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It's almost time: County commission roundup : Health officials explain flu shots and the flu season is County Depart- Services, in recog- Adult Immuni- will for the first tetanus shots along Pneumonia vaccines, nurse Joy John- services coordinator for adults are unaware to get immun- Johnson one reason the 11 is designated Adult Immunization Week. "Getting im- a lifelong, life-protect- observes. department at a number of sites in October. Lre Walk-in clinics, and no will be scheduled. for flu shots is $10; la vaccina- and the tetanus cost $5. and Medicaid cover- notes, will pay for eumonia shots, but not cover tetanus With health-main- such as Group • reed, Johnson Lust get their flu and shots through their for them to be opt to get the health depart- they will be billed October 5, ent person- m hand from 10 a.m. nberlakes Activi- OUtreach clinics are set 9 a.m. to noon p.m. Tuesday, October Belfair Assembly of from 1 to 4 p.m. October 13, at the aSino. from 1 to 4 p.m. 14, at the Lit- from 9 a.m. to 1 to 4 p.m. October 20, at the on Mountain Mason General 9 a.m. to noon ra. Wednesday, Octo- Mason County Se- Center at Ninth from 2 to 4 p.m. 21, at Mary M. ,he Mason County office in Ma- IV down- for 9 to 11:15 Thursday, October 8; Fri- Friday, October October 28; and 29. the trouble? hospitalizations to influen- Disease Control Here are some has gleaned save to $60 in hospi- account for ap- Percent of the to pneumonia States, pneu- a deaths in part be- of elderly per- infection caus- Pneumonias and in the United - more than any bacteri- fatality is 30 to 40 half of those deaths are potentially prevent- able through pneumococcal vacci- nations. • For adults aged 60 years and older, the increased risk for teta- nus was nearly seven times that for people aged 5 to 19 years and twice that of people from 20 to 59. THIS YEAR'S FLU shots, says Johnson, comprise a triva- lent vaccine for the U.S. that in- cludes A/Belling, A/Sidney and B/Yamanashi strains. The CDC advises administra- tion of flu vaccine to anyone 6 months old or older who is at in- creased risk of influenza compli- cations due to age or underlying medical conditions. Those groups include: • People aged 65 or older. • Residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities housing patients of any age with chronic medical conditions. • Adults and children with chronic disorders of the pulmo- nary or cardiovascular systems, including asthma. • Adults and children who have required medical follow-up or hospitalization during the pre- ceding year because of chronic metabolic diseases including dia- betes, or chronic renal dysfunc- tion, hemoglobinopathies or im- munosuppression, including sup- pression of the immune system caused by medications. • Children and teenagers from 6 months to 18 years old who re- ceive long-term aspirin therapy and might therefore be at risk of developing Reye's syndrome after influenza. • Women who will be in the second or third trimester of preg- nancy during the flu season. RECOMMENDED FOR im- munization are people whose work may involve exposure to pa- tients with influenza. Johnson points out that flu can be trans- mitted to people at risk for com- plications by folks in these cate- gories: * Physicians, nurses and other health-care personnel in both hos- pital and outpatient-care settings. • Employees in nursing homes and chronic-care facilities who have contact with patients or res- idents. • Employees of assisted-living and other residents for people in high-risk groups. • Members of the households of people in high-risk groups. • People who provide home care to people in high-risk groups. THE PNEUMOCOCCAL vac- cine, Johnson says, is a one-time- only dose for most adults. A second dose is now recom- mended only for people aged 2 and older who are immunocom- promised and those over 65 who were less than 65 when they re- ceived their first dose. Booster doses of the innocula- tions against pneumonia are needed for children aged 2 to 10 with immune deficiencies, who need a booster three to five years after their first dose, and people aged 11 to 64 with immune defi- ciencies who need a booster five years after the first dose. The over-65s who got their first pneu- monia shot at under 65 need another if it has been five years or more since their first one. INFORMATION ON the im- munization program is available from the health department at 427-9670, Extension 400. The health department is located at 303 North Fourth Street in Shel- ton. From North Mason telephones, the number is 275-4467, Exten- sion 400. Chamber has maps Shelton-Mason County Cham- ber of Commerce maps of the county and city are available in the Tollie caboose on Railroad Avenue. Stop A Tane:" ii i Olympic Heating & Cooling • Sales * Service * Installations • Repairs • Heating • Air Conditioning • Refrigeration 5 * 754-1235 * 1-800-400-9945 OLYMPHC1210W Contracts okayed for work on Skok The Mason County Commis- sion took action Tuesday to au- thorize two contracts related to bank stabilization work on the South Fork of the Skokomish River in the Bambi Farms Road area. The first contract approved is with Kamin Construction of Shelton for $41,541.50 for the transport of seven large Douglas fir trees with attached root wads from Labar Horse Camp on U.S. Forest Service Road 2353 to the Washington State Department of Transportation storage yard on Highway 101 in Potlatch. The trees and root wads will be used to construct engineered log jams, reported Rich Geiger, en- gineering services manager, who was filling in for County Engineer Jerry Hauth. GEIGER TOLD the board three firms from the county's small- works roster were contacted but neither Bob Kimbel, Incorporated of Shelton nor RG Forestry Con- sultant of Hoodsport submitted a proposal. If the trees are stored at an alternate location on the Bentz property on Bambi Farms Road, the cost would be $38,844, the commissioners were told. The contract will be paid for with $35,000 in special state ap- propriated money for gravel re- moval from the river, funds which are being held in escrow. The Skokomish Flood Control Zone District will fund the re- maining $6,541.50, Geiger said. The second contract approved is with Skillings-Connolly, In- corporated of Olympia to modify the scope of work on an existing contract with the community de- velopment department for Sko- komish River flood analysis. FOR AN ADDITIONAL cost of $17,440, the consulting firm will provide an analysis of river flow characteristics and bank protection projects on the South Fork in addition to making bank protection design recom- mendations, Geiger explained. IN OTHER business Tuesday, the commissioners: • Postponed the award of a bid tbr painting of the Belfair, Union and Hoodsport transfer stations and for the solid-waste transfer station and office building on Eells Hill Road until next Tues- day evening. Only one bid of $49,873, which came from Root Painting Company in Hoquiam, was received. Community Development Di- rector Gary Yando told the board he had solicited bids from a number of companies but they were "all tied up at this time of year." In asking for the addi- tional time to make his recom- mendation, Yando said he may delay the painting projects until next spring. The estimate by county staff for the work was $35,000. • Authorized the closure of Mountain View Drive from milepoint .05 to .15, from 6 a.m. Monday, September 27, to 5 p,m. Friday, October 1, for a culvert replacement on Wooten Lake Creek to enhance fish passage, • APPROVED TWO requests for the removal of utility ease- ments. One was from Clifton and Sharon Moss of Belfair for lots 14 and 15 in Division 3 at Lynch Cove. The owners want to build a carport across the lot lines. The other request was from John and Margie McNeil of Longview for Lot 101 in Division 2, Block 6 at Colony Surf. The McNeils want to replace an ex- isting garage. • Approved a personal cellu- lar phone agreement for Sean T. Dodge in the Mason County Sheriffs Office. • Approved veterans' assis- tance applications, as recom- mended by the screening com- mittee, for three individuals to- taling $1,200. SUPER VALUEMAN'S "LARGEST FORD STORE FROM OLYMPIA TO THE COAST"* IIIIII Prize must be claimed by 9/27/99, If not claimed we add another S lO0. Registered owner and vehicle must appea at dealership to claim cash or prize. If is your plate you wlnl -- $200 :IXIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIII VALUE Foan m EuvL LICENSE PLATE OF THE WEEK! If you know this person and bring them in -- get a free oil changel Claimants may be asked to appear in dealership advertising. No purchase necessary. TRUCKS • CARS • VANS- PREOWNED • TRUCKS * CARS • VANS 94 CltEV 1/2 94 TOYOTA '90 TOYOTA 96 ClIEV TON PU XCAB 4X4 PICKUP BLAZER 4X4 Long bed, auto, AC V-6, 5 spd., wheels, 5 spd., AC, bedliner 4 dr, auto, loaded bedliner 77133A 77137 77186 77115 * 10,995 * 13,995 *4,995 * 16,995 97 FORD 91 PLYMOUTH 95 FORD FORD ESCORT LX VOYAGER WINDSTAR GL WGN Auto, AC, low miles Alloys, roof rack Leather, auto, alloys, moon roof Auto, AC, 77154A 77174 77152A Power windows & locks 77193 *4,995 *13,495 S l 8,995 *10,995 97 MITSUBISHI 96 MERC ..... 94 LINCOLN 96 FORD ECLIPSE VILLAGER 68 MK8 RANGER Red, auto, AC, alloys Auto, rear AC, alloys. "Black Beauty," leather Long bed, 5 spd. 77223 99062A 99131B 997A '13,495 '14,995 *9,995 s7.900J 5 95 DODGE 97 FORD 97 FORD 97 FORD NEON F250 F3S0 F350 Auto, AC, AM/FM cassette Super cab Crew cab, white Green and white, 99242A 77226 77253 crew cab *6,995 $28,995 s31,995 9 HUNTER'S SPECIAL • 00ro°00m,ss,oo service * 2999s • Change oil and filter * Change coolant Diesel slightly higher Thursday, September 23, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 11 It's almost time: County commission roundup : Health officials explain flu shots and the flu season is County Depart- Services, in recog- Adult Immuni- will for the first tetanus shots along Pneumonia vaccines, nurse Joy John- services coordinator for adults are unaware to get immun- Johnson one reason the 11 is designated Adult Immunization Week. "Getting im- a lifelong, life-protect- observes. department at a number of sites in October. Lre Walk-in clinics, and no will be scheduled. for flu shots is $10; la vaccina- and the tetanus cost $5. and Medicaid cover- notes, will pay for eumonia shots, but not cover tetanus With health-main- such as Group • reed, Johnson Lust get their flu and shots through their for them to be opt to get the health depart- they will be billed October 5, ent person- m hand from 10 a.m. nberlakes Activi- OUtreach clinics are set 9 a.m. to noon p.m. Tuesday, October Belfair Assembly of from 1 to 4 p.m. October 13, at the aSino. from 1 to 4 p.m. 14, at the Lit- from 9 a.m. to 1 to 4 p.m. October 20, at the on Mountain Mason General 9 a.m. to noon ra. Wednesday, Octo- Mason County Se- Center at Ninth from 2 to 4 p.m. 21, at Mary M. ,he Mason County office in Ma- IV down- for 9 to 11:15 Thursday, October 8; Fri- Friday, October October 28; and 29. the trouble? hospitalizations to influen- Disease Control Here are some has gleaned save to $60 in hospi- account for ap- Percent of the to pneumonia States, pneu- a deaths in part be- of elderly per- infection caus- Pneumonias and in the United - more than any bacteri- fatality is 30 to 40 half of those deaths are potentially prevent- able through pneumococcal vacci- nations. • For adults aged 60 years and older, the increased risk for teta- nus was nearly seven times that for people aged 5 to 19 years and twice that of people from 20 to 59. THIS YEAR'S FLU shots, says Johnson, comprise a triva- lent vaccine for the U.S. that in- cludes A/Belling, A/Sidney and B/Yamanashi strains. The CDC advises administra- tion of flu vaccine to anyone 6 months old or older who is at in- creased risk of influenza compli- cations due to age or underlying medical conditions. Those groups include: • People aged 65 or older. • Residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities housing patients of any age with chronic medical conditions. • Adults and children with chronic disorders of the pulmo- nary or cardiovascular systems, including asthma. • Adults and children who have required medical follow-up or hospitalization during the pre- ceding year because of chronic metabolic diseases including dia- betes, or chronic renal dysfunc- tion, hemoglobinopathies or im- munosuppression, including sup- pression of the immune system caused by medications. • Children and teenagers from 6 months to 18 years old who re- ceive long-term aspirin therapy and might therefore be at risk of developing Reye's syndrome after influenza. • Women who will be in the second or third trimester of preg- nancy during the flu season. RECOMMENDED FOR im- munization are people whose work may involve exposure to pa- tients with influenza. Johnson points out that flu can be trans- mitted to people at risk for com- plications by folks in these cate- gories: * Physicians, nurses and other health-care personnel in both hos- pital and outpatient-care settings. • Employees in nursing homes and chronic-care facilities who have contact with patients or res- idents. • Employees of assisted-living and other residents for people in high-risk groups. • Members of the households of people in high-risk groups. • People who provide home care to people in high-risk groups. THE PNEUMOCOCCAL vac- cine, Johnson says, is a one-time- only dose for most adults. A second dose is now recom- mended only for people aged 2 and older who are immunocom- promised and those over 65 who were less than 65 when they re- ceived their first dose. Booster doses of the innocula- tions against pneumonia are needed for children aged 2 to 10 with immune deficiencies, who need a booster three to five years after their first dose, and people aged 11 to 64 with immune defi- ciencies who need a booster five years after the first dose. The over-65s who got their first pneu- monia shot at under 65 need another if it has been five years or more since their first one. INFORMATION ON the im- munization program is available from the health department at 427-9670, Extension 400. The health department is located at 303 North Fourth Street in Shel- ton. From North Mason telephones, the number is 275-4467, Exten- sion 400. Chamber has maps Shelton-Mason County Cham- ber of Commerce maps of the county and city are available in the Tollie caboose on Railroad Avenue. Stop A Tane:" ii i Olympic Heating & Cooling • Sales * Service * Installations • Repairs • Heating • Air Conditioning • Refrigeration 5 * 754-1235 * 1-800-400-9945 OLYMPHC1210W Contracts okayed for work on Skok The Mason County Commis- sion took action Tuesday to au- thorize two contracts related to bank stabilization work on the South Fork of the Skokomish River in the Bambi Farms Road area. The first contract approved is with Kamin Construction of Shelton for $41,541.50 for the transport of seven large Douglas fir trees with attached root wads from Labar Horse Camp on U.S. Forest Service Road 2353 to the Washington State Department of Transportation storage yard on Highway 101 in Potlatch. The trees and root wads will be used to construct engineered log jams, reported Rich Geiger, en- gineering services manager, who was filling in for County Engineer Jerry Hauth. GEIGER TOLD the board three firms from the county's small- works roster were contacted but neither Bob Kimbel, Incorporated of Shelton nor RG Forestry Con- sultant of Hoodsport submitted a proposal. If the trees are stored at an alternate location on the Bentz property on Bambi Farms Road, the cost would be $38,844, the commissioners were told. The contract will be paid for with $35,000 in special state ap- propriated money for gravel re- moval from the river, funds which are being held in escrow. The Skokomish Flood Control Zone District will fund the re- maining $6,541.50, Geiger said. The second contract approved is with Skillings-Connolly, In- corporated of Olympia to modify the scope of work on an existing contract with the community de- velopment department for Sko- komish River flood analysis. FOR AN ADDITIONAL cost of $17,440, the consulting firm will provide an analysis of river flow characteristics and bank protection projects on the South Fork in addition to making bank protection design recom- mendations, Geiger explained. IN OTHER business Tuesday, the commissioners: • Postponed the award of a bid tbr painting of the Belfair, Union and Hoodsport transfer stations and for the solid-waste transfer station and office building on Eells Hill Road until next Tues- day evening. Only one bid of $49,873, which came from Root Painting Company in Hoquiam, was received. Community Development Di- rector Gary Yando told the board he had solicited bids from a number of companies but they were "all tied up at this time of year." In asking for the addi- tional time to make his recom- mendation, Yando said he may delay the painting projects until next spring. The estimate by county staff for the work was $35,000. • Authorized the closure of Mountain View Drive from milepoint .05 to .15, from 6 a.m. Monday, September 27, to 5 p,m. Friday, October 1, for a culvert replacement on Wooten Lake Creek to enhance fish passage, • APPROVED TWO requests for the removal of utility ease- ments. One was from Clifton and Sharon Moss of Belfair for lots 14 and 15 in Division 3 at Lynch Cove. The owners want to build a carport across the lot lines. The other request was from John and Margie McNeil of Longview for Lot 101 in Division 2, Block 6 at Colony Surf. The McNeils want to replace an ex- isting garage. • Approved a personal cellu- lar phone agreement for Sean T. Dodge in the Mason County Sheriffs Office. • Approved veterans' assis- tance applications, as recom- mended by the screening com- mittee, for three individuals to- taling $1,200. SUPER VALUEMAN'S "LARGEST FORD STORE FROM OLYMPIA TO THE COAST"* IIIIII Prize must be claimed by 9/27/99, If not claimed we add another S lO0. Registered owner and vehicle must appea at dealership to claim cash or prize. If is your plate you wlnl -- $200 :IXIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIII VALUE Foan m EuvL LICENSE PLATE OF THE WEEK! If you know this person and bring them in -- get a free oil changel Claimants may be asked to appear in dealership advertising. No purchase necessary. TRUCKS • CARS • VANS- PREOWNED • TRUCKS * CARS • VANS 94 CltEV 1/2 94 TOYOTA '90 TOYOTA 96 ClIEV TON PU XCAB 4X4 PICKUP BLAZER 4X4 Long bed, auto, AC V-6, 5 spd., wheels, 5 spd., AC, bedliner 4 dr, auto, loaded bedliner 77133A 77137 77186 77115 * 10,995 * 13,995 *4,995 * 16,995 97 FORD 91 PLYMOUTH 95 FORD FORD ESCORT LX VOYAGER WINDSTAR GL WGN Auto, AC, low miles Alloys, roof rack Leather, auto, alloys, moon roof Auto, AC, 77154A 77174 77152A Power windows & locks 77193 *4,995 *13,495 S l 8,995 *10,995 97 MITSUBISHI 96 MERC ..... 94 LINCOLN 96 FORD ECLIPSE VILLAGER 68 MK8 RANGER Red, auto, AC, alloys Auto, rear AC, alloys. "Black Beauty," leather Long bed, 5 spd. 77223 99062A 99131B 997A '13,495 '14,995 *9,995 s7.900J 5 95 DODGE 97 FORD 97 FORD 97 FORD NEON F250 F3S0 F350 Auto, AC, AM/FM cassette Super cab Crew cab, white Green and white, 99242A 77226 77253 crew cab *6,995 $28,995 s31,995 9 HUNTER'S SPECIAL • 00ro°00m,ss,oo service * 2999s • Change oil and filter * Change coolant Diesel slightly higher Thursday, September 23, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 11