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Richard B. Norris, 77, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones August 31, 2022, from complications of strokes and pneumonia. He was born August 19, 1945, in Denver, Colorado, the second son of Max and Donna Norris. He grew up with an older brother and two younger sisters in South Haven, Michigan. He graduated from high school in Fort Collins, CO in 1963. Richard married the love of his life, Pat Engle, in 1965 in Hysham, Montana. He attended Eastern Montana College (now MSUB)...
Two people died and at least one other person was seriously injured in a three-vehicle wreck early Wednesday morning on U.S. Highway 101 near the Shelton Matlock Road interchange. According to Washington State Patrol spokesperson Katherine Weatherwax, around 7:30 a.m. a southbound Mazda pickup truck crossed the centerline and struck a northbound dump truck loaded with gravel, knocking the dump truck into a southbound Toyota 4Runner. The drivers of the dump truck and the 4Runner were killed....
The City of Shelton’s proposed capital improvement plan for 2023 calls for upgrading well No. 1, replacing downtown trees that are cracking sidewalks and removing two railroad crossings. Jay Harris, the city’s Public Works director, gave a presentation on the proposed projects Tuesday at the Shelton City Council meeting. The proposed plan includes $1 million to replace a 16- to 24-inch steel pipe from the city’s well No. 1 to the high school tank, replacing the pump, and improving the chlorine disinfection system and backup power gener...
The Mason Conservation District updated the public on federal regulations and the Skokomish Valley Road project at its Aug. 30 meeting at the Skokomish Community Church. Senior Conservation Manager Keith Underwood led the meeting and talked to the 20 people in attendance. He said the Federal Emergency Management Act states that if a rise is created for the 100-year flood event by making changes in the floodway, as some of the projects Mason Conservation District might do, the public must be...
Shelton City Council member Deidre Peterson will be the new president and CEO of the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce. Peterson, a Shelton native who was elected to the council in April 2018, is the chamber's vice president of business development. She will replace Heidi McCutcheon, who is leaving the organization after 14 years for a new job at the Thurston County Economic Development Council and Center for Business & Innovation. Peterson is a fourth-generation Mason County resident....
The Shelton City Council on Tuesday gave final approval to an application request by two property owners on Peacock Ridge east of Olympic College Shelton to be annexed into the city. On Aug. 16, the council had given gave preliminary approval to accepting the proposed annexation request of two properties totaling 50 acres owned by the Alpine Evergreen Co., and two properties totaling 51.44 acres owned by Terry and Patricia Bence. The council April 5 voted to accept the proposed annexation request of two other properties totaling 280 acres on...
Someone should introduce a brand of cigarettes called Moderate. That way, people could call themselves Moderate smokers. People without shelter are called homeless, so people with shelter should be called home-full. Because the term “food allergy” has a negative connotation, I imagine our nation’s word sanitizers are busy dreaming up a bland new phrase for this condition. Here are a couple of ideas to get us started: “Food incompatibility syndrome” or “the nutravergent.” A proposal for...
Terrorism Editor, the Journal, Just yesterday I learned the president of the United States believes I am a terrorist. This is because I support finishing the border wall to keep illegal immigration, drugs and real terrorists from coming across the border; former President Donald Trump started this wall; President Joe Biden halted it. I support our police forces and believe we need to restore law and order in this country and again hold those who commit crimes accountable for their actions. Only...
One person had a confirmed case of Monkeypox in Mason County, but a county official said it’s unlikely that “a lot of” cases will occur. According to Mason County Public Health Nurse Audrey O’Connor, there was one case and one contact from the case who has been treated. There were 650 cases in the state as of Sept. 2, with most of those cases in either King, Pierce or Clark counties. O’Connor said case rates have declined steeply in the past two weeks in urban areas such as New York City and Chi...
Salal permit sales Sept. 14-15 Permits for commercial-use salal in Olympic National Forest will go on sale Sept. 14 and 15 at the Quilcene, Quinault and Forks offices. According to a news release, Quilcene and Quinault offices will sell permits Sept. 14 and the Forks office will sell permits Sept. 15. Sales begin at 9 a.m. and anyone harvesting salal within the Olympic National Forest for the purpose of selling must carry a commercial use permit while picking. Fifty permits will be offered for $150 from the Quilcene office for harvest areas in...
Ten local performers will bring to life pieces by Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare and themselves in Harstine island Theatre Club's "A Reader's Theatre Collection of Monologues, Poems and Original Works" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Harstine Island Community Club. Admission is donation of nonperishable food for the Pioneer Food Bank. The club is at 3391 E. Harstine Island Road North. Daniel Frishman, the show's director, became the group's manager last year. His long list of...
Olympic College scholarships The Olympic College Foundation is awarding more than $190,000 in scholarships for the fall quarter. Friday is the deadline to apply. The scholarships will be awarded in time for the beginning of fall quarter Sept. 19. Several of the scholarships focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Other scholarships focus on the performing arts, communications and academic excellence. Applicants are required to write brief essays about themselves and what matters most to them, their continuing education, and how...
Not many self-storage businesses can celebrate a decade in business with a performance by a two-time Grammy nominee, but Belfair Self-Storage plans to. Manager Barbara Treick invites the public to the 10-year anniversary of the business on Sept. 21 at 23270 NE state Route 3. Vince Redhouse, Native American Music Award winner and National Jazz Hero recipient, will perform at 1 p.m., with appetizers and beverages available, followed by a presentation at 1:30 p.m. and a prize drawing at 2 p.m....
Shelton YMCA hosts Welcome Week The Shelton YMCA welcomes visitors during Welcome Week activities Friday through Sept. 18. The free events include a community dance from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, a Native American art gallery from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, community volleyball Monday, story time from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 13, a screening of the family movie “Encanto” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14, Chip and Chat discussions with trainers and instructors and chips with salsa Sept. 15, a resource fair and donation drive to collect school supplies for...
I entered into the first two episodes of Amazon Prime Video's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" with considerably mixed feelings, and in spite of finding myself impressed by a lot of what I saw, I'm approaching the rest of the season with mixed feelings still. Thanks to the subsequent significant stumbles of the "Star Wars" film series, Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy seems even more flawless now than when it was first released, but Jackson's "Hobbit" trilogy was an...
The axe is staying in Shelton after the Highclimbers defeated North Mason 39-18 Friday in the 10th Mason County Cup game. It was a tale of two halves for Shelton, scoring just six points in the first half, but the team scored on all but one possession in the second half. "Well, I wasn't very happy with the first half," Shelton coach Mark Smith said after the game. "We didn't get anything started. We struggled and we really didn't get much flow, just staggering, wasn't much energy. We found...
The Shelton boys finished second as a team at the Ultimook cross country race in Tillamook, Oregon, on Saturday. Shelton's Jacob Miller finished sixth with a time of 16 minutes, 56 seconds. Jaydon Blackburn placed 10th with a time of 17:10. Carson Bursch was also in the Top 15, earning 13th place with a time of 17:39. Jack Parker placed 45th, Landon Bursch finished 69th, Richard Beckman took 71st and Nathan Gomez rounded out the Highclimbers with a 130th place finish. In the girls race,...
County to receive USDA money Mason County commissioners approved allocating U.S. Department of Agriculture Secure Rural Schools and Roads money at the Aug. 30 meeting. According to the information packet, the USDA requiries counties to choose an allocation of USDA money from three categories. Title I money is for roads and schools, Title II is for projects on federal lands and Title III is for county projects, depending on the size of the county’s share of money. The allocation was set by Resolution 49-13, which is 80% to Title I, 13% to T...
There is no way I could keep up with Mary's schedule. I got tired just reading this week's diary. Driving back and forth twice from the fishing camp to Belfair, plus a trip to Seattle. She writes of the reoccurring winds that come up on the Columbia River and that is very common. Often the winds will reach 15 mph. Friday, Sept. 3, 1948 Arose early and saw all my mother's flowers. She has the finest flower garden in the block. To Frederick's and bought a black satin hat for winter and a copper...
The Port of Grapeview is set to convene a special meeting Sept. 13 to address its redistricting, which is required every 10 years for federal, state and many local government agencies. The purpose of redistricting the port is to balance the populations in each of its three districts to ensure equitable representation. Port Commissioner Mike Blaisdell, who’s leading the current redistricting effort, pointed out that since the 2010 census, the port district’s population has increased by 302 residents. Blaisdell cited “tremendous support” from Ma...
Donald Lee Pauley was born on December 11, 1937, to Barbara and Frank Pauley. Don passed away on August 25, 2022, at Mason General Hospital. Don lived most of his life in Shelton, with exception to the time he served with the U.S. Army. He received an Honorable Discharge for his service in 1967. Back in 1967 a small group of friends, with an interest in restoring and preserving the history of vintage and older automobiles, got together, and formed 'Yesteryear Car Club' of Shelton, WA. Then...
Hildegard Agnes Jürgens Hohmann peacefully left this earth on May 3, 2021. She was born in Bochum-Linden-Dahlhausen, Germany to parents Emil Jürgens and Hildegard Agnes Ketemer on July 12, 1937. Hildegard grew up in a loving family and was very close with her younger sister, Ursula. Tragically, she was a small child in a war-torn country and was forced to experience some of these horrors, including spending many nights in bomb shelters and losing numerous family members including her father a...
