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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...
