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  • Prep Roundup

    Staff report|May 5, 2022

    North Mason Baseball The Bulldogs lost three games in the past week as the regular season winds down. North Mason fell 13-2 on April 28 to Bainbridge in Belfair. The Bulldogs traveled to Poulsbo on Monday for a doubleheader against North Kitsap, losing 12-1 and 5-4. The Bulldogs (2-11 overall, 1-9 league) traveled to Port Angeles for a Tuesday doubleheader and faced Olympic on the road Wednesday. North Mason wraps up the regular season Friday at home on senior day against Bremerton. Boys soccer...

  • Tumwater takes two from Shelton

    May 5, 2022

  • North Mason soccer action

    May 5, 2022

  • North Mason seeks makeup days, new board member

    Kirk Boxleitner|May 5, 2022

    As of April 21, the North Mason School District needs makeup days and a new board director. Superintendent Dana Rosenbach submitted a waiver to make up for the days the district missed due to weather and emergencies. Rosenbach said state law requires a district to go past June 14, at least, in instructional days, including any makeup days, before that district can be considered for a waiver. “In a typical year, you would have had to make up at least three days, plus hit that June 14 mark, b...

  • Bulldogs shine on senior day

    May 5, 2022

    The North Mason High School softball team topped Bremerton 10-0 in six innings April 28 in Belfair. The Bulldogs, who entered this week at 9-4 overall, honored the team's five seniors after the game....

  • The wind blows, and Mary updates her scrapbooks

    Clydene Hostetler|May 5, 2022

    Friday, April 30, 1948 This morning Nell Anderson and Edna Haines came early and we went to catch the 10:15 boat. Mayme Gould nearly missed it as she thought it was 10:30. I had given her up and gone on the ferry when in she came. Sam dropped us off at the Gowman Hotel and got the car serviced. We went to lunch for "Little Sisters" and had a marvelous time. We introduced our "Sisters" and heard a good program. Saw Mrs. Ostrander and was I glad. I hope to visit her chapter one day. Afterward we...

  • Hawkins Middle School comes together 'in concert'

    Kirk Boxleitner|May 5, 2022

    A performance by the Hawkins Middle School Orchestra for the North Mason School Board on April 21 led middle school Principal Robert Kalahan to catch the school board up on the school’s progress through COVID. After the orchestra played the songs “Sparkle,” “Pepperoni Pizza” and “Dragon Slayer,” Kalahan said seeing all the students “playing together was something I was really hoping for” and is indicative of “a lot of really great things happening” at Hawkins Middle School. “Another exam...

  • North Mason superintendent criticizes funding

    Kirk Boxleitner|May 5, 2022

    North Mason School District Superintendent Dana Rosenbach spoke out at the school board’s April 21 meeting about how the decade-old McCleary v. Washington decision has affected funding for smaller school districts. Rosenbach criticized the effect of “regionalization” on the legal funding mechanisms for school salaries and compensation. “A group will present the 2023 Legislature with a report on how it’s working, with some recommendations for adjustments,” Rosenbach said. “The committee is...

  • Christine Kay Fox

    May 5, 2022

    Christine Kay Fox (nee Barwick), beloved mother of three, faithful friend, and avid lover of books, rocks, and all things gardening, passed away peacefully in Shelton, WA on April 28, 2022, at the age of 71. Born January 13, 1951, in Olympia, WA, Chris attended St. Michael Catholic School and St. Mary's Academy. She attended college at The Evergreen State College and spent her adult years working in various roles in the Shelton area. Chris was a well known figure in local volleyball leagues for...

  • Marvin "Marv" Pasquan

    May 5, 2022

    Marvin "Marv" Pasquan 2/26/1933 – 4/15/2022 Marv Pasquan went to be with his heavenly Father, April 15th, 2022, at his home on Spencer Lake. He joined his beloved wife, Jackie and his son, John, who he truly missed. Born in Roslyn, WA and raised in Puyallup, Marv loved music and attended Seattle U on a music scholarship. While attending college, he met Jackie McDonald. They were both cheerleaders and cheered each other on throughout their lives. They were married 66 ½ years and raised t...

  • Michael Eugene (Baker) Osborn

    May 5, 2022

    Michael Eugene (Baker) Osborn, 75, died peacefully at his home in Shelton, Washington, surrounded by his family on April 14th, 2022. He is survived by his children William Eugene Baker, Dawn Michelle Hoffine, LauraAnn Hepner, Tom Baker and his step-children of 45 years, Syndee Jean Weatherman, Laurel Lee Denise Groome, Brian Victor Groome, Tonya Groome Stauffer, Jamie Victoria Groome, Brandy Diane Cook, and Jodi Lynn Davenport. He is also survived by 21 grandchildren, 22 greatgrandchildren and...

  • Richard "Rich" Adamson

    May 5, 2022

    Richard "Rich" Adamson, a longtime resident of Shelton, Washington, died March 26, 2022 in Olympia, Washington, surrounded by his loving family. Rich is preceded in death by his parents, Chet and Lucille Adamson, and his sister Carolyn. Rich is survived by his wife, Verlane of Olympia, Washington, son Doug and his wife Laura of Olympia, Washington, and his daughter Tainya Adamson of Chehalis, Washington. Rich was born Sept. 23, 1946, in North Bend, Oregon. After graduating Marshfield High...

  • In loving memory of Richard W. Michaelis

    May 5, 2022

    In loving memory of Richard W. Michaelis 02/15/71-05/04/20 You are forever loved~ "We carry you always in our hearts, our minds and lives, every moment of everyday"...

  • Roberta E. Welch

    May 5, 2022

    Roberta E. Welch, 86, of Shelton, Washington, passed peacefully at her second home in Eagle, Idaho on April 22, 2022. She died after waging a heroic war against cancer with family by her side. Bobbi, as she was known to all, was the third daughter of Clyde and Laura Wilcox of Shelton, who ran Clyde's Bakery and built and operated the Wilcox apartments on Grove Street. Bobbi was a very independent child, who grew up exploring her hometown, visiting with its residents and shopkeepers, plotting...

  • Death Notices

    May 5, 2022

    Robert Bussard, 65, a resident of McCleary, passed away April 23, 2022, in Seattle, WA. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Richard Calvin, 59, a resident of Shelton, passed away April 25, 2022, at home. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Daniel Davis, 67, a resident of Shelton, passed away April 27, 2022, at home. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Gerald Erling Grove, 71, a resident of...