Articles from the March 30, 2023 edition
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'I have to create'
Stan Gabelein created stunningly realistic wildlife oil paintings for decades before he began writing at age 78. In less than two years, the Mason County resident wrote and published an autobiography...
Shooting suspect dies
A 30-year-old Shelton woman suspected in the shooting of her boyfriend was found dead March 18 at the High Steel Bridge in Mason County. According to court documents, the deceased woman is Chantel Dawn Peterson, who was charged with domestic...
City needs more water storage
The City of Shelton stores a couple million gallons of water in five tanks, but needs more to meet growth. "We don't have adequate storage in our reservoir system," Jay Harris, the city's public works...
Ralph Norman Cook
Ralph was born in Tillamook, OR to Linza and Margurette Cook on August 23, 1936. The family moved to Matlock when he was six years old. Ralph attended Mary M. Knight School District and graduated in 1... Full story
Recently Passed
William Albert Bezley, 80, a resident of Shelton, passed away March 23, 2023, at Mason General Hospital. Arrangements are by Forest Funeral Home and Crematory. Judith Arlene Larson, 81, a resident of Shelton, passed away March 26, 2023, at Mason... Full story
Mason Health adopts 'middle-of-the-road' mask policy
The COVID-19 pandemic began three years ago, and the last remnants of the pandemic era restrictions are set to end next week throughout the state. The mask mandate will end at Mason Health and Mason General Hospital on April 3, as directed by the...
Pick a column, any column
Dear readers, I have ideas for columns that haven’t become columns yet, and maybe never will. Those ideas, some of them now nearly 6 years old, nag at me like a pile of gunk in the closet. So,...
Nonprofit Briefs
Bazaar Saturday at senior center The Mason County Senior Activities Association hosts a spring bazaar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Pavilion Events Center, 190 W. Sentry Drive, Shelton. The event features more than 25 vendors, homemade...
Hoodsport park on track for Memorial Day weekend
Forest McCullough of Hoodsport-based Northwest Land & Tree recently told the Port of Hoodsport Commission that “snow has put a damper on our progress,” but he still expects work on the Hoodsport trail park to be complete for the port...
County Briefs
Shelton man killed in U.S. 101 collision A 27-year-old Shelton man died in a three-car accident March 22 on U.S. Highway 101. According to a Washington State Patrol news release, Aparicio Mendoza Matias died in the accident. Matias was southbound on...
Commission Briefs
Proposals sought for homeless grants Mason County Public Health and Human Services announced the request for proposal application for homeless response grants is open for the 2023-2025 grant term. According to a news release, the homeless response...
School Briefs
Shelton educator earns honor Shelton resident Ellen Shortt Sanchez, director of the Center for Community Based Learning and Action at The Evergreen State College, was selected as the 2023 Continuums...
Sheriff Potts and the moonshiners
Washington's ban on the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages became effective in 1916, making the state one of 33 that banned alcohol before the 18th Amendment to the Constitution made it...
'John Wick: Chapter 4' best installment yet
All hail "John Wick, the most perfect unplanned action film franchise ever. With every other series of action films whose sequels were propelled more by the previous installments' unexpectedly...
Baseball Roundup
Shelton baseball The Highclimbers lost all three games last week in Evergreen Conference and nonlegue games. Shelton lost a pair of games to defending state champion Tumwater, falling 6-4 in Tumwater...
Prep Roundup
Shelton track The Shelton boys and girls each won an Evergreen Conference track meet on March 21 in Centralia to open the track season. Miller won the 1,600-meter race in 4:34.7. Huisingh won the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 8 inches and...
Another port commissioner joins broadband team
Port of Grapeview Commissioner Jean Farmer, citing her “long history of interest in broadband” for rural communities, will join Port of Allyn Commissioner Ted Jackson on the task force charged with expanding broadband in Mason County. “As a por...
Mary and Sam have a busy time up north
You get the idea that Mary is getting tired of the rain and cold? I know I am! March is always the time we are all getting fed up with winter in the Northwest....
North Mason Briefs
Snow day extends district school year To meet state requirements of 180 school days, the North Mason School District has added one snow day to extend the school year. Students in the district will attend a full day school day on Friday, June 16....
