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The Herald asks:
"How do you feel about the recent court ruling t allows local
Native Americans to gather shellfish ort. privatetb owned property?"
Reader responds
to criticism
Editor, Belfair Herald:
This is in response to the letter
of John Stockier published in the
llerald on July 1.
Mr. Stockler wrote criticism of
a North Mason High School
teacher who was acquitted of an
alleged crime. (Editor's note:
Please also see "NMHS teacher ac-
quitted" in the June I7 Herald.)
lie says that people who break
the law on purpose should not be
role models (eg., teachers) for
children.
Moreover, the writer does not
believe that a teacher can hold
and act upon personal beliefs, and
at the same time be a good teach-
¢,r who can present educational
material in a well-rounded way. I
([on't agree.
The teacher was acquitted.
This is America. When a person is
acquitted of a crime, he is not a
lawbreaker. The defendants knew
that under one set of rules, their
actions would be prohibited, but
under another set of higher laws,
they wouldn't be.
T=he jury, after hearing all the
evidence presented by the state
and by the defendants, analyzed
the facts and the law. They decid-
ed that the defendants were not
guilty of breaking the law.
The writer is concerned about
the teaching ability of teachers
who have personal beliefs. There
is little basis for such worry.
Teaching is a skill acquired
through years of training and
practice.
Most teachers, like most other
people, have strong religious
and/or personal beliefs that they
regularly act upon in their per-
sonal lives. This does not prevent
them from being able to apply
their teaching skills, including
the well-rounded presentation of
materials in the classroom.
Norma Bayes
Belfair
By LORRAINE KELLY
We've been having fun this
week dealing with the road clo-
sure at the creek near the Port of
I)ewatto Park. There has been no
mail or newspaper delivery. We
were able to work with the post
office at Tahuya. Wanda, who de-
livers our mail, arranged to meet
us at the construction area and
hand over our mail Otherwise, it
would have been a 20-mile detour
to get to our side of the construc-
tion. It's nice te live where the
community is small enough that
you can work out those kind of
around here. He is a carpenter so
he works quite often many miles
away from the bay. But as he
says, it's worth every mile he
commutes to live at Dewatto.
liE HAS A friend who has in-
formation on Dewatto and he is
trying to get a hold of the fellow
and see what he can get for me to
use in this article. It has been
nice to hear from people who read
the column and share information
about the area. I also saw Gary
and Tanya at the same place. One
of their children had an accident
over the July Fourth holiday and
problems. Thanks Wanda. received some serious burns. He
:,w:i we w'r':{tin f0 wa8 at Harlrview Hospital for
• ...... ( ....... skin grafting on his hands and
Wands, wc had the opportunity to • '
talk with some of our neighbors arms. Tanya said he was now
who were down inspecting the
construction site. Dave Haugen,
who lives on the hill above De-
watto Bay, was there and that
was the first time we had met. He
has lived here in the area since
1984 and loves it like most of us
home and doing well. Glad to
hear that he was doing okay.
ltaving a child hurt is always
scary.
On Saturday we had a get-to-
gether on our side of the bay. We
had neighbors, friends and family
Obituaries
Robert Ayers
Robert R. Ayers, 48, of Belfair
died July 21, 1999, at University
ltospital in Seattle.
He was born September 10,
1950, in l'otsdam, New York, and
was raised and educated in New
York.
He married Lola Burdick on
Nm'ember 17, 1978, in Las Vegas,
N(,vada.
Mr. Ayers served in the Navy
from 1969 to 1989. After his re-
tirement from the Navy, he
worked in the property room of
the Kitsat) County Sherif£s office.
tie move to the Bclfair area in
1989.
Surviwws include his wife; a
daughter, Christal Gonzales of
Belfair; two sisters, Linda Wilson
of Belfifir and Dawn Schottmiller
()f Rochester, New York; one
brother, Bruce Fanning of Belfair;
and one granddaughter, Alena
Gonzales.
A funeral service was held at
Lewis Funeral Chapel in Bremer-
ton, Burial was at Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
Ryan Loper
Ryan Michael Loper, 8, of Sil-
verdale died July 21, 1999, at
Harrison Hospital in Bremerton.
He was born April 19, 1991, in
San Diego to Michael and Linda
(Baldy) Loper.
"Survivors include his parents;
a brother, Kyler Loper of Silver-
dale; his maternal grandmother,
Pauline Baldy of Allyn; and his
paternal grandmother, Bertha
Loper of Asheboro, North Caroli-
fla.
A memorial service was held
last Saturday at the chapel of the
Naval Submarine Base at Ban-
gor. Cremation took place at
Cherry Grove Memorial Park
with inurnment at Forest Lawn
Cemetery. Arrangements were
under the direction of Lewis Fu-
neral Chapel.
Memorial donations may be
made to the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, 215 Sixth Ave.
North, Seattle, 98115, or to Make-
A-Wish Foundation of Washing-
ton, 400 East Pine Street, #220,
Seattle, 98122.
LEGAL NOTICES
1lllllu
P.O. Box 250, Belfair, Washington 98528
lelephone 275-6680
Belfalr office open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. .....
Monday through Friday
News and odwrtising copy deadline noon Mondays For your convenience
there is o r'r'ail slot Dy the door for copy. Office located in Beynon Center,
RICK STEDMAN ............................................................ Editor
BRENNA WOODWARD ..................... Advertising Manager
LINDA THOMSON ..................................... Editorial Assistant
Office Telephone (360) 275-6680
A ecti(:::)r of The Sheltor>Moson County Journal serving as the voice of Belfair,
Allyn, f:,rQF):view, fahuyo, Mason Lake, South Shore, North Shore and Victor.
....
Page 2 - Bellair Herald, ,.,(.ct,on" of Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 29, 1999
,i
HARRY MARTIN, Belfair,
North Shore: "The oysters
on my beach are Japanese
oysters. They were put
here after the Indians. I've
had my beach certified and
re.seeded at the same time.
Now the Indians come
along and take part of that
away. I don't think that's
fair. I pay the taxes on my
beach."
here to share good food, good
friends and good conversation.
There were 75 attending, of which
20 friends and families traveled
from Eastern Washington, from
as far away as Omak. Seven came
from BeUingham. The rest were
our neighbors and family from
around the area.
The Zankichs and Fords -
Pete, Darlene, Bill and Colleen -
were our guests from Bellingham.
They brought their motorhomes
down and parked them out at Ya-
maha for the weekend. They had
spent a day golfing and visiting
family at Lake Cushman. These
are the kind of friends,you really
enjoy having come for a visit. It's
always filled with good times and
lots of laughter. Pete is a retired
Alaskan fisherman who has lots
of tales to tell. His father was also
a fisherman as is their son. It's a
hard life but one that really gets
in the blood.
THE BUNCH FROM Eastern
Washington came prepared, with
licenses and pots, to go crabbing
so they could take some crab back
to the less fortunate. Thank good-
ness the weatherman lied to us
again as we had no rain. We did
have a little wind but it died
down so we could have our cook-
out without drowning.
Louise Taylor and Eve Ford,
both 86, were at our get-together.
Louise is the mother of Jim
Taylor and JoAnne Bisyak; Eve is
the mother of Darlene Zankich
and Bill Ford. These two ladies
have been friends since they were
around 4 years old. Their children
have also been lifelong friends.
These two gals are still going
strong. Louise lives in a retire-,
ment home in Kent and keeps
busy helping around the place. I
hope when I get to that age I look
half as good, and as alert and'en-
ergetic as she is.
My daughter, Kim, is back
from Alaska, finally. It sounds
like she had a good time. She
made a little money and took
some fabulous pictures of a big
brown bear swimming in the
ocean. They were able to get quite
close. But then the bear must
have felt threatened because she
said it was trying to hit out at
them. Neat pictures to have.
Last but not least, Friday, July
30, is the last day you can file for
candidacy for the positions that
are up for election. So don't forget
to get to Shelton if you are think-
ing about running for an office.
See you all next week.
1 I I
SUE OTTO, Union, South
Shore: "As long as they
can't cross private proper-
ty to get to beaches, that's
fine. If they come in by wa-
ter, I don't care, but I don't
think they should cross
private property to get
there."
CAROL MAFFEI, Victor,
North Bay: "The Squaxin
tribe has a spot right down
the beach from us. They
use that place, and I think
that's keen. If they come in
by boat and pick as they
have, I'd go along with
that."
SHIRLEY ARIES, Tahuya,
North Shore: "I think the
war was over more than
100 years ago, and they
don't have any rights on
property that has been
purchased. Shellfish have
been protected by property
owners on the canal. It's
just not fair£'
Mason Lake Meanderings
By SHIRLEY WILLEIKSEN
Looking Back. In 1862 the U.S.
Congress enacted the Homestead
Laws providing an incentive in
the form of easily obtainable land,
for the settlement of the West. If
you were head of a household, 21
years old, and a U.S. citizen or
had filed a declaration of intent to
become a citizen, this law made it
possible to acquire a quarter sec-
tion of government land "free." By
the 1880s, the lure of such a prize
in Washington Territory was big
news, so big in fact that it
reached Europe via newspapers
and journals. Land-hungry immi-
grants were willing to risk their
lives to attain such a goal, for
even then, land in Europe was
hard to come by.
John Sebenius, a cabinetmak-
er, living in a small town near
Stockholm, was captivated by the
romantic tales of America. Even
though he owned his shop and
was financially secure, the dream
of land ownership became an ob-
session. In 1887 the family im-
migrated to Washington Terri-
tory, filing a homestead near Ma-
son Lake.
Arriving in the dead of winter,
the day before Christmas with no
dwelling in which to take shelter,
the family faced a world of grim
reality. In traditional pioneer
spirit, neighboring homesteaders
took them in and made them wel-
come. With their generous help,
in two days time they were able
to move into their first home: a
one-room split cedar shack which
later became the woodshed.
THE SEBENIUSES were just
one of the many families to home-
stead here, becoming the first
non-native settlers of the Mason-
Benson Lakes area.
In order to remind folks ahead
of time, the monthly Friday night
Senior Social Group dinner will
be held a week earlier than usual.
The date to put on your calendar
is Friday, August 13, a favorite or
dreaded day depending on your
LEGAL NOTICE
The Port of Allyn will present its Compre-
hensive Plan for public comment and final
adoption at its regularly scheduled meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 1999, 7:30 p.m. at the
Port Administrative Office in Allyn, 18560 State
Route 3, Allyn Washington.
Please call Bonnie Knight, Port Manager
with questions.
Phone: (360) 275.2430.
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"superstition" expectation. This
change from the regular third-
Friday date was necessitated by a
conflict with the MBC pancake
breakfast. Saturday, August 21
has been reserved for the ever-
popular breakfast at the club-
house. Don Reid is in charge of
the event. He's looking for volun-
teers for the breakfast. Don can
be reached at 427-1894.
Myrtle Wiley, at 426-8442, is
taking reservations for the Tues-
day, August 10 "Ladies of the
Lakes" birthday luncheon. This
monthly get together is meant to
include ladies from both Mason
and Benson Lakes. For this
month they have chosen to dine
at Lennard K's in Allyn. The ap-
pointed hour is 1 p.m.
YOU MAY HAVE already
read the article in last week's
(July 22) edition of The Shelton
Journal: "Swimmers' itch out-
breaks noted at two county
lakes." With Mason Lake one of
those lakes, it's important to re-
view the information and advice
provided by Mason County envi-
ronmental health specialist
Stephanie Kenny. In part, the ar-
ticle states, swimmer's itch occurs
when a small parasite burrows
under the skin of a swimmer. An
important step in avoiding infes-
tation and an itching rash is
simply to shower or wipe all the
water off the skin with your
hands or towel once you are out of
the lake. Long-range prevention
includes entirely eliminating all
feeding of the ducks and geese.
No matter how entertaining it is
for the kids and grandkids, "don't
do it." The adult parasite exists in
the intestine of the waterfowl and
is excreted along with the drop-
pings of these creatures into the
lake.
Editor's Note: This .column ap-
pears bi-weekly. Shirley can be
reached at 426-1375 or via e-mail
at shirleew@hetc.com.
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TOM HIGGINS, Belfair,
South Shore: "I don't think
:
it's going to be that much
of a problem. It's just
another one of those
'potentials.' If the NatiVe
Americans come and take
50 percent of my shellfish
and do it professionallY,
although it makes me
comfortable, that's the
it is under the court
If they're there all the
and impede my privacyj
have a problem with
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The Herald asks:
"How do you feel about the recent court ruling t allows local
Native Americans to gather shellfish ort. privatetb owned property?"
Reader responds
to criticism
Editor, Belfair Herald:
This is in response to the letter
of John Stockier published in the
llerald on July 1.
Mr. Stockler wrote criticism of
a North Mason High School
teacher who was acquitted of an
alleged crime. (Editor's note:
Please also see "NMHS teacher ac-
quitted" in the June I7 Herald.)
lie says that people who break
the law on purpose should not be
role models (eg., teachers) for
children.
Moreover, the writer does not
believe that a teacher can hold
and act upon personal beliefs, and
at the same time be a good teach-
¢,r who can present educational
material in a well-rounded way. I
([on't agree.
The teacher was acquitted.
This is America. When a person is
acquitted of a crime, he is not a
lawbreaker. The defendants knew
that under one set of rules, their
actions would be prohibited, but
under another set of higher laws,
they wouldn't be.
T=he jury, after hearing all the
evidence presented by the state
and by the defendants, analyzed
the facts and the law. They decid-
ed that the defendants were not
guilty of breaking the law.
The writer is concerned about
the teaching ability of teachers
who have personal beliefs. There
is little basis for such worry.
Teaching is a skill acquired
through years of training and
practice.
Most teachers, like most other
people, have strong religious
and/or personal beliefs that they
regularly act upon in their per-
sonal lives. This does not prevent
them from being able to apply
their teaching skills, including
the well-rounded presentation of
materials in the classroom.
Norma Bayes
Belfair
By LORRAINE KELLY
We've been having fun this
week dealing with the road clo-
sure at the creek near the Port of
I)ewatto Park. There has been no
mail or newspaper delivery. We
were able to work with the post
office at Tahuya. Wanda, who de-
livers our mail, arranged to meet
us at the construction area and
hand over our mail Otherwise, it
would have been a 20-mile detour
to get to our side of the construc-
tion. It's nice te live where the
community is small enough that
you can work out those kind of
around here. He is a carpenter so
he works quite often many miles
away from the bay. But as he
says, it's worth every mile he
commutes to live at Dewatto.
liE HAS A friend who has in-
formation on Dewatto and he is
trying to get a hold of the fellow
and see what he can get for me to
use in this article. It has been
nice to hear from people who read
the column and share information
about the area. I also saw Gary
and Tanya at the same place. One
of their children had an accident
over the July Fourth holiday and
problems. Thanks Wanda. received some serious burns. He
:,w:i we w'r':{tin f0 wa8 at Harlrview Hospital for
• ...... ( ....... skin grafting on his hands and
Wands, wc had the opportunity to • '
talk with some of our neighbors arms. Tanya said he was now
who were down inspecting the
construction site. Dave Haugen,
who lives on the hill above De-
watto Bay, was there and that
was the first time we had met. He
has lived here in the area since
1984 and loves it like most of us
home and doing well. Glad to
hear that he was doing okay.
ltaving a child hurt is always
scary.
On Saturday we had a get-to-
gether on our side of the bay. We
had neighbors, friends and family
Obituaries
Robert Ayers
Robert R. Ayers, 48, of Belfair
died July 21, 1999, at University
ltospital in Seattle.
He was born September 10,
1950, in l'otsdam, New York, and
was raised and educated in New
York.
He married Lola Burdick on
Nm'ember 17, 1978, in Las Vegas,
N(,vada.
Mr. Ayers served in the Navy
from 1969 to 1989. After his re-
tirement from the Navy, he
worked in the property room of
the Kitsat) County Sherif£s office.
tie move to the Bclfair area in
1989.
Surviwws include his wife; a
daughter, Christal Gonzales of
Belfair; two sisters, Linda Wilson
of Belfifir and Dawn Schottmiller
()f Rochester, New York; one
brother, Bruce Fanning of Belfair;
and one granddaughter, Alena
Gonzales.
A funeral service was held at
Lewis Funeral Chapel in Bremer-
ton, Burial was at Forest Lawn
Cemetery.
Ryan Loper
Ryan Michael Loper, 8, of Sil-
verdale died July 21, 1999, at
Harrison Hospital in Bremerton.
He was born April 19, 1991, in
San Diego to Michael and Linda
(Baldy) Loper.
"Survivors include his parents;
a brother, Kyler Loper of Silver-
dale; his maternal grandmother,
Pauline Baldy of Allyn; and his
paternal grandmother, Bertha
Loper of Asheboro, North Caroli-
fla.
A memorial service was held
last Saturday at the chapel of the
Naval Submarine Base at Ban-
gor. Cremation took place at
Cherry Grove Memorial Park
with inurnment at Forest Lawn
Cemetery. Arrangements were
under the direction of Lewis Fu-
neral Chapel.
Memorial donations may be
made to the Muscular Dystrophy
Association, 215 Sixth Ave.
North, Seattle, 98115, or to Make-
A-Wish Foundation of Washing-
ton, 400 East Pine Street, #220,
Seattle, 98122.
LEGAL NOTICES
1lllllu
P.O. Box 250, Belfair, Washington 98528
lelephone 275-6680
Belfalr office open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. .....
Monday through Friday
News and odwrtising copy deadline noon Mondays For your convenience
there is o r'r'ail slot Dy the door for copy. Office located in Beynon Center,
RICK STEDMAN ............................................................ Editor
BRENNA WOODWARD ..................... Advertising Manager
LINDA THOMSON ..................................... Editorial Assistant
Office Telephone (360) 275-6680
A ecti(:::)r of The Sheltor>Moson County Journal serving as the voice of Belfair,
Allyn, f:,rQF):view, fahuyo, Mason Lake, South Shore, North Shore and Victor.
....
Page 2 - Bellair Herald, ,.,(.ct,on" of Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 29, 1999
,i
HARRY MARTIN, Belfair,
North Shore: "The oysters
on my beach are Japanese
oysters. They were put
here after the Indians. I've
had my beach certified and
re.seeded at the same time.
Now the Indians come
along and take part of that
away. I don't think that's
fair. I pay the taxes on my
beach."
here to share good food, good
friends and good conversation.
There were 75 attending, of which
20 friends and families traveled
from Eastern Washington, from
as far away as Omak. Seven came
from BeUingham. The rest were
our neighbors and family from
around the area.
The Zankichs and Fords -
Pete, Darlene, Bill and Colleen -
were our guests from Bellingham.
They brought their motorhomes
down and parked them out at Ya-
maha for the weekend. They had
spent a day golfing and visiting
family at Lake Cushman. These
are the kind of friends,you really
enjoy having come for a visit. It's
always filled with good times and
lots of laughter. Pete is a retired
Alaskan fisherman who has lots
of tales to tell. His father was also
a fisherman as is their son. It's a
hard life but one that really gets
in the blood.
THE BUNCH FROM Eastern
Washington came prepared, with
licenses and pots, to go crabbing
so they could take some crab back
to the less fortunate. Thank good-
ness the weatherman lied to us
again as we had no rain. We did
have a little wind but it died
down so we could have our cook-
out without drowning.
Louise Taylor and Eve Ford,
both 86, were at our get-together.
Louise is the mother of Jim
Taylor and JoAnne Bisyak; Eve is
the mother of Darlene Zankich
and Bill Ford. These two ladies
have been friends since they were
around 4 years old. Their children
have also been lifelong friends.
These two gals are still going
strong. Louise lives in a retire-,
ment home in Kent and keeps
busy helping around the place. I
hope when I get to that age I look
half as good, and as alert and'en-
ergetic as she is.
My daughter, Kim, is back
from Alaska, finally. It sounds
like she had a good time. She
made a little money and took
some fabulous pictures of a big
brown bear swimming in the
ocean. They were able to get quite
close. But then the bear must
have felt threatened because she
said it was trying to hit out at
them. Neat pictures to have.
Last but not least, Friday, July
30, is the last day you can file for
candidacy for the positions that
are up for election. So don't forget
to get to Shelton if you are think-
ing about running for an office.
See you all next week.
1 I I
SUE OTTO, Union, South
Shore: "As long as they
can't cross private proper-
ty to get to beaches, that's
fine. If they come in by wa-
ter, I don't care, but I don't
think they should cross
private property to get
there."
CAROL MAFFEI, Victor,
North Bay: "The Squaxin
tribe has a spot right down
the beach from us. They
use that place, and I think
that's keen. If they come in
by boat and pick as they
have, I'd go along with
that."
SHIRLEY ARIES, Tahuya,
North Shore: "I think the
war was over more than
100 years ago, and they
don't have any rights on
property that has been
purchased. Shellfish have
been protected by property
owners on the canal. It's
just not fair£'
Mason Lake Meanderings
By SHIRLEY WILLEIKSEN
Looking Back. In 1862 the U.S.
Congress enacted the Homestead
Laws providing an incentive in
the form of easily obtainable land,
for the settlement of the West. If
you were head of a household, 21
years old, and a U.S. citizen or
had filed a declaration of intent to
become a citizen, this law made it
possible to acquire a quarter sec-
tion of government land "free." By
the 1880s, the lure of such a prize
in Washington Territory was big
news, so big in fact that it
reached Europe via newspapers
and journals. Land-hungry immi-
grants were willing to risk their
lives to attain such a goal, for
even then, land in Europe was
hard to come by.
John Sebenius, a cabinetmak-
er, living in a small town near
Stockholm, was captivated by the
romantic tales of America. Even
though he owned his shop and
was financially secure, the dream
of land ownership became an ob-
session. In 1887 the family im-
migrated to Washington Terri-
tory, filing a homestead near Ma-
son Lake.
Arriving in the dead of winter,
the day before Christmas with no
dwelling in which to take shelter,
the family faced a world of grim
reality. In traditional pioneer
spirit, neighboring homesteaders
took them in and made them wel-
come. With their generous help,
in two days time they were able
to move into their first home: a
one-room split cedar shack which
later became the woodshed.
THE SEBENIUSES were just
one of the many families to home-
stead here, becoming the first
non-native settlers of the Mason-
Benson Lakes area.
In order to remind folks ahead
of time, the monthly Friday night
Senior Social Group dinner will
be held a week earlier than usual.
The date to put on your calendar
is Friday, August 13, a favorite or
dreaded day depending on your
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adoption at its regularly scheduled meeting
Wednesday, August 4, 1999, 7:30 p.m. at the
Port Administrative Office in Allyn, 18560 State
Route 3, Allyn Washington.
Please call Bonnie Knight, Port Manager
with questions.
Phone: (360) 275.2430.
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"superstition" expectation. This
change from the regular third-
Friday date was necessitated by a
conflict with the MBC pancake
breakfast. Saturday, August 21
has been reserved for the ever-
popular breakfast at the club-
house. Don Reid is in charge of
the event. He's looking for volun-
teers for the breakfast. Don can
be reached at 427-1894.
Myrtle Wiley, at 426-8442, is
taking reservations for the Tues-
day, August 10 "Ladies of the
Lakes" birthday luncheon. This
monthly get together is meant to
include ladies from both Mason
and Benson Lakes. For this
month they have chosen to dine
at Lennard K's in Allyn. The ap-
pointed hour is 1 p.m.
YOU MAY HAVE already
read the article in last week's
(July 22) edition of The Shelton
Journal: "Swimmers' itch out-
breaks noted at two county
lakes." With Mason Lake one of
those lakes, it's important to re-
view the information and advice
provided by Mason County envi-
ronmental health specialist
Stephanie Kenny. In part, the ar-
ticle states, swimmer's itch occurs
when a small parasite burrows
under the skin of a swimmer. An
important step in avoiding infes-
tation and an itching rash is
simply to shower or wipe all the
water off the skin with your
hands or towel once you are out of
the lake. Long-range prevention
includes entirely eliminating all
feeding of the ducks and geese.
No matter how entertaining it is
for the kids and grandkids, "don't
do it." The adult parasite exists in
the intestine of the waterfowl and
is excreted along with the drop-
pings of these creatures into the
lake.
Editor's Note: This .column ap-
pears bi-weekly. Shirley can be
reached at 426-1375 or via e-mail
at shirleew@hetc.com.
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