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Grinnell's off to Haiti With the Peace Corps FziStopher Grinnell, a 1993 .gradUate of Shelton High School, l tcc:epted a vosition with the _€°s to serve as an agro- 'ffY volunteer in Haiti. ^. annell will leave the United B next Week for training in h:°s of Ron and Brith Grin- 141e,oUied biology at Pacific :&," university, raduatin  _.n a bachelor of science e. Since then, he has been -',ag at PLU. i,n  POST he will take on Y the '.  Peace Corns Grinnell N I " w0r ........ lnereao^, wltho Haitians to help $$ acrea e nd tre Pr0dactio, . .°rest g a e ,^_ " USing sustainable Will 1o^ .Y techmques. His work iate: -IOCUs on incorporating tea:' ecl Pest management and cide8 ° -e sate use of pes- kdd e: ing in the Peace Corps is a 0rinz[a family tradition. While his u Lelle,was a middle-schooler, t0r a 'llll: tayed with the family leac _ after serving with the ala COrps in Kenya. His aunt iust rved with the corps. "I've PeaccWays known about the q o.rps, he explained. "So it wt 'ot e a good thing to do. I While j , get out of the U.S. for a es headed, he says. for the {€  R COUntr m S theo._ • Y" the world, and ! hUrn, Wlth the hi hest rate of -,u irn g. .  (IIV t unodeficmncy vrus ith " cacti shares an island the 13ornim @ the( .... can Reubhc m l  ]°bean Sea soutlaof Flori- " a Just southeast of Cuba.  ,i ell Says he won't know, etl:c°.mpleted his training,  ¢oli "e'll be on his own or in  t puncl with other volun- l IOsT OF THE v 0u .... olunteers vi" their own in some ru If tha00'00 ,g, d?e doing his own cook- 'f '::tPhr:breabLtl:tber'l"b gy" 2." e making a who in PP g aonth, he said. He'll get CENTER KRIS GRINNELL will leave next week for Peace Corps training in Haiti as the first leg of a 27.month com- mitment to work in agroforestry there. 48 days of vacation, which he can use during the middle 15 months of his 27-month term with the Peace Corps. That's after he's done 11 weeks of training and six months of volunteering, but be- fore the final three months of his service in Haiti. Since 1961, more than 152,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps to serve in 132 nations. Corps volunteers work in 77 countries around the world to bring clean water to communities, teach children, work with the en- vironment, help start new busi- nesses and prevent the spread of AIDS. Information about the Peace Corps is available by telephone at 1-800-424-8580, option 1, or elec- tronically at www.peacecorps. :!  benefit: Currently' m°re than 6'700 Peace g°v' Peace C°rps web sit ' l00irnberland Foundation "00ets Chocolate Sundays i !!;!!sdiivi!n:itoji heaa;isCanuarnC!iI:tia::i:i ! :::sC'g@un:lYs'tthef;:rdatI°n is • Traveling collections for out- in a silent auction, hear stories, reach programs to schools, day- Qv 0ae  set fo- - " [[ .. -, :-t_ . r Ito4 p.m. Sun- II Yate r .enber 12, at the Turn- ]  l3x Iraberland Librar at 'ew M Y [  ter. _ arket Street in Wum- [  to  ;. Other will be held from [lli r 1' a Week later, on Sep- I]: rlaad ,..at North Mason Tim- [[ 'teRoubrary at 23081 NE  m 1 e 3 in Belfair. ]1 ! h Will feature chocolate- iJ  'games including "Toss the compete in a chocolate trivia con- test and take advantage of the op- portunity to build and enjoy a chocolate sundae. The Timberland Regional Li- brary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that sup- plements available funding to support the five-county regional library system and its 27 local li- braries in Mason, Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor and Pacific care centers, senior centers and Indian tribal centers in the five- county area. • Additional computers for li- brary children's areas and educa- tional CD-ROM materials for those computers. • Expanded collections to sup- port small business, job-skills re- training, agribusiness and adult basic education. FOR rock ANY SIZE crushed delivered into Shelton. 00Pecial savings to t00tlying areas We deliver year-round! llfrdetails, 426-4743 Creek on Highway 101 Quarry Shelton and Olympia To benefit holiday programs for needy: Car club slates auction The Yesteryear Car Club of Shelton is putting out an early call for donations of items for its auction raising funds to help pro- vide Christmas food baskets for the needy. The annual Teddy Bear and Food Drive and Auction is sched- uled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur- day, December 4, at the Mason County Senior Activities Center in Shelton. All types of donations are )ted: new food, mon- ey and items for the auction. All the teddy bears and toys donated will go to the Toys for Kids program, which provided 1,300 needy children with toys last Christmas. All the food do- nated will go to the Saints' Pan- try food bank, which serves more than 275 families per week dur- ing the holiday season. All of the money from the auction and cash donations go to the 40 et 8 Christ- mas which last year distributed 645 food basketg at a cost of $13,885. The car club contributed $2,359 to the cause in 1998. Silent and live auctions start- ing at noon will be part of the fund-raising event, open to the public. To donate something for the auction, or for more information, contact Jerry Waters at 426-6203 or Sue You: love at 426-31. Rotary Web Offset PRINTING • Advertising Tabloids • Newspapers • Magazines • Posters • Newsletters Just about anything except U.S. currency! 426-4412 Diani and control. Two essentials for a meaningful life. Through our Eden Alternative, residents experienze a reater L #, ii;; y:. level of dignity and control in their lives. t Fir Lane, we don't ..... have halls; we have streets and neighborhoods with names like Gentle Harbor and Huckleberry Lane. Children laugh and play in our day care center, and brighten residents lives with their visits. We keep rabbits, dogs and singing birds because the bonds formed between pets and humans aids in the recovery process. Artwork by our residents adorns our walls. We have gardens on wheels, and at wheelchair level. Residents are encouraged to plan activities, to personalize their living spaces--in short, not only do we encourage our residents to make themselves at home, but through the Eden Alternative, we join with them in making Fir Lane a home full of life, dignity and meaning. We have a saying at Fir Irene that captures the spirit of our commitment to service. "My goal is to make life worth living for the people I am honored to serve. I will always remember that you do not live where I work-- I work where you live." Beyond medical care and therapies, we also offer our i residents the Eden Alternative, a continuing connection to life as it is lived in the outside world. Thanks to the ground'breaking work of Eden's founder, Dr. ....... ' William H. ThOmas, we operate : our facility around a core .... principal of the Eden philosophy: Patients do best when immersed in the real-world human habitat. Call 360-426-1651 for a free brochure or to cornc b,y and FIR LANE 2430 North 13th Street Shelton, WA 98584 360-426-1651 l' Thursday, September 2, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 23 Grinnell's off to Haiti With the Peace Corps FziStopher Grinnell, a 1993 .gradUate of Shelton High School, l tcc:epted a vosition with the _€°s to serve as an agro- 'ffY volunteer in Haiti. ^. annell will leave the United B next Week for training in h:°s of Ron and Brith Grin- 141e,oUied biology at Pacific :&," university, raduatin  _.n a bachelor of science e. Since then, he has been -',ag at PLU. i,n  POST he will take on Y the '.  Peace Corns Grinnell N I " w0r ........ lnereao^, wltho Haitians to help $$ acrea e nd tre Pr0dactio, . .°rest g a e ,^_ " USing sustainable Will 1o^ .Y techmques. His work iate: - IOCUs on incorporating tea:' ecl Pest management and cide8 ° -e sate use of pes- kdd e: ing in the Peace Corps is a 0rinz[a family tradition. While his u Lelle,was a middle-schooler, t0r a 'llll: tayed with the family leac _ after serving with the ala COrps in Kenya. His aunt iust rved with the corps. "I've PeaccWays known about the q o.rps, he explained. "So it wt 'ot e a good thing to do. I While j , get out of the U.S. for a es headed, he says. for the {€  R COUntr m S theo._ • Y" the world, and ! hUrn, Wlth the hi hest rate of -,u irn g. .  (IIV t unodeficmncy vrus ith " cacti shares an island the 13ornim @ the( .... can Reubhc m l  ]°bean Sea soutlaof Flori- " a Just southeast of Cuba.  ,i ell Says he won't know, etl:c°.mpleted his training,  ¢oli "e'll be on his own or in  t puncl with other volun- l IOsT OF THE v 0u .... olunteers vi" their own in some ru If tha00'00 ,g, d?e doing his own cook- 'f '::tPhr:breabLtl:tber'l"b gy" 2." e making a who in PP g aonth, he said. He'll get CENTER KRIS GRINNELL will leave next week for Peace Corps training in Haiti as the first leg of a 27.month com- mitment to work in agroforestry there. 48 days of vacation, which he can use during the middle 15 months of his 27-month term with the Peace Corps. That's after he's done 11 weeks of training and six months of volunteering, but be- fore the final three months of his service in Haiti. Since 1961, more than 152,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps to serve in 132 nations. Corps volunteers work in 77 countries around the world to bring clean water to communities, teach children, work with the en- vironment, help start new busi- nesses and prevent the spread of AIDS. Information about the Peace Corps is available by telephone at 1-800-424-8580, option 1, or elec- tronically at www.peacecorps. :!  benefit: Currently' m°re than 6'700 Peace g°v' Peace C°rps web sit ' l00irnberland Foundation "00ets Chocolate Sundays i !!;!!sdiivi!n:itoji heaa;isCanuarnC!iI:tia::i:i ! :::sC'g@un:lYs'tthef;:rdatI°n is • Traveling collections for out- in a silent auction, hear stories, reach programs to schools, day- Qv 0ae  set fo- - " [[ .. -, :-t_ . r Ito4 p.m. Sun- II Yate r .enber 12, at the Turn- ]  l3x Iraberland Librar at 'ew M Y [  ter. _ arket Street in Wum- [  to  ;. Other will be held from [lli r 1' a Week later, on Sep- I]: rlaad ,..at North Mason Tim- [[ 'teRoubrary at 23081 NE  m 1 e 3 in Belfair. ]1 ! h Will feature chocolate- iJ  'games including "Toss the compete in a chocolate trivia con- test and take advantage of the op- portunity to build and enjoy a chocolate sundae. The Timberland Regional Li- brary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that sup- plements available funding to support the five-county regional library system and its 27 local li- braries in Mason, Thurston, Lewis, Grays Harbor and Pacific care centers, senior centers and Indian tribal centers in the five- county area. • Additional computers for li- brary children's areas and educa- tional CD-ROM materials for those computers. • Expanded collections to sup- port small business, job-skills re- training, agribusiness and adult basic education. FOR rock ANY SIZE crushed delivered into Shelton. 00Pecial savings to t00tlying areas We deliver year-round! llfrdetails, 426-4743 Creek on Highway 101 Quarry Shelton and Olympia To benefit holiday programs for needy: Car club slates auction The Yesteryear Car Club of Shelton is putting out an early call for donations of items for its auction raising funds to help pro- vide Christmas food baskets for the needy. The annual Teddy Bear and Food Drive and Auction is sched- uled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur- day, December 4, at the Mason County Senior Activities Center in Shelton. All types of donations are )ted: new food, mon- ey and items for the auction. All the teddy bears and toys donated will go to the Toys for Kids program, which provided 1,300 needy children with toys last Christmas. All the food do- nated will go to the Saints' Pan- try food bank, which serves more than 275 families per week dur- ing the holiday season. All of the money from the auction and cash donations go to the 40 et 8 Christ- mas which last year distributed 645 food basketg at a cost of $13,885. The car club contributed $2,359 to the cause in 1998. Silent and live auctions start- ing at noon will be part of the fund-raising event, open to the public. To donate something for the auction, or for more information, contact Jerry Waters at 426-6203 or Sue You: love at 426-31. Rotary Web Offset PRINTING • Advertising Tabloids • Newspapers • Magazines • Posters • Newsletters Just about anything except U.S. currency! 426-4412 Diani and control. Two essentials for a meaningful life. Through our Eden Alternative, residents experienze a reater L #, ii;; y:. level of dignity and control in their lives. t Fir Lane, we don't ..... have halls; we have streets and neighborhoods with names like Gentle Harbor and Huckleberry Lane. Children laugh and play in our day care center, and brighten residents lives with their visits. We keep rabbits, dogs and singing birds because the bonds formed between pets and humans aids in the recovery process. Artwork by our residents adorns our walls. We have gardens on wheels, and at wheelchair level. Residents are encouraged to plan activities, to personalize their living spaces--in short, not only do we encourage our residents to make themselves at home, but through the Eden Alternative, we join with them in making Fir Lane a home full of life, dignity and meaning. We have a saying at Fir Irene that captures the spirit of our commitment to service. "My goal is to make life worth living for the people I am honored to serve. I will always remember that you do not live where I work-- I work where you live." Beyond medical care and therapies, we also offer our i residents the Eden Alternative, a continuing connection to life as it is lived in the outside world. Thanks to the ground'breaking work of Eden's founder, Dr. ....... ' William H. ThOmas, we operate : our facility around a core .... principal of the Eden philosophy: Patients do best when immersed in the real-world human habitat. Call 360-426-1651 for a free brochure or to cornc b,y and FIR LANE 2430 North 13th Street Shelton, WA 98584 360-426-1651 l' Thursday, September 2, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 23