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High School Spotlight:
Meet, Joe Walbaum, a music man
By MARY DUNCAN
When Little Shop of Horrors
opens tonight at Shelton High
School, senior Joseph Walbaum
will be exactly where he wants to
be - center stage and in the spot-
light.
"My first memory," he begins,
"my youngest memory I have, is
standing up against a TV during
a half-time show and seeing
Dizzy Gillespie playing a trum-
pet solo. I just knew right then
that I wanted to do music. I want-
ed to be there. That was my main
thing - on that stage, in the mid-
dle of everyone, you know, on TV
and everything, doing what he's
doing."
What Joe will be doing tonight
is appearing as Seymour, the
lead character in the show which
he says is different but fun. "It's
like everybody has such unique
characters. It's very modern, it's
like modern rock," he com-
ments. "It has a lot of emotions
inside of it. It has different views
of the world.
"BASICALLY ITS about Sey-
mour. He's grown up in this
shop," Joe continues. "And then
suddenly everything changes
when he finds the plant. It's fun
having to do this. I can't quite get
the nerdish thing down." He
laughs, with a slight .
This is Joe's fourth mtmil.
He played Jack in Into the
Woods, Charlie Brown in Yag
a Good Man Charlie Brown and
Rift in West Side Story. "Plus
on top of that we're doing Grease
this year. A lot of people are look-
ing forward to that one. We
should have a huge cast," he pre-
dicts with gusto.
Besides singing, Joe plays
several instruments. It all began
with the recorder in third grade.
"I liked that a lot, and I wanted to
do something else, so I took up
clarinet. That was my first real
instrument, I guess you could
say, and I got the hang of it rather
quickly," he recalls.
At Pioneer School he was
asked to play the trumpet part on
former music teacher Susan
Casey asked me to switch to
trumpet and that was really what
I had in mind the whole time." At
SHS Joe is in jazz band and con-
Adopt-a-Pet
Adopt-a-Pet is a nonprofit volun-
teer group whe plavemvat ms'vista,
kennels and spay-neuter assistance
program are financed through month-
ly garage sales. To list pets with the
placement-assistance program or to
list lost and found pete, call befare 8
p.m. Sunday for publication. All pets
from Adopt-a-Pet kennels are vet-
checked. Call 426-2810 to set up a
kennel visit or to donate Items.
Or visit the Web site at www.aap.
wa, org.
SWEET GINGER is a 4-month-
old, spayed husky cross with red and
white fur.
PATCHES, A 1-year-old, spayed
terrier cross, is white with black trim.
She is not good with other dogs, ad-
vise kennel volunteers.
TRAMP, A 1-year-old, black sad
silver, neutered shepherd crou,
found tied to the Jmtmels' , .
cording to volunteeri.
BUDDY IS A large, 1-year-old,
neutered black Lab and described as
a sweet dog.
Free Pets
A YELLOW LAB male wearing a
multi-colored collar was found in the
Lake Limerick area. 42%4398.
FIVE PUPPIES, males and fe-
males 10 weeks old, are a Rottweiler-
Weimaraner cross and good with chin
dren. 426-5921,
KAROLYN, A 2-year-old, spayed
German shepherd cross, is described
as very intelligent. 898-3919 or 426-
0740.
A BLACK LAB cross male puppy,
8 to 10 weeks old, was found at
Shorecrest. 432-1255.
ROTTWEILER-LAB cross male, 9
weeks old, is black and tan and an
outdoor dog. 427-7869.
JOE WALBAUM, who plays the lead in Little Shop of
Horrors at the high school, is busy creating a CD of
his own compositions. He enjoys all kinds of music
and wants to learn as much as he can as a singer,
trumpeter and keyboard player.
cert band, and sings with the Il-
lusions show choir.
THERE'S MORE still to Joe's
musical pursuits. "I also play
piano. I do a lot of composing.
I'm trying to work on getting a
CD done by the end of this year,"
he says.
He likes exploring different
musical styles. "I want to be able
to do it all - literally. I want to be
able to do every single kind of
style of music that exists," he de-
clares.
"So far what I have is some
'new age' stuff on the piano with
Susan accompanying me on
flute. There's kind of this - " Joe
pauses and laughs - "I think of it
available this week:
SHEPHERD CROSS male, 5 years
old, black and brown.
HOUND CROSS male, 2 years old,
black and tan.
Mr, AUTIFUL ABBY, a l-year-
old, spayed chow cross, was
very thin when she arrived at
the kennels, volunteers note,
but is eating now and gaining
weight. A fenced yard is re-
quired. Call 426-2610 to meet
her.
as an Elton-John kind of a style.
I have kind of a rhythm and
blues, and a lullaby and techno.
I'm getting into digital record-
ing stuff and I find I excel at
it .... It's very easy for me to do."
Composing comes naturally to
Joe. "For me it works in several
ways," he begins. "It can be eith-
er an idea that popped into my
head after experiencing some-
thing. Just like this melody that
sticks in your head and then it's
like you have a little orchestra
going on in dur head or a whole
five*piece band and it's just like
you want to get it out. You want to
get it out and hear it.
"ANOTHER WAY is like
when I sit down at the piano and I
go to play, I actually don't think
about what I'm going to play. I
just play. I've never taken piano
lessons, and I'm kind of proud to
say that," he notes with more
laughter. "I'm like resisting the
temptation to take piano lessons
just so I can say I've earned this.
"But now I want to take piano
lessons now because you can
only go so far by yourself."
Besides writing the songs for
his own CD, Joe has tackled more
difficult compositions. "Right
now I have, sitting at my house
in a folder, a song called 'The
Moon and Stars' and it is an ac-
tual full arrangement for band
that I've written. I haven't had a
chance to bring it out yet and I'm
kind of waiting for homecoming
and stuff to get over so we have
time during class to work on it."
While the composition may
appear effortless, Joe admits that
creating the titles for songs "is so
difficult." Again he uses his
imagination and intuition. "For
my band piece I just pictured the
image that I had in my mind,
which was an outer-space type of
a thing," he explains. "So I fig-
ured someone looking up at the
moon and stars.
"For a lot of songs, it's so hard
because I have to think about it,"
Joe says, "and you have to de-
scribe what the whole entire
song's about without actually
saying, 'it's a love song or it's
this or it's that,' you know?"
THE LULLABY was so
named because of a pressure-
packed moment at the high-
school talent show. The an-
nouncer needed a title, but Joe
didn't have one. He frantically
searched his song for a key word
or phase as his time to perform
approached. At the last minute,
he called it "Lullaby." Joe fin-
ished in a three-way tie for first.
There's another competition
on Joe's mind these days. He is
jazzed about the band's upcoming
performance in Spokane. "All of
our time is being spent on that
right now. It's like our first
marching competition," he de-
clares. "It's like a big thing for
us really.
"I've never seen the band excel
as much as they have," Joe com-
ments. "I mean, freshman year
it was like nobody cared - even
in the band - nobody cared about
the band. But now, now it's like
everybody's there to participate,
except for a few people here and
there. We have over 60 students
in there now. It's so different
'cause I came into a band of like
20, you know. I'm like, 'I don't
want to leave.' " Joe punctuates
his commentary with more
laughter.
During his years at SHS Joe
has done a balancing act in
terms of gaining all the musical
experience he can with concert
and jazz bands, Illusions and
choir. "I'm really needed in the
band and I'm really needed in
the choir. I can't really weigh it,"
he concedes. "I want to do them
both. I love jazz and they're both
Writers to ,,00J.lare humor
at tonight'00 reading
You've heard of writing from
the right side of the brain?
Local writers from the Olym-
pic Poets and Writers Workshop
will take it one step further to-
night. They have announced
they'll read writings from the
light side in a free program at 7
p.m. tonight at Saint David's
Hall in Shelton.
The reading, they hote, is open
to the public.
Carolla Kosel of Union will
read a piece about crossing the
Canadian border with children,
and Bill Young of Shelton will
read the harrowing narrative,
"Reading at Succotash."
Among the other participants
STARTS OCTOBER 20TH
6-week session
Adult Beginning Level
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SWING
7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
1221 E. Shelton
Springs Road
426=7681
i
of the local writers' circle who
will share their humorous work
with the public are Frank Guyer,
Zella Mounts, Ilse Rasmussen
and Mike Callaghan.
The group will serve coffee
and cookies as bribes to listen-
ers. The hall, which is handicap-
accessible, is located at 218 North
Third Street across from the
City of Shelton
Animal Shelter
Adoptions cost $25 plus $5 for a
city license. New dop are brought in
all tim time, Call 42%7503 or visit
the shelter at 902 Wt Pine Strut,
Houri are I0 a;m, to 5 p;m, Men-
:day through Friday and 9 a,m, to I
p.m, Saturday.
Heri's a lUng of,ores oft
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jazz. I've had four things going
on at the one time, but I couldn't
resist. I couldn't help it. I wanted
to learn it. I'm kind of strug-
gling now to get all the
(graduation) requirements in,
but I think I'll be able to pull it
uff."
JOE IS HOPING he can con-
tinue his musical career at col-
lege but, he admits, "The problem
is a lot of financial stuff. It's so
difficult. I need any help I can
get, really. That's why I'm doing
the CD."
With mounting enthusiasm,
Joe adds, "That will hopefully
bring in a little bit of money, and
maybe that'll start some perfor-
mances up, which then I can get
my work known and I'll get dis-
covered, you know, and I can be-
come a pop star." Laughing, he
adds, "A big rock star."
Joe has had some professional
experiences, sitting in with his
dad's band, the Stokers, and per-
forming with Jeff Jackson, Lar-
ry Evans and Richard Gerber. "I
performed with them during the
summer and had some gigs
where I got paid," Joe says. "I
was doing keyboards and vocals
as well, doing three-art harmo-
nies and stuff. It was so much
fun. We were all at this high
level of professionalism. When
we went to practice we got through
songs so fast and they were al-
ready at performable quality the
first time we did it. It was
awesome."
So is Joe's musical talent.
Methodist women
are district hosts
The Tacoma District meeting
of the United Methodist Church
Women was held September 18 at
Shelton's United Methodist
Church on Mountain View.
The focus for the meeting was
preparation of United Methodist
Committee on Relief (UMCORE)
packets brought in from the dis-
trict's churches. The packets in-
clude individual health kits,
layettes, school kits and sewing
kits.
The Shelton church women put
together approximately 94 pack-
ets, reported Grace Young, Shel-
ton Methodist women president.
The total from the district was
597.
Attenders heard guest speaker
Jenni Yeoh from the Pacific
Northwest Conference of United
Methodist Church Women.
main office of Simpson Timber
Company.
ii i i iii i i
Mt. Olive bazaar
is Saturday at 9
Handmade items and tasty
pastries will be offered at Mount
Olive Lutheran Church's pre-
holiday bazaar scheduled to run
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Satur-
day at the church. The address
is 206 Wyandotte in Shelton's
South Hill area.
Quilts, crocheted items, em-
broidered dish towels, Christ-
mas ornaments, wooden crafts,
knit items and silk flower ar-
rangements are all handcrafted
by the congregation. The bazaar
will feature a baked.goods table
and a coffee bar with French
pastries and pies.
All proceeds are used to sup-
port local charities.
Try Our New
CHRISTMAS TREE
LAYAWAY PLAN!
From October 14th to October 31st, come
out any afternoon between 3:30 and 7:00
p.m. and pick out your Christmas tree for
layaway! Beat the" cold, sloppy weather and
dark afternoons of December...
Hassler, Mallow
marry zn LaceY
An :M:ai:w 'm:: asse! t ?: !meg " d ihnA agr re i:::u!g i!l°a::/: I
Sunday, September 19, at the Ja-
cob Smith House in Lacey.
Shells Underhill was the
maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Stacey Mallow, the groom's
sister, and Toni Thumbser and
Crista Brown.
The best man was Terry Mal-
low. Erik Minner, Dale Due and
Cory Canfield were groomsmen.
Summer Hassler attended the
bride as flower girl and Justin
Hassler was the ringbearer.
The Reverend Linda Hollis
performed the double-ring cere-
mony. Steve Mendoza provided
the music.
Mallow assisted. _ d
The bride is the .daa'i¢,
Jacob Hassler and Ann_'-&0d
both of Yelm She attended s ,:,
in Yelm ani" is employed bY D*
Wig Auctions in OlYmPl?' e $.
Vallow of Cent ' :... b
ed schools in Centralaby
halls and is empl°Y.each$1t'
Builder Construction m -
The couple took a W:: i
honeymoon trp tL:;: Slel" ":1
The newlywe
ton.
An all-breed dog show is a dog-
lover's paradise. •
Last weekend was sheer enter-
tainment for those of us lucky
enough to be looking on rather
than bearing the responsibility
for the event.
While shows must be stressful
situations for dogs, most of them
were on their good behavior. We'll
discount the doberman pinscher
that growled at me; I know it was
really just growling at the camera
I was carrying. Some dogs don't
like cameras. Some dogs don't
like camera people, come to think
of it. I'm glad I kept walking.
A young Rottweiler of gigantic
proportions, exhausted from its
first show, was sleeping on its
owner's lap. A grizzled Irish wolf-
hound poked its long nose into my
camera bag and looked crestfallen
to find no dog kibbles in there:
Dog shows have a certain ele-
ment of unreality about them.
These dogs, for startS, -tidI'
c n. so lossv-coated andl II :'
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W to Sll; uv
They know ho ..off bsCP
oust, rolling over on ",. -,
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and waving their feet in m €
Shetland sheepdogs (I fo :
almost unbelievable).C
uietl waiting their tu " i.:
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show rin. And there ,
tish terrier (I found this "J"ll;l!!lE'.,. -,'
unbelievable) entered in o'-
ence trials.
dielnter nt'h°me' where hth; s-'II:esldent Scottie
!1 ,:
gled an apple in s . et
and eaten it, rather ,
the living room rug. 1 i t . a
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eled sheltie, annoy.ed/
home, had emptied a t
baskets and decora'
stairs carnets with __. __.
Kleenex. - -eslitY J II. '
At our house, ttze. v's s |b.o
be grim, but the slo "!W|(
over.
TI[00EASU0000
is the place to start for
your own unique
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High School Spotlight:
Meet, Joe Walbaum, a music man
By MARY DUNCAN
When Little Shop of Horrors
opens tonight at Shelton High
School, senior Joseph Walbaum
will be exactly where he wants to
be - center stage and in the spot-
light.
"My first memory," he begins,
"my youngest memory I have, is
standing up against a TV during
a half-time show and seeing
Dizzy Gillespie playing a trum-
pet solo. I just knew right then
that I wanted to do music. I want-
ed to be there. That was my main
thing - on that stage, in the mid-
dle of everyone, you know, on TV
and everything, doing what he's
doing."
What Joe will be doing tonight
is appearing as Seymour, the
lead character in the show which
he says is different but fun. "It's
like everybody has such unique
characters. It's very modern, it's
like modern rock," he com-
ments. "It has a lot of emotions
inside of it. It has different views
of the world.
"BASICALLY ITS about Sey-
mour. He's grown up in this
shop," Joe continues. "And then
suddenly everything changes
when he finds the plant. It's fun
having to do this. I can't quite get
the nerdish thing down." He
laughs, with a slight .
This is Joe's fourth mtmil.
He played Jack in Into the
Woods, Charlie Brown in Yag
a Good Man Charlie Brown and
Rift in West Side Story. "Plus
on top of that we're doing Grease
this year. A lot of people are look-
ing forward to that one. We
should have a huge cast," he pre-
dicts with gusto.
Besides singing, Joe plays
several instruments. It all began
with the recorder in third grade.
"I liked that a lot, and I wanted to
do something else, so I took up
clarinet. That was my first real
instrument, I guess you could
say, and I got the hang of it rather
quickly," he recalls.
At Pioneer School he was
asked to play the trumpet part on
former music teacher Susan
Casey asked me to switch to
trumpet and that was really what
I had in mind the whole time." At
SHS Joe is in jazz band and con-
Adopt-a-Pet
Adopt-a-Pet is a nonprofit volun-
teer group whe plavemvat ms'vista,
kennels and spay-neuter assistance
program are financed through month-
ly garage sales. To list pets with the
placement-assistance program or to
list lost and found pete, call befare 8
p.m. Sunday for publication. All pets
from Adopt-a-Pet kennels are vet-
checked. Call 426-2810 to set up a
kennel visit or to donate Items.
Or visit the Web site at www.aap.
wa, org.
SWEET GINGER is a 4-month-
old, spayed husky cross with red and
white fur.
PATCHES, A 1-year-old, spayed
terrier cross, is white with black trim.
She is not good with other dogs, ad-
vise kennel volunteers.
TRAMP, A 1-year-old, black sad
silver, neutered shepherd crou,
found tied to the Jmtmels' , .
cording to volunteeri.
BUDDY IS A large, 1-year-old,
neutered black Lab and described as
a sweet dog.
Free Pets
A YELLOW LAB male wearing a
multi-colored collar was found in the
Lake Limerick area. 42%4398.
FIVE PUPPIES, males and fe-
males 10 weeks old, are a Rottweiler-
Weimaraner cross and good with chin
dren. 426-5921,
KAROLYN, A 2-year-old, spayed
German shepherd cross, is described
as very intelligent. 898-3919 or 426-
0740.
A BLACK LAB cross male puppy,
8 to 10 weeks old, was found at
Shorecrest. 432-1255.
ROTTWEILER-LAB cross male, 9
weeks old, is black and tan and an
outdoor dog. 427-7869.
JOE WALBAUM, who plays the lead in Little Shop of
Horrors at the high school, is busy creating a CD of
his own compositions. He enjoys all kinds of music
and wants to learn as much as he can as a singer,
trumpeter and keyboard player.
cert band, and sings with the Il-
lusions show choir.
THERE'S MORE still to Joe's
musical pursuits. "I also play
piano. I do a lot of composing.
I'm trying to work on getting a
CD done by the end of this year,"
he says.
He likes exploring different
musical styles. "I want to be able
to do it all - literally. I want to be
able to do every single kind of
style of music that exists," he de-
clares.
"So far what I have is some
'new age' stuff on the piano with
Susan accompanying me on
flute. There's kind of this - " Joe
pauses and laughs - "I think of it
available this week:
SHEPHERD CROSS male, 5 years
old, black and brown.
HOUND CROSS male, 2 years old,
black and tan.
Mr, AUTIFUL ABBY, a l-year-
old, spayed chow cross, was
very thin when she arrived at
the kennels, volunteers note,
but is eating now and gaining
weight. A fenced yard is re-
quired. Call 426-2610 to meet
her.
as an Elton-John kind of a style.
I have kind of a rhythm and
blues, and a lullaby and techno.
I'm getting into digital record-
ing stuff and I find I excel at
it .... It's very easy for me to do."
Composing comes naturally to
Joe. "For me it works in several
ways," he begins. "It can be eith-
er an idea that popped into my
head after experiencing some-
thing. Just like this melody that
sticks in your head and then it's
like you have a little orchestra
going on in dur head or a whole
five*piece band and it's just like
you want to get it out. You want to
get it out and hear it.
"ANOTHER WAY is like
when I sit down at the piano and I
go to play, I actually don't think
about what I'm going to play. I
just play. I've never taken piano
lessons, and I'm kind of proud to
say that," he notes with more
laughter. "I'm like resisting the
temptation to take piano lessons
just so I can say I've earned this.
"But now I want to take piano
lessons now because you can
only go so far by yourself."
Besides writing the songs for
his own CD, Joe has tackled more
difficult compositions. "Right
now I have, sitting at my house
in a folder, a song called 'The
Moon and Stars' and it is an ac-
tual full arrangement for band
that I've written. I haven't had a
chance to bring it out yet and I'm
kind of waiting for homecoming
and stuff to get over so we have
time during class to work on it."
While the composition may
appear effortless, Joe admits that
creating the titles for songs "is so
difficult." Again he uses his
imagination and intuition. "For
my band piece I just pictured the
image that I had in my mind,
which was an outer-space type of
a thing," he explains. "So I fig-
ured someone looking up at the
moon and stars.
"For a lot of songs, it's so hard
because I have to think about it,"
Joe says, "and you have to de-
scribe what the whole entire
song's about without actually
saying, 'it's a love song or it's
this or it's that,' you know?"
THE LULLABY was so
named because of a pressure-
packed moment at the high-
school talent show. The an-
nouncer needed a title, but Joe
didn't have one. He frantically
searched his song for a key word
or phase as his time to perform
approached. At the last minute,
he called it "Lullaby." Joe fin-
ished in a three-way tie for first.
There's another competition
on Joe's mind these days. He is
jazzed about the band's upcoming
performance in Spokane. "All of
our time is being spent on that
right now. It's like our first
marching competition," he de-
clares. "It's like a big thing for
us really.
"I've never seen the band excel
as much as they have," Joe com-
ments. "I mean, freshman year
it was like nobody cared - even
in the band - nobody cared about
the band. But now, now it's like
everybody's there to participate,
except for a few people here and
there. We have over 60 students
in there now. It's so different
'cause I came into a band of like
20, you know. I'm like, 'I don't
want to leave.' " Joe punctuates
his commentary with more
laughter.
During his years at SHS Joe
has done a balancing act in
terms of gaining all the musical
experience he can with concert
and jazz bands, Illusions and
choir. "I'm really needed in the
band and I'm really needed in
the choir. I can't really weigh it,"
he concedes. "I want to do them
both. I love jazz and they're both
Writers to ,,00J.lare humor
at tonight'00 reading
You've heard of writing from
the right side of the brain?
Local writers from the Olym-
pic Poets and Writers Workshop
will take it one step further to-
night. They have announced
they'll read writings from the
light side in a free program at 7
p.m. tonight at Saint David's
Hall in Shelton.
The reading, they hote, is open
to the public.
Carolla Kosel of Union will
read a piece about crossing the
Canadian border with children,
and Bill Young of Shelton will
read the harrowing narrative,
"Reading at Succotash."
Among the other participants
STARTS OCTOBER 20TH
6-week session
Adult Beginning Level
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SWING
7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
1221 E. Shelton
Springs Road
426=7681
i
of the local writers' circle who
will share their humorous work
with the public are Frank Guyer,
Zella Mounts, Ilse Rasmussen
and Mike Callaghan.
The group will serve coffee
and cookies as bribes to listen-
ers. The hall, which is handicap-
accessible, is located at 218 North
Third Street across from the
City of Shelton
Animal Shelter
Adoptions cost $25 plus $5 for a
city license. New dop are brought in
all tim time, Call 42%7503 or visit
the shelter at 902 Wt Pine Strut,
Houri are I0 a;m, to 5 p;m, Men-
:day through Friday and 9 a,m, to I
p.m, Saturday.
Heri's a lUng of,ores oft
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jazz. I've had four things going
on at the one time, but I couldn't
resist. I couldn't help it. I wanted
to learn it. I'm kind of strug-
gling now to get all the
(graduation) requirements in,
but I think I'll be able to pull it
uff."
JOE IS HOPING he can con-
tinue his musical career at col-
lege but, he admits, "The problem
is a lot of financial stuff. It's so
difficult. I need any help I can
get, really. That's why I'm doing
the CD."
With mounting enthusiasm,
Joe adds, "That will hopefully
bring in a little bit of money, and
maybe that'll start some perfor-
mances up, which then I can get
my work known and I'll get dis-
covered, you know, and I can be-
come a pop star." Laughing, he
adds, "A big rock star."
Joe has had some professional
experiences, sitting in with his
dad's band, the Stokers, and per-
forming with Jeff Jackson, Lar-
ry Evans and Richard Gerber. "I
performed with them during the
summer and had some gigs
where I got paid," Joe says. "I
was doing keyboards and vocals
as well, doing three-art harmo-
nies and stuff. It was so much
fun. We were all at this high
level of professionalism. When
we went to practice we got through
songs so fast and they were al-
ready at performable quality the
first time we did it. It was
awesome."
So is Joe's musical talent.
Methodist women
are district hosts
The Tacoma District meeting
of the United Methodist Church
Women was held September 18 at
Shelton's United Methodist
Church on Mountain View.
The focus for the meeting was
preparation of United Methodist
Committee on Relief (UMCORE)
packets brought in from the dis-
trict's churches. The packets in-
clude individual health kits,
layettes, school kits and sewing
kits.
The Shelton church women put
together approximately 94 pack-
ets, reported Grace Young, Shel-
ton Methodist women president.
The total from the district was
597.
Attenders heard guest speaker
Jenni Yeoh from the Pacific
Northwest Conference of United
Methodist Church Women.
main office of Simpson Timber
Company.
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Mt. Olive bazaar
is Saturday at 9
Handmade items and tasty
pastries will be offered at Mount
Olive Lutheran Church's pre-
holiday bazaar scheduled to run
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Satur-
day at the church. The address
is 206 Wyandotte in Shelton's
South Hill area.
Quilts, crocheted items, em-
broidered dish towels, Christ-
mas ornaments, wooden crafts,
knit items and silk flower ar-
rangements are all handcrafted
by the congregation. The bazaar
will feature a baked.goods table
and a coffee bar with French
pastries and pies.
All proceeds are used to sup-
port local charities.
Try Our New
CHRISTMAS TREE
LAYAWAY PLAN!
From October 14th to October 31st, come
out any afternoon between 3:30 and 7:00
p.m. and pick out your Christmas tree for
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Hassler, Mallow
marry zn LaceY
An :M:ai:w 'm:: asse! t ?: !meg " d ihnA agr re i:::u!g i!l°a::/: I
Sunday, September 19, at the Ja-
cob Smith House in Lacey.
Shells Underhill was the
maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Stacey Mallow, the groom's
sister, and Toni Thumbser and
Crista Brown.
The best man was Terry Mal-
low. Erik Minner, Dale Due and
Cory Canfield were groomsmen.
Summer Hassler attended the
bride as flower girl and Justin
Hassler was the ringbearer.
The Reverend Linda Hollis
performed the double-ring cere-
mony. Steve Mendoza provided
the music.
Mallow assisted. _ d
The bride is the .daa'i¢,
Jacob Hassler and Ann_'-&0d
both of Yelm She attended s ,:,
in Yelm ani" is employed bY D*
Wig Auctions in OlYmPl?' e $.
Vallow of Cent ' :... b
ed schools in Centralaby
halls and is empl°Y.each$1t'
Builder Construction m -
The couple took a W:: i
honeymoon trp tL:;: Slel" ":1
The newlywe
ton.
An all-breed dog show is a dog-
lover's paradise. •
Last weekend was sheer enter-
tainment for those of us lucky
enough to be looking on rather
than bearing the responsibility
for the event.
While shows must be stressful
situations for dogs, most of them
were on their good behavior. We'll
discount the doberman pinscher
that growled at me; I know it was
really just growling at the camera
I was carrying. Some dogs don't
like cameras. Some dogs don't
like camera people, come to think
of it. I'm glad I kept walking.
A young Rottweiler of gigantic
proportions, exhausted from its
first show, was sleeping on its
owner's lap. A grizzled Irish wolf-
hound poked its long nose into my
camera bag and looked crestfallen
to find no dog kibbles in there:
Dog shows have a certain ele-
ment of unreality about them.
These dogs, for startS, -tidI'
c n. so lossv-coated andl II :'
lea . g _ . vv1 "",.,
W to Sll; uv
They know ho ..off bsCP
oust, rolling over on ",. -,
1/.%,
and waving their feet in m €
Shetland sheepdogs (I fo :
almost unbelievable).C
uietl waiting their tu " i.:
q Y was s '-
show rin. And there ,
tish terrier (I found this "J"ll;l!!lE'.,. -,'
unbelievable) entered in o'-
ence trials.
dielnter nt'h°me' where hth; s-'II:esldent Scottie
!1 ,:
gled an apple in s . et
and eaten it, rather ,
the living room rug. 1 i t . a
k ". i1 [r
eled sheltie, annoy.ed/
home, had emptied a t
baskets and decora'
stairs carnets with __. __.
Kleenex. - -eslitY J II. '
At our house, ttze. v's s |b.o
be grim, but the slo "!W|(
over.
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your own unique
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