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March or drive at Pride and Diversity Celebration The Mason County Democratic Party presents the Belfair Pride and Diversity Celebration with a walking and driving parade through Belfair from noon to 5 p.m. Aug. 13. Participants are invited to gather at 11:30 a.m. at two locations. The drivers will meet at the Belfair Post Office and drive to the Pacific Northwest Salmon Center barn. The walkers will gather at Key Bank to march to the barn. Attendees can vote on the best decorated vehicle, the best drag outfit, and the best drag performance,...
Two weeks ago, 12 cats in a box were dumped in front of Kitten Rescue of Mason County's gate on state Route 3 in Shelton. That brought the cat and kitten population at the nonprofit organization to 92 felines. Add to that the 110 cats at local foster homes, and the agency has 202 cats without permanent homes. The after-hours abandonment of unwanted cats, a drop in adoptions and a shaky economy have combined to create "horrendous" and "deplorable" problems for the nonprofit, said Dee Sigmond,...
Motorcyclists and campers in the Tahuya State Forest, coho salmon and winter trout in Kennedy Creek, and summer chum in the Tahuya River will benefit from almost $6.3 million in state grants awarded in Mason County. The state Recreation and Conservation Office last week announced the award of almost $190 million in grants to communities statewide to improve outdoor recreation and conserve important wildlife habitat. "These grants advance our priority to protect Washington's world-class outdoor r...
Habitat for Humanity of Mason County last week celebrated the groundbreaking for its 37th house, the second of three structures that will house families in need on Park Street in Shelton. Kendra Martinsen and her two sons, 6-year-old Wyatt and 9-year-old Ryan, will live at 531 Park St., just down the road from the City of Shelton's Kneeland Park. The nonprofit organization hosted a ceremony for the family July 19. Habitat for Humanity of Mason County is a faith-based housing ministry partnered w...
David Hamilton peered at a piece of apple wood and saw a face. That was four months ago, before the Shelton resident had ever carved anything from wood. Today, motorists who pass his Hillcrest house are stopping to admire and buy his finely chisled creations. He has been commissioned to carve silver steelhead, bottleneck dolphin, beavers, bears, sea turtles, otters and a cross bearing the image of Jesus. Hamilton's creative way with wood didn't emerge from nowhere - he's been a welder for 30...
Pancakes in the Park Sunday at Kneeland supports youths The Shelton Kiwanis Club hosts its 72nd annual Pancakes in the Park from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at Kneeland Park in Shelton. For $7, you'll get pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee. Proceeds support local youth programs. The event includes free books and live music. Create botanical print at library workshop Textile artist April Sproule offers a talk and a hands-on botanical printing workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Shelton...
About six years after it was proposed, the Shelton Veterans Village finally opened its doors Tuesday to about 150 people celebrating the new residence for 30 homeless Mason County veterans. The nonprofit organization Quixote Communities operates the village on North 13th Street across from Christmas Village. It features seven four-plexes, one duplex and a community building that includes a laundry room, two bathrooms, three offices and a boardroom. The group also has homeless villages in Orting...
Register for Love INC fundraising golf tournament Golf team registration forms are available for the 12th annual Love INC Golf Tournament & Golf Ball Drop, which is hosted Monday at the Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club in Union. Tickets are also available for the cash-winning golf ball drop staged in conjunction with the golf tournament. The charity event is the primary source of financial support for Love INC (Love in the Name of Christ) Mason County and its 25 partner churches. The nonprofit...
With increasing disruptive student behavior in its secondary schools, including vandalizing bathrooms, the Shelton School District has revised its disciplinary policy to better define procedures aimed at keeping students in the classroom. The Shelton School Board unanimously passed June 27 the revised policy, which calls for “ensuring fairness, equity and due process in the administration of discipline.” The board gave the revisions preliminary approval at its June 13 meeting. The revised policy states the district will administer dis...
The Mason General Hospital Gift Shop, operated by the hospital's auxiliary to raise money for scholarships, has reopened after being closed for three years due to the COVID pandemic. The shop reopened June 30, and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Most of the volunteers are seniors, which factored in how long the shop was closed following the worst of the pandemic, said volunteer Monica Bates. "They didn't allow volunteers in ... They wanted to protect...
Harstine speaker on 'Roaring '20s' Sunday William Woodward, a professor of U.S. and Pacific Northwest history at Seattle Pacific University, will talk about "Will the 2020's Roar Like the 1920s?" at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Harstine Island Community Hall. The free presentation is part of the Harstine Island Community Club's partnership with the Humanities Washington's Speaker's Bureau for the Inquiring Minds series. The annual series has been presented in the winter. This is the first program...
Kneeland park music series starts tonight The local band The Varmints kick off the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club's annual Music in the Park series with a performance from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Kneeland Park in Shelton. The free, family-friendly concerts continue at the same time Tuesday evenings with Big Love Band on July 13, The Lady Drinks Whiskey on July 20, Hurts Like Hell on July 27, Hilary Scott on Aug. 3 and Pop Up Choir on Aug. 10. Bluegrass from the Forest this weekend The Kristmas Town...
Learn video game creation at Olympic College Shelton Olympic College Shelton is offering two Continuing Education classes on computer skills. A crash course in video game development is from 4 to 6 p.m. July 11 and 13. The course gives students an introduction to Unity3d, a powerful and popular video game creation engine. No programming experience is needed. Intro to data science is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 22. Learn the basics in the fields of data science, data analytics and data engineering to better understand how machine learning is...
A draft of the Shelton School District's 2023-2024 budget projects almost $79 million in revenue and almost $78.2 million in expenditures. Brenda Trogstad, the district's assistant superintendent of finance and operations, gave an overview Tuesday evening to the Shelton School Board. Of the $78,142,795 in proposed general fund expenditures, certified salaries are 45.33%, followed by 23.12% for employee benefits, 20.06% for classified salaries, 5.91% for purchased services, 5.19% for supplies and...
The Savannah Sipping Society Sharing drinks are, from left, are Marlafaye (Shelley Starrett), Dot (Sheryl Fellman), Jinx (Liz Brunner) and Randa (Amy Byykkonen) in the Harstine Island Theatre Club's presentation of the comedy "The Savannah Sipping Society" staged at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Harstine Island Community Hall, 3371 E. Harstine island Road N. Admission is $10. Tickets are available at the door, and at Olympic Bakery, Jarrell's Cove Marina and Williams Flowers. Bake...
Shelton High grad is teacher of the year Holly Johnson, a 1998 graduate of Shelton High School, was named by Capital Region Educational Service District 113 as the 2024 Regional Teacher of the Year. Johnson is a special education teacher in the Tenino School District. She is now a finalist for the Washington State Teacher of the Year. The state's Office of Public Instruction will announce that winner in the fall. In a news release, EDS 113 wrote "As an educator of children with disabilities, Joh...
The Kristmas Town Kiwanis Club's 18th annual Bluegrass From the Forest features eight bands, camping, jamming, vendors and the Chick Rose School of Bluegrass from July 7 to 9 at the South Mason Youth Soccer Park at 2102 E. Johns Prairie Road. For ticket information, go to bluegrassfromtheforest.com or call 360-490-8981. The musical lineup ia Alan Bibey and Grasstowne, the Kathy Kallick Band, the Bar K Buckeroos, The Rusty Hinges, Heartbreak Pass, Terry Enyeart and the Steelhead Bluegrass Band,...
The Shelton City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to remove the "interim" title from Mark Ziegler and appoint him city manager. After meeting in an executive session following its regular meeting, the council reconvened and voted unanimously for the appointment of Ziegler, a Shelton native who has worked for the city for 29 years. Mayor Eric Onisko and Deputy Mayor Joe Schmit will now negotiate a contract with Ziegler. Ziegler was named interim manager three months ago following the...
After his wife of 75 years died in December, 94-year-old LakeLand Village resident Albert Stabler penned a bucket list that included skydiving for the first time. Stabler had always stayed inside the plane. He took his first solo flight at age 16. He piloted his own Cessna 140. He designed and constructed a plane, Fly Baby IA, that hangs prominently in the Museum of Flight in Seattle. "When we were flying, it was the old saying, 'Why would you jump out of a perfectly good plane?' " said his...
Shelton Police Chief Carole Beason will retire in November. In an email to the Journal, Mary Ricker, the city’s communications specialist, said Beason had given the city notice of her retirement, effective Nov. 2. The city had not yet decided on a recruitment process to replace her, she said. Beason was hired in November 2020 to replace the retiring Darrin Moody and started the job in January 2021. The other two finalists for the position were Ronald Schaub, a lieutenant with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, and Ton Phan, former deputy pol...
Scholarships for women returning to college Shelton's Chapter B of the Philanthropic Education Organization (PEO) is offering three $1,000 scholarships to women who have returned to college to continue or finish their education. The Mary M. Knight Achievement Award honors the Mason County pioneer educator who was a member of Chapter B. The award has supported women's education in Mason County since 1936. To qualify, a student must have graduated from high school or earned a GED; be a Mason...
Shelton team seeking donations for Relay for Life Shelton is not hosting an American Cancer Society Relay for Life fundraiser this year, but a group of people from Shelton will participate Saturday at the North Thurston High School track at the Thurston County Relay for Life. Debbie Hill is the captain of the team Shelton Buddy Battalion. At the event, the team will host a silent auction with gift certificates and items donated by Builders FirstSource, Cut Rate Auto, Shelton Veterinarian Hospital, Les Schwab, Shelton Athletic Club, Annie’s Q...
Meet the women who jumpstart their lives in the comic play "The Savannah Sipping Society." Boisterous Texan Marlafaye has blasted unto Savannah after losing her tom-cattin' husband to a 23-year-old dental hygienist. Also new to town is Jinx, a spunky ball of fire offering her services as a life coach. Randa is a perfectionist and workaholic without a job or a life. Dot is also alone after the death of her husband and the loss of her plans for an idyllic retirement. Fate throws these four Souther...
Vaping will be banned in all city parks, if the Shelton City Council approves the change Tuesday. The council gave preliminary approval to the ban by unanimous vote at its June 6 meeting. Banning vaping at the city’s 10 parks is one of the recommendations from the city’s parks advisory board, said Jordanne Krumpols, recreation coordinator for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. Another recommendation was to clarify that alcohol is only allowed if part of a special event permit, shelter or field use that requires a reservation, she s...
City councils and county commissions routinely sign proclamations noting monthlong observances, which this month in the United States include African-American Music Appreciation Month, Caribbean-American Heritage Month and National Safety Month. The proclamations are usually noted briefly at a meeting and signed by council and commission members without a vote or comment. But when the Mason County Board of Commissioners and Shelton City Council both signed national LGBTQ+ Pride Month proclamations June 6, they were greeted with calls of support...
