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Thursday,
January 8, 2004
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The art
of surviving a snow job
Heavy
snow found: a cozy cabin in the wilderness; two dogs tracking
an internal combustion engine; Shelton High School seniors Pat
Penoyar and Josh McDowell racing down Railroad Avenue on their
cross-country skis; and a snow Sphinx rising a stone's throw
east of Little Egypt Road at the home of Fred Anderson. He supervised
the work gang seated at the feet of the Sphinx which points
east just like the original Sphinx has faced for thousands of
years at the entrance to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. With
the snow turning to slush and rain in the offing on Wednesday
evening, the National Weather Service has issued a winter storm
watch for Mason County.
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A
heapin' helpin'
Teddy
Bear Brigade members of Mason County pose last week with
the thousands of stuffed bruins they collected this year with
the assistance of local firefighters in particular. Close
to five thousand of the little huggables were handed out to
the community's less privileged youngsters, thanks to the
Brigade's efforts. In the front from left are William Hancock,
Doug Hancock, Destany Kempton and Brigade director Patti Kempton.
In back are Lauren Hancock, Viry Guijosa, assistant director
Jan Barron, Melissa Hancock and Marylou Ferreira. Not pictured
is Bill Barron. "It's amazing how the community pulls together
for everyone's sake," said director Kempton. "People have
been very, very giving."
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MARGURITE
GIBSON shows off her mother's traditional confirmation gown
from Norway. Her Norwegian family tree hangs on the wall above
the dress. She is the subject of this week's What's Cookin'
column. |
WORKERS
PUT THE finishing touches on the outside of the new wing
of Bordeaux Elementary School. The addition will open when the
weather allows classes to resume this week or next. |
WITH RECENT
REPORTS that the deer herd is declining at Hartstene Pointe,
motorists entering the gated community are asked to take special
note of signs asking them to leash their dogs and resist the
temptation to feed the deer. |
ROSE MARY
Jensen and Dick Duguay of the Mary E. Theler Community Center
receive an automated external defibrillator from Jack Kiley
of Mended Hearts, Incorporated. The device was donated to the
center by the Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging and
the Thurston County chapter of Mended Hearts, Incorporated,
out of Dallas, Texas. |
AND THEY'RE
OFF! A few of the 15 brave souls that tested the waters
of Hood Canal on Thursday, January 1, at the Twanoh Falls Beach
Club for the 11th annual Polar Bear Plunge. |
Did
one of the photos above pique your interest,
and now you want to find out more?
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These
photos were published in The Shelton-Mason County Journal newspaper,
and to read the entire articles that go along with them you'll
need to order a subscription to the newspaper. With an inexpensive
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going on in Mason County!
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