Community Briefs

‘Shelton Stories’ Saturday at library

Shelton Timberland Library hosts “Shelton Stories,” billed as “a day of events celebrating community,” on Saturday at the library at 710 West Alder St.

The “Women Leaders of Mason County” exhibit is open all day on the main floor. Also on the main floor, coffee and doughnuts will be served at 9:30 a.m., the “Faces of Shelton: A Living Gallery” opens at 10:15 a.m., and readings from “Mason County Remembers” will be presented at 11 a.m.

Downstairs, arts and crafts tables are set up between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. The Shelton High School Drama Club stages a performance at noon. At 1 p.m., Dog Tales are told.

Great Bend Center for Music hosts a music workshop at 1 p.m. in the meeting room. Ana’s Pupuseria Food Truck offers food from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot.

Scholarships available from Harstine group

The Harstine Island Women’s Club through its Charles and Judy Chase Scholarship Fund is offering scholarships to full-time residents of Harstine Island who are entering or continuing a post-high school education, including adult continuing education or technical training.

Applicants must have a diploma from an accredited high school program or earned a GED. Applications will be accepted through May 15, and the winners will be announced by May 31.

The number and amount of the scholarships will be determined at the time the scholarship recipients are selected.

Applications and scholarship details are available at Shelton, Cedar, CHOICE and North Mason high schools, Olympic College Shelton, South Puget Sound Community College and Gravity Learning Center in Shelton.

Applications are also available at http://www.tinyurl.com/msun387 or by contacting the Harstine Island Women’s Club Scholarship Committee at HIWC Scholarships, P.O. Box 62, Shelton, WA 98584

Pioneer Kiwanis seeks donors for fundraiser dinner in March

The Pioneer Kiwanis Foundation hosts its annual seafood dinner and auction March 23 to benefit the youth of the Pioneer School District and Mason County.

The auction is the group’s largest fundraiser of the year. The group is seeking donors and sponsors, who will receive recognition in the auction materials and will be named in a “thank you” ad in the Journal. Sponsors will also receive recognition during the auction and in the live auction catalog.

Money raised at the auction will be used for scholarships for Pioneer School eighth-graders to be used for post-high school education; scholarships for high school graduates from the Pioneer School District attending Cedar, CHOICE, North Mason and Shelton high schools; scholarships for Pioneer staff to further their educational goals; support for the music program at Pioneer; support for the STEM garden; to sponsor two eighth-grade girls for a week at Tech Trek Program at Pacific Lutheran University; and to sponsor assemblies for elementary school to encourage reading and writing by providing pizzas.

At the event March 23 at Pioneer Elementary School, the doors open at 4 p.m., with the silent auction items ready for bidding. The dinner starts at 4:30 p.m. and the live auction begins at 6 p.m. The meal includes clams, shrimp, spaghetti and coleslaw. Tickets are $35 for adults and $15 for children ages 3 to 12; children 2 and younger are admitted for free. For tickets, call Sherry at 360-229-0673. For more information, call Pamela Harrell at 360-490-0954.

Meeting for Hood Canal Food Bank

The Hood Canal Food Bank hosts its annual meeting at 3 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Hoodsport Community Hall, 331 North Finch Creek Road, Hoodsport.

The purpose of the meeting is to hear reports on 2023 operations and finances and elect new directors for board positions.

Members of the Food Bank Corporation will elect annual directors to serve until the next annual meeting in 2025. Cumulative voting and voting by proxy are not allowed. In addition to the slate of directors nominated by the current board, members can also make additional nominations before the election. Additional nominations can be made for members who have consented to serve.

A list of members who are eligible to nominate, vote and serve is maintained by the food bank’s secretary. Members include all people who have demonstrated an interest in the food bank’s activities and business in one of the following ways during 2023: financial donations on record, donations of food or other materials/service on record, or served as a food bank volunteer.

Membership is also conferred automatically on members in good standing of those community organizations that have donated to the food bank. An updated list of members in good standing must be on file with the food bank secretary before the meeting. Each community organization will be allowed one vote in matters conducted at the annual meeting.

Immediately after the annual meeting, the newly elected annual directors will have an organizational meeting along with the continuing directors having unexpired three-year terms. They will elect officers from among themselves, adopt a calendar and budget and appoint an executive director for 2024. The new board can also choose to fill any vacant director positions having three-year terms.

For more information about the meetings, membership, director/officer responsibilities or bylaws, call Hood Canal Food Bank President Lou Bedingfield at 360-877-6086.