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: ! t Shelton Parks and Recreation youth basketball registration due Nov. 12 Shelton Parks and Recreati now accepting registrations fol upcoming Shelton Youth Bask~ League. Registrations are due by N( bar 12. The league is open to boy,, girls in the second through set grades. Registration forms are availaL local schools, the Shelton Civic C and the city's website www.ci.sh, wa.us. The participation fees are $~ one or $50 each for two or more the same family. A scholarshi gram is also available for qua participants. The league begins Saturday, 12 with skills clinics conducte Highclimber coaches Mark J( and Aaron Lath. mI,LI n is The clinics will continue on Novem- the bar 19 and December 3. Team assign- tballments and league schedules will be distributed on Saturday, Dec. 3 for ~em- games and practices through Febru- and ary 4. enth Each Saturday second and third graders meet at 9 a.m., fourth and le atfifth graders meet at 10:15 a.m. and ratersixth and seventh graders meet at lton.11:30 a.m. The boys program will practice at for the SHS Mini Dome and the girls pro- from gram will practice at the Oakland Bay pro- Junior High gym. ifiedParent volunteers are needed to coach teams. Nov. For more information, contact Mark ] by Ziegler, Parks and Recreation director nsen at 432-5194 or mziegler@ci.shelton. wa.us. inc. Serving We Superior quafity RESIDENTIAL • • * OUl 30 YEAR ;tern Washington for 36 years /orkmanship at an affordable price! 'OMMERCIAL • MOBILE HOMES F~oofs Are Hand Nailed ** NORKMANSHIP WARRANTY AY AND RECEIVE A LETE ROOF SYSTEM (1 5C 0 sq. ft. minimum) % h !lable I Calltoda our appointment I l Financ.ing OAC Senior discount Journal photo by Emily Har helton senior Daniel Hascall slides a third grade Bordeaux Elementar chool student into the diving pool where Josh Albaugh waits to ensur ;afety. ;on Y SHS d ts h lp third ~ the most important ss- S t/~ el// e - peat of the class," Smetzl ~r dents fi d fins said. g ra"a t Senior Daniel HaSC Lll S //g 7I/ said he was advised to ta]m • the class but he also want Lo 3y EMILY HANSON I certainly hope it's not;" take the class. Youngquist said. "I chose,to take this class For some Shelton High He stated that while most because Ive heard go,)d ~chool students, attend- of the SHS students who em things about the program ng fifth period regularly is roll in the class choose to do and I wanted to see what i;'s nore important than just so, some of the students are about," Hascall said. "I li] :e ;arning a good grade, advised to do •so. it and have a lot of fun." Fifth period is when "When you're someone He agreed that teachiltg ~had Youngquist oversees who doesn't have a whole lot safety is very important b ~t he Water Safety Instruc- of optimism and you comeadded that making sure t: ~e riOn class - also known as kids have fun is importaz Lt, Peach Kids to Swim - dur- "Whenever too. ng which S~S students "I was a little bit advis~;d each Shelton 'third gradeh~vi~g ~ b~d because I had a really btLd ~tudents how to swim. attendance record last yam '," " Yu ~ Hascall said. "This year, I' 7e In third grade, approxi- d~ come onlymissed a couple of dais nately 80 percent,of the dds in Shelton dont know here and the because of doctors appoirt- merits. This is not the on ly mw to swim," Youngquist " class that makes me want Lo ,aid. By the end ofthis pro- kids'energy ~am, almost 90 percent of come to school, but it hel )s me get through z,ny day. hem can swim in the diving )ool." pL~t~ ~e ~ ~N~ "Whenever Im havi,g This semester, a bad day,, I come; here arid ~oungquist has 16 students better mood. the kids positive, enert,T eaching between 40 and puts me in a better mooc ," 15 third-graders per class, he continued. ~ince the SHS students here and know that you are Youngquist said the cla ~s Lre not paid, Youngquist is potentially saving a child's began when he first start,~d ,n salary and the teachers life and for sure making a work at SHS just more th~ n i'om the elementary schools child happy, you show up for a decade ago. When Wl ~I Lre present to oversee their school more," Youngquist first started, the SHS st 1- .tudents, the swim lessons explained, dents were teaching ch 1- Lre free for the third graders Kaileye Smetzler, a se-dren in first through four ;h Lnd only cost the district the nior who chose to take WSI, grades. )rice of busing the children said she picked the class be- 'Then we switched ;o i'om one school to another, cause she likes kids and she just third grade because it "As far as I know, the likes swimming, third grade, children are ~t )rogram's not at risk and "Teaching the kids safety an age where you can tea h them quickly," he said. Page C-6 - Shelton-Mason County Jou nal- Thursday, l~oveml~er 10, 2011 iing Center, Shelton p.m. Kaileye Smetzler plays Marco Polo with third grade Bordeaux School students during the Water Safety Instruction class Shelton High School on Tuesday, Nov. 8. \ '\ \