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By NATALIE JOHNSON She doesn't just participatehad 18 contestants over four age
natalie@masoncounty.cornin pageants. With her mom Dee divisions and collected 54 pounds
Chartier's help, this weekend Mi- of food for the Saint's Pantry Food
kailah is putting on her second Bank in Shelton, as well as sup,
Ten-year-old Mikailah Chart- Mason County International Girl plies for Kitten Rescue.
ier can think of few things more Pageant to benefit Kitten Rescue "We really wanted to help out
fun than competing in Interna- of Mason County. Kitten Rescue and Saint's Pantry
tional Girl Pageants. Starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, because they were running low
"I think pageants are really Feb. 25, the Mason County Inter- on supplies and things that they
fun," she said. "It's not about national Girl Pageant will take need," Mikailah said. "We got a
whether you win or lose, it's about place at the Shelton First Baptist lot of supplies for Kitten Rescue
if you have fun and meet new peo- Church.
ple and gain new confidence." Last year, the benefit pageant See Pageant on page B-6
Mikailah Chartier,
10, shown with her
cat, Milo, is
working with her
mother to put on the
Mason County
International Girl
Pageant this
weekend at the
Shelton First Baptist
Church. The pageant
will benefit Kitten
Rescue of Mason
County.
Courtesy photo
WHAT%COOKIN"
Storyteller Rebecca H0m will perform at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb.
Harstine Island Inquiring Minds series.
Local storyteller to perform at Harstine Hall
By NATALIE JOHNSON versal and make it individual. I take
natalie~nasoncounty.corn old stories ... I take other people's life
stories. I take life experience and co-
ordinate it."
Over the past 24 years, Rebecca Hom will perform at 2 p.m. on
Hom has explained her career in sev- Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Harstine Is-
eral ways to more people than she land Community Hall for the second
can count, installment of the Harstine Island
"I came up with the term ... nar- Inquiring Minds 2012 series.
rative coordinator," she said.Hom describes herself as a "local
In reality, Hom is a storyteller., at heart,"who lives closer to Olympia
In an age of digital books, music, TV than Shelton, but chooses to shop, eat
and movies, Hom stands in front of a and do business in Mason County.
group of people, and with nothing but Horn, 58, began telling stories 24
her voice and her body, tells stories, years ago, when she was working as
"It's about listening to peoples' life a writer.
stories and translating them," she "I started by chance when I was
said. "You take the individual and pregnant with my daughter," she
make it universal. You take the uni- said.
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
26, for the second installment of the 2012
She was first introduced to sto-
rytelling as an artistic medium at a
writers conference in Sitka, Alaska.
Horn described storytelling as a
very personal art form, which focuses
directly on the connection between
the performer and audience.
"People tell me it's the eye connec-
tion," she said. "It is usually very
spontaneous. I'll have the bones of a
program or a story. I don't know them
by memory, I know them by heart."
Horn found storytelling after many
years of practicing more rigid art
forms. For 14 years, :she was a clas-
sical pianist.
"I hated it," she said.
Hom said she doesn't mean she
hates music, or even the piano, but
that it frustrated her that classical
performances have to be identical
and perfect every time.
"When I'm teaching storytelling
that's the basics for storytelling --
you can't make a mistake at it," she
said.
Her Feb. 26 presentation's topic is
titled "Climbing Gold Mountain." She
talks about the history of Chinese im-
. migrants in the United States.
Through her research, which influ-
ences many of her stories, Hom found
that many early Chinese immigrants
to the United States called the coun-
try "Gold Mountain."
"There were these immigrants who
wanted to stay here and build a life
-- they had to climb Gold Mountain,"
she said. "Rather than the conflict, I
want to focus on the successes."
Horn recently returned from a trip
to Antarctica, part of her plan to trav-
el to all seven continents in search of
stories.
"I want to hear and gather and cre-
ate stories from all seven continents,"
she said.
See Storyteller on page B-6
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Community
involvement
key at schools
"t seems that every day there is
something in the news about our
. current education system. For the
kids living here on the island, their
first and most important educational
stop is our own Pioneer School.
The new superintendent, Marty
Brewer, has started a program that
offers local residents a chance to view
the school up close. The school will be
open for tours from 9 a.m. to noon on
March 6. To learn more, give the school
a call at 426-0115, ext. 3.
Research shows that one of the
most important aspects of a success-
ful school is community involvement.
Here's your chance to see what's hap-
pening and decide for yourself if we
have an open ~and exciting learning
atmosphere.
It lo0ks lil{e M&r~cH 6 might be an
active day. The Washington State
Parks and Recreation Commission
staffwill conduct a public hearing at 5
p.m. in the Harstine
Island Community
Hall. The purpose
of this hearing is to
take public comment
for the record on the
proposed exchange
of approximately 200
acres of undeveloped
state lands in Sec-
By MIKE tion 7, Township 20
CALLAGHAN
North, Range 1 West
in Mason County.
The proposed land exchange is one
of equal fair market value.
The state land consists of a portion
of Harstine Island State Park.
The only guaranteed portion avail-
able to the public for use after this
proposed land swap will be the parking
lot and the single path north of the lot
which leads down to the state beach.
Potentially gone from public use
will be the land to the south of the lot
where the restroom, picnic tables, bar-
beque grills and miles of walking paths
exist. The exchange property is pri-
vately owned and located near Fudge
Point on Harstine Island.
The public will have another oppor-
tunity to comment when the proposed
exchange is presented to the state park
commission at its regularly scheduled
meeting March 29, in Fort Warden
State Park, in Port Townsend.
For additional information regard-
ing this exchange, please call State
Parks' Lands Program at 902-8680.
The Women's Club is putting to-
gether a crafts program and anyone
from the island is invited. They will be
offering embroidery, quilting, knitting,
watercolor painting, jewelry making;
card folding and driftwood polishing.
It will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on
March 17 at the Community Hall.
All the teachers are very tal-
ented island residents. Those who
attend should bring a sack lunch.
COokies and hot coffee will be provid-
ed. Anyone interested can call Dianne
Dawley at 427-8833.
The grange will be sponsoringits
annual oyster and ham dinner from
3:30-7 p.m. on Saturday, March 10.
Grange members traditionally cook
fresh oysters to perfection. They also
offer ham, vegetables, roll and bev-
erages and some very delicious des-
serts. My favorite part of the dinner
is when one of the grange members
See Harstine on page 8-6
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