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Shelton native, writer speaks at museum

Shelton native Gary Strankman - a writer and former attorney, judge and law professor - speaks at 6 p.m. Friday, and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mason County Historical Museum, 427 W. Railroad Ave., downtown Shelton.

Admission is free, but reservations are requested by calling 360-426-1020.

Strankman was born in Shelton General Hospital in 1941 and graduated from Irene S. Reed High School in 1959. From 1968 to 1980, he worked in the District Attorney's Office in Contra Costa County in California. He ended his career there as chief assistant district attorney,...