Thursday, July 29, 2021  - Week 30

Knights in the sky
Golden Knight Sgt. 1st Class Joe Abein glides into Sanderson Field for a landing last Thursday in Shelton. Click the link on the bottom for more photos and to subscribe to the Shelton-Mason County Journal. Journal photo by Matt Baide. 

Army hopes to showcase available options

By Matt Baide
matt@masoncounty.com
Strapping yourself to another person and jumping out of a plane is nothing new at Sanderson Field, but when the people you’re attached to are the best skydivers in the military, that is not something that happens often.

The Army’s Golden Knights is a demonstration and competition parachute team that tries to connect people with the Army. The team took 30 educators from around Washington on tandem skydives in an effort to gain the educators as advocates in the Army’s recruiting efforts.

​Sgt. Jon Pemberton has been jumping out of planes for the Golden Knights for two years, although he’s been jumping out of planes for eight years and officially skydiving for five years.

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City to repave road, bar logging trucks

By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty.com
On Tuesday’s primary ballot, two Shelton small business owners and a longtime special educator are competing for the opportunity to face off for a Shelton City Council seat in the Nov. 3 general election.

George W. Blush, Miguel Gutierrez and Trenton Powers are seeking a four-year term on the council as member No. 7. Incumbent Megan Fiess, who was selected by the council in 2020 to complete Bob Rogers’ unfinished term, is not seeking a new term. The top two vote-getters will advance to the Nov. 3 ballot.

Blush owns Nita’s Koffee Shop in downtown Shelton. He is the executive director of the nonprofit 5XL Shelton pet food bank and is chairman of the Mason County Housing Authority. Blush ran unsuccessfully for a council seat two years ago.

Gutierrez taught special education and wrote grant proposals for the Conservation Corps. He also trained volunteers for BAYAC AmeriCorps and developed a youth camping program for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. This is the first time he has sought public office.

​Powers is a U.S. Army veteran and Missouri native who moved to Shelton in 2015. He owns and operates a security company. He sought to finish Roger’s unfinished term.

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