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Narcotics dog a boon to sheriff's officebased on weight and height,;'
he said. "Kona is all about
her nose, so as long as she
By EMILY HANSON certified to work with Depu- keeps working, she can do so
ernily@masoncounty.comty Sean Dodge as a narcotics unless something happens."
. dog. Since beginning work in
"Kona was rescued out of late 2007, Kona has racked
Work can be exhausting Portland, (Ore.)" Dodge said. up approximately 300 finds
and dull as it becomes rou- "A gal in Thurston County on nearly 200 applications,
tine day after day. picked her up from Portland Dodge said.
For Kona, there is no dif-and gave her to State Patrol." An application is any time
ference between work and Dodge said that narcotics Dodge takes Kona out of the
play. dogs are different from pa- patrol car to find drugs or
Kona is a pit bull terriertrol dogs. These differences drug paraphernalia, while a
for the Mason County Sher-help determine how long a find is each individual find.
iffs Office K-9 Unit. In No- dog can continue to work.
vember 2007, Kona became "Patrol dogs are definedSee Kona on page B-6
Mason County
Sheriffs K-9 Unit
dog Kona
searches a truck
for drugs
during a
demonstration
with Deputy Sean
Dodge on
Monday.
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Courtesy of HHS/FDA
Danielle Salinas, 14, participates in both the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and Teens
Against Tobacco Use (TATU)clubs at Shelton High School and was recently part of a panel at the University
of Washington that spoke with U.S, Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin about smoking among youth.
Shelton 14-year-old meets
U.S. Surgeon General
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie~,,,masoncounty.com
Danielle Salinas has seen several
members of her family fight and lose
the battle against cancer.
Now, at 14, she is working with two
different student groups ~ educate her
peers about the dangers of smoking.
Most recently she met with U,S,
Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benja-
min.
"It was a really huge honor," Salinas
said.
The soon-to-be ninth grade stu-
dent participates in both the Students ken students in the program.
Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Salinas and the four other members
Club, working to prevent texting and of the panel, from Alaska, Oregon and
driving, and Teens Against Tobacco Seattle, were invited to ask Benjamin
Use (TATU) at Shelton High School. a question.
Salinas has attended conferences for "We had five minutes (each) to talk
the two clubs throughout the state and about the subject of tobacco use," she
on July 13 plans to travel to Wisconsin . said. "I asked her 'What is being done
with other members of the SADD club to get rid of the advertisement (of to-
for the National Student Safety Pro- bacco products) in front of teenagers
gram Teen Leadership Conference. and youth?"
During the Spring Youth Forum at , As part ofthe panel, Salinastold the
Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound in surgeon general about her family's ex-
May, Salinas was chosen to join a pan- periences with cancer.
el on June 14 at the Youth and Tobacco "I personally decided to talk ...
Town Hall Meeting at the University about why I'm involved in SADD and
of Washington in Seattle to address TATU," she said.
Dr. Benjamin. Salinas' grandmother died of can-
A University of Washington student cer, and several of her family members
organizing the program had heard still smoke, she said.
about the Shelton High School SADD Salinas was ~the youngest member
club, and at the Great Wolf Lodge event of the panel by several years. The other
asked adviser Gerald Apple whom he members of the panel were seniors in
recommended to join the panel, Sali- high school or college students.
nas said. "I think there needs to be more done,
He recommended Salinas as one of especially in Mason County," she said.
the most knowledgeable and well,spo~ ; When Salinas traveled to Seattle to
participate in the UW panel she said
members of her extended family who
smoke asked her, "So is this .a hint to
stop smoking?"
While she said, "it's hard to stand up to
an adult," Salinas does hope she influenc-
es her family members to quit smoking,
In addition to attending conferences
outside of Shelton, she and other mem-
bers of the TATU club also provide
peer education to local middle school
students. They regularly give lessons
on the dangers of tobacco to students in
Oakland Bay Junior High School.
The group also went to Pioneer Mid-
dle School and ,taught students there
how to form their own TATU club.
Salinas plans to continue working
with tile SADD Club and TATU to
encourage students to choose not to
smoke and to make positive decisions.
She also wants to build up the "Shel-
ton spirit" and encourage others to be
proud of their community.
"I felt so excited, especially when I
was picked," she said. "It was really
cool to be able to represent Shelton."
Thursday,
July
Roads have
always been
issue on island
he island is coming alive with
summer activity. The Harst-
ine Theatre Club just put on
that great play, "Light Up the Sky."
The farmers market is up and run-
ning and has had a great turnout of
vendors and buyers every Satur-
day. There is new life being planned
for the triangle area at the stop sign
as we come onto the island. I'm hear-
ing that they are going to put in a
center planting of lavender and sur-
round it with spring and fall bloom-
ing heathers.
The Harstine Island Community
Club will meet at 6 p.m. on July
13 (hope they don't put a ladder at
the front door we have to walk un-
der). For those who
~ .... like to play pinoch-
i~ :~ :;i::.~:~ le, there are games
: :;~'~ at the hall on July
7, 10, 21 and 24. For
i:~::~, ~,i:~, more information
~!,~.~ %.' about the pinochle,
give Barbara La-
June a call.
The annual Is-
By MIKE land Rummage
CALLAGHAN Sale is coming up
A~g. 4. The rum-
mage sale is a big fundraiser for the
hall so your attendance is greatly
appreciated. Also, this is a way you
can volunteer to help by donating un-
wanted items around the house to the
cause. Another good reason to donate
to this year's rummage sale is that
our community hall is fast approach-
ing 100 years old and they need all
the money they can get to keep it up
and running.
There seems to be a lot of news
these days about home sales around
the country. I thought It would be in-
teresting to look at our island for the
past six months. During that time
we have had five homes at Hartstene
Pointe sell and only three others on
the whole rest of the island. Vacant
land is even worse. In this same
time period, there have been two
parcels on the island and one at the
Pointe. Kind of slow and quiet for
the real estate market -- let's hope it
picks up.
The other day I was temporar-
ily stopped by a road crew as they
repaired North Island Drive. Another
rumor I'm hearing is that in 2013
the county is going to straighten out
the road for about 1.4 miles from the
bridge north -- that should make
coming and going exciting for a
". while. I wish they would put in a bike
~eath at the same time. Island roads
s em to attract fast driving, so when
it gets straightened out, we should be
able to go even faster.
I'm thinking the island roads have
always been an issue of one kind or
another. I saw the following report
in "The Island Remembers" that just
goes to show how true that is. This
report was taken from the Mason
County Journal Dec. 20, 1894.
"Mrs. J.D. Layn and Mrs. Cora
Newell were visiting on the east side
of the island with J.A. Hildebrandt's
family one day this week and on
their way home came very near get-
ting lost by getting on the wrong skid
See Harstine on page B-2
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