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100 Years Ago
September 20, 1907, Ma-
Journal:
Horn left for Seattle Wednes-
new machines
supplies for his black-
shop. He has already secured
outfit and will soon be pre-
to take care of the rubber tired
of this vicinity, there now be-
25 such.
Street Committee of the Town
has recently made an exami-
of the sidewalks and crossings
town and is preparing to notify
of the property owners to re-
with new ones.
35 Years Ago
September 21, 1972, Shel-
County Journal:
W. Duggins, 24, Shelton,
guilty of third-degree as-
a Mason County jury which
in its verdict Tuesday eve-
ins had been charged with
assault as the result of
in which he was accused of
a former girlfriend, Betty Lou
and breaking her jaw.
Mason County Sheriffs Office
a search for a Bremerton
hunting in the Mohler
area over the weekend. The
office was told Harold J. Da-
, Bremerton, left on the hunt-
September 6 and was to have
September 10. His family
officers to try to find him when
not return on time.
10 Years Ago
18, 1997, Shel-
County Journal:
primary election results
County featured a rocky, up-
for Shelton's street-improve-
issue, a swan song for a
and a typhoon named Holly
that blew past her Shelton
Board opponents. The street
was failing for the second
time, and incumbent State
bowed to State
Tim Sheldon in the
Democratic race for her
their counterparts across
State, fourth-grade stu-
Mason County public schools
exactly light up the scoreboard
came to last spring's round of
offered to
[er motorists
safety class for older
ists will be offered in Shel-
Monday and Tuesday, Sep-
24-25, at a location to be
hours are from 8:30 a.m.
).m. both The eight
may qualify a
for a certificate of comple-
the certificate may be
get a reduction in automo-
premiums.
,AARP,
formerly known
American Association of
Special emphasis
to the needs of older driv-
*help with compensating for
age-related changes which
driving skills.
$10 per per-
istration is required
be arranged by calling
Shower powers clean machine
for migrants and the homeless
(Continued from page 13.)
new door, the Reverend Don Mad-
dux, the church's former rector,
was adamant about installing a
shower. He knew maintenance
workers, travelers, visitors and
transients would make good use
of it. Previously, the church wasn't
able to offer anything more than a
bathroom sink for people to clean
up.
That was about 10 years ago.
In the beginning, there were days
when as many as 20 people - of-
ten seasonal, Hispanic migrant
workers - would line up to use the
shower. In those days, the church
would also host group dinners for
them almost every week and some
would attend church services.
Maddux remembers this gen-
erous gesture meant so much to
some of them that they thanked
him with tears of appreciation
in their eyes. However, as im-
migrant families have settled in,
the regular Hispanic clientele has
dwindled. He has also met people
taking showers at the church who
were actually sleeping underneath
the highway bridges at night.
"We've all had to wear the same
sock a couple days in a row and
it's not pleasant. Imagine only
having one pair," Baker says. One
fellow had been wearing the same
pair of socks for so long, once he
was able to change out of them, he
took them off and threw them in
the wastebasket.
OFTEN, CHURCH members
have seen the shower provide us-
ers a step up to a better life. "Some
people are trying to get jobs, and
how can they get a job if they can't
get cleaned up?" pointed out Bak-
er.
In the past, their handicapped-
accessible shower facility has ac-
commodated people in wheelchairs
who weren't able to use their bath-
rooms at home, due to space con-
strains. In past summers, visiting
church youth groups have stopped
off at the church during annual
bike tours from Texas to Alaska.
"It's met a lot of needs through
the years," Maddux recalls.
While some people occasionally
do try to take advantage of a free
handout, many people express gen-
uine thankfulness to the church for
offering this amenity, Baker says.
She always tries to make a point of
interacting with those who stop by
to use the shower.
"IT ENDS UP giving some of
them just a chance to have some-
body listen to them, which is really
an important thing," notes Baker,
who has worked in local churches
for the last 21 years.
Since she started working at
Saint David's in late January, she
has seen the numbers of people
who use the shower double. She at-
tributes this in part to the church
office hours extending to Fridays.
Saint David's office hours are from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during week-
days, except on Wednesday, when
it's open from 10 a.m. to noon and
then 1-3 p.m. Baker shuts off ac-
cess to the showers half an hour
before the office closes, to allow
time to clean up and restock the
shelves.
Frequent users will walk in
during the church's office hours
and just ask her to use it as part of
their routine. New people venture
in, having heard about the shower
ministry by word of mouth.
Besides offering a place to clean
up, Saint David's is also teaming
up with Faith Lutheran Church
can pay off your car, credit cards and
house...but you can't pay off
your utility bills.
The cost to heat and cool your home may be over
HALF of your total household energy budget.
Not only can you save serious money with a new
energy saving TRANE XLi Heat Pump Comfort
System, you could improve your family's comfort,
safety and health/
Call for a FREE ESTIMATE today
00 REBATE ON'
TRANE ® XLi
PUMP SYSTEMS',I00
(*Consists of furnace, heat pump and Clean Effects air cleaner)
Present this coupon at time of appointment. Not valid with any other offer.
Savings with this coupon only Cash value 1/20€. Expires 9/30/07
SHEET METAL
HEATING &
1131 W.
Kamilche Lane
SHELTON
(360) 432-9965
TilMI"
It'm/lard To 81"op A ne.*
"Dedicated to your comfort"
CHEHASM252MH
to serve dinners on weekends,
allowing people to use the show-
ers during these hours, too. The
churches decided to include week-
end dinners, since the Community
Kitchen in downtown Shelton is
closed on Saturday and Sunday
evenings.
BAKER HAS observed a re-
maining need for a decent pub-
lic restroom and shower facility
in downtown Shelton. When the
church has had to turn people
away, the nearest public shower
facilities they can refer them to
are at a state park "but it's a long
way out," she says.
In the beginning, the shower
ministry was very informal. Par-
ticipating church members just
collected towels, saving some from
a rummage sale, as well as little
bars of soap from hotel rooms. A lo-
cal drugstore donated several hun-
dred surplus sample toothbrushes
to the cause. But once the congre-
gation began sharing the towels
and distributing the toothbrushes
to people looking for a quick place
to clean up, they were amazed at
how quickly everything ran out.
Gradually, the congregation
began to realize just how many
people were lacking basic toilet-
ries. Now, church members con-
stantly stock up on little bars of
soap, bottles of shampoo, razors
and sanitary products for women,
as well as a general supply of tow-
els, socks and underwear from
donations and excess from garage
sales. Even now, though, the goods
fly off the shelves.
"We can't keep socks and razors
in stock," Baker says. "Those go so
fast."
BECAUSE PEOPLE don't
usually like to shower with soap
used by a stranger and they don't
often have the ability to take a wet
bar of soap with them, the church
makes better use of small soap
bars.
"We always need more stuff,"
Baker adds. Towels are especially
welcome. Along with donations
of towels and sundry bathroom
goods, the church really needs help
with laundry to wash the socks
and towels. While it does have the
shower, it doesn't have a washer
or dryer.
As it now stands, four women
routinely take the laundry home
with them to wash, one of them
being a 93-year-old volunteer.
One member of the congregation
tried to work out a .deal for a spe-
cial rate at a local laundromat,
but that offer was only available
once a week. In the meantime,
the church doesn't have enough
towels to last a whole week, while
wet, dirty ones begin to smell and
mold in storage. Usually, one day's
worth of towels, washcloths and
bathmats takes more than one
load of wash.
"IT'S A BIG job and something
that we definitely can use help
with," Baker says.
Anyone interested in support-
ing the shower ministry may call
Saint David's church office at 426-
8472 or stop by in person at 218
North Third Street in downtown
Shelton.
Mason County
Commission holds
its meetings every
Tuesday except ...
The Mason County Commission
meets at 9 a.m. every Tuesday
except he fourth week, when
it meets at 6 p.m., in County
Building I at 411 North Fifth
Street. Months with five Tuesdays:
commission meets at 6 p.m. Mary
E. Theler Center in Belfair to
discuss North Mason issues. The
public is welcome.
Vote__00
Mike Byrne
Candidate
for Commissioner]
of Finance &
Accounting
• Appointed to position May
2007
• Shelton resident 61 years
• Broad background:
• Educator
• Construction &
business
• Commissioner Public
Works 1971-1979
• 18 years county budget
process
It is important to establish
priorities in terms of need
and to budget accordingly.
The priorities should be
flexible enough to adjust
for available funding and
meet the needs of the
short term and long term
planning and still provide
dollars for services to the
public.
Paid for by Mike Byrne [
2006 Callanan St,, Shelton, WA
360-426-6435
T
J....-..[
6o-q6-,
iJg Four
Forks
IIIIT.e O00mpi.n
Four Stars
The News
Call for Parties,
Meetings, Receptions FRESH A dt V of
special SHELLFISH Seaf00d & OMe Di
Occasion Lunches DAILY Chef Xinh 1'. Is Asian Twist
(360) 427-8709 * Open for Supper Tucsday-Saturd__ay
Downtown Shelton Corner of 3rd and West Railroad
Welcome
Dr. Wilson
Lystra Wilson, M.D.
We are pleased to announce Lystra
Wilson, M.D. is on staff at Mason General
Hospital and is working with Mountain
View Women's Health Center in providing
obstetrics and gynecology care.
Her office is located at 2300 Kati Court,
Suite A, Shelton, and may be reached at
(360) 426-0955. She enjoys working closely
with her patients and caring for women
of all ages. She has a special iterest in
urogynecology.
t 427-9551
TTY/TTD: (360) 427@593
Equal Opportunity Provider
Translation Services Provided
Se habla espa 5ol
Designated Level 4 Trauma Facility
Accredited by the
Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations
Mountain
Womea's Health
Center
2300 Kati Court, Suite A, Shelton, WA
Thursday, September 20, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 19
100 Years Ago
September 20, 1907, Ma-
Journal:
Horn left for Seattle Wednes-
new machines
supplies for his black-
shop. He has already secured
outfit and will soon be pre-
to take care of the rubber tired
of this vicinity, there now be-
25 such.
Street Committee of the Town
has recently made an exami-
of the sidewalks and crossings
town and is preparing to notify
of the property owners to re-
with new ones.
35 Years Ago
September 21, 1972, Shel-
County Journal:
W. Duggins, 24, Shelton,
guilty of third-degree as-
a Mason County jury which
in its verdict Tuesday eve-
ins had been charged with
assault as the result of
in which he was accused of
a former girlfriend, Betty Lou
and breaking her jaw.
Mason County Sheriffs Office
a search for a Bremerton
hunting in the Mohler
area over the weekend. The
office was told Harold J. Da-
, Bremerton, left on the hunt-
September 6 and was to have
September 10. His family
officers to try to find him when
not return on time.
10 Years Ago
18, 1997, Shel-
County Journal:
primary election results
County featured a rocky, up-
for Shelton's street-improve-
issue, a swan song for a
and a typhoon named Holly
that blew past her Shelton
Board opponents. The street
was failing for the second
time, and incumbent State
bowed to State
Tim Sheldon in the
Democratic race for her
their counterparts across
State, fourth-grade stu-
Mason County public schools
exactly light up the scoreboard
came to last spring's round of
offered to
[er motorists
safety class for older
ists will be offered in Shel-
Monday and Tuesday, Sep-
24-25, at a location to be
hours are from 8:30 a.m.
).m. both The eight
may qualify a
for a certificate of comple-
the certificate may be
get a reduction in automo-
premiums.
,AARP,
formerly known
American Association of
Special emphasis
to the needs of older driv-
*help with compensating for
age-related changes which
driving skills.
$10 per per-
istration is required
be arranged by calling
Shower powers clean machine
for migrants and the homeless
(Continued from page 13.)
new door, the Reverend Don Mad-
dux, the church's former rector,
was adamant about installing a
shower. He knew maintenance
workers, travelers, visitors and
transients would make good use
of it. Previously, the church wasn't
able to offer anything more than a
bathroom sink for people to clean
up.
That was about 10 years ago.
In the beginning, there were days
when as many as 20 people - of-
ten seasonal, Hispanic migrant
workers - would line up to use the
shower. In those days, the church
would also host group dinners for
them almost every week and some
would attend church services.
Maddux remembers this gen-
erous gesture meant so much to
some of them that they thanked
him with tears of appreciation
in their eyes. However, as im-
migrant families have settled in,
the regular Hispanic clientele has
dwindled. He has also met people
taking showers at the church who
were actually sleeping underneath
the highway bridges at night.
"We've all had to wear the same
sock a couple days in a row and
it's not pleasant. Imagine only
having one pair," Baker says. One
fellow had been wearing the same
pair of socks for so long, once he
was able to change out of them, he
took them off and threw them in
the wastebasket.
OFTEN, CHURCH members
have seen the shower provide us-
ers a step up to a better life. "Some
people are trying to get jobs, and
how can they get a job if they can't
get cleaned up?" pointed out Bak-
er.
In the past, their handicapped-
accessible shower facility has ac-
commodated people in wheelchairs
who weren't able to use their bath-
rooms at home, due to space con-
strains. In past summers, visiting
church youth groups have stopped
off at the church during annual
bike tours from Texas to Alaska.
"It's met a lot of needs through
the years," Maddux recalls.
While some people occasionally
do try to take advantage of a free
handout, many people express gen-
uine thankfulness to the church for
offering this amenity, Baker says.
She always tries to make a point of
interacting with those who stop by
to use the shower.
"IT ENDS UP giving some of
them just a chance to have some-
body listen to them, which is really
an important thing," notes Baker,
who has worked in local churches
for the last 21 years.
Since she started working at
Saint David's in late January, she
has seen the numbers of people
who use the shower double. She at-
tributes this in part to the church
office hours extending to Fridays.
Saint David's office hours are from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during week-
days, except on Wednesday, when
it's open from 10 a.m. to noon and
then 1-3 p.m. Baker shuts off ac-
cess to the showers half an hour
before the office closes, to allow
time to clean up and restock the
shelves.
Frequent users will walk in
during the church's office hours
and just ask her to use it as part of
their routine. New people venture
in, having heard about the shower
ministry by word of mouth.
Besides offering a place to clean
up, Saint David's is also teaming
up with Faith Lutheran Church
can pay off your car, credit cards and
house...but you can't pay off
your utility bills.
The cost to heat and cool your home may be over
HALF of your total household energy budget.
Not only can you save serious money with a new
energy saving TRANE XLi Heat Pump Comfort
System, you could improve your family's comfort,
safety and health/
Call for a FREE ESTIMATE today
00 REBATE ON'
TRANE ® XLi
PUMP SYSTEMS',I00
(*Consists of furnace, heat pump and Clean Effects air cleaner)
Present this coupon at time of appointment. Not valid with any other offer.
Savings with this coupon only Cash value 1/20€. Expires 9/30/07
SHEET METAL
HEATING &
1131 W.
Kamilche Lane
SHELTON
(360) 432-9965
TilMI"
It'm/lard To 81"op A ne.*
"Dedicated to your comfort"
CHEHASM252MH
to serve dinners on weekends,
allowing people to use the show-
ers during these hours, too. The
churches decided to include week-
end dinners, since the Community
Kitchen in downtown Shelton is
closed on Saturday and Sunday
evenings.
BAKER HAS observed a re-
maining need for a decent pub-
lic restroom and shower facility
in downtown Shelton. When the
church has had to turn people
away, the nearest public shower
facilities they can refer them to
are at a state park "but it's a long
way out," she says.
In the beginning, the shower
ministry was very informal. Par-
ticipating church members just
collected towels, saving some from
a rummage sale, as well as little
bars of soap from hotel rooms. A lo-
cal drugstore donated several hun-
dred surplus sample toothbrushes
to the cause. But once the congre-
gation began sharing the towels
and distributing the toothbrushes
to people looking for a quick place
to clean up, they were amazed at
how quickly everything ran out.
Gradually, the congregation
began to realize just how many
people were lacking basic toilet-
ries. Now, church members con-
stantly stock up on little bars of
soap, bottles of shampoo, razors
and sanitary products for women,
as well as a general supply of tow-
els, socks and underwear from
donations and excess from garage
sales. Even now, though, the goods
fly off the shelves.
"We can't keep socks and razors
in stock," Baker says. "Those go so
fast."
BECAUSE PEOPLE don't
usually like to shower with soap
used by a stranger and they don't
often have the ability to take a wet
bar of soap with them, the church
makes better use of small soap
bars.
"We always need more stuff,"
Baker adds. Towels are especially
welcome. Along with donations
of towels and sundry bathroom
goods, the church really needs help
with laundry to wash the socks
and towels. While it does have the
shower, it doesn't have a washer
or dryer.
As it now stands, four women
routinely take the laundry home
with them to wash, one of them
being a 93-year-old volunteer.
One member of the congregation
tried to work out a .deal for a spe-
cial rate at a local laundromat,
but that offer was only available
once a week. In the meantime,
the church doesn't have enough
towels to last a whole week, while
wet, dirty ones begin to smell and
mold in storage. Usually, one day's
worth of towels, washcloths and
bathmats takes more than one
load of wash.
"IT'S A BIG job and something
that we definitely can use help
with," Baker says.
Anyone interested in support-
ing the shower ministry may call
Saint David's church office at 426-
8472 or stop by in person at 218
North Third Street in downtown
Shelton.
Mason County
Commission holds
its meetings every
Tuesday except ...
The Mason County Commission
meets at 9 a.m. every Tuesday
except he fourth week, when
it meets at 6 p.m., in County
Building I at 411 North Fifth
Street. Months with five Tuesdays:
commission meets at 6 p.m. Mary
E. Theler Center in Belfair to
discuss North Mason issues. The
public is welcome.
Vote__00
Mike Byrne
Candidate
for Commissioner]
of Finance &
Accounting
• Appointed to position May
2007
• Shelton resident 61 years
• Broad background:
• Educator
• Construction &
business
• Commissioner Public
Works 1971-1979
• 18 years county budget
process
It is important to establish
priorities in terms of need
and to budget accordingly.
The priorities should be
flexible enough to adjust
for available funding and
meet the needs of the
short term and long term
planning and still provide
dollars for services to the
public.
Paid for by Mike Byrne [
2006 Callanan St,, Shelton, WA
360-426-6435
T
J....-..[
6o-q6-,
iJg Four
Forks
IIIIT.e O00mpi.n
Four Stars
The News
Call for Parties,
Meetings, Receptions FRESH A dt V of
special SHELLFISH Seaf00d & OMe Di
Occasion Lunches DAILY Chef Xinh 1'. Is Asian Twist
(360) 427-8709 * Open for Supper Tucsday-Saturd__ay
Downtown Shelton Corner of 3rd and West Railroad
Welcome
Dr. Wilson
Lystra Wilson, M.D.
We are pleased to announce Lystra
Wilson, M.D. is on staff at Mason General
Hospital and is working with Mountain
View Women's Health Center in providing
obstetrics and gynecology care.
Her office is located at 2300 Kati Court,
Suite A, Shelton, and may be reached at
(360) 426-0955. She enjoys working closely
with her patients and caring for women
of all ages. She has a special iterest in
urogynecology.
t 427-9551
TTY/TTD: (360) 427@593
Equal Opportunity Provider
Translation Services Provided
Se habla espa 5ol
Designated Level 4 Trauma Facility
Accredited by the
Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations
Mountain
Womea's Health
Center
2300 Kati Court, Suite A, Shelton, WA
Thursday, September 20, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 19