'Cleanup on Aisle 6, please'

Shelton firefighters check to make sure driver Chet Dombroski is all right after the 91-year-old's vehicle crashed into the front of the Shelton Safeway store last Friday afternoon. Nobody was injured during the incident, but the car and store received substantial damage. The store re-opened after being closed for four hours.

Victoria Meadows has announced she will seek reelection to the position of Mason County District Court judge this fall. She has served as judge of the court for 12 years.

Singing praise

A group of little ones from the Community Children's Choir are led by Susan Shoemaker as they sing hymns and praise songs as part of the National Day of Prayer celebration on Thursday, May 4. Local Christians and church leaders gathered together in front of the Mason County Courthouse steps to commemorate the day with music and prayers

Ahoy!

TO THE DELIGHT of Shelton's Margaret Dickey (right) and all the rest who'd gathered at former commodore Bob Puhn's Hammersley Inlet home the weekend before last, the first of the Shelton Yacht Club's Opening Day parade participants sails past to commemorate the new boating season and pay tribute to the club's former commodores.

Dolly and Tollie

The actors of Shelton High School have a get-together on Tollie while preparing their production of the musical Hello Dolly The play and the caboose share a time period of sorts, since Hello Dolly tells the story of a woman looking for love before the turn of the 20th Century. Shows will be at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 11-13, in the Shelton High School Auditorium, 3737 Shelton Springs Road. Admission is $6 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens.

UNVEILING BOTH HIS textbook form and hairtrigger grin during a recent meet is Climberville's standout by way of Germany, state-prospect triple-jumper Marcus Bohme.

ABLAZE AND A-BLAZIN', junior-high tracksters enjoy the unseasonally sunny weather during a recent home meet. That's Shelton long-jumper Melissa Johnson at left, manning the tape measure in the pit. In the near lane in the top inset is teammate Jodie Hartman, and powering to the fore in the near inset are fellow Oakland Bay sprinters Jaci Roaf (right) and Danielle Baye.

PURPLE MARTINS get a bird's-eye view of nest boxes hung on pilings on the north end of Lake Nahwatzel.

Having a good old time

Matlock plays fair with history last weekend as hundreds assemble on the campus of Mary M. Knight School. The Old Timer's Historical Fair was held under cloudy and sometimes rainy skies Saturday and Sunday, but that didn't stop youngsters from hitching a ride and oldsters from displaying their vintage farm equipment. The fair was started in the mid-Eighties by a small group of local residents concerned about the fading memory of their pioneering forefathers. Originally it was a gathering of antique tractor and engine enthusiasts, but it since has expanded to include many other attractions. Music by Vern Morgus, Paul Barber and representatives of the Washington Old Time Fiddlers was made in memory of Merv Wharton.