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Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886
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If you see some art or participate in a program at the North Mason Timberland Library, chances are the Friends of the Library helped provide it in some way. The Friends of the Library is a group that fundraises in order to promote fun, learning and social activities within the community. Vice President Guyla Vann has been a member of Friends of the Library since 2007. She came to book sales and donated money while working full time, but after retiring in 2006, she started attending board meeting...
For the first time since 2019, downtown Shelton hosted a full weekend of Forest Festival events, including the Paul Bunyan Grand Parade. Thousands lined downtown streets to take in the parade, logging show and carnival for the festival, which took place Thursday through Sunday. Rain drops and downpours, and the threatening black clouds in between, didn't prevent thousands of people from flocking to downtown Shelton last weekend for the return of the Mason County Forest Festival following a...
The 19 new Cedar High School graduates arrived in style June 3 at their commencement ceremony at the Shelton High School Performing Arts Center. Ninety minutes before the start of the event, members of four local car clubs - the Yesteryear Car Club, Wheels of Hope, Test of Time and Kitsap Street Roadsters - pulled into the parking lot at Olympic College Shelton, the high school's home for the past year. Students in ceremonial robes and sashes picked their mode of transport. How about the sleek...
Two months after Barbara Treick's art wall at Belfair Self-Storage showcased multimedia artist Alice Durrie, that same space is devoted in June to Durrie's wife, professional photographer Teresa "Tree" Smith. Durrie described Smith as her artistic "muse," and the feeling is mutual. Smith characterized their relationship as "symbiotic," in which each one's artistic pursuits thrive because of the other. "We encourage and support each other in the practice of our crafts," Smith said. "I'm able to...
About 100 residents turned out Saturday to watch 25 firefighters from Central Mason Fire & EMS and Fire Districts 6 and 17 battle flames inside an old house next to the Shelton Civic Center, and then let it burn to the ground. The live fire training exercise started at 9 a.m., with fires lit inside the dilapidated house at 218 S. 5th St., and then extinguished. By 1 p.m., the house was engulfed in flames as firefighters watched the structure collapse. The house was owned by the City of Shelton,...
The Mason County Senior Activities Association hosts monthly evenings of dancing, dining, game playing and socializing with the return of Friday Fun Night at The Pavilion, 190 W. Sentry Drive in Shelton. The event is from 6 to 9 p.m. the second Friday of each month, with the next gathering June 10. The Pavilion hosted its second event last Friday. "We're coming back to life here," said Will Adams, the group's activities director and volunteer coordinator. "We're slowly coming back after the...
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Matlock Old-Timers Historical Fair returned Saturday and Sunday at Mary M. Knight School....
What happens when a magic hourglass causes a bickering teenage girl and her mother to switch bodies? That's the premise of "Freaky Friday: The Musical," staged by the Shelton High School Drama Club at 7 p.m. Friday and 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday in the school's Performing Arts Center. The doors open a half hour before the shows. Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10 for adults, $5 for students. More than 50 students are involved in the production. The show combines the talents of...
The Belfair Self-Storage art wall is devoting May to showcasing Allyn resident Michael Osborn's "Kustom Laser Art by Oz" lasear-cut wood artwork, complete with an artist reception featuring Osborn at 5 p.m. on May 20 at the business, 23270 NE state Route 3. Osborn's roots as an artist are in Euless, Texas, with a job at Fegan Fine Art & Restoration to restore several truckloads of antiques from homes flooded by Hurricane Katrina. Osborn discovered he enjoyed "working with my hands to restore...
Betty Olson is living proof that longevity resides in the genes. The Shelton woman's mother reached the age of 100 years and three months. Two of Olson's sisters lived until they were 100 years, seven months. Olson passed the century milestone April 6. Friends and family joined her for a celebration at Alpine Way Continuing Care Community in Shelton, where she has lived since 2017. "It's been a wonderful life," she said on April 5, the day before her birthday. "I've been blessed with friends and...
Journal reporter Gordon Weeks sent questions to each of the five members of the royalty court for the 78th Mason County Forest Festival. Shawna Lacy Princess of Cedar Age 17, Shelton High School senior Why did you apply to be on the court? I applied to be on court because it had been my dream for as long as I can remember. Being able to strike inspiration into the hearts of other girls young and old alike is always something I've wanted to do and this is an amazing avenue to do that. What do...
The nonprofit Youth Connection in Shelton received $500,000 in federal money to help develop transitional housing for young adults ages 18 to 24 who are either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The funding request was included in the 2022 Omnibus Appropriations Package recently passed by Congress. In a news release, the organization states Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Tacoma and Sen. Maria Cantwell requested the Community Project money. The nonprofit also received $1.28 million in the stat...
Community Lifeline last week dedicated its building to Shelton resident Dr. Harry Griffith. Griffith said he made the donation to honor his brother, who died homeless. Griffith made a large donation to help the nonprofit purchase the building at the corner of Franklin and Third streets in downtown Shelton, said Athena Ayres, Community Lifeline's executive director. The organization hosted a dedication ceremony on March 22. Community Lifeline also hosted a resource fair and picnic Friday in...
Stan Yantis is laying down his baton in June after teaching music to Hawkins Middle School students for 39 years. That doesn't mean North Mason's music man will be packing his trumpet into its case. He'll continue to perform with local bands The Windjammers and Swing Fever, and then he'll start his part-time job as the instrument manager for the marching band at his alma mater, the University of Washington. For a couple more months, Yantis will instruct fifth-grade students in the mornings...
