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  • Recently Passed

    Jun 8, 2023

    Evelyn Angel Hall, 44, a resident of Shelton, passed away May 26, 2023, in Shelton. Arrangements are by Forest Funeral Home and Crematory. Andrew William Nacht, 49, a resident of Shelton, passed away May 27, 2023, in Shelton. Arrangements are by Forest Funeral Home and Crematory. Dianne Milton, 75, a resident of Olympia, passed away May 28, 2023, at Providence Mother Joseph Care Center in Olympia, WA. Arrangements are by McComb and Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Barbara Skillman, 76, a resident of Shelton, passed away May 28, 2023, a...

  • Port of Dewatto still seeking to fill vacant seat

    Kirk Boxleitner|Jun 8, 2023

    In the wake of commissioner Ray Mow’s death April 8, fellow Port of Dewatto Commissioner David Haugen has been appointed to replace him as chair of the port’s board of commissioners, but Mow’s seat on the commission remains vacant. Port of Dewatto Manager Jeana Crosby reported to the remaining two commissioners that, as of May 10, she had not received any calls or mail requesting interviews or applications for Mow’s vacant seat. She’d submitted an invitation to apply for that seat within days of...

  • Art wall's June artist expands into colors

    Kirk Boxleitner|Jun 8, 2023

    Alexis Newton is the featured artist for June at Belfair Self-Storage's art wall. Raised in Port Orchard, Newton was born in and spent "a huge part" of her childhood in Shelton, where most of her extended family has lived. "My parents have lived on Mason Lake for the last couple of decades," Newton said. "It's essentially where I 'return home' nowadays." Newton, whose website at www.DrawingAli.com shows a sample of her portfolio, describes graphite pencils as "my true love and passion, when it c...

  • MARY'S MEMOIRS

    Clydene Hostetler|Jun 8, 2023

    Mary and Cleora drive to Pullman to pick up the girls from college after their finals. Mary finished putting her wool clothes in the attic for the summer. My mother used moth balls to prevent moths from eating on our clothes. We had several winter/snow wool outfits that would become hand-me-downs to us younger kids. Saturday, May 28, 1949 Washed clothes and then sewed up curtains for the cabin. Dusted and was ready to leave at 1. Sam fixed the stove so it will work and mowed a part of the lawn....

  • Barbara "Babs" Strickland

    Jun 8, 2023

    Barbara "Babs" Stickland passed away May 20, 2023, at home surrounded by love. She was born in Arpin, Wisconsin on March 24, 1936, to Vic and Marion Bisser. The family moved to Shelton when she was nine. She was Forest Festival Princess and graduated from Irene S. Reed in 1954. Barbara married Ron Strickland on July 3, 1954, had four children and were married just shy of 50 years when he passed in February, 2004. She worked in the grocery business her entire career. She enjoyed being outdoors,...