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Money to be used for weight room and an
Automated External Defibrillator
By EMILY HANSON
emily@rnasoncoun(y,com
A recent donation to the Shelton
High School athletic department
could help save lives.
An anonymous donor recently
gave the school's student-run Inter-
act Club a $1,000 donation to pur-
chase an automated external defi-
brillator, or AED.
"The AED tells you if you can
shock someone for a heartbeat or
not," said student Eryn Muenchow,
a freshman Interact Club member at
the school. "It's normally used in car-
diac arrests, which is not common in
high school, but some athletes have
been known to go into spontaneous
cadiac arrest."
The funds will be administered
through an ASB fund. A school nurse
will order the device, which will be
primarily used by the Shelton athlet-
ic trainer Kasey Robbins for training
purposes and for use during sporting
events.
Muenchow brought the donation
to the club last month. She said she
had been working with the donor for
some time to bring the Nick of Time
Foundation to Shelton High School.
"The Nick of Time Foundation
scans high school athletes' hearts for
abnormalities," Muenchow said. "If
it doesn't look normal, they do more
tests and if those come back positive,
they do a surgery at the hospital,
which takes 30 minutes and you can
walk out afterward."
She said the foundation looks for
abnormalities in athletes that can
lead to sudden cardiac arrest and
death in teenagers.
When the plan to bring Nick of
Time to SHS didn't work out, the
donator gave Muenchow the $1,000
check, which she then presented to
the Interact Club.
"The reason for the defibrillator is
because it can help save lives, espe-
cially for high school students," In-
teract Club adviser Margo Otto said.
The Interact Club is the high
school division of Rotary. The club
focuses on health and safety. Now in
its third year at SHS, the club has
roughly 20 members.
Muenchow said that, ideally,
there should be one defibrillator for
every 1 mile of the school campus.
Since the new AED has not yet been
purchased, SHS currently has one,
which is kept in the pool room.
Robbins said the sudden cardiac
arrest has been happening with high
school athletes more frequently in
recent years.
"Athletics is becoming more com-
petitive so kids are pushing them-
selves harder and they're working
more on fitness levels so their bodies
are getting pushed," she said.
She explained that an AED is used
on someone who has no pulse and no
heartbeat.
"You attach the electrode pads on
the center of their chest and on the
left side and perform CPR while it's
warming up," she said. "Then you
push a button that says 'analyze.'
You wait while the machine analyzes
the person for a heartrate or any-
thing. Then it says 'shock advised.'"
She said the machine is great be-
cause it literally talks people through
the procedure of using it properly.
"Just before you shock the nonre-
sponsive person, you make sure ev-
eryone is clear and then administer
the shock," she said. "Considering
what bodies go through during ath-
letic events, they want to have one
on hand."
While the AED will be purchased
primarily for athletes, Robbins said
it would be available for the general
public during sporting events as well.
Receiving this donation and pur-
chasing the AED is this year's main
project for the Interact Club, Otto
said.
"The club is going to take a CPR
class and get licensed, too," she said.
"Health and safety is a focus for us."
The funds mark the second dona-
tion the school has received. In Octo-
ber, Shelton received another $1,000
donation from a 1994 alumni, Jason
Seaman.
Seaman played football for SHS
under head coach Jack Stark for four
years, was a wrestler and also com-
peted in weightlifting while at SHS.
In 2009, he lost his life in a tragic
accident.
During the senior night football
game on Oct. 12, Seaman's children,
Ashlynn and Cameron, along with
their cousins, Ally, Ben and Bailey,
donated $1,000 to the athletic pro-
gram. The money will be used for
equipment in the weight room.
The Seaman family declined to
comment for this article.
Journar photo by Emily Hanson
Using purple sticky notes, Shelton athletic
trainer Kasey Robbins shows her students
where the AED electrode pads should be
placed on a chest for proper use during a
demonstration with the machine. Another AED
will be purchased soon for the school with
funds received by the Shelton Interact Club.
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
In the loser-out first
round contest of the West
Central District III Tourna-
ment, the Shelton volleyball
team couldn't come out. on
top.
Columbia River defeated
Shelton in straight games
25-11, 25-19 and 25-16 on
Friday at Auburn Mountain-
view High School.
"We played the match
with confidence and a much
improved mindset from the
previous postseason play
at the (3A Narrows League
Tournament)," head coach
Steve
Beck said.
"Colum-
bia River
went on
to qualify
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They are a strong team."
The Lady Highclimbers
served in the 91st percentile
as a team, with senior out-
side hitter Courtney Hansen
serving ll-of-ll and junior
libero Natalie Andrewski
serving 8-of-8 with three
aces.
"We played the match with
confidence and a much
improved mindset from
the previous postseason
play..."
Andrewski also had 21
digs while Hansen had 11
digs and six kills. Fresh-
man right-side hitter Ki-
ara Budge had' seven digs,
sophomore middle blocker
Georgette Lugalia had four
kills, junior outside hitter
Cherise Spears had three
kills and junior setter Chey-
enne Overlin had 11 assists.
"I was very happy with
the tough play by Courtney
and Cherise," Beck said.
"Courtney played knowing
it was her last high school
match and Cherise showed
she wants to be a force next
year."
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"Georgette continued to
make great progress at the
end of the season," Beck
said. "Natalie always comes
ready to play. Kiara did a
nice job of stepping into a
new role for set one as the
setter."
He said the team could
have taken serve/receive bet-
ter better during the match.
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my only disappointment,"
Beck said. "Columbia River
took care of the ball very
well and just had a few more
weapons than we did. We
were the youngest and least
experienced team at the
tournament."
Beck said the Lady High-
climbers had a great season.
"I think we played to our
fullest extent," he said. "I
think we finished strong and
improved greatly."
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By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
Half the Time, almost Half the Price...
Runners interested in
the seventh annual Polar
Bear Run at Island Lake
have until Nov. 15 to sign
up for the plunge.
On Nov. 20, Bryan
Gregg, a science teacher at
Oakland Bay Junior High,
is taking eighth-graders,
as well as freshmen and
sophomores, on a run from
the Shelton High School
Mini Dome to Island Lake,
where they'll plunge into
the cold water a minimum
of three times.
Gregg, a Shelton na-
tive, said the polar bear
plunge is something run-
ners would do when he was
younger and that he start-
ed it up again seven years
ago when he was a track
coach.
"It's one of those goofy
things kids do," Gregg said.
"We do it right after school.
It's very informal with no
training. It makes for an
interesting day to go jump
in that lake."
The run is open to stu-
dents only and is free for
them to participate with
parental permission, which
is due by Monday to Gregg.
"We bill this as a tough
guy, tough gal kind of chal-
lenge so of course we don't
have towels or anything
like that," he said. "They
get a 'congratulations' and
bragging rights for the rest
of their lives."
He said the run is 3 miles
round trip and stressed
that it is not a race. There
are no winners or losers
and no times are kept.
Gregg said the run
would take place no matter
what the weather is like,
except for lightning.
"We've literally had it
snow on us," Gregg said.
"Come rain or shine, we're
going. Usually, the wet-
ter it is, the more the kids
laugh."
Local youths run with Harriers
By EMILY HANSON
emily@masoncounty.com
Local runners in grades three through
eight racked up some miles last month.
Throughout October, the Shelton Harri-
ers -- a Washington state non-profit corpo-
ration and USA Track and Field (USATF)
member club -- hosted four cross country
meets for local elementary and middle
school runners.
"It's giving kids another option in terms
of getting out there," Harriers organizer
John Johnson said. "All other sports have a
club presence in Shelton."
Johnson said the runs are open to all
children in the area, with some schools,
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