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COMMUNITY BRIEFS .
Peter Blecha. Courtesy photo
Northwest rock talk
at Harstine lecture
The Harstine Island Community
Club and Humanities Washington’s
Inquiring Minds series continues
with Peter Blecha and “Stomp and
Shout: The Untold Story of North-
west Rock & Roll” at p.m. Feb. 25
at the Harstine Island Community
Hall, 3371 E. Harstine Island Road
N.
Blecha, the director of the North—
west Music Archives and an author,
talks about the musicians who laid
the foundation of the regional mu—
sic scene before grunge, including
Ray Charles, Quincy Jones and Jimi
Hendrix.
On March 24, author Harriet Bas-
kas will present “Weird, Wonderful
and Worrisome Objects in Washing»
ton State’s Museums” at 2 p.m. The
Seattle author of nine books, Baskas
says most museums display no more
than 10% of their holdings, and she
uncovers some of the stuff from the
museum’s back rooms: a Spokane
institution that holds Bing Crosby’s
toupees and a museum in Lynden
that‘s home to a l50—year-old pickle.
On April 28, Des Moines resident
and screenwriter Steve Edmiston
spotlights “UFO Northwest: How
Washington State Spawned Men in
Black” at 2 p.m.
Edmiston will talk about an inci-
dent Aug. 1, 1947, when the crash of
21 B52 bomber in the Puget Sound
area triggered an FBI investigation
of “The Maury Island Incident,” an
alleged UFO sighting and history’s
first alleged encounter with the so-
called “Men in Black.”
The FBI’s records from 1947,
which were sealed for decades, reveal
Cold War fears, jurisdictional dis—
putes, cover—ups, false confessions. a
courageous FBI special agent and the
hands-on involvement of FBI Direc-
tor J. Edgar Hoover.
Si‘ieiton
Rotary
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Scholarship Applications 2024
YOUR OYSTERFEST DOLLARS AT WORK!
Shelton and Skookum Rotary clubs are pleased to announce that 2024
scholarship applications are being accepted through April 5th. Scholarships
are
available in the categories of Academic Education, Continuing Education and
Vocational/Trades Education. Additional categories are listed below.
- Robert Burns: Awarded to any applicant who is going into the Performing
Arts.
- Janis Byrd: Awarded to any applicant who is going into Business Arts.
- Mary Penney: Awarded to any applicant going into the Medical Arts.
Bryson Finlay: Awarded to any applicant going into the Computer Arts.
Amounts awarded are from $1,500 to $3, dollars per recipient.
Please go to www.sheltonrotai_'y.org or sheltonskookumrotaryorg
to download the application form and requirements for submission.
All entries due by April 5th.
Veterans, others
invited to join choir
The Great Bend Chorale is col-
laborating with the nonprofit Quixote
Communities and the residents of
its Shelton and Orting Veterans Vil-
lages, and other local veterans, on a
program that uses the healing power
of music.
The choir is open to veterans and
nonveteran residents and will alter—
nate music from Eric Whitacre, Eriks
Esenvalds, Eric William Barnum,
Frank Tichelli and Sean Kirchner
with anecdotes and stories from par—
ticipating veterans about their heal-
ing journeys.
Rehearsals begin from 62,30 to
9 p.m. Feb. 27 at Faith Lutheran
Church in Shelton. There is no audi—
tion to join, and no fee for participat-
ing veteran. The fee for nonveteran
singers is $140 for the term — Feb.
27 to May 12 —— and is charged on a
sliding scale.
February book sale
at Shelton library
The Friends of the Shelton Li-
brary have launched a valentine
event through February to encourage
book sales dubbed “Blind Date with
a Book.”
Selected books are wrapped up
in paper concealing the title and
the author with descriptive hints
on the front. The books are $2 for ’
hardbacks and $1 for soft covers. All‘
sales support the Shelton Library’s
services and programs for adults and
children. V
The nonprofit Friends of the She]-
ton Library, a group of community
volunteers, encourages use and sup-
port of the library. Gently used books
are always available at the library
and book donations are welcome. For
more information or to volunteer,
call Kathy Abernathy~Robinson at
360-426-5003.
Scholarships
available from
Harstine group
The Harstine Island Women’s
Club through its Charles and Judy
Chase Scholarship Fund is offering
scholarships to full—time residents of
Harstine Island entering or continu-
ing a post-high school education, in-
cluding adult continuing education or
technical training.
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Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 11
Applicants must have obtained
a diploma from an accredited high'
school program or earned a GED. Ap-
plications Will‘be accepted through
May 15, and the winners will be an—
nounced by May 31.
The number and amount of the
scholarships will be determined at
the time the scholarship recipients
are selected.
Applications and scholarship de-
tails are available at Shelton, Cedar,
CHOICE and North Mason high
schools, Olympic College Shelton,
South Puget Sound Community Col-
lege and Gravity Learning Center in
Shelton.
Applications are also available
at http://tinyurl.com/msun387 or by
contacting the Harstine Island Wom—
en’s Club Scholarship Committee at
HIWC Scholarships, PO. Box 62,
Shelton, WA 98584.
Meeting for Hood
Canal Food Bank
The Hood Canal Food Bank hosts
its annual meeting at 3 p.m. Mon—
day at the Hoodsport Community
Hall, 331 North Finch Creek Road,
Hoodsport.
The purpose of the meeting is to
hear reports on 2023 operations and
finances and elect new directors for
board positions.
Members of the Food Bank Corpo-
ration will elect annual directors to
serve until the next annual meeting
in 2025. Cumulative voting and vot-
ing by proxy are not allowed. In ad-
dition to the slate of directors nomi-
nated by the current board, members
can also make additional nomina-
tions before the election. Additional
nominations can be made for mem-
bers who have consented to serve.‘
A list of members who are eligible
to nominate, vote and serve is main-
tained by the food bank’s secretary.
Members include all people who
have demonstrated an interest in the
food bank’s activities and business
in one of the following ways during
2023: financial donations on record,
donations of food or other materials/
service on record, or served as a food
bank volunteer.
Membership is also conferred auto—
matically on members in good stand—
ing of those community organizations
that have donated to the food bank.
An updated list of members in good
standing must be on file with the food
bank secretary before the meeting.
Each community organization will be
allowed one vote in matters conducted
at the annual meeting.
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Immediately following the annual
meeting, the newly elected annual
directors will have an organizational
meeting along with the continuing
directors having unexpired three-
year terms. They will elect officers
from among themselves; adopt a cal~
endar and budget, and appoint an
executive director for 2024. The new
board can also choose to fill any va-
cant director positions having three—
year terms.
For more information about the
meetings, membership, director/of-
ficer responsibilities or bylaws, call
Hood Canal Food Bank President
Lou Bedingfield at 360—877-6086.
Kiwanis seafood
dinner and auction
The Pioneer Kiwanis Founda-
tion hosts its annual seafood dinner
and auction March 23 to benefit the
youth of the Pioneer School District
and Mason County.
The auction is the group’s largest
fundraiser of the year. The group is
seeking donors and sponsors, who
will receive recognition in the auc-
tion materials and will be named in a
“thank you” ad in the Journal. Spon-
sors will also receive recognition dur—
ing the auction and in the live auc-
tion catalog.
Money raised at the auction will
be used for scholarships for Pioneer
School eighth-graders to be used for
post—high school education; scholar-
ships for high school graduates from
the Pioneer School District attending
Cedar, CHOICE, North Mason and
Shelton high schools; scholarships
for Pioneer staff to further their edu-
cational goals; support for the music
program at Pioneer; support for the
STEM garden; to sponsor two eighth—
grade girls for a week at Tech Trek
Program at Pacific Lutheran Univer-
sity; and to sponsor assemblies for
elementary school to encourage read—
ing and writing by providing pizzas.
At the event March 23 at Pioneer
Elementary School, the doors open at
4 p.m., with the silent auction items
ready for bidding. The dinner starts
at 4:80 p.m. and the live auction
begins at 6 p.m. The meal includes
clams, shrimp, spaghetti and cole-
slaw. Tickets are $35 for adults and
$15 for children ages 3 to 12; chil-
dren 2 and younger are admitted for
free. For tickets, call Sherry at 860-
229-067 3. For more information, call
Pamela Harrell at 360-490—0954.
I Compiled by reporter Gordon
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