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The Nov. 5 general election ballot pits incumbent Joe Schmit against challenger Tyler “Mad Dog” Elliott for a four-year term as member No. 6 on the Shelton City Council. Schmit, the technical service and operations officer for construction for the state Department of Transportation, was elected in 2018. He is the MACECOM 911 dispatch centerboard chairman, vice chair for the Mason County Economic Development Council, a member of the grants committee for the Community Foundation, and an advisory board member for the Shelton YMCA. Elliott’s famil...
Only one name appears on the Nov. 2 general election ballot for two Shelton City Council seats. Eric Onisko is seeking a second four-year term as position No. 2 on the seven-member council. Sharon Schirman is the only listed candidate running for a four-year term as position No. 3. Onisko owns two Shell stations, at Bayshore and on Angleside. He is president of the Shelton Metropolitan Park District. Schirman is the owner/operator of ISH PNW in downtown Shelton. She is a member of the board of directors for Crossroads Housing of Mason County....
Coronavirus surging through the students and staff at Pioneer Schools prompted the district on Monday to close its elementary and middle schools for five school days. As of Tuesday afternoon, 11 students and four staff members have tested positive for COVID, Superintendent Jill Diehl told the Journal in an email. The district announced the five-day closure to parents on Monday afternoon after reviewing the Washington State Department of Health’s guidelines for K-12 schools and consulting with Mason County Public Health, she wrote. The s...
Fish in Oakland Bay, the Skokomish River, Kennedy Creek and Hood Canal will benefit from more than $1 million in state grants. The Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board last week announced the award of $21 million in grants across the state to aid in salmon recovery. The grants, awarded annually, went to 105 projects in 29 of the state's 39 counties. The grants will pay for work to restore salmon habitat, including repairing degraded habitat in rivers, removing barriers blocking salmon...
Some students in Mason County are arriving to school late or not at all due to the shortage of bus drivers in local districts. The shortage of drivers is forcing the Shelton School District to cancel four routes per day, finance director Brenda Trogstad told the Shelton School Board Tuesday at its meeting. She also announced that the district's transportation and lead mechanic have resigned. Some residents are receiving robocalls from the district at 5 a.m. to get the news their buses won't be...
The state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction reports that 787 school buildings in the state receive “poor” ratings for their heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, including 11 buildings at Shelton High School. Those 11 buildings were last reviewed in January 2013, according to the state report. On a scale with 1.0 being “excellent,” nine of the buildings received a 0.45 mark and two buildings — the 100 administration building and the 200 building — received a mark of 0.30. Nevertheless, “The HVAC systems at Sh...
Hikers in the Olympic National Park use 92 "privies" to relieve their bodily functions, 72 of them pit toilets. The other 20 are eight vault toilets and 12 Romtech toilets, which are emptied once a year. On Thursday and Friday, a helicopter pilot transported 50-gallon drums of human waste from Romtech toilets and entire vault toilets from Olympic National Park trails to the causeway at Lake Cushman, where ONP personnel were waiting. The causeway was closed to traffic during the operation. The fa...
The Mason County Senior Activities Center hosts games, classes and other events at the Pavilion at 190 W. Sentry Drive in Shelton. The activities on Sept. 27 are cribbage at 8:15 a.m., tai chi at 8:15 a.m., line dance at 9 a.m., Mexican train dominoes at 10 a.m., pinochle at 12:30 p.m. and an art workshop at 12:30 p.m. No lunch is served. The activities today are cribbage at 8:15 a.m., in-person and Zoom yoga at 8:30 a.m., E-Z Crafters at 9 a.m., quilting at 9:30 a.m., knot and chat at 10 a.m., mahjong at 10 a.m., advanced line dance at 10 a.m....
The Peninsula Arts Association will meet at 1 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Shelton Civic Center, 525 W. Cota St....
The Hood Canal Improvement Club will host a Zoom presentation featuring Hood Canal School Superintendent Nikki Grubbs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5. Grubbs will offer updates on such topics as the bond and levy proposal for February, school attendance, school assistance and how residents can help the district. To connect to the event, email Grubbs as [email protected] or Nancy Johnson, the club’s vice president, at [email protected] and a Zoom invite will emailed to you. To get assistance for a Zoom connection, call Johnson at 2...
A triangle of land in the City of Shelton's Callanan Park could bloom into a community garden that produces food for local people in need. The Shelton City Council on Tuesday evening gave preliminary agreement to allow Hands on Personal Empowerment (HOPE) Garden and the Mason Conservation District to establish a community garden of about 10,000 square feet in the park's southeast corner at the junction of West E Street and Van Buren Street, across the street from Shelton Memorial Park. The counc...
The public has one month to comment on a proposed cleanup plan for the city's toxic former C Street dump after the Shelton City Council on Tuesday approved a new agreed order with the state Department of Ecology. The proposed plan, created by the city and Aspect Consulting, calls for laying down liner on the site, covering it with a low permeable cap of clay-like soil, installing fencing and signage and creating a monitoring plan. The council gave preliminary approval for the plan at its Sept....
Nighttime temperatures are dropping into the 40's, leaving homeless people and others in need in the cold. Two Shelton-based nonprofit groups are trying to help. The Mason County Warming Center, operated by Crazy Love Ministries, is accepting the donation of new and gently sleeping bags, with the hope of collecting at least 80 to be distributed in mid-October. Donations of sleeping bags can be dropped off at the center at 110 S. First St. in downtown Shelton between 9 a.m. and noon Tuesdays, Wed...
The Shelton School District is looking for people who are fluent in Mam or Q’anjob’al and English, and who can help with interpretations. The district will pay an hourly wage. For more information, contact Betty Uriostegui at 360-426-2151, ext. 10541 or 360-490-1235 or [email protected]....
Devyn Anunta of Tahuya and Desolee Bang of Shelton earned spots on the President’s List for the summer quarter at Southern New Hampshire University. To be eligible, a full-time student must earn a GPA of 3.7 or better....
Marty Best was sworn in as the newest member of the Shelton School Board at its Sept. 14 meeting. “Congratulations Marty, we’re pleased to have you on the board,” said School Board President Sally Karr. Best, a Shelton resident who works as the administrative services manager for Grays Harbor Transit, will represent district Position 2 on the five-member board. He replaces Lynn Eaton, who resigned in June after moving out of her director district. Best is the only name on the ballot for the position in the Nov. 2 general elect...
Faith Lutheran Church in Shelton offers a 12-week course that focuses on healing after a loved one dies. The sessions are hosted online and in person. An in-person introduction to the program will be presented at 2 p.m. today at the church at 1212 Connection St. in Shelton. The online sessions are at 7 p.m. Wednesdays beginning Sept. 29. Everyone is welcome. The cost is $30 for materials. For more information, call the church office at 360-426-8611 or contact Pastor Terry Oliver at [email protected] or 253-732-1869....
The Mason County Senior Activities Center hosts games, classes and other events at the Pavilion at 190 W. Sentry Drive in Shelton. The activities Sept. 27 are cribbage at 8:15 a.m., tai chi at 8:15 a.m., line dance at 9 a.m., Mexican train dominoes at 10 a.m., pinochle at 12:30 p.m. and an art workshop at 12:30 p.m. No lunch is served. The activities Sept. 28 are cribbage at 8:15 a.m., a hybrid of in-person and Zoom yoga at 8:30 a.m., the sewing/knitting circle at 9:30 a.m., senior walkers at Kennedy Creek at 10 a.m., advance line dance at 10...
The nonprofit Community Action Council in Shelton is scheduling appointments Tuesday for requests for assistance paying heating hills. Phones open at 7 a.m. at 360-426-9726 and the online schedule opens at 9 a.m. for self-scheduling at www.caclmt.org. Click on the light bulb icon where it says “energy assistance....
The 40 et 8 Veterans Club in Shelton offers nursing scholarships to applicants in the nursing field who want to expand their education to become a registered nurse. Interested applicants can email [email protected]....
People ages 16 and younger are invited to enter the HUB Center for Seniors' zombie apocalypse story contest, and the winning entry will be broadcast during the nonprofit's second Zombie Apocalypse Drive Thru on Oct. 30. The story must be 500 to 1,000 words and must be set at The HUB; it also must include a tentacle monster and spiders. The winning entry will be published in a pamphlet that will be distributed at the event. The winner will also receive a basket with candy and other items valued...
