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Shelton-Mason County Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Jamie Sutton, left, as Juliet, and Rahdy Graham, as Romeo, recreate the famous balcony scene in the SHS production of"The SeussifiCation of Romeo and Juliet." / 0 By NATALIE JOHNSON program. natalie@masoncounty.com The SHS drama program performed the play to audiences at the Shelton Performing Arts Center, formerly the The Shelton Drama Department SHS Auditorium on Thursday, Friday shook things up this year for its an- and Saturday last weekend. nual winter play. The department pre- Director Chris Fawcett commented sented "The Seussification of Romeo on the students' work before the play and Juliet," a creative retelling of the started on opening night. classic play by William Shakespeare. "The students have done a lot of "The Seussification of Romeo and hard work," he said. Juliet," written by Peter Bloedel and The students recited line after line first published in 2004, tells the sto- of ear-bending tongue twisters, incit- ry of Romeo and Juliet as Dr. Seuss ing laughter and surprise from their would have. enthusiastic audience. "Since the 'Seussification' wasThe drama department converted published in 2004 it has become a the room at the Performing Arts Cen- favorite of community and school- ter into a much smaller space to cre- based theaters. Bringing it to Shelton ate an intimate "black-box" theater seemed a good way to cheer up aexpericence, Fawcett said. rainy mid-January," according to the A black-box theater is a relatively new, experimental stage that involves a limited number of props and actors performing feet away from their audi- ences. "The actors are going to be right up close and personal," he said, And they were. At times actors fell from "bumbal- loon" (balloon-sword) inflicted injuries in hard-fought battles between feud- ing families "Capitulates" (Capulet) and "Monotones" (Montague). Twenty-one SHS students acted in the play, with seven more helping out as the technical crews. Jordan Hanson and Hailee Keeffe opened up the play as Narrators 1 and 2 and traded Dr. Seuss-themed ban- ter and plot explanations throughout See Seuss on page B-6 WHAT%CO()KIN' HARSTINEISLANDNEWS Woodworker uses skills to repair historic map By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@ma,,~oneoun~v corn Throughout Mason Coun- ty there are buildings nes- tled in stands of evergreen trees -- in the hills or along shorelines -- that defy the passing of time. The Grant School, now the Pickering Community Club, is one of those build- ings. The club members, its caretakers, work to preserve their beloved building. Last fall, they received a $2,960 historical pres- ervation grant from Ma- son County to preserve a 1916 map case and maps in the Grant School, a first- through eighth-grade school that was open until 1942 when it closed due to a lack of demand for the one-room schoolhouse. Pickering resident Ernie Harrell did the work to re- store the map case. "The case was in sad, sad shape," he said. "It was a fun project." Harrell, who has a wood- working shop near his home, refurbished the case, taking apart, rebuilding, stripping and revarnishing every piece of the intricate case. / Journal photos by Natalie Johnson Harrell, 75, has a deep Ernie Ha ell works to make a custom Native American-style fute in his connection to both the school woodworl ing shop. Last fall, he worked to repair an antique map at the Grant and the Pickering area of Mason County. His wife,School on pickering Road. Marty, and he live on the / same land Harrell's great- grandfather bought in 1906. "My mother and two uncles went to the Grant School," he said. "My brother - he's two years older than I am - he went to the last year of the Grant School in 1941." Harrell's brother, John, also still lives on the family's original tract of land on Pick- ering Road. Harrell also built the re- production bell tower that now sits in the old Grant School. "That was a bigger proj- ect - I built that on the shop too," he said. Harrell said he keeps his "idle hands" busy on many other projects in his wood- working shop. In addition to helping with community See Pickering on page B-6 Harrell he lped restore this 1916 map Pickering Community Club. case at the historic Grant School, now the Thursday, January 19,2012 Community Club is moving into1 Iwas crossing the bridge the other day and saw the gulls poised and positioned. They were staggered from one light pole to the other and for whatever reason, they reminded me of notes sitting on the musical staff. There was a single on the in- ward, then a single on the outward fol- lowed by a double in-between followed by two more on the outward and three in the inward and a final single in the middle. Doesn't that sound like a song? By MIKE I'm sure there must CALLAGHAN be a continuing mel- ody we all sing as we pass back and forth over our bridge. A quick note about the senior lunch at noon on Jan. 25, they will beserving baked chicken and mashed potatoes. The Community Club is moving into that 100th year and there are a lot of events, meetings and committees that will need volunteers to make that 100th year a continuing success. Right now the club needs a couple volunteers to run the indoor/outdoor garage sale to be held on March 31. This is a good fundraiser for the club and if you have time and want to help raise money for the grand old building, this is a good way to get started. Give Jeff Roberge a call and let him know you want to help. The first program of the Inquiring Minds series will be presented at 2 p.m. -- doors open at 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 in the community hall. The speaker will be William Woodward. His work as a cultural historian of the Pacific Northwest brings him into contact with artifacts of our everyday popu- lar culture, sports, advertising, world fairs, military culture, the mythic west and consumer technology. As professor of American History at Seattle Pacific University, Woodward explores and answers important questions about the way Americans approach their physi- cal security. His research has led to the publication of numerous articles, chap- ters and anthologies as well' as many speaking engagements and interviews, including one with popular historian David McCullough for an article in Re- sponse magazine. Woodward holds a Ph. D. in American diplomatic history from Georgetown University. One of the ways we protected ourselves is through the building of forts. This means that homeland se- curity is not a recent post-Sept. 11 phenomenon. During the Civil War, key leaders worried about foreign threats. They turned to massive fixed guns atop fort walls to protect Ameri- ca's three coasts. The first in Washing- ton state were mounted at the mouth of the Columbia River. Now many of our state parks surround these long- silent artifacts of past fears. These will be one of Woodard's topics in his See Harstine on page B-6 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1 O o