Notice: Undefined index: HTTP_REFERER in /home/stparch/public_html/headmid_temp_main.php on line 4394
Newspaper Archive of
Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
March 24, 2011     Shelton Mason County Journal
PAGE 3     (3 of 22 available)        PREVIOUS     NEXT      Jumbo Image    Save To Scrapbook    Set Notifiers    PDF    JPG
 
PAGE 3     (3 of 22 available)        PREVIOUS     NEXT      Jumbo Image    Save To Scrapbook    Set Notifiers    PDF    JPG
March 24, 2011
 
Newspaper Archive of Shelton Mason County Journal produced by SmallTownPapers, Inc.
Website © 2025. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information
Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader




Two local families -- the Nakhla family of Shelton, left, and Fest April I to 2 at Shelton High School. Courtesy photos the Crichton family of Union, right -- will be featured performers at this year's Fiddle By KEVAN MOORE One evening we went to see every other week and per- Shelton's 26th Annual the Voetberg Family Fid-form monthly at the Shelton dlers in concert. We fell in Senior Center. Fiddle Fest is set to run April 1 to 2 at the Shelton love with the idea of a family "It still amazes me that, her church's choir, in which playing music together. We though Len and I have noPaul and the four oldest sing. High School Performing Arts went to Fiddle Fest around musical background, the The Nakhlas always in- Center and will showcqse talent from around Wash- the same time, and loved it." kids are filling our house tended for their children to ington State. When the couple's second with toe-steppingfiddleparticipate in music. This year's festival will child, Hunter, asked for a tunes," Jenny said. "We hadn't originally feature performers ranging violin that summer, the par- The Nakhlas have six planned to do stringed in- in age from seven to 92, in- ents were on board. Soon, children: Jamie, 11, plays struments," Anne-Marie Sydney, their oldest child, cello, mandolin, and guitar; said. "My background is in cluding two new local family bands. The Crichton Fam- was playing too. Julian, 10, and Lexi, 9, play piano, and Paul's is in vocal ily of Union and the Nakhla The Crichtons have four fiddle, piano, and mandolin; performance and brass. But Family of Shelton will each children: Sydney, 14, and and Max, 7, plays piano and once we realized how family- be performing a set in one of Hunter, 12, play piano and fiddle oriented fiddling can be, we three shows, fiddle; and Bryson, 10, and Three-year-old twins, So- were totally inspired." Both families have been Riley, 8, play fiddle and sing. phia and Amikha, often sit Both families began at- fiddling for about two years. Jenny home-schools the on their mother's lap while tending monthly Washing- "I would say we just fell children and Len is a state she plays the piano or dance ton Old Time Fiddler Asso- trooper in Kitsap County. to their older siblings' mu- ciation (WOTFA)workshops into fiddling," said Jenny The Crichton children play sic. Paul is choir director held in Belfair, led by Laura Crichton. "My husband, Len, for the Shelton Alpine Way at Shelton High School and Farr and Bill Crabtree. and I love listening to music, and go to a lot of concerts. Retirement Center residents Oakland Bay Junior High "The Old Time Fiddlers and a vocal coach through are special people," Jenny fiddler and teacher." Olympic College. Anne-Ma- said. "They welcomed us into Farr, a Shelton local and rie home-schools and directs the organization and swung an award-winning fiddler, open the doors to the fiddle has organized it the past world for us. Laura gives her several years. The event is time and talent to the organi- a benefit for S.O.C.K (Save zation with a tune-learning Our County's Kids),.an orga- class, encouragement andnization devoted to helping more. She is an outstanding at-risk kids. Ready for some fiddle? There are three shows slated for this year's festival: Fri- day at 6:30p.m.; and Saturday at 1:30 and 6:30p.m. Each show features different performers. There wilt also be a spa- ghetti feed from 4:30-6:30p.m. at the High School Sub (Stu- dent Union Building) for $5 per person. Tickets are available at Sage Bookstore in Shelton, Lau- rie's at Home in Hoodsport, and Music 6000 and Yenney's Music in Olympia. Tickets for each show are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. A Weekend pass is $25 in advance and $30 at the door. A family package is available for $8 for the first child, and $5 for each additional child. Belfair man hurt, cited for DUI By KEVAN MOORE roadway to the right. Frankewicz truck then struck a parked A young Belfair man was badly hurt in a Ford Bronco, continued westbound, rolled South Shore car wreck late Tuesday night and struck a power pole. The truck came to that the state patrol said was the result of rest facing south on the westbound shoulder driving under the influence, and was partially blocking the roadway. Belfair's Taylor J. Frankewicz, 22, was The wreck occurred at about 10:57 p.m. airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with leg and head injuries following ~-- and interrupted traffic on the highway for about three and a half hours. Both vehicles the wreck. The state patrol said that Frankewicz were totaled and impounded. was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado The state patrol said that the wreck was pickup truck westbound on State Route 106 the result of speeds too fast for conditions about four miles southwest of Belfair when and that Frankewicz was also cited for DUI he failed ot negotiate a left turn and left the and possession ofmarijuana and drug para- phernalia. Hearing slated for water system plan By NATALIE JOHNSON last fall. City commission- tion of a wholesale water ers plan to vote on the plan rate, forecasted operational The city of Shelton plans soon. and capital improvement to hold a public hearingLast year, the city hired costs and a plan to pay for during its regular city corn- a consultant, the FCS fire control out of the gen- mission meeting on Mon- Group, to help update it's eral fund. day to discuss a proposed water system plan and ac- During it's first review-" update to its Water System count for the Lane vs. Seat- last fall, the new water Plan. tle ruling that determined rates, which for some cus- The plan, which is up- that cities must fund fire tomers included increases, dated every six years, was control through the general generated some concern. a frequent topic of discus- fund and not utility rates. City staff plans to outline sion before last year's bud- The updated plan in- changes to the water rate get process, and a previous cludes changes in billing, in detail during the public public hearing was held water rates, and the addi- hearing next Monday. • lapamscopic procedures Excellence close to home is not the only reason to visit MGH Surgery Clinic, because here, you truly are treated like family. Need surgery? count~ ;urgery m,c Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, March 24, 2011 - Page A-3