SIXTH-GRADER Josh Reese gets support from 35th District State Representative Bill Eickmeyer of Belfair during the youngster's visit to Olympia last week to urge lawmakers to support a funding request for design of the remodel of the Shelton Armory.

Storm leaves work to do

Motorists traveling Highway 101 between Hoodsport and Lilliwaup are asked to be on the lookout for road crews working to repair damage caused by last month's storm. More than $34 million in disaster assistance has been approved for individuals, families and businesses in a multi-county area that suffered damge from the storm, and more than 9,800 people have registered with FEMA for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The deadline for applying for help is February 7.

CLIMBER DUAL-MEET action last week finds upstart frosh Max Crain launching (top) and churning (inset) in the IM and sophomore veteran Daniel Berndt holding his non-diving peers' attention off the one-meter board (near).

COURTSIDE DISTRACTIONS ABOUND during a Climber jayvee basketball game in the Minidome last week. That's 4-year-old Addie Gregg daughter of junior-high coach Bryan and granddaughter of Climber coaching legend Terry beguiling varsity veteran CarrieAnne Allegri as wool-hatted papa looks on in the topmost photo, and cracking up over camera-phone evidence, near, are varsity players-in-waiting (from left) Paige Barrett, Ms. Allegri, Brynna Fuller, Alexan Ehrich and Michelle Davis. Our jayvee stalwarts in the action inset? They're Climber sophomores Kristina Pietroski (15) and Tara Ramsey. Shelton beat Clover Park by a landslide in the game but bowed narrowly in the two schools' subsequent varsity clash.

BELFAIR RESIDENT Betty Wing is seen here accepting the North Mason Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year award from president Frank Kenny. Mike Boyle Jr. captured many other images from the gala that can be found at www.northmasonchamber.com.