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Transportation panel vote prompts tense exchange Tim Lincoln, Phil Wolff and Don Pogreba were reappointed to the seven-member Transportation Improvement Program Citizen Advisory Panel at Tuesday’s Mason County commissioners meeting. According to the information packet, six members had terms that expired Aug. 1, and all six members submitted applications for another term. Recruitment for new members has not received any other applications and Public Works continues to seek two more volunteers to serve on the panel. Lincoln and Wolff represent Ma...
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Port of Grapeview commissioners made Mason County’s latest free Wi-Fi hot spot official before following up on diver-safety matters during their Aug. 16 meeting. Art Whitson, District 1 commissioner, said this summer’s Grapeview Water Festival and Art Show saw its vendors exceed online capacity, leading to “a lot of internet drop-outs and frustrated folks,” before they were shifted over to Wi-Fi access on port property. “We already had everything ready to go,” said Jean Farmer, District 3...
Members of the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group and TrashMash! Litter Posse on Aug. 25 hauled away debris and invasive plants from the future site of Sweetwater Creek Waterwheel Park, in the woods next to Belfair Elementary School. The park, across state Route 3 from the Mary E. Theler Wetlands Nature Preserve Center, is designed to be sustainable, accessible and enhance public spaces and the ecosystem. The work on the project includes removing trash and invasive species, restoring the...
In 1948, the Astoria Bridge didn't exist and Mary had to take a ferry to cross the Columbia River. The bridge opened in 1966 and is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America. It is a little over 4 miles long. It was also the final segment of U.S. Highway 101 between Olympia and Los Angeles. She writes about it being windy on the Columbia River and it does get very windy daily. Three boats capsized one day because of the wind. My family lost my oldest brother due to his boat capsizing....
Barbara "Barby" Jean Pyle, 87, passed away, following a brief illness, on August 22, 2022, in University Place WA. Barby was born in Olympia, WA on May 22, 1935 to Robert and Claudia Bailey. She moved to Shelton as a young child and spent most of her life there. She graduated from Shelton High School. She went to Minnesota to attend Augsburg College but had to quickly return home to attend to family obligations. Barby worked as a dental assistant before finding her career as a lab technician...
Jeri Lee Robinson was born February 15, 1943, in Long Beach, California. She is the daughter of Verna Anita Robinson and William T.G. Robinson. After high school in Sumner, Washington Jeri moved to Sacramento, married and had four children. She was a single mother and completely devoted to her children. Jeri worked in state politics and for a Sacramento area land developer. Her colleagues often became lifelong friends. She was kind, generous, spiritual, dedicated, and loyal, and an avid...
Jean Davison-Pottratz passed away at 9:00 a.m. at home on Monday, August 15th, 2022. She was born in Troy Kansas on November 22nd, 1933. She was 88 years old. She graduated from Fairfax High in Fairfax Missouri. Jean married George Eugene Davison in 1953, and was married to him for 35 years until his death in 1988. She married James Pottratz in 1993, at which time she moved to Grants Pass, Oregon. After Jim's death in 2001 she moved to Shelton, Washington in 2012, where she lived with her daught...
We wanted to let family and friends know that Douglas Troy Stoner, born August 16, 1957, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022. He was surrounded by his family. He passed away quickly and painlessly after a short battle with cancer. He spent the week before his passing with all his faculties in place. Douglas had just had fun floating down a river, fishing, and celebrating his birthday with a great feast! Please join us for a Celebration of Douglas's life on September 18, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at...
Heather (Laney) Games passed away at home, peacefully in her sleep on August 3rd, 2022. She lived a full and happy life and continues to be loved by her family and all who knew her. Heather is survived by her loving husband; Bernard Games (Bernie), daughters; Jennifer and Tara, grandchildren; Blaze and Valencia, sisters; Cinda, Kathy, Diana, Erin, and Brooke, and many, many beloved nieces and nephews. Heather will have two Celebrations of life services. The first one will be September 3rd,...
George Ronald Shonkwiler, 86, of Shelton, WA, passed away at home, on July 25, 2022, from complications of COPD. He was born on November 10, 1935, to George and Hattie Shonkwiler, in Elma, WA. Graduated from Irene S. Reed High school in 1954, where he played the sousaphone in the high school marching band. After commencement, he rushed to his first day of work, at the Simpson Mill, where he retired from in 1998. A few of his hobbies were watching sports (Mariners and Seahawks), golfing,...
On August 5, 2022, David passed from Alzheimer's disease after a life well-lived. David was born in Onalaska, WA, on September 12, 1936, the second of 12 children. The family moved frequently for employment relocating to South Bend, Fife, and Spanaway, WA, then to Chowchilla, CA, and finally landed in Orting, WA. He excelled in school and was Valedictorian at the Dairyland Grade School in Chowchilla, CA and Salutatorian at Orting High School in Orting, WA. He left home at 16 years of age,...
Anneliese Renate Olson (née Lorenz), known by all of her friends and family as Annie, passed away peacefully at Whatcom Hospice House Sunday evening, July 24, 2022. She was 91. Annie was preceded in death by her husband, Richard (1988), her daughter Barbara Hoyt-Brown (1986), her grandson Richard (1976), her grandson Jeffrey (2020) and her younger brother Edmund "Eddie" Lorenz (2017). Annie lived a remarkable life. She was born in Berlin, Germany, on March 23, 1931, to a family suffering from...
Laura J. Parks, 65, a resident of Shelton, passed away August 22, 2022, at home. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Douglas T. Stoner, 65, a resident of Shelton, passed away August 22, 2022, at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Phyllis Piercy, 95, a resident of Olympia, passed away August 22, 2022, at home. Arrangements are by McComb & Wagner Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Sharon Ideker, 79, a resident of Shelton, passed away A...
