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They're 'TOPS' of their class
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, or TOPS,
Chapter 1188 celebrated members of
Keep Off Pounds Sensibly, or KOPS.
From the left, they are: Dorothy Morris,
who will celebrate seven years in the
club in January; Marilyn Olson, who is a
10-year member; Dorothy Rosi and Ruth
Tooley, both seven-year members. To
their right is co-leader Carol Glodowski,
who made the presentations. More infor-
mation about TOPS and KOPS is avail-
able by calling 426-5519.
Publi_-
health officials
focus ,c)n tuberculosis
About a dozen people attended
an infi)rmational program on tu-
berculosis held at the North Ma-
son Medical Clinic.in Belfair.
That was the word from Lydia
Buchheit of Mason County Pub-
lic Health at last week's meet-
ing of the Mason County Board
of Health. Dr. Diana Yu told the
board that "there were lots of mis-
conceptions that were clarified."
The number-one misconcep-
tion seems to be that tubercuh)sis
is no longer fi)und in this part of
the world, and that means people
rarely "think tuberculosis" when
dealing with someone who is sick.
Yu points to the case of a person
with TB in Thurston County who
was initially misdiagnosed as hav-
ing pneumonia.
"When clinicians and people
out there who are seeing patients
understand tuberculosis, it helps
them think TB," she said.
TUBERCULOSIS IS a conta-
gious disease contracted by breath-
ing the same air as someone who's
infected. It was a major cause of
death in the U.S. in the early part
of tire last century but has largely
"been eradicated by means pro-
grams of" testing, prevention and
treatment with inoculations that
fight the disease. "With TB there's
inibction, which means you have
it, but then there's disease, which
means you're sick and can give it
to someone else," Yu said.
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control describe TB as a disease
caused by Mycobacterium tuber-
culosis, a bacteria that usually at-
tacks the lungs but also can attack
the kidney, spine and brain. There
was a time when TB was the lead-
ing cause of death in the U.S., but
starting in the 1940s, scientists
discovered the first of several
medicines now used to treat the
disease and as a result it began to
decrease in this country. However,
the number of cases nationwide
increased between 1985 and 1992.
The Washington Department of
Health recorded a 21 percent in-
crease in reported cases between
1987 and 1991. The number oI"
cases here decreased by 17 percent
in the years 1991 to 1994 but rose
again in the three years after that.
(Please turn to page 20.)
100 Years Ago
From the December 6, 1907, Mason
County Journal:
The municipal election passed off
quietly, with nothing to jar the public
mind into a contest. Only forty votes
were cast, and the Republicans re-
ceived all the votes, with the exception
of a few scattering names.
A lively crowd went out to Matlock
on the train Saturday night, and met
another lively crowd in a lively time
at the Railroad boys dance. On the
way home in the early morning Clum
Huntley fll from the top of a box car
and was badly shaken up.
35 Years Ago
From the December 7, 1972, Shel-
ton-Mason County Journal:
Aerial surveillance set up by the
Mason County Sheriffs Office as part
of its Christmas tree patrol this year
paid off Sunday with the apprehen-
sion of a tree-theft suspect.
Two counties have completed their
recounts in the race for the 24th Leg-
islative District House seat between
Charles Savage, Shelton Democrat,
and Rod Culp, Nordland Republican.
Savage had 5,022 votes in Mason
County and 2,338 in Jefferson County,
and Culp drew 4,570 votes in Mason
and 2,534 in Jefferson with Clallam
and Thurston County recounting not
completed.
10 Years Ago
From the December 4, 1997, Shel-
ton-Mason County Journal:
Mason County residents will have
the opportunity February 3 to vote for
funding to improve county parks.
Pioneer School District residents
are going to have two ballot measures
to vote on next February - a multi-mil-
lion-dollar bond issue for a new high
school and other improvements, plus
a two-year, $2.2-million maintenance-
and-operations levy.
MEDICINE
Jim
Smith
The
Shoppe ®
Pharmacy
Vitamin D
for Muscle Strength
Vitamin D controls
calcium, bone metabolism,
neuromuscular function. Vitamin Ot
be synthesized by the body,
through food and suplc
D is found in fortified milk, egg yolkS;
saltwater fish. Fifteen minutes of;
exposure a few times per
the body to produce adec
D. Vitamin D deficiency
and exacerbates
painful softening and bending
the bone ("rickets"), and
muscle weakness, which wars
the risk of falls and fractures.
indicate that men and women
don't have enough vitamin D
lower scores on physical
tests, especially in hand-grip
Those with the greatest risk
D deficiency include the
elderly and people with
skin, cultural or social
sun, or g
Treatment of vitamin D
produce an
and a marked fn back
lower-limb
50 years of age and older need
400 to 800 IUs of vitamin D
and people with limited sun
may need more.
Na¢lonld PteRcr
1-800-640-5503
207 Professional Way
(Across from the hospital)
426-4412
Thursdays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., Alcoholics
Anonymous, 125 West Cota Street.
5 p.m., AA, New Community
Church of Union, 310 Dalby Road,
Suite 3.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking-nons-
wearing, Saint David's Episcopal
Church, Third and Cedar streets.
7 p.m., Friends of Bill W. Chapter
at Hood Canal Community Church,
81 Finch Creek Road, Hoodsport.
Fridays
Noon, Al-Anon family group, Saint
David's Episcopal Church. Call 427-
6831.
Noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., AA, 125
West Cota Street.
5:30 p.m., First Baptist Church
celebrates recovery, 419 Raih'oad Av-
enue. Childcare provided.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking and
handicap-accessible, Shelton's Unit-
ed Methodist Church, ]900 King
Street.
7:30 p.m., AA, Hoodsport library.
7:30 p.m., Al-Anon, Coffee Compa-
ny, 24240 Highway 101, Hoodsport.
8 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Elli-
nor Room, Mason General Hospital.
Saturdays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cots Street.
7:30 p.m., Friends of Bill and Bob
Chapter at the Skokomish Tribal
Center, 80 Tribal (]enter Road.
10 p.m., The Point Is, Easy Does
It, 125 West Cota Street.
Sundays
8 a.m., noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.,
AA, 125 West Cota Street.
4-6 p.m., Freedom in Recovery,
Gateway Christian Fellowship, 405
South Seventh Street.
7 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous,
Matlock Grange Hall.
Mondays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cota Street.
4:30 p.m., Overeaters Anonymous,
Saint David's Church.
6:30 p.m., AA/A1-Anon, parish hall
of Saint Edward's Catholic Church.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking and non-
swearing, Saint David's Episcopal
Church, Third and Cedar streets.
7 p.m., Adult Children of Alcohol-
ics, New Community Church office,
310 East Dalby Road, Suite 300,
Union. For information call 898-6962
or 898-7855.
7:30 p.m. Mondays, AA, Fir Lane
Health and Rehabilitation Center,
2430 North 13th Street.
Tuesdays
10 a.m., Maple Glen Assisted Liv-
ing, 1700 North 13th Loop Road,
Shelton. For information call 360-
556-6579.
Noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., AA, 125
West Cota.
6:30 p.m., AA open meeting, Hood-
sport library.
7 p.m., Ala-Teen, Saint David's
Episcopal Church, Third and Cedar.
7 p.m., Depressed Anonymous,
the Pershing Room of Mason General
}Iospital, 901 Mountain View Drive.
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m., AI-Anon family group,
T.C. Room of the Skokomish Tribal
Center, 80 Tribal Center Road.
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cota Street.
Noon, Overeaters Anonymous,
Saint David's Episcopal Church,
Third and Cedar.
7 p.m., Adult Children of Alcohol-
ics, McDonald's meeting room, Olym-
pic Highway North.
HOODSPORT FAMILY CLINIC
Full-time health-care providers Walk-ins welcome
Family care, from newborns
to adults
Experienced in treating
patients of all ages
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday
Hargenenead,, lanHorgan, Call (360) 877-0372
BSN, HN,ANE FNP ARNR FNP, FAAPM
24261 N.U.S. Highway I 0 I, Hoodsport
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, December 6, 2007
At,proved l,y the
hint CommLs,sivn on
Accreditation of Healthcaw
Orsantzafions (]CAHO)
ason General Hosp]t
Where caring counts, difference.
Feel
the
Oakland Bay Pediatrics • North Mason Medical Clinic • Mason County Eye Clinic
901 Mtn. View Drive, Building #1, Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 426-1611, from Belfair (360) 275-8614
Free Physician Referral Line: (360) 427-9551
TTY/TDD: (360) 427-9593 • Equal Opportunity Provider
Translation Services Provided , Se habla espafiol
Center of"
Excellence
BARIATR/C SUR{ [
They're 'TOPS' of their class
Take Off Pounds Sensibly, or TOPS,
Chapter 1188 celebrated members of
Keep Off Pounds Sensibly, or KOPS.
From the left, they are: Dorothy Morris,
who will celebrate seven years in the
club in January; Marilyn Olson, who is a
10-year member; Dorothy Rosi and Ruth
Tooley, both seven-year members. To
their right is co-leader Carol Glodowski,
who made the presentations. More infor-
mation about TOPS and KOPS is avail-
able by calling 426-5519.
Publi_-
health officials
focus ,c)n tuberculosis
About a dozen people attended
an infi)rmational program on tu-
berculosis held at the North Ma-
son Medical Clinic.in Belfair.
That was the word from Lydia
Buchheit of Mason County Pub-
lic Health at last week's meet-
ing of the Mason County Board
of Health. Dr. Diana Yu told the
board that "there were lots of mis-
conceptions that were clarified."
The number-one misconcep-
tion seems to be that tubercuh)sis
is no longer fi)und in this part of
the world, and that means people
rarely "think tuberculosis" when
dealing with someone who is sick.
Yu points to the case of a person
with TB in Thurston County who
was initially misdiagnosed as hav-
ing pneumonia.
"When clinicians and people
out there who are seeing patients
understand tuberculosis, it helps
them think TB," she said.
TUBERCULOSIS IS a conta-
gious disease contracted by breath-
ing the same air as someone who's
infected. It was a major cause of
death in the U.S. in the early part
of tire last century but has largely
"been eradicated by means pro-
grams of" testing, prevention and
treatment with inoculations that
fight the disease. "With TB there's
inibction, which means you have
it, but then there's disease, which
means you're sick and can give it
to someone else," Yu said.
The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control describe TB as a disease
caused by Mycobacterium tuber-
culosis, a bacteria that usually at-
tacks the lungs but also can attack
the kidney, spine and brain. There
was a time when TB was the lead-
ing cause of death in the U.S., but
starting in the 1940s, scientists
discovered the first of several
medicines now used to treat the
disease and as a result it began to
decrease in this country. However,
the number of cases nationwide
increased between 1985 and 1992.
The Washington Department of
Health recorded a 21 percent in-
crease in reported cases between
1987 and 1991. The number oI"
cases here decreased by 17 percent
in the years 1991 to 1994 but rose
again in the three years after that.
(Please turn to page 20.)
100 Years Ago
From the December 6, 1907, Mason
County Journal:
The municipal election passed off
quietly, with nothing to jar the public
mind into a contest. Only forty votes
were cast, and the Republicans re-
ceived all the votes, with the exception
of a few scattering names.
A lively crowd went out to Matlock
on the train Saturday night, and met
another lively crowd in a lively time
at the Railroad boys dance. On the
way home in the early morning Clum
Huntley fll from the top of a box car
and was badly shaken up.
35 Years Ago
From the December 7, 1972, Shel-
ton-Mason County Journal:
Aerial surveillance set up by the
Mason County Sheriffs Office as part
of its Christmas tree patrol this year
paid off Sunday with the apprehen-
sion of a tree-theft suspect.
Two counties have completed their
recounts in the race for the 24th Leg-
islative District House seat between
Charles Savage, Shelton Democrat,
and Rod Culp, Nordland Republican.
Savage had 5,022 votes in Mason
County and 2,338 in Jefferson County,
and Culp drew 4,570 votes in Mason
and 2,534 in Jefferson with Clallam
and Thurston County recounting not
completed.
10 Years Ago
From the December 4, 1997, Shel-
ton-Mason County Journal:
Mason County residents will have
the opportunity February 3 to vote for
funding to improve county parks.
Pioneer School District residents
are going to have two ballot measures
to vote on next February - a multi-mil-
lion-dollar bond issue for a new high
school and other improvements, plus
a two-year, $2.2-million maintenance-
and-operations levy.
MEDICINE
Jim
Smith
The
Shoppe ®
Pharmacy
Vitamin D
for Muscle Strength
Vitamin D controls
calcium, bone metabolism,
neuromuscular function. Vitamin Ot
be synthesized by the body,
through food and suplc
D is found in fortified milk, egg yolkS;
saltwater fish. Fifteen minutes of;
exposure a few times per
the body to produce adec
D. Vitamin D deficiency
and exacerbates
painful softening and bending
the bone ("rickets"), and
muscle weakness, which wars
the risk of falls and fractures.
indicate that men and women
don't have enough vitamin D
lower scores on physical
tests, especially in hand-grip
Those with the greatest risk
D deficiency include the
elderly and people with
skin, cultural or social
sun, or g
Treatment of vitamin D
produce an
and a marked fn back
lower-limb
50 years of age and older need
400 to 800 IUs of vitamin D
and people with limited sun
may need more.
Na¢lonld PteRcr
1-800-640-5503
207 Professional Way
(Across from the hospital)
426-4412
Thursdays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., Alcoholics
Anonymous, 125 West Cota Street.
5 p.m., AA, New Community
Church of Union, 310 Dalby Road,
Suite 3.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking-nons-
wearing, Saint David's Episcopal
Church, Third and Cedar streets.
7 p.m., Friends of Bill W. Chapter
at Hood Canal Community Church,
81 Finch Creek Road, Hoodsport.
Fridays
Noon, Al-Anon family group, Saint
David's Episcopal Church. Call 427-
6831.
Noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., AA, 125
West Cota Street.
5:30 p.m., First Baptist Church
celebrates recovery, 419 Raih'oad Av-
enue. Childcare provided.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking and
handicap-accessible, Shelton's Unit-
ed Methodist Church, ]900 King
Street.
7:30 p.m., AA, Hoodsport library.
7:30 p.m., Al-Anon, Coffee Compa-
ny, 24240 Highway 101, Hoodsport.
8 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous, Elli-
nor Room, Mason General Hospital.
Saturdays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cots Street.
7:30 p.m., Friends of Bill and Bob
Chapter at the Skokomish Tribal
Center, 80 Tribal (]enter Road.
10 p.m., The Point Is, Easy Does
It, 125 West Cota Street.
Sundays
8 a.m., noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.,
AA, 125 West Cota Street.
4-6 p.m., Freedom in Recovery,
Gateway Christian Fellowship, 405
South Seventh Street.
7 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous,
Matlock Grange Hall.
Mondays
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cota Street.
4:30 p.m., Overeaters Anonymous,
Saint David's Church.
6:30 p.m., AA/A1-Anon, parish hall
of Saint Edward's Catholic Church.
7 p.m., AA, nonsmoking and non-
swearing, Saint David's Episcopal
Church, Third and Cedar streets.
7 p.m., Adult Children of Alcohol-
ics, New Community Church office,
310 East Dalby Road, Suite 300,
Union. For information call 898-6962
or 898-7855.
7:30 p.m. Mondays, AA, Fir Lane
Health and Rehabilitation Center,
2430 North 13th Street.
Tuesdays
10 a.m., Maple Glen Assisted Liv-
ing, 1700 North 13th Loop Road,
Shelton. For information call 360-
556-6579.
Noon, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., AA, 125
West Cota.
6:30 p.m., AA open meeting, Hood-
sport library.
7 p.m., Ala-Teen, Saint David's
Episcopal Church, Third and Cedar.
7 p.m., Depressed Anonymous,
the Pershing Room of Mason General
}Iospital, 901 Mountain View Drive.
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m., AI-Anon family group,
T.C. Room of the Skokomish Tribal
Center, 80 Tribal Center Road.
Noon and 5:30 p.m., AA, 125 West
Cota Street.
Noon, Overeaters Anonymous,
Saint David's Episcopal Church,
Third and Cedar.
7 p.m., Adult Children of Alcohol-
ics, McDonald's meeting room, Olym-
pic Highway North.
HOODSPORT FAMILY CLINIC
Full-time health-care providers Walk-ins welcome
Family care, from newborns
to adults
Experienced in treating
patients of all ages
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday
Hargenenead,, lanHorgan, Call (360) 877-0372
BSN, HN,ANE FNP ARNR FNP, FAAPM
24261 N.U.S. Highway I 0 I, Hoodsport
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, December 6, 2007
At,proved l,y the
hint CommLs,sivn on
Accreditation of Healthcaw
Orsantzafions (]CAHO)
ason General Hosp]t
Where caring counts, difference.
Feel
the
Oakland Bay Pediatrics • North Mason Medical Clinic • Mason County Eye Clinic
901 Mtn. View Drive, Building #1, Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 426-1611, from Belfair (360) 275-8614
Free Physician Referral Line: (360) 427-9551
TTY/TDD: (360) 427-9593 • Equal Opportunity Provider
Translation Services Provided , Se habla espafiol
Center of"
Excellence
BARIATR/C SUR{ [