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A jump-start for the heart
Third-grader Ashlee Linne and her
mother, Shelby Linne, display the
Jump Rope for Heart banner received
by Pioneer School for its participation
in the American Heart Association's
annual event. Ashlee raised more than
$300, making her the top fund-raiser
for the school.
Alcoholics Anonymous:
A number of AA meetings are
held each week at 125 West Cota
Street in Shelton; all are nonsmok-
ing. They are scheduled Thursdays
at noon and 5:30 p.m.; Fridays at
noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays
at noon and 5:30 p.m.; Sundays at
noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Mondays
at noon and 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays at
noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Wednes-
days at noon, 5:30 and men's meet-
MS group
will meet
The Mason County Multiple
Sclerosis Support Group will hold
its monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, July 10, at the Royal
Shanghai Restaurant. The meet-
ing is open to all persons with MS,
as well as their spouses, significant
others, caregivers, friends, fam-
ily members and acquaintances.
Professionals interested in mak-
ing comments or presentations
are asked to prearrange their visit
to the group by phoning Debbie
Zillmer at 877-6959.
Jim
Smith
The Medicine
Shopie ®
Pharmacy
Vaginal Estriol May
Relieve Symptoms of
Aging and Recurrent
Urinary Tract Infections
Recurrent urinary tract infections
are a problem for many post-
menopausal women. Estrogen
replacement in the form of vagi-
nal estriol cream can rejuvenate
deteriorating mucosa, restore
normal vaginal flora (increase
lactobacillus), lower vaginal pH
to a normal range, and may pre-
vent urinary tract infections (UTI).
Vaginal estriol can relieve urinary
urgency, urge incontinence,
stress incontinence and nocturia
(night-time urination) and other
menopause-related lower urinary
tract symptoms. Younger women
taking oral contraceptives can
suffer from similar symptoms.
Estriol therapy may increase cir-
culation to the bladder and has
been shown to improve the integ-
rity of the epithelium (covering) of
the bladder. Ask our compound-
ing pharmacist about vaginal
estriol and other customized
medications to meet specific
patient needs.
ing at 7:30 p.m.
Other AA meetings are at 6:30
p.m. Mondays at Saint Edward's
Catholic Church; 10 a.m. Tuesdays
at Maple Glen Assisted Living, 1700
North 13th Loop Road; 7 p.m. Thurs-
days and Mondays at Saint David's
Episcopal Church, Third and Cedar
streets - nonsmoking, nonswear-
ing; 5 p.m. Thursdays at New Com-
" munity Church of Union; Fridays at
Hoodsport library; 7 p.m. Thursdays
at Hood Canal Community Church;
7 p.m. Fridays at Shelton's United
Methodist Church, 1900 King Street
(nonsmoking and handicap-accessi-
ble); 7:30 p.m. Saturdays at Skokom-
ish Tribal Center; and 6 p.m. Sun-
days in the office of New Community
Church of Union, 310 Dalby Road,
Suite 3.
Al-Anon:
Family group, noon Fridays, Saint
David's Church, Third and Cedar.
Hoodsport group, 7:30 p.m. on Fri-
days at the Coffee Company, 24240
Highway 101.
Family group, 9:30 a.m. Wednes-
days, in the T.C. Room of the
Skokomish Tribal Center, 80 Tribal
Center Road.
Ala-Teen:
7 p.m. Sundays, Matlock Grange
Hall.
7 p.m. Tuesdays, Saint David's
Church, Third and Cedar.
Narcotics Anonymous:
8 p.m. Fridays in the Ellinor
Room, Mason General Hospital.
Depressed Anonymous:
7 p.m. Tuesdays in the Pershing
Room of Mason General Hospital,
901 Mountain View Drive.
Adult Children of Alcoholics:
6:30 p.m. Fridays, New Commu-
nity Church of Union.
7 p.m. Wednesdays, McDonald's
meeting room, Olympic Highway
North.
Overeaters Anonymous:
4:30 p.m. Mondays, Saint David's
Church, Third and Cedar.
Noon Wednesdays, Saint David's
Church.
Freedom in Recovery:
4-6 p.m. Sundays, Gateway Chris-
tian Fellowship, 405 South Seventh
Street, Shelton.
New 00lrrivals
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was born on June 20 at Saint
Peter Hospital in Olympia to Jen-
nifer and Albert Holte of Shelton.
She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces
and was 193/4 inches long. She
joins Joseph Holte, age 7, and
Katelyn Holte, age 6.
Grandparents are Walter and
Delcie Broncheau of Pendleton,
Oregon, and Colleen Person of
Shelton.
Bruce Nathaniel King-Angster
was born on June 23 at Capi-
tal Medical Center in Olympia to
Crystal King and Daniel Angster
of Shelton. He weighed 7 pounds,
3 ounces.
Joshua Adam Middleton Jr.
was born on June 20 at Capi-
tal Medical Center in Olympia to
Kristina and Joshua Middleton Sr.
of Shelton. He weighed 7 pounds,
10 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Logan Donald-Winslow Terry
was born on June 25 at Capi-
tal Medical Center in Olympia to
April Ritter and Joshua Terry of
McCleary. He weighed 7 pounds,
13 ounces.
was born on June 25 at Saint
Peter Hospital in Olympia to Jen-
nifer and Kent Myers of Olympia.
She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces
and was 21 inches long. She joins
brother Ethan, age 21/2.
Grandparents are Gene and
Sherry Myers of Shelton and Dan
and Eileen Yost of Mossyrock.
Center
blood donors
The mobile unit of the Puget
Sound Blood Center will be mak-
ing two stops in Shelton during the
next week:
* From 8 to 10:30 a.m. and 11:30
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 7,
in the parking lot of Wal-Mart at
100 Wallace Kneeland Boulevard.
• From noon to 6 p.m. on Tues-
day, July 10, at Memorial Hall, lo-
cated at the corner of Second and
Franklin streets.
Donations of blood help people
in the hospitals in this part of the
state.
l Nationll Prescription Centers
1-800-640-5503
207 Professional Way 426.4272
(Across from the hospital)
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 5, 2007
HOODSPORT FAMILY CLINIC, P.S.
MARGENE FIELDS, ARNP
Full-time health<are provider
y Walk-ins welcome Experienced in treating
V Family care, from patients of all ages
newborns to adult
geriatrics
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Honday-Friday
HargeneFields, Call (360) 877-0372
BSN, HN,ANRFNP 24261 N.US Highway 101,Hoodsport
Kirkpatrick bringin]
years of experience
to county health jolt
The new director of Mason
County Public Health brings to the
job 14 years of experience on the
state level.
Vicki Kirkpatrick replaces Betty
Wing, who served as interim direc-
tor of public health following the
resignation of Steve Kutz aRer 12
years at the helm. His resigna-
tion was followed by an extensive
search and a name change. Mason
Public Health had been known as
the Mason County Department of
Health Services.
Kirkpatrick was introduced to
the community at last week's meet-
ing of the county commissioners.
Prior to joining the county staff,
she was policy director for public
health and statewide public health
policy for the Washington State As-
sociation of Counties and admin-
istrator of the Washington State
Association of Local Public Health
Officials, an office of the Washing-
ton State Association of Counties.
She has been working on statewide
policy issues regarding local pub-
lic health with state and local of-
ficials.
Kirkpatrick was a lobbyist for
the Washington State Association
of Counties and said she found
public health employees statewide
to be incredibly dedicated to pro-
tecting the public's health. "At the
state level it can be exciting and
you're working on big stuff, but you
never get to see where it gets to be
implemented or the effect of the
implementation. And I really miss
that," she told the commissioners.
Before beginning work on the
state level, Kirkpatrick worked as
the administrative service direc-
tor for the Tacoma/Pierce County
Health Department. She said she's
impressed with the personnel
she's met at Mason County Public
Health.
"I felt very welcomed here. It's
going to be an exciting opportuni-
ty," she said.
The change in management at
Mason County Public Health fol-
lowed issuance of a 19-page report
on the agency by the Washington
State Department of Health based
on a series of interviews conducted
in June of last year. Based on those
interviews, the study team report-
ed that: employees of the environ-
mental health division expressed
the opinion that response time to
on-site sewage issues was slow; and
some employees expressed concern
that the county is not a provider of
I
Vicki Kirkpatrick ]:
the state-funded Women, Ini
and Children Program that
families get adequate nutfl
and information about health
services for the young. [
The study reported "an al
palpable tension" between|
two main divisions of the del
ment- personal health set
and environmental health set
- and that some in the departl
thought they had more than
supervisor, and some did not |
who their supervisor was.
Projects
green hghtii
di:h:2: s:n: °:::l Comjmui I
with votes to:
• Authorize an agreement
the Washington Departmen
Natural Resources for chip se|
and maintenance for forest
and trailhead entries along
endahl Pass Road and Sand
Road.
• Authorize the Departmet
Public Works to select a stril
service provider and then nel
ate and sign the contract.
STRESS FRACTURES
By Joseph Zygar, P. 7'.
The number
of stress frac-
tures is on the
rise. Women are
particularly vul-
nerable because
they are more active than ever before
and more prone than men to this type
of injury. Microscopic breaks in the
bone result from excessive loads be-
ing placed on the bone. These breaks,
called stress fractures, develop most
often in the legs and feet. The risk of
this type of injury rises dramatically
when exercisers repeatedly engage in
high-impact activity, such as running
on pavement. Stress injuries may also
result from poor balance or lack of
flexibility. Such injuries often develop
at the site of a previous injury. The
prescription for stress fractures is rest,
followed by varying exercise acti
tics and advancing exercise regime
slowly. Upper body stress fractu
usually occur when there is repeat
movement or impact to a certa a
area. Tired muscles may also le
to stress fractures, since weaken
muscles transfer the stress to bor
and joints, causing them to crack. E
additonal information about anythit
discussed in today's column, c
SHELTON PHYSICA
THERAPY AND SPORTS MEI)
CINE at (360) 426-5903. You'
find us conveniently located at 23
Kati Ct., Ste. B. New patients
welcome. Same day appointme
are available.
ES. Stress fractures produce p
that may mimic other types of inj
ries, making professional diagno
imperative.
Relaxation • Injury
Chronic Pain • Stone
Liz Crawford, LMP
229-9498
Downtown Shehon
, ' i0%OFF;rst M:2g:
I Healing Touch :
I Professional Massage Therapy TM
memberAMTA Since 1994
Lic#MA07393
A jump-start for the heart
Third-grader Ashlee Linne and her
mother, Shelby Linne, display the
Jump Rope for Heart banner received
by Pioneer School for its participation
in the American Heart Association's
annual event. Ashlee raised more than
$300, making her the top fund-raiser
for the school.
Alcoholics Anonymous:
A number of AA meetings are
held each week at 125 West Cota
Street in Shelton; all are nonsmok-
ing. They are scheduled Thursdays
at noon and 5:30 p.m.; Fridays at
noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays
at noon and 5:30 p.m.; Sundays at
noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Mondays
at noon and 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays at
noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Wednes-
days at noon, 5:30 and men's meet-
MS group
will meet
The Mason County Multiple
Sclerosis Support Group will hold
its monthly meeting at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, July 10, at the Royal
Shanghai Restaurant. The meet-
ing is open to all persons with MS,
as well as their spouses, significant
others, caregivers, friends, fam-
ily members and acquaintances.
Professionals interested in mak-
ing comments or presentations
are asked to prearrange their visit
to the group by phoning Debbie
Zillmer at 877-6959.
Jim
Smith
The Medicine
Shopie ®
Pharmacy
Vaginal Estriol May
Relieve Symptoms of
Aging and Recurrent
Urinary Tract Infections
Recurrent urinary tract infections
are a problem for many post-
menopausal women. Estrogen
replacement in the form of vagi-
nal estriol cream can rejuvenate
deteriorating mucosa, restore
normal vaginal flora (increase
lactobacillus), lower vaginal pH
to a normal range, and may pre-
vent urinary tract infections (UTI).
Vaginal estriol can relieve urinary
urgency, urge incontinence,
stress incontinence and nocturia
(night-time urination) and other
menopause-related lower urinary
tract symptoms. Younger women
taking oral contraceptives can
suffer from similar symptoms.
Estriol therapy may increase cir-
culation to the bladder and has
been shown to improve the integ-
rity of the epithelium (covering) of
the bladder. Ask our compound-
ing pharmacist about vaginal
estriol and other customized
medications to meet specific
patient needs.
ing at 7:30 p.m.
Other AA meetings are at 6:30
p.m. Mondays at Saint Edward's
Catholic Church; 10 a.m. Tuesdays
at Maple Glen Assisted Living, 1700
North 13th Loop Road; 7 p.m. Thurs-
days and Mondays at Saint David's
Episcopal Church, Third and Cedar
streets - nonsmoking, nonswear-
ing; 5 p.m. Thursdays at New Com-
" munity Church of Union; Fridays at
Hoodsport library; 7 p.m. Thursdays
at Hood Canal Community Church;
7 p.m. Fridays at Shelton's United
Methodist Church, 1900 King Street
(nonsmoking and handicap-accessi-
ble); 7:30 p.m. Saturdays at Skokom-
ish Tribal Center; and 6 p.m. Sun-
days in the office of New Community
Church of Union, 310 Dalby Road,
Suite 3.
Al-Anon:
Family group, noon Fridays, Saint
David's Church, Third and Cedar.
Hoodsport group, 7:30 p.m. on Fri-
days at the Coffee Company, 24240
Highway 101.
Family group, 9:30 a.m. Wednes-
days, in the T.C. Room of the
Skokomish Tribal Center, 80 Tribal
Center Road.
Ala-Teen:
7 p.m. Sundays, Matlock Grange
Hall.
7 p.m. Tuesdays, Saint David's
Church, Third and Cedar.
Narcotics Anonymous:
8 p.m. Fridays in the Ellinor
Room, Mason General Hospital.
Depressed Anonymous:
7 p.m. Tuesdays in the Pershing
Room of Mason General Hospital,
901 Mountain View Drive.
Adult Children of Alcoholics:
6:30 p.m. Fridays, New Commu-
nity Church of Union.
7 p.m. Wednesdays, McDonald's
meeting room, Olympic Highway
North.
Overeaters Anonymous:
4:30 p.m. Mondays, Saint David's
Church, Third and Cedar.
Noon Wednesdays, Saint David's
Church.
Freedom in Recovery:
4-6 p.m. Sundays, Gateway Chris-
tian Fellowship, 405 South Seventh
Street, Shelton.
New 00lrrivals
= ;':2' ::':::;li::' :21::|"""" | m H m"S::h::' 'D:: 'i:'i'l:' |::::Hmm|lmll||
was born on June 20 at Saint
Peter Hospital in Olympia to Jen-
nifer and Albert Holte of Shelton.
She weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces
and was 193/4 inches long. She
joins Joseph Holte, age 7, and
Katelyn Holte, age 6.
Grandparents are Walter and
Delcie Broncheau of Pendleton,
Oregon, and Colleen Person of
Shelton.
Bruce Nathaniel King-Angster
was born on June 23 at Capi-
tal Medical Center in Olympia to
Crystal King and Daniel Angster
of Shelton. He weighed 7 pounds,
3 ounces.
Joshua Adam Middleton Jr.
was born on June 20 at Capi-
tal Medical Center in Olympia to
Kristina and Joshua Middleton Sr.
of Shelton. He weighed 7 pounds,
10 ounces and was 20 inches long.
Logan Donald-Winslow Terry
was born on June 25 at Capi-
tal Medical Center in Olympia to
April Ritter and Joshua Terry of
McCleary. He weighed 7 pounds,
13 ounces.
was born on June 25 at Saint
Peter Hospital in Olympia to Jen-
nifer and Kent Myers of Olympia.
She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces
and was 21 inches long. She joins
brother Ethan, age 21/2.
Grandparents are Gene and
Sherry Myers of Shelton and Dan
and Eileen Yost of Mossyrock.
Center
blood donors
The mobile unit of the Puget
Sound Blood Center will be mak-
ing two stops in Shelton during the
next week:
* From 8 to 10:30 a.m. and 11:30
a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 7,
in the parking lot of Wal-Mart at
100 Wallace Kneeland Boulevard.
• From noon to 6 p.m. on Tues-
day, July 10, at Memorial Hall, lo-
cated at the corner of Second and
Franklin streets.
Donations of blood help people
in the hospitals in this part of the
state.
l Nationll Prescription Centers
1-800-640-5503
207 Professional Way 426.4272
(Across from the hospital)
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 5, 2007
HOODSPORT FAMILY CLINIC, P.S.
MARGENE FIELDS, ARNP
Full-time health<are provider
y Walk-ins welcome Experienced in treating
V Family care, from patients of all ages
newborns to adult
geriatrics
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Honday-Friday
HargeneFields, Call (360) 877-0372
BSN, HN,ANRFNP 24261 N.US Highway 101,Hoodsport
Kirkpatrick bringin]
years of experience
to county health jolt
The new director of Mason
County Public Health brings to the
job 14 years of experience on the
state level.
Vicki Kirkpatrick replaces Betty
Wing, who served as interim direc-
tor of public health following the
resignation of Steve Kutz aRer 12
years at the helm. His resigna-
tion was followed by an extensive
search and a name change. Mason
Public Health had been known as
the Mason County Department of
Health Services.
Kirkpatrick was introduced to
the community at last week's meet-
ing of the county commissioners.
Prior to joining the county staff,
she was policy director for public
health and statewide public health
policy for the Washington State As-
sociation of Counties and admin-
istrator of the Washington State
Association of Local Public Health
Officials, an office of the Washing-
ton State Association of Counties.
She has been working on statewide
policy issues regarding local pub-
lic health with state and local of-
ficials.
Kirkpatrick was a lobbyist for
the Washington State Association
of Counties and said she found
public health employees statewide
to be incredibly dedicated to pro-
tecting the public's health. "At the
state level it can be exciting and
you're working on big stuff, but you
never get to see where it gets to be
implemented or the effect of the
implementation. And I really miss
that," she told the commissioners.
Before beginning work on the
state level, Kirkpatrick worked as
the administrative service direc-
tor for the Tacoma/Pierce County
Health Department. She said she's
impressed with the personnel
she's met at Mason County Public
Health.
"I felt very welcomed here. It's
going to be an exciting opportuni-
ty," she said.
The change in management at
Mason County Public Health fol-
lowed issuance of a 19-page report
on the agency by the Washington
State Department of Health based
on a series of interviews conducted
in June of last year. Based on those
interviews, the study team report-
ed that: employees of the environ-
mental health division expressed
the opinion that response time to
on-site sewage issues was slow; and
some employees expressed concern
that the county is not a provider of
I
Vicki Kirkpatrick ]:
the state-funded Women, Ini
and Children Program that
families get adequate nutfl
and information about health
services for the young. [
The study reported "an al
palpable tension" between|
two main divisions of the del
ment- personal health set
and environmental health set
- and that some in the departl
thought they had more than
supervisor, and some did not |
who their supervisor was.
Projects
green hghtii
di:h:2: s:n: °:::l Comjmui I
with votes to:
• Authorize an agreement
the Washington Departmen
Natural Resources for chip se|
and maintenance for forest
and trailhead entries along
endahl Pass Road and Sand
Road.
• Authorize the Departmet
Public Works to select a stril
service provider and then nel
ate and sign the contract.
STRESS FRACTURES
By Joseph Zygar, P. 7'.
The number
of stress frac-
tures is on the
rise. Women are
particularly vul-
nerable because
they are more active than ever before
and more prone than men to this type
of injury. Microscopic breaks in the
bone result from excessive loads be-
ing placed on the bone. These breaks,
called stress fractures, develop most
often in the legs and feet. The risk of
this type of injury rises dramatically
when exercisers repeatedly engage in
high-impact activity, such as running
on pavement. Stress injuries may also
result from poor balance or lack of
flexibility. Such injuries often develop
at the site of a previous injury. The
prescription for stress fractures is rest,
followed by varying exercise acti
tics and advancing exercise regime
slowly. Upper body stress fractu
usually occur when there is repeat
movement or impact to a certa a
area. Tired muscles may also le
to stress fractures, since weaken
muscles transfer the stress to bor
and joints, causing them to crack. E
additonal information about anythit
discussed in today's column, c
SHELTON PHYSICA
THERAPY AND SPORTS MEI)
CINE at (360) 426-5903. You'
find us conveniently located at 23
Kati Ct., Ste. B. New patients
welcome. Same day appointme
are available.
ES. Stress fractures produce p
that may mimic other types of inj
ries, making professional diagno
imperative.
Relaxation • Injury
Chronic Pain • Stone
Liz Crawford, LMP
229-9498
Downtown Shehon
, ' i0%OFF;rst M:2g:
I Healing Touch :
I Professional Massage Therapy TM
memberAMTA Since 1994
Lic#MA07393