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Mary M. Knight School:
DISPLAYING THEIR NEW basketballs are, from left to right, Hood Ca-
nal School sixth-graders Joshua Kennedy, Kaylean Mendoza and Joshua
Rutledge. Standing behind them are Superintendent ken Zier, Merlyn
Flakus of the Hood Canal Lions Club and Tom Churchill, the school's
principal and assistant superintendent.
Books are bringing a little
bounce to Hood Canal kids
Three students at Hood Canal
School were bouncing with excite-
ment last Thursday. More pre-
cisely, they were bouncing new
basketballs.
The students, Joshua Kennedy,
Kaylean Mendoza and Joshua
Rutledge, were surprised when
they were presented with basket-
balls from the Hood Canal Lions
Club under the club's new pro-
gram, Have-a-Ball, which has just
begun providing basketballs to
high achievers in the school's Ac-
celerated Reading Program. Lions
club member MerlD1 Flakus was
on hand to award the basketballs.
The three students are all in
Carolyn Gray's sixth-grade class
and each earned 100 points. The
reading program, which has been
in )lay at Hood Canal School for
about 10 years, provides incen-
tives to students for additional
reading.
They read books provided by
the school's library, take compre-
hension tests about the books and
earn points for passing the tests,
said Tom Churchill, the school's
principal and assistant superin-
tendent. Each book is designated
as being worth a certain number
of points related to its level of dif-
ficulty.
At 10 points, students get a let-
ter to take home from Churchill.
At 20 points, they get a certificate,
pencil and bookmark. Those earn-
ing 30 points select a prize from
the principal's prize box, while
those earning 50 points select a
book from the book box. When they
reach 75 points, they're treated to
a lunch at Godfather's Pizza with
Churchill. And at 100 points,they
receive a trophy and, now, a bas-
ketball.
"They're point-earning ma-
chines," Churchill said of students
in Gray's class, adding the basket-
balls from the Lions club are beau-
tiful. The balls include loges from
a number of colleges. The three
presented to the students last
week all bore a purple "W" from
the University of Washington.
Historical work cut out for
McReavy museum boosters
SPECIAL YEAR END
HEARING AID
CLOSEOUT SALE!
(Continued from page 13.)-
timber from Hood (',anal to San
Francisco for 23 years while serv-
ing six terms in the Washington
Territorial Legislature. He plat-
ted Union City in 1889, the same
year he signed the papers declar-
ing Washington to be a state. He
finished work on the house in the
year after that, but his plans to es-
tablish Union City as a major port
were bankrupted by the economic
depression of 1893, after which he
devoted his money and energy to
education and the arts.
Frank Pixley of San Francis-
co purchased a large amount of
McReavy's real estate on Hood
Canal and thereafter worked to
establish Union City as an artists'
colony, moving there in 191.6 with
his wife, his children and a supply
of art and musical instruments.
Among his circle was Orre Nobles,
an artist, teacher and art collector
who taught for three years at the
one-room schoolhouse in Tahuya
before transferring to Ballard
High School, where he taught for
28 years.
Nobles built Olympus Manor
with a Chinese flavor and fit-
ted it with rugs from China and
stained glass he had salvaged
from a church in Seattle. He host-
ed operatic concerts and dramatic
readings there, designing rugs for
the New York market and giving
guided Orre's Oriental Odysseys
to China in 1935-1937, an enter-
prise abandoned in the year an
invasion of China by the Japanese
began eight years of fighting soon
to become a bloody, if largely for-
gotten, front of World War II.
The flourishing of the arts in
Union was aided and abetted by
Waldo Chase, who made wood-
block prints of Indian maidens in
dog-headed canoes and handed
out business cards describing him-
self as "Artist at the Waterwheel."
During the war he taught print-
making to conscientious objectors
confined to a camp in Oregon. Af-
ter the War the accommodations at
Olympus Manor continued to at-
tract musicians to the area, but the
"gentlemen's resort" burned down
in 1952, leaving behind a stone-
lined path and dried-out fountain
in the Aztec style at a site which
has since become home to the Blue
Heron Condominiums.
A FUND-RAISER held in Feb-
ruary of this year displayed some
of the Chase prints and a panel
discussion of McReavy House by
Fredson and three others with his-
torical credentials: Janet Thorn-
brue, a state planner specializing
in historic preservation and an of-
ricer of the Washington Trust for
Historic Preservation; Derek Val-
ley, recently retired as director
of the Washington State Capital
Museum in Olympia; and Garry
Schalliol of the Washington State
Historical Society.
° Thornbrue made the point that
a "historic structures report" about
the McReavy House would provide
details about the structure and a
roadmap to its rehabilitation, and
Schalliol added that completion of
such a report would be helpful in
securing funds to help pay tbr res-
toration.
Memberships in the foundation
supporting the McReavy House
Museum of Hood Canal are $25
per year, with $500 securing a lif-
time membership.
"D00L
e,. I
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Whitman takes first
for Democracy essay
Jamee Whitman took first
place among Mary M. Knight
High School students entering
this year's Veterans of Foreign
Wars Voice of Democracy Essay
Contest.
Jamee's essay on the topic,
"My Role in Honoring America's
Veterans," won $100.
Jake Sutherby received $75
for second place in the contest,
Amanda Beste $50 for third
place and James Kiliz $25 tbr
fourth place.
ALL FOUR WINNERS are
sophomores. The students were
recognized and received their
awards during a school assem-
bly on December 13.
Also honored were the win-
ners of the VFW essay contest
tbr the lower grades. Those stu-
dents wrote on the topic, "Why I
Am an American Patriot."
Seventh-grade winners in-
cluded Sean Sexton, first; Ash-
ley Sowle, second; and Krystal
Prouty, third.
Eighth-grade winners were
Charlee Ackley, first; Em-
ily Johnson, second; and Joshua
Combes, third.
IN OTHER NEWS from
MMK:
* Kids return to classes from
winter vacation next Wednes-
day, January 2. Speaking of
vacations, students will have
a four-day respite from Friday,
January 18, through Monday,
,January 21. School will be out
that Friday for a professional
training day and closed that
Monday for Martin Luther King
Day.
e The district's facilities com-
mittee, a group of administra-
tors, teachers and community
members studying MMK's facili-
ties needs, will meet at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 3, in the
school library.
* Other events on the Janu-
ary calendar include a Parent-
Teacher Organization meeting
at 4:30 p.m. Monday, January 7,
in Mrs. Padgett's room; a school
board work session at 5:30 p.m.
Monday, January 14, at a place
to be determined (call 426-6767);
and a regular school board meet-
ing at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Janu-
ary 28, in the portable building
at the school.
aMMore!
by Blaine & Lincla Nadager
PLUSH CARPETING
A carpet texture, which is directly
related to its construction, is an im-
portant factor in determining surface
appearance and performance. One
of the more popular textures for living
rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms
is saxony plush. Its relatively plain,
clean surface appearance is due to
one-level cut pile of short height (I/2
inch or less) and dense construction in
which the individual yarn tufts are very
closely packed. For formal traditional
applications, a subdued luster is often
the most appropriate, while a bright
luster is often thought to be best for
upscale contemporary furnishings.
Textured plush, with one-level cut pile
of over 1/2 inch in I.ight, is versatile
enough to go in nearly every room in
the house. Owing to the fact that it
has less-dense construction than sax-
ony plush, it tends to show footprints
and shading; however, many believe
this only serves to add to its sense of
warmth, richness, and elegance.
Ease of maintenance, good
craftsmanship, and creative design
are all crucial to the enJoyment of
the beautiful expanse of flooring
you have your heart set on. Talk
to us at SHELTON FLOOR COVER-
ING whether you're decorating (or
redecoratingJ one room or your
entire home with vinyl, carpeting,
tile, hardwood, or natural stone.
We're easy to find and well worth
the visit at 1306 Olympic Hwy So.
You'll be as pleased with our prices
as you will be with our precision,
guaranteed installations. PH: 360-
427-2822.
HINT:. Textured plush in bright
or subdued luster isappr0priate for
informal room schemes.
ALL 2007 Digital
Demonstrator Hearing Aids
20-500/0 OFF!
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m IDI:I iLJii4DIIIliI"-- .m ls earwax the culprlt?
• /lt. lli•im • nF-ni.lnlv ; itlsactually a verycommon reason for
: SCREENING • hearing difficulties. We'll check your ear :
II O.r t*. .r lwv. fret I canal for wax or other obstructions.
: DO your Ears Ring? Could your middle m
• Tinnitus, or tinging in the ear is some- - ear be the problem? m
! : times a symptom of other problems. ! Bone Conduction testing may determine if I
your middle ear Is functioning properly.
; • Our headng checkup may let you know.
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I Our checkup_ determines how well you .m hearing certarn sounds?
:can hear soft sounds. See for, yourself if =" With our Pure-Tone test, we' see f i
• your nearing is w=thm normal hide,
• you're hearing the full spectrum of sounds =
l • that YOU should. I
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• iffDifficulty understanding .m Can I hear better on the spot? |
: certain words? ; We'll tot you experience better hearing |
• We'll use our Sound F e d Test to • right in our office. We'll demonstrate a I
understand words i I to]ally automatic digital hearing aid. i I
a measure your ability to understand words •
: DO you hear, but not m Trouble hearing in a
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-= Speech testing identifies how well you • New digital technology can help improve :
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Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, December 27, 2007
Mary M. Knight School:
DISPLAYING THEIR NEW basketballs are, from left to right, Hood Ca-
nal School sixth-graders Joshua Kennedy, Kaylean Mendoza and Joshua
Rutledge. Standing behind them are Superintendent ken Zier, Merlyn
Flakus of the Hood Canal Lions Club and Tom Churchill, the school's
principal and assistant superintendent.
Books are bringing a little
bounce to Hood Canal kids
Three students at Hood Canal
School were bouncing with excite-
ment last Thursday. More pre-
cisely, they were bouncing new
basketballs.
The students, Joshua Kennedy,
Kaylean Mendoza and Joshua
Rutledge, were surprised when
they were presented with basket-
balls from the Hood Canal Lions
Club under the club's new pro-
gram, Have-a-Ball, which has just
begun providing basketballs to
high achievers in the school's Ac-
celerated Reading Program. Lions
club member MerlD1 Flakus was
on hand to award the basketballs.
The three students are all in
Carolyn Gray's sixth-grade class
and each earned 100 points. The
reading program, which has been
in )lay at Hood Canal School for
about 10 years, provides incen-
tives to students for additional
reading.
They read books provided by
the school's library, take compre-
hension tests about the books and
earn points for passing the tests,
said Tom Churchill, the school's
principal and assistant superin-
tendent. Each book is designated
as being worth a certain number
of points related to its level of dif-
ficulty.
At 10 points, students get a let-
ter to take home from Churchill.
At 20 points, they get a certificate,
pencil and bookmark. Those earn-
ing 30 points select a prize from
the principal's prize box, while
those earning 50 points select a
book from the book box. When they
reach 75 points, they're treated to
a lunch at Godfather's Pizza with
Churchill. And at 100 points,they
receive a trophy and, now, a bas-
ketball.
"They're point-earning ma-
chines," Churchill said of students
in Gray's class, adding the basket-
balls from the Lions club are beau-
tiful. The balls include loges from
a number of colleges. The three
presented to the students last
week all bore a purple "W" from
the University of Washington.
Historical work cut out for
McReavy museum boosters
SPECIAL YEAR END
HEARING AID
CLOSEOUT SALE!
(Continued from page 13.)-
timber from Hood (',anal to San
Francisco for 23 years while serv-
ing six terms in the Washington
Territorial Legislature. He plat-
ted Union City in 1889, the same
year he signed the papers declar-
ing Washington to be a state. He
finished work on the house in the
year after that, but his plans to es-
tablish Union City as a major port
were bankrupted by the economic
depression of 1893, after which he
devoted his money and energy to
education and the arts.
Frank Pixley of San Francis-
co purchased a large amount of
McReavy's real estate on Hood
Canal and thereafter worked to
establish Union City as an artists'
colony, moving there in 191.6 with
his wife, his children and a supply
of art and musical instruments.
Among his circle was Orre Nobles,
an artist, teacher and art collector
who taught for three years at the
one-room schoolhouse in Tahuya
before transferring to Ballard
High School, where he taught for
28 years.
Nobles built Olympus Manor
with a Chinese flavor and fit-
ted it with rugs from China and
stained glass he had salvaged
from a church in Seattle. He host-
ed operatic concerts and dramatic
readings there, designing rugs for
the New York market and giving
guided Orre's Oriental Odysseys
to China in 1935-1937, an enter-
prise abandoned in the year an
invasion of China by the Japanese
began eight years of fighting soon
to become a bloody, if largely for-
gotten, front of World War II.
The flourishing of the arts in
Union was aided and abetted by
Waldo Chase, who made wood-
block prints of Indian maidens in
dog-headed canoes and handed
out business cards describing him-
self as "Artist at the Waterwheel."
During the war he taught print-
making to conscientious objectors
confined to a camp in Oregon. Af-
ter the War the accommodations at
Olympus Manor continued to at-
tract musicians to the area, but the
"gentlemen's resort" burned down
in 1952, leaving behind a stone-
lined path and dried-out fountain
in the Aztec style at a site which
has since become home to the Blue
Heron Condominiums.
A FUND-RAISER held in Feb-
ruary of this year displayed some
of the Chase prints and a panel
discussion of McReavy House by
Fredson and three others with his-
torical credentials: Janet Thorn-
brue, a state planner specializing
in historic preservation and an of-
ricer of the Washington Trust for
Historic Preservation; Derek Val-
ley, recently retired as director
of the Washington State Capital
Museum in Olympia; and Garry
Schalliol of the Washington State
Historical Society.
° Thornbrue made the point that
a "historic structures report" about
the McReavy House would provide
details about the structure and a
roadmap to its rehabilitation, and
Schalliol added that completion of
such a report would be helpful in
securing funds to help pay tbr res-
toration.
Memberships in the foundation
supporting the McReavy House
Museum of Hood Canal are $25
per year, with $500 securing a lif-
time membership.
"D00L
e,. I
AUTOMOTIVE
The Professionals
The choice of people who are particular about their cars!
2033 Olympic Highway North 426-1467
Shelton, WA 98584 Dan M01denhauer, owner
We deliver
EATING IL
COMPARE OUR LOW PRICES!
carry kerosene. LoctteddusttriSa; nd;k son
(oooo0o00_p00_. 427-8084
Whitman takes first
for Democracy essay
Jamee Whitman took first
place among Mary M. Knight
High School students entering
this year's Veterans of Foreign
Wars Voice of Democracy Essay
Contest.
Jamee's essay on the topic,
"My Role in Honoring America's
Veterans," won $100.
Jake Sutherby received $75
for second place in the contest,
Amanda Beste $50 for third
place and James Kiliz $25 tbr
fourth place.
ALL FOUR WINNERS are
sophomores. The students were
recognized and received their
awards during a school assem-
bly on December 13.
Also honored were the win-
ners of the VFW essay contest
tbr the lower grades. Those stu-
dents wrote on the topic, "Why I
Am an American Patriot."
Seventh-grade winners in-
cluded Sean Sexton, first; Ash-
ley Sowle, second; and Krystal
Prouty, third.
Eighth-grade winners were
Charlee Ackley, first; Em-
ily Johnson, second; and Joshua
Combes, third.
IN OTHER NEWS from
MMK:
* Kids return to classes from
winter vacation next Wednes-
day, January 2. Speaking of
vacations, students will have
a four-day respite from Friday,
January 18, through Monday,
,January 21. School will be out
that Friday for a professional
training day and closed that
Monday for Martin Luther King
Day.
e The district's facilities com-
mittee, a group of administra-
tors, teachers and community
members studying MMK's facili-
ties needs, will meet at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 3, in the
school library.
* Other events on the Janu-
ary calendar include a Parent-
Teacher Organization meeting
at 4:30 p.m. Monday, January 7,
in Mrs. Padgett's room; a school
board work session at 5:30 p.m.
Monday, January 14, at a place
to be determined (call 426-6767);
and a regular school board meet-
ing at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Janu-
ary 28, in the portable building
at the school.
aMMore!
by Blaine & Lincla Nadager
PLUSH CARPETING
A carpet texture, which is directly
related to its construction, is an im-
portant factor in determining surface
appearance and performance. One
of the more popular textures for living
rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms
is saxony plush. Its relatively plain,
clean surface appearance is due to
one-level cut pile of short height (I/2
inch or less) and dense construction in
which the individual yarn tufts are very
closely packed. For formal traditional
applications, a subdued luster is often
the most appropriate, while a bright
luster is often thought to be best for
upscale contemporary furnishings.
Textured plush, with one-level cut pile
of over 1/2 inch in I.ight, is versatile
enough to go in nearly every room in
the house. Owing to the fact that it
has less-dense construction than sax-
ony plush, it tends to show footprints
and shading; however, many believe
this only serves to add to its sense of
warmth, richness, and elegance.
Ease of maintenance, good
craftsmanship, and creative design
are all crucial to the enJoyment of
the beautiful expanse of flooring
you have your heart set on. Talk
to us at SHELTON FLOOR COVER-
ING whether you're decorating (or
redecoratingJ one room or your
entire home with vinyl, carpeting,
tile, hardwood, or natural stone.
We're easy to find and well worth
the visit at 1306 Olympic Hwy So.
You'll be as pleased with our prices
as you will be with our precision,
guaranteed installations. PH: 360-
427-2822.
HINT:. Textured plush in bright
or subdued luster isappr0priate for
informal room schemes.
ALL 2007 Digital
Demonstrator Hearing Aids
20-500/0 OFF!
Ilwplnsm¢ For Ootelll
Could Your
Middle IEor
k The Are Inner
lib aervvmx IEur Probloml
Only on models remaining in stock
(2all today, first come, first servedl
nm m unn mum mm nmmm mmm mmim mii u mmmmmm
m IDI:I iLJii4DIIIliI"-- .m ls earwax the culprlt?
• /lt. lli•im • nF-ni.lnlv ; itlsactually a verycommon reason for
: SCREENING • hearing difficulties. We'll check your ear :
II O.r t*. .r lwv. fret I canal for wax or other obstructions.
: DO your Ears Ring? Could your middle m
• Tinnitus, or tinging in the ear is some- - ear be the problem? m
! : times a symptom of other problems. ! Bone Conduction testing may determine if I
your middle ear Is functioning properly.
; • Our headng checkup may let you know.
-€;o .;,i;';;,rin "'; oh" ;,ou n'-' ..... I'- ...... - .......... - ................ ,,
m g • uo you nave gaps m
I Our checkup_ determines how well you .m hearing certarn sounds?
:can hear soft sounds. See for, yourself if =" With our Pure-Tone test, we' see f i
• your nearing is w=thm normal hide,
• you're hearing the full spectrum of sounds =
l • that YOU should. I
mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm mmmmmammmmmammmmmmmmammmmmmmm
• iffDifficulty understanding .m Can I hear better on the spot? |
: certain words? ; We'll tot you experience better hearing |
• We'll use our Sound F e d Test to • right in our office. We'll demonstrate a I
understand words i I to]ally automatic digital hearing aid. i I
a measure your ability to understand words •
: DO you hear, but not m Trouble hearing in a
• understand? ; background no-lee? •
-= Speech testing identifies how well you • New digital technology can help improve :
• hear speech, even at an amplified level, m your ab]lity to hear in noisy situations. |
m We'll be able to suggest your expected ; Have a free demonstration, sag (and hear) m
I s
w atlsfactlon level with a hearing aid, D for yourself. You'll be amazed1 I
i •
,,ou COhUll wlYh .)'or hfcurlg (en" ipectlLvt .tff)ut rhcir b¢.n:f[t. ad lt#t,atl¢.l..
2007 Digital Demonstrator
Hearing Aids on sale are
limited to products In-stock only.
When the last unit Is sold
this offer Is over.
800-31 3-6706
Call Toll Free ABERDEEN• BREMERTON
You will be automatically connected CENTRALIA, LONQVIEW,
to your closest Avada office. OLYMPIA• SNELTON
Avada
Hearing Care Centers
www.avada.com ,,,,......,,....,,, ..... .... .... ,,, .... 361
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, December 27, 2007