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Pow wow brings
together many
cultures in Shelton
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
A dancer competes in the men's fancy dance category at the Sa'Heh'Wa'Mish Days pow wow on Saturday at
the Skookum Creek Event Center.
By NATALIE JOHNSON
The Squaxin, Skokomish, Yakima, Colville,
Navajo and many other tribes from across
the country came together this weekend
in Shelton to celebrate their culture at the
Sa'Heh Wa'Mish Days pow wow.
The Sa'Heh Wa'Mish Days pow wow, spon°
sored by Squaxin Island Tourism and the
Little Creek Casino and held at the Skookum
Creek Event Center on Saturday and Sunday,
brought together hundreds of people eager to
celebrate and learn more about Native Ameri-
can culture.
"Pow wows are a spiritual and ceremonial
event back east- this one is an intertribal pow
wow," said Leslie Johnson, Squaxin Island
Tourism's director on Saturday. "People can
come together and share cultures ... It's about
the regalia, and how they put it together... It's
a teaching time too."
Dancers came from across the country to
demonstrate their skills at the pew wow. The
featured dancers were Buck Wallahee of the
Yakima Tribe and Leah McGurk-Brown of the
Navajo tribe, but dozens of others competed in
categories including Men's Traditional, Fancy
and Grass, Women's Traditional, Fancy Shawl,
and Jingle, as well as many children's and teen
categories.
The pew wow also attracted many different
drum groups who accompanied the dancers,
including the host drum, The Boyz, an award-
winning group out of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Ray Fryberg of the Tulalip tribe was the
master of ceremonies.
Johnson said that putting on a pow wow of
this size took months of preparation.
See Pow wow on page B-5
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Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
American Legion volunteers Joanne Samuels, left, Jackie Mallon, Pete Laserinko, Amber Lav-
ender, Ralph Henry, Mike Clift (not pictured) and James Coffman (not pictured) recently were
awarded Presidential Volunteer Service Awards for their hours of service to local veterans,
Memorial hall volunteers honored with service award
By NATALIE JOHNSON and James Coffman were awarded "They're all in shock," he said.
Seven volunteers who give up- with certificates commending themThey may be in shock, but several
wards of 500 hours a year to help vet- for their efforts, which only just came of the volunteers said that they were
erans in the Shelton area were hon- in the mail last weekend, thrilled to be recognized for their
ored this month with Presidential"It was Jackie's birthday Monday work.
Volunteer Service Awards. so I said "Happy birthday, here you "I think they're (the awards) fab-
Last month, Pete Laserinko, a Vet- go," Laserinko said. ulous," Mallon said, "It's nice that
eran's Service Organization (VSO), The Award,-from USA Freedom somebody put us in for it, it's nice
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Corps, an organization created un- that somebody thought we deserved
American Legion volunteer, nomi- der George W. Bush's presidency, is it- we worked hard for it."
nated himself and six other Ameri- a yearly award designed to recognize Henry said that many people don't
can Legion and VSO volunteers at any volunteer's many hours of ser- even realize that he and the other vol-
the Shelton Memorial hall for thevice in a community, unteers don't get paid for their work.
service awards. The awards are either bronze, sil- "We thought we should put it up
"I saw them in the Veteran Voice ver or gold, and correlate to the num- on the wall so people know we're ac-
online newspaper, they had a thing ber of hours volunteered. Laserinko's tually volunteers, we don't work for
in there. A little link that said accept- group of volunteers all got silver cer- the VA," Henry said.
ing nominations for the Presidential tificates, signifying that they each Most of the volunteers at the me-
Volunteer Service Awards," he said. volunteered for between 499 and 999 morial hall have their own history
"Everybody in this office is being rec- hours last year. with the military.
ognized for the work they do to help "I think he (Laserinko) spends Laserinko is a Navy veteran, Hen-
the veterans in the community." most of his time here," Henry said. ry is an Army veteran and Mallon's
All seven volunteers - Laserinko,Laserinko said that the six otherhusband was in the army, Laserinko
Ralph Henry, Jackie Mallon, Joanne volunteers had no idea that they
Samuels, Amber Lavender Mike Clift would get any award. See Cookin' on page B-5
Volunteer Firefighters
needed on Harstine
We were visiting the
north end of Hartstene
Pointe and as we pulled up
to the gate there was a sign
saying, "Warning cougar
and bobcat sightings." After
checking with Jan, the se-
curity officer there, she con-
firmed that there have been
several sightings. Now, I've
heard that before and the
rumor turned to be some-
thing less than a rumor. But
in this case Jan told
me that there were
definite signs, there
were drag marks
and game stuck in
a tree where those
marks ended. So,
I think this is the
real t.hing. The fish
and game people
were out and gave
warnings to the lo-
cal residents. It is
suggested that if you do see
a big cat, make a lot of noise.
If you are walking alone, al-
ways have a whistle with
you. The big cats don't like
dogs, so take your dog with
you on those early morning
walks.
Here is the new senior
lunch menu for the month
of March - oh, it must be
getting close to St. Pat-
rick's Day because on the
menu for March 9 they will
be serving corned beef and
cabbage, carrots, colcannon,
soda bread with honey but-
ter and sherbet. Okay do
you know what colcannon
is? It's a traditional Irish
dish mainly consisting of
mashed potatoes with kale
or cabbage. Then on March
23, there will be roast pork
loin, tomatoed rice, apple-
sauce, cheddar cheese bis-
cuits with tapioca pudding
and whipped cream - yumm.
Speaking of seniors, I was
talking with a friend the
other day and he told me he
Thursday,
and his wife were going to
the movies for three dollars
each, and the movie was
"True Grit." He told me the
Shelton Senior Center has
connected with our Shelton
Theater to offer this great
deal. As I understand it, two
or three times a month, se-
niors are Offered the chance
to see these first run mov-
ies once the center and the
theater coordinate the date.
To take part, one
has to join the se-
nior center for $15
a year. The senior
center offers a ton
of events every
month. So, if you
are over 50 and
need to get out a.nd
visit with friends,
MIKE, this is your oppor-
CALLAGHAN tunity.
This informa-
tion is from our friend, Nick
Neuerburg. After seeing
him at this last community
club meeting, he reminded
me that I hadn't sent him
any fire department news
or information recently. I
agreed and promised to get
him something in the way
of fire department news or
in prevention tips. My topic
for this article is the need
for volunteer firefighters on
the Island. Currently there
are only five volunteers for
both North and South sta-
tions, all of which work
full-time jobs off the Island
and are available normally
nights and weekends only•
Combine that with family
restrictions and conflicting
work schedules, call re-
sponse by Island volunteers
decreases further. To those
calls that Island volunteers
do respond, it's usually one
person responding, two if
you're lucky. Thankfully,
See Harstine.on page B-7
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