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Shelton-Mason County Journal Hail to the 2Oll Forest Festival Court By NATALIE JOHNSON Mason County has picked its Queen of the Forest for the 2011 Forest Festival - Shelton High School senior Allyssa Cervantes. Twelve contestants vied for the honor of Forest Festival Queen in the 67th annual Festival Corona- tion, as well as her four princess- es, of hemlock, cedar, Douglas Fir and spruce, and Paul Bunyan and Smokey Bear which make up the Forest Festival Court on Saturday at the SHS Auditorium. Only high school seniors could be considered for the top honor of queen, but nine junior and senior girls from around the area com- peted to be queen or one of her four princesses Saturday. They included: Danielle Marti- nez, a senior at SHS, Allyssa Cer- vantes,• a senior at SHS, Kaitlyn Freeman, a senior at North Mason High school and a former princess, Alyssa Mauvais, a senior at SHS, Brianna Eddy, a junior at NM, Amanda Abrain, a senior at SHS, Bryanna McLean, a senior at SHS, Harley Sweitzer, a junior at SHS, and Hannah Mackiewicz, a junior • at SHS. Cervantes was named queen, and her princesses will be Eddy, as the Princess of Cedar, Freeman as the Princess of Hemlock, Abrain as the Princess of Spruce, and Mack- iewicz as the Princess of Douglas Fir. Along with the title of Queen, Cervantes won a $1,000 scholar- Contestants in the 67th annual Forest Festival Coronation dance an opening number. ship. The princesses each won a $500 scholarship. Three high school boys compet- ed for the titles of Paul Bunyan and Smokey Bear: Kyrk Taylor, a se- nior at SHS, Skylar Core, a junior at SHS, and Sean Rogers, a senior at SHS. Taylor was named this year's Paul Bunyan, and Rogers will be playing Smokey the Bear. Both Taylor and Rogers won $1,000 scholarships. Taylor also won the friendship award. The judges included Darrell Cleveland, Hannah Kuhnau Blom- berg, the 1999 Forest Festival Queen, Sherie Sund Lakas, a For- est Festival Princess in 1959, Cody Franzen, Julie Orme and Bonnie Porter, Supervisor of the Daffodil: ueen Journal photos by Natalie Johnson Festival. The panel formally judged con- testants based on their perfor- mance on an on-stage question, a formal interview, an essay, based on "Forest Tales," this year's Forest See Coronation on page 8-5 HARST!NEISLANDNEWS Habitat about more than homes By NATALIE JOHNSON Bert Pedersen, Habitat for Hunan- ity of Mason County's president from 2010 is quick to tell you that Habitat does more than build a home or two ev- ery year. 'Tee are not just homebuilders," he said. 'Tee want to work within the en- tire community in helping families and other groups." Some of that support involves en- couraging families they help to get their G.E.D.s and pursue a college education. 'The whole gist of hiring people has changed - if you don't have a G.E.D, or a high school diploma, your application goes straight to the round can," he said. Pedersen said that Habitat will also begin to host a series of"asset building" workshops next month. These workshops will focus on things like budgeting and smart shopping tips to help people in the area manage their money better, he said. "In today's economy, when every- thing is costing more, and with budget cuts, the people who had assistance be- fore are getting cut back, so they're go- ing to need some help," he said. Pedersen also said that with Habi- tat's expansion into the North Mason area, new programs have gone with it. One program in particular, "A Brush with Kindness," along with the Habitat store in Belfair, has allowed Habitat to have a presence in the North Mason area despite the fact that they have not yet built a house there. In this program, Habitat crews visit existing houses and help with mainte- nance or additions like handicap rail- ings and ramps. Since Pedersen started volunteering his time at Habitat for Humanity about three years ago, he said he has learned about how complicated an organization Habitat really is. Before joining the Habitat board, Pedersen was active with another homebuilding organization, Thrivent Builds, which partnered with Habitat for Humanity to fund new houses. To date, Thrivent has helped with two local houses, he said. When the first house was being build about four years ago, Pedersen volunteered to help with construction, but soon realized that Bert Pedersen construction was simply not his game. "I went out and pounded nails and said maybe there's something else I can do for Habitat for Humanity be- sides pound nails - that's not really my thing," he said. Although he was a long time Habi- tat supporter, Pedersen hadn't yet got- ten involved with the Habitat board or a particular project. He offered to help with the board, and was soon a board member working on fundraising for the organization. "I have contributed to habitat for humanity financially for 10 to 15 years but I had never worked in a habitat af- filiate," he said. "I worked • as the act- ing executive director for about seven months.., we not only build the houses, we finance the houses, find the families and we support the families." Pedersen said that Habitat's agenda during his year as president was ambi- tious, and they succeeded in establish- ing a presence in Belfair, among other things. He said that in the future he hopes that the Belfair operations con- tinue to grow. "We are actively looking for land out there to potentially build for any fami- lies out in that area," he said. Pedersen said that while building homes is Habitat's main goal, the other p/-ograms they sponsor also help make needed, long-term changes in the re- gion. "It's really working with our fami- lies so they can contribute back to the community," he said. "If their kids can succeed they can break out of the cycle they've been in." Pedersen shared this recipe for Mar- malade Salmon. Marmalade Salmon Makes 6-8 servings 1/2 c. orange marmalade 1/2 c. soy sauce 2 Tbsp. minced fresh ginger 1 Tbsp. grated orange peel 1 tsp. minced garlic 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper 1 boned salmon fillet (maximum 1 1/4 inch thick, 3 to 3 1/2 lbs.) 1 Tbsp. rice vinegar 1 c. wood chips In a bowl, mix marmalade, soy sauce, ginger, orange peel, vinegar, garlic and cayenne. Rinse salmon and place, skin side down, in a pan large enough for it to lie fiat. Pour marmalade mixture evenly over fish. Let stand at least 30 minutes, or chill airtight up to two hours. Cut two sheets of foil four inches longer than the fislL Stack sheets, lift fish from marmalade and center, skin down, on foil Fold up sides and ends of foil to make a boat. Pour some marmalade on top of fish. In a bowl, soak wood chips in two cups of hot water for 30 minutes, then drain. Heat barheque to ] utes until the fish is opaque but still moist looking in center of the thickest part. With two wide spatulas, transfer fish on foil to a plat- ter. Cut salmon into portions and lift from skin with a spatula. ThL Just wh en you thougnt it was safe to think ac spring I had some plans for planting this past week- end, but those were car- ried away by the snow- man the grandkids built. March is roaring in. My favorite thing about I thought it would be good time to repeat the impor- tance of being prepared for a disaster and the basic things you need to do to make yourself ready. The Nisqually quake was not the big one that scientist are pre- dicting based on past activi- ty. That one will likely have 5,000 times the force of the Nisqually quake. For many of March is St. Pat- rick's Day. Being |- ' 'i,:,!i a good Irish boy, -* ::!)::' :;::i!!: I like to celebrate the day. Here on the island, the Community Club usually has some- thing Irish and this year the MIKE Backwoods Irish CALLAGHAN us, that quake will perform at was a wakeup the meeting. They are a great and hilariously rowdy bunch that will keep you on your toes. So, pack up a potluck dish and head over to the hall for the regular monthly meet- ing at 6 p.m. and help cel- ebrate by the wearing of the green. You've probably start- ed seeing those Kiwanis Crab and Clam dinner signs. They are on ev- ery roadway leading to and around Pioneer School. They are there to remind you of the impor- tance of your attendance. Your contribution to the cause helps to raise money in a fun 'way for Pioneer School. So, you should al- ready have plans to be at the school at 4 p.m on Sat- urday, March 19. Last week, Nick Neuer- burg sent in a Mason 5 report and he has another one for us this week. This being the 10th anniversa- ry of the Nisqually quake, call and a lot of people have taken steps towards being bet- ter prepared. But as a 2009 American Red Cross national survey conclud- ed, only 80 percent of us had taken at least one of the basic steps (mainly storing water), and only 12 percent were reasonably ready for disaster. We all should know the basic sup- plies we need to put aside and realize that we could be easily more isolated than we are if we lost the bridge and should pre- pare with that in mind. The more prepared we are the less fear and anxi- ety we will have and this will lessen the burden for those who are affected. So I urge you, if you haven't done so, to put your plan into action. Put together your three to seven day kit of food, water, personnel and sanitary items, medi- cations, first aid supplies, See Harstine on page B-5 "Way, March 3,2011 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1