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Washington State Patrol Academy cadets practiced submersed vehicle rescue as part of a water safety training July 16. The training has changed over time, Cpl. Louis Worley told the Journal. "We used to make it more difficult," Worley, who is with the training division, said. Cadets were expected to perform the passenger extraction in very cold water, typically around 55 degrees, simulating conditions of Pacific Northwest rivers, lakes and the Puget Sound. That changed around 15 years ago,...
The Shelton-Mason Chamber of Commerce had its annual Expo & Bite of Mason County street fair Friday along West Railroad Avenue in downtown Shelton. The annual event drew over 1,000 people....
The inaugural Shelton Art Walk will feature more than 80 vendors and artists, live music and crafts from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday in downtown Shelton. The event hosted by the City of Shelton, the Creative District Committee and the Shelton Downtown Merchants is designed to commemorate the effort to establish the Downtown Shelton Creative District, and organizers hope to make it an annual event. An outdoor Evening Market on Cota Street will include artists, crafters and food trucks. The city has been sprucing up Cota Street as the event...
Clouds reflect off the still waters of Cranberry Lake in central Mason County on Tuesday morning....
The annual three-day Allyn Days Salmon Bake & Geoduck Festival was Friday to Sunday at Allyn Waterfront Park. The event on the shores of North Bay features music, food, games and vendors....
The Kristmas Town Kiwanis' 19th annual Bluegrass from the Forest music festival was Friday to Sunday at the South Mason Youth Soccer Park on Johns Prairie Road in Shelton. This year's festival featured eight bluegrass bands, camping and kids activities....
Donn Knox splits wood, smokes salmon, kayaks and makes apple cider from the trees on his Agate property. He reads avidly, books about history and geography, but never fiction. He's built three houses, including the house he shares with his wife, Nancy, with a view of the Harstine Island bridge. "He is probably the most active person I've ever known," said his daughter, Stephanie Nichols. On Saturday, the World War II veteran turns 100 years old. A Mason County resident since 1989, he'll be...
Next week is “Paddle Safe Week,” as proclaimed by Gov. Jay Inslee July 22 – 28, with support from Washington State Parks. “Paddle Safe Week is a great opportunity to help reduce paddle sports-related fatalities by sharing resources and educating the community on how to recreate safely,” Boating Program Manager Rob Sendak said in a news release. The best way to stay safe while paddling is to wear a life jacket, according to WSP, and having at least one Coast Guard-approved life jacket for each person on board all vessels, including canoes, k...
"Demurrage" was the winning word for The Wanna-Bees at Sound Learning's 28th annual Spell-E-Bration fundraising spelling bee June 29 at the Mason County Senior Activities Association center in Shelton. Demurrage is a charge payable to the owner of a chartered ship in respect of failure to loan or discharge the ship within the time agrees. This was a victory for the team of spellers Pearl Ostroff Deloach, Susan Carlson and Nancy Evans. The trio correctly spelled curio first to end a long faceoff...
A fire extinguisher might be the most effective way to drop a home intruder. Put yourself in the shoes of the agitated person confronting you while recognizing signs they are about to attack. Be aware of your own body language and tone of voice in the midst of a potential conflict. Those are among the pieces of advice Mason County Sheriff Ryan Spurling and Shelton Police Captain Daniel Patton shared at a forum on emergency preparedness May 28 in the Shelton Civic Center. About 75 people...
Fern Kinsey Jacobson was a high school senior in Grants Pass, Oregon when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The Fawn Lake resident, who turns 100 tomorrow, remembers listening to the radio while President Franklin Roosevelt delivered his "day that will live in infamy" speech and declare war on Japan. "I determined at that time I'd help my country," Jacobson said in an interview with the Journal. Jacobson would have to wait a year before she came of age to join the war effort,...
