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Page 4 — Shelton-Mason Journal — Thursday, June 22, 2023 Some ver ‘6 verybody says how easy it is to cook, but it isn’t any easi- er than not cooking.” —— Maria Bamford "Did you ever hear about the Norwegian who loved his wife so much he almost told her?” Author unknown “Bob Dylan always told me, don’t be a ntmuz-dropper.” _ Chrissie llynde “I would start a revolution, but I just bought a hammock.” ~ Zach (ialilianakis “I wear this St. Christo— pher medal sometimes bc~ cause I’m Jewish and my boyfriend’s Catholic. It cute the way he gave it to me. lie said if it doesn’t burn through my skin, it will pro— tect me. \Vho cares? Different religions. The only time it’s an issue, l suppose, would be if you’re having a baby you got to ligu re out how you wanna raise your baby. Which y good THESE TIMES would still not be an issue for us, because we’d be honest. We’d say, ‘Mommy’s one of the chosen people, and Daddy he lieves that Jesus is magic!’ ” * Sarah Silverman “I’m sick of following Iny dreams I’m just going to ask them where they are go~ ing and hook up with thorn later.” -—A Mitch Hedberg “A guy’s driving down an old country road and he sees a farmer in his orchard feeding jokesfora sunny day his pigs, but what he’s do- ing is he’s taking one pig at a time, holding him up, let— ting him eat an apple out of the tree, and then setting him down before picking up anoth— er pig and letting him eat an apple. So the guy pulls over and walks up to the farmer and he says, ‘Wouldn’t it time to just knock all the apples on the ground and let the pigs eat them all at once?’ And the farmer, confused, looks at him and says, ‘What’s time to a pig‘?’ ” — Doug Stanhope “I’d like to do a reality show with four white people who are dropped offin a re~ ally bad black neighborhood. And the show would be called ‘Cracker Hunt.’ ” —— Zach Galifianakis This was one of the writer Kurt Vonnegut’s favorite jokes, according to his son: “Every day for years and years a customs agent carefully searched through a guy’s wheelbarrow when he crossed the border. Finally, when he was about to retire, the customs agent asked the guy, ‘We’ve become friends. I’ve searched your wheelbar~ row every day for many years. What is it you’re smuggling?’ ” “My friend, I am smuggling wheelbarrows.” What did the sadist say to the masochist? “Beat me.” What did the masochist say? “No.” »— Author unknown “It’s fun telling people you go to McDonald’s. They al~ ways give you that look like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know l was better than you.’ " ~~ Jim (iafligan “Men don’t care what’s on TV. They only care what else is on TV.” —~ Jerry Seinfeld An MIT linguistics profes— sor was lecturing his class. “In English,” he said, “a dou- ble negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single lan— guage, not: one, in which a double positive can express a negative.” ,A voice from the back of the room says, “Yeah, right.” * Author unknown “A duck walks into a bar and says, ‘You got any grapes?’ The bartender says, ‘No, get out of here.’ Then the next day, the duck walks into the same bar and goes, ‘You got any grapes?’ The bartend— er says, ‘Like I told you, we don’t have any! (lot, out. And if you come in here one more time, l’ll nail your feet to the floor.’ Then the duck comes in the third day and asks. ‘You got any nails?’ Bartender says, ‘I To.’ And the duck says, ‘You got any grapes?’ "’ “A Jo Firestone I Contact Kiri: El'h'son (If lair/ctr!‘mosonrrounly.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Doing good work Editor, the Journal, 'l‘hanks to the volunteers from the Shelton Rotary Club for the condition of the Iiul'l’n’l’uff’l’rail. It is clean, friendly and welcon’iing and feels sale. Once again. local people here do something very good for the community. If you haven’t been fora while, you will be im- j‘)rcsscd. We couldn’t understand how it had become so exceptional until We hap- pened to hear about the Rotary members” work. Also, thanks to the Mount Rose trail crew. For almost 40 years, they have been doing great work on many local trails, such as Mount Rose, Mount Ellinor, Big Creek and many more Forest Service trails on the south and cast sides ofthe Olympics. It is not uncommon to run into people on these trails who come from other places (Pennsylvania, for one), who have heard about how great the Mount Rose frail crew is and wanted to come and see for themselves when they Visit this area. Some winters are hard on trails in the Olympics, but it is impressive to see how fast they clear trails and repair bridges. People come and go on the crew, and many work for years, including local notables such Vern Johnson and many others. In town, thanks to the student volunteers who helped Steve Galka and the Y clear out the evil scotch broom that took over after the Y site was cleared, as almost always happens. Next year it will be easier, especially if they can manage to get it to rain for several days before they SHELTON—MASON COUNTY USPS 492—800 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Shelton—Mason County Journal, PO. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584. Published weekly by the Shelton-Mason County Journal at 227 W. Cola St, Shelton, Washington. Mailing address: PO. Box 430, Shelton, WA 98584 Telephone: 360426-4412 Website: www.masoncounty.com Periodicals postage paid in Shelton, Washington. start pulling it up. Good luck with that. Last but not least, thanks to the staff at 'l‘urning l’oinlc for doing!> so well at such necessary work. Rel) M’ilsoanoss Shelton ‘Reimagine Wildfire’ Editor. the Journal, (Jan homes, communities, healthy lor- and wildfires coexist? That is the essential question behind the film “Elemental: Reimaginc Wildfire.” (elementalfilm.com). I have had the chance to watch this film multiple times, and I learn some— thing new with each viewing.“Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” is an outstanding film that deseivcs the widest possible viewing. In a visually stunning manner, it distills what we’ve learned about wild- land fire over the decades and provides a roadmap for badly needed changes that will benefit thousands of people, particu— larly in fire-prone communities. Those of us who live in Western Washington now know that we are not immune to wild- fire danger; this is no longer an Eastern Washington problem. Over the past year, “Elemental: Rei— maginc Wildfire” screened at 40 film fes— tivals and hundreds of theaters across the nation. The filmmakers showed up with firefighters, scientists, cultural firelighters and experts in home safety to engage with viewers on how to prepare homes and communities for fire. At long last, you can Owned and published by Shelton~Mason County Journal, Inc. The Journal is a member of the Washington Newspaper Publish- ers Association. Publisher: John Lester now stream the film at home, and share it with your family and friends. Also. you can conlacl Mason (‘ountv Conservation District for a fret- wildlirc home visit or forest health assessment. Be a wildfire-ready neighbor. Sherri [)usiu'l Shelton A dangerous spike Editor, the Journal, In accordance with the Journal new letter policy, l wish to rebut Donna Holliday’s letter ol’May 25. On May 4, l wrote about transgendcr athletes and said, “Democrats udll allow a 240—pound linebacker to tackle a 110-pound girl boy transgender at full speed.” Males are stronger than females. Logic says 240 pounds against no pounds is unfair; girls can get hurt. Holliday’s response: “Demo— crats are not allowing 240 pounds to tackle 110 pounds.” Payton McNabb, a North Caro» lina high school volleyball player, was knocked unconscious by a transgender male when he spiked the ball into her face at a high school game in November 2022. She suffered a concussion and neck injuries; it took weeks to recover. She’s quit the sport. I think that qualifies as a l‘ransgcnder male causing an injury on a female athlete. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, could enforce Title IX, which separates male and female sports, but chooses not to. I think that qualifies as Democrats allowing injuries because they Front office: ignore the Tide IX lav: and permit trans— gender males on a female team. The man responsible for the injury scni llie Slil'l :1 hate message. lie was unhappy because of widespread criticism for his part in causing the injury. Hates wrong regardless of who does it. My May 4 letter also asked what was the purpose and job function of the school‘s gender coordiiuilor and Ihc Title IX coordinator? I think I’ve shown why Title IX should be reinstated. I would like some understanding from these Shelton school coordinators on thesc policies and the need for them. I would also like their thoughts as to what happened to Payton McNabl). Ardean Anuik Shelton Restaurant boycott Editor, the Journal, I have been a strong supporter of the Wilde Irish Pub since before they opened; vim After reading the article regarding the Pride proclamations both for the county and city, I will have to begin my boycott. Jim Boad voted against a simple procla« mation to show support for all citizens in the City of Shelton. The small businesses of Shelton are trying everything they can to remain open. Not supporting everyone in our society is not the way to get more customers. Cathy Gallagher Shelton Dave Pierik, Office Administrator Advertising: Theresa Murray, Ad Representative Delivery: Newsroom: Jon Garza Justin Johnson, Editor David Olson SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $79 per year ($55 for six months) for Mason County addresses and $99 per year ($70 for six months) outside of Mason County. Single issue price $2.00 Gordon Weeks, Reporter Matt Baide, Reporter Kirk Boxleitner, Reporter Kirk Ericson, Columnist/ Proofreader Shawna Whelan, Photographer Niel Challstrom Composing room: Karen Hranac, Customer Service Kim Fowler, Advertising Design Linda Frizzell, Advertising Design All regular editorial, advertising and legal deadlines are 5 pm. the Monday prior to publication. To submit a letter to the editor, email editor@masoncounty.com. Office hours: 8 am. to 5 pm. Monday to Thursday. Closed Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and major holidays.