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By NATALIE JOHNSON
Mason County elementary students in
grades 1 - 3 were given a rare treat this
week - a live performance of "Peter and
the Wolf' sponsored by Shelton Junior
Programs.
Area students took a field trip to the
Shelton High School auditorium at 10 a.m.
and 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday and watched
the hour-long play, by the Pushcar Play-
ers from Verona, New Jersey.
Shelton Junior Programs has been
bringing live theater to children in grades
1 - 6 since 1998, said volunteer Phyllis
Ahlf.
"We have done 'Charlotte's Web,' we've
had plays with African tales ... we try to
have a variety of types," she said.
The play "Peter and the Wolf," written
by Russian Composer Sergei Prokofiev in
1936, was designed to introduce children
to orchestral instruments.
In the play, Peter is represented by
strings, his grandfather by a bassoon,
the bird, Sasha, by a flute, the wolf, by a
French horn, and the hunter, by drums.
In "Peter and the Wolf," Peter decides
to go on an adventure and runs into a wolf.
Peter gets the adventure he hoped for, and
spends the rest of the play trying to save
his friend Clara the duck from the clutch-
es of the evil wolf.
Eventually, the wolf realizes that you
get farther in life being friendly, than eat-
ing your friends. With the help of Peter,
and a friendly hunter, the wolf decides to
pursue a new life.
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See Changing on page B-5
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Peter talks to his cat, in "Peter and the Wolf." Most of the animals were simple puppets in the play.
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Annie Gajadhar took over ownership of Sue's Stitch in Time a year ago.
Journa photo by Natalie Johnson
By NATALIE JOHNSON
Annie Gajadhar is a self-con-
fessed fabric junkie and quilt nut.
Almost exactly a year ago, Ga-
jadhar took over ownership at Sue's
Stitch in Time in Shelton and since
then has made a defmite impression
on her fellow quilt-crazy Sheltonites:
"I think a lot of people were like
wow, you're going to own a quilt
shop? I'm a little older than I look,
I'm actually 40," she said. "But still
yes, quite a bit younger for the quilt
shop industry."
Gajadhar began quilting about
eight years ago around the time she
had her first child, she said. Her
mother started quilting at about the
same time, and soon the two of them
were visiting Sue's Stitch in Time
together to search for new fabrics
and quilt ideas.
"The shop has been here for 10
years and I have been quilting for
about eight years ... and. love it,"
she said. "We said we should open
a quilt shop, because we spent lots
of money at quilt shops and were al-
ways quilting."
Gajadhar said that she had only
one real concern.
"I thought, 'I'd have to learn how
to cut yardage, how do you do that?"
she said. "I said, 'you'd have to show
me how to do that mom.' That was
my biggest concern."
When Gajadhar found out the
shop was for sale, she decided to go
for it, and worked for months to be-
come a small business owner for the
first time.
Although her background is in
pharmacy, Gajadhar said that it
wasn't a huge transition from her
past to her new role as a quilt-shop
entrepreneur.
"I used to work a lot, I had a ca-
reer. I have a bachelors degree in
business administration and like to
keep busy," she said.
Gajadhar said that many other
members of her family have busi-
ness backgrounds too, and are able
to help.
"I have lots of advisors," she said.
Today, the shop is runnir/g
smoothly with Gajadhar's own per-
sonal stamp on it. She said the com-
munity's response to her, and to her
mother, has been very positive.
"I have a morn who loves to quilt
and when she's here people call her
Queen Esther,' Gajadhar said. "She
very much is the matriarch of the
shop, people come in the shop and
they adore her."
Gajadhar and her employees run
several classes ranging from the ba-
sics of quilting to more complicated
projects like dying fabrics. The shop
also sells kits for popular quilt de-
signs.
See Cookin' on page B-5
I've got to admit to you
that it's a little tough to
write this column on a Su-
per Bowl Sunday night and
it's made even a little more
difficult when that same
day is your birthday (me
and Ronald Reagan) so we
we'll see what happens.
Tomorrow night, Friday,
is the monthly Community
Club meeting - I
know that be-
cause Judy and
I aloI g with Dan
and Brenda Stain-
brook will be host-
ing. So, gather up
your plates and
silverware, put
together a potluck
dish, grab some-
thing to drink and
head on down to
the hall aro.u d 6 p,m,
As winter turns' to
spring, activities will begin
to pick up here on the is-
land. I know that in March
there is going to be a garage
sale at the community hall,
a Kiwanis Crab and Dinner
at Pioneer School and then
there's the choir perfor-
mances in May so get those
calendars out and start
planning your dates.
If you didn't make it to
the Senior Lunch yester-
day, you missed a wonderful
baked chicken dinner. But,
fear not, there is another
lunch planned for 23rd.
They will be serving baked
ham and scalloped potatoes
along with a few other good-
ies. Noon is the time the
lunch bell rings, so make
sure you get there a little
early so you can get a good
seat.
The Women's Club met
this past Thursday at the
community hall. Kathy
Byerk sent us a report. This
month the hostesses were
Allison Main and Diane My-
ers. They had decorated the
hall with decorations that
complimented the theme
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CALLAGHAN
of the program, which was
"Kitten Rescue."
Cute stuffed animals sat
on all the tables as well as
dog and cat treats for the
attending members to take
home to their pets. It was
brown bag lunches with a
dessert of cupcakes iced
with cat faces and paw
prints made by Sugar Cakes
Bakery.
In addition to
the cupcakes Diane
made sugar, cook-
ies frosted with cat
faces. Allison intro-
duced the speaker,
Norma from the Kit-
ten Rescue of Mason
County. Kitten l s-
cue is a non-profit
organization. All
donations,are tax de-
, ductible and are used for the
support of rescued cats and
kittens.
Norma spoke about how
she and her staff of 42 vol-
unteers help to care for
abandoned cats and kit-
tens. Through their efforts,
Norma said, they adopt ap-
proximately 400 hundred
cats a year and try to match
potential owners to those
special cats waiting for their
forever home. Call Norma
for details at, 360-584-0594.
Our thanks to Haigh Vet-
erinary Hospital, Paws and
Claws Pet Store, Auntie
Em's Pet Grooming, Maria-
no's Fine Jewelry & Design,
Thomas Printing, and Lily's
Nails. The auction brought
in just under $400 that was
given to Norma to help with
her efforts at Kitten Res-
cue. We had fun voting for
the cutest dog and cat from
photos brought to the meet-
ing by our members. Winner
of cutest cat was "Bucket,"
owner, Bobbi Conley, and
cutest dog was "Sir Dun-
can," owner, Marlene Hol-
man.
See Harstine on page B-5 . .
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