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Public service for Ear/ ..id.
The two fished for kings on the
Skokomish River and for bottom fish
Campbell slated for Aug, 2
in Neah Bay.
The two men and their spouses
By GORDON WEEKS once spent a week together at a lodge
gordon@masoncounty.com on Vancouver Island, "and we pretty
much spent the whole time in the
Earl Campbell, who shared his skill boat," Parks said.
and love for fishing in his columns for Campbell understood the nuances
the Mason County Journal, died July for tying up lures, and "the obscure
9 at Mason General Hospital. He was places where no one else is fishing,"
61. Parks said.
Campbell offered tips on fishing in "He had the knack and the feel," he
his Journal columns during the 1990s. said, "I called him 'The Master.' He
Campbell's daughter, Sierra Camp- taught me a lot."
bell Mason of West Seattle, said pho- "He was a great person," Parks
tos show him holding up his catch added. "He cared a lot. He had a big
when he was 4 years old. heart."
"He was such a skilled fisherman, A lifelong resident of Shelton,
and he told such great stories ... The Campbell worked as director of voca-
times he was happiest was when he tional services at Exceptional Forest-
was on the river, and teaching some- ers Inc., now known as EFi, in Shelton
one who had never fished," she said. for more than 20 years.
Mason added, YMy dad is a legend "He had a passion for working with
at the (Skokomish) River. The saying people with disabilities," said Debbie
was, if my dad and his friend Jimmy Brice McHargue with EFi. "He be-
(Parks) aren't catching any fish, no lieved that if people wanted to work,
one is catching fish." they could work."
Parks said he met Campbell in the "He was an amazing man," she
early 1990s when they both worked added. "He had compassion. He was a
at Pacific Disposal. They became best mentor to his staff, and a great team
friends and fishing partners, Parks leader, funny."
Photo courtesy of Sierra Campbell Mason
Earl Campbell, who was considered a "legend" for his fishing prowess on
the Skokomish River and shared his knowledge, died at age 61 on July 9.
A public service will be from 2 p,m. to 4 p,m. Aug. 2 at the Shelton Civic
Center.
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