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The City of Shelton once again employs a Designated Crisis Responder, one of the recommendations by the city’s now-dissolved homelessness task force. At its March 18 meeting, the Shelton City Council, as part of its consent agenda, contracted with Olympic Health and Recovery Services for a DCR who helps people who are experiencing a mental health crisis. During the summer and early fall of 2022, the city convened a homelessness task force to address concerns in the community and determine consensus recommendations to be considered by the C...
Seminar Sunday on preparing for disaster A disaster planning seminar is hosted at 1 p.m. Sunday in the meeting room at the Mason County Democrats headquarters, 222 N. First St., downtown Shelton. Space is limited, so register by email to Jeanette Lewis at jl98584@gmail.com. Ride the rails on Easter Bunny Special The Peninsular Railway and Lumbermen’s Museum hosts its annual Easter Bunny Special event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 12 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 13 at Simpson’s former Stillwater yard 10 miles west of Shelton. Tickets are $15 for a...
Open enrollment underway in Shelton schools The Shelton School District is conducting open enrollment for students who live within the district’s boundaries, including students entering kindergarten. The enrollment also includes intra-district transfers. Students who live in the district who want to transfer from one elementary school to another must complete an intra-district request each year. Choice transfer requests must be completed by district students who want to attend school in another district, or students who live outside of the S...
Shelton Nimrod Club The Shelton Nimrod Club is offering four John Post Memorial Scholarships of $1,000 to high school graduates who are pursuing further education. Application forms are available from a current Nimrod Club member, high school offices or by emailing mcleapin@yahoo.com. April 22 is the deadline to send a completed application. Applications can be either mailed to P.O. Box 574, Shelton, WA 98584; hand delivered to a Nimrod Club member; or emailed to Patti McLean at mcleapin@yahoo.com. Call 360-789-7748 to let them know you have em...
Author and professor Amanda Van Lanen talks about "Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State" at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Harstine Island Community Hall, 3371 E. Harstine Island Road N. The Harstine Island Community Club/Inquiring Minds and Humanities Washington host the program. Admission is free. The doors open at 1:30 p.m. To get to the hall, take a left off the Harstine Island bridge and drive about 3 miles. The presentation is the third of four Humanities...
Rain pelted sideways inside Simpson Lumber Company's former Stillwater yard as Corry Wheeler activated the windshield wipers on a 900-horse-power diesel electric locomotive that has traveled Simpson tracks since 1954. Wheeler smiled. "Hey, it even works!" he exclaimed. "OK, let's go back and grab the caboose," said Dale Campbell with the Peninsular Railway and Lumbermen's Museum. Along with a handful of fellow volunteers, their task that day was to find out whether Locomotive 900 is in suitable...
Oakland Bay Junior High students act tentatively before they set foot on the crossing that leads them across Wallace Kneeland Boulevard. That apprehension is understandable. The students press a button to trigger lights at the midblock crossing of the four-lane road, intended to stop traffic. But many drivers ignore both the light and the requirement to slow their speeds to 20 mph. Even if the vehicle in one lane stops at the crossing, another vehicle in the other lane blows right on through with students in the crosswalk. Shelton Mayor Eric On...
Submissions sought for traffic box art The City of Shelton is accepting submissions of artwork for consideration of the next round of Shelton Arts Commission's traffic boxes. All Mason County residents are invited to submit artwork. Applications are due by 5 p.m. April 4. Applicants can email one image of their artwork to Parks and Recreation Supervisor Jordanne Krumpols at jordanne.krumpols@sheltonwa.gov, with the subject line "Traffic Box Project." The submitted artwork must be 1,000 pixels wi...
Harstine Island troupe stages Neil Simon play The Harstine Island Theatre Club stages the Neil Simon play “Rose & Walsh” at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Friday, and 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Harstine Island Community Club, 3371 E. Harstine Island Road N. To get to the club, take a left off the Harstine Island bridge and drive about 3 miles. Admission is $15. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at the Olympic Bakery on Pickering Road and Williams Flowers in downtown Shelton. The play follows two great literary figures and portrays the d...
Open enrollment underway in Shelton schools The Shelton School District is conducting open enrollment for students who live within the district’s boundaries, including students entering kindergarten. The enrollment also includes intra-district transfers. Students who live in the district who want to transfer from one elementary school to another must complete an intra-district request each year. Choice transfer requests must be completed by district students who want to attend school in another district, or students who live outside of the S...
Shelton Kiwanis Foundation The Shelton Kiwanis Foundation offers scholarships to graduating seniors from Shelton, CHOICE and Cedar high schools; homeschooled students in Shelton; and/or the Running Start program. Scholarships are available in education, general academics, science, nursing, and career and technical education. Application forms and details are at www.sheltonkiwanis.weebly.com/scholarships.html. April 15 is the deadline to apply. For more information, email sheltonkiwanis.scholarships@gmail.com. Hood Canal Lions Club The Hood...
Five teens Saturday were crowned the new members of the Mason County Forest Festival Royalty Court at the Shelton School District Performing Arts Center at Shelton High School. Shelton High School senior Kodee Galloway was named Queen of the Forest and North Mason High School senior Grant Galbraith is Paul Bunyan. Cedar High School senior Jasmine Mejia is Princess of Douglas Fir, Shelton High School junior Ashley Hermenegildo is Princess of Hemlock and Shelton High School junior Lane Stoney is...
Every day until 2030, 10,000 baby boomers will turn 65 years old. In Washington, the percentage of residents who are 75 and older is projected to grow from 7% today to 13% by 2050. In our state, 820,000 people are family caregivers. Those are among the figures the League of Women Voters of Mason County mulled Tuesday afternoon at its meeting in the Olympic College Shelton library meeting room. The members heard some of the results of a two-year study conducted by the LWV of Washington that explores gaps in long-term care support for seniors,...
Minneapolis cellist and composer Sophia Deutsch invites everyone to experience "a communal meditation through waves of sound" at 4 p.m. Friday at the Shelton Timberland Library. Admission to the 30-minute "sound bath" is free. According to a news release, "Bring a pillow or mat, find a place to rest and let the music guide you ... The experience is designed to foster relaxation, awareness and creative inspiration, whether you're seeking stillness, introspection, or a sense of sonic adventure." D...
The Shelton School Board features five members elected by voters and three teens who represent the district's three high schools. Shelton High School's Abigayle Hurst, Cedar High School's Alan Alejandro Ramirez Herrera and CHOICE High School's Kaylee Allyn don't get to vote on board measures. But they tell the other board members, district staff and the audience - including those watching online - what's going on at their schools and absorb the mechanics of how school districts operate. The...
Arnulfo Ramirez knew little English before when he started studies with the nonprofit organization Sound Learning in Shelton. He earned his high school diploma in 2023 and is now studying to pass the last section of his exam to be a certified nursing assistant. Lifelong Mason County resident Jason Seipp confronted his addiction to alcohol and came to Sound Learning to grasp algebra so he can earn a bachelor's degree. Larry Parker, a math tutor for the group for 14 years who died last year,...
Annual seafood dinner, auction benefits kids The Pioneer Kiwanis Club hosts its annual seafood dinner with live and silent auctions March 22 at Pioneer Elementary School. The doors open at 4 p.m. and the dinner begins at 4:30 p.m. The money is used to benefit the children in the Pioneer School District and Mason County and pays for scholarships. It also supports the Day of Champions program, STEM programs, local food banks and programs that encourage reading and writing in Pioneer Schools. Tickets are $35 for adults, $15 for kids ages 2 through...
Open enrollment underway in Shelton schools The Shelton School District has open enrollment for students who live in the district’s boundaries, including students entering kindergarten. The enrollment also includes intra-district transfers. Students who live in the district who want to transfer from one elementary school to another must complete an intra-district request each year. Transfer requests must be completed by district students who want to attend school in another district, or students who live outside of the Shelton School D...
Harstine Island Theatre Club The Harstine Island Theatre Club will award a $500 scholarship. Eligible applicants must be high school graduates living in Mason County who are enrolled full time at an accredited college, university or school of theater arts or related field. The scholarship committee will review the previous training of all applicants and their experience in theater arts or related areas of study. Scholarship application packets are available at Shelton, North Mason and Mary M. Knight high schools and Olympic College. Completed...
Neil Simon is the playwright or contributing writer to at least 49 Broadway plays, among them "The Odd Couple," "Barefoot in the Park," "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and "Lost in Yonkers." His final play debuted as "Rose's Dilemma" in 2003, 15 years before his death. The Harstine Island Theatre Club stages the play – now known as "Rose & Walsh" – at 7:30 p.m. March 20 and 21, and 1 p.m. March 22 and 23 at Harstine Island Community Club, 3371 E. Harstine Island Road N. To get to the club, take a lef...
Two housing developments are underway in the City of Shelton. Olympic Heights will feature 199 single-family dwelling units on 40 acres at the east end of Alpine Way east of Olympic College Shelton, south of Manke’s Alpine View subdivision and north of the Terrace Heights subdivision. The land is part of 400 acres recently annexed into the city. The developer is CES Northwest Inc. The Olympic Heights development has entered the permitting process, City Manager Mark Ziegler told the Journal. The residential lots will range from 4,500 square f...
Not a single book was on the shelves when Candy Ranney became the library media specialist at Mountain View Elementary School in 2006. The books had been packed away for a renovation that didn't happen when funding fell through. Without books until the second semester, Ranney turned to her lifelong passion for science and engaged the kids in identifying animal skulls and examining owl feces for fur and bones. In the ensuing years, she founded a Reading Buddies program for first grade students...
The Shelton City Council on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a development company's request to annex 2.5 acres on Capitol Hill into the city limits. The council can make the move official with a final vote at its meeting at 6 p.m. March 18 in the Shelton Civic Center. The wooded area is bordered by Chestnut Street on the south, Fogarty Street on the west and Walnut Street on the north. The report from the city's community development department states that last month, the city received a...
Kitten Rescue garage sale Saturday in Shelton The nonprofit Kitten Rescue of Mason County hosts its quarterly garage sale from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at 420 SE state Route 3 in Shelton. Sale items include clothing, kitchen items, toys, tools, gardening equipment, craft supplies, books, puzzles, dishes, purses, art, sporting equipment, health and beauty items, outdoor gear and holiday decorations. The garage sales continue July 12, Sept. 13 and Nov. 1. The nonprofit accepts credit cards, cash and checks. The proceeds from the garage sales pro...
Scholarships from Pioneer Community Kiwanis Club The Pioneer Community Kiwanis Club offers scholarships to students who attended Pioneer Schools or live in the Pioneer School District and will graduate or earn a GED by July 1. The scholarships are for college, technical schools or trade schools. Applications are available in the counseling offices at all three high schools in the Shelton School District – Cedar, CHOICE and Shelton – and at North Mason High School. For more information, contact Lee Strohm at leeswoods51@gmail.com. Sch...
