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Thursday, November 17, 2011 -- Week 46 -- The Voice of Mason County since ~iii/ 1886 -- PubliShed in Shelton, Washington -- $1 ed the fire," said Fire District her first court appearance on Fire causes 5 Chief Tim McKern. Wednesday. $80Kil"~ ~4rlO rice Mason County SherifFs Of- The fire caused approxi- t~i/a6e Chief Deputy Dean Byrd mately $80,000 damage and said that Shelton's Lisa Sue no one was injured in the Chamberlain, 50, was wit- blaze. By KEVANMOORE nessed outside the burningFourteen fire department home yelling about how shevehicles and 20 personnel re- Firefighters responded to started the fire because she sponded to the blaze. a house fire at 181 East Mid- was facing eviction. ,'Upon our first units' ar- land Lane in the Shorecrest "She also made statements rival we found a one-story neighborhood at about 3:51leading our officer to believe residential dwelling structure p.m. Tuesday afternoon that that she was the suspect and fully involved," McKern said. appears to have been started she was placed under arrest," "The fire was brought under by a distraught woman. Byrd said. control within 15 minutes of "While fighting the fire, the Chamberlain was sub- the fire engines' arrival." occupant of the house con-sequently booked into the The fire is still being inves- fessed to neighbors, and later Mason County Jail for first- tigated by the Fire District 5 to a Mason County Sheriffsdegree arson and held with- Fire Marshal and the Mason Office Deputy, that she start- out bail. She was set to have County Sheriffs Office. Shelton's Lisa Sue Chamberlain allegedly admitted to police that she started a fire that destroyed her Shorecrest home, at left, late Tuesday afternoon because she faces eviction. Courtesy photo MASt.,pN ..... s UNTY HONORS ITS HEROES Vets find @ common ground : By NATALIE JOHNSON ~ @ While some people chose to merely fixate on the nov- elty of 11/11/11 as an unusu- al date, many more people in Mason County and beyond regarded it as the same day * it's been for more than 90 years, Veterans Day. Jim C offman, chaplain: of the American Legion in Mason County, and a 28- . year veteran of the U.S. Air ® Force, talked about how Veterans Day, originally ~ called Armistice Day, was @ created to honor veterans of World War I. '~ "We fought World War I, ~ the war to end all wars, but * it didn't end all wars," he ® said. ~.~ While Coffman said Ma- son County is on the whole very patriotic, he voiced concerns about patriotism and support of veterans na- tionwide. "We have failed in this country to keep the wars we've been in in the eyes of ~ our young people," Coffman said. "We let our children ~ forget the things that have gone on." But if you sit with a veter- ~ an and talk with them only , for a few minutes, many will be glad to tell you about those they served with in wars long past, and the men and women still serving our country today. "The Battle of the Bulge Was very cold," said World ~ War II veteran Charles Hal- ~ lin, at the veterans lunch in . * Hoodsport Saturday. Hallin said everyone, not just former veterans, should get involved with Veterans Day events. "More should get in- volved. We were giving our lives for our country," he said. Bud Hays served in Iwo Jima during World War II. "I was just a farm boy," he said. Hays said he doesn't like to talk about all aspects of his service in the Pacific during the war. "That's a story we said we'd never take home," he said. "Most of the guys in my outfit decided we didn't want to take it home." See Veterans on page A-7 Journal photos by Natalie Johnson Harvey Farrimond is the new publiciste at the 40 et 8 in Shelton. He is enthusiastic about all the programs the club has to offer veterans and noted that the organization is a nonprofit and collects donations for its building fund through the sale of memorials on the brick wall near the bar. 40 et 8 offers wide array of services By NATALIE JOHNSON @ In February, the 40 et 8, a national non- profit veterans organization, will celebrate its . 90th birthday and the Shelton branch is get- ting ready to celebrate. Harvey Farrimond is one of the 40 et 8 in Shelton's 30 volunteer officers and recently ~tepped into the role of publiciste, French for publicist, as many of the 40 et 8's terms come ® from France, where the club originated. while many people know about the bar and ® social activities in the 40 et 8, which started out as "the playground of the American Le- gion," Farrimond said some people may not be aware the group at its heart is a non-profit The walls of the 40 et 8 in Shelton are covered with memorials and historical artifacts related to military service, like these newspaper clippings from World War II. about his military service. "World War II affected me because it affect- charitable organization with a laundry list of ed my parents - of course Vietnam affected me causes it supports, most directly," he said. Farrimond said veterans can find support through the 40 et 8 and its parent organiza- tion, the American Legion. "I see my job in two ways, one to keep our- selves informed and to let the rest of the folks know we're here. There are people here, they can come and See, come and talk to," he said. ~ "Sometimes all they do is c0me down and shoot the breeze and joke and that makes them feel :~ little better. Farrimond joined the Marines in 1972 and served in the Vietnam War, reaching the rank of Sergeant in two and a half years. "That's screaming fast - I was a super trooper," he said. when he was discharged he moved back to Shelton and joined the National Guard at the Armory in Shelton. After finishing his service in the National Guard, he joined the Army Re- serves for ten years. At one point Farrimond worked on tank training scenarios. . IIII!! !1!!11!!!1!!11 II° 2 Farrimond knows a thing or two about ser- vice. The week after Veterans Day, he thought "I feel good in knowing that I helped train the troops that did such an outstanding job in Desert Storm," he said. Soon after that he went to Officer Candi- date School and reached the rank of Lieuten- ant, then First Lieutenant. The very bricks and mortar that make up the 40 et 8 are there because of the charity of its members, Farrimond said. Members can put their name, or a memorial for a loved one, on a plate on one of the 40 et 8's bricks in the bar, with all proceeds going to the building fund. Each year, he said, the 40 et 8 gives out $1,000 scholarships to nursing students. The national group publishes the Carville Star, a newspaper published at a former United States Public Health Service Hospital doing research on Hansen's Disease, or leprosy. Farrimond said the organization celebrates Americanism and has child welfare programs originally created to help orphans after World War II. The organization also raises more than $30,000 annually to supply Christmas baskets to needy families in Shelton. The 40 et 8 also keeps a donation jar at the bar that funds care packages for troops cur- rently deployed who have Shelton and Mason County connections. "I just picked up another name today," Far- rimond said. Farrimond is proud to be part of such an or- ganization and wants veterans to know that See Club on page A-7