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Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886
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Heavy rainfall didn't prevent thousands of people from converging on Shelton for the 80th annual Mason County Forest Festival from Thursday through Sunday. "Overall, I think it was a fantastic event," said Amy Cooper, vice president of the Mason County Forest Festival Association. The inaugural Smokey's Birthday Party event Friday evening in the Shelton Civic Center parking lot, co-hosted by KMAS, drew a large crowd that enjoyed birthday cake, axe throwing and photo opportunities with Smokey...
Hundreds of Mason County high school seniors will march in gowns before cheering parents, guardians and friends to pick up their diplomas at five graduation ceremonies hosted in the next three days. The CHOICE High School ceremony is hosted from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today in the Shelton High School Performing Arts Center. The graduates of Cedar High School, which is housed at the Olympic College Shelton campus, will be transported in classic cars to their ceremony from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday at the same venue. The North Mason High School...
The majority of 64 dogs seized from a Grapeview property in April have been placed in permanent homes, Humane Society of Mason County President Katherine Johnson told the Journal. Skittles, a rat terrier, is the last dog remaining at HSMC from the confiscation and is available for adoption through the group's website at hsmcwa.org. Other rescue partners, including Joint Animal Services of Thurston County, Seattle Humane Society, Kitsap Humane Society, Smidget Rescue, Pasado's Safe Haven, and...
In April 2023, the Shelton Rotary Club adopted the City of Shelton's Huff'n'Puff Trail through the city's Adopt-A-Park program. Last month, the group formally committed to another year collecting trash, cleaning up graffiti, maintaining the trails and adding to a student memorial to the site across the street from Shelton High School. "The city was very excited," Kristin French, the group's co-director, said Friday at the group's community walk/Jog and public outreach event at the Huff'n'Puff....
Note: I’m taking three weeks off of paid labor, so this space will be filled with reruns of some favorite columns. The following ran in the Dec. 23, 2021, edition. Fresh, unfocused-group content returns June 27. This is a story about a gift my father gave me when I was 5 years old. This memory is as true as any memory can be that’s summoned from a long-gone Christmas. I’m child No. 4 in a four-child family, and when we were wee our family was the type that put Christmas presents under a Chris...
A thank you to groundskeepers Editor, the Journal, The Shelton Memorial Park is nice all year but it was especially nice this Memorial Day weekend. Thank you to the groundskeepers and everyone who keeps it up. Florence Wood, Shelton Informative article Editor, the Journal, I finished reading Jan Parker’s great historical article about “Professor Loop” in the April 25th Journal. As a kid growing up in Shelton, we knew little about him except that he was some kind of early Shelton legend and t...
From the Shelton-Mason County Journal, June 6, 1946. "Among the interesting features of the recent Forest Festival was the display of Simpson Company locomotives, from the first and original No. 1, 15 tons, to several of the newer and larger engines weighing up to 110 tons." Engine No. 1, built by H. K. Porter Company, was barged into Shelton in 1885 for what was then known as the Satsop Railroad, later Simpson Logging Co. It was officially named "C. F. White" but became known affectionally as...
Travelers around Lake Cushman should be prepared for extra traffic and temporary trail closures while the U.S. Forest Service harvests timber in the Big Stewardship area near the lake and in Olympic National Forest. The logging operations started June 3 and are expected to last until October, according to a Forest Service news release. “Travelers should anticipate encountering traffic control measures on North Lake Cushman Road between the junction of state Route 119 and Forest Service Road 24 until a quarter mile past the entrance to North M...
Spell-E-Bration June 29 at senior center The Shelton-based nonprofit Sound Learning hosts its annual fundraiser Spell-E-Bration from 4 to 8 p.m. June 29 at The Pavilion at Sentry Park at the Mason County Senior Activities Center at 190 W. Sentry Drive. The event features three-member teams competing in a community spelling bee, a silent auction, dessert buffet and live music. The event raises money to help adults become more literate. To join a team for the event, call Sound Learning at 360-426-9733 or email [email protected]. The...
School's out for summer for Shelton School District students on June 17, but a flurry of activities will continue inside and outside the buildings. "This summer we have a lot of work planned," Robert Herron, the district's director of facilities management and construction, told the Shelton School Board at its regular meeting May 28 in the Mountain View Elementary School cafeteria. Herron shared the projects in motion for this summer. "Some of these things may not come to full fruition,...
Civil Service Commission now accepting applications The City of Shelton is accepting applications to fill a volunteer vacancy on the Civil Service Commission. Applicants must be citizens of the United States and reside within Shelton city limits. The Civil Service Commission, a three-member volunteer board, is responsible for the administration of rules and examinations for the Shelton Police Department. The commission also establishes and administers civil service rules and regulations in compliance with state law. Commissioners serve...
Fire 12 continues to clean house, with new commissioners suspending district secretary Rachel Noga indefinitely at the May 29 special meeting and terminating 15 volunteers, including former commissioners Cinda Compton and Kelli Walsworth and former fire chief Bryan Walsworth at the May 31 special meeting. The dismissed volunteers were all hired by the previous board prior to the May 17 disaster declaration, Commissioner Trina Young said in an email to the Journal. On May 17, Fire 12 lost its insurance coverage due to mismanagement, according to...
"Jim Henson Idea Man" sees Ron Howard apply his best directorial strengths to a fittingly heartfelt biography of the man who made his name as the creator of the Muppets, although Howard follows Henson's own example of being quick to credit all of Henson's many creative partners, starting with Jim's since-deceased widow, Jane. Jim Henson was only 53 years old when he died in 1990, and yet, his imagination birthed more characters, television shows and movies than even his more devoted fans can...
he port’s water system satellite management company at the June 3 meeting. Northwest Water Systems in Port Orchard will be dropped for the smaller H2O Water Management Services in Mason County. Interim Executive Director Travis Merrill recommended the change due to dubious Northwest Water charges, he said. “Northwest Water has been billing us for tests that aren’t required for the last two years,” Merrill said. He also found several “errors in billing,” he told commissioners. Some tests done in 2023 and 2024 include gross alpha and radium test...
This week is pretty much the same ole same ole for Mary and Sam. Attending meetings and working in the yard. Mary went to a meeting in Vancouver B.C. May 29, 1950 Today I arose early and went to Bremerton. Saw Alice Duckwiler and gave her some lilies. Then saw Lulu Thompson about addendum for Dolores during her official visit. She seems to like the idea so I think it will turn out O.K. She always does things well. Over to Maimee Gould's and we checked on our refreshments. Called Mr. Jordan for...
Margurite Cook-Gibson, 94, a lifelong resident of Shelton, WA, passed away on May 15, 2024. Margurite was born on February 24, 1930 to Norwegian parents, Harold and Klara Langeland, who were new to this country. She attended school and shared her lessons with her parents; teaching them English as she learned. After graduation, she married Ray Cook and started a family of five children. They later divorced, but remained friends. Margurite was married a second time to Thomas Gibson until his...
Larry Parker was born on April 8, 1948 to Everett Parker and Margy Jean Shurr in Royal Oak, Michigan. He was raised with his brother, Roy "Butch". Larry passed away on March 18th, 2024. Larry went to Adrian College, Michigan where he met his wife, Holly Cassell. They moved to Fair Play, Colorado, and then to Denver, where they had a daughter, Fay. Larry went on to graduate from the University of Colorado at Denver with a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering. Larry also became a part time...
The family of Cecelia "Chee-Chee" Fink invites you to join us for her Celebration of Life Service on June 15, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Capital Christian Center 4431 Martin Way E., Olympia, WA 98316...
Grant Lewis Foster, 73, of Shelton, Washington departed this earthly plane on Sunday, May the 26th of 2024, after a 7-month battle with cancer. Grant passed away peacefully at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, in the company of his beloved son, Neil. Grant was a kind, hardworking, loving and joyful man, loved by many and who will now watch over us, as he reunites with his high school sweetheart, love of his life and lifelong partner of over 50 years, Tina. Grant's early life took place between...
Bruce Gallagher, 73, a resident of Shelton, passed away May 23, 2024, in a parking lot in Olympia, WA. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Rosalie Beckwith, 85, a resident of Elma, passed away May 23, 2024, at home. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. James Bossard, 79, a resident of Elma, passed away on May 24, 2024, at Summit Pacific Medical Center in Elma, WA. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Marlene Skar, 86, a resident of Shelton,...
