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June 26: Shelton School Board members clamped down on travel by Shelton High School athletic teams, voting 3-0 Tuesday to restrict teams to travel within a 150-mile radius of
Shelton except for postseason play. The City of Shelton’s street levy proposal is dead before arrival. The ballot measure won’t even arrive on the August 19 primary election ballot. Citing the current state of the economy
among other reasons, Shelton Mayor John Tarrant on Monday called for pulling it from the ballot. The commission voted to remove the ballot measure for an indefinite period. The aging mussels of Mill Creek are the cause of some concern
for the water body builders of Washington. Some species can live for more than a hundred years, and specimens of western pearl shell have been found to be as old as 85. The Squaxin Island Tribe has big plans for the granite rock covered
in symbolic carvings recently moved from Tumwater Falls Park. The rock will have a new home at the new Squaxin Island Tribe Veterans Memorial. Hot on the heels of the North Mason school board’s
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decision to pursue a $58-million facilities bond next February, citizens group
has recommended the district also run a full-size maintenance and operations levy. Recommended levy items could cost more than $4 million. District officials say to fully fund the levy would cost taxpayers about $2.6 per $1,000 of assess
valuation, while the bond would cost about $1.77 per $1,000. Mason County Youth Baseball launched its all-star tournament season in earnest last weekend, hosting 22 teams at the Mason County Recreation Area. Shelton High School has
a new girls’ basketball team coach, Justin Parker, who replaces departing coach John Wallwork. Parker was the SHS boys’ assistant coach last winter.
Deaths: Joseph A. Borek, 83; Minnie Marie Gizinski, 92; Freda Olivia Johnson, 91; Beatrice Frances Oliver, 84; Stuart John Schreiner, 72; Ruth Lucille Yohey, 95.
Births: John Michael Bourgault, Bella Marie Gapinski. |
