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Shelton-Mason County Journal Courtesy photo Shelton Yacht Club members pick oysters on the Hood Canal Saturday for annual fundraiser. Piekin'and a grinnin' Going on an oyster hunt By NATALIE JOHNSON hope to gather 30 gallons of For a few hours on Sat- shucked oysters each year to urday, the clouds parted feed hungry seafood lovers at enough for the Shelton Yacht their dinner fundraiser. Club members to harvest six Austin said that beyond huge bins of oysters, the purpose of simply gath- "This is the third year in ering oysters, the outing is almost a bonding experience a row that every time we get for members. there it stops raining," Diana 'You go out there and slog Austin, the yacht club's com- modore said. through the mud ... you're squashing through the mud The club harvests the oys- and if you're not careful you'll ters every year for their an- nual Oyster Ham Dinner, lose your boots," she said. In the past few years, club the club's only fundraiser, members have been gather- Austin said. For two hours, over 20 ing more and more oysters members of the club scoured to keep up with demand at a beach on Hood Canal south their dinner. of Seabeck owned by the Every year, the club bor- Manke family, rows wire bins from Taylor "You're looking for the nice shellfish. Austin said that clumps and you're looking the bins are about 16 square for a nice sized shell," Aus- feet and fit in the back of the tin said. "It's a wild beach, pickup truck. In the past, club members it's not managed in any way, other than they own it." set out to fill four bins. This Everything for the dinner year they filled six to the is donated, Austin said, in- brim. chiding the oysters. Austin said they couldn't have their fundraiser with- "Manke donates the oys- ters ... Taylor donates the out the donated oysters. shucking," she said. In the end, club members See Oyster hunt on page B-4 HARST00NE SLANDNEWS Courtesy photo Musicians perform at Bluegrass from the Forest last year. Bluegrass from the Forest gears up for 2Oll By NATALIE JOHNSON Fiddlers, guitarists, mandolin lov- ers and banjo enthusiasts will once again gather in the forest for 72 hours of near constant jamming this May. Mason County's own Bluegrass From the Forest festival is scheduled for May 13 to 15 this year at the Shel- ton High School Auditorium. "I'd kind of like people to know what it's all-about because people kind of get it confused with Forest Festival or Fiddle Fest, but it's total- ly different," festival organizer Greg Linder said. Seven years ago, Linder and his band Runaway Train partnered with Duane Wilson of Kristmastown Kiwanis to create the Bluegrass From the Forest festival. The festi- val doesn't just include a few perfor- Journal photo by Aria Shephard Mike Lester and Butch Boles play music for passersby at the Mike Les- ter Insurance Agency in Allyn for the agency's "March of Dimes" kick- off fundraiser. Last year, the insurance agency raised $1,400 for the nationwide Farmers Insurance "Be a Hero for Babies" campaign that donates funds to the charity March of Dimes for the health of infants. Allyn businesses raise funds for heal1 hy babies By ARLA SHEPHARD of babies. Lester's goal this year is to raise at least $5,000 for March of Dimes and to get every business in Allyn to participate with some kind of promotion each Thursday to pro- mote the campaign. The insurance agency, which raised at least $75 last week, is hosting refreshments and live music each Thursday, while next- door businesses Old Town Flowers and the Allyn liquor store are offering free carna- tions and cookies, respectively. "We believe in helping every baby have a healthy start in life," Lester said. Helen Lester has dubbed each Thursday from now until September "Happy Thurs- day" in Allyn. Last week, her workplace, the Mike Lester Insurance Agency, hosted the first "Happy Thursday" event, kicking off a five- month campaign to raise money for healthy infants nationwide. Last year, the insurance agency raised $1,400 for Farmers Insurance's "Be a Hero for Babies" campaign that donates funds to the charity March of Dimes for the health mances, he said, but is a full-fledged festival with numerous acts, music related activities, jamming, food and vendors. This year festival organizers plan to continue the tradition of bringing nationally known artists to Mason County to showcase world-class blue- grass music at the festival This year's featured act is blue- Saturday night and Sunday, along with several other national and local acts, Linder said. "What goes on in a typical blue- grass festival is camping, non-stop jamming, with bands and everybody," he said. However, the shows aren't the only draw to the festival, Linder said. There are also competitions and mu- grass band the Boxcars, Linder said. sic tutorials to entertain the crowds Although they are a fairly new band, he said, the band members have played with well-known artists like Allison Kraus. 'Tee do this every year," Linder said. "We get a top act, and then we get the top regional acts too - there are five more regional acts and the main band." The Boxcars will play at all four official shows, on Friday, Saturday, on the grounds of the Shelton High School. "Other than that the official shows and the camping and the informal jam sessions day and night, there are master workshops," he said. This year's festival also includes a "mandolin tasting," which Linder de- scribed as like a wine tasting but with mandolins. See Cookin' on page B-4 Are you prepared for disaster? Happy St. Patrick's Day - I hope you're wearing green today, if not someone should pinch you. Speaking of being pinched, you'll also be pinched if you don't attend Saturday, March 19, Kiwanis Crab and Clam Din- ner. There is going to be a fabulous dinner served at 4 p.m. at Pioneer School. The crab is as fresh as you can get it, caught the day before, cooked,.put in the cooler andserved to you alolg with clams, garlic bread, salad, dessert and drinks. For those not excited about seafood, there will be some great spaghetti. Now, the food is wonderful, but this is a fundraiser. There is also a live and silent auction going on. All the proceeds go back to the kids of Pioneer School. The Kiwanis Club has set up five different col- lege scholarships for graduating eighth graders. This is a very unusual scholarship in that once a Pio- neer student graduates from high school they get the scholarship they earned in eighth grade. We see this as a great in- centive to help kids choose the choice to graduate. The monies also go to our local cub scouts, girl scouts, law enforcement camp, reading programs, and extra cur- ricular programs that don't receive fund- ing because of a lack of school funds. So, help the kids, eat well, enjoy the day and just have a wonderful time. My granddaughter, Madison, eight years old, enjoyed reading about her seagull math project in last week's pa- per. I think she wanted to be in here again because she worked hard studying the trip over the bridge and she came home excited. When she went to school on Fri- day there was a rainbow centered right over the mainland side of the bridge and she explained the picture of it to me sev- Thursday, March 17,201 eral times. Now, I have to think that with St. Patrick's Day being close, there must have been a pot of gold at the end of Madi- son's rainbow. Senior lunch is preparing a scrump- tious lunch for you on Wednesday, March 23. They will be serving roast pork loin, tomatoed rice, applesauce, cheddar cheese biscuits and for dessert, tapioca pudding with whipped cream. Doors open at noon, but be there a little early so you can chat with island ;" ::i: friends. / The Harstine Island wOmen's Club is again offering scholar- ships for higher education to residents of. Harstine Island. Applications may be obtained at Shelton High School, Olympic MIKE College in Sheltor/, North Mason CALLAGHAN High School, and Choice Schools Office in Shelton and South Puget Sound Community College in Olympia. You may also contact Kayce Benson through e-mail at sharonkayce(,  gmail.com. Judy and I didn't make it to February's community club meeting, but heard all had a good time and who wouldn't with the Back Woods Irish entertaining. Now, remember the info about the Crab and Clam Dinner mentioned above, well, the Back Woods Irish are up for auction at the dinner, so if you would like them to enter- tain at your home, eat some crab and bid on their services. Also, next months com- munity club meeting is going to be a fun one. It is the annual chili cook off. Ken and Sandy Kramer and Ed and San- dy Murphy are hosting it. So start think- ing about your best chili recipe, practice it, invite friends over for the next couple of weeks and experiment on them and then enter your chili in the contest. See Harstine on page B-4 1 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1