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Shelton-Mason County Journal escue 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 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page B-1