Odd and colorful jobs

Before they established careers, Mason County residents performed jobs where they ducked ice thrown at their head, cleaned up human remains scattered inside an airplane, and withstood putrid fumes while clearing sewer lines clogged with grease.

They also taught native Alaskan children how to sing Hank Williams tunes, empowered Chinese teens to blossom onstage and fought forest fires on mountainous eastern Washington terrain.

The Journal sent questionnaires to residents asking them to share the details of their oddest and/or most colorful jobs. The questions were also posed on local community F...