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Their prints will come Children line up to make fish prints at the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail. Supervised by stewards of the trail, they are using a Japanese technique called gyo- taku that involves pressing an inked subject on rice paper. The trail will be open again this weekend be- fore closing until next fall. There's more about salmon and the trail on page 28. fi,chooi board roundup: Zook: New law a boon to students Superintendent Joan Zook reported to the Shelton School board on Tuesday about a bill passed in April by the Washing- ton Legislature creating a guar- anteed tbur-year college tuition scholarship program for students from low-income families. "This is the coolest thing that has ever happened for our kids." she said. "This is earth-chang- ing legislation, fblks. This is life- changing." To be eligible for the college- bound scholarship program, stu- dents must qualify fbr free or reduced-price lunches in the sev- enth grade, then sign a pledge during seventh or eighth grade to graduate from high school with at least a C average and with no felony convictions. Scholarships aren't tied to Washington Assessment of" Stu- dent Learning scores, but stu- dents do have to pass the WASL tests to graduate. "We'll make sure information gets out to ev- ery student," Zook promised. In other business on November 27, the school board: * Said goodbye to Marty Crow Tuesday night and welcomed his replacement, Gene Crater. "I thought you brought a really unique perspective to the board," fbllow board member Holly Sharpe told Crow, who opted not to seek election this fall after ear- lier being appointed to the board. Sharpe and others on the school board wished Crow well, then watched as Zook adminis- tered the oath of office to Crater, Peter Boome and Sue McCaus- land. who all were elected on No- vember 6. * Voted to reorganize the board for 2008. Sharpe was elected to chair meetings for the coming year, with McCausland elected vice chair. McCausland will also continue as the board's legislative representative for another year. Fantasy Forest funds bring two birthing beds to county With the tea served and the gala gone and Swing Fever hav- ing swung, Fantasy Forest 2007 raised about $125,000 for the Ma- son General Hospital Foundation. That's according o Peg Stock, who is near the end of her tour of duty as president of the founda- tion. She said last year was the first year the annual celobration netted more than $100,000, though gross receipts in years past have been somewhat higher than that. Taking the helm in 2008 will be Sara Watkins as president, Steve DeMiero as vice president and I Joan Hayes as treasurer. That means Stock will be accorded the honor of past president in the af- termath of what is looking like a pretty big money year for Fantasy Forest. "It is safe to say we've had our best year ever," she said. A goodly share of the credit for this goes to the recipients of the Flame, an award presented each year at the gala ball to those who make special contributions to the foundation. The 2007 Flame was given to Larry Stevens and Dick (Please turn to page 11.) THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS IN YOUR IRA CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Dan Baumgartel Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Suite A, Shelton 426-0982 1-800-441-0982 To learn about the benefits of an Edward Jones IRA, call or visit today. www.edwardjones.com Member SPC IT'S BETTER TO REVIEW YOUR ANNUITY THAN RETHINK YOUR RETIREMENT. Call your financial advisor today for details.  Armin Baumgarlel www.edwardJones.com Member $JPC Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Suite A, Shellon 426-0982 1-80{)-441-0982 e Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 29, 2007 Fir Tree managers get tough on people who smoke Older people living in the Fir Tree Apartments are adjusting with various degrees of enthusiasm to a new policy that prohibits smok- ing at all entryways, front porches and stairways of their building. Fir Tree provides subsidized housing to older people and those with disabilities. Shannon Mc- Donald, manager of the complex, said there are 60 apartments in the complex and about 35 percent of the residents smoke. The new policy was implemented by the management of the Fir Tree at the request of 66-year-old Bart Coven- try, a resident who found himself feeling gassed last summer when a neighbor start puffing on the porch outside his place. "The smoke was actually coming into my windows, and so I taped up my windows," Coventry said. "It was summertime, and I was chok- ing in there." His remarks came at Tuesday's meeting of the Mason County Board of Health, a panel which commend- ed the efforts of McDonald and Al- liance Group, Incorporated to clear the air at 614 North Fourth Street in Shelton. "THEY HAVE instituted poli- cies for a smoke-free living environ- ment at Fir Tree Apartments, and from a public health perspective that's a wonderful thing to happen," said Vicki Kirkpatrick, director of Mason County Public Health. Her office reports that smok- ing causes an estimated 438,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, more than are attributed to AIDS, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor-vehicle injuries, suicides and murders com- bined. Smoking is not only harmful to smokers, but also to the people around them who are exposed to secondhand smoke. The 2006 Sur- geon General's Report concluded that nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work increase their heart disease risk by about 25 percent and their lung cancer risk by about 30 per- cent. Coventry told the health board that his parents exposed him to sec- ondhand smoke when he was grow- ing up, but that was years before studies into the health risk associ- ated with tobacco. Board members also heard that the new restrictions on smoking at Fir Tree are a sub- ject of some controversy among the people living there. "There are a handful of people who are really fighting this issue, and I told them they had to under- stand the concerns of the other resi- dents," McDonald said. SHE SAID THE state's Smoking in Public Places Law was not par- ticularly helpful because it makes no mention of the public spaces as- sociated with apartment buildings. In commending her and the owners of the rental units for the new and tougher rules, the board stated that it "encourages other property own- ers and landlords to follow the Fir Tree Apartments' lead in providing a safe and healthy environment for their tenants by enacting similar anti-tobacco use policies." The board made the point that prohibitions against smoke "help protect rental property from dam- age and fires" and notes demand for smoke-free increases "as more people aware of the health secondhand smoke." Their statement on the subject gested that making smoke-free "can save cleaning bills, property and insurance costs and tenants from secondhand exposure." Quake Brinnon An earthquake with a tude of 4.0 rattled the area Monday night. The quake was depth of 34 miles by the Seismic Network and 10:18 p.m. six miles north non in Jefferson County. There were no reports ries or damage, according lished reports. *Nokia EVERYONE ON'YOU 4 Diamond Starting at $99 Diamond Earrings Starting at $50 3 Stone Starting at lqonday.lMday 10:00.$:30 Saturday O.A.C. Their prints will come Children line up to make fish prints at the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail. Supervised by stewards of the trail, they are using a Japanese technique called gyo- taku that involves pressing an inked subject on rice paper. The trail will be open again this weekend be- fore closing until next fall. There's more about salmon and the trail on page 28. fi,chooi board roundup: Zook: New law a boon to students Superintendent Joan Zook reported to the Shelton School board on Tuesday about a bill passed in April by the Washing- ton Legislature creating a guar- anteed tbur-year college tuition scholarship program for students from low-income families. "This is the coolest thing that has ever happened for our kids." she said. "This is earth-chang- ing legislation, fblks. This is life- changing." To be eligible for the college- bound scholarship program, stu- dents must qualify fbr free or reduced-price lunches in the sev- enth grade, then sign a pledge during seventh or eighth grade to graduate from high school with at least a C average and with no felony convictions. Scholarships aren't tied to Washington Assessment of" Stu- dent Learning scores, but stu- dents do have to pass the WASL tests to graduate. "We'll make sure information gets out to ev- ery student," Zook promised. In other business on November 27, the school board: * Said goodbye to Marty Crow Tuesday night and welcomed his replacement, Gene Crater. "I thought you brought a really unique perspective to the board," fbllow board member Holly Sharpe told Crow, who opted not to seek election this fall after ear- lier being appointed to the board. Sharpe and others on the school board wished Crow well, then watched as Zook adminis- tered the oath of office to Crater, Peter Boome and Sue McCaus- land. who all were elected on No- vember 6. * Voted to reorganize the board for 2008. Sharpe was elected to chair meetings for the coming year, with McCausland elected vice chair. McCausland will also continue as the board's legislative representative for another year. Fantasy Forest funds bring two birthing beds to county With the tea served and the gala gone and Swing Fever hav- ing swung, Fantasy Forest 2007 raised about $125,000 for the Ma- son General Hospital Foundation. That's according o Peg Stock, who is near the end of her tour of duty as president of the founda- tion. She said last year was the first year the annual celobration netted more than $100,000, though gross receipts in years past have been somewhat higher than that. Taking the helm in 2008 will be Sara Watkins as president, Steve DeMiero as vice president and I Joan Hayes as treasurer. That means Stock will be accorded the honor of past president in the af- termath of what is looking like a pretty big money year for Fantasy Forest. "It is safe to say we've had our best year ever," she said. A goodly share of the credit for this goes to the recipients of the Flame, an award presented each year at the gala ball to those who make special contributions to the foundation. The 2007 Flame was given to Larry Stevens and Dick (Please turn to page 11.) THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS IN YOUR IRA CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Dan Baumgartel Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Suite A, Shelton 426-0982 1-800-441-0982 To learn about the benefits of an Edward Jones IRA, call or visit today. www.edwardjones.com Member SPC IT'S BETTER TO REVIEW YOUR ANNUITY THAN RETHINK YOUR RETIREMENT. Call your financial advisor today for details.  Armin Baumgarlel www.edwardJones.com Member $JPC Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Suite A, Shellon 426-0982 1-80{)-441-0982 e Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 29, 2007 Fir Tree managers get tough on people who smoke Older people living in the Fir Tree Apartments are adjusting with various degrees of enthusiasm to a new policy that prohibits smok- ing at all entryways, front porches and stairways of their building. Fir Tree provides subsidized housing to older people and those with disabilities. Shannon Mc- Donald, manager of the complex, said there are 60 apartments in the complex and about 35 percent of the residents smoke. The new policy was implemented by the management of the Fir Tree at the request of 66-year-old Bart Coven- try, a resident who found himself feeling gassed last summer when a neighbor start puffing on the porch outside his place. "The smoke was actually coming into my windows, and so I taped up my windows," Coventry said. "It was summertime, and I was chok- ing in there." His remarks came at Tuesday's meeting of the Mason County Board of Health, a panel which commend- ed the efforts of McDonald and Al- liance Group, Incorporated to clear the air at 614 North Fourth Street in Shelton. "THEY HAVE instituted poli- cies for a smoke-free living environ- ment at Fir Tree Apartments, and from a public health perspective that's a wonderful thing to happen," said Vicki Kirkpatrick, director of Mason County Public Health. Her office reports that smok- ing causes an estimated 438,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, more than are attributed to AIDS, illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor-vehicle injuries, suicides and murders com- bined. Smoking is not only harmful to smokers, but also to the people around them who are exposed to secondhand smoke. The 2006 Sur- geon General's Report concluded that nonsmokers who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or work increase their heart disease risk by about 25 percent and their lung cancer risk by about 30 per- cent. Coventry told the health board that his parents exposed him to sec- ondhand smoke when he was grow- ing up, but that was years before studies into the health risk associ- ated with tobacco. Board members also heard that the new restrictions on smoking at Fir Tree are a sub- ject of some controversy among the people living there. "There are a handful of people who are really fighting this issue, and I told them they had to under- stand the concerns of the other resi- dents," McDonald said. SHE SAID THE state's Smoking in Public Places Law was not par- ticularly helpful because it makes no mention of the public spaces as- sociated with apartment buildings. In commending her and the owners of the rental units for the new and tougher rules, the board stated that it "encourages other property own- ers and landlords to follow the Fir Tree Apartments' lead in providing a safe and healthy environment for their tenants by enacting similar anti-tobacco use policies." The board made the point that prohibitions against smoke "help protect rental property from dam- age and fires" and notes demand for smoke-free increases "as more people aware of the health secondhand smoke." Their statement on the subject gested that making smoke-free "can save cleaning bills, property and insurance costs and tenants from secondhand exposure." Quake Brinnon An earthquake with a tude of 4.0 rattled the area Monday night. The quake was depth of 34 miles by the Seismic Network and 10:18 p.m. six miles north non in Jefferson County. There were no reports ries or damage, according lished reports. *Nokia EVERYONE ON'YOU 4 Diamond Starting at $99 Diamond Earrings Starting at $50 3 Stone Starting at lqonday.lMday 10:00.$:30 Saturday O.A.C.