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Fire District 12 Commissioner Dave Persell resigned at the Aug. 14 meeting, so the board could appoint a “more qualified individual. Perhaps one that the voters of this district already voted onto this board,” he said, seeming to suggest Nick Jones, who was the only elected member of the previous commission. Mason County commissioners appointed Trina Young and Persell to Fire 12 positions 1 and 3 respectively, on May 24. Persell said previous commissioners agreed “not to apply for any of these vacated seats until all three seats have been...
An estimated 300 shopping carts are stolen from Shelton stores each year, and the city is considering adopting laws governing them. The members of the Shelton City Council and city staff have devoted two work sessions, on June 11 and Aug. 13, to talking about adopting shopping cart ordinances designed to help prevent their theft. At the Aug. 13 session, they discussed a proposed ordinance to introduce at the council’s regular meeting Sept. 3. Mayor Eric Onisko said he hand-delivered copies of the proposed shopping cart ordinances to the m...
The Shorelines Hearings Board meets next week to review appeals on the Taylor Shellfish proposed floating oyster bag farm in Oakland Bay. A Mason County hearing examiner ruled Nov. 21, approving the project with certain restrictions. Friends of Oakland Bay filed a petition for review challenging approval of the project, which will take up 9.1 overwater acres with a 50-acre project boundary for floating aquaculture gear. The group claims the farm is inconsistent with public access policies, doesn’t comply with views and aesthetics policies a...
The weekly Shelton Farmers Market took a medieval turn Saturday as the Society for Creative Anachronism joined with the market to show off medieval wear and activities, including a fencing display....
Aug. 30 used to be a depressing date for Shelton resident Jamie Ellertsen. That's the birthday of her brother, who overdosed on drugs and died at age 21. Then Ellertsen, who overcame her own drug addictions, discovered eight years ago that Aug. 31 was International Overdose Awareness Day. She messaged Abe Gardner, another recovered addict, about staging an event in Shelton. "I didn't think anyone would show up," Ellertsen said in an interview with the Journal. About 25 to 30 people did show up a...
Council OKs license plate cameras at city entrances The Shelton City Council on Tuesday evening gave final approval to contracting with Flock Safety to install 12 cameras at city entrances that read vehicle license plates and within 20 seconds alert Shelton Police of stolen plates or cars, missing persons or abducted children. The council gave the measure preliminary approval at its Aug. 6 meeting. A two-year subscription to Flock Safety will cost the city $40,800 the first year, $36,000 the second. The first year’s cost includes startup f...
The annual Hoodstock Music and Arts Festival was Thursday to Saturday in Union, both on the water and at businesses throughout the Union area. The popular festival marked its seventh year, and for the fourth year was partially on the waters of Hood Canal, where music lovers could watch from their boats and watercraft....
Youth open mic night at Kneeland Park in Shelton The Shelton Youth Connection hosts Youth Open Mic night from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Kneeland Park in Shelton. People ages 12-24 are invited to perform music, stand-up comedy or poetry. The event also features yard and field games and snacks are available. Admission to the event is free. Visit www.sheltonyouthconnection.org for more information. Learn about meteorites at mineral meeting The Shelton Rock and Mineral Society sponsors Tom Prang’s talk about meteorites at its regular meeting at 7 p...
Judge protects some evidence in North Mason school suit A judge has ruled video recordings of a bus ride and a police interview of a kindergartner allegedly abused on the bus by another student are confidential and exempt from public disclosure. Mason County Superior Court Judge Monty Cobb granted a protective order Aug. 6 in the suit filed by parents of a 5-year-old kindergartner against North Mason School District after video footage showed the child being “sexually and physically abused” by a fifth grade student during a bus ride home, acc...
United Way of Mason County dissolves United Way of Mason County announced Aug. 14 it will dissolve. “With a heavy heart, United Way of Mason County announces its dissolution. After many years of dedicated service to the community, the organization will cease operations and quit taking pledges effective immediately,” Board of Directors Chair Dani Cook said in a statement. When Executive Director Ted Jackson resigned June 6, Cook told the Journal United Way was “taking time to evaluate the program,” and would not be immediately seeking a new exe...
WWU honors Shelton High grad Shelton High School graduate Kimy Peterson was named an Outstanding Graduate Student at Western Washington University for 2024. The honor is awarded to one student in each graduate program or department, the university stated in a news release. The students are selected based on their leadership skills and the outstanding work done during their graduate studies. Petersen earned a master of science degree in experimental psychology. Her work “Epistemology of Ignorance and the Invisibility of Indigenous Peoples” was...
Marmo Gallery in downtown Shelton is asking people of all ages to create and submit a 4-by-6-inch postcard capturing something special about Shelton for an exhibit called "Community Correspondence." The postcard exhibit will be displayed at the gallery in September and October. The deadline is Sept. 6 to submit your postcard to the gallery at 217 West Cota St. Gallery owner Isa Radojcic, who curates the shows at her business, said she's seen other cities sponsor postcard creation contests to...
Union Fire Department firefighters battle a blaze Friday in the 200 block of Alderney Road in Union....
Port of Allyn commissioners unanimously approved a $25,000 refund of a deposit paid by a memory care center for an application of determination of water quality. “It’s a formality at this point,” Commissioner John Sheridan said. Ronald and Debra Jamerson were developing the assisted living facility in Allyn. “We are unable to proceed with the project,” Ronald Jamerson wrote in a letter to the port requesting the refund. The port discussed returning the money at July’s meeting when Executive Director Travis Merrill said the port doesn’t have a r...
The first person I contacted to view the Thelers' 16mm home movies was Vie Cokelet. Vie had been a school bus driver, and she and her husband also owned a small gasoline station on the canal so people could fill up their boats. Her husband worked in the Navy Yard. She recognized Bill and Flossie Cady and their children. Mary had been a sponsor for Vie in getting into the Masons. She also shared that Mary was angry at Sam for quite some time and made Sam live in the apartment above the garage. I...
Arriving at work one Monday morning, Kathleen Blanchette found remnants of a fire at the front door of Forest Funeral Home on West Railroad Avenue in downtown Shelton. "I have installed outdoor cameras at my business at the advice of the police," Blanchette told the Shelton City Council at its Aug. 6 meeting. "I have also put in extra lighting, but I still have human feces, both front and back at different times, in the built-in planters out front. There has been soiled men's underwear, there...
State Sen. Drew MacEwen, R-Shelton, will face Democrat Emily Randall in the Nov. 5 general election in their bid to replace Derek Kilmer as the District 6 represenative in Congress. If MacEwen wins, the Republican Party will choose someone to complete his term in the state Senate. MacEwen spent a decade in the state House before being elected to the Senate in 2023. The 35th District includes all of Mason County and parts of Thurston and Kitsap counties. In the most recent ballot count released...
Mason County Strike Team firefighters are back home for now after spending two weeks deployed at the Big Horn Fire in Klickitat County and the Retreat Fire in Yakima County. "It's been two weeks and we come home tonight," West Mason Chief Matthew Welander said. Welander spoke with the Journal from the Retreat Fire on Aug. 6 as the team was being demobilized. Firefighters split their time between the two fires, spending about seven days at each fire, Welander said. The Big Horn Fire is no longer...
Forty-three years ago, the City of Shelton was ordered to develop a plan to clean up its toxic former C Street dump. That plan was finally executed last year at the 17-acre landfill west of downtown Shelton and U.S. Highway 101 and north of Miles Sand and Gravel. Now the city is dealing with the post cleanup and monitoring. At its Aug. 6 regular meeting, the Shelton City Council gave preliminary approval to adding $147,219 to its contract with Aspect Consulting and extending the monitoring...
This story is from the July 28, 1955, edition of the Shelton-Mason County Journal. "Shelton wrapped welcoming arms around the community's newest recreation center, the Timber Bowl, last weekend during a three-day grand opening that exceeded the fondest hopes of owner L. L. McInelly and manager Eddie Hurd. Approximately 1,000 bowling strings were rolled between 9 Friday night and closing time Sunday night, when a special introductory offer of one game free for each two bowled terminated....
Music from land and sea at Hoodstock An eclectic lineup of rock, country and funk bands can be enjoyed from land or sea at the seventh annual Hoodstock Music and Arts Festival staged today through Saturday at the Union Marina and a new venue, Robin Hood Village Resort in Union. For ticket information, go to www.hoodstock.org. Tickets can also be booked aboard the Lady Alderbrook. Concertgoers can park at the New Community Church at 951 E. Dalby Road and the Mason County Fire station 6 at 50 E....
The success of the inaugural Shelton Art Walk on July 27 might help the city secure state money to establish a Downtown Shelton Creative District. The event hosted by the City of Shelton, the Creative District Committee and the Shelton Downtown Merchants featured more than 80 local vendors and artists on West Cota Street. About 20 businesses exhibited works by artists. The city spruced up the street by painting new angle-in parking spaces and adding streetlights and 18-inch planter boxes with tr...
The Shelton City Council on Tuesday evening gave preliminary approval to installing 12 cameras at city entrances that read vehicle license plates and within 20 seconds alert Shelton Police of stolen plates or cars, missing persons or abducted children. The council can make the move official with a vote at its Aug. 20 meeting. At a June 25 study session, the council heard presentations on the system by Flock Safety that is used in 61 communities in the state, including Olympia, Kent, Marysville, Omak, Centralia and Aberdeen. At that work session...
In the Nov. 5 general election, Mason County Commissioner Randy Neatherlin will face William Harris in his bid for a fourth term, and Tom Beben and Pat Tarzwell will compete for the other seat up for grabs on the three-member commission. The results of Tuesday’s primary election whittled the three candidates for each seat to two. In the first ballot results for the seat representing District 1, Neatherlin, an independent, had 2,706 votes for 54.81% of the vote and Harris, a Republican, had 1,424 votes for 28.84% of the vote. Republican Ted J...
