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Thursday,
July 8, 2004
Click on the photos below to enlarge.
IT
WAS SAFETY FIRST at Hoodsport's Fourth of July celebration.
Locals Stephanie Young (left) and Amber Krafcik are captivated
by Saturday night's traditional public fireworks show on the
waterfront. This week's Journal has more photos on the pyrotechnics
and related activity, and a story on citizens' safety concerns
about private fireworks displays during this fire-hazardous
season.
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RYAN
WIESE of the Washington State Patrol's Commercial Vehicle
Enforcement Unit, checks one of Mason County Transportation
Cooperative's 78 school buses during an annual inspection. This
year the WSP is testing tailpipe emissions in an effort to cut
pollution. |
Tim Garchow
has been hired as the new Southside principal. |
BRUCE
MILLER'S longtime interest in preserving Skokomish
tribal traditions has been recognized by the National Endowment
for the Arts, which recently awarded him a National Heritage
Fellowship for 2004. Termed the country's highest honor in folk
and traditional arts, it includes a one-time award of $20,000. |
GETTING
READY TO SHOW off her green thumb, Sharon Tibbits stands
in her garden at home. She and her husband, Keith, will offer
tours of their yard as part of Washington State University Mason
County Master Gardeners' fifth annual "Through the Garden Gate"
tour. |
HORSE
LOVERS CROWD the pen for a good look during the recent
horse and burro auction at the fairgrounds. |
Apple
for the teacher
Teacher
Lisa Queen, right, meets with representatives of Educational
Service District 113 and PEMCO of Seattle as the company makes
a $1,500 grant to Hood Canal School as part of her winning
the Golden Apple Award for excellence in education. The money
will be used to pay for field trips and classroom materials.
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Tahuya
Day parade draws huge crowds
Tiny
Tahuya turned into quite a bustling place over the weekend
as it celebrated the 23rd annual Tahuya Day on Saturday. Some
estimates had the crowd at over 1,500 people. Most of those
folks came out for what has become Mason County's if not the
region's wildest and wackiest parade. This year marked the
14th such affair and included exploding popcorn, lots of candy
for the kids, a bearded lady on a mini motorcyle, moving tributes
to soldiers overseas and more. For a collage of photos from
the event, please turn to page four of this week's Belfair
Herald .
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