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“Once you’ve finished reading PLEASE Belfair Bugle Belfair SHARE Bugle the paper; be an Toot Your Own Horn ~ Community paper ‘excellent friend’ ! ” Serving the People of Belfair, Hood Canal & North Mason Neighborhoods ~ Jaxon Ocasio Belfair Elementary Volume 2 Issue 7 Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Kindergarten 2020 " Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~ Dr. Seuss Welcome, New Emergency Prevention Specialist On June 1st the North In this Issue: Mason Regional Fire Au- News Blasts 2 thority celebrated the addi- Congresman Derek Kilmer 3 tion of its newest member, Mason County Census 5 Lacey Newman. Lacey will EMS Levy 6 be serving as the Authority’s PO Box Census Reminder 8 Emergency Prevention Spe- Hoodstock 8 cialist. She will be taking the Meals on Wheels 9 reins from Jeromy Hicks who Summer @ Salmon Center 10 accepted a promotion to Cotton Candy 11 serve as the Fire Marshal for NMRFA Summer Safety 12 the City of Mercer Island. Music on the Estuary 14 While this may be a new June Update Census 17 position for Lacey, she and Port of Grapeview 17 her family are no strangers Mustard Festival 20 to the Fire Authority or the Bear Festival 21 North Mason Community. Farewell 2020 4th of July 21 Lacey and her family grew Be An Informed Voter 23 up in Belfair before moving Sports World is a Buzz 27 to Seabeck at the age of Lighthouses of WA State 28 15. Lacey graduated from League of Women Voters 34 Klahowya Secondary Belfair Saturday Market 38 School and continued her What are the Chances 41 education at Central Wash- ington University, earning a Tribute Cocker Power 44 before accepting a full time paid firefighting posi- Bachelor’s Degree in Psy- tion with the City of Seattle. Her sister Courtney chology with minors in both served in the Authority’s student firefighter pro- Sociology and Family Stud- gram for two years before transitioning into the ies. Lacey’s father Tom nursing field where she now works as a pediatric Newman served as a volun- nurse. Columns teer firefighter with the Au- Before joining the Fire Authority, Lacey worked as 40 Benefit Watch thority nearly 20 years ago 25 Casey's Corner a flight attendant for six years, meeting con’t p 2 7 Celebration Days ~ Did You Know… Correction Section COVID-19 Numbers 5 Dynamic Diners As of this writing the weekend of 4th of July John Hopkins 9 Helen's Key to Finance We noted a few typos in the University reports: 129,440 US citizens have died from 13 Hood Canal Register last Issue & apologize, they COVID-19. 42 HUB Happenings dr ive us cr azy too! We know it tests your word 22 Jolene's Jaunts 1The three days prior to the start of the holiday weekend knowledge of orthography 4 Life Goes On and the way you can un- a spike of 50,000 positive cases per day began in the US. 18 Life Happens scramble what we meant. There have been 11,100,000 world-wide positive cases 26 Reveille Life is short don’t take since the beginning of the Coronavirus. ~ Tidbits these typos too seriously be- cause what if the hokey- Mason Co. has had 3,343 tests preformed, 1 death, 16 Women in Military pokey is really what it’s all 56 confirmed cases. about?! Page 2 Belfair Bugle Volume 2, Issue 7 New Specialist con’t While the injury cut her firefighter schools. Safety Day brings to- career short it didn’t take away gether several public safety people and seeing places around her desire to help and protect partners to provide in person the world. During her tenure as a others. Her passion was apparent safety information at the flight attendant Lacey had the re- during her interview process, schools. Instead of missing an sponsibility to attend to passengers where she was selected by the opportunity to work with stu- who experienced medical emer- Authority from a list of over 50 dents this year, Lacey devel- gencies while in flight. During one of candidates. oped several safety infor- her flights Lacey attended to a pas- mation videos that were deliv- Lacey’s main role with the Au- senger whose heart had stopped ered to students by computer. thority is to do whatever it takes to and who had collapsed. Lacey per- Video topics included the use prevent emergencies before they formed CPR until paramedics were of safety helmets, life jackets, occur. The best emergency is the able to access the plane. After that 911 and what to do if there is a one that never happens. Lacey incident, she knew that she had a fire at home. passion for emergency services. will work with every sector of the North Mason Community, with the In her free time, Lacey enjoys In 2017, Lacey began volunteer- ultimate goal of keeping every- fishing, razor clam digging, ing at Central Kitsap Fire & Rescue one safe. Lacey will oversee the paddle boarding and spend- and went to EMT school. In 2019, she Authority’s outreach, education, ing time with family, preferably was offered a position as a career and emergency prevention pro- outdoors. She loves being able Firefighter/EMT at Central Kitsap Fire grams. to help and serve others and & Rescue. Unfortunately, she was has a passion for emergency Lacey got to work on her very forced to resign in February 2020, services. She is thrilled to have first day. With COVID-19 closing after sustaining a significant injury the opportunity to serve in her North Mason schools the Authority during firefighter training that she hometown in a capacity that was forced to cancel its annual was unable to fully recover from. allows her to pay it forward in Safety Day program at the News Blasts That Effect Our Lives STATE to SAVE $$$ the state $51 million. The Governor or on your smartphone. With Washington State facing a urged state entities not under his www.eregulations.com/ multi-million dollar deficit due to authority as in universities, and washington/fishing COVID-19 Governor Inslee an- courts to do the same which could Smartphone app nounces a 2 step plan requiring a potentially save upwards of an ad- https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/ one day furlough per week for ditional $91 million for the state. regulations.app 40,000 state employees and has Available at Belfair Licensing NO MASK~ NO SERVICE put a stop to the scheduled 3% July 7th began the new law sup- salary raises for 5,600 employees CRAB SEASON OPENS ported by the rise in cases of to save the state money. with RESTRICTIONS COVID-19 in Washington. The De- “COVID-19 has hit our state Crab Season is open now partment of Health urged Governor hard and our economy has taken through September 7th each Inslee to create the order to offer a severe hit as a result. These are businesses the authority to stay Thursday through Monday in very difficult decisions but they are open by creating the “No Mask-No the Puget Sound with a daily necessary to address the financial Service” Order. Leaving it up to the limit of 5 hard shell Dungeness shortfall that we are facing,” Inslee individual business to offer an op- said. “Every day state employees males 6 ¼ “ and 6 hard shell red tion of how or whether to service serve the people of Washington rock crab either sex that are 5” the customer if they choose not to with dedication, and these ac- in shell width. Crabbing is al- wear a mask. Much like the no tions do not reflect on that com- lowed to Hood Canal north of shoes, no shirt, no service in many mitment or quality of their work. In businesses. Ayock Point. All areas South of this current financial situation, eve- Ayock Point are CLOSED to al- ryone needs to make sacrifices 2020-2021 FISHING low population rejuvenation. and we know this will not be easy. REGULATIONS ONLINE The South Regions near Taco- I know that our state will come out Fishing rules and Regulations is of these difficult times stronger open and the Washington Depart- ma Narrows Bridges is CLOSED than ever.” ment of Fish & Wildlife has printed as well for crab rejuvenation. It is estimated that this move July its yearly pamphlet (book) or if you 5th through November will save choose you can get them on line Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Belfair Bugle Page 3 of-living-adjustment formula so that News from Representative Derek Kilmer seniors are protected amid rising rates of inflation. Also, the bill would also expand upon tax bene- The following is an excerpt of Rep. Quick example... on Friday, I had the fits for Social Security recipients, Derek Kilmer’s June 2020 Newsletter. pleasure of visiting with seniors from The Pearl on Oyster Bay, a senior liv- as well as expand accessibility to He is one of the original 78 co- fair Social Security compensation sponsors (now 86) on the H.R.576 - ing community in Bremerton. Our con- versation was wide-ranging - we talked for low-income retirees. It does all Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth about the federal response to COVID- this, simply put, by asking the very Act. Introduced 1/15/2019 sent to 19 (and some of the unique challenges wealthiest Americans to pay their Committees: Energy & Commerce for seniors), my efforts to lower pre- fair share. That makes a lot of and Ways and Means. The Latest scription drug prices, and my ongoing sense to me – and made sense to Action it was Referred to the Sub- work to ensure our seniors receive the the seniors I visited with in Bremer- ton! Committee on Health 3/1/2019; then benefits they have earned and de- serve.