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field
REBECCA WELLS
]Growing up
al Pickering
1 running
ation. If he
dy, he wouh
g:T.uld over t(
lvherever he
hborhood.
l'I credit a 1(
ng up in t
.try and w
s-country,
up in Mason County's
Pickering area, Daniel Paine
running as a form of trans-
If he didn't have a bike
he would just run as fast as
Could over to his friend's house
was headed in the
credit a lot of my running to
in the woods out in the
and what not, mainly for
says the current
distance runner at Shelton
School "I always enjoy just
gout running and being out
e woods."
hitially, his track career began
the fourth grade. He started
as a sprinter and "just didn't
*w much about running at the
le, so that's kind of why I went
SPrinting," he says. In the fifth
!de he won the 800-meter dash.
as pretty excited about that.
Ie was not very serious about
t Sport back then but by the sixth
lde he qualified for the district
ttapionships. He skipped track
cross-country in the seventh
i lde before competing again in
i ior high.
bANIEL DIDN'T start get-
g serious about running until
th grade, when SHS coach Da-
White recruited him onto the
s-country team. "Coach had to
ld of pry me to get me out," Dan-
remembers.
Ie'd been biking over the sum-
and by the time he decided to
out for the team the season
kt already begun, but he still
ded up being the team s number
runner. Daniel wound up run-
g the 3200-meter race in track
It spring and lettered in both
arts his freshman year.
rack, he admits, is not really
favorite sport. "t kind of just do
ck to get in shape for cross-coun-
, but I'm learning to like it more
|I get faster, but cross-country's
lly my forte,' he says.
Since then, he has taken cross-
lntry more seriously and led
boys' team as captain this
r. Not only is he competing
a Highclimber, he's also had
chance to travel across the
latry and around the world as
individual athlete. During his
homore year, Daniel competed
:the Junior Olympic National
Larapionships in Rhode Island,
acing ninth and earning an all-
erican recognition for it. Over
at summer, he was invited to
in Australia as part of the
I06 Down Under Sports Tour.
placed fifth in the Australian-
erican race and third in the all-
erican race.
I,AST YEAR HE competed in
junior Olympics again, head-
!I to Spokane that time and
cing 16th after switching to an
r age group. This still quali-
him for all-American status.
Was again at the top of his age
pthis year when he competed
nsas and finished 29th. Ear-
r this season, he placed seventh
the state cross-country champi-
ahips, jumping up from his 33rd
e finish last year. 'Teah, I was
tty happy about that," he says.
IIis recent state finish qualified
iel for the Border Clash meet
the Nike campus in Beaverton,
gon, which had been one of his
ls this year. He was one of 40
Y representing Washington as
am.
k ,,
t was pretty tough, he recalls
rthe elite, cross-state meet, add-
that it was "just one of those
ts where you really have to
% your head into it and if you
't, you'll just get eaten up."
spite of the stiff competition
d challenging course, he had fun
.1 came away with lots of com-
entary gear and promotional
ls. He also had the chance to
OUT ON THE TRACK is Daniel Paine, Shelton High
School's top distance runner right now.
meet some world-class runners
at the race. "It was pretty sweet,"
Daniel says. "The whole experi-
ence is what it's really about."
AS FARAS track goes, last year
he qualified for the league champi-
onships in the two-mile race. "This
year I'm looking to kind of hopeful-
ly change it a little bit, I guess," he
says, thinking ahead to the track
season and adding: "Cross-country
is what I really like to run."
On the other hand, a coach at
the University of Montana has
told Daniel he can qualify for
track scholarships at the school
if he is able to run the two-mile
event in less than 9 minutes and
36 seconds. Since he already man-
aged to run 9:45 in a two-mile split
on a cross-country course earlier
this season, Daniel feels confident
about scoring a scholarship.
While the University of Mon-
tana attracts him because of its
recreational management pro-
gram with an emphasis in nature-
based tourism, he's also drawn to
the academic programs at The Ev-
ergreen State College in Olympia
"because I can kind of collaborate
more studies there."
Through the early college pro-
gram at Shelton High, Daniel has
already taken three college-level
courses: Sociology 107 and English
101 and 102. He also has taken an
advanced biology course, along
with honors English. He doesn't
let his extracurricular activities
cause him to lose sight of his focus
on his academics and has a grade-
point average that qualifies him
for membership in the local chap-
ter of National Honor Society.
HIS EVENTUAL career goal
is to become a park ranger. Ever-
green appeals to him because of its
environmental studies program,
which offers complements in bot-
any and Native American studies.
Since he has some remote Native
American ancestry and has par-
ticipated in the Native American
education program all through
high school, this area of study in-
trigues him personally. The idea
of working out in nature also ex-
cites him. Previously, he thought
he wanted to study sociology, but
later transitioned into wanting to
go into the park service.
"I want to make sure that I'm
able to still work with people once
in a while, at least. It's something
I like to do, whether it's in a park
or leading people on tours," he
says.
Besides the benefits of being
able to hike into the back coun-
try and check on rustic camp-
sites, working in the park system
"Come And Celebrate"
THE BABY BORN
IN A BARN
A Service Of Christmas At The
Hunter Farm's Barn
Sunday, Dec. 23 - 6:00 p.m.
Sponsored By:
The NEW
Community
Church
Of Union
EVeryone
Is
Welcome!
Refreshments
Served
Dress Warmly
i
FIR
ANE
SANTA HOTLINE
7-8 p.m. dally, December 13-23
426-3347
dri00'e Dan
sounds like it would offer plenty of
variety.
"AT A CAREER fair held at the
high school, Daniel met a state
park ranger who told him about
possibilities working for the de-
partment next summer at Jar-
rell Cove on Harstine Island, not
far from his home. Last summer,
Daniel had the chance to meet an-
other park ranger at a youth lodge
he stayed at during a trip down to
Boulder, Colorado.
The desire to train in elevation
over a mile high brought Daniel to
Boulder for two and a half weeks.
With all kinds of activities going
on, Boulder sported a very vibrant
atmosphere. An unexpected ad-
vantage to making the journey to
Colorado was his coming across
the world triathlon champion who
happened to be running down the
street, pushing a stroller.
THOSE WEREN'T Daniel's
only adventures from last sum-
mer. He also participated in Ever-
green Boys State and attended the
Kiwanis Youth Law Enforcement
Camp at the Washington State
Patrol Academy in Shelton.
This summer, Daniel hopes
to enroll in a hiking trail crew
through the student conservation
association, working on a trail
crew over the summer. He has al-
ready spent one summer serving
on a garbage crew and attending
different environmental courses
with the Ecology Youth Corps. "We
got paid for it, so that was pretty
neat," he remembers.
HIS FATHER, Les Paine, is
seasoned in the ecology field, be-
ing a landscaper with a degree in
horticulture. His mother, Peggy
Mead, is a medical records man-
ager at Olympic Physicians in
Shelton.
These days Daniel has fun as a
youth mentor with the Kids With
Potential program through Save
Our County's Kids in downtown
Shelton. Daniel plans to use this
for credit toward his cumulative
senior project later this year. Since
he's been involved in the program
at SOCK for a couple of years now,
he already accumulated all of the
required service hours long ago. "I
was kind of ahead of the game on
that one, actually," he says.
and More /
by Blaine & Linda Radager
Shelton Floor Covcrlmj
AREA RUGS
Not only do area rugs help define
and anchor seating areas within a room,
but they offer several practical advan-
tages. To begin with, i[ is nearly always
less expensive to decorate a floor with
an area rug than to fit it with wall-to-wall
carpeting, which entails installation and a
certain amount of wastage. In addition,
an area rug offers the advantage of be-
ing able to be turned around to evenly
distribute wear. The fact that an area rug
is not tacked down also allows it to be
sent away to be cleaned, or even rolled
up and taken with you when you move.
It bears pointing out, too, that outfitting
a room with waltvall carpeting and
an area rug is not a mutually exclusive
proposition, An area rug can be placed
over the high-traffic areas in a wall-to-wall
carpeting room to extend the underlying
carpet; life, or to cover a stain or wear at
its center, An area rug can also be placed
over wall-to-wall carpeting simply to
achieve a plush layered effect,
Between linoleum, vinyl, hard-
woods, laminates, tile, and natural
stone, there are so many floor cover-
ing choices available today that mak-
ing a decision can be difficult. That,s
where SHELTON FLOOR COVERING
comes into the picture. People tell us
we have a knack for choosing just the
right style and design, and we'd like
to put those abilities to work for you.
Call us at 360-427-2822, 1306 Olym-
pie Hwy. So,, the next time your floors
need a facelift. Open 7:30 to 5:30
weekdays, 9-5 Saturday, we know that
'Vlthout You There Is No Us."
HINT: A richly patterned area rug
makes a dramatic statement in an oth-
erwise neutral interior.
I III
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ALL IN STOCK!
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with any ( le" over $100
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• Large pockets
• Available in 4 colors
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 15
00igh "Spotlight
School •
l
C, parks field dri00'e Dan
OUT ON THE TRACK is Daniel Paine, Shelton High
School's top distance runner right now.
meet some world-class runners
at the race. "It was pretty sweet,"
Daniel says. "The whole experi-
ence is what it's really about."
AS FARAS track goes, last year
he qualified for the league champi-
onships in the two-mile race. "This
year I'm looking to kind of hopeful-
ly change it a little bit, I guess," he
says, thinking ahead to the track
season and adding: "Cross-country
is what I really like to run."
On the other hand, a coach at
the University of Montana has
told Daniel he can qualify for
track scholarships at the school
if he is able to run the two-mile
event in less than 9 minutes and
36 seconds. Since he already man-
aged to run 9:45 in a two-mile split
on a cross-country course earlier
this season, Daniel feels confident
about scoring a scholarship.
While the University of Mon-
tana attracts him because of its
recreational management pro-
gram with an emphasis in nature-
based tourism, he's also drawn to
the academic programs at The Ev-
ergreen State College in Olympia
"because I can kind of collaborate
more studies there."
Through the early college pro-
gram at Shelton High, Daniel has
already taken three college-level
courses: Sociology 107 and English
10l and 102. He also has taken an
advanced biology course, along
with honors English. He doesn't
let his extracurricular activities
cause him to lose sight of his focus
on his academics and has a grade-
point average that qualifies him
for membership in the local chap-
ter of National Honor Society.
HIS EVENTUAL career goal
is to become a park ranger. Ever-
green appeals to him because of its
environmental studies program,
which offers complements in bot-
any and Native American studies.
Since he has some remote Native
American ancestry and has par-
ticipated in the Native American
education program all through
high school, this area of study in-
trigues him personally. The idea
of working out in nature also ex-
cites him. Previously, he thought
he wanted to study sociology, but
later transitioned into wanting to
go into the park service.
"I want to make sure that I'm
able to still work with people once
in a while, at least. It's something
I like to do, whether it's in a park
or leading people on tours," he
says.
Besides the benefits of being
able to hike into the back coun-
try and check on rustic camp-
sites, working in the park system
"Come And Celebrate"
THE BABV BORN
IN A BARN
A Service Of Christmas At The
Hunter Farm's Barn
Sunday, Dec. 23 - 6:00 p.m.
Sponsored By:
The NEW
Community
Church
Of Union
EVeryone
Is
Welcome!
Refreshments
Served
Dress Warmly
, , , ,+
FIR
ANE
SANTA HOTLINE
7-8 p.m. dally, December 13-23
<360> 426-3347
. .
REBECCA WELLS
up in Mason County's
area, Daniel Paine
running as a form of trans-
If he didn't have a bike
lldy, he would just run as fast as
[T.uld over to his friend's house
lherever he was headed in the
hborhood.
IT ere "
air a lot of my running to
aing up in the woods out in the
Ltry and what not, mainly for
8-country," says the current
I distance runner at Shelton
School "I always enjoy just
ag out running and being out
e woods."
'i hitially, his track career began
the fourth grade. He started
as a sprinter and "just didn't
w much about running at the
e, so that s kind of why I went
)rinting," he says. In the fifth
.de he won the 800-meter dash.
as pretty excited about that."
:e was not very serious about
Sport back then but by the sixth
tde he qualified for the district
pionships. He skipped track
cross-country in the seventh
tde before competing again in
tior high.
I}ANIEL DIDN'T start get-
g serious about running until
th grade, when SHS coach Da-
White recruited him onto the
s-country team. "Coach had to
Ld of pry me to get me out," Dan-
remembers.
tte'd been biking over the sum-
r and by the time he decided to
a out for the team the season
t already begun, but he still
ded up being the team s number
runner. Daniel wound up run-
g the 3200-meter race in track
t spring and lettered in both
rts his freshman year.
rack, he admits, is not really
favorite sport. " kind of just do
Sk to get in shape for cross-court-
', but I'm learning to like it more
get faster, but cross-country's
liYcme y forte," he says.
L!' then, he has taken cross-
lntry more seriously and led
boys' team as captain this
. Not only is he competing
a Highclimber, he's also had
chance to travel across the
try and around the world as
individual athlete. During his
)homore year, Daniel competed
the Junior Olympic National
tarapionships in Rhode Island,
king ninth and earning an all-
aerican recognition for it. Over
at summer, he was invited to
in Australia as part of the
(}6 Down Under Sports Tour.
placed fifth in the Australian-
erican race and third in the all-
erican race.
I,AST YEAR HE competed in
junior Olympics again, head-
, to Spokane that time and
ing 16th after switching to an
r age group. This still quali-
! him for all-American status.
pWas again at the top of his age
,p this year when he competed
[I(ansas and finished 29th. Ear-
IF this season, he placed seventh
l the state cross-country champi-
hips, jumping up f,r, om his 33rd
e finish last year. Teah, I was
l t " .
b ty happy about that, he says
DIis recent state finish qualified
mUliel for the Border Clash meet
p the Nike campus in Beaverton,
gon, which had been one of his
s this year. He was one of 40
] representing Washington as
B.m.
It was pretty tough," he recalls
the elite, cross-state meet, add-
that it was "just one of those
s where you really have to
Ve your head into it and if you
't, you'll just get eaten up."
spite of the stiff competition
ld challenging course, he had fun
!d came away with lots of com-
!entary gear and promotional
ks. He also had the chance to
sounds like it would offer plenty of
variety.
"AT A CAREER fair held at the
high school, Daniel met a state
park ranger who told him about
possibilities working for the de-
partment next summer at Jar-
rell Cove on Harstine Island, not
far from his home. Last summer,
Daniel had the chance to meet an-
other park ranger at a youth lodge
he stayed at during a trip down to
Boulder, Colorado.
The desire to train in elevation
over a mile high brought Daniel to
Boulder for two and a half weeks.
With all kinds of activities going
on, Boulder sported a very vibrant
atmosphere. An unexpected ad-
vantage to making the journey to
Colorado was his coming across
the world triathlon champion who
happened to be running down the
street, pushing a stroller.
THOSE WEREN'T Daniel's
only adventures from last sum-
mer. He also participated in Ever-
green Boys State and attended the
Kiwanis Youth Law Enforcement
Camp at the Washington State
Patrol Academy in Shelton.
This summer, Daniel hopes
to enroll in a hiking trail crew
through the student conservation
association, working on a trail
crew over the summer. He has al-
ready spent one summer serving
on a garbage crew and attending
different environmental courses
with the Ecology Youth Corps. "We
got paid for it, so that was pretty
neat," he remembers.
HIS FATHER, Les Paine, is
seasoned in the ecology field, be-
ing a landscaper with a degree in
horticulture. His mother, Peggy
Mead, is a medical records man-
ager at Olympic Physicians in
Shelton.
These days Daniel has fun as a
youth mentor with the Kids With
Potential program through Save
Our County's Kids in downtown
Shelton. Daniel plans to use this
for credit toward his cumulative
senior project later this year. Since
he's been involved in the program
at SOCK for a couple of years now,
he already accumulated all of the
required service hours long ago. "I
was kind of ahead of the game on
that one, actually," he says.
and More /
by Blaine & Linda fladoger
Shelton Floor Covering
AREA RUGS
Not only do area rugs help define
and anchor seating areas within a room,
but they offer several practical advan-
tages. To begin with, it is nearly always
less expensive to decorate a floor with
an area rug than to fit it with wall-to-wall
carpeting, which entails installation and a
certain amount of wastage. In addition,
an area rug offers the advantage of be-
ing able to be turned around to evenly
distribute wear. The fact that an area rug
is not tacked down also allows it to be
sent away to be cleaned, or even rolled
up and taken with you when you move.
It bears pointing out, too, that outfitting
a room with wall-to-wall carpeting and
an area rug is not a mutually exclusive
proposition, An area rug can be placed
over the high-traffic areas in a wall-to-wall
carpeting room to extend the underlying
carpet life, or to cover a stain or wear at
its center, An area rug can also be placed
over wall-to-wall carpeting simply to
achieve a plush layered effect,
Between linoleum, vinyl, hard-
woods, laminates, tile, and natural
stone, there are so many floor cover-
ing choices available today that mak-
ing a decision can be difficult. That,s
where SHELTON FLOOR COVERING
comes into the picture. People tell us
we have a knack for choosing Just the
right style and design, and we'd like
to put those abilities to work for you.
Call us at 360-427-2822, 1306 Olym-
pie Hwy. So., the next time your floors
need a facelift. Open 7:30 to 5:30
weekdays, 9-5 Saturday, we know that
"Without You There Is No Us."
HINT: A richly patterned area rug
makes a dramatic statement in an oth-
erwise neutral interior.
A Very
RIST
SALE!
for women
5 % OFF
ALL IN STOCK!
Plus FREE Carhartt Stocking Cap, Water Bottle or Scarf
with any ( e" over $100
BOTTOMS
Traditional Fit Relaxed Fit Dungaree Fit
Ladies' sizes 2-20
15°/0
for women
.............. " '* .... ...... r KEY ® BIBS
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...... hand
Limited to stock on
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Neck Vest
• Sherpa lined
* Large pockets
• Available in 4 colors
Carhartt Brown,
Dark Brown,
Light Olive or
Vintage Rose
15% OFF
GREAT BOOT Check out our selection of
SALE 1 INFANTS &
Lots of in-store 1 TODDLERS
00ecas J+ CARHARTT, tool
All sale items limited to stock on hand, Sale ends 12131/07.
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