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County commission roundup: Highclimber Happenings:
BIA, county fun,ds will go .to WASL tests subject for
repair Skookum Creek br]dge sits open house tonight
By MELISSA SPEIGLE
and more acquainted with the
pick up the necessary info,#
some time this week• The"
marion packets, whichf;
the rules for running ana.jl
tion that needs to be si.(t
number of students and tea¢.:
. r77
can be obtained up in M :,rob#
der's room, which is roon u-
The bridge over Skookum
Creek on Old Olympic Highway
will be repaired and upgraded
fbIlowing approval on Tuesday
by the Mason County commis-
sioners of a grant agreement
with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs.
The project has been in the
works for about five years, Jerry
Hauth, county engineer, told the
board. The Squaxin Island Tribe
initiated the project to repair the
"structurally obsolete" bridge, he
added.
The total project cost will be
$312,500 with 80 percent from the
BIA Highway Bridge and Reha-
bilitation Program, Hauth re-
ported. Mason County will fund
20 percent, or $62,500, of the proj-
ect. The grant expires on Sep-
tember I, 2001.
IN OTHER ACTION at the
September 14 meeting, the com-
missioners:
* Approved an amendment to
the county's agreement with Lo-
cal 1504 of the American Federa-
tion of State, County and Munici-
pal Employees union revising
several job classifications and
salary ranges in the Assessor's
Office and in the Auditor's Of-
rice effbctive September 1, 1999.
Skip Wright, human resources
director, said the changes in the
assessor's office were the result
of reorganization• The amend-
ments will not increase the
number of budgeted positions, he
adtted
* Awarded the bid fbr refur-
bishing six Chevrolet and three
Ford sheriff patrol cars to Fi-
nancial Consultants Interna-
tional of North Bend, the sole
bidder for the work. The county
will pay $11,494 per Chevrolet
and $II,994 per Ford which Dave
l,oser, equipment, rental and re-
volving fund manager, said was
about half the cost of purchasing
new vehicles.
which L(,ser called "a heck of a
warranty" tin" police service ve-
hicles.
- SCHEDULED A hearing for
9:15 a.m. October 5 on a supple-
mental appropriation of $7,130 to
the current expense fund. Budget
Director Ione Siegler told the
board unbudgeted beginning-
fund-balance money would be
used to pay for the cost of manda-
tory arbitration between the
county and sheriffs deputies, for
the state-mandated increase in
superior-court judges' salaries,
and for a small portion of the cost
of a court security officer. Addi-
tional revenue will come from a
grant from the Washington De-
partment of Community Trade
Two young women from
Mason County have pledged
sororities at Washington
State University, and one
young Shelton man has
pledged a fraternity on the
same campus.
Kristi Stevens of Allyn
and Economic Development to be
used in the planning depart-
ment's work on compliance with
the Growth Management Act.
• Approved an agreement with
Roy and Jo Ann York to purchase
property at 3440 West Skokomish
Valley Road as part of the Wash-
ington State Military Depart-
ment Emergency Management
Division's Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program. The agreement
is part of an ongoing buyout pro-
gram of properties in the Skoko-
mish Valley located in the flood-
plain.
The Yorks contested the coun-
ty's appraisal of fair market val.
ue of $147,500 and, at their ex-
pense, submitted an appraisal of
$160,000. A negotiated value of
$153,750 was agreed to by both
parties, Yando reported•
• Approved another agree-
ment related to the Skokomish
Valley buyout program, this one
with Davis Drilling, Incorporat.
ed of Belfair, for the decommis-
sioning of wells on four proper-
ties.
• AWARDED THE bid for a
large culvert replacement on
Upper Stimson Creek to Spokane
Culvert Company whose bid of
$36,166 was the lowest of four bids
received. Other bids were from
Washington Culvert Company of
Arlington, Oregon Culvert Com-
pany of Tualatin and Contech of
Olympia. The engineer's es-
timate was $42,900. The culvert
replacement project is designed
to enhance fish passage and is
being done in cooperation with
the Hood Canal Salmon En-
hancement Group.
In a related matter, Hauth
asked the board to approve a road
closure on the upper section of EI-
fendahl Pass Road near the Bel-
fair-Tahuya Road from Septem-
ber 24 to October 1 so the culvert
work on Stimson Creek could be
done. He sad no residences
would be affected by the closure.
The commissioners approved the
road closure.
* Granted a one-year exten-
sion on preliminary plat approv-
al for LakeLand Village Divi-
sion 12, Phase 2 Development.
Senior Planner Pam Bennett-
Cumming told the board pre-
liminary plat approval was
granted to Anderson and Sons of
Allyn in September 1993 for the
development of 123 residential
lots and 98 condominium units to
be completed in two phases. The
original completion date was
September 1996, she added.
Phase 1 received final plat ap.
proval in May 1997 and Phase 2
has received two additional one-
year extensions, Bennett-Cure-
ruing reported. A good-faith ef-
fort to complete the work contin-
ues to be made by the applicant,
she said. Work includes the in-
stallation of stormwater and
drainage culverts and extensive
grading for road work.
RICK ANDERSON, president
of Anderson and Sons, told the
commissioners no other develop-
ment in the county has had such
long-range planning or the
record which LakeLand illage
has, he stated, adding the project
has the support of the local com-
munity and of LakeLand Vil-
lage residents.
This extension will expire on
September 13, 2000.
• Authorized the chairperson
to sign a letter of concurrence
ference cannot be eliminated."
• Approved a lease agreement
with Leonard and Ruth Nelson
for a portion of property located at
20 East North Bay Road in Allyn
for the installation, operation
and maintenance of a pump sta-
tion for the North Bay-Case Inlet
sewer system. The cost for the
lease is $15,000, Gary Yando,
community development direc-
tor told the board.
"AS ADDITIONAL compen-
sation, the Nelsons agree to hook
the residence up to the sewer sys-
tem at no charge," Yando said,
"and as long as the current resi-
dent, Gretchen Harvey, resides
in the residence there will be no
monthly sewer charge." The
term of the lease is 40 years be-
ginning October 1, 1999.
• Continued a shoreline sub-
stantial-development permit
hearing to 8 p.m. September 28 so
the contractor Tom Kallander of
Des Moines could discuss options
other than a concrete bulkhead
with the applicant Ray Frederick
of Federal Way. Frederick
wants to build a 110-foot long by
4-foot high concrete bulkhead on
property located on the north
shore of Hammersley Inlet off
Leeds Road prior to construction
of a vacation home there.
Kallander told the board the
concrete bulkhead is consistent
with what is already along the
shoreline, noting there is a huge
concrete bulkhead adjacent to the
property which was causing an
erosion problem on Frederick's
beach. Stairs to the beach are
critical for his client, he added.
When asked if the cost would be
significantly higher for rock
rip-rap to prevent beach erosion,
the contractor said he did not
think there would be much of a
difference. However, he did say
rock would not be as effective in
controlling erosion as concrete.
Commissioner John Bolender
said he would strongly encour-
age the use of a rock structure
since it is preferred by other reg-
ulatory agencies and would low-
cr the impaqt' on an undeveloped
parcel next to Frederick's. He
asked Kallander to discuss al-
ternatives with Frederick.
• APPROVED A work-experi-
ence agreement for LaDonna
Moran to work with the clerk of
the board up to 20 hours a week for
a 12-week period from September
15 to December 3. Commissioner
Mary Jo Cady said there is no
cost to the county for the work ex-
perience which is part of the
state's welfare to work project.
• Appointed Ted Smethers
from Peninsula Community
Credit Union, Connie Chapman
from Endeavor Resources and
Michael P. Boyle Sr. from North
Bay Mortgage to the new Work-
force Development Council, for-
merly known as the Private In-
dustry Council.
• Voted no objection to a spe-
cial-occasion liquor license ap-
plication by Shelton Eagles Aerie
3862 for an event to run from
noon to 11 p.m. on September 17
and 18 and from noon to 5 p.m.
September 19 at the Mason Coun-
ty Fairgrounds. Poulsbo RV has
rented the fairgrounds for a
weekend event and the Eagles
will run the beer garden.
• Approved four veterans' as-
sistance fund applications as
recommended by the steering
committee. The assistance re-
quests total $1,345.30.
Shelton High School
The Shelton High School open
house is set for tonight, Thurs-
day, September 16. One main
purpose of the open house is for
students who took the WASL test
last year to go over their scores
with their parents and teachers
and learn about how Shelton
High School did in comparison
with other schools in the state.
Parents will also get to meet
students' teacher-advisors and go
through a series of mini-classes to
meet their sons' and daughters'
teachers.
Any parents or students curi-
ous about their scores or the
WASL test in general are encour-
aged to attend the open house.
WITH THE FIRST week of
school completed and the second
well under way, Shelton High
School students are growing more
Timberwolf Tales:
school year and the many tasks it
brings with it.
Tests, quizzes, and homework
assignments are now looked upon
as daily occurrences, and stu-
dents are growing more and more
used to the school routine that
they will spend the next eight
months with.
The first pep assembly was
held Friday, in hopes of getting
the school excited and ready for
that night's game. To assist with
the "pepping up" of the school, the
SHS band once again performed
for the student body.
The starting lineup for the
football team was introduced to
the school, cheerleaders cheered,
and the dance team performed
one of its routines.
ALL FRESHMAN students
interested in running for a SHS
Freshman Class office need to
311. .. be #
anThe packets need to tt I
turnhebPtt]ltmn s s,.gned d. !
Se tember e following op,
20 The actual el
P " • e held #!
for the positions will b .@
Wednesday and Thursday u,
week• .. | lies ii
Picture day was this lastS| , WI
day, the 14th of Septe,_be: ! e°, It
took place in the high sc' #1 ' a
torium. Pictures will be.UT$]
Associated Student BodYc|
and students identlficati0n "I
• ' • ok, ali#l/.M
yearDO |.
as well as for the i IL
which can be ordered ad i
chased in the school office.
Parent00,00 meet, 00.alk activi
By LINDSAY ORME
Shelton Middle School
On Thursday, September 9,
SMS Activities and Athletic Di-
rector Tim Madden conducted a
brief meeting for the parents of
students involved in fall sports.
The coaches for both fbotball and
volleyball were also present to an-
swer parents' questions about fall
sports.
Mr. Madden handed out team
schedules that include informa-
tion about departure and arrival
times to the parents. The parents
were happy to hear that once the
voice mail system at the middle
school is operational, which
should be sometime soon, coaches
will use it to provide parents with
a more precise idea of when buses
will return from away games.
The coaches will call the line to
leave a message when the team is
ready to depart the school which
they are visiting, and then the
parents can call the school to hear
the message to learn the time of
the bus's arrival.
TWO OF THE middle school
teams are starting the year off
with walking field trips. On Sep-
tember 24, Cascade teachers are
taking students on a field trip to
Callanan Park to mark the begin-
ning of an eventful school year.
Agency on aging audit
results in good report
visory council were Ray Dingfield
of Mason County as chairperson,
Ron Geaudreau as vice chairper-
son and director Dennis Mahar.
The Council of Governments
and advisory council meetings are
open to the public. COG will meet
at 10 a.m. Thursday, September
23, and the Area Agency on Aging
Advisory Council will meet at
9:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 6.
Meetings are held in the agen-
cy office at 919 Lakeridge Way
SW, Suite A, in Olympia.
The Lewis-Mason-Thurston
Area Agency on Aging, which de-
velops and coordinates the system
of services for senior citizens in
the three-county area, recently
passed a state audit with flying
colors.
The Council of Governments,
which oversees the agency, com-
prised county commissioners
Russ Wigley from Lewis County,
Cindy Olsen from Mason County
and Diane Oberquell from Thurs-
ton County during the audit peri-
od. Appointed members of the ad-
has pledged Sigma Kappa so- with the Federal Communica-
rority, the school announced tions Commission to allow the
in early September. Jessi Tacoma Fire Department to
R e i c h m a n n of Shelton share the county's flagging radio
pledged Gamma Phi Beta frequency. "It's reasonable to
during the fall rush. Za© share our freauencv " Loser
Ghiglione, also of Shelton, is noted, adding that tie Tacoma
a pledge at Delta Tau Delta. Fire Department "will abandon
, the frequency if harmful inter-
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D.B.A.
Evergreen Fuel Co.
1 Full Line Petroleum Jobber
STATION • •
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Grey. " Furnaces & Equipment
661 East P,ne Serving Mason County 426-441 I
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Students will walk to the park
and spend half of the day eating,
playing, and enjoying other lei-
sure activities.
Teachers and students are
leaving the school at 8:00, and re-
turning at 11:00. Cascade student
Muriel Miller says, "I think it's
going to be exciting getting to
know my teachers better."
Team Touch Of Class is hold-
ing its Hike and Bike field trip on
September 23. Students may
walk or bike to the Mason County
Recreation Area on Johns Prairie,
where they will prepare food to
eat, and they will play all day.
If' students wish to bike to
MCRA, they must wear helmets.
Students leave the school in the
late morning and are back by the
end of the school day.
THE SEVENTH. and eighth-
Student picture day is S;I
ber 23. Students are .u,n@ #
dress well, in neat school ; #
Busy patterns distract :t.|] 4o,
face, and students are en¢.° r$11takilg
to wear clothes with larg 0 licra.
grade football and volleyball jam-
borees will be held on September
18 at Hoquiam. Football players
will depart from the middle
school at 10 a.m. and return at
approximately 1:30 p.m. Volley-
ball players will depart at 7 a.m. patterns• . ociJl[
vitil
to experience a real game and to Identification and ASS ,,._
practice playing against other Student Body card pictUre., J!
teams. The jamboree is the last also be taken on Septe.7#
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County commission roundup: Highclimber Happenings:
BIA, county fun,ds will go .to WASL tests subject for
repair Skookum Creek br]dge sits open house tonight
By MELISSA SPEIGLE
and more acquainted with the
pick up the necessary info,#
some time this week• The"
marion packets, whichf;
the rules for running ana.jl
tion that needs to be si.(t
number of students and tea¢.:
. r77
can be obtained up in M :,rob#
der's room, which is roon u-
The bridge over Skookum
Creek on Old Olympic Highway
will be repaired and upgraded
fbIlowing approval on Tuesday
by the Mason County commis-
sioners of a grant agreement
with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs.
The project has been in the
works for about five years, Jerry
Hauth, county engineer, told the
board. The Squaxin Island Tribe
initiated the project to repair the
"structurally obsolete" bridge, he
added.
The total project cost will be
$312,500 with 80 percent from the
BIA Highway Bridge and Reha-
bilitation Program, Hauth re-
ported. Mason County will fund
20 percent, or $62,500, of the proj-
ect. The grant expires on Sep-
tember I, 2001.
IN OTHER ACTION at the
September 14 meeting, the com-
missioners:
* Approved an amendment to
the county's agreement with Lo-
cal 1504 of the American Federa-
tion of State, County and Munici-
pal Employees union revising
several job classifications and
salary ranges in the Assessor's
Office and in the Auditor's Of-
rice effbctive September 1, 1999.
Skip Wright, human resources
director, said the changes in the
assessor's office were the result
of reorganization• The amend-
ments will not increase the
number of budgeted positions, he
adtted
* Awarded the bid fbr refur-
bishing six Chevrolet and three
Ford sheriff patrol cars to Fi-
nancial Consultants Interna-
tional of North Bend, the sole
bidder for the work. The county
will pay $11,494 per Chevrolet
and $II,994 per Ford which Dave
l,oser, equipment, rental and re-
volving fund manager, said was
about half the cost of purchasing
new vehicles.
which L(,ser called "a heck of a
warranty" tin" police service ve-
hicles.
- SCHEDULED A hearing for
9:15 a.m. October 5 on a supple-
mental appropriation of $7,130 to
the current expense fund. Budget
Director Ione Siegler told the
board unbudgeted beginning-
fund-balance money would be
used to pay for the cost of manda-
tory arbitration between the
county and sheriffs deputies, for
the state-mandated increase in
superior-court judges' salaries,
and for a small portion of the cost
of a court security officer. Addi-
tional revenue will come from a
grant from the Washington De-
partment of Community Trade
Two young women from
Mason County have pledged
sororities at Washington
State University, and one
young Shelton man has
pledged a fraternity on the
same campus.
Kristi Stevens of Allyn
and Economic Development to be
used in the planning depart-
ment's work on compliance with
the Growth Management Act.
• Approved an agreement with
Roy and Jo Ann York to purchase
property at 3440 West Skokomish
Valley Road as part of the Wash-
ington State Military Depart-
ment Emergency Management
Division's Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program. The agreement
is part of an ongoing buyout pro-
gram of properties in the Skoko-
mish Valley located in the flood-
plain.
The Yorks contested the coun-
ty's appraisal of fair market val.
ue of $147,500 and, at their ex-
pense, submitted an appraisal of
$160,000. A negotiated value of
$153,750 was agreed to by both
parties, Yando reported•
• Approved another agree-
ment related to the Skokomish
Valley buyout program, this one
with Davis Drilling, Incorporat.
ed of Belfair, for the decommis-
sioning of wells on four proper-
ties.
• AWARDED THE bid for a
large culvert replacement on
Upper Stimson Creek to Spokane
Culvert Company whose bid of
$36,166 was the lowest of four bids
received. Other bids were from
Washington Culvert Company of
Arlington, Oregon Culvert Com-
pany of Tualatin and Contech of
Olympia. The engineer's es-
timate was $42,900. The culvert
replacement project is designed
to enhance fish passage and is
being done in cooperation with
the Hood Canal Salmon En-
hancement Group.
In a related matter, Hauth
asked the board to approve a road
closure on the upper section of EI-
fendahl Pass Road near the Bel-
fair-Tahuya Road from Septem-
ber 24 to October 1 so the culvert
work on Stimson Creek could be
done. He sad no residences
would be affected by the closure.
The commissioners approved the
road closure.
* Granted a one-year exten-
sion on preliminary plat approv-
al for LakeLand Village Divi-
sion 12, Phase 2 Development.
Senior Planner Pam Bennett-
Cumming told the board pre-
liminary plat approval was
granted to Anderson and Sons of
Allyn in September 1993 for the
development of 123 residential
lots and 98 condominium units to
be completed in two phases. The
original completion date was
September 1996, she added.
Phase 1 received final plat ap.
proval in May 1997 and Phase 2
has received two additional one-
year extensions, Bennett-Cure-
ruing reported. A good-faith ef-
fort to complete the work contin-
ues to be made by the applicant,
she said. Work includes the in-
stallation of stormwater and
drainage culverts and extensive
grading for road work.
RICK ANDERSON, president
of Anderson and Sons, told the
commissioners no other develop-
ment in the county has had such
long-range planning or the
record which LakeLand illage
has, he stated, adding the project
has the support of the local com-
munity and of LakeLand Vil-
lage residents.
This extension will expire on
September 13, 2000.
• Authorized the chairperson
to sign a letter of concurrence
ference cannot be eliminated."
• Approved a lease agreement
with Leonard and Ruth Nelson
for a portion of property located at
20 East North Bay Road in Allyn
for the installation, operation
and maintenance of a pump sta-
tion for the North Bay-Case Inlet
sewer system. The cost for the
lease is $15,000, Gary Yando,
community development direc-
tor told the board.
"AS ADDITIONAL compen-
sation, the Nelsons agree to hook
the residence up to the sewer sys-
tem at no charge," Yando said,
"and as long as the current resi-
dent, Gretchen Harvey, resides
in the residence there will be no
monthly sewer charge." The
term of the lease is 40 years be-
ginning October 1, 1999.
• Continued a shoreline sub-
stantial-development permit
hearing to 8 p.m. September 28 so
the contractor Tom Kallander of
Des Moines could discuss options
other than a concrete bulkhead
with the applicant Ray Frederick
of Federal Way. Frederick
wants to build a 110-foot long by
4-foot high concrete bulkhead on
property located on the north
shore of Hammersley Inlet off
Leeds Road prior to construction
of a vacation home there.
Kallander told the board the
concrete bulkhead is consistent
with what is already along the
shoreline, noting there is a huge
concrete bulkhead adjacent to the
property which was causing an
erosion problem on Frederick's
beach. Stairs to the beach are
critical for his client, he added.
When asked if the cost would be
significantly higher for rock
rip-rap to prevent beach erosion,
the contractor said he did not
think there would be much of a
difference. However, he did say
rock would not be as effective in
controlling erosion as concrete.
Commissioner John Bolender
said he would strongly encour-
age the use of a rock structure
since it is preferred by other reg-
ulatory agencies and would low-
cr the impaqt' on an undeveloped
parcel next to Frederick's. He
asked Kallander to discuss al-
ternatives with Frederick.
• APPROVED A work-experi-
ence agreement for LaDonna
Moran to work with the clerk of
the board up to 20 hours a week for
a 12-week period from September
15 to December 3. Commissioner
Mary Jo Cady said there is no
cost to the county for the work ex-
perience which is part of the
state's welfare to work project.
• Appointed Ted Smethers
from Peninsula Community
Credit Union, Connie Chapman
from Endeavor Resources and
Michael P. Boyle Sr. from North
Bay Mortgage to the new Work-
force Development Council, for-
merly known as the Private In-
dustry Council.
• Voted no objection to a spe-
cial-occasion liquor license ap-
plication by Shelton Eagles Aerie
3862 for an event to run from
noon to 11 p.m. on September 17
and 18 and from noon to 5 p.m.
September 19 at the Mason Coun-
ty Fairgrounds. Poulsbo RV has
rented the fairgrounds for a
weekend event and the Eagles
will run the beer garden.
• Approved four veterans' as-
sistance fund applications as
recommended by the steering
committee. The assistance re-
quests total $1,345.30.
Shelton High School
The Shelton High School open
house is set for tonight, Thurs-
day, September 16. One main
purpose of the open house is for
students who took the WASL test
last year to go over their scores
with their parents and teachers
and learn about how Shelton
High School did in comparison
with other schools in the state.
Parents will also get to meet
students' teacher-advisors and go
through a series of mini-classes to
meet their sons' and daughters'
teachers.
Any parents or students curi-
ous about their scores or the
WASL test in general are encour-
aged to attend the open house.
WITH THE FIRST week of
school completed and the second
well under way, Shelton High
School students are growing more
Timberwolf Tales:
school year and the many tasks it
brings with it.
Tests, quizzes, and homework
assignments are now looked upon
as daily occurrences, and stu-
dents are growing more and more
used to the school routine that
they will spend the next eight
months with.
The first pep assembly was
held Friday, in hopes of getting
the school excited and ready for
that night's game. To assist with
the "pepping up" of the school, the
SHS band once again performed
for the student body.
The starting lineup for the
football team was introduced to
the school, cheerleaders cheered,
and the dance team performed
one of its routines.
ALL FRESHMAN students
interested in running for a SHS
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By LINDSAY ORME
Shelton Middle School
On Thursday, September 9,
SMS Activities and Athletic Di-
rector Tim Madden conducted a
brief meeting for the parents of
students involved in fall sports.
The coaches for both fbotball and
volleyball were also present to an-
swer parents' questions about fall
sports.
Mr. Madden handed out team
schedules that include informa-
tion about departure and arrival
times to the parents. The parents
were happy to hear that once the
voice mail system at the middle
school is operational, which
should be sometime soon, coaches
will use it to provide parents with
a more precise idea of when buses
will return from away games.
The coaches will call the line to
leave a message when the team is
ready to depart the school which
they are visiting, and then the
parents can call the school to hear
the message to learn the time of
the bus's arrival.
TWO OF THE middle school
teams are starting the year off
with walking field trips. On Sep-
tember 24, Cascade teachers are
taking students on a field trip to
Callanan Park to mark the begin-
ning of an eventful school year.
Agency on aging audit
results in good report
visory council were Ray Dingfield
of Mason County as chairperson,
Ron Geaudreau as vice chairper-
son and director Dennis Mahar.
The Council of Governments
and advisory council meetings are
open to the public. COG will meet
at 10 a.m. Thursday, September
23, and the Area Agency on Aging
Advisory Council will meet at
9:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 6.
Meetings are held in the agen-
cy office at 919 Lakeridge Way
SW, Suite A, in Olympia.
The Lewis-Mason-Thurston
Area Agency on Aging, which de-
velops and coordinates the system
of services for senior citizens in
the three-county area, recently
passed a state audit with flying
colors.
The Council of Governments,
which oversees the agency, com-
prised county commissioners
Russ Wigley from Lewis County,
Cindy Olsen from Mason County
and Diane Oberquell from Thurs-
ton County during the audit peri-
od. Appointed members of the ad-
has pledged Sigma Kappa so- with the Federal Communica-
rority, the school announced tions Commission to allow the
in early September. Jessi Tacoma Fire Department to
R e i c h m a n n of Shelton share the county's flagging radio
pledged Gamma Phi Beta frequency. "It's reasonable to
during the fall rush. Za© share our freauencv " Loser
Ghiglione, also of Shelton, is noted, adding that tie Tacoma
a pledge at Delta Tau Delta. Fire Department "will abandon
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Students will walk to the park
and spend half of the day eating,
playing, and enjoying other lei-
sure activities.
Teachers and students are
leaving the school at 8:00, and re-
turning at 11:00. Cascade student
Muriel Miller says, "I think it's
going to be exciting getting to
know my teachers better."
Team Touch Of Class is hold-
ing its Hike and Bike field trip on
September 23. Students may
walk or bike to the Mason County
Recreation Area on Johns Prairie,
where they will prepare food to
eat, and they will play all day.
If' students wish to bike to
MCRA, they must wear helmets.
Students leave the school in the
late morning and are back by the
end of the school day.
THE SEVENTH. and eighth-
Student picture day is S;I
ber 23. Students are .u,n@ #
dress well, in neat school ; #
Busy patterns distract :t.|] 4o,
face, and students are en¢.° r$11takilg
to wear clothes with larg 0 licra.
grade football and volleyball jam-
borees will be held on September
18 at Hoquiam. Football players
will depart from the middle
school at 10 a.m. and return at
approximately 1:30 p.m. Volley-
ball players will depart at 7 a.m. patterns• . ociJl[
vitil
to experience a real game and to Identification and ASS ,,._
practice playing against other Student Body card pictUre., J!
teams. The jamboree is the last also be taken on Septe.7#
practice for players before their "Look your best!" adVS |]Is
first game.c COI]C/k]I' staffers. ONSI ] :.,""
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