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Harstine Island:
Hall is due for some safety work
By JOHN COOPER
The Harstine Island Commu-
nity Club Executive Board has
decided to embark on a program
to upgrade the electrical system
in the community hall.
A surge in power produced
by a generator activated during
the windstorm that knocked out
power to the island, burned out
the transformers in all six of the
overhead fluorescent fixtures. The
crackling sounds and the odor pro-
duced plus the sudden darkening
of the hall resulted in the evacu-
ation of the audience attending
a concert by the Harstine Island
Choir. The hall was temporarily
closed for a few days while repairs
were made and until the building
Was declared safe to be used.
Although everything is func-
tioning satisfactorily, the board
wants to ensure that the building
is safe and really in condition to
be a refuge center for islanders
should a disaster occur.
BIDS ARE BEING sought.
Indications are that the job en-
visaged will cost $2,500 or more.
The yearly budget of the club does
not include this amount of emer-
gency expenditures. The commu-
nity club will be asking for dona-
tions to underwrite the upgrading
and improvement of the hall's
electrical system. Donations can
be mailed to the Harstine Island
Community Club, P O. Box 1635,
Shelton, 98584. " . . _
fi Progress in securing donations
orthe general upgrade in the hall
Will be reported in this column, b
An electrical system used y
the Harstine Island Theatre Club
a separate installation which
ill be examined by members to
determine if any of the large spot
and floodlight bulbs were harmed
during the power surge. Prelimi-
nary checks do not indicate dam-
age, but the theatre club will be
Studying the situation to make
.Sure their special lighting system
!s operationally safe and function-
mg in optimal conditions.
As we entered the restaurant
at the Spencer Lake Resort last
Week we saw posted on the en-
trance door a notice indicating
that family and friends of Hank
Gott Would be gathering at his
Orae on Harstine Island, 1892
Unset Hill Road, on this Satur-
t.ay, January 13, to remember
alra and honor his memory.
EIANK's DEATH, notice which
,2,w s Published in the December
edition of The Journal stated:
rank W. 'Hank' Gott died of
natural causes at his Harstine Is-
llndhome on Sunday, December
v. He was 74."
Sid Rickett, a neighbor living
near the Gott residence, after the
devastating storm that hit the
area in December, was out with
hls chainsaw clearing away fallen
trees. Sid noted one tree that had
toppled across Hank Gott's drive-
ay. With the help of another good
lghbor Sid cleared the drive and
aen went to the house to check
on Hank who had not been feeling
Well for a couple of weeks.
There was no response to Sid's
knocking on the door so he se-
cured a key from another neigh-
bor, gained access to the house
and found Hank who had died
days earlier. The Gotts retired to
live on Harstine Island 18 years
ago, but Hank has been living
alone for the last 11 years since
Rachel, his wife of 40 years, died
in 1995.
Everyone to whom I spoke
about him said almost the same
thing: "He was a friendly fellow."
It seems like only a short time
ago that we were chatting on the
phone about wild creatures that
he had spotted on the island re-
cently. Hank was devoted to the
game of golf, so he was frequently
on the course at Bayshore. He of-
ten ate at Spencer Lake and was
well known to the staff there. One
of them told me that his death
had hit home with all of them.
Saturday's gathering should be
filled with warm remembrances
as family and friends gather to
say farewell to another departed
Harstine Islander.
AS THE CHILDREN of Israel
roamed the wilderness with only
manna to eat they said, "We re-
member the fish we ate in Egypt
for nothing, the cucumbers, the
melons, the leeks, the onions and
the garlic."
This comment appears in Verse
5 of Chapter 11 in The Book of
Numbers of the Bible. Those words
are said to have been written by
Moses somewhere between 1410
and 1450 B.C. and tell us that the
humble cucumber has been prized
as a vegetable by some people for
thousands of ears. The Egyp-
tians undoubtedly irrigated the
fields in which cucumbers were
cultivated so that juicy, succulent
specimens grew on the vines. One
can imagine what a nice creamy
sauce could have been made of the
vegetable to accompany broiled or
baked fish.
You do not have to just imag-
ine. You can enjoy the real thing
on Wednesday, January 17, when
the LaJune Senior Lunch is served
at the Harstine island Community
Hall. The menu next Wednesday
will be salmon loaf with cucumber
sauce, baked potatoes, peas with
onions, pickles, rolls, butter and a
cake of the cook's choice.
We have no information about
the recipe for the cucumber sauce
the kitchen crew will use. Wheth-
er they will dice, de-seed, mince,
or grate the cukes or if they will
use sour cream, heavy cream or
yogurt - all these things we do not
know. Predictably there will be
salt and pepper in it, but wheth-
er green onions, vinegar, lemon
juice, dill, mustard or cilantro will
be added is an unknown factor.
Based on the savoriness of previ-
ously prepared sauces, the lunch
crew's concoction should he delec-
table.
TODAY IS January 11. Taking
a stroll down memory lane recalls
events that have taken place on
this date of years gone by. A few
years before your correspondent
was born, the Grand Canyon was
officially made a national park on
January 11, 1908. When I was 8
years old in 1922, insulin was first
used on January 11 to treat diabe-
tes in humans. Thirteen years lat-
er, in 1935, Amelia Earhart was
the first woman to fly solo over
the Pacific Ocean, her course tak-
ing her from Honolulu, Hawaii, to
Oakland, California.
We could continue with the
recounting of January 11 events,
but to bring it up to date we make
this reminder that the Harstine
Island Garden Club meets on this
date: at 7 p.m. tonight at the com-
munity hall. Anyone who has an
itch for developing a green thumb
is invited to attend and become a
member of this active gardening
group.
Tomorrow night, the Harstine
Island Community Club will meet
at the island hall for the election
of officers for 2007 and to hear an
address by Don Winter, superin-
tendent of the Pioneer School Dis-
trict.
The first 2007 meeting of the
Harstine Island Women's Club
was held last Thursday, January
4, in the community hall. The ses-
sion was an easy transition into
the round of activities that are on
the docket for this association in
the days ahead. There was time
for fun and games as the island
ladies engaged in their annual,
traditional bingo binge with white
elephant prizes going home with
triumphant winners.
HOSTESSES OF the day
were Linda Van Landingham, Di-
ane Edgin and Lee Strom. They
provided an angel food cake with
topping as dessert, this to supple-
ment the brown-bag lunches the
members brought. The topping is
Norwegian in origin and was pre-
pared according to a recipe hand-
ed down in Diane's family.
Club president Marlene Echa-
niz informed us that copies of
The Island Remembers, an anec-
dotal history of Harstine Island
will be delivered this month. They
should be ready for purchase
shortly thereafter. The next meet-
ing of the women's club will be on
Thursday, February 1, on which
day members will get busy plan-
ning the annual soup luncheon in
March and even the more distant
Children's Carnival to be held in
August. Superintendent Winter
of Pioneer School will be the guest
speaker at the February 1 meet-
ing.
The Harstine Island Choir will
begin rehearsals for the 2007 sea-
son on Sunday, January 28, from
4 to 8 p.m. at the community hall.
New members are welcome. If
they come to this first rehearsal
they will have the added fun of
participating in the pizza party.
The choir and any new mem-
bers will listen to the music that
will be used in summer and fall
concerts to be presented at the
hall. Then the vocal group will be-
gin rehearsing Hungarian songs
that will be featured in their con-
cert in June.
After the initial get-together on
January 28, the singers will meet
every Sunday, from 4 to 6 p.m.
until the June performances. All
women vocalists will meet from 4
to 4:30 p.m. on the first and third
Sundays of each month. In similar
fashion, all male singers will meet
at 4 to 4:30 p.m. on the second and
fourth Sundays of each month•
The extra half hours will be used
to work on the soprano/alto and
tenor/bass songs sung by all the
women or all the men.
Performance dates fi)r the sum-
mer concerts will be June 9, eve-
ning performance and June 10,
matinee. The December concerts
will be performed on Saturday,
December 8, evening performance
and Sunday, December 9, mati-
nee. The music that will be used
for the second 2007 concert will be
announced at a later date.
Center
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. Free Recorded Message and Free Report. Call T011 Free (866) 672-0404 or, visit www.miracle-ear.com
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Thursday, January 11,2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 7
Harstine Island:
Hall is due for some safety work
By JOHN COOPER
The Harstine Island Commu-
nity Club Executive Board has
decided to embark on a program
to upgrade the electrical system
in the community hall.
A surge in power produced
by a generator activated during
the windstorm that knocked out
power to the island, burned out
the transformers in all six of the
overhead fluorescent fixtures. The
crackling sounds and the odor pro-
duced plus the sudden darkening
of the hall resulted in the evacu-
ation of the audience attending
a concert by the Harstine Island
Choir. The hall was temporarily
closed for a few days while repairs
were made and until the building
Was declared safe to be used.
Although everything is func-
tioning satisfactorily, the board
wants to ensure that the building
is safe and really in condition to
be a refuge center for islanders
should a disaster occur.
BIDS ARE BEING sought.
Indications are that the job en-
visaged will cost $2,500 or more.
The yearly budget of the club does
not include this amount of emer-
gency expenditures. The commu-
nity club will be asking for dona-
tions to underwrite the upgrading
and improvement of the hall's
electrical system. Donations can
be mailed to the Harstine Island
Community Club, P O. Box 1635,
Shelton, 98584. " . . _
fi Progress in securing donations
orthe general upgrade in the hall
Will be reported in this column, b
An electrical system used y
the Harstine Island Theatre Club
a separate installation which
ill be examined by members to
determine if any of the large spot
and floodlight bulbs were harmed
during the power surge. Prelimi-
nary checks do not indicate dam-
age, but the theatre club will be
Studying the situation to make
.Sure their special lighting system
!s operationally safe and function-
mg in optimal conditions.
As we entered the restaurant
at the Spencer Lake Resort last
Week we saw posted on the en-
trance door a notice indicating
that family and friends of Hank
Gott Would be gathering at his
Orae on Harstine Island, 1892
Unset Hill Road, on this Satur-
t.ay, January 13, to remember
alra and honor his memory.
EIANK's DEATH, notice which
,2,w s Published in the December
edition of The Journal stated:
rank W. 'Hank' Gott died of
natural causes at his Harstine Is-
llndhome on Sunday, December
v. He was 74."
Sid Rickett, a neighbor living
near the Gott residence, after the
devastating storm that hit the
area in December, was out with
hls chainsaw clearing away fallen
trees. Sid noted one tree that had
toppled across Hank Gott's drive-
ay. With the help of another good
lghbor Sid cleared the drive and
aen went to the house to check
on Hank who had not been feeling
Well for a couple of weeks.
There was no response to Sid's
knocking on the door so he se-
cured a key from another neigh-
bor, gained access to the house
and found Hank who had died
days earlier. The Gotts retired to
live on Harstine Island 18 years
ago, but Hank has been living
alone for the last 11 years since
Rachel, his wife of 40 years, died
in 1995.
Everyone to whom I spoke
about him said almost the same
thing: "He was a friendly fellow."
It seems like only a short time
ago that we were chatting on the
phone about wild creatures that
he had spotted on the island re-
cently. Hank was devoted to the
game of golf, so he was frequently
on the course at Bayshore. He of-
ten ate at Spencer Lake and was
well known to the staff there. One
of them told me that his death
had hit home with all of them.
Saturday's gathering should be
filled with warm remembrances
as family and friends gather to
say farewell to another departed
Harstine Islander.
AS THE CHILDREN of Israel
roamed the wilderness with only
manna to eat they said, "We re-
member the fish we ate in Egypt
for nothing, the cucumbers, the
melons, the leeks, the onions and
the garlic."
This comment appears in Verse
5 of Chapter 11 in The Book of
Numbers of the Bible. Those words
are said to have been written by
Moses somewhere between 1410
and 1450 B.C. and tell us that the
humble cucumber has been prized
as a vegetable by some people for
thousands of ears. The Egyp-
tians undoubtedly irrigated the
fields in which cucumbers were
cultivated so that juicy, succulent
specimens grew on the vines. One
can imagine what a nice creamy
sauce could have been made of the
vegetable to accompany broiled or
baked fish.
You do not have to just imag-
ine. You can enjoy the real thing
on Wednesday, January 17, when
the LaJune Senior Lunch is served
at the Harstine island Community
Hall. The menu next Wednesday
will be salmon loaf with cucumber
sauce, baked potatoes, peas with
onions, pickles, rolls, butter and a
cake of the cook's choice.
We have no information about
the recipe for the cucumber sauce
the kitchen crew will use. Wheth-
er they will dice, de-seed, mince,
or grate the cukes or if they will
use sour cream, heavy cream or
yogurt - all these things we do not
know. Predictably there will be
salt and pepper in it, but wheth-
er green onions, vinegar, lemon
juice, dill, mustard or cilantro will
be added is an unknown factor.
Based on the savoriness of previ-
ously prepared sauces, the lunch
crew's concoction should he delec-
table.
TODAY IS January 11. Taking
a stroll down memory lane recalls
events that have taken place on
this date of years gone by. A few
years before your correspondent
was born, the Grand Canyon was
officially made a national park on
January 11, 1908. When I was 8
years old in 1922, insulin was first
used on January 11 to treat diabe-
tes in humans. Thirteen years lat-
er, in 1935, Amelia Earhart was
the first woman to fly solo over
the Pacific Ocean, her course tak-
ing her from Honolulu, Hawaii, to
Oakland, California.
We could continue with the
recounting of January 11 events,
but to bring it up to date we make
this reminder that the Harstine
Island Garden Club meets on this
date: at 7 p.m. tonight at the com-
munity hall. Anyone who has an
itch for developing a green thumb
is invited to attend and become a
member of this active gardening
group.
Tomorrow night, the Harstine
Island Community Club will meet
at the island hall for the election
of officers for 2007 and to hear an
address by Don Winter, superin-
tendent of the Pioneer School Dis-
trict.
The first 2007 meeting of the
Harstine Island Women's Club
was held last Thursday, January
4, in the community hall. The ses-
sion was an easy transition into
the round of activities that are on
the docket for this association in
the days ahead. There was time
for fun and games as the island
ladies engaged in their annual,
traditional bingo binge with white
elephant prizes going home with
triumphant winners.
HOSTESSES OF the day
were Linda Van Landingham, Di-
ane Edgin and Lee Strom. They
provided an angel food cake with
topping as dessert, this to supple-
ment the brown-bag lunches the
members brought. The topping is
Norwegian in origin and was pre-
pared according to a recipe hand-
ed down in Diane's family.
Club president Marlene Echa-
niz informed us that copies of
The Island Remembers, an anec-
dotal history of Harstine Island
will be delivered this month. They
should be ready for purchase
shortly thereafter. The next meet-
ing of the women's club will be on
Thursday, February 1, on which
day members will get busy plan-
ning the annual soup luncheon in
March and even the more distant
Children's Carnival to be held in
August. Superintendent Winter
of Pioneer School will be the guest
speaker at the February 1 meet-
ing.
The Harstine Island Choir will
begin rehearsals for the 2007 sea-
son on Sunday, January 28, from
4 to 8 p.m. at the community hall.
New members are welcome. If
they come to this first rehearsal
they will have the added fun of
participating in the pizza party.
The choir and any new mem-
bers will listen to the music that
will be used in summer and fall
concerts to be presented at the
hall. Then the vocal group will be-
gin rehearsing Hungarian songs
that will be featured in their con-
cert in June.
After the initial get-together on
January 28, the singers will meet
every Sunday, from 4 to 6 p.m.
until the June performances. All
women vocalists will meet from 4
to 4:30 p.m. on the first and third
Sundays of each month. In similar
fashion, all male singers will meet
at 4 to 4:30 p.m. on the second and
fourth Sundays of each month•
The extra half hours will be used
to work on the soprano/alto and
tenor/bass songs sung by all the
women or all the men.
Performance dates fi)r the sum-
mer concerts will be June 9, eve-
ning performance and June 10,
matinee. The December concerts
will be performed on Saturday,
December 8, evening performance
and Sunday, December 9, mati-
nee. The music that will be used
for the second 2007 concert will be
announced at a later date.
Center
AUTOMOTIVE
The Professionals
The choice of people who are particular about their cars!
2033 Olympic Highway North 426-1467
Shelton, WA 98584 Dan Moldenhauer, owner
MaHenc 'l'ay|or, CLU
,,)? AYLOR
qi INSURANCE
.SERVICES
Taylor Insurance and The Hartford
remind you that insurance is not only
protection for your possessions, but
also for your financial well-being.
Stop in today for a free quote
or review... • ,-Y
_ FHE
O HARTFORD
104 E. "D" St. #1 Shelton, VA 98584
360-427-1989 • 360-426-5595
I LIKE TH E
SOUND
OF THAT
Miracle-Ear* has two great offers to help you
make your new year fantastic. This is the
: , year you'll rediscover all the sounds you've
been missing out on, including all those
great conversations with family and friends)
Try out our most affordable advanced
technology we've ever offered -- call us
today and you'll be thanking us tomorrow.
Don't miss out on two great ways to savel Start the year off right by
calling one of our 1,200 locations by 1-19-07 for a FREE hearing test and consultation?
SHELTON
Miracle-Ear Center
1718 Olympic Highway N.
(Across the street from A&W)
(360) 427-3187
LACEY
Sears Hearing Aid Center
South Sound Center
651 Sleater-Kinney
(360) 923-0464
Hearing AM Centers
. Free Recorded Message and Free Report. Call T011 Free (866) 672-0404 or, visit www.miracle-ear.com
Hearing aids do no/restore nature| hearing. Individual experiences vary depending on severity of hoorin 9 loss,
accuracy of evaluation, proper fit and ability to adapt 1o amplification. ©2007 Miracle-Ear, Inc.
tHeoring tests always free, Not a medical exam, Audiometric test to Jetormine proper amplification nemds only, 11006RaP-Quarter
Thursday, January 11,2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 7