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In the wake of Belfair Self-Storage hosting Native American musician Vince Redhouse and painter Tai Connell for a holiday reception before Thanksgiving, Belfair Self-Storage owner and manager Barbara Treick is putting any further live appearances by artists on hold through at least the holidays. “The reception with Vince Redhouse and Tai Connell went well,” Treick said. “However, with the arrival of winter, we won’t be able to host guest artists for the simple reason that it would be too col...
The last time we got an attempted big-screen resurrection of the "Ghostbusters" franchise, back in 2016, online trolls started review-bombing it for sexist reasons before the film even premiered in theaters, because director Paul Feig had the temerity to cast all four members of the team as women. This was unfair and unhelpful, because while the film did not deserve such abuse, neither was it actually any good, but the online trolls undermined their own cause by ensuring any substantive...
In one important sense, filmmaker Chloé Zhao's cinematic adaptation of comics creator Jack Kirby's "Eternals" is incredibly faithful, in that both tried to establish a semi-independent universe-in-microcosm within a broader Marvel universe, and neither one quite managed to stick that particular landing. While "Eternals" has been review-bombed online, it matters why it doesn't work, which is far different from the reasons motivating a number of internet trolls with grudges. Zhao is to be commende...
Shelton City Manager Jeff Niten opened the State of the City address for the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 21 by reviewing how the pandemic continues to affect the city. Shelton is receiving what Niten deemed “significant amounts” of state and federal money in 2021, which he pledged would be used for projects such as Western Gateway, Safe Routes to School, a new reclaimed water tank, and replacing pipes from Well 1 to the high school water tank. The money includes $2.9 mil...
They finally got it right. As a nearly lifelong fan of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel “Dune,” I can’t pretend to be coming to director Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 movie adaptation of “Dune” — or, more accurately, of the first half of the novel — as an impartial or disinterested viewer. However, I hope I can persuade my fellow “Dune” fans, and those who might otherwise be intimidated by the story’s length or complexity, that it is very much worth your time. Yes, this film runs more than two and...
Barbara Treick’s rotating art gallery at Belfair Self-Storage is preparing to welcome back two of her previously appearing artists next month for a seasonally themed reception. The Sunday before Thanksgiving, from 2-4 p.m., will see abstract painter Tai Connell, who previously appeared Aug. 5, displaying her art and Christmas gifts, including jewelry and coasters. Also appearing will be Native American musician Vince Redhouse, who previously appeared June 12, performing holiday songs and s...
In my spare time, I think up titles for country-western songs. The practice provides an opportunity to explore the themes that country-western music is known for. Here are some: “My Boyfriend’s a Dirty, Low-Down, No-Account, Lying, Cheating, Bird-Dogging Fool, But I Hate Him Anyway” “You’re the Grout in My Log Cabin of Love” “There’s a Deer in My Beer” “Eating Beans, Splitting Seams” “I Have High Friends in Low-Cut, Acid-Washed Jeans” “He Stole My Heart So I Stole His Smokes” “My Liver’s Liv...
Port of Hoodsport commissioners heard about the transportation electrification movement when Tonia Buell of the state Department of Transportation gave a briefing on grant money for installing electric vehicle charging stations. Buell, who addressed the port during the commissioners’ Oct. 13 meeting on Zoom, said the Electrify America organization was created as a result of the Volkswagen Clean Air Act Civil Settlement of 2017. Buell said $2 billion is going to Electrify America, with $800 m...
Long before the Marvel Cinematic Universe grew into a multiverse through “Loki” and “What If …?” on Disney+, fans of the “Halloween” horror films were already well-acquainted with the concept of branching timelines. From 1981 through 2002, various sets of sequels to (and remakes of) the original 1978 “Halloween” saw Laurie Strode, Dr. Loomis and Michael Myers killed off, brought back and killed off again, as each new timeline told us that either parts or all of the preceding films hadn’t actu...
After a first year that wound up being a “dress rehearsal” due to COVID-19, not only is Ethan Busby and Michael Kerkes’ Crazy Hill Garden & Botanicals boutique nursery up and running in Belfair, but it’s also the home of an art gallery. Busby emphasized that it was his partner and fellow co-owner Kerkes, who’s a certified professional horticulturist, who had the dream of opening such a nursery, he told the Shelton-Mason County Journal. They opened in March 2020, just a few days before they had...
The Journal of Record is produced using 911 call information Mason County Emergency Communications, the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, the Shelton Police Department and tribal police provide. MACECOM does not provide the Shelton-Mason County Journal with specific details about each call. For more information about MACECOM, call 360-426-4441. OCT. 11 A burglary investigation was conducted on East Brockdale Road in Shelton. Alarm activity was reported on East Wallace Kneeland Drive in Shelton. Burglary was reported on Northeast State Route 3 i...
Research ecologist Chad Hanson, author of “Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate,” addressed the Mason County League of Women Voters about his book during its Sept. 21 membership meeting. Hanson hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada with his older brother in 1989, and witnessed the logging of public lands. He said the attendant “loss and devastation of wild places” made a lasting impression on his political outlook. Hanson illustrated how peo...
Port of Hoodsport voters might notice some peculiarities on their ballot for commissioner elections this fall. Port Operations Manager Kathleen Wyatt explained during the commissioners’ Sept. 15 meeting that no one filed for Commissioner Karen Booth’s position during the open filing period in May, nor had anyone filed for Commissioner Port Commissioner Lori Kincannon’s position, which Wyatt had not realized at the time was open. “We haven’t had this situation before in the 11 years I’ve been...
Tom Strong, vice chair and chief executive officer of the Skokomish Indian Tribe, addressed the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 17 as one of two "State of the Tribes" presentations. The Journal will have a story about the Squaxin Island Tribe's address to the chamber in its Sept. 30 issue. Strong talked about his tribe's history and resources, and about the tribe's plans for the immediate future and how it's been affected by COVID-19. The Waterfront Potlatch Hood Canal Resort...
The close of this month marks the 35th anniversary of the first, and still the best, of all the "Transformers" films, which select theaters throughout the state and across the country are bringing back to the big screen for the final days of September. Before 2018's "Bumblebee" rebooted the franchise, Michael Bay had directed all five of the preceding live-action "Transformers" films, but none of them could compare to the original animated film, 1986's "The Transformers: The Movie." Some people...
While Cody Morris isn’t a newcomer to the Western Washington brewing industry, he picked — by his own admission — one heck of a time to start a business in Mason County. After opening Epic Ales in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood more than a decade ago, Morris and his wife moved to Hoodsport with an eye toward starting a brewery in the area. Aside from Bent Bine Brew Co. in Belfair, they didn’t see many other options for breweries at that time. “We thought Mason County would offer a nice change of p...
North Mason School District Superintendent Dana Rosenbach sent district families a video message Sept. 17, the end of the district’s third week of school, to review existing and potential effects of the pandemic, with an emphasis on how COVID-19 could affect transportation. To help the district keep students “in school, in class, in person” full time for the remainder of the year, Rosenbach asked families not to send students to school “when they’re not feeling well, when they have the sniff...
