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Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, November 30, 2023
You lie in the bed you made (or don’t)
fter a lifetime ofnot do-
ing so, I started mak—
ing our bed two months
ago. The spur was mostly a
desire to improve order in
the courtroom, which it has,
but we’ve also discovered the
satisfaction of slipping into a
smooth invitation at the end
of the day.
Your mind drifts while
making,r the bed, and mine
drifted the other day to a
question: How many people
make their bed? In 2011, an
organization asked America
just that. It’s 70’!) of us, ac~
cording; to the National Sleep
lflilli‘ltiéxthin.
Last week. l sent an enmil
to El Jew-ho." readers in
hl’lason (Murin to discover
whell'u-r they make the bed.
I selected the 2.}, readers be»
cause they've sent me kind
comments over the years and
because l suspected they’d
consort with this iiiolish~
ness. 'l‘wixlve responded,
and one answered by saying,r
shi- wasi'i’i, going; to answer.
()I' tl’iosc 12, nine said they
engage in some manner of
bed—making, and three do
not. That’s 75 percent for the
bed~makers w percentage
points more than the rest of
America, allegedly.
, TIMES
rlilianks to all who
responded.
“I do make my bed. I also
tuck in the pillow cover. This
I have done since Mrs. Freon
took her first outrof-town con~
tract job, fall/winter of 2019.
It was to Fairport, Illinois,
and her lodgings were in
Rockford, Illinois, home of the
Sock Monkey, Danica Patrick
and the band Cheap Trick. I
began making the bed daily
because with her gone, I could
do it while the cat ate and the
coffee brewed. I did not have
to ‘get back to it later” when
we had arisen — all three of
us, if you count the cat, and
I do count the cat. It is now a
habit rarely neglected. Now I
get into bed, draw up the cov—
ers, adjust the pillow and it’s
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
“Goodnight, Morpheus, Hello,
Erehus and Sweet Dreams,
Hypnos.’ ” —— Doc Froon,
Shelton
“Yes, I make my bed every
day, and I’ve been dong it
since I went to summer camp
in Maine at age 11. The prac—
tice helped me a lot when I
went to Army basic training
'10 years later, and the bed
had to be tight. enough that
a quarter would bounce off of
it. To this day, l love the feel-
ing of sliding into a tightly
made bod.” Slave llct'ltl,
(fI’II/Jl’lllffll,‘
“We use two beds and I
make them both, ifI can beat
my wife to the task. It says I
care for her as I do it and she
gets the message. I have been
doing this for a few years. She
has started turning: down my
bed for me at night and I get
the some silent message from
her. We have been friends
since 1965 and married since
.1990!” Allen Roth, Shelton
“Currently, I don't make
the bed. Why? My husband is
in it.” ~ Jeannine Doggett
“I don’t make my bed all
tidy, but I do make it so as
you said, no fussing required
while I’m tired and just ready
to crawl in between Mr. &
Mrs. Sheets. Then. it’s head
down on Mr. I’illow, aka my
giant marshmallow ;—l
—— Karen ranuc, Shelton
“Growing up, my sister
and I hung a sign on our
shared bedroom door: ‘Un—
made beds are friendlier.’ But
as a grcwvnup, I consistently
make my bed in the morning.
It gets my day off to a good
start, and I can always point
to my one accomplishment.”
Lynn Busocca, Shelton
“Learned very early, my
first chore and even now I
make all beds Hotels, even
sleeping bags. It’s like ending
the night and launching the
dayl” -— Dena Inga/ls
“l slmic::t‘imes make my bed
and sometimes I don’t. The
reason (.iepends on il'l make it
as soon as I think about it or
do I take the chance and wait
15 seconds because by that
time I am already focused on
the next thing that happened
to pop up in my mind.”
—— Greg A, Shelton
“I have made my bed ev-
ery day since I was child. In
high school assisting in the
nurse’s room, I learned how
to make hospital corners with
the sheets on the ends of the
beds. Loved it. Sometimes I
think of the lady who taught
us when making my bed
today.” — Margaret Cham-
bers, Shelton.
“In the Marine Corps,
1970, I had to ensure when
the sergeant dropped a quar—
ter from on high it would
bounce book up off the tight
and fastidiously made bed.
Today, with an exposed,bot~
tom sheet, I then uniformly
fold the main top blanket and
place it neatly at the foot of
the bed and call it good.”
- Darrell Barker, Shelton
“I recently broke my habit
of daily bed making. I hope
this inspires me to get back to
i,t.,A made bed is so nice! It’s
prettier, easier to gel in and
out of, and causes me to sigh
with contentmcmt wluenevor I
walk into the room.“
w Sherry, I'lursrizu) Island
“Nope. Moisture builds
up overnight, and making,r
the bed traps that moisture,
which allows lied mites to
thrive. I am not enamored
of bed mites. Have you seen
high resolution closeups of
bed mites? 'Yikes. As for any
psychological reasons to do
so, I am too far gone for that
to matter.” w Name withheld
by request
I Contact Kirk Ericson or
hiI'kkilmosmwountycom
serving the public.
American virtue
Editor, the Journal,
Sheriff Ryan Spurling recently spoke
to The North Mason Rotary Club. He
shared plans, statistics and Peelian prin-
ciples of ethical policing. To be average,
the Sheriffs Office needs 80 officers, but
it has only 48 (FBI UCR/I.EOKA 2019).
T hejails are re—accredited (waspcprg).
The violent crime clearance rate is up
7.8 percent compared with the last 10
years (cde.ucr.cjis.gov). Alternatives to
jail are thriving for veterans, people ado
dicted to drugs, and people with men-
tal illness (Inasorlcou11tywa.gov). I am
proud to see this man in a position of re—
sponsibility. However, I worry that our
sheriff may not see that people only turn
to crime when they lack freedom and
equality in their pursuit of happiness.
The first Peelian principle is pre—
vention, not punishment. We should
prioritize assisting victims, restoring
communities and holding offenders
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responsible through partnerships. This
is more effective than getting mean and
scaring people. We need to explore the
strengths of programs like victim—of—
fender meets, family meets, supervised
crime repair, restitution, community
panels, cross—group case management,
victim awareness education and offend—
er—neighborhood reintegration (OJ P
NCJ 242196). The founders would roll
in their graves to hear that we use jail
to scare people. This is not an American
virtue.
Making people unfree is un—Ameri~
can. It is also contrary to Peelian prin~
ciples and restorative justice. We must
focus on educating, rehabilitating, and
restoring families and neighborhoods
experiencing crime. Building a new jail
is not the answer. We the people, a free
people, must insist on liberty and equal
justice for all.
Sehyler P. Raodt
Shelton
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Editor, the Journal,
We often hear complaints about
the inefficiency of government agen—
cies, at all levels, in dealing with the
public, but I would like to cite a re-
cent example of the opposite.
I recently renewed my passport by
mail and was told that normal pro—
cessing time was eight to 11 weeks
from receipt, not mailing date.
The process began with a visit to
the Allyn post office for the required
photo and mailing; where the staff
could not have been more efficient or
friendly.
Bottom line, the total elapsed time
until I received the new passport was
five weeks, not eight to 11, and this
included the Thanksgiving holiday.
Kudos to the many dedicated em—
ployees in this process for efficiently
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Lights on
Editor, the Journal,
As winter is here and Vision is gone,
turn your headlights on, especially
while driving in town or in the city.
You can see me, but I can’t see you.
Don’t cause accidents.
I am surprised that none of our
police or sheriff departments or State
Patrol has not enforced this issue.
Also, the insurance companies have
done nothing on this issue, nor any
has state government.
“Stay safe!”
I will probably write this same let—
ter next year.
Gordon Keller
Shelton
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