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County goes slow on Septics A final decision regarding Ma- son County's On-Site Sewage System Management Plan was postponed until December 4 at Tuesday's meeting of the Mason County Commission. State law required all counties around Puget Sound to complete a sewage management plan by July 1. Riding on approval of this plan by the year's end is the county's eligibility for $100,000 in fund- ing from the Washington State Department of Health, said Vicki Kirkpatrick, director of Mason County Public Health. County commissioners opened the issue to public comment dur- ing their regular meeting on No- vember 20. Steve Bloomfield, as well as Bill Dewey of Taylor Shell- fish, spoke at the meeting. County count: 23 belt tickets The results are in t¥om the re- cent Nighttime Seatbelt Enforce- ment Project conducted here and statewide in late October and ear- ly November. Law enforcement made 40 con- tacts with motorists in Mason County and issued 23 citations for seatbelt infractions as well as a variety of other citations. More than 50 law-enforcement agencies and the Washington State Patrol participated in the patrols statewide, with the local support of the Mason County DUI/ Traffic Safety Task Force. State- wide, law-enforcement officers made 7,517 contacts with motor- ists and intercepted a large num- ber of high-risk driving behaviors. They found 3,948 seatbelt and car-seat violations and made 72 drunk-driver arrests and 89 drug arrests, including 11 for drug-im- paired driving. "The 'Click It or Ticket' seatbelt patrols were directed to take place at nighttime, after 7 p.m., because the death rate is four times higher at night than it is during fhe day, in large part because of significant- ly lower seatbelt use," said Lowell Porter, director of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. Advent brings hope of promises to keep (Continued from page 7.) is not all sunny and pleasant. The joys of Christmas past that we remember have a tendency to change, as our childhood dreams become adult reality and the real- ity of our lives falls far short of our fbrmer expectations. This season is sad for many, and the bright colors and tbstive lights cannot outshine the harshness of life. This is why it is important tbr us to understand the true meaning of Christmas. Anna and Simeon un- derstood. They both needed a Sav- ior to rescue them out of long hard lives. As the years of their lives progressed one year at a time, they needed to keep hope within them that one day a joyous and happy time would come. The very hope they had waited for became reality on the day they saw and held Je- sus. The story of Simeon and Anna shows us that the joy of Christmas is not fbund in the gifts we give or receive; the joy of Christmas is fbund in God who came to bring joy to a dark world. The prophet Isaiah in telling us about Christmas said, "The people who walked in dark- ness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shad- ow of death, upon them a light has shined." (Isaiah 9:2) The true meaning of Christmas is that God came into this world not because it was such a joyful, wonderful place to visit, but be- cause our world is full of sorrow and suffering. God stepped into humanity, taking our form, to save us from sorrow, suffering, and sin. He came to bring us joy and to set us free from this world's suffering. Simeon and Anna beheld the Christ child, and because they trusted in Him they were not disappointed. After their death they were taken to heaven because of the birth, death and resur/'ection of Jesus. In heaven people are living every day and experiencing the real joy of Christmas. In heaven our reality will far exceed any anticipation of what we might envision. Because Simeon and Anna lived their lives in patience and hope, waiting for God to save them, they were taken into God's house, a place filled with joy, where they will live forever. THIS YEAR I would encourage you to live with the hope Christmas has offered us. Christmas is the day of salvation that was introduced into our world 2000 years ago. God wants us to know He loves us and came into our world to take care of us tbrever. He will give the gift of salvation to anyone who asks, and those who ask will receive the giI of eternal life from Him. We are like Anna and Simeon if we wait with anticipation for Christmas, for the coming of God who sets us free from our sins and sorrows. True hope is not in the gifts and presents found in this life, but in what the Christ child can change in us. He can give people with no hope a reason to live and continue to live. We have just read about two aged people who saw what they had longed to see, and then died con- tent. Their hope was not in physi- cally getting to see a little baby; their hope was in what this little baby would accomplish. Jesus, the little baby they held, opened the doorway into heaven for them to live with God. That doorway was opened through the shed blood of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. That is the joy of Christmas, one we can ex- perience this Christmas season, as we wait for our time when we will be able to see Him in His glory. If anyone reading this article does not have a church to call home, please make it your practice to weekly attend one of the many Bible teaching churches here in Mason County. If what I have said is hard to understand, please come to church and learn more of the good news of Christmas and God's gift that was given to us. How are you going to get to know about the best person in the entire uni- verse, if you don't attend one of His churches and hear the words being taught from His book, the Bible? Harry Christensen is pastor of Calvary Chapel of Shelton. yREE for an Page 8 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 22, 2007 Bloomfield suggested letting the Mason County Planning Advi- sory Commission look at the plan before adopting it, in order to ad- dress a few lingering issues. Dew- ey listed a number of concerns he would still like addressed beibre seeing the plan approved, though he said he has not had the chance to study it as much as he would like. Dewey commended the county for developing the plan. "It's just a great relief to see all the counties going in that direction," he told the commissioners. Commissioner Lynda Ring-Er- ickson said she still had questions she would like answered ing the plan before she prepared to vote on it. agreed to table its the first week in living document, so if we today it doesn't mean be able to work on it Erickson said. Latter-day Saints organize community service proj (Continued from page 7.) on meals to its welfare program. "Our mission in life, as were happy to support them." "All about us there are many of the Lord Jesus Christ, The congregation also spent a who are in need of help and who are a inission of saving. There Saturday cleaning up trash at the skate park on Wallace Kneeland Boulevard in Shelton. People of the Shelton Second Ward made 30 quilts in three months. Joan Wood- ward organized the quilting project and supervised the making of dolls, stuffed toys and book bags filled with school supplies, distributing patterns to men of the ward who cut out wooden cars and toys. Members of the Spanish Branch of Shelton made more than a hundred of the wooden toys which will be distribut- ed to children worldwide along with school bags and other supplies. A number of church members were touched by recent media re- ports regarding newborns dying from hypothermia in Third World countries, noting that some areas are so impoverished that babies are swaddled in newspapers. Groups of teens and women of the Relief Society of' the Latter-day Saints throughout the Elma Stake got to- gether and knitted hundreds of hats for newborns and made baby quilts, receiving blankets and burp cloths. Other congregations in the Elma Stake donated blood to the Puget Sound Blood Center, made lap quilts for residents of a retirement home, raised money to buy school supplies for children in need and gave hats and scarves to homeless people at the Union Gospel Mission in Aberdeen. THE CHURCH of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organizes hu- manitarian activities worldwide. Between 1985 and 2006, the church donated cash of more than $201 million and goods of more than $705 million in disaster relief to 163 countries. Also known as Mormons, the LDS dedicate 10 percent of their income to worldwide operations of the church, which requires mem- bers to fast once a month and give the money they would have spent deserving of rescue," said Gordon homeless, the hungry, B. ttinckley, president of the LDS. tute." Christmas drive begins (Continued from page 1.) in memory of a loved one. Persons who would like to re- ceive a basket and/or toys can sign up at the 40 et 8, 113 West Cota Street, at the following times: from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on three Sat- urdays, November 24, December 1 and December 8; and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednes- day, November 27 and 28, and Tuesday and Wednesday, Decem- ber 4 and 5. Toys for Kids, an organization started by the Shelton Fire Depart- ment and its supporters, will have a toy shopping day on December 15. Food baskets will be distribut- ed at the SOCK Commumty Cen- ter, located in the old Shelton Ar- mory at 601 West Franklin Street, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 22, for those who have registered in advance. Persons signing up tbr toys and baskets must provide photo iden- tification for the adult picking up the basket and identification for the children participating in the programs (such as birth certificate or paperwork for state A registration sheet and is required when picking up basket. Registration and times for the toy program provided to families who in advance, and photo ID quired at toy pickup. More mation is available at the during registration dates ,, Instant Messaging - Keep your buck# • 10 e-man addrema with WebmallI * FREE Technical Support • Custom etart Page - News, Weather |  Surf up Sign Up Online! [o¢olNet" Nifty Thrifty Household • Clothing • Sporting Goods • Tools • Toys & Much BAIIEAINS EAJr, oR£ Mason Senio: Donations accapted daily" * Please call first for daily drop off hours * Items must be CLEA/Vand in GOOD CONDITION 2505 Olympic Hwy N Hours: Monday - Saturday 10-5 • Friday t Gateway Shopping Center SERVZtG MASON Country RSZDSrs N THE SAM WCAnON mR 19 rr.lms Shelton Downtown Merchants CHRISTMAS sHOPPING FESTIVAl- • FOOD • MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SHELTON FRIDAY, FRIDAY000000 DEC. 7 r" UNTIL 8 P.M. -* 5 GRAND PRIZES! SAT., UP TO DEC. 8 TM • 25 Store and Restaurant Prizes Kristmas Town Kiwanis TREE LIGHTING at the POST OFFICE 6 P.M. FRIDAY • Shelton Chamber Singers • Surprise Guest • Hartine Island Choir * Musicians • Sing-a-long • Bonfires on 2nd and Railroad • Caroling • Kids' Marshmallow Roast & Cocoa Your chamber sponsors December's 1st FRIDAY Pick up details and game cards at these participating We pank our sponsors Olsen Furniture Vander Wal's Garage Vern's Restaurant Olympic Gallery Digital Printing Shelton Floor Covering Xinh's Clam & Oyster House Michael D. Wittenberg, CPS, PS Green Diamond Resource KeyBank Lumbermen's Kristmas Town Kiwanis Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce Bill Insurance County goes slow on Septics A final decision regarding Ma- son County's On-Site Sewage System Management Plan was postponed until December 4 at Tuesday's meeting of the Mason County Commission. State law required all counties around Puget Sound to complete a sewage management plan by July 1. Riding on approval of this plan by the year's end is the county's eligibility for $100,000 in fund- ing from the Washington State Department of Health, said Vicki Kirkpatrick, director of Mason County Public Health. County commissioners opened the issue to public comment dur- ing their regular meeting on No- vember 20. Steve Bloomfield, as well as Bill Dewey of Taylor Shell- fish, spoke at the meeting. County count: 23 belt tickets The results are in t¥om the re- cent Nighttime Seatbelt Enforce- ment Project conducted here and statewide in late October and ear- ly November. Law enforcement made 40 con- tacts with motorists in Mason County and issued 23 citations for seatbelt infractions as well as a variety of other citations. More than 50 law-enforcement agencies and the Washington State Patrol participated in the patrols statewide, with the local support of the Mason County DUI/ Traffic Safety Task Force. State- wide, law-enforcement officers made 7,517 contacts with motor- ists and intercepted a large num- ber of high-risk driving behaviors. They found 3,948 seatbelt and car-seat violations and made 72 drunk-driver arrests and 89 drug arrests, including 11 for drug-im- paired driving. "The 'Click It or Ticket' seatbelt patrols were directed to take place at nighttime, after 7 p.m., because the death rate is four times higher at night than it is during fhe day, in large part because of significant- ly lower seatbelt use," said Lowell Porter, director of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. Advent brings hope of promises to keep (Continued from page 7.) is not all sunny and pleasant. The joys of Christmas past that we remember have a tendency to change, as our childhood dreams become adult reality and the real- ity of our lives falls far short of our fbrmer expectations. This season is sad for many, and the bright colors and tbstive lights cannot outshine the harshness of life. This is why it is important tbr us to understand the true meaning of Christmas. Anna and Simeon un- derstood. They both needed a Sav- ior to rescue them out of long hard lives. As the years of their lives progressed one year at a time, they needed to keep hope within them that one day a joyous and happy time would come. The very hope they had waited for became reality on the day they saw and held Je- sus. The story of Simeon and Anna shows us that the joy of Christmas is not fbund in the gifts we give or receive; the joy of Christmas is fbund in God who came to bring joy to a dark world. The prophet Isaiah in telling us about Christmas said, "The people who walked in dark- ness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shad- ow of death, upon them a light has shined." (Isaiah 9:2) The true meaning of Christmas is that God came into this world not because it was such a joyful, wonderful place to visit, but be- cause our world is full of sorrow and suffering. God stepped into humanity, taking our form, to save us from sorrow, suffering, and sin. He came to bring us joy and to set us free from this world's suffering. Simeon and Anna beheld the Christ child, and because they trusted in Him they were not disappointed. After their death they were taken to heaven because of the birth, death and resur/'ection of Jesus. In heaven people are living every day and experiencing the real joy of Christmas. In heaven our reality will far exceed any anticipation of what we might envision. Because Simeon and Anna lived their lives in patience and hope, waiting for God to save them, they were taken into God's house, a place filled with joy, where they will live forever. THIS YEAR I would encourage you to live with the hope Christmas has offered us. Christmas is the day of salvation that was introduced into our world 2000 years ago. God wants us to know He loves us and came into our world to take care of us tbrever. He will give the gift of salvation to anyone who asks, and those who ask will receive the giI of eternal life from Him. We are like Anna and Simeon if we wait with anticipation for Christmas, for the coming of God who sets us free from our sins and sorrows. True hope is not in the gifts and presents found in this life, but in what the Christ child can change in us. He can give people with no hope a reason to live and continue to live. We have just read about two aged people who saw what they had longed to see, and then died con- tent. Their hope was not in physi- cally getting to see a little baby; their hope was in what this little baby would accomplish. Jesus, the little baby they held, opened the doorway into heaven for them to live with God. That doorway was opened through the shed blood of Jesus' sacrifice on the cross. That is the joy of Christmas, one we can ex- perience this Christmas season, as we wait for our time when we will be able to see Him in His glory. If anyone reading this article does not have a church to call home, please make it your practice to weekly attend one of the many Bible teaching churches here in Mason County. If what I have said is hard to understand, please come to church and learn more of the good news of Christmas and God's gift that was given to us. How are you going to get to know about the best person in the entire uni- verse, if you don't attend one of His churches and hear the words being taught from His book, the Bible? Harry Christensen is pastor of Calvary Chapel of Shelton. yREE for an Page 8 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 22, 2007 Bloomfield suggested letting the Mason County Planning Advi- sory Commission look at the plan before adopting it, in order to ad- dress a few lingering issues. Dew- ey listed a number of concerns he would still like addressed beibre seeing the plan approved, though he said he has not had the chance to study it as much as he would like. Dewey commended the county for developing the plan. "It's just a great relief to see all the counties going in that direction," he told the commissioners. Commissioner Lynda Ring-Er- ickson said she still had questions she would like answered ing the plan before she prepared to vote on it. agreed to table its the first week in living document, so if we today it doesn't mean be able to work on it Erickson said. Latter-day Saints organize community service proj (Continued from page 7.) on meals to its welfare program. "Our mission in life, as were happy to support them." "All about us there are many of the Lord Jesus Christ, The congregation also spent a who are in need of help and who are a inission of saving. There Saturday cleaning up trash at the skate park on Wallace Kneeland Boulevard in Shelton. People of the Shelton Second Ward made 30 quilts in three months. Joan Wood- ward organized the quilting project and supervised the making of dolls, stuffed toys and book bags filled with school supplies, distributing patterns to men of the ward who cut out wooden cars and toys. Members of the Spanish Branch of Shelton made more than a hundred of the wooden toys which will be distribut- ed to children worldwide along with school bags and other supplies. A number of church members were touched by recent media re- ports regarding newborns dying from hypothermia in Third World countries, noting that some areas are so impoverished that babies are swaddled in newspapers. Groups of teens and women of the Relief Society of' the Latter-day Saints throughout the Elma Stake got to- gether and knitted hundreds of hats for newborns and made baby quilts, receiving blankets and burp cloths. Other congregations in the Elma Stake donated blood to the Puget Sound Blood Center, made lap quilts for residents of a retirement home, raised money to buy school supplies for children in need and gave hats and scarves to homeless people at the Union Gospel Mission in Aberdeen. THE CHURCH of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organizes hu- manitarian activities worldwide. Between 1985 and 2006, the church donated cash of more than $201 million and goods of more than $705 million in disaster relief to 163 countries. Also known as Mormons, the LDS dedicate 10 percent of their income to worldwide operations of the church, which requires mem- bers to fast once a month and give the money they would have spent deserving of rescue," said Gordon homeless, the hungry, B. ttinckley, president of the LDS. tute." Christmas drive begins (Continued from page 1.) in memory of a loved one. Persons who would like to re- ceive a basket and/or toys can sign up at the 40 et 8, 113 West Cota Street, at the following times: from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on three Sat- urdays, November 24, December 1 and December 8; and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednes- day, November 27 and 28, and Tuesday and Wednesday, Decem- ber 4 and 5. Toys for Kids, an organization started by the Shelton Fire Depart- ment and its supporters, will have a toy shopping day on December 15. Food baskets will be distribut- ed at the SOCK Commumty Cen- ter, located in the old Shelton Ar- mory at 601 West Franklin Street, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 22, for those who have registered in advance. Persons signing up tbr toys and baskets must provide photo iden- tification for the adult picking up the basket and identification for the children participating in the programs (such as birth certificate or paperwork for state A registration sheet and is required when picking up basket. Registration and times for the toy program provided to families who in advance, and photo ID quired at toy pickup. More mation is available at the during registration dates ,, Instant Messaging - Keep your buck# • 10 e-man addrema with WebmallI * FREE Technical Support • Custom etart Page - News, Weather |  Surf up Sign Up Online! [o¢olNet" Nifty Thrifty Household • Clothing • Sporting Goods • Tools • Toys & Much BAIIEAINS EAJr, oR£ Mason Senio: Donations accapted daily" * Please call first for daily drop off hours * Items must be CLEA/Vand in GOOD CONDITION 2505 Olympic Hwy N Hours: Monday - Saturday 10-5 • Friday t Gateway Shopping Center SERVZtG MASON Country RSZDSrs N THE SAM WCAnON mR 19 rr.lms Shelton Downtown Merchants CHRISTMAS sHOPPING FESTIVAl- • FOOD • MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SHELTON FRIDAY, FRIDAY000000 DEC. 7 r" UNTIL 8 P.M. -* 5 GRAND PRIZES! SAT., UP TO DEC. 8 TM • 25 Store and Restaurant Prizes Kristmas Town Kiwanis TREE LIGHTING at the POST OFFICE 6 P.M. FRIDAY • Shelton Chamber Singers • Surprise Guest • Hartine Island Choir * Musicians • Sing-a-long • Bonfires on 2nd and Railroad • Caroling • Kids' Marshmallow Roast & Cocoa Your chamber sponsors December's 1st FRIDAY Pick up details and game cards at these participating We pank our sponsors Olsen Furniture Vander Wal's Garage Vern's Restaurant Olympic Gallery Digital Printing Shelton Floor Covering Xinh's Clam & Oyster House Michael D. Wittenberg, CPS, PS Green Diamond Resource KeyBank Lumbermen's Kristmas Town Kiwanis Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce Bill Insurance