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History has its sweet side The Mason County Historical Society will wrap up its 2007 program year with its traditional cookie exchange at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Those who attend are urged to bring a dozen cookies to share with others and can expect others to share with them. Among the highlights of the program year was this photography exhibit commemo- rating the 80th anniversay of Rayonier, a forest-products company that had a re- search laboratory in Shelton. Pictured here are former Shelton research center employee Andrew Bedlik and his wife Shirley, along with wildlife biologist Dan Varland, a Rayonier employee who helped to organize the exhibit of company photo- graphs. For more information about the program on November 18, turn to page 13. Thanks00hqng Thanksgiving comes on the day The Journal is published, and so a new schedule of deadlines will be in eflbct for the edition of Thurs day, November 22. Because there is no mail deliv- ery on Thanksgiving, the Novem- ber 22 paper will be printed a (lay means early deadlines for next edition early, on Tuesday, so that sub- scribers receive it in the mail on Wednesday. To meet the early-printing time- lines required to get the paper out betbre the holiday, the deadline for sports and general news is noon next Monday. Weddings School board toning things down ter Boome said it isn't realistic to require people to turn offtheir cell phones and said he didn't know how officials could enforce that. Board member Holly Sharpe suggested the sign a s a gentle re- minder. Interestingly, Sharpe's own cell phone had activated min- utes befbre. She said she had for- gotten to turn it off. The Shelton School Board on Tuesday directed staff to have a sign made reading "Please silence your cell phone" to be hung in the boardroom. At a recent meeting, a number of cell phones began ringing and people were sending or receiving text messages, Superintendent Joan Zook said. Board member Pc- ll 00lew 00lrrivals  Adrian River Crocker was born on October 27 at Capital Medical Center in Olym- pia to Jennifer Jerrells and Toby Crocker of Shelton. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Alexa Bree Davidson was born on October 30 at Cap- ital Medical Center in Olympia to Keri and 'Dy Davidson of Shelton. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Megan Elise Garcia was born on October 31 at Swedish Hospital in Ballard to Diana and Manny Garcia of West Seattle. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19V4 inches long. Grandparents are David and Jean Williams and Dave and Car- ole Maxwell, all of Shelton. Great- grandparents are Roger and Bon- nie Williams and Grace Elmlund, all of Shelton. Kendra Marie Howard was born on Oeober 31 at Capi- tal Medical Center in Olympia to BJ and Kent ttoward of Shelton. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 201/2 inches hmg. Joseph Paul Gouley was born on October 25 in Olympia to Kristie and Albert Paul Gouley of Shelton. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches hmg. fie joins Kat- erie, age 2. Grandparents are Sharon Fin- cannon of Olympia and Lavonne Gouley of Shelton. Lexie Marie Pierce was born on November 2 at Capital Medical Center in Olym- pia to Heidi and Jason Pierce of McCleary. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces. and engagements, "Meeting Agen- da" items and notices of events - news for the community pages - must be in by 2 p.m. on Fri- day. In the newspaper business "deadline" does not imply that that's when editors want infor- mation submitted. Rather it's the latest time when information can be taken and used. The earlier an item is submitted, the better it is for the paper's staff. Advertising will involve early deadlines as well: * Classified display ads are due by 5 p.m. Friday. * Open display advertising can be arranged up to noon on Mon- day. • Legal advertising is due by 4 p.m. Monday. • Regular classified advertising - so-called "reader ads" - will be taken until 2 p.m. Monday. , Items for the "Too Late to Classify" section may be brought or telephoned in until noon on Tuesday. City commission roundup: Sewer job Sheltou city commissioners Tues- day approved a contract ti>r design work on the Basin 5 sewer project. The siLe of that project is in the tlillcrest area, straddles ()lympic [tighway South and is almost three times the size at the Basin 2 project currently under way downtown. The contract is with Roth Hill Engineering Partners of Bellevue. The contract amount is $824,000. In April, the city received a $l-million loan from the Washington State 1)e- partment of Ecoh)gy's State Revolv- ing Fund for the Basin 5 design. In other |)usiness on November 13, the commissioners: • Authorized slaff to proceed with a $1-million federal grant a O- plication fi)r the design of improve- ments to the Shelton Wastewater Treatment Plant. The grant re- quires no matching fim(ts tom the city and the application deadline is November 15. The city will know in January it" it's going to receive the grant and design work will take about a year to complete. Total estinmted cost of the improvements was pegged at $16 million three years ago, but city officials know that will escalate due to rising colmtruction costs. • Approved an ordiuance vacat- ing part of the public right-of-way between two parcels at 112 East Birch Street. The parcels are owned by Michael and home was built on the and later demolished. plan to rebuild the missioners heard the of an ordinance calling fort vacation last week. The final reading Was • Declared some 2,000: recycle bins as surplus The city no longer uses its recycling program and t no resale value. Mason bage still uses similar cycling program. IIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll )34arriage llllllll,lliliilillillllillilllillllillllllill Applying for marria according to the M Auditor's Office, were: Denis Medard Cruz 21, Centralia, and Stanard, 21, Shelton. Randall Dean Shelton, and 4 I, Shelton. Bruno G. Powers, 20, Oregon, and Kade Sheridan, Oregon. Derek Earl Grapeview, and Dawn McCubbins Cline, 32, THIS YEAR, STUFF THEIR PIGGY INSTEAD OF THEIR To learn more. contact your Edward Jones financial adviJ Dan I|aumgarlel Fiimncial Advisor www, edwardjones,com 821 West Railroad Suile A, Shelton 426-0982 I -NOO-4,I 1-0982 HAPPY THANKSGIVI I)uring this h,li,h,, -'as,,tm and every day, we wish you all  Al'mill l|:t itmli:irlel l,'inaiichd Advisor www.edwardjones.com 821 West Railroad Sllile A, Sbelton 426-082 1-800-441-0982 Wood or Gas FREE remote thermostat with any Regency Gas Stove/Insert purchase FREE fan assembly with any Regency Wood Stove/Insert purchase Monday-Friday 8:30 to 5:30 Sat. 8:30-5:00 Pre-Season SPECIAL Through November 17th, 2007 FIREPLACE PRODUC'TS ., pital City Stove & Fan Center 2118 Ave 943-5587 People naturally avoid situations that make them uncomfortable. For those with hearing loss, this means many places that present hearing challenges become "closed off." Introducing the Miracle-Ear* ; ME950 RIC OPEN FIT ' Our new RIC design (RIC is short : 1/ for Receiver In Canal) offers optimal receiver placement for optimal sound enhancement .... Natural looking. Natural sounding. Hurry in, offer ends November 21, 2007 Call one of our locations today for a FREE tlearing test and consultation*." SHELTON Miracle-Ear Center 1718 Olympic Highway N. (Across the street from A&W) Call 1-800 NEW HEAR (1-800-639-4327) Free Recorded Message and Free Report. (;11 1oll Hee (866) 672-0404 or, visit www.miracl, *Hearing aids do not restore natural hearing. Indwiduol expermn e vn y ,'f,,,pending on severity of hearing loss, accuracy of evaluation, proper fit and ability to adopt to amplifi,:ahon. **Hearing tests always free. No/a medical exam A,d,on,,,,, t,.t k) fi,l,,Jnn.e pr(,por ,m*phfication needs only. Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 15, 2007 History has its sweet side The Mason County Historical Society will wrap up its 2007 program year with its traditional cookie exchange at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Those who attend are urged to bring a dozen cookies to share with others and can expect others to share with them. Among the highlights of the program year was this photography exhibit commemo- rating the 80th anniversay of Rayonier, a forest-products company that had a re- search laboratory in Shelton. Pictured here are former Shelton research center employee Andrew Bedlik and his wife Shirley, along with wildlife biologist Dan Varland, a Rayonier employee who helped to organize the exhibit of company photo- graphs. For more information about the program on November 18, turn to page 13. Thanks00hqng Thanksgiving comes on the day The Journal is published, and so a new schedule of deadlines will be in eflbct for the edition of Thurs day, November 22. Because there is no mail deliv- ery on Thanksgiving, the Novem- ber 22 paper will be printed a (lay means early deadlines for next edition early, on Tuesday, so that sub- scribers receive it in the mail on Wednesday. To meet the early-printing time- lines required to get the paper out betbre the holiday, the deadline for sports and general news is noon next Monday. Weddings School board toning things down ter Boome said it isn't realistic to require people to turn offtheir cell phones and said he didn't know how officials could enforce that. Board member Holly Sharpe suggested the sign a s a gentle re- minder. Interestingly, Sharpe's own cell phone had activated min- utes befbre. She said she had for- gotten to turn it off. The Shelton School Board on Tuesday directed staff to have a sign made reading "Please silence your cell phone" to be hung in the boardroom. At a recent meeting, a number of cell phones began ringing and people were sending or receiving text messages, Superintendent Joan Zook said. Board member Pc- ll 00lew 00lrrivals  Adrian River Crocker was born on October 27 at Capital Medical Center in Olym- pia to Jennifer Jerrells and Toby Crocker of Shelton. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Alexa Bree Davidson was born on October 30 at Cap- ital Medical Center in Olympia to Keri and 'Dy Davidson of Shelton. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Megan Elise Garcia was born on October 31 at Swedish Hospital in Ballard to Diana and Manny Garcia of West Seattle. She weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19V4 inches long. Grandparents are David and Jean Williams and Dave and Car- ole Maxwell, all of Shelton. Great- grandparents are Roger and Bon- nie Williams and Grace Elmlund, all of Shelton. Kendra Marie Howard was born on Oeober 31 at Capi- tal Medical Center in Olympia to BJ and Kent ttoward of Shelton. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 201/2 inches hmg. Joseph Paul Gouley was born on October 25 in Olympia to Kristie and Albert Paul Gouley of Shelton. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 inches hmg. fie joins Kat- erie, age 2. Grandparents are Sharon Fin- cannon of Olympia and Lavonne Gouley of Shelton. Lexie Marie Pierce was born on November 2 at Capital Medical Center in Olym- pia to Heidi and Jason Pierce of McCleary. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces. and engagements, "Meeting Agen- da" items and notices of events - news for the community pages - must be in by 2 p.m. on Fri- day. In the newspaper business "deadline" does not imply that that's when editors want infor- mation submitted. Rather it's the latest time when information can be taken and used. The earlier an item is submitted, the better it is for the paper's staff. Advertising will involve early deadlines as well: * Classified display ads are due by 5 p.m. Friday. * Open display advertising can be arranged up to noon on Mon- day. • Legal advertising is due by 4 p.m. Monday. • Regular classified advertising - so-called "reader ads" - will be taken until 2 p.m. Monday. , Items for the "Too Late to Classify" section may be brought or telephoned in until noon on Tuesday. City commission roundup: Sewer job Sheltou city commissioners Tues- day approved a contract ti>r design work on the Basin 5 sewer project. The siLe of that project is in the tlillcrest area, straddles ()lympic [tighway South and is almost three times the size at the Basin 2 project currently under way downtown. The contract is with Roth Hill Engineering Partners of Bellevue. The contract amount is $824,000. In April, the city received a $l-million loan from the Washington State 1)e- partment of Ecoh)gy's State Revolv- ing Fund for the Basin 5 design. In other |)usiness on November 13, the commissioners: • Authorized slaff to proceed with a $1-million federal grant a O- plication fi)r the design of improve- ments to the Shelton Wastewater Treatment Plant. The grant re- quires no matching fim(ts tom the city and the application deadline is November 15. The city will know in January it" it's going to receive the grant and design work will take about a year to complete. Total estinmted cost of the improvements was pegged at $16 million three years ago, but city officials know that will escalate due to rising colmtruction costs. • Approved an ordiuance vacat- ing part of the public right-of-way between two parcels at 112 East Birch Street. The parcels are owned by Michael and home was built on the and later demolished. plan to rebuild the missioners heard the of an ordinance calling fort vacation last week. The final reading Was • Declared some 2,000: recycle bins as surplus The city no longer uses its recycling program and t no resale value. Mason bage still uses similar cycling program. IIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll )34arriage llllllll,lliliilillillllillilllillllillllllill Applying for marria according to the M Auditor's Office, were: Denis Medard Cruz 21, Centralia, and Stanard, 21, Shelton. Randall Dean Shelton, and 4 I, Shelton. Bruno G. Powers, 20, Oregon, and Kade Sheridan, Oregon. Derek Earl Grapeview, and Dawn McCubbins Cline, 32, THIS YEAR, STUFF THEIR PIGGY INSTEAD OF THEIR To learn more. contact your Edward Jones financial adviJ Dan I|aumgarlel Fiimncial Advisor www, edwardjones,com 821 West Railroad Suile A, Shelton 426-0982 I -NOO-4,I 1-0982 HAPPY THANKSGIVI I)uring this h,li,h,, -'as,,tm and every day, we wish you all  Al'mill l|:t itmli:irlel l,'inaiichd Advisor www.edwardjones.com 821 West Railroad Sllile A, Sbelton 426-082 1-800-441-0982 Wood or Gas FREE remote thermostat with any Regency Gas Stove/Insert purchase FREE fan assembly with any Regency Wood Stove/Insert purchase Monday-Friday 8:30 to 5:30 Sat. 8:30-5:00 Pre-Season SPECIAL Through November 17th, 2007 FIREPLACE PRODUC'TS ., pital City Stove & Fan Center 2118 Ave 943-5587 People naturally avoid situations that make them uncomfortable. For those with hearing loss, this means many places that present hearing challenges become "closed off." Introducing the Miracle-Ear* ; ME950 RIC OPEN FIT ' Our new RIC design (RIC is short : 1/ for Receiver In Canal) offers optimal receiver placement for optimal sound enhancement .... Natural looking. Natural sounding. Hurry in, offer ends November 21, 2007 Call one of our locations today for a FREE tlearing test and consultation*." SHELTON Miracle-Ear Center 1718 Olympic Highway N. (Across the street from A&W) Call 1-800 NEW HEAR (1-800-639-4327) Free Recorded Message and Free Report. (;11 1oll Hee (866) 672-0404 or, visit www.miracl, *Hearing aids do not restore natural hearing. Indwiduol expermn e vn y ,'f,,,pending on severity of hearing loss, accuracy of evaluation, proper fit and ability to adopt to amplifi,:ahon. **Hearing tests always free. No/a medical exam A,d,on,,,,, t,.t k) fi,l,,Jnn.e pr(,por ,m*phfication needs only. Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 15, 2007