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i: NEW DICTIONARY OWNERS receiving their resource works from school district staffers Robin Donaldson, left, and Doug Haskins are Concepcion Panzo, smiling as she accepts her Spanish.English dic- tionary, and Lupe Garcia, behind her. Looking on are Enrique Her- Five county food banks unite efforts in Food Bank Alliance Saint Vincent de Paul and Com- munity Action Council. BOUTWELL WAS elected as president at a recent organiza- tional meeting in Shelton. Other officers of the group include Ernie Brown from the Matlock Food Bank, vice president, and Dor- othy Wilkins of the North Mason effort, secretary-treasurer. Boutwell said early efforts of the alliance would include locat- ing additional sources of free food in Western Washington, reducing the cost of purchased food through bulk buying, reducing the cost and effort of transporting Mason County food bank work- ers have joined forces to form the Food Bank Alliance of Mason County. The group, said spokesman Ed Boutwell, is being formed "to promote communication and coop- eration among organizations pro- viding food to needy persons, and to assist members in accomplish- ing their common purpose of com- bating hunger and poverty in Ma- son County." Membership applications, Boutwell said, have been accepted from the North Mason Food Bank, Matlock Community Food Bank, Hood Canal Food Bank, nandez, just visible over Donaldson's shoulder; English as a second Eight join Fire language program coordinator Ellen Shortt.Sanchez (hidden behind Haskins' hand); Lupe's husband, Jose Luis Garcia and, over Panzo's shoulder, Karol Zacarias. port personnel give District 4 ranks tionaries to literacy c°Eighirree;d°en:i°:fiMa:: ti:nlb;hfi;efightrelit::?t joined the ranks as volunteer emergency scenes, Fire Chief firefighters after completing the Cliff Cowling said. district's basic course. "Firefighters are the ultimate SESP is a branch of the Shel- ton Education Association that represents educational assistants, paraprofessionals, food service workers, maintenance and cus- todial personnel and the district printer. Their project is one that Haskins says has been on several union members' minds for some time. It all started, he explained, with an employee who wasn't meeting the expectations of the job. "When I sat down with her to review her job description, she couldn't read it," he said. "It was determined that she was dyslex- ic." He helped her get in touch with Mason County Literacy, where she got help. He later watched her graduate with a gen- eral educational development (GED) certificate. And he heard her tell how de- lighted she was when her literacy tutor gave her a dictionary. "We thought it would be great to give everybody one," he observed. Mason County Literacy Direc- tor Lynn Busacca said this week that she would be distributing the English dictionaries to students in the one-on-one reading-im- provement programs. "I can't wait to play Santa Claus," she said. the Shelton Edu- Personnel group dictionaries to Ma- last week. Rohin Donaldson Haskins carted reference works - ictionaries and 60 sh dictionaries - to on Center on Passed out dozens lish resources in Ellen Shortt's as a second language afterward the stu- Ly thrilled at di ..... Cllonarles. to offer three classes safe use of generators ly for home use. Safety issues for proper connection and use of gen- erators will also be discussed. People interested in attending any of the free classes are asked to register by calling PUD 3's ser- vice engineering department at 426-0888 or 275-6518, Extension 5888. Class size is limited, so ear- ly registration is encouraged. The new firefighters are Ray Claucherty, Richard Coley, Rachel Simon, Greg Sypnicki, Jeff Sturgeon, John Greenfield, Brad Henry and Bob Okada. The training took place over a six-Week period and is designed ASSET testing se. at college Olympic College Shelton is scheduling ASSET testing one time this month. Those planning to enroll in an English composition or math class for credit at Olympic College Shelton must take the ASSET test, which assesses one's basic skills in reading, writing and math. The test lasts some 21/2 hours. There is no fee. Testing will start at 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 20, at the college. Individuals who want to take the test can call 432-5400 to schedule an appointment. Winter quarter registration begins on November 29, with classes start- ing January 3, 2000. and possible offing, Mason Coun- Sponsor free classes and use of home will be held Otto- again November 4, I. in the PUD audi- and Cota streets A class for North Mason resi- dents is scheduled for 7 p.m. No- vember 18 at the Theler Commu- nity Center in Belfair. This is the third year that the utility has of- fered the classes on using alterna- tives to electricity. A representative from the PUD will discuss how to select, size and maintain a generator proper- The people want to keep improve their fairgrounds. l00arv is committed to that goal. 4 new long-term leas. e will meet that objectwe. Vote for change! Vote for Marv! community volunteers. They spend hundreds of hours in training to develop the knowl- edge and skills to help their neighbors under the worst of con- ditions," Cowling commented. "They are to be thanked and con- gratulated." Bertha Compton also joined the department as a nonfire- FAUGHENDER[ SHELTON PORT COMMISSIONER fighting support person. Committee to Elect Marv Faughender, Chloe Scoles,Treasurer, East 2070 Island Lake Drive,Shelton,WA 98584. I food to Mason County and obtain- ing group grants for equipment and future projects. A Shelton food-handling facili- ty has been established at the site of the former National Guard Ar- mory in Shelton, the home of the SOCK (Save Our County's Kids) youth organization. The food-han- dling facility, now in operation, is an unloading depot and short- term storage facility for receiving, sorting and distributing food ar- riving from several sources, Bout- well said. The alliance is equipping it with pallet-handling equipment and pallet racks to deal with tons of food each month. A refrigerated THE NEW Shelton facility has also been in use since July by par- ticipating food banks to receive and store government commodity food. Community volunteers are now issuing commodities at the new facility to low-income Shel- ton families there. Initial funding for the Shelton facility was obtained from the Emergency Food Assistance Pro- gram directed by the Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. An additional $1,500 grant has been received from United Way of Ma- son County to assist in purchas- ing equipment for the facility. Additional information on the storage area will be needed at the food bank alliance is available thcility for short-term storage of from Boutwell by telephone at foods that arrive in frozen form. 87%6623 in Hoodsport. 00NEW & USED00 Computers USED 14 SVGA monitor m $29.00" USED 14" VGA rnonitorm$10.00 NEW 56K V.90 modems -- $24.95 40xCD Roms m $38,00 ° WHOLESALE PRICING ° Computers-n-Parts, LLC 2 Locations to serve you! Gorst 377-4905 M-F 10 to 6 E. Bremerton 475-8464 7 days a week ! Jim's Cube & Carwash is celebrating our Grand Opening Saturday. We feature quality Pennzoil motor oil. See the Pennzoil Formula Mazda race car on display Saturday, October 16 from I0 a.m.-2 p.m. "We feature quality Pennzoil motor oil" Enter to Win IIII dIL..E j W ln exciting Pennzoi, racing items including two of these cool radio-controlled cars! Stop, Go. Ponnzoil; (See Jim's Cube & Carwash for details.) /I ...t:  CUBE & CARWASH Hours: y l[arllrlrv Located on Hi.View 8"30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. CUBE near the Super 8 Hotel 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. CARWASH 2919 Olympic Highway North, Shelton (360) 4 2" 1 4:3 I ,, Thursday, October 14, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 29 i: NEW DICTIONARY OWNERS receiving their resource works from school district staffers Robin Donaldson, left, and Doug Haskins are Concepcion Panzo, smiling as she accepts her Spanish.English dic- tionary, and Lupe Garcia, behind her. Looking on are Enrique Her- Five county food banks unite efforts in Food Bank Alliance Saint Vincent de Paul and Com- munity Action Council. BOUTWELL WAS elected as president at a recent organiza- tional meeting in Shelton. Other officers of the group include Ernie Brown from the Matlock Food Bank, vice president, and Dor- othy Wilkins of the North Mason effort, secretary-treasurer. Boutwell said early efforts of the alliance would include locat- ing additional sources of free food in Western Washington, reducing the cost of purchased food through bulk buying, reducing the cost and effort of transporting Mason County food bank work- ers have joined forces to form the Food Bank Alliance of Mason County. The group, said spokesman Ed Boutwell, is being formed "to promote communication and coop- eration among organizations pro- viding food to needy persons, and to assist members in accomplish- ing their common purpose of com- bating hunger and poverty in Ma- son County." Membership applications, Boutwell said, have been accepted from the North Mason Food Bank, Matlock Community Food Bank, Hood Canal Food Bank, nandez, just visible over Donaldson's shoulder; English as a second Eight join Fire language program coordinator Ellen Shortt.Sanchez (hidden behind Haskins' hand); Lupe's husband, Jose Luis Garcia and, over Panzo's shoulder, Karol Zacarias. port personnel give District 4 ranks tionaries to literacy c°Eighirree;d°en:i°:fiMa:: ti:nlb;hfi;efightrelit::?t joined the ranks as volunteer emergency scenes, Fire Chief firefighters after completing the Cliff Cowling said. district's basic course. "Firefighters are the ultimate SESP is a branch of the Shel- ton Education Association that represents educational assistants, paraprofessionals, food service workers, maintenance and cus- todial personnel and the district printer. Their project is one that Haskins says has been on several union members' minds for some time. It all started, he explained, with an employee who wasn't meeting the expectations of the job. "When I sat down with her to review her job description, she couldn't read it," he said. "It was determined that she was dyslex- ic." He helped her get in touch with Mason County Literacy, where she got help. He later watched her graduate with a gen- eral educational development (GED) certificate. And he heard her tell how de- lighted she was when her literacy tutor gave her a dictionary. "We thought it would be great to give everybody one," he observed. Mason County Literacy Direc- tor Lynn Busacca said this week that she would be distributing the English dictionaries to students in the one-on-one reading-im- provement programs. "I can't wait to play Santa Claus," she said. the Shelton Edu- Personnel group dictionaries to Ma- last week. Rohin Donaldson Haskins carted reference works - ictionaries and 60 sh dictionaries - to on Center on Passed out dozens lish resources in Ellen Shortt's as a second language afterward the stu- Ly thrilled at di ..... Cllonarles. to offer three classes safe use of generators ly for home use. Safety issues for proper connection and use of gen- erators will also be discussed. People interested in attending any of the free classes are asked to register by calling PUD 3's ser- vice engineering department at 426-0888 or 275-6518, Extension 5888. Class size is limited, so ear- ly registration is encouraged. The new firefighters are Ray Claucherty, Richard Coley, Rachel Simon, Greg Sypnicki, Jeff Sturgeon, John Greenfield, Brad Henry and Bob Okada. The training took place over a six-Week period and is designed ASSET testing se. at college Olympic College Shelton is scheduling ASSET testing one time this month. Those planning to enroll in an English composition or math class for credit at Olympic College Shelton must take the ASSET test, which assesses one's basic skills in reading, writing and math. The test lasts some 21/2 hours. There is no fee. Testing will start at 9 a.m. Wednesday, October 20, at the college. Individuals who want to take the test can call 432-5400 to schedule an appointment. Winter quarter registration begins on November 29, with classes start- ing January 3, 2000. and possible offing, Mason Coun- Sponsor free classes and use of home will be held Otto- again November 4, I. in the PUD audi- and Cota streets A class for North Mason resi- dents is scheduled for 7 p.m. No- vember 18 at the Theler Commu- nity Center in Belfair. This is the third year that the utility has of- fered the classes on using alterna- tives to electricity. A representative from the PUD will discuss how to select, size and maintain a generator proper- The people want to keep improve their fairgrounds. l00arv is committed to that goal. 4 new long-term leas. e will meet that objectwe. Vote for change! Vote for Marv! community volunteers. They spend hundreds of hours in training to develop the knowl- edge and skills to help their neighbors under the worst of con- ditions," Cowling commented. "They are to be thanked and con- gratulated." Bertha Compton also joined the department as a nonfire- FAUGHENDER[ SHELTON PORT COMMISSIONER fighting support person. Committee to Elect Marv Faughender, Chloe Scoles,Treasurer, East 2070 Island Lake Drive,Shelton,WA 98584. I food to Mason County and obtain- ing group grants for equipment and future projects. A Shelton food-handling facili- ty has been established at the site of the former National Guard Ar- mory in Shelton, the home of the SOCK (Save Our County's Kids) youth organization. The food-han- dling facility, now in operation, is an unloading depot and short- term storage facility for receiving, sorting and distributing food ar- riving from several sources, Bout- well said. The alliance is equipping it with pallet-handling equipment and pallet racks to deal with tons of food each month. A refrigerated THE NEW Shelton facility has also been in use since July by par- ticipating food banks to receive and store government commodity food. Community volunteers are now issuing commodities at the new facility to low-income Shel- ton families there. Initial funding for the Shelton facility was obtained from the Emergency Food Assistance Pro- gram directed by the Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. An additional $1,500 grant has been received from United Way of Ma- son County to assist in purchas- ing equipment for the facility. Additional information on the storage area will be needed at the food bank alliance is available thcility for short-term storage of from Boutwell by telephone at foods that arrive in frozen form. 87%6623 in Hoodsport. 00NEW & USED00 Computers USED 14 SVGA monitor m $29.00" USED 14" VGA rnonitorm$10.00 NEW 56K V.90 modems -- $24.95 40xCD Roms m $38,00 ° WHOLESALE PRICING ° Computers-n-Parts, LLC 2 Locations to serve you! Gorst 377-4905 M-F 10 to 6 E. Bremerton 475-8464 7 days a week ! Jim's Cube & Carwash is celebrating our Grand Opening Saturday. We feature quality Pennzoil motor oil. See the Pennzoil Formula Mazda race car on display Saturday, October 16 from I0 a.m.-2 p.m. "We feature quality Pennzoil motor oil" Enter to Win IIII dIL..E j W ln exciting Pennzoi, racing items including two of these cool radio-controlled cars! Stop, Go. Ponnzoil; (See Jim's Cube & Carwash for details.) /I ...t:  CUBE & CARWASH Hours: y l[arllrlrv Located on Hi.View 8"30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. CUBE near the Super 8 Hotel 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. CARWASH 2919 Olympic Highway North, Shelton (360) 4 2" 1 4:3 I ,, Thursday, October 14, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 29