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Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 -Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page A-11
Crews last week began construction
on Johns Prairie Road to transform
turf fields.
NEWS BRIEFS
Fire district
commissions to
meet Thursday
A special joint board of commis-
sioners meeting for Mason County fire
districts 6 and 11, as well as Central
Mason Fire & EMS, will be at 6 p.m.
Thursday at the Mason County PUD 3
building, 2621 E.John Prairie Road in
Shelton.
The public is invited to attend the
meeting, during which staff will re-
view an inter-local agreement involv-
ing the organizations and possibly
adopt the agreement.
Mason
unem
County
drops in Sept.
According to a report issued by
the Washington State Employment
Security Department last week, the
unemployment rate fell to 8 percent
in Mason County in the month of Sep-
tember.
That's a drop of 0.3 .percentage
points from revised numbers for Au-
gust in the county, but still higher
than that unemployment rate of 7.3
percent for September 2015.
With the addition of 20,000 jobs
during the month, the unemployment
rate dipped to 5.6 percent from 5.7
percent in the state. Mason County
continues to lag behind the major-
ity of its neighbors when it comes to
unemployment. Pierce (6.0 percent),
Lewis (7.7), Thurston (5.7) and Kitsap
(5.7) counties all boasted lower un-
employment rates than that of Mason
County. Of its neighbors, only Grays
Harbor County (8.2) had a greater
rate of unemployment than Mason
County.
Stand Down for
veterans to
be held Nov. 19
The Mason County Veterans Ad-
visory Board will host Stand Down
2016, an event for homeless veterans,
veterans in need and their family
members from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 19
at the Veterans Memorial I4at1,,2 10 W,
Journal photo by Brianna Loper
at the Mason County Recreation Area
two existing grass baseball fields to
Franklin St. in Shelton.
The event will include hot break-
fast and lunch, health screenings,
benefits counseling, legal advice, em-
ployment services, clothing, bedding,
hygiene kits, haircuts and housing
assistance.
For current information on
benefits available from the county.,
state and federal resources, go to
Masoncountyveterans.com
Volunteers needed
for fisheries group
Members of the local sport fishing
community are encouraged to apply to
volunteer with the Puget Sound Rec-
reational Fisheries Enhancement pro-
gram's 10-member oversight committee.
According to an Oct. 26 news
release issued by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife, 10
volunteers will be appointed to serve
a two-year term that runs from Janu-
ary to December 2018 and will meet
several times a year to review projects
and provide guidance on funding ac-
tivities.
To qualify, applicants should be
closely linked to the recreational fish-
ing community and have an under-
standing of salmon and bottomfish
fisheries in Puget Sound.
Individuals should submit a let-
ter of interest and resume by Nov. 11
to puget soundrecfishinggroup@dfw.
wa.gov or to the Washington Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife, attention:
Ryan Lothrop, 600 Capitol Way, Olym-
pia, WA 98501-1091.
For more information, contact
Lothrop at 902-2808 or Laurie Peter-
son at 902-2790.
PUD 1 to hold
special meeting
The Mason County PUD I board
of commissioners will hold a special
meeting at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 as a work-
shop on the Union Water System Fea-
sibility Study.
The meeting will take place at the
PUD 1 board room at 21971 North
U.S. Highway 101 in Potlatch.
A second public hearing on the
study will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at
the Union Fire Hall, located at 50 E.
Seattle St. in Union.
For more information, call Kristin
Masteller at 877-5249.
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