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lloliday season brings food and fun
JOHN COOPER py Fijians are on their way back our islander in Iraq working in
[01iday shoppers on Harstire
M and the folks from the
r community on the main-
d have the ideal place to visit
n Saturday, November 24. The
unity hall and the adjacent
Station 9 will be filled with
ors displaying unique and
tve hand-fashioned gifts
decorations. The fire station
has heat and a restroom for
mfort of vendors and visi-
e will have 45-50 vendors
year with everything un-
the sun being presented for
, said Pam Wood, chair of"
:Ioliday House bazaar of the
tine Island Women's Club.
he number of vendors may
Pass her prediction, given
tall of the table spaces have
reserved. Whether or not
t tables will be loaded by "ev-
lting under the sun," there
tmd to be an abundance of
derful things.
adors situated in the fire
ion will set up their wares in
kearly morning hours so as to
Llady for the opening hour of
.ra. Those housed in the hall
set up their tables in the
oon of Friday, November
the day before the bazaar.
vendor will contribute a
;item to fill baskets that will
a ed off shortly before the
're event ends at 3 p.m.
bLLA ROGERS is in
ge of the kitchen for the big
at and tells us that coffee,
ghnuts and cookies will be
ilable early in the day and
scrumptious soups and sat-
iag sandwiches will be ready
I0 On"
sitors will have an opportu-
o contribute food and cloth-
r charitable purposes. The
en's club will place boxes
,the fire station and the com-
ity hall for the collection of
thing and food items. Those
gs donated will be given
the women's club to Pioneer
Ool and the local food kitchen
!distribution to needy fami-
Iochle enthusiasts please
,)% aotice! Because the theatre
s Christmas show, Santa
on Strike will be using the
llraunity hall there will be
Pinochle game on Saturday,
Ceraber 1. Pinochle at 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 15, is
leduled to take place.
Phe theatre club is scheduled,
% for its monthly meeting on
llday, November 26. However,
Usually the case the meeting
Ly be tailored around rehears-
[0r the Christmas show which
premiere at 8 p.m. Friday,
Vernber 30. An evening per-
v (:
|
,hnstmas
,arade on
becember 1
!erdnsula Credit Union is spon-
g Shelton's annual Christmas
'ade through town. This festive
tition will kickoff at 5 p.m. on
'ltrday, December 1, in down-
Shelton.
)rganized by the Shelton-wm-
County Chamber of Commerce,
I
Year s parade is expected to
tare around 50 entries, includ-
floats, marching bands, eques-
1 groups, color guards, scout
Ps and Santa Claus.
he parade will follow its tra-
aal route by starting on Rail-
Avenue, continuing around
0ad Street and up Franklin
re wrapping up on Seventh
et.
It's always a fun event here for
Vatown Shelton," said Dick Tay-
the chamber's executive direc-
"We get a good crowd of people
t Come in to see it. And it really
s off the holiday season for us
L for the community."
LOW COST
CREMATION
Complete $ 5 9 5
360-705-2857
or 1-800-575-8823 24 hours
days low cost with dignity
41VlERICAN BURIAL &
C R0000,oN S00Rv,
SANTA'S HELPERS in an upcoming production of Santa
Goes on Strike are Bennett Morrison and Grace Phelan in
the front row and Ellen Morrison and Ryder Phelan be-
hind them.
formance at the same hour of 8
p.m. will be given on Saturday,
December 1. A matinee will be
staged at 3 p.m. on Sunday, De-
cember 2, of this admission free,
gift to the community entertain-
ment.
ROGER VAN PARYS, our
Harstine Islander in Iraq, sent
us another communique remind-
ing us that his sojourn in that
land of turmoil has already been
three months long. In addition
to a report that he is working 72
hours a week, he informs us that
"not much has changed since the
last report."
However, he does comment on
some decorative items he discov-
ered in front of a museum in the
area. "Of interest is the migra-
friends with a whole new corps
of guards because Fijians are
being replaced by Ugandans. "I
will miss them," he wrote of the
former. "They had a great out-
look on life, were always laugh-
ing and most pleasant."
THIS CHANGING of the
guard is being done to keep to
the budget in the task of rebuild-
ing Iraq. Our correspondent in
Iraq explained it this way: "The
cost of war keeps going up and
the security company thatwas
providing the guard force where
I work switched from Fijians to
Ugandans. The Ugandans, it
seems will work for $12 less a
day than the Fijians so the hap-
to the islands.
He mentioned another person
wih whom he chats and grew
somewhat philosophic about it
when he wrote: "I also say hel-
lo to the gentleman who pumps
the sewage tanks each morning.
Watching him pump the tanks
one morning, I had a thought
about how one's efforts are val-
ued. I can truthfully say that if
I did not show up for work for a
week, I probably would not be
missed. He, on the other hand,
would be sorely missed after a
day. It does put life in perspec-
tive?"
Our man in Iraq always pro-
vides an insightful comment on
the food being served in the mess
hall. He is high in his praise of
the salads they serve, but not
so happy about other foods. He
wrote: "Something went seri-
ously wrong in the kitchen last
week as I was served a piece
of meat that was not cooked to
jerky. I am sure my portion was
an anomaly and that we will con-
tinue to receive only really dead
meat."
In addition to overly cooked
meat that becomes very tough
to chew, some soggy over-cooked
broccoli accompanies it three or
four days a week. He wrote that
a
someone must have determined
that broccoli, because of its green
color, looks good with charcoal-
colored meat." That said, until
his next communique we leave
an office that does have a win-
dow despite the fact that it is
piled high outside with sandbags
that cut off his view.
DAMON'S DINER will be
open for business in the Harstine
Island Community Hall at 2 p.m.
on Thursday, at which time the
annual Thanksgiving Day din-
ner sponsored by the community
club will be served.
If you have no plans for this
special day of Thanksgiving, you
are welcome to attend this pot-
luck dinner. Interested persons
should arrive a little before 2 p.m.
with a favorite side dish for the
potluck table. When the signal
is given that "dinner is served"
you can fill your plate with roast
turkey, potatoes, stuffing, gravy
and rolls that the community
club will provide and finish your
plate off with helpings of the food
on the potluck table.
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
The Harstine Prostate Cancer
Awareness and Support Group
will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. on
Monday evening, November 26,
at Mason General Hospital, 901
Mountain View Drive in Shel-
ton. Anyone who is interested in
knowing more about this health
challenge that is faced by thou-
sands of men in our country each
year is welcome to attend. This
will be the last evening meet-
ing for the group, but additional
meetings will be scheduled for
2008.
AUTOMOTIVE
The Professionals
The choice of people who are particular about their cars!
20,33 Olympic Highway North 426-1467
Shelton, WA 98584 Dan Moldenhauer, owner
tion.of the pink flamingos from
the dais in front of the museum
to the barrier flower boxes that
line the driveway," he*wrote. "We
also seem to have accumulated a
stone frog with a gaping mouth.
And people say that there is no
art in war."
Although customs in.Iraq may
vary from those prevalent where
we live, Van Parys has found
one particular Harstine Island
custom to be acceptable there.
That is the custom of greet-
ing and passing the time of day
with those we meet. "I say hello
to about 15 to 20 guards on my
walk to work," he wrote. "Their
jobs, though important, tend to
be boring, so any conversation is
welcome."
Van Parys now has to make
Excellent Support Services
Generous Financial Reimbursement
Ongoing Training & Education
Peer Networking
Medical Support
Enriching Family Experience
Personal Satisfaction of Helping
Deserving Youth
What do you get as a CYS Foster Parent?
OUR GOAL: I
To support our foster parents to]
ensure successful placements ]
I
For more information on becoming a foster
parent, contact:
SUSAN KIRCHOFF
360-789-4923
skirchoff @communityyouthservices.org
,, www.communityyouthservices.org
Thursday, November 22, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 19
lloliday season brings food and fun
JOHN COOPER py Fijians are on their way back our islander in Iraq working in
[01iday shoppers on Harstire
M and the folks from the
r community on the main-
d have the ideal place to visit
n Saturday, November 24. The
unity hall and the adjacent
Station 9 will be filled with
ors displaying unique and
tve hand-fashioned gifts
decorations. The fire station
has heat and a restroom for
mfort of vendors and visi-
e will have 45-50 vendors
year with everything un-
the sun being presented for
, said Pam Wood, chair of"
:Ioliday House bazaar of the
tine Island Women's Club.
he number of vendors may
Pass her prediction, given
tall of the table spaces have
reserved. Whether or not
t tables will be loaded by "ev-
lting under the sun," there
tmd to be an abundance of
derful things.
adors situated in the fire
ion will set up their wares in
kearly morning hours so as to
Llady for the opening hour of
.ra. Those housed in the hall
set up their tables in the
oon of Friday, November
the day before the bazaar.
vendor will contribute a
;item to fill baskets that will
a ed off shortly before the
're event ends at 3 p.m.
bLLA ROGERS is in
ge of the kitchen for the big
at and tells us that coffee,
ghnuts and cookies will be
ilable early in the day and
scrumptious soups and sat-
iag sandwiches will be ready
I0 On"
sitors will have an opportu-
o contribute food and cloth-
r charitable purposes. The
en's club will place boxes
,the fire station and the com-
ity hall for the collection of
thing and food items. Those
gs donated will be given
the women's club to Pioneer
Ool and the local food kitchen
!distribution to needy fami-
Iochle enthusiasts please
,)% aotice! Because the theatre
s Christmas show, Santa
on Strike will be using the
llraunity hall there will be
Pinochle game on Saturday,
Ceraber 1. Pinochle at 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 15, is
leduled to take place.
Phe theatre club is scheduled,
% for its monthly meeting on
llday, November 26. However,
Usually the case the meeting
Ly be tailored around rehears-
[0r the Christmas show which
premiere at 8 p.m. Friday,
Vernber 30. An evening per-
v (:
|
,hnstmas
,arade on
becember 1
!erdnsula Credit Union is spon-
g Shelton's annual Christmas
'ade through town. This festive
tition will kickoff at 5 p.m. on
'ltrday, December 1, in down-
Shelton.
)rganized by the Shelton-wm-
County Chamber of Commerce,
I
Year s parade is expected to
tare around 50 entries, includ-
floats, marching bands, eques-
1 groups, color guards, scout
Ps and Santa Claus.
he parade will follow its tra-
aal route by starting on Rail-
Avenue, continuing around
0ad Street and up Franklin
re wrapping up on Seventh
et.
It's always a fun event here for
Vatown Shelton," said Dick Tay-
the chamber's executive direc-
"We get a good crowd of people
t Come in to see it. And it really
s off the holiday season for us
L for the community."
LOW COST
CREMATION
Complete $ 5 9 5
360-705-2857
or 1-800-575-8823 24 hours
days low cost with dignity
41VlERICAN BURIAL &
C R0000,oN S00Rv,
SANTA'S HELPERS in an upcoming production of Santa
Goes on Strike are Bennett Morrison and Grace Phelan in
the front row and Ellen Morrison and Ryder Phelan be-
hind them.
formance at the same hour of 8
p.m. will be given on Saturday,
December 1. A matinee will be
staged at 3 p.m. on Sunday, De-
cember 2, of this admission free,
gift to the community entertain-
ment.
ROGER VAN PARYS, our
Harstine Islander in Iraq, sent
us another communique remind-
ing us that his sojourn in that
land of turmoil has already been
three months long. In addition
to a report that he is working 72
hours a week, he informs us that
"not much has changed since the
last report."
However, he does comment on
some decorative items he discov-
ered in front of a museum in the
area. "Of interest is the migra-
friends with a whole new corps
of guards because Fijians are
being replaced by Ugandans. "I
will miss them," he wrote of the
former. "They had a great out-
look on life, were always laugh-
ing and most pleasant."
THIS CHANGING of the
guard is being done to keep to
the budget in the task of rebuild-
ing Iraq. Our correspondent in
Iraq explained it this way: "The
cost of war keeps going up and
the security company thatwas
providing the guard force where
I work switched from Fijians to
Ugandans. The Ugandans, it
seems will work for $12 less a
day than the Fijians so the hap-
to the islands.
He mentioned another person
wih whom he chats and grew
somewhat philosophic about it
when he wrote: "I also say hel-
lo to the gentleman who pumps
the sewage tanks each morning.
Watching him pump the tanks
one morning, I had a thought
about how one's efforts are val-
ued. I can truthfully say that if
I did not show up for work for a
week, I probably would not be
missed. He, on the other hand,
would be sorely missed after a
day. It does put life in perspec-
tive?"
Our man in Iraq always pro-
vides an insightful comment on
the food being served in the mess
hall. He is high in his praise of
the salads they serve, but not
so happy about other foods. He
wrote: "Something went seri-
ously wrong in the kitchen last
week as I was served a piece
of meat that was not cooked to
jerky. I am sure my portion was
an anomaly and that we will con-
tinue to receive only really dead
meat."
In addition to overly cooked
meat that becomes very tough
to chew, some soggy over-cooked
broccoli accompanies it three or
four days a week. He wrote that
a
someone must have determined
that broccoli, because of its green
color, looks good with charcoal-
colored meat." That said, until
his next communique we leave
an office that does have a win-
dow despite the fact that it is
piled high outside with sandbags
that cut off his view.
DAMON'S DINER will be
open for business in the Harstine
Island Community Hall at 2 p.m.
on Thursday, at which time the
annual Thanksgiving Day din-
ner sponsored by the community
club will be served.
If you have no plans for this
special day of Thanksgiving, you
are welcome to attend this pot-
luck dinner. Interested persons
should arrive a little before 2 p.m.
with a favorite side dish for the
potluck table. When the signal
is given that "dinner is served"
you can fill your plate with roast
turkey, potatoes, stuffing, gravy
and rolls that the community
club will provide and finish your
plate off with helpings of the food
on the potluck table.
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
The Harstine Prostate Cancer
Awareness and Support Group
will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. on
Monday evening, November 26,
at Mason General Hospital, 901
Mountain View Drive in Shel-
ton. Anyone who is interested in
knowing more about this health
challenge that is faced by thou-
sands of men in our country each
year is welcome to attend. This
will be the last evening meet-
ing for the group, but additional
meetings will be scheduled for
2008.
AUTOMOTIVE
The Professionals
The choice of people who are particular about their cars!
20,33 Olympic Highway North 426-1467
Shelton, WA 98584 Dan Moldenhauer, owner
tion.of the pink flamingos from
the dais in front of the museum
to the barrier flower boxes that
line the driveway," he*wrote. "We
also seem to have accumulated a
stone frog with a gaping mouth.
And people say that there is no
art in war."
Although customs in.Iraq may
vary from those prevalent where
we live, Van Parys has found
one particular Harstine Island
custom to be acceptable there.
That is the custom of greet-
ing and passing the time of day
with those we meet. "I say hello
to about 15 to 20 guards on my
walk to work," he wrote. "Their
jobs, though important, tend to
be boring, so any conversation is
welcome."
Van Parys now has to make
Excellent Support Services
Generous Financial Reimbursement
Ongoing Training & Education
Peer Networking
Medical Support
Enriching Family Experience
Personal Satisfaction of Helping
Deserving Youth
What do you get as a CYS Foster Parent?
OUR GOAL: I
To support our foster parents to]
ensure successful placements ]
I
For more information on becoming a foster
parent, contact:
SUSAN KIRCHOFF
360-789-4923
skirchoff @communityyouthservices.org
,, www.communityyouthservices.org
Thursday, November 22, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 19