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. Pro-rams residential, urban commercial and aquatic. Continued from page A-6 The new SMP also classifies ar- eas of shoreline into "reaches," or Schopfer said the intention of 3-to 10-mile swaths of land that the open house was to give mem- have similar characteristics. bers of the public a chance to get The goal of the program is to de- information and ask questionsvelop shorelines while preserving about how the updated plan would the environment, he said. affect them. Schopfer said the first draft of Tim Gates, senior planner with the program should be available Ecology, gave a series of presenta- on the county website by Nov. 14. tions on the process of updating Ecology mandated that all the program, and its effects on counties in the state update their landowners. Shoreline Master Programs by "We were hoping we'd have a 2015, and put them on a schedule. full master program (by now)," he The updated Mason County pro- said. gram is due by June 30, 2013. The He said since the last Mason plan needs to be completed and County SMP was adopted in 1988, implemented by January 2014. about 720,000 new rules on shore- The City of Shelton is also go- line management have been ap-ing through a process to update its proved, own Shoreline Master Program. He said the program was in- The city and county worked to- tended to give people a good foun- gether early in the process with a dation to help them understand joint technical advisory committee. the updated program and any new City planner Jason Dose said he regulations within it. hoped the City of Shelton would The Shoreline ManagementAct, have its draft Shoreline Master which requires implementation of Plan finished by now. Shoreline Master Programs, has "We ended up behind," he said. three goals, he said. He said the city has been de- The act asks counties to priori- layed in its efforts to complete the tize land uses that require a shore- draft by questions on specific land line location, such as aquaculture, use regulations and is working on to protect the environment and getting more input from members to promote public access to public of its advisory committees. shorelines, and acknowledge prop- "I'm anticipating having a draft erty rights, plan ... I'm hoping by the holt- The county has already an- days,"he said. nounced some changes in the up- Dose said he plans on giving a dated plan. For example, in the old series of presentations to the com- SMP, there were only four land use munity, potentially during city designations- urban, conservan- commission meetings, before the cy, rural and natural, formal public hearings to familiar- The updated program has some ize the community with the shore- of the old designations, such as line plan and get additional input. natural, conservancy and rural, "I want to have a long public but new ones as well, including process," he said. 6th-grader wins national pageant titles By NATALIE JOHNSON Mikailah Chartier is no stranger to competition, having competed in International Girl natural pageants for years. This year was different. The Shelton ll-year-old competed in Branson, Mo. this year in the organi- zation's national competition, bringing home three overall titles -- Young Miss Overall Photogenic, Young Miss Overall Beauty and Overall Princess. "I was actually really sur- prised when I came home with the beauty title because I've nev- er won any title at nationals be- fore," Chartier said. "I've been to nationals once before and I came home a runner-up." Because she won multiple Mikailah awards, Mikailah gave up her princess title to a friend who Chartier didn't win any titles. Mikailaha, a sixth-grader at Pioneer Intermediate School, said she enjoys win- ning titles, but always looks forward to meeting new friends at the competitions. "I always get excited because we're always some- where different," she said. "I keep wondering what it's going to be like and who we're going to meet." International Girl pageants hardly resemble child beauty pageants featured on TV shows such as TLC's "Toddlers and Tiaras." Pageants like those Mikailah competes in are natural pageants, which allow only a small amount of makeup, and are education based, her mother, Dee Chartier said. '~e competitions are really hard," Chartier said. '~rou have to compete at the state level to go to nationals." Mikailah's talent at these competitions is "sing- signing," or performing sign language along with a song. "What I like about sing-signing is I get to choose," she said. "I like songs that tell a story." Mikailah also recently traveled to Disneyland, where she represented International Girl royalty. "All of the royalty was invited to go to Disney- land," she said. 'Tee got to ride some rides and take pictures with some Disney characters. I got to meet Mickey Mouse and got three hugs." While Mikailah got plenty of hugs from Mickey, she also helped promote the program with fellow International Girl royalty. "There was a lot of PR work, a lot of people ask- ing questions about the organization," Chartier said. "They also explained to Disney personnel what their talents were and about the program. Mornings started at 9 o'clock and we didn't have any hun until supper." In order to take the trip to Disneyland, Mikailah worked hard to sell doughnuts and "goblin insur- ance." "The goblin insurance is made especially for Halloween.," Mikailah said. The insurance covered toilet paper on trees and other Halloween-related cleanup. Chartier, who organizes Mason County Interna- tional Girl pageants, said this year's Mason Coun- ty preliminary pageant is scheduled for 9 a.m. Dec. 1 at 150 W. William White Road in Shelton. The entry fee is $5, which will be donated to Kitten Res- cue of Mason County. Entrants can bring donations to Kitten Rescue in lieu of the fee; All entrants will also be invited to participate in the annual Shelton Christmas pa- rade. Chartier encouraged other girls to participate in the pageant. She said being in the International Girl pageants has been very beneficial to Mikailah. "Doing the natural pageants like she does has really boosted her self confidence and her willing- ness to be a role model in the community," Chart- ier said. For more information about International Girl, go to internationalgirlpageant.com. To learn more about the Mason County pre- liminary, call Chartier at 427-8836 or. by email at mcpageant@aol.com. MILITMtY VEFERANS Annual Veterans Day Commemoration ON SUNDAY THIS YEAR IHE VETERANS' 11/11 COMMIHEE INVITES All MASON COUNTY VETERANS TO JOIN TOGnHER IN FELLOWSHIP TO REMEMBER AND HONOR FALLEN COMRADES. ( VETERANS: 2012, 1030 hours 2nd & Franklin, 8helton WHEN: November 11, WHERE: Memorial Hall, SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: 1030 hours- Fellowship & War Stories 1100 hours- Memorial to the Fallen 1115 hours- Breakfast provided by SheRon's 40 el 8 Voiture # 135 and Le Ferns Cabane 135 WEAR YOUR MEDALS OR RIBBONS) liii, The end of the year is approaching... Don't let your, insurance benefits go to waste. Call to schedule dental appointment today! 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