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Ceremony is Saturday • Howe will describe 0000eS,uax,ol.,an00Tr0000ewi,, trea,e00w,t0000ro00errevereoce. 00,o,.w,,,00on00ereturo, tot00e mission adventures gather for this year's First Sal- This year's ceremony will begin water. i Duane Howe, who has wife, Nadine, with the earn- men Ceremony at noon on Satur- day at the beach by the Arcadia Boat Launch. The public is invit- ed to attend. The tribe has celebrated the first salmon each summer in re- cent years. The ceremony observes a tribal tradition that teaches that the Spirit of the first salmon will gather his relatives and lead them back to the rivers and Streams if he is treated with re- Spect, says tribal publicist There- _a Henderson. The same tradition caches that his people will not return if the first salmon is not with drumming and the singing of Salish songs as a way of wel- coming the first salmon. The peo- ple of the tribe will then walk si- lently to the water's edge to await the arrival of their sacred guest. From there the salmon will be carried up the beach accompanied by cedar boughs and the sound of Salish music. When the salmon gets near the fire the music will taper off and silence will fall over the tribe as the salmon is opened and its spir- it is ceremonially released. The remains and their cedar wrap- The fillets will be placed on ce- dar sticks and smoked over an alder fire and those who have gathered will then be invited to partake of the food. The tribe and its guests will also feast on other traditional foods, including clams, mussels and fry bread. The ceremony is hosted by the Squaxin Island Tribal Council and the Squaxin Island Natural Resources Department. There is no charge for attending this event but guests are asked to refrain from taking photographs while the salmon's spirit is being re- leased, Henderson said. C oounty commission roundup: North Mason will get its deputy on campus h North Mason High School will ave a deputy fall. on campus this sionersThe tookMaS°none C ° uYfi c:ns:;st °f'ob by setting a toward filling that j bud-e, t _ :..  nearing for funding for the Poslhon at Tuesday night's board meeting ' " nxious to get The sheriff is a the start of SOmeone trained ason County the school year _Udget Director Ione Siegler re- nutted. Funding for the five- nth position will come from a ueral Cops in Schools grant and tr0111 a r t L _ evenue agreement with [e North Mason School District, Shesaid. suT he hearing for the $19,295 ,Lve. mental aovronriation to ue b,,J --- -- • uuget will be held at 11:15 ,.m. AUgust 17. 20lib,,BUSINESS conducted July si ,_ne Mason County commis- o-trs: " Heard Union resident Jean re express her disappoint- t about the dulv 13 hearin S - g , h and wildlife regulations. '*lOore told the board her per- sonal observations were that those who testified showed disre- spect for the public, the commis- sioners and the law. She said she ;i as Sorry to hear profanity and • t Smayed about the cheerleadin Waich ace • g o .... ompamed some speak- ;;;;_embers of the public who ce disregarded technical and Scientific research, she observed Because , sne left the hearing Commissioners meet with their Constituents The following commis- ih°:er, .m.eetings, all open to public, provide residents "', mmr elected county epresentatives about the ture of Mason County. Commissioner Mary Jo Cady Wednesday, August 11 2-4 P.m., Matlock General °?c ]€::d.West Shelton- ThUrsday, August 19 Fi:e4HPa:. in., Buck's Prairie an, 13375 West Clo quallum Road. Friday, August 20 la: s a0. to noon, Timber- o, ,. Ommunity Center, -,,u ast Timberlake Drive. Friday, August 27 To4,p'm:, fiR's at Taylor Lw:.k rngbway 101 and .... "aoad. Coaissioner John Bolender Thursday, Agust 19 7-9 ttan ,P:m-, Grapeview Fire Zast Grapeview P Road. Thursday, August 26 3-5 180060 00:00.,Port of 00lyn, orate Route 3. Comissione r before the five-plus hours of testi- mony concluded, Moore asked Cady if there was a book called The Great Salmon Hoax and asked the name of the publication which Cady referenced which suggested controlling the popula- tion by creating an environmental crises. Cady said "Report from Iron Mountain" was available on the Internet. Cady told Moore she did recommend both publications in the interest of obtaining a bal- anced view and looking at both sides of the issue• • SIGNED A two-year grant agreement with the Washington Community Trade and Economic Development and Washington State University Cooperative Ex- tension Office for Mason County Community Mobilization to con- tinue efforts to reduce substance abuse and violence. Julianna Mil- jour, Mason County Drug Abuse Prevention (MCDAP) coordinator, told the board the grant is for $45,954 each year from July 1 through June 30, 2001. Of this year's allocation, Mil- jour reported $17,940 are for con- tracted services including the Boys and Girls Club of Mason County Smart Moves program, which she said is up and running at the Shelton site and will con- tinue after the summer; an inter- vention counselor at Mary M. Knight School in Matlock; and the homework room at Mason County Literacy. "We have an ex- cellent community," Miljour said. "I'm excited about the providers." • Appointed individuals to the Truman Glick Memorial Park Ad- visory Board. Kelly Lester, Kym- son Brazee, Steve Wood, Bill Johnson, Randel Barcom, Joe Rothrock, Jim Compton and Carl Maddox were named voting mem- bers and Vera Lorenz and Kurt Kingman are alternate members. Terms run through November 30, 2000. • SCHEDULED A public hearing for 7:30 p.m. August 24 to consider a petition for prohibit- ing discharge of firearms on Has- kel Hill and Wilson roads. • Approved a resolution cancel- ing outstanding warrants which are at least one year ol d and have not been presented for payment. Treasurer Dorene Rae reported the warrant amounts include $267.62 in current expense fund, $30.25 from the fairgrounds fund and $150 in the salary clearing fund. • Reappointed Herman H. Nel- son, regular member, and How- ard Boerger and Gordon Dickin- son, alternate members, to the Mason County Board of Equaliza- tion through June 30, 2202. No other applications were received• • Approved agreements with the North Mason Visitor Informa- tion Center and the Shelton-Ma- son County Chamber of Com- merce to provide tourism services in 1999. • EXECUTED A review ap- praisal of .007 of an acre of right- of-way, belonging to Ray Coleman. Jerry Hauth, county engineer and public works director, said this was "just a tiny sliver" needed as a result of a design revision for the Crestview Road project. • Authorized Dave Loser, equipment, rental and revolving fund manager, to use telephone quotes to purchase a new, refur- bished or used printer for the au- ditor's office. The current printer and five others in county offices have been on three-year leases, he said. Loser said the county would be better served owning the printer and others as leases expire. "We keep our equipment for a long time," he told the board. He add- ed he should be able to find a printer for under $7,000. • Approved the removal of a utility easement between lots 61 and 62 in Division 7 at LakeLand Village as requested by John M. and Rae L. Thomas whose home is built across the easement. • Approved one veterans' assis- tance fund application for $171.38. Electricians to. work to wire Woods' home Several local electricians are donating time and material to in- stall wiring this Saturday at the new home of Rick and Paula Wood. The Wood's home in the Agate area was destroyed February 22 by a fire that claimed the life of their 4-year-old daughter, Ivy. Those electricians who will be working at the home Saturday in- clude Paul Johns, Craig Nielsen, Matt Gillham, George McCarthy, John Vesel, Casey Olson, Jon Ragan, Robert Daley, James Beebe and Brandon Hutson. Also helping out will be non-electrician Amanda McCarthy. AMER,CAN TRUCK HtSTOR,CAL SOCtETY ANTIQUE TRUCK SHOW AND SWAP MEET SATURDAY,.JuLY 3 l ST 8 A.M. 5 P.M. AT THE MASON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS  HwY 101 N. -- FREE ADMISSION --- $5 PARTICIPANT ENTRY FEE " RV PARKING AVAILABLE I i ¸ DARRELL KRISE reverently prepares the first salmon for the Squaxin Island Indian Tribe's 1996 ceremonial feast at Arcadia. Each year the tribe invites the public to share in the rites, and the seafood feast, as it cele- brates the first salmon catch of the year. This year's First Salmon Ceremony will take place Saturday. served in mission work in Bra- zil with New Tribes Mission since 1965 and has local roots, will speak to the Bridge Com- munity Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, August 1, at the Har- stine Community Hall. Howe will also speak to the Family Bible Fellowship at 6 p.m. of that same day at the Potlatch Community Hall. Howe was born and raised in the Gig Harbor-Vaughn area. His grandfather pio- neered in Vaughn in 1903, coming from Pennsylvania. Howe picked oysters as a teen- ager on the mud fiats of Allyn and picked brush with his mother. He worked for the Simpson Timber Company in the 1960s as a choker setter and in the veneer plant. He is a 1957 graduate of Purdy's Peninsula High School and of the Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta. Howe paid for the 1965 trip to Brazil for himself and his ings from his work at Simpson. Once in Brazil, the Howes learned Portuguese and pio- neered mission work with the Culina tribe. They helped with the installation in the Culina tribe of the first school, medi- cal clinic, airstrip and native pastors. The Howes have also enjoyed such delicacies, de- pending on one's viewpoint, as alligator, monkey and large rodents. Currently, the Howes live in the 50,000-person town of Cru- zeiro Do Sul, where Duane is the field coordinator of mission work with 15 tribes in the area. He also purchases sup- plies, works with bush pilots and participates in survey trips to find new tribes for his mission work, while Nadine takes care of the area banking and bookkeeping. The public is welcome to these speaking events. For more information, call Pastor Howard Spear at 426-5221. Prayers for county slated for August 5 The first-Thursday prayer The church is located at 314 session for the Shelton-Mason East J Street. The prayer ser- County community will be vice is open to all those who held at noon August 5 at Shel- are interested in participating, ton's Mountain View Alliance says spokesperson Linda My- Church. ers. Timberland will offer month full of library events Timberland Regional Library offers a variety of'programs for the final full month of summer. Between August 1 and Labor Day, the library will offer: * Galactic refrigerators from 1 to 3 p.m• Thursday, Au- gust 5, at North Mason Timber- land Library in Belfair for teens in grades 6-12. Participants will find out how to make galactic magnets to dress up the icebox with stars, aster- oids, aliens, UFOs, quarks and maybe a poem or two• Teen li- brarian Kristine Mahood will show how to transform illustra- tions and words into magnets. • Friends of the Library meetings on Tuesday, August 10, and one on August 26. Friends of the North Mason Timberland Library will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on the 10th, and Friends of the Hoodsport Timberland Library will meet at 1 p.m. that day after an executive board meeting at 11 a.m. at the li- brary on Schoolhouse Hill Road. Friends of the William G. Reed Library will meet at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, August 26, at the Shel- ton Timberland Library. New members are welcome at all meet- ings. • Internet I01, a basic intro- duction to the Internet and per- sonal computers for adults. The course is set to run from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, August 16, at North Mason Timberland Li- brary. The course includes teach- ing discussion and hands-on ex- perience. The class requires pre- registration and prompt arrival, since it begins before the library opens to the general public. • PageTurners Book Dis- cussion Group at the North Ma- son library. The group will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on Thurs- day, August 19, to discuss Connie Willis' book Bellwether. The dis- cussion group is sponsored by Friends of the North Mason Tim- berland Library and meets the third Thursday of each month. PageTurners sessions will re- sume in the fall at the county's other two libraries. • Board meetings. They in- clude an open meeting of the Shelton library board at noon Thursday, August 19, and the Timberland board of trustees' meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 25, at the Raymond Tim- berland Library. All of the Timberland libraries will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, September 6. I[ Nielsen begins his mission with LDS plea serve 18 months. They serve without pay and are supported by their savings or family members. Kevin Peter Nielsen began serving a two-year mission on July 27 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tempe, Arizona. Nielsen, a Shelton High School graduate, attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, for a year be- fore leaving on his mission. He enjoys playing basketball and singing in the church choir. As a high-school senior he taught a church class for 10- and 11-year- old boys. As a youth leader he was deacon, teacher president and first assistant to the bishop. The 19-year-old is the son of Peter Ace and Crystal Nielsen of Shelton. He has five brothers and sisters: Sara, 26, Robin, 22, Kelly, 17, Brian, 15, and Sidse, 24, who served an LDS mission in Toron- to, Canada. Nielsen joins more than 57,000 people throughout the world who dedicate two years of their lives to serve on missions for the Mormon Church. Women and retired cou- Kevin P. Nielsen ROUGH RUNNING RV? We can fix that! Tune-ups Major Engine Repair • Brake and Clutch Repair • Electrical and General Maintenant Repairs Plus lO= East John, Prairie Road Shellon, WA 98584 Automotive,Truck, RV @ cl  and Tractor Repair 426-0403  IB Senior Leisure Trips Calendar for August SUN For more information call the Senior Citizens Center at 426-7374 M 31 T - 4'---W 51 ..... TH lOl 111 121 Mt. Rslner Picnic • Seating still available • Bring picnic lunch Seattle Art Museum 19] "Impressionism" r - If you are interested, call and we can plan a second bus. 61 F enlor Center Picnic at Walker Park 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Space provided by: Seniors - Clip and save this calendar for easy reference during August. All trips subject to change. If there is somewhere you want to go, get your group of 8-1t people, call the center and make arrangements. JULY 31 (Saturday) Highland Games at Enumclaw Fairgrounds -- Space Available -- ------ 141 SHELTON OFFICE 521 Ra,lroad Ave ity .,oo, w,.,. Peninsula Commun ,2+,6o, BELFAIR OFFICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION -"""' Beffltr. WA 9520 275-6066 II I I I Thursday, July 29, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 9 t •m Ceremony is Saturday • Howe will describe 0000eS,uax,ol.,an00Tr0000ewi,, trea,e00w,t0000ro00errevereoce. 00,o,.w,,,00on00ereturo, tot00e mission adventures gather for this year's First Sal- This year's ceremony will begin water. i Duane Howe, who has wife, Nadine, with the earn- men Ceremony at noon on Satur- day at the beach by the Arcadia Boat Launch. The public is invit- ed to attend. The tribe has celebrated the first salmon each summer in re- cent years. The ceremony observes a tribal tradition that teaches that the Spirit of the first salmon will gather his relatives and lead them back to the rivers and Streams if he is treated with re- Spect, says tribal publicist There- _a Henderson. The same tradition caches that his people will not return if the first salmon is not with drumming and the singing of Salish songs as a way of wel- coming the first salmon. The peo- ple of the tribe will then walk si- lently to the water's edge to await the arrival of their sacred guest. From there the salmon will be carried up the beach accompanied by cedar boughs and the sound of Salish music. When the salmon gets near the fire the music will taper off and silence will fall over the tribe as the salmon is opened and its spir- it is ceremonially released. The remains and their cedar wrap- The fillets will be placed on ce- dar sticks and smoked over an alder fire and those who have gathered will then be invited to partake of the food. The tribe and its guests will also feast on other traditional foods, including clams, mussels and fry bread. The ceremony is hosted by the Squaxin Island Tribal Council and the Squaxin Island Natural Resources Department. There is no charge for attending this event but guests are asked to refrain from taking photographs while the salmon's spirit is being re- leased, Henderson said. C oounty commission roundup: North Mason will get its deputy on campus h North Mason High School will ave a deputy fall. on campus this sionersThe tookMaS°none C ° uYfi c:ns:;st °f'ob by setting a toward filling that j bud-e, t _ :..  nearing for funding for the Poslhon at Tuesday night's board meeting ' " nxious to get The sheriff is a the start of SOmeone trained ason County the school year _Udget Director Ione Siegler re- nutted. Funding for the five- nth position will come from a ueral Cops in Schools grant and tr0111 a r t L _ evenue agreement with [e North Mason School District, Shesaid. suT he hearing for the $19,295 ,Lve. mental aovronriation to ue b,,J --- -- • uuget will be held at 11:15 ,.m. AUgust 17. 20lib,,BUSINESS conducted July si ,_ne Mason County commis- o-trs: " Heard Union resident Jean re express her disappoint- t about the dulv 13 hearin S - g , h and wildlife regulations. '*lOore told the board her per- sonal observations were that those who testified showed disre- spect for the public, the commis- sioners and the law. She said she ;i as Sorry to hear profanity and • t Smayed about the cheerleadin Waich ace • g o .... ompamed some speak- ;;;;_embers of the public who ce disregarded technical and Scientific research, she observed Because , sne left the hearing Commissioners meet with their Constituents The following commis- ih°:er, .m.eetings, all open to public, provide residents "', mmr elected county epresentatives about the ture of Mason County. Commissioner Mary Jo Cady Wednesday, August 11 2-4 P.m., Matlock General °?c ]€::d.West Shelton- ThUrsday, August 19 Fi:e4HPa:. in., Buck's Prairie an, 13375 West Clo quallum Road. Friday, August 20 la: s a0. to noon, Timber- o, ,. Ommunity Center, -,,u ast Timberlake Drive. Friday, August 27 To4,p'm:, fiR's at Taylor Lw:.k rngbway 101 and .... "aoad. Coaissioner John Bolender Thursday, Agust 19 7-9 ttan ,P:m-, Grapeview Fire Zast Grapeview P Road. Thursday, August 26 3-5 180060 00:00.,Port of 00lyn, orate Route 3. Comissione r before the five-plus hours of testi- mony concluded, Moore asked Cady if there was a book called The Great Salmon Hoax and asked the name of the publication which Cady referenced which suggested controlling the popula- tion by creating an environmental crises. Cady said "Report from Iron Mountain" was available on the Internet. Cady told Moore she did recommend both publications in the interest of obtaining a bal- anced view and looking at both sides of the issue• • SIGNED A two-year grant agreement with the Washington Community Trade and Economic Development and Washington State University Cooperative Ex- tension Office for Mason County Community Mobilization to con- tinue efforts to reduce substance abuse and violence. Julianna Mil- jour, Mason County Drug Abuse Prevention (MCDAP) coordinator, told the board the grant is for $45,954 each year from July 1 through June 30, 2001. Of this year's allocation, Mil- jour reported $17,940 are for con- tracted services including the Boys and Girls Club of Mason County Smart Moves program, which she said is up and running at the Shelton site and will con- tinue after the summer; an inter- vention counselor at Mary M. Knight School in Matlock; and the homework room at Mason County Literacy. "We have an ex- cellent community," Miljour said. "I'm excited about the providers." • Appointed individuals to the Truman Glick Memorial Park Ad- visory Board. Kelly Lester, Kym- son Brazee, Steve Wood, Bill Johnson, Randel Barcom, Joe Rothrock, Jim Compton and Carl Maddox were named voting mem- bers and Vera Lorenz and Kurt Kingman are alternate members. Terms run through November 30, 2000. • SCHEDULED A public hearing for 7:30 p.m. August 24 to consider a petition for prohibit- ing discharge of firearms on Has- kel Hill and Wilson roads. • Approved a resolution cancel- ing outstanding warrants which are at least one year ol d and have not been presented for payment. Treasurer Dorene Rae reported the warrant amounts include $267.62 in current expense fund, $30.25 from the fairgrounds fund and $150 in the salary clearing fund. • Reappointed Herman H. Nel- son, regular member, and How- ard Boerger and Gordon Dickin- son, alternate members, to the Mason County Board of Equaliza- tion through June 30, 2202. No other applications were received• • Approved agreements with the North Mason Visitor Informa- tion Center and the Shelton-Ma- son County Chamber of Com- merce to provide tourism services in 1999. • EXECUTED A review ap- praisal of .007 of an acre of right- of-way, belonging to Ray Coleman. Jerry Hauth, county engineer and public works director, said this was "just a tiny sliver" needed as a result of a design revision for the Crestview Road project. • Authorized Dave Loser, equipment, rental and revolving fund manager, to use telephone quotes to purchase a new, refur- bished or used printer for the au- ditor's office. The current printer and five others in county offices have been on three-year leases, he said. Loser said the county would be better served owning the printer and others as leases expire. "We keep our equipment for a long time," he told the board. He add- ed he should be able to find a printer for under $7,000. • Approved the removal of a utility easement between lots 61 and 62 in Division 7 at LakeLand Village as requested by John M. and Rae L. Thomas whose home is built across the easement. • Approved one veterans' assis- tance fund application for $171.38. Electricians to. work to wire Woods' home Several local electricians are donating time and material to in- stall wiring this Saturday at the new home of Rick and Paula Wood. The Wood's home in the Agate area was destroyed February 22 by a fire that claimed the life of their 4-year-old daughter, Ivy. Those electricians who will be working at the home Saturday in- clude Paul Johns, Craig Nielsen, Matt Gillham, George McCarthy, John Vesel, Casey Olson, Jon Ragan, Robert Daley, James Beebe and Brandon Hutson. Also helping out will be non-electrician Amanda McCarthy. AMER,CAN TRUCK HtSTOR,CAL SOCtETY ANTIQUE TRUCK SHOW AND SWAP MEET SATURDAY,.JuLY 3 l ST 8 A.M. 5 P.M. AT THE MASON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS  HwY 101 N. -- FREE ADMISSION --- $5 PARTICIPANT ENTRY FEE " RV PARKING AVAILABLE I i ¸ DARRELL KRISE reverently prepares the first salmon for the Squaxin Island Indian Tribe's 1996 ceremonial feast at Arcadia. Each year the tribe invites the public to share in the rites, and the seafood feast, as it cele- brates the first salmon catch of the year. This year's First Salmon Ceremony will take place Saturday. served in mission work in Bra- zil with New Tribes Mission since 1965 and has local roots, will speak to the Bridge Com- munity Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, August 1, at the Har- stine Community Hall. Howe will also speak to the Family Bible Fellowship at 6 p.m. of that same day at the Potlatch Community Hall. Howe was born and raised in the Gig Harbor-Vaughn area. His grandfather pio- neered in Vaughn in 1903, coming from Pennsylvania. Howe picked oysters as a teen- ager on the mud fiats of Allyn and picked brush with his mother. He worked for the Simpson Timber Company in the 1960s as a choker setter and in the veneer plant. He is a 1957 graduate of Purdy's Peninsula High School and of the Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta. Howe paid for the 1965 trip to Brazil for himself and his ings from his work at Simpson. Once in Brazil, the Howes learned Portuguese and pio- neered mission work with the Culina tribe. They helped with the installation in the Culina tribe of the first school, medi- cal clinic, airstrip and native pastors. The Howes have also enjoyed such delicacies, de- pending on one's viewpoint, as alligator, monkey and large rodents. Currently, the Howes live in the 50,000-person town of Cru- zeiro Do Sul, where Duane is the field coordinator of mission work with 15 tribes in the area. He also purchases sup- plies, works with bush pilots and participates in survey trips to find new tribes for his mission work, while Nadine takes care of the area banking and bookkeeping. The public is welcome to these speaking events. For more information, call Pastor Howard Spear at 426-5221. Prayers for county slated for August 5 The first-Thursday prayer The church is located at 314 session for the Shelton-Mason East J Street. The prayer ser- County community will be vice is open to all those who held at noon August 5 at Shel- are interested in participating, ton's Mountain View Alliance says spokesperson Linda My- Church. ers. Timberland will offer month full of library events Timberland Regional Library offers a variety of'programs for the final full month of summer. Between August 1 and Labor Day, the library will offer: * Galactic refrigerators from 1 to 3 p.m• Thursday, Au- gust 5, at North Mason Timber- land Library in Belfair for teens in grades 6-12. Participants will find out how to make galactic magnets to dress up the icebox with stars, aster- oids, aliens, UFOs, quarks and maybe a poem or two• Teen li- brarian Kristine Mahood will show how to transform illustra- tions and words into magnets. • Friends of the Library meetings on Tuesday, August 10, and one on August 26. Friends of the North Mason Timberland Library will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on the 10th, and Friends of the Hoodsport Timberland Library will meet at 1 p.m. that day after an executive board meeting at 11 a.m. at the li- brary on Schoolhouse Hill Road. Friends of the William G. Reed Library will meet at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, August 26, at the Shel- ton Timberland Library. New members are welcome at all meet- ings. • Internet I01, a basic intro- duction to the Internet and per- sonal computers for adults. The course is set to run from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, August 16, at North Mason Timberland Li- brary. The course includes teach- ing discussion and hands-on ex- perience. The class requires pre- registration and prompt arrival, since it begins before the library opens to the general public. • PageTurners Book Dis- cussion Group at the North Ma- son library. The group will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on Thurs- day, August 19, to discuss Connie Willis' book Bellwether. The dis- cussion group is sponsored by Friends of the North Mason Tim- berland Library and meets the third Thursday of each month. PageTurners sessions will re- sume in the fall at the county's other two libraries. • Board meetings. They in- clude an open meeting of the Shelton library board at noon Thursday, August 19, and the Timberland board of trustees' meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 25, at the Raymond Tim- berland Library. All of the Timberland libraries will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, September 6. I[ Nielsen begins his mission with LDS plea serve 18 months. They serve without pay and are supported by their savings or family members. Kevin Peter Nielsen began serving a two-year mission on July 27 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tempe, Arizona. Nielsen, a Shelton High School graduate, attended Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, for a year be- fore leaving on his mission. He enjoys playing basketball and singing in the church choir. As a high-school senior he taught a church class for 10- and 11-year- old boys. As a youth leader he was deacon, teacher president and first assistant to the bishop. The 19-year-old is the son of Peter Ace and Crystal Nielsen of Shelton. He has five brothers and sisters: Sara, 26, Robin, 22, Kelly, 17, Brian, 15, and Sidse, 24, who served an LDS mission in Toron- to, Canada. Nielsen joins more than 57,000 people throughout the world who dedicate two years of their lives to serve on missions for the Mormon Church. Women and retired cou- Kevin P. Nielsen ROUGH RUNNING RV? We can fix that! Tune-ups Major Engine Repair • Brake and Clutch Repair • Electrical and General Maintenant Repairs Plus lO= East John, Prairie Road Shellon, WA 98584 Automotive,Truck, RV @ cl  and Tractor Repair 426-0403  IB Senior Leisure Trips Calendar for August SUN For more information call the Senior Citizens Center at 426-7374 M 31 T - 4'---W 51 ..... TH lOl 111 121 Mt. Rslner Picnic • Seating still available • Bring picnic lunch Seattle Art Museum 19] "Impressionism" r - If you are interested, call and we can plan a second bus. 61 F enlor Center Picnic at Walker Park 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Space provided by: Seniors - Clip and save this calendar for easy reference during August. All trips subject to change. If there is somewhere you want to go, get your group of 8-1t people, call the center and make arrangements. JULY 31 (Saturday) Highland Games at Enumclaw Fairgrounds -- Space Available -- ------ 141 SHELTON OFFICE 521 Ra,lroad Ave ity .,oo, w,.,. Peninsula Commun ,2+,6o, BELFAIR OFFICE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION -"""' Beffltr. WA 9520 275-6066 II I I I Thursday, July 29, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 9 t •m