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Team effort needed
in North Mason proper COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Things always seem to go a little smoother the second time around,
or so I'm told.
This being my second stint as editor of a North Mason publication,
I hope that adage holds true.
When I bid farewell a few years ago, I followed my beloved bride to
Washington, DC, where she'd accepted a wonderful job. Well, as some
"sure" things go, the job turned out to be a bomb.
All things equal, it was still an exciting place to live, albeit tempo-
rary. For example, besides the inundation of cultural overload, my
fondest memory was that of being in the front row at President Clin-
ton's first press conference shortly after his second election in Novem-
ber 1996.
Now, I won't get into his political misgivings of late, but suffice it
to say, being at a press conference with 150 other journalists from
around the world is powerful stuff. And asking the president a ques-
tion about Medicare in front of the world also makes for a great con-
versation piece.
Though my stint as a journalist in the nation's capitol was short
lived, it still afforded me a crystal clear vision of where I didn't want
to be. Namely, in a place where traffic rules everything.
So what did I do? I moved back to the Seattle area! Not really by
my choice; it merely happened to be where the jobs brought us. Be-
lieve me, there is not much difference in traffic from one Washington
to another. And thus, my recent move back to civilization.
I know a lot of people complain about traffic in Kitsap and Mason
counties. But in reality, there is no comparison with Seattle or DC.
Honest. My wife LesLee (whom I call the boss!), will vouch for this
understatement. A few months ago she signed up for the Breast Can-
cer Run, which was to begin at Husky Stadium. Now, from our home
in Woodinville the trip couldn't have been more than 15 to 16 miles.
And she left two hours before the start of the race. When the starting
gun sounded, LesLee was still nearly two miles from the race - and
stuck in traffic! The experience almost made her give up running. But
I talked her into giving up cars instead (just kidding!).
The point being, we have it pretty nice here in Mason County. And
when that by-pass is finished north of Belfair, things will really slow
down around here.
On another subject, I'd like to offer my thoughts on the direction of
the newspaper. As most readers of the paper know, there are a lot of
different factions with their own causes and agendas. I would like to
see everyone on the same page. My experience in process improve-
ment and total quality management (gained while working Public Af-
fairs at NUWC Keyport), have given me an insight into the benefits of
team work, a concept I fully believe in.
I'm suggesting that this community of North Mason have one
vision, one goal and a specific direction for the future. If one organiza-
tion plows ahead with their agenda at the expense of others, then no-
body wins. But working together as a team and community will be in
the best interest of all.
Someone once said, "If we don't hang together, then we're sure to
hang separately." I don't think we need to accept that quote in the lit-
eral sense, but rather accept it as a promise of what we can do by
pulling together. More on that topic later.
And while on the subject of community, I strongly urge everyone to
join in the 4th Annual Polar Plunge this Saturday in Allyn. It's a
great fund-raising cause to help the Boys and Girls Club of North Ma-
son.
Rick Stedman
Editor
Thursday, January 28
8 a.m., Belfair Senior Nutrition
Program held at the Theler Center
until 3 p.m. Senior activities and
lunch served at noon. For information
or lunch reservations call 275-4898 or
275-6246.
9:15 a.m., TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) Chapter 1032, Belfair Com-
munity Baptist Church. Call Bev
Weston, 275-8282, for information.
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., WIC
(Women, Infants and Children) nutri-
tional program, North Mason Medical
Clinic. Call 275-8340.
10 a.m., TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) WA 1321 meeting, base-
ment at Saint Hugh Community
Episcopal Church in Allyn. For infor-
mation, call 895-1363.
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
1:30 p.m., Gypsy Roamers RV
Club meets at the Belfair Community
Baptist Church. Open to the public.
For more information, call 275-0553.
5:30 p.m., Exercise for Fitness,
Hawkins Middle School commons, $3
per session, donated to North Mason
Kiwanis and the Boys and Girls Club
of Mason County. Call 275-8602 for
information.
6:30 p.m., Bible study at Belfair
Community Baptist Church.
7 p.m., "Powerhouse," a youth
group for young people in sixth
through 12th grades is held at the
Belfair Community Baptist Church.
All young people welcome to attend.
For information call 275-6031.
7 p.m., North Mason School Board,
board room at the district office.
7 p.m., North Mason Amateur Ra-
dio Emergency Service (NMARES)
meets at the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, Victor Cutoff
Road. For more information, call Bob
Dewey at 275-2483.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
()pen, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7:30 p.m., Hood Canal Masonic
l,odge 288, stated meeting, Masonic
Temple, Belfair.
Friday, January 29
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7 p.m. - midnight, Java juke box;
teen get-together at Belfair Commu-
nity Baptist Church.
7 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
women's meeting, NE 42 Old Belfair
Highway.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics ,nonymous,
Men's Big Book study, Alyn Histori-
cal Church, Allyn.
New feature: 'Letters from Linda'
13y LINDA THOMSON
Dear Sharon,
You asked about our trip
"Down Under," and I wanted to
get back with you on that. Aus-
tralia was beautiful, exotic,
friendly, fhn, exhausting, stress-
ful, and interesting. You may re-
member that my husband Tommy
and I went down to join the sup-
port crew for Team USA in the
International Six Days Enduro,
or ISDE. That event drew nearly
400 motorcycle riders, of whom 46
were from the United States. We
worked all six days of the event.
When we landed in Sydney we
learned that our luggage was still
in Los Angeles. We had carried
enough personal items to last us a
day, and were grateful that we
had obeyed that travel rule. From
Sydney, we flew to Melbourne,
then drove about 3 hours to Sale
where we stayed.
Driving is interesting in a na-
tion where you have to drive on
the left side of the road. You're
sitting on the "wrong" side of the
car, so your rear view mirrors
aren't where you're used to look-
ing. The more dangerous turn,
where you cross traffic, is the
right turn. Tommy would ask at
intersections, "Where're they
coming from?" Every time you
want to turn a corner, you engage
the windshield wipers trying to
find the turn signal!
AT SEVERAL crossroads i n
the towns, they have round-
abouts. They work quite well
there. You turn left into it, and
get out heading the direction you
want to go, no lights, just a pause.
You don't "yield right of way," you
"give way," according to their
signs.
The day we arrived, Tuesday,
November 3, was a holiday. It
was Melbourne Cup Day. We
went into town only to discover
that the stores would all be clos-
ing by 2 p.m. The Melbourne Cup
is a horse race, for crying out
loud!
The next day was my birthday,
and we wanted to go to the ocean.
"How hard can it be? We're on an
island!" Tommy said. Thanks to
the men we stopped to watch and
joi for a lesson in lawn bowling,
we actually got directions.
What a beautiful beach it was!
There was not a person around. I
did my traditional "run down and
touch the water with my finger"
routine. (I have to have that glob-
al experience every time I go to
an ocean beach. It makes me feel
at one with people around the
planet.) They don't exploit their
beaches like we do, for there was
not a shop in sight. I probably vio-
lated some regulation by bringing
home the shells I collected.
WE RETURNED TO our ho-
tel, and yes! Our luggage had ar-
rived! What a birthday gift!
Kangaroos aren't just hopping
all over the place, anymore than
deer or elk are grazing beside
every road here. We went looking
for them after dark, and sure
enough, two kangaroos hopped
across the road in front of us. We
also saw two baby foxes that
night (it was spring in November)
1luu
P.O. Box 250, Belfair, Washington 98528
Telephone 275-6680
Belfair office open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday
News and advertising copy deadline noon Mondays. For your convenience
there is a mail slot by the door for copy. Office located in Beynon Center.
RICK STEDMAN ............................................................ Editor
BRENNA WOODWARD ..................... Advertising Manager
LINDA THOMSON ..................................... Editorial Assistant
Office Telephone (360) 275-6680
dragging some dead menu item
off the pavement.
There are what we would call
exotic birds flying all over the
place in Australia. They're pretty
noisy guys, and actually woke me
up every morning at 4:15 a.m.!
The most unique animal we saw
was an echidna. He looked a little
like a porcupine, all spiny. His de-
fense is to get on an elevator and
hide in the basement, or at least
that's what it looks like. He curls
up in a ball, tucks his head down,
and digs with all four feet directly
under himself. Pretty cool!
The koala bears hang out way
up high in the trees, and sleep 20
hours a day. Not very exciting.
Australia is home to something
like eight of the ten most deadly
snakes in the world, so that put
US on edge, since most of our time
was not spent in the city.
THE "AUSTRALIAN 1 a n -
guage" is fun. Did you say you
were sorry? Their answer, "No
worries, mate!" They were so kind
and friendly toward us. Stop to
talk to an Aussie, and count on a
15 to 30 minute delay! When a
clerk took your money in a store
she'd say "That'll be $5.40, thank
you," and you wondered if any
change would come back from
your $10 bill. (It did.) What a
great country!
I wrote up an article about Ja-
son Raines, the ISDE rider from
Belfair for the Belfair Herald in
December. My expanded story on
the motorcycle event has just
been placed on the Web,
htt p://n m aoffroad, org/isd e
story.htm, so I'm about to be in-
ternationally famous!
We need to get together soon
and I'll show you our photos and
"stuff."
Your friend,
Linda
A section of The Shelton-Mason County Journal serving as the voice of Belfair,
Allyn, Grapeview, Tahuyo, Mason Lake, South Shore, North Shore and Victor,
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Page 2 - Belfair Herald section of Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 28, 1999
7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous,
open, Belfair Community Baptist
Church.
9:30 p,m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
candlelite meeting. NE 42 Old Belfair
Highway.
Saturday, January 30
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
Sunday, January 31
9 a.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, Allyn Historical Church, Allyn.
Monday, February 1
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7 p.m., Living for Today cancer
support group, United Methodist of-
rice, Belfair, Log Plaza. Call 275-3714
for information.
7 p.m., TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) Chapter 1197, Belfair Com-
munity Baptist Church. Weigh-in
from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.
7 p.m., Belfair Pack Rats 4x4
Club, Belfair Pack Rats building, Old
Belfair Highway.
7 p.m., Lower Hood Canal Clean
Water District (LHCCWD) meeting,
North Mason School District Office
Board Room. For more information,
call 275-4467 and ask for Mason
County Department of Water Quali-
ty.
7 p. m., Trails End District com-
missioners open meeting, district of-
rice, 1801 Trails End Drive.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
Tuesday, February 2
8 a.m., Belfair Senior Nutrition
Program held at the Theler Center
until 3 p.m. Senior activities and
lunch served at noon. For information
or lunch reservations call 275-4898.
8:30 - 10:30 a.m., TOPS 1357
(Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at
the Prince of Peace Catholic Church
on Sand Hill Road in Belfair.
9 a.m., Mason County Board of
Commissioners' meeting, Building 1,
Shelton. Call 275-4467 for informa-
tion.
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
Noon, North Mason Kiwanis Club
meeting at Belfair Community Bap-
tist Church Fellowship Hall. Call
275-2529 for information.
1 p.m., Belfair Chapter of the Pu-
get Sound Genealogical Society, Bel-
fair Community Baptist Church.
5:30 p.m., Exercise for Fitness,
Hawkins Middle School commons, $3
per session, donated to North Mason
Kiwanis and the Boys and Girls Club
of Mason County. Call 275-8602 for
information.
6 p.m., Teen-2-Teen youth Bible
study for teens in grades 9-12, youth
center at the Belfair Community
Baptist Church.
6:15-8 p.m., Girl Scouts-Totem
Council Service Unit 316 Leader
meeting, Mary E. Theler Center. Call
Kristi Beitzel, Service Unit 316 Man-
ager, 275-4033 or 275-6711 for infor-
mation.
7 p.m., Beard's Cove Community
Organization Block Watch meeting,
Sand Hill Elementary School gymna-
sium. Organization members wel-
come. For information, call 275-3395.
7 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7:30 p.m., Fraternal Order of Ea-
gles 4226, aerie (men) only, meets at
FOE building, 23495 Highway 3, Bel-
fair. Call 275-6885 for information.
Wednesday, February 3
7:30 a.m., North Mason Chamber
of Commerce meets at Belfair Care on
Highway 3 for a no-host breakfast.
Meeting is open to the public. For in-
formation, call 275-5548.
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., WIC
(Women, Infants and Children) nutri-
tional program, North Mason Medical
Clinic. Call 275-8340.
9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m, North Mason
Bridge Club, party bridge, meets at
Prince of Peace Catholic Church. Call
275-3505 or 275-2342 for information.
10 a.m., Tahuya Bridge Club
meets at the Canal Room of the Ta-
huya Market. Call 275-2098 for infor-
mation.
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
6 to 8 p.m., Pioneer Club for chil-
dren 4 years old through 12th grade,
Belfair Community Baptist Church.
6 to 8 p.m., "Man to Man," weekly
men's fellowship group held at the
Belfair Community Baptist Church.
All men welcome to attend. For infor-
mation call 275-6031.
6 to 8 p.m., "Woman to Woman"
Bible study will be held at the Belfair
Community Baptist Church. Child-
care available; open to public. For in-
formation, call 275-6031.
7 p.m., North Mason Lions Club,
Belfair Community Hall. For infor-
mation, call 275-2496.
7 p.m., Healing Hearts, a support
group for victims of domestic
violence; for meeting place or more
information, call 427-1263.
7 p.m., Trauma Anonymous Sup-
port Group, will be held at Westpark
Christian Church, 5204 First Street
in Bremerton. For information call
478-7927.
7:30 p.m., Nuel Curtis Post 5372
Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting,
431 NE Old Belfair Highway. For in-
formation, call Dave Mundy, 275-
0979.
Mason Lake Meanderings
BY LILIS NOGLER
At the very beginning of the
new year I saw a huge boat slowly
floating close to shore pulling a
big black rake behind it. It circled
in front of the docks. It traveled
back and forth and round and
round. It was, I found after in-
quiring to several members of a
community steering committee
that has been formed, the boat
from a resource management
company identifying the invasive
milfoil growing in the lake.
A map of Mason Lake shows 15
locations where milfoil was dis-
covered from this survey. The
committee to investigate the rail-
foil problem has been ongoing and
active. They have written and
submitted a grant to the state to
cover the survey costs and clean-
up of the "hot spots." There is a
great deal of work and education
left to be done. The committee is
hoping to have a public meeting,
tentatively planned for some time
in March.
The water has not risen too
high considering the three
months of heavy rain we have
just been through. We noticed a
road cleanup around the lake the
other day, for which residents are
thankful. There might just have
to be another if the dirt and
branches on the hillside above the
county road loosen up and fall in
the way of traffic.
I FOUND THAT a good rainy
day job is cleaning up the old
recipe box. It is also time consum-
ing, especially when recipes are
printed on stationery so that por-
tions of old letters need to be read
and reread and fond memories re-
stored. Here is a Chocolate
Cheese Cake given to me in 1985
especially for Neal. I have never
used it.
Crust:
2 C. graham cracker crumbs
/4 C. sugar
/2 C. butter - melted.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter bottom and sides of a 9-
inch spring form pan. Blend crust
ingredients in a bowl and pat
crumb mix into the bottom and
sides of the pan. Set aside.
Filling:
s c. sugar
4 eggs, separated
I lb. cream cheese, cut into bits
2 6-oz. pkgs. semi-sweet bits
2 C. hot strong coffee
2 Tbsp. dark rum
I tsp. vanilla
tsp. salt.
Beat the eggs and 3 cup sugar
with an electric mixer until it is
thick and lemon colored. Beat in
the cream cheese and continue
beating until smooth. Melt the
chocolate bits in the top of a dou-
ble boiler and blend in coffee,
rum, vanilla, and salt. Beat this
mix into the cream cheese. Beat
the egg whites until they form
soft peaks. Gradually beat in the
remaining /3 cup sugar until a
stiff, glossy meringue forms. Fold
gently into the chocolate mixture
and pour this into the crumb
crust. Bake for one hour. TURN
OVEN OFF and leave the cake in
the oven until it is completely
cooled, nearly two hours.
Remove, and when ready to
serve, turn out of the spring form
pan onto a plate and garnish with
barely sweetened whipped cream
and shaved chocolate curls.
MAYBE I SHOULD look for
my spring form pan. I know I
have one.
The pussy willow is out. The
rain has subsided. We are on our
way to spring. Forget baking and
get out to the garden.
A well-trained Golden Lab, a
female probably between 8 and 10
years old, has been wandering
around the west side of the lake.
She showed up at our neighbor's
home and Jerry Hatt has found
her friendly, housebroken and
calm. We would like to find her
real owners. Call 427-5317 if you
believe you may have lost this an-
imal or if you know someone who
has.
B & G Club hires Hamilton
The North Mason Chamber of
Commerce met for breakfast on
Wednesday, January 20, with
President Don Cady presiding.
It was announced that the
Boys and Girls Club of Mason
County has hired Marcia Hamil-
ton, who will be establishing "The
Jammin' Company" here. This is
a youth job-training program,
with kids employed making jam
and doing other projects.
Tim Wing, chairman of Citi-
zens for Funding North Mason
Schools, shared facts on the
school district's levy, to be on the
Tuesday, February 2 ballot. The
chamber passed a motion to en-
dorse the levy and encouraged cit-
izens to vote for it.
Cady said the following day,
"We [chamber members] have
consistently approved these
[resolutions]. In my opinion, the
chamber's mission is, if it's good
for the area, the chamber is going
to support it. We may not spon-
sor it, but we'll support it."
Mike Greene, Fire District 2's
chief, stated he believed the vol-
unteers would pass a similar res-
olution that same evening.
Indeed, when the Belfair Volun-
teer Firefighters Association met,
they also unanimously voted to
support the North Mason school
levy.
"Strong schools mean a strong
community," said Greene. The 64
members of the association repre-
sent a whole cross section of both
the department and the fire dis-
trict, he said. He believes that the
volunteers' vote illustrates the
fire department slogan: "neigh-
bors helping neighbors."
Chamber members were re-
minded that Friday, January 29,
is the deadline to submit informa-
tion for the quarterly newsletter
to Pam Merrill at 275-0561.
The business people heard an
update on the Cancer Society of
Mason County's plans for the
"Relay for Life" fundraiser to be
held in June. Sponsors are need-
ed by Saturday, January 30.
TRUCKING
& LANDSCAPE SUPPLY, INC.
TOPSOIL
Bark * Crushed Rock * Washed Rock * Rockery Rock Decorative Rock
Sand Pitrun Land Clearing Road Building Stump Removal
Free Estimates: 275-3465 75
Corner of ttighway 3 and Log Yard Road, Belfatr Monday-Friday
7:30 p.m., Belfair Chapter order
Eastern Star, Belfair, Masonic
pie.
7:30 p.m., Port of Allyn
sioners' meeting, port building.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics
open, Belfair Community
Church.
Thursday, February 4
7:30 a.m., no-host breakfast,
a.m. meeting, Allyn Community
sociation, Allyn Inn.
8 a.m., Belfair Senior
Program held at the Theler
until 3 p.m. Senior activities
lunch served at noon. For
or lunch reservations call
275-6246.
9:15 a.m., TOPS (Take Off
Sensibly) Chapter 1032,
munity Baptist Church. Call
Weston, 275-8282, for information.
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
(Women, Infants and C
tional program, North Mason
Clinic. Call 275-8340.
10 a.m., TOPS (Take
Sensibly) WA 1321 meeting,
ment at Saint Hugh
Episcopal Church in Allyn.
mation, call 895-1363.
Noon, Alcoholics Anon
open, NE 42 Old Belfair HighwaY.
5:30 p.m., Exercise for
Hawkins Middle School
per session, donated to North
Kiwanis and the Boys and Girls
of Mason County. Call
information.
6 p.m., Mason County
meets in the Grapeview
brary. For information, call
6:30 p.m., Bible study at
Community Baptist Church.
7 p.m., "Powerhouse," a
group for young people in
through 12th grades is held
Belfair Com/nunity Baptist
All young people welcome to
For information call 275-6031.
7 p.m., Theler Board,
ter.
7 p.m., Fire District 8
ers' meeting, Tahuya Fire Hall.
In last week's Herald, the
paragraph of Mr. Quigley's
to the editor should have
follows: The issue before the
son County Planning
tonight (Fish and Wildlife
tat Areas) is not about the
ronment nor is it about
ened or endangered species.
about the illegal taking
property.
Three spaces
Hwy 3
in Belfair.
700 - 1282
sq. feet.
Call 876-8580
Make sure
the house
covere&
IS
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Jim Bayly
NE 23781 Itwy .3, Suite I01
I3ellair, WA 98528
(360) 275-7078
.
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1996 Allstate
Northbvook, I Uinoia
Team effort needed
in North Mason proper COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Things always seem to go a little smoother the second time around,
or so I'm told.
This being my second stint as editor of a North Mason publication,
I hope that adage holds true.
When I bid farewell a few years ago, I followed my beloved bride to
Washington, DC, where she'd accepted a wonderful job. Well, as some
"sure" things go, the job turned out to be a bomb.
All things equal, it was still an exciting place to live, albeit tempo-
rary. For example, besides the inundation of cultural overload, my
fondest memory was that of being in the front row at President Clin-
ton's first press conference shortly after his second election in Novem-
ber 1996.
Now, I won't get into his political misgivings of late, but suffice it
to say, being at a press conference with 150 other journalists from
around the world is powerful stuff. And asking the president a ques-
tion about Medicare in front of the world also makes for a great con-
versation piece.
Though my stint as a journalist in the nation's capitol was short
lived, it still afforded me a crystal clear vision of where I didn't want
to be. Namely, in a place where traffic rules everything.
So what did I do? I moved back to the Seattle area! Not really by
my choice; it merely happened to be where the jobs brought us. Be-
lieve me, there is not much difference in traffic from one Washington
to another. And thus, my recent move back to civilization.
I know a lot of people complain about traffic in Kitsap and Mason
counties. But in reality, there is no comparison with Seattle or DC.
Honest. My wife LesLee (whom I call the boss!), will vouch for this
understatement. A few months ago she signed up for the Breast Can-
cer Run, which was to begin at Husky Stadium. Now, from our home
in Woodinville the trip couldn't have been more than 15 to 16 miles.
And she left two hours before the start of the race. When the starting
gun sounded, LesLee was still nearly two miles from the race - and
stuck in traffic! The experience almost made her give up running. But
I talked her into giving up cars instead (just kidding!).
The point being, we have it pretty nice here in Mason County. And
when that by-pass is finished north of Belfair, things will really slow
down around here.
On another subject, I'd like to offer my thoughts on the direction of
the newspaper. As most readers of the paper know, there are a lot of
different factions with their own causes and agendas. I would like to
see everyone on the same page. My experience in process improve-
ment and total quality management (gained while working Public Af-
fairs at NUWC Keyport), have given me an insight into the benefits of
team work, a concept I fully believe in.
I'm suggesting that this community of North Mason have one
vision, one goal and a specific direction for the future. If one organiza-
tion plows ahead with their agenda at the expense of others, then no-
body wins. But working together as a team and community will be in
the best interest of all.
Someone once said, "If we don't hang together, then we're sure to
hang separately." I don't think we need to accept that quote in the lit-
eral sense, but rather accept it as a promise of what we can do by
pulling together. More on that topic later.
And while on the subject of community, I strongly urge everyone to
join in the 4th Annual Polar Plunge this Saturday in Allyn. It's a
great fund-raising cause to help the Boys and Girls Club of North Ma-
son.
Rick Stedman
Editor
Thursday, January 28
8 a.m., Belfair Senior Nutrition
Program held at the Theler Center
until 3 p.m. Senior activities and
lunch served at noon. For information
or lunch reservations call 275-4898 or
275-6246.
9:15 a.m., TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) Chapter 1032, Belfair Com-
munity Baptist Church. Call Bev
Weston, 275-8282, for information.
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., WIC
(Women, Infants and Children) nutri-
tional program, North Mason Medical
Clinic. Call 275-8340.
10 a.m., TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) WA 1321 meeting, base-
ment at Saint Hugh Community
Episcopal Church in Allyn. For infor-
mation, call 895-1363.
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
1:30 p.m., Gypsy Roamers RV
Club meets at the Belfair Community
Baptist Church. Open to the public.
For more information, call 275-0553.
5:30 p.m., Exercise for Fitness,
Hawkins Middle School commons, $3
per session, donated to North Mason
Kiwanis and the Boys and Girls Club
of Mason County. Call 275-8602 for
information.
6:30 p.m., Bible study at Belfair
Community Baptist Church.
7 p.m., "Powerhouse," a youth
group for young people in sixth
through 12th grades is held at the
Belfair Community Baptist Church.
All young people welcome to attend.
For information call 275-6031.
7 p.m., North Mason School Board,
board room at the district office.
7 p.m., North Mason Amateur Ra-
dio Emergency Service (NMARES)
meets at the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, Victor Cutoff
Road. For more information, call Bob
Dewey at 275-2483.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
()pen, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7:30 p.m., Hood Canal Masonic
l,odge 288, stated meeting, Masonic
Temple, Belfair.
Friday, January 29
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7 p.m. - midnight, Java juke box;
teen get-together at Belfair Commu-
nity Baptist Church.
7 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
women's meeting, NE 42 Old Belfair
Highway.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics ,nonymous,
Men's Big Book study, Alyn Histori-
cal Church, Allyn.
New feature: 'Letters from Linda'
13y LINDA THOMSON
Dear Sharon,
You asked about our trip
"Down Under," and I wanted to
get back with you on that. Aus-
tralia was beautiful, exotic,
friendly, fhn, exhausting, stress-
ful, and interesting. You may re-
member that my husband Tommy
and I went down to join the sup-
port crew for Team USA in the
International Six Days Enduro,
or ISDE. That event drew nearly
400 motorcycle riders, of whom 46
were from the United States. We
worked all six days of the event.
When we landed in Sydney we
learned that our luggage was still
in Los Angeles. We had carried
enough personal items to last us a
day, and were grateful that we
had obeyed that travel rule. From
Sydney, we flew to Melbourne,
then drove about 3 hours to Sale
where we stayed.
Driving is interesting in a na-
tion where you have to drive on
the left side of the road. You're
sitting on the "wrong" side of the
car, so your rear view mirrors
aren't where you're used to look-
ing. The more dangerous turn,
where you cross traffic, is the
right turn. Tommy would ask at
intersections, "Where're they
coming from?" Every time you
want to turn a corner, you engage
the windshield wipers trying to
find the turn signal!
AT SEVERAL crossroads i n
the towns, they have round-
abouts. They work quite well
there. You turn left into it, and
get out heading the direction you
want to go, no lights, just a pause.
You don't "yield right of way," you
"give way," according to their
signs.
The day we arrived, Tuesday,
November 3, was a holiday. It
was Melbourne Cup Day. We
went into town only to discover
that the stores would all be clos-
ing by 2 p.m. The Melbourne Cup
is a horse race, for crying out
loud!
The next day was my birthday,
and we wanted to go to the ocean.
"How hard can it be? We're on an
island!" Tommy said. Thanks to
the men we stopped to watch and
joi for a lesson in lawn bowling,
we actually got directions.
What a beautiful beach it was!
There was not a person around. I
did my traditional "run down and
touch the water with my finger"
routine. (I have to have that glob-
al experience every time I go to
an ocean beach. It makes me feel
at one with people around the
planet.) They don't exploit their
beaches like we do, for there was
not a shop in sight. I probably vio-
lated some regulation by bringing
home the shells I collected.
WE RETURNED TO our ho-
tel, and yes! Our luggage had ar-
rived! What a birthday gift!
Kangaroos aren't just hopping
all over the place, anymore than
deer or elk are grazing beside
every road here. We went looking
for them after dark, and sure
enough, two kangaroos hopped
across the road in front of us. We
also saw two baby foxes that
night (it was spring in November)
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dragging some dead menu item
off the pavement.
There are what we would call
exotic birds flying all over the
place in Australia. They're pretty
noisy guys, and actually woke me
up every morning at 4:15 a.m.!
The most unique animal we saw
was an echidna. He looked a little
like a porcupine, all spiny. His de-
fense is to get on an elevator and
hide in the basement, or at least
that's what it looks like. He curls
up in a ball, tucks his head down,
and digs with all four feet directly
under himself. Pretty cool!
The koala bears hang out way
up high in the trees, and sleep 20
hours a day. Not very exciting.
Australia is home to something
like eight of the ten most deadly
snakes in the world, so that put
US on edge, since most of our time
was not spent in the city.
THE "AUSTRALIAN 1 a n -
guage" is fun. Did you say you
were sorry? Their answer, "No
worries, mate!" They were so kind
and friendly toward us. Stop to
talk to an Aussie, and count on a
15 to 30 minute delay! When a
clerk took your money in a store
she'd say "That'll be $5.40, thank
you," and you wondered if any
change would come back from
your $10 bill. (It did.) What a
great country!
I wrote up an article about Ja-
son Raines, the ISDE rider from
Belfair for the Belfair Herald in
December. My expanded story on
the motorcycle event has just
been placed on the Web,
htt p://n m aoffroad, org/isd e
story.htm, so I'm about to be in-
ternationally famous!
We need to get together soon
and I'll show you our photos and
"stuff."
Your friend,
Linda
A section of The Shelton-Mason County Journal serving as the voice of Belfair,
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Page 2 - Belfair Herald section of Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 28, 1999
7:30 p.m., Narcotics Anonymous,
open, Belfair Community Baptist
Church.
9:30 p,m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
candlelite meeting. NE 42 Old Belfair
Highway.
Saturday, January 30
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
Sunday, January 31
9 a.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, Allyn Historical Church, Allyn.
Monday, February 1
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7 p.m., Living for Today cancer
support group, United Methodist of-
rice, Belfair, Log Plaza. Call 275-3714
for information.
7 p.m., TOPS (Take Off Pounds
Sensibly) Chapter 1197, Belfair Com-
munity Baptist Church. Weigh-in
from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m.
7 p.m., Belfair Pack Rats 4x4
Club, Belfair Pack Rats building, Old
Belfair Highway.
7 p.m., Lower Hood Canal Clean
Water District (LHCCWD) meeting,
North Mason School District Office
Board Room. For more information,
call 275-4467 and ask for Mason
County Department of Water Quali-
ty.
7 p. m., Trails End District com-
missioners open meeting, district of-
rice, 1801 Trails End Drive.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
Tuesday, February 2
8 a.m., Belfair Senior Nutrition
Program held at the Theler Center
until 3 p.m. Senior activities and
lunch served at noon. For information
or lunch reservations call 275-4898.
8:30 - 10:30 a.m., TOPS 1357
(Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at
the Prince of Peace Catholic Church
on Sand Hill Road in Belfair.
9 a.m., Mason County Board of
Commissioners' meeting, Building 1,
Shelton. Call 275-4467 for informa-
tion.
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
Noon, North Mason Kiwanis Club
meeting at Belfair Community Bap-
tist Church Fellowship Hall. Call
275-2529 for information.
1 p.m., Belfair Chapter of the Pu-
get Sound Genealogical Society, Bel-
fair Community Baptist Church.
5:30 p.m., Exercise for Fitness,
Hawkins Middle School commons, $3
per session, donated to North Mason
Kiwanis and the Boys and Girls Club
of Mason County. Call 275-8602 for
information.
6 p.m., Teen-2-Teen youth Bible
study for teens in grades 9-12, youth
center at the Belfair Community
Baptist Church.
6:15-8 p.m., Girl Scouts-Totem
Council Service Unit 316 Leader
meeting, Mary E. Theler Center. Call
Kristi Beitzel, Service Unit 316 Man-
ager, 275-4033 or 275-6711 for infor-
mation.
7 p.m., Beard's Cove Community
Organization Block Watch meeting,
Sand Hill Elementary School gymna-
sium. Organization members wel-
come. For information, call 275-3395.
7 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
7:30 p.m., Fraternal Order of Ea-
gles 4226, aerie (men) only, meets at
FOE building, 23495 Highway 3, Bel-
fair. Call 275-6885 for information.
Wednesday, February 3
7:30 a.m., North Mason Chamber
of Commerce meets at Belfair Care on
Highway 3 for a no-host breakfast.
Meeting is open to the public. For in-
formation, call 275-5548.
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., WIC
(Women, Infants and Children) nutri-
tional program, North Mason Medical
Clinic. Call 275-8340.
9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m, North Mason
Bridge Club, party bridge, meets at
Prince of Peace Catholic Church. Call
275-3505 or 275-2342 for information.
10 a.m., Tahuya Bridge Club
meets at the Canal Room of the Ta-
huya Market. Call 275-2098 for infor-
mation.
Noon, Alcoholics Anonymous,
open, NE 42 Old Belfair Highway.
6 to 8 p.m., Pioneer Club for chil-
dren 4 years old through 12th grade,
Belfair Community Baptist Church.
6 to 8 p.m., "Man to Man," weekly
men's fellowship group held at the
Belfair Community Baptist Church.
All men welcome to attend. For infor-
mation call 275-6031.
6 to 8 p.m., "Woman to Woman"
Bible study will be held at the Belfair
Community Baptist Church. Child-
care available; open to public. For in-
formation, call 275-6031.
7 p.m., North Mason Lions Club,
Belfair Community Hall. For infor-
mation, call 275-2496.
7 p.m., Healing Hearts, a support
group for victims of domestic
violence; for meeting place or more
information, call 427-1263.
7 p.m., Trauma Anonymous Sup-
port Group, will be held at Westpark
Christian Church, 5204 First Street
in Bremerton. For information call
478-7927.
7:30 p.m., Nuel Curtis Post 5372
Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting,
431 NE Old Belfair Highway. For in-
formation, call Dave Mundy, 275-
0979.
Mason Lake Meanderings
BY LILIS NOGLER
At the very beginning of the
new year I saw a huge boat slowly
floating close to shore pulling a
big black rake behind it. It circled
in front of the docks. It traveled
back and forth and round and
round. It was, I found after in-
quiring to several members of a
community steering committee
that has been formed, the boat
from a resource management
company identifying the invasive
milfoil growing in the lake.
A map of Mason Lake shows 15
locations where milfoil was dis-
covered from this survey. The
committee to investigate the rail-
foil problem has been ongoing and
active. They have written and
submitted a grant to the state to
cover the survey costs and clean-
up of the "hot spots." There is a
great deal of work and education
left to be done. The committee is
hoping to have a public meeting,
tentatively planned for some time
in March.
The water has not risen too
high considering the three
months of heavy rain we have
just been through. We noticed a
road cleanup around the lake the
other day, for which residents are
thankful. There might just have
to be another if the dirt and
branches on the hillside above the
county road loosen up and fall in
the way of traffic.
I FOUND THAT a good rainy
day job is cleaning up the old
recipe box. It is also time consum-
ing, especially when recipes are
printed on stationery so that por-
tions of old letters need to be read
and reread and fond memories re-
stored. Here is a Chocolate
Cheese Cake given to me in 1985
especially for Neal. I have never
used it.
Crust:
2 C. graham cracker crumbs
/4 C. sugar
/2 C. butter - melted.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter bottom and sides of a 9-
inch spring form pan. Blend crust
ingredients in a bowl and pat
crumb mix into the bottom and
sides of the pan. Set aside.
Filling:
s c. sugar
4 eggs, separated
I lb. cream cheese, cut into bits
2 6-oz. pkgs. semi-sweet bits
2 C. hot strong coffee
2 Tbsp. dark rum
I tsp. vanilla
tsp. salt.
Beat the eggs and 3 cup sugar
with an electric mixer until it is
thick and lemon colored. Beat in
the cream cheese and continue
beating until smooth. Melt the
chocolate bits in the top of a dou-
ble boiler and blend in coffee,
rum, vanilla, and salt. Beat this
mix into the cream cheese. Beat
the egg whites until they form
soft peaks. Gradually beat in the
remaining /3 cup sugar until a
stiff, glossy meringue forms. Fold
gently into the chocolate mixture
and pour this into the crumb
crust. Bake for one hour. TURN
OVEN OFF and leave the cake in
the oven until it is completely
cooled, nearly two hours.
Remove, and when ready to
serve, turn out of the spring form
pan onto a plate and garnish with
barely sweetened whipped cream
and shaved chocolate curls.
MAYBE I SHOULD look for
my spring form pan. I know I
have one.
The pussy willow is out. The
rain has subsided. We are on our
way to spring. Forget baking and
get out to the garden.
A well-trained Golden Lab, a
female probably between 8 and 10
years old, has been wandering
around the west side of the lake.
She showed up at our neighbor's
home and Jerry Hatt has found
her friendly, housebroken and
calm. We would like to find her
real owners. Call 427-5317 if you
believe you may have lost this an-
imal or if you know someone who
has.
B & G Club hires Hamilton
The North Mason Chamber of
Commerce met for breakfast on
Wednesday, January 20, with
President Don Cady presiding.
It was announced that the
Boys and Girls Club of Mason
County has hired Marcia Hamil-
ton, who will be establishing "The
Jammin' Company" here. This is
a youth job-training program,
with kids employed making jam
and doing other projects.
Tim Wing, chairman of Citi-
zens for Funding North Mason
Schools, shared facts on the
school district's levy, to be on the
Tuesday, February 2 ballot. The
chamber passed a motion to en-
dorse the levy and encouraged cit-
izens to vote for it.
Cady said the following day,
"We [chamber members] have
consistently approved these
[resolutions]. In my opinion, the
chamber's mission is, if it's good
for the area, the chamber is going
to support it. We may not spon-
sor it, but we'll support it."
Mike Greene, Fire District 2's
chief, stated he believed the vol-
unteers would pass a similar res-
olution that same evening.
Indeed, when the Belfair Volun-
teer Firefighters Association met,
they also unanimously voted to
support the North Mason school
levy.
"Strong schools mean a strong
community," said Greene. The 64
members of the association repre-
sent a whole cross section of both
the department and the fire dis-
trict, he said. He believes that the
volunteers' vote illustrates the
fire department slogan: "neigh-
bors helping neighbors."
Chamber members were re-
minded that Friday, January 29,
is the deadline to submit informa-
tion for the quarterly newsletter
to Pam Merrill at 275-0561.
The business people heard an
update on the Cancer Society of
Mason County's plans for the
"Relay for Life" fundraiser to be
held in June. Sponsors are need-
ed by Saturday, January 30.
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Corner of ttighway 3 and Log Yard Road, Belfatr Monday-Friday
7:30 p.m., Belfair Chapter order
Eastern Star, Belfair, Masonic
pie.
7:30 p.m., Port of Allyn
sioners' meeting, port building.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics
open, Belfair Community
Church.
Thursday, February 4
7:30 a.m., no-host breakfast,
a.m. meeting, Allyn Community
sociation, Allyn Inn.
8 a.m., Belfair Senior
Program held at the Theler
until 3 p.m. Senior activities
lunch served at noon. For
or lunch reservations call
275-6246.
9:15 a.m., TOPS (Take Off
Sensibly) Chapter 1032,
munity Baptist Church. Call
Weston, 275-8282, for information.
9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
(Women, Infants and C
tional program, North Mason
Clinic. Call 275-8340.
10 a.m., TOPS (Take
Sensibly) WA 1321 meeting,
ment at Saint Hugh
Episcopal Church in Allyn.
mation, call 895-1363.
Noon, Alcoholics Anon
open, NE 42 Old Belfair HighwaY.
5:30 p.m., Exercise for
Hawkins Middle School
per session, donated to North
Kiwanis and the Boys and Girls
of Mason County. Call
information.
6 p.m., Mason County
meets in the Grapeview
brary. For information, call
6:30 p.m., Bible study at
Community Baptist Church.
7 p.m., "Powerhouse," a
group for young people in
through 12th grades is held
Belfair Com/nunity Baptist
All young people welcome to
For information call 275-6031.
7 p.m., Theler Board,
ter.
7 p.m., Fire District 8
ers' meeting, Tahuya Fire Hall.
In last week's Herald, the
paragraph of Mr. Quigley's
to the editor should have
follows: The issue before the
son County Planning
tonight (Fish and Wildlife
tat Areas) is not about the
ronment nor is it about
ened or endangered species.
about the illegal taking
property.
Three spaces
Hwy 3
in Belfair.
700 - 1282
sq. feet.
Call 876-8580
Make sure
the house
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Jim Bayly
NE 23781 Itwy .3, Suite I01
I3ellair, WA 98528
(360) 275-7078
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