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Madison McClanahan, a 2024 graduate of Shelton High School, was crowned 2025 Miss Teen Rodeo Washington. McClanahan, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Idaho, earned the title at the annual competition Oct. 11 and 12 in Ellensburg. On the first day, she competed in the horsemanship competition at the Kittitas County Fairground and the public speaking and media interview in the theater in the Central Washington University student union building. The next day, McClanahan visited...
Mason County Auditor Steve Duenkel wants the community to know its election ballots are safe. Fires set in ballot drop boxes in Vancouver, Washington, and nearby Portland early Monday morning prompted Gov. Jay Inslee to issue a statement later in the day saying there will be 24-hour enhanced security around ballot drop-off locations in Washington. “Mason County Ballot Drop Boxes have multiple layers of security,” Duenkel told the Journal in an email Tuesday. “All drop boxes have internal fire suppression devices. All have internal GPS monit...
An Elma woman hunting Friday in the Matlock area fell through an old train trestle, plunging 100 to 150 feet and dying on impact with the riverbank, according to the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office. An Aberdeen Police Department officer used a drone in steep terrain to locate the victim, 24-year-old Haley Benjamin, and determined she was dead. She fell from a decommissioned train trestle near Kelley Road in the Schafer Grade area, according to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office. Fire 12 in Matlock got the original call, Chief Mike Brown told the...
The Youth Connection has submitted building permits to the City of Shelton to remodel its two-story building at 2nd and Cota streets that will include 12 apartments upstairs for homeless youths ages 18-24. The almost $7 million project is projected to be completed by the end of 2025, with an opening in January 2026. If the building permits are approved, Youth Connection will then put the project out for constriction bids, said Susan Kirchoff, executive director of the nonprofit organization. The upper floor of the building is now mostly empty....
The Mason County Planning Advisory Commission staff presented another draft for short-term rental regulations, including a permit requirement and mandatory management plan that includes rules of conduct for guests, according to a public hearing Oct. 21. Mason County commissioners directed the PAC to come up with rules for short-term rentals to address residents’ concerns about overuse of septic systems, beach trespassing and harvesting, and noise complaints, according to the county. The PAC solicited public comments and hosted several workshops...
When I was about 6 years old, my mother presented me with the Halloween costume she put together for me. It was a white shirt, a white apron and a tall white hat. And a pillow. “What is this?” I likely asked. “You’re going to be a French chef,” she likely said. “French chef” didn’t sound scary, or look scary, but what did I know? I went trick-or-treating that evening with the other kids in our suburban Spokane neighborhood, kids who were dressed as monsters or cartoon characters or vampires or w...
Ask permission Editor, the Journal, I feel the people that are placing signs in random yards should have to ask the property owner for permission. I had four signs placed around my mailbox. No one asked for permission. I took them down a short time later and discovered that my mailbox was bashed in. That's just not right! Ken Raymond, Shelton Appeal your property tax Editor, the Journal, I received my property valuation for 2024 a couple weeks ago. My valuation is up again despite the housing market crashing and real values going down. We must...
A Union woman was arrested Oct. 18 on 15 counts of animal cruelty after deputies performed a welfare check and discovered numerous animals, including dogs, cats, sheep, goats and horses living in deplorable conditions, according to a Mason County Sheriff’s Office probable cause document. Jenny King, 63, said the animals belonged to her and “stated nothing was wrong with her dogs and failed to acknowledge the animals’ condition,” MCSO Detective Drogmund wrote in the document. King was allegedly caring for homeowner Brian Cook. Cook’s friend ca...
Olympic Highway North, last repaired in the 1990s, is "shattered," says City of Shelton Public Works Director Jay Harris. At an Oct. 22 study session devoted to city's pavement preservation program, Harris told the Shelton City Council, "You can tell about every 20 feet you hit a crack, another crack, another crack, every 20 feet or so you go ka-thump, ka-thump, ka-thump, when you're going down the road, there's what's called the old market road is laying under there." He added, "We can't let...
Journal reader Tammy Reeves submitted these photos of her Agate area yard....
Allyn church hosts Holiday Bazaar St. Hugh Episcopal Church hosts its Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 280 E. Wheelwright in Allyn. The offerings include colorful driftwood, seashell art, seasonal arrangements, soup mixes, handmade items and baked goods. The silent auction items include a Trader Joe's Italian dinner basket, a Seattle sports basket, an Ali'i Hawaiian ukulele. Coffee, cider and freshly baked scones will be available. Last year's proceeds from the sale, and the...
Folk singer/songwriter Kate MacLeod, who bills herself as a "neo-traditionalist," performs at 3 p.m. Friday at a house concert at Lake Cushman. Admission is the suggested donation of $15-$20. A potluck will follow. To make reservations and get the directions to the show, call 360-877-5862. MacLeod - who divides her time between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - plays her original songs, fiddle instrumentals and creative renditions of traditional and popular music on...
For our Halloween review, I'm going back a couple of months to a streaming series on Amazon Prime Video, that's suitably dark for the holiday, and legitimately clever, even though it contains some nagging flaws. "Batman: Caped Crusader" is 10 half-hour episodes of a Dark Knight who's styled more closely to his original appearances in the comics, albeit with a much broader diversity in the character's supporting cast. Artist Bruce Timm had co-created the original "Batman: The Animated Series"...
Shelton football The Shelton High School football team dropped its final home game of the year 63-16 to Prairie High School at Jack Stark Field at Highclimber Stadium in Shelton. The Climbers face Kelso at 7 p.m. Friday in Kelso, and recently added a nonconference week 10 game against Timberline on Nov. 7 at South Sound Stadium in Lacey. Shelton is 1-7 overall and 1-3 in 3A Greater St. Helens League action. Shelton girls soccer The Shelton High School girls soccer team dropped two matches last week, falling 8-0 to Tumwater at home and 3-0 to...
The Shelton High School football team hosted Prairie on Friday at Jack Stark Field at Highclimber Stadium and the Highclimbers' seniors were honored during the game. Shelton plays its final two games on the road, Friday at Kelso and Nov. 7 against Timberline at South Sound Stadium in Lacey....
Mason Health hosted its popular Trunk or Treat Halloween event on Friday in the parking lot of Mason General Hospital....
Ann Edith (Gallaher) Watson of Union, WA, died at home in hospice care on October 19, 2024. Ann was born on September 13, 1941 in Chewelah, WA, to Jean and Floyd Gallaher and grew up in Seattle, graduating from Roosevelt High School. She attended the University of Washington where she met Jim Watson, whom she married in 1961 in Idaho Falls, ID. Over their 63 years of marriage, Ann and Jim lived in Idaho Falls; Bellingham and Ferndale, WA; Beaumont, The Woodlands, and Houston, TX; San Rafael, CA; Anchorage, AK; and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia before... Full story
Bill was born to Marion and Marian Robbins. He was the middle child of three children born on August 24, 1933 in Chewelah, Washington. Bill was 91 when he passed away on October 24, 2024. He grew up in Hoodsport, attended Shelton High School, graduating in 1951, and joined the U.S. Air Force and served four years. He made the rank of Staff Sergeant and was stationed at Paine Field, Everett WA. He was honorably separated from active duty on October 15, 1956. In 1956, he met Harlene Wyman, they were married for 68 years. He retired after working... Full story
Graye Alexander Wolfe, 48, a resident of Shelton, (U.S. Marines) passed away October 18, 2024, at home. Arrangements are by Forest Funeral Home and Crematory. Robert McManus, 74, a resident of Olympia, passed away October 19, 2024, at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, WA. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Dolores Ann Goodburn, 84, a resident of Shelton, passed away October 22, 2024, at home. Arrangements are by Forest Funeral Home and Crematory. Erling Marvik, 96, a resident of Allyn, passed away... Full story
Olympic College has lowered student competency grade requirements from a “B” to a “C” to qualify for college credit in the Career and Technical Education Courses, according to a presentation at the North Mason School Board meeting Monday. North Mason students can now receive college credit “upon successful completion of the dual credit course with a grade of ‘C’ (2.0) or better,” according to a letter from the Olympic College CTE Dual Credit Office. CTE is expanding and focusing on developing the Health Science program into multiple pathwa...
Port of Allyn commissioners agreed to explore leasing the port’s meeting room several days a week to Grassroots Learning, a family-based education co-op, at the port’s special meeting Monday. “This is the ideal location with the Port’s waterfront park just outside, where the children already come each day to play,” Executive Director Travis Merrill wrote in a report. The co-op would lease the space from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday – Friday or Tuesday – Thursday, according to Merrill. Grassroots offers “a hybrid of homeschooling and group learn...
