Thursday, May 6, 2021  - Week 18

Mayor won't seek re-election

 By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty.com
 
Shelton Mayor Kevin Dorcy announced he will not seek another four-year term on the Shelton City Council.

In an email statement issued to the press on April 30, Dorcy said he plans to move on to the “next chapter” of his life rather then seek re-election next fall. His term expires Dec. 31.

“My wife, Kathy, has recently retired from Mason General Hospital, and we are looking forward to this next adventure,” Dorcy wrote. He added, “When I look back over the past four years, I’m struck by how much Shelton had grown and evolved. But one thing hasn’t changed: we are still a community that cares about and for each other, and for ensuring that Shelton is a great place to live. It has been an honor getting to serve you.”


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Meet the commodore

By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty.com

Although she has been a boater since childhood, Debra Bell Daly said she was not interested in joining a yacht club.

When husband George mentioned the offerings at the Shelton Yacht Club, “I was kind of like ‘eh,’ “ she recalled. “It reminded me of ‘Caddyshack’ and Judge Smails.” She told her husband, “I’m not going to wear those white pants.”

That’s when George told her the Shelton Yacht Club hosted a lighted boat Christmas parade.

“I said, ‘I’m sold. I can do that,’ “ she said.

That couple joined in time to participate in that Christmas cruise. Today, Daly is commodore of the Shelton Yacht Club. On Saturday, she emceed the opening of the boating season and the blessing of the fleet before about 100 people in the rain at the club on Shelton’s Oakland Bay.

The couple lives in Central Park, between Aberdeen and Montesano.
Daly was born in Aberdeen and grew up in Grays Harbor County. Her father owned Don Bell Logging. At Hoquiam High School, Daly performed with the water ballet squad. She graduated in 1975.

“I loved to go out into the woods with my dad, especially when they were building roads,” she said. “That’s probably why I own a construction company.”


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