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At the Crazy Love Ministries warming center in downtown Shelton, 66-year-old Kevin Hendrickson was known as a gentleman who held doors for others, cracked jokes and offered encouraging words to others who lived on the streets. In 2003, a motorcycle accident left the Kent resident in a coma. He emerged from the hospital a year later a changed man, said his son, Eric. He had to learn to walk and talk again, and he drifted away from his family. By about 2015, Hendrickson was living on the streets...
Two new roundabouts are coming to state Route 3 in the Shelton area in 2024. The roundabouts are planned for the intersections of state Route 3 and East Agate Road and East Pickering Road. They're part of the state Department of Transportation' Target Zero Strategic Highway Safety Plan, which has a goal to reduce the number of traffic deaths and serious injuries on state roads to zero by 2030. WSDOT planner Dennis Engel said the agency has a program to assess safety matters on smaller state high...
The Shelton City Council refined its proposed animal ordinances, allowing residents to own five hens - but no roosters - regardless of the size of their property. The council members also discussed the proposed changes to ordinances regarding cats and dogs April 12 at a study session. The council gave preliminary approval to new animal ordinances at its Feb. 15 meeting. At its March 1 meeting, the council postponed voting to make the new laws official after debating some of the details. Under...
Council OKs new laws on graffiti, signs The Shelton City Council on Tuesday approved new ordinances on graffiti and signs. The council gave preliminary approval at its April 5 meeting. In both cases, the city states it is seeking to make the rules more concise. The new ordinances go into effect Sunday. Under the vandalism ordinances, the owner of the vandalized property is responsible for the cleanup, but the city will provide paint or the labor for the task. The ordinance defines graffiti as “any unauthorized inscription, letter, words, n...
I worked for a state representative at the Capitol in Olympia for three months during the 1988 legislative session. I sat at a desk, behind a plastic rectangle that displayed my name. I smiled when strangers came to the desk, and when those strangers left, I’d say, “Nice to meet you.” I drank coffee from my coffee cup. I wrote and typed letters, answered the phone, made copies, kept my desk orderly, minded the representative’s daily schedule and directed visitors to the bathroom. I did not lik...
How has Sheldon 'served?' Editor, the Journal, Best wishes to Sen. Tim Sheldon on his future as a gentleman timber baron, shellfish magnate and all-around success, in a county where success is not easily attained. In fact, under his many decades tenure with the state of Washington, representing the citizens of Mason County, his years as a Mason County commissioner (seats held concurrently, no less), and as executive director of the Mason County Economic Development Council, Mason County has...
There were a lot of reasons to loathe 2020. Round here, a huge flush of morels wasn't one of them. Kale volunteers were popping up in the spring garlic beds. The garlic had been planted in fall in Creation Organics' 60 rotted manure/30 peat/10 sand mixture. The whole had been covered with rotted alder chips and cardboard. I was weeding the kale out of the beds when I noticed a morel growing with the garlic. Suddenly I realized there were several. An hour later it was clear that five raised beds...
Shelton students excelling at Spokane college Jael Adams and Gregory Jenney of Shelton earned spots on the honor roll for the winter quarter at Spokane Community College. To be eligible, a student must earn a GPA of 3.0 or better. Scholarships open to full-time Harstine residents The Harstine Island Women’s Club and the Judy and Charles Chase Memorial Endowment are offering scholarships to full-time residents of Harstine Island who are entering or continuing their post-high school education. Applicants must have earned a diploma from an accredi...
United Way event coming to Allyn Waterfront Park United Way of Mason County hosts the Spring Dessert & Gift Auction from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at Allyn Waterfront Park. Tickets are $15. For more information email [email protected] or call 360-426-4999. Official opening Friday of community garden The Mason Conservation District, HOPE Garden and the City of Shelton host the official opening of a community garden from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday at Callanan Park in Shelton. Officials from all three groups will provide an overview of the garden and...
Solid waste utility fee rates will rise Mason County commissioners approved a change in the solid waste utility fee rates at the April 12 meeting. According to the information packet, the fee rates increase each year by the amount of the October-to-October Consumer Price Index for the Olympia area. This change would update the fee rates for the county to increase each year based on the amount of August-to-August CPI for the Seattle, Tacoma and Bellevue areas. The county is required to provide 75 days notice to collection companies and 45 days...
Some of my best days are days when I travel. And the best of my traveling days always seem to be those times when I talk to locals and ask them something about the place where they live. I've noticed that if I do this one thing right - that is, engage with the locals - I am "off to the races," as the expression goes, and having the time of my life as I gather all sorts of first-person information about the places I visit. No tourist map or guidebook comes close to this. No guidebook is going to...
Starting on Sunday, the owners of vandalized property in the City of Shelton are responsible for the cleanup, with the city providing either the paint or the labor for the task. With the new graffiti ordinance, Community Lifeline in downtown Shelton is offering help as well. The nonprofit that operates a homeless shelter on Third Street is offering to send an outreach team to homeless encampments to urge them to leave private property and then help them clean up any mess they created. Athena...
The three commissioners for Mason County Fire Distrcit 12 in Matlock voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon to dismiss fire chief Kelli Walsworth without cause at the district’s monthly meeting. The vote took place after a 20-minute executive session. Commissioner Albert Wilder said after the vote that the community wants a new fire chief. “Is it the right choice? I highly doubt it,” Wilder said. “Is it the choice they wanted? Absolutely. As commissioners, it is our job to represent you, the con...
Belfair man dies in state Route 3 crash A two-car crash Monday in Belfair on state Route 3 killed a 74-year-old man. According to a Washington State Patrol news release, William M. Cundiff of Belfair was declared dead at the scene. His next of kin was notified. The release states Cundiff was driving west on Cokelet Lane to turn left onto Route 3 while the other vehicle, driven by a 17-year-old Tahuya male, was driving north on Route 3. Cundiff failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by vehicle two. The road was closed for about two hours....
Shelton's Museum Contempo has used the social media skills of one local artist to provide all of the gallery's artists with global exposure. Museum Contempo is at 68 SE Lynch Road in Shelton, but Shelton glass blower Ty Nault has also furnished the venue with a virtual display space. Museum Contempo curator Andrea Mastrangelo credited Nault's photography skills and social media savvy with drawing the attention of Google Arts and Culture, and Gluseum, which she thanked for granting the virtual...
"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" premieres May 6, but in spite of how much I'm a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and of director Sam Raimi in particular, I'm sure that film has already been outshined by A24's "Everything Everywhere All at Once," a multiversal sci-fi action comedy martial-arts slice-of-life indie-film drama co-produced by the same Russo brothers who directed some of the biggest big-screen hits of the MCU, plus some of the funniest episodes of "Community." It's...
Shelton High School graduate Ty Nault went from pushing paper to being inspired by the artwork within walking distance of his office jobs. He followed up on his childhood fascination with stained glass by creating Molten Glass Works. Nault's pre-artisanal career took him through stints in the insurance and medical business. Mailroom duties gave way to being an information technology worker for DaVita HealthCare Partners' Tacoma branch. During lunch breaks with a coworker from 1998 through 2005,...
Marcus DonWayne Gerber, 40, passed away April 10, 2022. Marcus was born June 15, 1981, in Seattle, WA and his fight for life began as he was born two months premature. In 1984, he got Spinal Meningitis and won that battle too!!! In 1989, our family moved here to Mason County where Marcus went to school at Pioneer, then graduated from Shelton High School in 2000. In Marcus's short life he worked in construction, and was the greatest window washer ever. In the last couple of years, Marcus had... Full story
It is with great sadness, we announce the passing of Allan R. Sande, Sr., on March 20, 2022, at 94 years old. Allan was born to Reuel and Clara Sande in Seattle in 1927. When he was a young boy, his family moved to Tahuya, and he lived the rest of his life in the Belfair area. In 1945, he joined the US Navy and proudly served in the Pacific for four years. Upon leaving the Navy, Allan, his father and brother, Orrin started Sande Boat Works on the North Shore of the Hood Canal. It was there that... Full story
Kenneth Nygaard, 69, passed away February 15, 2022 in Shelton, WA. He is survived by his Brother Dan Nygaard, his two sons, Derrick and Steven, and his daughter Rachel.... Full story
A graveside Memorial service is being held for Paul Wuestner Saturday, April 30th at 11:00 a.m. at the Shelton Memorial Park. A potluck will follow at the Grapeview Firehall, hosted by: Pam Dalton, Mark Wuestner and Todd Wuestner.... Full story
A Celebration of Life for Jeff Araujo will be held on April 23, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the New Community Church of Union, WA. Immediately following, to continue the celebration, guests are invited to lunch and music at the Alderbook Golf Clubhouse. All friends of Jeff Araujo are invited to attend. Hosted by his mother Joey Thompson and his entire family. Donations in honor of Jeff may be made to St. Jude's Children Hospital of Los Angeles or to Care Net of Mason County.... Full story
Outdoorsman, paratrooper, scoutmaster, biker, father, and teller of tall tales that "you wouldn't believe", has reached his happy hunting ground at age 95. Born in 1926 to Donald and Dorothy (Sawyer) Aitken in Wanblee, SD. Bob and his younger brother Rolly rode a horse to school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation before his family moved to Shelton, Washington. As a boy he worked many jobs from setting pins in the local bowling alley to setting chokers in the woods as well as commercial... Full story
Mildred "Millie" (Leeberg) Nicholas, 84, formerly of Fawn Lake in Shelton, WA, passed away on April 4, 2022. She was a graduate of Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington. Millie retired as a driver for Exceptional Foresters Inc. and was a member of the Elks, Eagles, and the Junior League. She had a lifelong passion for all things outdoors, including hunting, fishing, camping and bird watching. Millie also enjoyed traveling and was a fantastic story-teller. She had the gift to gab and did not... Full story
