Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886
Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886
Sometimes success smells like rotting fish
Some spawned-out salmon, shown last week in Shelton Creek, near the edge of the downtown Safeway parking lot.
Judy and Rod Whittaker live at the corner of 2nd and Cedar streets in downtown Shelton. But for the past several weeks, they've been residing in Stinktown, USA.
Shelton Creek cuts through their property, as it does through several residential properties downtown. More than a month ago, spawned-out summer chum started dying in the creek, raising a stink of such pungency, urgency and endurance that Judy said she would take a big inhale and hold her breath before walking out the door.
"I take a deep breath when I go to the greenhouse, and then I pull my shirt up over my nose when I have to take a...
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