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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