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~ued from page B-1
heir children.
mh of the funding for
shelters comes from
te donations.
state counted 636
less people in Mason
ty in 2011, and 404
this year. But those num-
bers ]probably only reflect
half bf the homeless popu-
latio]L, because some home-
less eople are wary of talk-
mg ) government officials
and iving their name, said
Ann Baker• director of the
Cold Weather Shelter.
"S,)me just don't want to
be co rated," she said.
Of the 404 homeless, 104
were in emergency shelters,
19 in transitional housing,
102 were unsheltered and
179 v~ere temporarily living
with ]family and friends.
THe top reasons given
for l~omelessness were job
loss{91), economic reasons
(87), substance abuse (69~,
family crisis/break-up (69),
eviction (45), illness (40)
and l!ack of job skills (39).
Fop income, 136 said
they received public assis-
tance, 78 said they have no
inco~m, and 66 said they-
Obituaries
Continued from page B-5
Evel: Tn Johnson
Fo: "mer longtime
Shelt ~n resident Evelyn
(Bais ~'h) Johnson, 94,
died ',~ept. 26, 2012, at
Mary ville Nursing Home
in Be ~verton, Ore.
Ev lyn was born to
Charles and Theresa
(Cormier) Baisch on Oct.
25, 1~17, in McCleary,
wher~ she grew up and
atter~ded school. She
worked as a switchboard
operator with Weyer-
receive Social Security. Of Two paid staff members
the 404, 110 said they have are called in when the shel-
permanent disabilities, and ter is opened, with the men
36 said they suffer from sleeping downstairs, the
mental disabilities. As for women upstairs. The cold
where they stayed the pre- nights draw an average of
vious night, 179 said they about 18 homeless people,
stayed with others. 103 with a high of 27, Sells said.
were in a shelter and 85 The Mason County Shel-
slept in vehicles, ter helps homeless families
The numbers are prob- with children, from preg-
ably low and inaccurate, nant women to parents
said Patti Sells, the Mason with six children "and ev-
County housing coalition erywhere in between." said
coordinator and a member Executive Director Debra
of the Mason County Shel- Nielsen.
ter board of directors. The shelter receives
"This is all self report- state and county funds,
rag, and not everyone is an- grants and private dona-
swering these questions," tions. The Oct. 20 fundrais-
Sells said. er "is a great way for people
The numbers are decep- to be supportive," Nielsen
tively low because some said.
people who live in substan- Founded five years ago,
dard housing- perhaps Turning Pointe serves
without running water or women who are victims of
heat or sewer - don't label domestic violence and their
themselves as homeless, children, housing "54 mini-
Sells said. mum, and we're always
"Yes, there's a roof over full." said Executive Direc-
their head, but that's con- tor Cheryl Cathcart. Turn-
sidered homeless," she said. ing Pointe is funded by fed-
The Cold Weather Shel- eral and state money, foun-
ter is opened when the dations, grants and private
wind chill ,factor is predict- donations.
ed to be 35 degrees or be- "We're excited to partici-
low, which is the guideline pate," Cathcart said of the
set by the City of Shelton, fundraiser. "There's a lot of
Sells s~id. great silent auction items•"
haeuser
Corpora-
tion and
with the
Tacoma
Police
Depart-
ment for
18 years,
where
Evelyn she met
Johnson her hus-
band, Dan
Johnson.
She relocated to Shelton
after his death in 1980
and was a member of St.
Edward's Catholic Church
for many years.
In 2011 she moved to
Portland, Ore., to be near
her sister Josephine.
She is survived by sis-
ters Josephine Gems and
Janie Earl of Shelton.
She was preceded in
death by sisters Betty Coz-
za and Billie Baisch, both
of Shelton.
A graveside service will
be held at 1 p.m. on Oct. 9
at Calvary Cemetery Mau-
soleum, Visitation Chapel,
Tacoma.
In honor of Evelyn's life-
long love of dogs, memori-
al donations may be made
to the Humane Society.
Harstine
Continued from page B-1
forget their Halloween treat when
they will have witche's cauldron
stuff along with some bat droppings
and wormy dirt.
Sounds good. As always, the com-
munity club doors will open a little
before noon and lunch will be served
right at noon.
All they ask for is a $3 donation.
So. if you are over 50 and you're
hungry, you know where they will
be serving you some great food at a
great price.
Arlen Morris and the group she
works with, Humanities Washing-
ton,
is beginning "to plan for HICC's
Annual Inquiring Minds Winter
Lecture and Performance Series.
They have an open invitation to
all islanders and off-islanders alike
to weigh in on choices for the 2013
speakers.
All are invited to look at the
humanities.org/speakers website
and asked to choose thr
ing topics.
Call Morris at 432-97
nate speakers before N(
A voting ballot of the
be handed out at the N(
meeting of the Harstine
munity Club. the spons,
series.
There is going to be
Mason County fundrais
up. It is called "Help an
the Homeless."
It will benefit the EE
Cold Weather Shelter,
ty Homeless Shelter an~
Pointe Domestic Violenq
will be on Oct. 20 at the
Sentry Park.
This will be a dinner/
entertainment provided
Fever. The dinner will t
rib and salmon buffet w
ian options.
The cost will be $50 t
Please call 427-9516 fo~
There will be more in
week's column.
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