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elre00'" in" ulympl,?S00'" " con'aine-- n.l: !i ..... firefighters still pounng it e i:i!i The forest fire that raged un- were reported, he said. A 20-member Forest Service closed to national forest visitors. controlled last week in the Olym- pic National Forest has been con- tained. Firefighters who worked hard in the steep and rocky terrain of- ficially contained the 90-acre blaze at 6 p.m. Sunday night, said Ken Eldredge, Olympic National Forest spokesperson. No injuries The cause of the fire near The Brothers in southeastern Jeffer- son County has been attributed to a lightning strike from an earlier storm that smoldered perhaps for as long as several weeks before being kicked up on Sunday, Sep- tember 12, by high winds. hotshot crew from the Umpqua National Forest in southern Ore- gon that arrived on September 14 remained on the job at the fire scene Wednesday. A helicopter continued dropping buckets of water from Lena Lake on the still burning areas• The fire has kept several areas Those areas, which will remain closed until further notice, in- clude the Lena Lakes trail and campground, The Brothers Trail and the lower portion of The Brothers Wilderness Area south of Murhut Ridge, Eldredge said. GREEN KIDS AND ADULTS alike get wacky balloon hats to wear during last Friday's gala celebration marking the 10th anniversary at Shelton's William G. Reed Public Library. a day to celebrate the in Shelton and the to transform marked the 10th to the day that the Public Library at Alder streets in was officially librarians, library officials turned CUrrent library staff patrons to take part lStivities. There was drunk, cake to be ca- provided by the band Swing Fev- Walk Against AIDS all set off in the the hoopla, the late Garth Getty, to the Public Li- and Regional five-county library a that operates the ,rary, flickered mis- FROM the city's to the well-used of today was re- resident Pat 1890, the first "library" in LOR of Shel. handmade ate his Power of li- The Mason County HIV/AIDS Advisory Council will sponsor the fifth annual Mason County Walks Against AIDS event on Saturday on Kneeland Boulevard. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Wal-Mart parking lot on the side near the high school. The opening ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. and walkers will head out shortly thereafter. 's long history is At the conclusion of the event, performers from the Boys and Girls Club of North Mason will provide entertainment while re- freshments are served. There will be munchies avail- able before the walk as well, and as an added enticement, three lo- cal massage therapists from Ka- leidoscope Massage and Body Creations in Shelton and North Bay Massage in Allyn will give free massages to walkers. A level route around the Moun- tain View area will be accessible to participants in wheelchairs, families with babies in strollers, and others who need an easy route, say planners of the event. The walk is designed to raise consciousness of AIDS and HIV and to raise $4,500 to assist local victims of the immunodeficiency diseases. "All the money raised is spent in Mason County," empha- sized spokesperson Carla Huyck of the county health department. Donations may be made at the walk or mailed to MCHAAC at P.O. Box 1382, Shelton, 98584. All donations are tax-deductible and receipts are available. Prizes will be awarded the three teams raising the most money and all participants who raise $100 or more will receive T- shirts. The shirts will also be available for sale and can be or- dered in special sizes from chil- dren's small to XXXL. More information is available from Huyck at the health depart- ment, 427-9670 (275-4467 from North Mason phones), Extension 545. ted at celebration Ribbon-cutting is today Shelton was opened, she said. Members paid $3 a year, had ac- cess to 80 books and also got to choose another three books from a catalog. A ladies' literary society was formed in 1904 for "the mutual improvement of the community." The fee was only $1 a year, but the library was open Saturday af- ternoons only• The library bounced around town for several years, operating at times in private homes. In 1910, it closed for'remodeling and recataloging. By 1913, it was lo- cated in A.L. Bell's Insurance and Land Office at the corner of Third and Railroad. The hours were 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Fridays. ONE YEAR LATER, Mary Simpson, the widow of Sol G. Simpson of Simpson Logging Company fame, donated $7,500 for a town hall and library to maintain a public reading room. A Simpson partner, A.H. Ander- son, also donated money for the building. Mark Reed bought the land from Grant Angle and deeded it to the city. Reed also married Simpson's daughter, Irene. "I fig- ure she must have been quite a lady because they also built and named a new high school after her too," Tostevin said. The cur- rent Shelton library, named after William G. Reed, stands on the site of the former Irene S. Reed High School and a stone wall bearing the school's name domi- nates the library's parking lot. During World War I, the Shel- ton Town Council met in the town hall-library. The staff carried on library business and Red Cross knitting and stored war supplies there. By 1923, the library boast- ed 2,300 books. There was money for more books, but no more room. The town council urged donations for the construction of Memorial Hall, which still stands at Second and Franklin streets• Now the library occupied the former town hall by itself and was open seven days a week. Librar- ians were expected not only to shelve the books but to stoke the furnace as well. When they want- ed time off, they paid the substi- tutes out of their own pockets at the rate of 25 cents an hour. IN 1962, there was a major re- modeling of the library thanks to a trust fund left by Mrs. Ander- son. Something wonderful, wash- rooms, were added. "The library had 15,000 books," Tostevin said. Eventually, the move for a new library was afoot. Bond issues were set, and committees worked but failed to effect their passage. "We tried twice but the voters Center AUTOMOTIVE The Professionals of people who are particular about their cars! Highway North 426-1467 WA 98584 Dan Moldenhauer, owner didn't go for it," she said. "We got comments like, 'Schools have books so what do we need it for?'" The library, Tostevin observed, was m a world of hurt. One pro- posed site was on the grounds of the old Lincoln School off Cota Street. Fast forward to 1988. The Shelton Public Library was still too small and the building was crumbling. Tostevin said she was part of the opposition to the merger with Timberland, but things eventual- ly smoothed out and the vocal mi- nority got some concessions. The city got a new library, more books, access to all of Timber- land's branches, an online cata- log, interlibrary loans and much more. In the long run, she said, it was a good deal. Even Garth Getty eventually put down his picket signs. REFERENCE Librarian Mike Potts remembers interviewing for a job 10 years ago amidst saw- horses and sawdust in the new building. He gave a nod to Wil- liam G. Reed. "Mr. Reed thought of himself as a steward of resources, not only his personal ones but also community and public resources," he said. The library staff mem- bers also feel they're stewards of the public trust and are trying to do the best they can to do what they should with that trust, he added. The Reed family donated $500,000 and the land on which the library sits, Potts explained. Several other major donors emerged. Local fund-raising also helped the project win a grant of $265,000. Dory Whitmarsh started work- ing in Timberland's South Mason branch in 1974. One memorable library program involved a visit from the choir flom the women's prison in Purdy. "There were as many guards as there were ladies," she recalled. "It came time for Timberland and Shelton to join," she said. "It came time for the wounds to heal and for everybody to come togeth- er." at Shelt, c)n's WorkSource Mason County employers and job-seekers have a new place to turn for a variety of job-place- ment and business-and-career re- sources at WorkSource Mason County. Washington Employment Se- curity Commissioner Carver Gay- ton will join other state and local officials at the ribbon-cutting set for 3 p.m. today at the new facili- ty at 2505 Olympic Highway North, Suite 420 in Gateway Cen- ter. "WorkSource is a unique con- cept in the labor market," said Gayton. "The centers provide in one place all the information, technology and services that job- seekers and business need to succeed." AT A WORKSOURCE center, those seeking jobs have free use of computers, copiers, faKes and other career and training resourc- es. They also have access to job data bases and workshops on how MIKE POTTS, Dory Whitmarsh and Pat Tostevin present a compre- hensive historical account of public libraries in Shelton. Their ac- count took the history of libraries in Shelton from the city's early years right up to the present day. to get and keep a job. Translation services will also be available, as well as information on accessing unemployment insurance. Meanwhile, businesses can take advantage of computer job- matching services, get assistance with recruitment and layoffs, and have access to electronic rsum banks, labor market information and retraining resources. "This is a wonderful moment for all the partners in Mason County that worked so hard to make this happen," said Dennis Cole, WorkSource's executive di- rector. "WorkSource is no longer just a concept. It is alive and real." WorkSource is a joint venture of organizations dedicated to ad- dressing local employment needs. Mason County partners include the Employment Security Depart- ment, Washington Division of Vo- cational Rehabilitation, Educa- tional Service District 113, Green Thumb, Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging, Mason County Literacy, Olympic Col- lege, Pacific Mountain Private In- dustry Council and Shelton Com- munity Services Office. THE CENTER'S administra- tor, Ann Fenton, observed, "Each partner brings its own strengths to the system, and the result is a center that is greater than the sum of its parts. The services we offer have proven to be some of the most useful to those looking for work, and for businesses look- ing for qualified workers." In addition to the services of- fered at the center, employers and job-seekers can access job- matching information and other employment resources 24 hours a day at the Web site work. aource.wa.gov. Other WorkSource Center facilities are located in Bel- lingham, Kelso, North Seattle, Omak, Renton, Spokane, Walla Walla, White Salmon and at two locations in Vancouver. Other centers will open by June of next year. 25% OR MORE OFF - STOREWIDE - U-PICK PUMPKINS READY SOON t Now picking 4 varieties HUNTE0000 ,00Jm) CORN ' Canning Corn Cooking Com Hunter Farms LAST CHANCEl ZUCCHINI While supplies last PICKLING CUKES! PEACHES,PEARS PLUMS,TOMATOES WINTER SQUASH .... New Crop POTATOES Sweet Spanish ONIONS lb.. 25 lb. • 50 lb. 3# MIXED ONIONS Red • White • Yellow JUICING CARROTS 25# - 4.95 COOKING OR CANNING BEETS 25# - 1095 APPLES • Red • Gold • Galas • Jonathon • Jonagolc Washington SLICING CUKES FALL DECORATIONS • Gourds • Corn Stalks • Ornamental Corn • Straw i i i ii i i Large Assortment ol PEPPERS iiii °U,T.',.° I I i ,mv " Carso • Hats • Camping Gear ; Mountain  HAY BUSINESS "alLY A FW*cast IronCookware'Rain Gear'Boots  Ice Cream SALE U"wEEKS Fall Color LEFT! OYSTERS & Large Assortment CLAMS MUMS, ASTERS, . SALMON PANSIES i Mon-Fri 11:30-6:30, Sat 10-5 Barkley Square, 2121 Olympic Highway North • 427-8305 A Family Farm Tradition  898-2222,26.2222or UTI ll,tlllN  __ East 1921 Highway 106, Union, WA OPEN 9 am-6 pm 7 DAYS AWEEK U-PICK PUMPKINS READY SOON() (. Thursday, September 23, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3 elre00'" in" ulympl,?S00'" " con'aine-- n.l: !i ..... firefighters still pounng it e i:i!i The forest fire that raged un- were reported, he said. A 20-member Forest Service closed to national forest visitors. controlled last week in the Olym- pic National Forest has been con- tained. Firefighters who worked hard in the steep and rocky terrain of- ficially contained the 90-acre blaze at 6 p.m. Sunday night, said Ken Eldredge, Olympic National Forest spokesperson. No injuries The cause of the fire near The Brothers in southeastern Jeffer- son County has been attributed to a lightning strike from an earlier storm that smoldered perhaps for as long as several weeks before being kicked up on Sunday, Sep- tember 12, by high winds. hotshot crew from the Umpqua National Forest in southern Ore- gon that arrived on September 14 remained on the job at the fire scene Wednesday. A helicopter continued dropping buckets of water from Lena Lake on the still burning areas• The fire has kept several areas Those areas, which will remain closed until further notice, in- clude the Lena Lakes trail and campground, The Brothers Trail and the lower portion of The Brothers Wilderness Area south of Murhut Ridge, Eldredge said. GREEN KIDS AND ADULTS alike get wacky balloon hats to wear during last Friday's gala celebration marking the 10th anniversary at Shelton's William G. Reed Public Library. a day to celebrate the in Shelton and the to transform marked the 10th to the day that the Public Library at Alder streets in was officially librarians, library officials turned CUrrent library staff patrons to take part lStivities. There was drunk, cake to be ca- provided by the band Swing Fev- Walk Against AIDS all set off in the the hoopla, the late Garth Getty, to the Public Li- and Regional five-county library a that operates the ,rary, flickered mis- FROM the city's to the well-used of today was re- resident Pat 1890, the first "library" in LOR of Shel. handmade ate his Power of li- The Mason County HIV/AIDS Advisory Council will sponsor the fifth annual Mason County Walks Against AIDS event on Saturday on Kneeland Boulevard. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Wal-Mart parking lot on the side near the high school. The opening ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. and walkers will head out shortly thereafter. 's long history is At the conclusion of the event, performers from the Boys and Girls Club of North Mason will provide entertainment while re- freshments are served. There will be munchies avail- able before the walk as well, and as an added enticement, three lo- cal massage therapists from Ka- leidoscope Massage and Body Creations in Shelton and North Bay Massage in Allyn will give free massages to walkers. A level route around the Moun- tain View area will be accessible to participants in wheelchairs, families with babies in strollers, and others who need an easy route, say planners of the event. The walk is designed to raise consciousness of AIDS and HIV and to raise $4,500 to assist local victims of the immunodeficiency diseases. "All the money raised is spent in Mason County," empha- sized spokesperson Carla Huyck of the county health department. Donations may be made at the walk or mailed to MCHAAC at P.O. Box 1382, Shelton, 98584. All donations are tax-deductible and receipts are available. Prizes will be awarded the three teams raising the most money and all participants who raise $100 or more will receive T- shirts. The shirts will also be available for sale and can be or- dered in special sizes from chil- dren's small to XXXL. More information is available from Huyck at the health depart- ment, 427-9670 (275-4467 from North Mason phones), Extension 545. ted at celebration Ribbon-cutting is today Shelton was opened, she said. Members paid $3 a year, had ac- cess to 80 books and also got to choose another three books from a catalog. A ladies' literary society was formed in 1904 for "the mutual improvement of the community." The fee was only $1 a year, but the library was open Saturday af- ternoons only• The library bounced around town for several years, operating at times in private homes. In 1910, it closed for'remodeling and recataloging. By 1913, it was lo- cated in A.L. Bell's Insurance and Land Office at the corner of Third and Railroad. The hours were 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Fridays. ONE YEAR LATER, Mary Simpson, the widow of Sol G. Simpson of Simpson Logging Company fame, donated $7,500 for a town hall and library to maintain a public reading room. A Simpson partner, A.H. Ander- son, also donated money for the building. Mark Reed bought the land from Grant Angle and deeded it to the city. Reed also married Simpson's daughter, Irene. "I fig- ure she must have been quite a lady because they also built and named a new high school after her too," Tostevin said. The cur- rent Shelton library, named after William G. Reed, stands on the site of the former Irene S. Reed High School and a stone wall bearing the school's name domi- nates the library's parking lot. During World War I, the Shel- ton Town Council met in the town hall-library. The staff carried on library business and Red Cross knitting and stored war supplies there. By 1923, the library boast- ed 2,300 books. There was money for more books, but no more room. The town council urged donations for the construction of Memorial Hall, which still stands at Second and Franklin streets• Now the library occupied the former town hall by itself and was open seven days a week. Librar- ians were expected not only to shelve the books but to stoke the furnace as well. When they want- ed time off, they paid the substi- tutes out of their own pockets at the rate of 25 cents an hour. IN 1962, there was a major re- modeling of the library thanks to a trust fund left by Mrs. Ander- son. Something wonderful, wash- rooms, were added. "The library had 15,000 books," Tostevin said. Eventually, the move for a new library was afoot. Bond issues were set, and committees worked but failed to effect their passage. "We tried twice but the voters Center AUTOMOTIVE The Professionals of people who are particular about their cars! Highway North 426-1467 WA 98584 Dan Moldenhauer, owner didn't go for it," she said. "We got comments like, 'Schools have books so what do we need it for?'" The library, Tostevin observed, was m a world of hurt. One pro- posed site was on the grounds of the old Lincoln School off Cota Street. Fast forward to 1988. The Shelton Public Library was still too small and the building was crumbling. Tostevin said she was part of the opposition to the merger with Timberland, but things eventual- ly smoothed out and the vocal mi- nority got some concessions. The city got a new library, more books, access to all of Timber- land's branches, an online cata- log, interlibrary loans and much more. In the long run, she said, it was a good deal. Even Garth Getty eventually put down his picket signs. REFERENCE Librarian Mike Potts remembers interviewing for a job 10 years ago amidst saw- horses and sawdust in the new building. He gave a nod to Wil- liam G. Reed. "Mr. Reed thought of himself as a steward of resources, not only his personal ones but also community and public resources," he said. The library staff mem- bers also feel they're stewards of the public trust and are trying to do the best they can to do what they should with that trust, he added. The Reed family donated $500,000 and the land on which the library sits, Potts explained. Several other major donors emerged. Local fund-raising also helped the project win a grant of $265,000. Dory Whitmarsh started work- ing in Timberland's South Mason branch in 1974. One memorable library program involved a visit from the choir flom the women's prison in Purdy. "There were as many guards as there were ladies," she recalled. "It came time for Timberland and Shelton to join," she said. "It came time for the wounds to heal and for everybody to come togeth- er." at Shelt, c)n's WorkSource Mason County employers and job-seekers have a new place to turn for a variety of job-place- ment and business-and-career re- sources at WorkSource Mason County. Washington Employment Se- curity Commissioner Carver Gay- ton will join other state and local officials at the ribbon-cutting set for 3 p.m. today at the new facili- ty at 2505 Olympic Highway North, Suite 420 in Gateway Cen- ter. "WorkSource is a unique con- cept in the labor market," said Gayton. "The centers provide in one place all the information, technology and services that job- seekers and business need to succeed." AT A WORKSOURCE center, those seeking jobs have free use of computers, copiers, faKes and other career and training resourc- es. They also have access to job data bases and workshops on how MIKE POTTS, Dory Whitmarsh and Pat Tostevin present a compre- hensive historical account of public libraries in Shelton. Their ac- count took the history of libraries in Shelton from the city's early years right up to the present day. to get and keep a job. Translation services will also be available, as well as information on accessing unemployment insurance. Meanwhile, businesses can take advantage of computer job- matching services, get assistance with recruitment and layoffs, and have access to electronic rsum banks, labor market information and retraining resources. "This is a wonderful moment for all the partners in Mason County that worked so hard to make this happen," said Dennis Cole, WorkSource's executive di- rector. "WorkSource is no longer just a concept. It is alive and real." WorkSource is a joint venture of organizations dedicated to ad- dressing local employment needs. Mason County partners include the Employment Security Depart- ment, Washington Division of Vo- cational Rehabilitation, Educa- tional Service District 113, Green Thumb, Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging, Mason County Literacy, Olympic Col- lege, Pacific Mountain Private In- dustry Council and Shelton Com- munity Services Office. THE CENTER'S administra- tor, Ann Fenton, observed, "Each partner brings its own strengths to the system, and the result is a center that is greater than the sum of its parts. The services we offer have proven to be some of the most useful to those looking for work, and for businesses look- ing for qualified workers." In addition to the services of- fered at the center, employers and job-seekers can access job- matching information and other employment resources 24 hours a day at the Web site work. aource.wa.gov. Other WorkSource Center facilities are located in Bel- lingham, Kelso, North Seattle, Omak, Renton, Spokane, Walla Walla, White Salmon and at two locations in Vancouver. Other centers will open by June of next year. 25% OR MORE OFF - STOREWIDE - U-PICK PUMPKINS READY SOON t Now picking 4 varieties HUNTE0000 ,00Jm) CORN ' Canning Corn Cooking Com Hunter Farms LAST CHANCEl ZUCCHINI While supplies last PICKLING CUKES! PEACHES,PEARS PLUMS,TOMATOES WINTER SQUASH .... New Crop POTATOES Sweet Spanish ONIONS lb.. 25 lb. • 50 lb. 3# MIXED ONIONS Red • White • Yellow JUICING CARROTS 25# - 4.95 COOKING OR CANNING BEETS 25# - 1095 APPLES • Red • Gold • Galas • Jonathon • Jonagolc Washington SLICING CUKES FALL DECORATIONS • Gourds • Corn Stalks • Ornamental Corn • Straw i i i ii i i Large Assortment ol PEPPERS iiii °U,T.',.° I I i ,mv " Carso • Hats • Camping Gear ; Mountain  HAY BUSINESS "alLY A FW*cast IronCookware'Rain Gear'Boots  Ice Cream SALE U"wEEKS Fall Color LEFT! OYSTERS & Large Assortment CLAMS MUMS, ASTERS, . SALMON PANSIES i Mon-Fri 11:30-6:30, Sat 10-5 Barkley Square, 2121 Olympic Highway North • 427-8305 A Family Farm Tradition  898-2222,26.2222or UTI ll,tlllN  __ East 1921 Highway 106, Union, WA OPEN 9 am-6 pm 7 DAYS AWEEK U-PICK PUMPKINS READY SOON() (. Thursday, September 23, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3