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BRIEFS
Car parade,
luminaria
replaces Relay
for Life
The coronavirus has shelved
the annual Shelton Relay for
Life fundraising eventto sup]-
port cancer research, but the
nonprofit group is planning a
car parade and luminaria Sept.
26 in downtown Shelton.
Everyone is invited to add
their car, truck, vintage auto-
mobile, fire truck, police car
and emergency vehicles to
the parade, with participants
gathering at the former Olsen’s
Furniture parking lot at the
corner of Fourth and Franklin
streets. The parade will begin
at noon, and wind through
town for 30 to 45 minutes.
Organizers plan to host
a walk-through or drive-by
luminaria celebration in the
parking lot after the parade.
Attendees can buy a luminaria
bag in the memory of friends
and family members who have
died of cancer, or are surviving
the disease.
On May 30, a handful of
Shelton Relay for Life team
members made what turned
out to be a trial run as Central
Mason Fire & EMT led a car
parade around town.
'rPeople who want to partici-
pate can'call Vickie at 360-229-
1442 or Kaila at 360-490-9900.
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ELIFELINE
Sound Learning
New COVlD-19
rules prompt
senior center
to close again
Citing new coronavirus
social distancing rules from
Gov. Jay Inslee, the Mason
County Senior Activities
Center in Shelton on July 20
temporarily closed its doors
for the second time during
the pandemic.
“We feel the health and
safety of our‘staff and mem—
bers come first,” the Mason
County Senior Activities As-
sociated posted on its website.
“Stay safe and healthy out
there. We will miss you but
we are looking forward to see-
ing you once we get through
this pandemic.” '
The center is at The Pavil-
ion at 190 W. Sentry Drive.
After closing at the beginning
of the pandemic in March, the
center reopened earlier this
month.
“We opened with some
great success,” the center
stated in its August/Sep-
tember newsletter. f‘Masks,
temperature checks", using
the kiosk to check in, wearing
gloves when needed and sani-
tizing after activities were
justa few of the conditions we
needed to follow so that every—
one would be‘safe. Members
were very flexible and there
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Mon - Sat 7:00 am” to 5:30 pm Closed Sunday
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Thursday, July 30, 2020 Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A-9
On May 30, a handful of members of the Shelton Relay for Life team made
what turned
out to be a trial run as Central Mason Fire EMT led a small car parade
around town. The
nonprofit group, which raises money to battle cancer through the American
Cancer So-
ciety, is planning a car parade and luminaria Sept. 26 in downtown Shelton.
Journal photo
by Gordon Weeks
were very few complaints.
“With the rapidly ris-
ing amount of cases of CO-
VID-19 in Mason County as
well as the new government
mandate of no more than
10 people at a gathering, it
sort of threw a wrench in our
reopening. We want to open,
but we want everyone, staff
and members alike, to stay
healthy and safe. The board
is closely monitoring the
news and when we get the
say so we will reopen again,
Because
youspen
possibly with another new
schedule but with that, time
will tell.”
In the newsletter, the
nonprofit group also asks
for donations of the follow-
ing items: regular and decaf
COffee, individually wrapped
chocolates, plastic spoons and
forks, napkins, small paper
plates, 12-ounce paper cof-
fee cups without lids. The
group’s Nifty Thrifty store,
which is open at 826 W. '
Railroad Ave. in downtown
Shelton, needs donations of
clear packing tape, 1-inch
masking tape, large padded
envelopes, bubble wrap and
packing peanuts. The group’s
charity sewing and knitting
group needs cotton batting
(at least 45-by-45 inches) and
100% cotton sewing thread of
any color. For more informa-
tion, call the center at 360—
426-7374.
I Compiled by reporter
Gordon Weeks