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  • Activities at senior center in Shelton

    Compiled by reporter Gordon Weeks|Sep 30, 2021

    The Mason County Senior Activities Center hosts games, classes and other events at the Pavilion at 190 W. Sentry Drive in Shelton. The activities on Sept. 27 are cribbage at 8:15 a.m., tai chi at 8:15 a.m., line dance at 9 a.m., Mexican train dominoes at 10 a.m., pinochle at 12:30 p.m. and an art workshop at 12:30 p.m. No lunch is served. The activities today are cribbage at 8:15 a.m., in-person and Zoom yoga at 8:30 a.m., E-Z Crafters at 9 a.m., quilting at 9:30 a.m., knot and chat at 10 a.m., mahjong at 10 a.m., advanced line dance at 10 a.m....

  • Peninsula Arts Association gathers at city hall

    Compiled by reporter Gordon Weeks|Sep 30, 2021

    The Peninsula Arts Association will meet at 1 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Shelton Civic Center, 525 W. Cota St....

  • Hood Canal superintendent talks at Zoom forum

    Compiled by reporter Gordon Weeks|Sep 30, 2021

    The Hood Canal Improvement Club will host a Zoom presentation featuring Hood Canal School Superintendent Nikki Grubbs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5. Grubbs will offer updates on such topics as the bond and levy proposal for February, school attendance, school assistance and how residents can help the district. To connect to the event, email Grubbs as [email protected] or Nancy Johnson, the club’s vice president, at [email protected] and a Zoom invite will emailed to you. To get assistance for a Zoom connection, call Johnson at 2...

  • Former Washington Fish and Wildlife employees argue against Chinook salmon ocean harvesting

    Sep 30, 2021

    Former Washington Department of Fish Wildlife employees have released a paper, arguing for the halting of current levels of harvesting Chinook salmon populations in the Pacific Ocean. The paper is co-authored by Ed Wickersham and Jack Tipping. Wickersham has a BS in Biology from Western Washington University and worked more than 30 years in Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement. He also spent four years with NOAA monitoring foreign fishing fleets in the north Pacific and Bering Sea. Tipping has a BS in Fisheries from the University of Washington...

  • League of Women Voters hears wildlife presentation

    Kirk Boxleitner|Sep 30, 2021

    Research ecologist Chad Hanson, author of “Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate,” addressed the Mason County League of Women Voters about his book during its Sept. 21 membership meeting. Hanson hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada with his older brother in 1989, and witnessed the logging of public lands. He said the attendant “loss and devastation of wild places” made a lasting impression on his political outlook. Hanson illustrated how peo...