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Food, shelter funds okayed The Emergency Food and Shel- ter Program of Mason County has been chosen to receive tderal funds for 2008 under the Emer- gency Food and Shelter Program. Funds are to be used to supple- ment emergency food and shelter programs in Mason County during the coming year. "The national board works with the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency and has been en- trusted with distributing funds appropriated ,by Congress to sup- plement local efforts to provide food and shelter to needy families in times of economic distress. More than $3 billion has been distributed for this purpose over the program's 25-year history. MISSION CREEK ANTIQUE GALLERY STOREWIDE SALE • 25 % offmost item: - 300/0 off Native ! American jewelry FOO[) • F[IN FA B tl I1) 1,1S FIN D S Gift Basket Raffle Sign up now * $100 tpdu(, We are worth the trip! ' if u,e don't have it toe am find it I 23611 NY. SR 3 • Belfair • 360-277-910 MASON COUNTY Elections Department employees Fina Dahman, on left, and Sue Blankenship pore over ballots during Friday's recount of a neck- and-neck Southside School Board race. iobbins elected to anotlle,r term (Continued from page 1.) @, said Amber Cervantes, the lty's elections superintendent. ]EITHER CANDIDATE ap- red for the recount, which last- iUst under an hour. Southside erintendent Tim Garchow and )employees from the Wash- ton Secretary of State's Office on hand to watch as elections lartment employees Find Dah- h and Sue Blankenship went hgh each ballot by hand. Ob- Vers had to sign in, then sign a [e containing a list of rules. The room remained quiet while the two women worked. Only their shuffling of the paper ballots could be heard as they went through each of three voter precincts indi- vidually. The ballots were separated into five wire baskets, one each for Rob- bins, Cougher, under votes (where no candidate was voted for), over votes (where both candidates were voted for on the same ballot) and write-in votes. As they worked, Dahman and Blankenship wrote down their counts on slips of plain white pa- 00ead birds up for the count (Continued from page 3.) aonellosis. "There are a bazil- diseases that birds get," Luers in a telephone interview. $k PRECURSOR to the Dead tti Hotline was established in ernber 2005 when the Depart- at of Fish and Wildlife asked 'lle to give them a call about td or ill trumpeter swans. This .wed reports that some of the atures were succumbing to lead Soning in Spite of a long-stand- :ban in British Columbia and ahington against using lead to hunt waterfowl. Swans dying after ingesting lead ! deposited in areas where they during the winter. State ef- [s to address the problem were sLed by the Trumpeter Swan 'ety and the Washington Wa- wl Association, two organi- Ons that responded to hotline by picking up dead birds. ,ccording to Luers, about 14 Cent of the cases identified of- Calls made since August of last lr were handled as potential flu fatalities, with most of the bird carcasses sent to a laboratory for analysis and the others discarded for various reasons, including de- composition and "species misiden- tification." As far as those birds that were properly identified, the highest number was posted by the 83 listed as "unknown spe- cies" followed by 31 Canada goose, 30 American robin, 27 "generic" hawk, 26 mallard duck, 24 rock pigeon or dove and 23 "generic" duck. The Department of Fish and Wildlife advises people not to har- vest or handle wild birds that are obviously sick or found dead and to wear rubber gloves while clean- ing game or cleaning bird feeders. "The risk from avian influenza is generally low to most people, be- cause the viruses do not usually infect humans," the Centers for Disease Control states, but at the same time: "Because these viruses do not commonly infect humans, there is little or no immune pro- tection against them in the human population." per. Only red pens were used by the employees, since the ballots were marked in black or blue ink and, in one case, pencil. WHEN THEY were done with a precinct, they read their totals to Cervantes, who sat at a computer nearby. She asked them to recheck the numbers, which they did. When the recount was complet- ed, there were 131 under votes, one over vote and five write-in votes. Cervantes explained that two votes counted earlier as under votes changed to write-ins because the voters hadn't filled in the box on their ballots for write-ins and the computer counted their votes as under votes. Had Cougher picked up the additional vote instead of Rob- bins, their race would have ended in a tie. It would then have been decided by the flip of a coin. Ma- son County Auditor Karen Herr said that in case of a tie a quarter would have been the coin used to decide the winner. tonations support Christmas fund help needy with holiday meals (Continued from page 1.) Donations to support the Christ- 9; Penelope K. Campos, $50; mas Fund food baskets may be • rge Kaszycki, $70; and Ray rraan, $50. lIemorial donations included in memory of Wayne and A1- Coleman, $50 in memory of inette, Milus and Henry, (} in memory of Bob Zehrung, in memory of Rocky Hembroff, in memory of Gene Elms, $1.00 emory of Gloria McNally and , in memory of Richard Gard- .Y. 4dditional anonymous contribu-  were received in the amounts :$50, $50, $100, $50, $50, $20, !00, $20, $50 and $50. ,ylor, CLU . AYLOR C:i INSURANCE 2 .SERVICES I ii II mailed to The Journal at P.O. Box 430, Shelton, 98584 or dropped off at the newspaper office, located at 227 West CoLa Street in downtown Shelton. Those who donate will be recognized in the newspaper, un- less they choose to remain anony- mous. Donations also can be made in memory of a loved one. The Shelton 40 et 8 veterans' organization and The Journal col- laborate on the Christmas Fund, with the vets putting together the food baskets and distributing them while the newspaper collects money to buy the food. Ilili When you buy STORM DAMAGE INSURANCE minimize yoffr loss by ensuring that it includes the contents ,,,I of your home, too. W., HAii;i:FOtlt, 104 E. "D" St. #1 Shelton, WA 98584 360-427-1989 • 360-426-5595 marlene@marlenetaylorinsurance.com i I lilll I I I Everything from a NEEDLE to a LOCOMOTIVE See you at the Little Skookum Community Hall 3840 SE Lynch Road -- Coming from Olympia --, turn right onto Lynch Rd. at Taylor Towne. Coming from Shelton -- take Cole Rd., turn left onto Lynch Rd. Pass fire hall and turn right at sign (Roundtree Way). Fill your holiday needs with a nice choice of collectibles Saturday, December 8, 10 am-5pm Sunday, December 9, 10am-4pm I Hill OPEN ...... our prices on CUSTOM-DESIGNED and REPAIR! SPECIALS OF THE WEEK 12/6-12/12 At the intersection of Highway 101 and 108, just minutes away from Olympia and Shelton 360-426-5254 SKOOK[JM CREEK T O R E TOBACCO Made flesh at our own factory COMPLETE ROLL-YOUR-OWN tax One Pound Bag SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks io Your Health. I 8.15 $3.62 a pack -- NIW-- Walk-In Humidor GREAT SELECTION of Fine Cigars & Humidor Accessories CIGARS GREAT GIFTS ollr ovcD_ ISLAND BLENDZ Hand rolled-Fine cigars I I ii I II I I i i i iiiii om mm m | | m | am m | mm | m | mm m | mm m m | | | | | m m | , ,,, .,, , .,. , LARGE SELECTION ,' , , ,., ' 0,,.,.,,.. ,I ,I , , GAS  DISCOUNT ,111,I)II,₯ • mmmmmmmmmammm al, -,--- HOURS: Mon-Thur 6am-12am / Fri & Sat 6am-2am / Sun 6am-1 lpm The Karnilche Trading Post operates under a compact with the State of Washington "Safe To Shop" TOBACCO PRODUCTS DRIVE -THRU OPEN Stm-Thur 7am-gpm • Fri & Sat 7am-10pm Thursday, December 6, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 7 Food, shelter funds okayed The Emergency Food and Shel- ter Program of Mason County has been chosen to receive tderal funds for 2008 under the Emer- gency Food and Shelter Program. Funds are to be used to supple- ment emergency food and shelter programs in Mason County during the coming year. "The national board works with the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency and has been en- trusted with distributing funds appropriated ,by Congress to sup- plement local efforts to provide food and shelter to needy families in times of economic distress. More than $3 billion has been distributed for this purpose over the program's 25-year history. MISSION CREEK ANTIQUE GALLERY STOREWIDE SALE • 25 % offmost item: - 300/0 off Native ! American jewelry FOO[) • F[IN FA B tl I1) 1,1S FIN D S Gift Basket Raffle Sign up now * $100 tpdu(, We are worth the trip! ' if u,e don't have it toe am find it I 23611 NY. SR 3 • Belfair • 360-277-910 MASON COUNTY Elections Department employees Fina Dahman, on left, and Sue Blankenship pore over ballots during Friday's recount of a neck- and-neck Southside School Board race. iobbins elected to anotlle,r term (Continued from page 1.) @, said Amber Cervantes, the lty's elections superintendent. ]EITHER CANDIDATE ap- red for the recount, which last- iUst under an hour. Southside erintendent Tim Garchow and )employees from the Wash- ton Secretary of State's Office on hand to watch as elections lartment employees Find Dah- h and Sue Blankenship went hgh each ballot by hand. Ob- Vers had to sign in, then sign a [e containing a list of rules. The room remained quiet while the two women worked. Only their shuffling of the paper ballots could be heard as they went through each of three voter precincts indi- vidually. The ballots were separated into five wire baskets, one each for Rob- bins, Cougher, under votes (where no candidate was voted for), over votes (where both candidates were voted for on the same ballot) and write-in votes. As they worked, Dahman and Blankenship wrote down their counts on slips of plain white pa- 00ead birds up for the count (Continued from page 3.) aonellosis. "There are a bazil- diseases that birds get," Luers in a telephone interview. $k PRECURSOR to the Dead tti Hotline was established in ernber 2005 when the Depart- at of Fish and Wildlife asked 'lle to give them a call about td or ill trumpeter swans. This .wed reports that some of the atures were succumbing to lead Soning in Spite of a long-stand- :ban in British Columbia and ahington against using lead to hunt waterfowl. Swans dying after ingesting lead ! deposited in areas where they during the winter. State ef- [s to address the problem were sLed by the Trumpeter Swan 'ety and the Washington Wa- wl Association, two organi- Ons that responded to hotline by picking up dead birds. ,ccording to Luers, about 14 Cent of the cases identified of- Calls made since August of last lr were handled as potential flu fatalities, with most of the bird carcasses sent to a laboratory for analysis and the others discarded for various reasons, including de- composition and "species misiden- tification." As far as those birds that were properly identified, the highest number was posted by the 83 listed as "unknown spe- cies" followed by 31 Canada goose, 30 American robin, 27 "generic" hawk, 26 mallard duck, 24 rock pigeon or dove and 23 "generic" duck. The Department of Fish and Wildlife advises people not to har- vest or handle wild birds that are obviously sick or found dead and to wear rubber gloves while clean- ing game or cleaning bird feeders. "The risk from avian influenza is generally low to most people, be- cause the viruses do not usually infect humans," the Centers for Disease Control states, but at the same time: "Because these viruses do not commonly infect humans, there is little or no immune pro- tection against them in the human population." per. Only red pens were used by the employees, since the ballots were marked in black or blue ink and, in one case, pencil. WHEN THEY were done with a precinct, they read their totals to Cervantes, who sat at a computer nearby. She asked them to recheck the numbers, which they did. When the recount was complet- ed, there were 131 under votes, one over vote and five write-in votes. Cervantes explained that two votes counted earlier as under votes changed to write-ins because the voters hadn't filled in the box on their ballots for write-ins and the computer counted their votes as under votes. Had Cougher picked up the additional vote instead of Rob- bins, their race would have ended in a tie. It would then have been decided by the flip of a coin. Ma- son County Auditor Karen Herr said that in case of a tie a quarter would have been the coin used to decide the winner. tonations support Christmas fund help needy with holiday meals (Continued from page 1.) Donations to support the Christ- 9; Penelope K. Campos, $50; mas Fund food baskets may be • rge Kaszycki, $70; and Ray rraan, $50. lIemorial donations included in memory of Wayne and A1- Coleman, $50 in memory of inette, Milus and Henry, (} in memory of Bob Zehrung, in memory of Rocky Hembroff, in memory of Gene Elms, $1.00 emory of Gloria McNally and , in memory of Richard Gard- .Y. 4dditional anonymous contribu-  were received in the amounts :$50, $50, $100, $50, $50, $20, !00, $20, $50 and $50. ,ylor, CLU . AYLOR C:i INSURANCE 2 .SERVICES I ii II mailed to The Journal at P.O. Box 430, Shelton, 98584 or dropped off at the newspaper office, located at 227 West CoLa Street in downtown Shelton. Those who donate will be recognized in the newspaper, un- less they choose to remain anony- mous. Donations also can be made in memory of a loved one. The Shelton 40 et 8 veterans' organization and The Journal col- laborate on the Christmas Fund, with the vets putting together the food baskets and distributing them while the newspaper collects money to buy the food. Ilili When you buy STORM DAMAGE INSURANCE minimize yoffr loss by ensuring that it includes the contents ,,,I of your home, too. W., HAii;i:FOtlt, 104 E. "D" St. #1 Shelton, WA 98584 360-427-1989 • 360-426-5595 marlene@marlenetaylorinsurance.com i I lilll I I I Everything from a NEEDLE to a LOCOMOTIVE See you at the Little Skookum Community Hall 3840 SE Lynch Road -- Coming from Olympia --, turn right onto Lynch Rd. at Taylor Towne. Coming from Shelton -- take Cole Rd., turn left onto Lynch Rd. Pass fire hall and turn right at sign (Roundtree Way). Fill your holiday needs with a nice choice of collectibles Saturday, December 8, 10 am-5pm Sunday, December 9, lOam-4pm I Hill OPEN ...... our prices on CUSTOM-DESIGNED and REPAIR! SPECIALS OF THE WEEK 12/6-12/12 At the intersection of Highway 101 and 108, just minutes away from Olympia and Shelton 360-426-5254 SKOOK[JM CREEK T O R E TOBACCO Made flesh at our own factory COMPLETE ROLL-YOUR-OWN tax One Pound Bag SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks io Your Health. I 8.15 $3.62 a pack -- NIW-- Walk-In Humidor GREAT SELECTION of Fine Cigars & Humidor Accessories CIGARS GREAT GIFTS ollr ovcD_ ISLAND BLENDZ Hand rolled-Fine cigars I I ii I II I I i i i iiiii om mm m | | m | am m | mm | m | mm m | mm m m | | | | | m m | , ,,, .,, , .,. , LARGE SELECTION ,' , , ,., ' 0,,.,.,,.. ,I ,I , , GAS  DISCOUNT ,111,I)II,₯ • mmmmmmmmmammm al, -,--- HOURS: Mon-Thur 6am-12am / Fri & Sat 6am-2am / Sun 6am-1 lpm The Karnilche Trading Post operates under a compact with the State of Washington "Safe To Shop" TOBACCO PRODUCTS DRIVE -THRU OPEN Stm-Thur 7am-gpm • Fri & Sat 7am-10pm Thursday, December 6, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 7