March, April and May.
Six students received new bicycles,
which were donated by Mount Moriah
Masonic Lodge 11 and Bordeaux staff
members.
To be" eligible for: the bike draw-
ing, the students had to do their read-
ing homework, reading at 20 minutes
a night for at least four nights a week,
and have their student planners signed
by an adult to verify they had complied.
Those students with a 100 percent re-
turn of their homework for avoy~-month
from March through May received a
ticket for the bike drawing.
Father's Day
barbecue Saturday
A Father's Day barbecue will be held
Saturday, June 20, at the Agate Grange,
1631 Agate Loop Road, from 3 tO 6 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Mommy and Me
dance this Saturday
A Shelton Mommy and Me youth
dance is set for Saturday, June 20,
from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Shelton Moose
Lodge on Craig Road. The DJ will be
Christian Boad. Admission is $2. For
more information call Nicole at 360-
427-4578.
Women's readings
at downtown store
Readings from Suffer the Women,
a special presentation for women,
will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June
20, at Sage Book Store in downtown
Shelton. Admission is free and men are
welcome.
Readings from Becky Durkin,
Loranne Epler Schmidt and Wilfried
Lippman will precede music by the
East Bay Players with Marcia Wolf and
Becky Liebman.
STOP grant meeting
set for July 2
With each Services-Training-Officers-
Prosecutors (STOP) grant renewal a
public meeting is held to allow citizens
the opportunity to gain knowledge
and give input on the grant, which is
administered by the Office of Crime
Victims Advocacy. ,
This meeting is set for Thursday,
July 2, at 1:30 p.m. at the Shelton
Civic Center, 525 West Cota Street in
downtown Shelton.
His job: helping businesses stay competitive during good, bad times
By JEFF GREEN
These are different days for the Economic
Development Council of Mason County.
The current economic recession has seen to
that.
M a t t
Matayoshi has
been the EDC's
executive
director for the
past four and a
half years. "One
of the challenges is getting sites with full
infrastructure ready," he said about efforts
to recruit businesses to Mason County.
"You have to have a site in a good
location, zoned properly with water, sewer
and broadband high-speed Internet access,"
Matayoshi said during a recent interview in
Shelton. The latter, provided through PUD
3 makes this area more competitive than
others for attracting businesses, he added.
His job also entails working with the
EDC's members, which includes a little
more than 100 companies, and helping to
retain businesses already operating within
the county. Those include companies that
are looking to expand operations or are
looking for new sites, he said.
The global marketplace and economic
recession have a direct effect on the EDC's
business-retention efforts. Matayoshi
works to introduce firms to trading partners
overseas and helps with shipping issues
Matt Matayoshi works on economic develop-
ment issues from his desk in Shelton.
and training, things he said that will help
the companies be successful.
Earlier this year, he brought together
representatives of companies interested
in exporting products and officials of
the Washington State Department
of Community, Trade and Economic
Development.
"We have access to international trade
representatives in Tokyo, Taipei, London,"
he said. "There's people on the ground."
The EDC also works with the Port of
Shelton, which has the largest industrial
campus in Mason
County, Matayoshi
explained. "We also
partner with private
companies who have
industrial land," he
added.
"We've been a
supporter of the Belfair
sewer project, he said,
adding that project
and the Shelton Area
Regional Water and
Sewer Project will be
keys to local industrial development for the
next 20 years.
Matayoshi was born in Hawaii and grew
up in Tenino. He majored in international
politics at Brigham Young University and
worked for two summers at the Lewis
County Economic Development Council.
After college, he worked at Lewis County
EDC full time for two years,
then was hired to direct the
Mason County EDC.
"I wanted to get involved
in something that was
community- and service-
oriented," he said. "A lot of
what we do is more socio-
economic than business,
more working with the
community, both public and
private sectors. That's where
we get involved."
It also means a nearly
endless series of meetings,
at the Shelton and Mason
County commissions and
other organizations. 'Tee
want to bring a business
perspective to public policy
to ensure community needs
are met by public policy," he
explained. For example, he
was appointed to serve on
the Shelton Urban Growth Area committee
that came up with zoning recommendations
for the urban growth area. Those
recommendations will eventually be voted
on by the city and county commissioners.
The EDC has a set of ambitious goals
for this year. They include attracting
$10 million in new, private investment;
retaining 150jobs; creating 50 new jobs; and
generating $4 million in new businesses,
Matayoshi and Jennifer Baria, the EDC's
executive assistant, work out of a spacious
office in the Our Community Credit Union
'7 wanted to
get involved in
something that was
community- and
servzce-omented.
Saint Peter Hospital.
building on
Mountain View.
They have been at
that location for
four years.
Matayoshi,
32, and his wife,
Brook, have three
children ranging
in ages from 18
months to 4 years.
Brook works part
time as a regis-
tered nurse at
"I spend most of my (free) time with my
kids and wife trying to keep up with them,"
he said. They live on a six-acre parcel,
which means he does a lot of weeding and
grass cutting.
He likes to read non-fiction books when
he gets the chance, saying he prefers his-
tory, biographies and books about business
and organizational behavior.
Dave Roller plans to read to chil-
dren during a story time Tuesday
at the Mason County Christian
School.
I cup of water
1 pound of thinly Sliced dell roast
beef
8 slices of provolone cheese
4 hoagie rolls that have been split
onions
Place the roast beef and cheese on
Kids, books,
hats to mix at
reading event
next Tuesday
morning
The Mason County Christian School
is holding a special event next Tuesday
morning: Roller Reads: Hats.
Dave Roller brings his love for kids and
reading together for the event that starts at
10:30 a.m. at the school. There will be a story
time for 3- to 6-year-olds and children are
encouraged to bring friends and wear a hat.
Refreshments will be served. Every
child will take home a free book of their
choice. All ages are welcome and children
can stay afterwards and play outside.
The school is located at 470 East Eagle
Ridge Drive. For more information, call
four servings ....................................................... 426-7616 or visit the Web site: www.
~,, . masoncount~rchristianschool.orig.
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