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Shelton-Mason County Journal By NATALIE JOHNSON "I-Iarley Bob, is actually his name. Few people know him simply as Bob McFarland. McFarland got his nickname from the flamed Harley David- son motorcycle he's known for riding, but lately, his passion has turned to creating one of a kind, and award winning, hot rods. McFarland owns several rare and exciting cars, but even his everyday driver, a hot red- ded 1949 Austin A 40 sedan, turns heads. "I got this years ago because I wanted to do the drag strip," he said. "I actually found three of them down in Hoquiam." McFarland bought two of the rusty Austins, and out of both cars created his Shine Runner drag racer. While there isn't a drag strip currently in Shelton, See Harley on page B-5 "Harley" Bob McFarland's daily driver drag car started its life McFarland put it, the grandfather of the modern mini cooper. Journal photo by Natalie Johnson as a 1949 Austin A 40, a British made sedan, and as COOKIN' Michelle Pugh leads a small yoga Crystals on Old Arcadia Road. Journal photo by Natalie Johnson class Saturday morning at Cove Shelton yoga instructor plans for local studio By NATALIE JOHNSON Yoga has been a part of Michelle Pugh's life for 15 years, since her father taught yoga in to his high school gym students and she picked it up. However in the last year, Pugh has start- ed eating, breathing and teaching yoga. "I just had this burning desire (to teach) after I had been doing it for so long," she said. After becoming a certified yoga teacher 8 months ago, she started traveling through- out Mason and Thurston Counties to bring yoga to people, not settling in a studio, but traveling to gyms, and even workplaces for lunchtime yoga sessions. "It's amazing, you get these people who are all tense before they come in," she said. "They all leave saying ... they wish they could take it with them." Pugh said that besides being a workout routine, Yoga can be a great stress reliever. "It's all mind-body centered, it's really the focus on strengthening the body and relaxing the mind," she said. "It just affects certain people and it isn't for everyone, I think that if you stick with it, it can be a life changer absolutely." Pugh said that a group of women she teaches in Tumwater progressed most with relaxation. "Some of them could barely close their eyes and relax in the first few classes. They're so tense, they don't know how to re- lax - they really learned how to let go," she said. Pugh also said that many of her students came to yoga after a doctor or physical ther- apist recommended the exercise to relieve back or joint pain. According to Pugh, people with anxiety and depression also get relief from the relaxation techniques used in yoga. Right now, Pugh, who is also a senior graphic designer for Washington State Parks, doesn't have a studio in the area, and instead holds classes at local businesses like Cov~ Crystals on the Old Arcadia Road, and with organizations like the Shelton Yacht Club. See Cookin' on page B-5 ...... Last reminder. Harstine Island Garden: Club piantSale is May7 Aloha Harstine Island, Judy and I have been on the island of Kauai the past cou- ple of weeks and there has been a lot of sun. We have enjoyed the trade winds and the fresh fruit here, but we are looking forward to being back on good old Harst- ine. One of the unique features about Kau- ai is that chickens run wild here. It is our understanding that after the hurricane Iniki in 1992, chickens were scattered everywhere. Since there are no natural predators here, the chickens have sur- vived and grown in number. I mention this because while we have been here, Our daughter Darla has been watching our house. During our time here she has taken in two new chickens - which is a difficult situation to deal with because adding new chickens to a pen can lead to trouble. Plus, our cute and won- derful dogs found a way to break into the pen and chase the chickens. So Darla has had to quickly learn some of the unpleas- ant duties of country living. The Garden Club sent along some im- portant information. The annual Harst- ine Island Garden Club Plant sale started several years ago and will be here again this May 7. Like the Saturday mar- ket, this is a place for islanders to share the bounty of their gardens. Not only is it a plant exchange but also it is a con- venient location for folks to come to find plants to fill out their own spring gardens. Over the years the sale has grown from this smaller exchange to a fuller event of plants for sale, garden art for sale, bird- houses, bee waters, mason bee blocks, fences, hypertufa planters, you name it. Each year the Garden Club has created some new useful garden accessory for the sale. This year it is bat houses. There will be several styles available, built to attract and shelter different species of bats. Kind of the same way it is done for birdhous- es. This is all in keeping with the Garden Club's goal Of garden'and plant educa- tion. Much will be taught about bats as the subject was researched and the de- signs chosen. Bats are not, as some still believe, scary nocturnal creatures but mammals important in the food chain and the control of insect infestation. The Club has included some small edu- cational seminars during the sale this year. You can find everything from bee keeping, using natives for landscaping, noxious weed control, hypertufa pot mak- Thursday, CALLAGHAN ing, composting, bank and shoreline plant- ing. This year we are fortunate to have two free seminars on the program. Karla Lortz of Heaths and Heathers, a nation- ally known expert who has a business lo- cally at Spencer Lake, will be presenting a plant pruning demonstration from 10 to 11 a.m. Pruning at the right time of year and pruning to the appropriate depth is crucial to the growing of strong, healthy heathers. Donna Strand- berg from the island's Daisy Hill Farm, will (tentatively, as she is awaiting the birth of a first grand- child) demonstrate the planting and design of hanging baskets and planters scheduled from 11 to 11:45 a.m. A children's activity table where they can plant sun- flowers from seed will be available all day. Doors open at 9 a.m. and they will stay open until 2 p.m. Pro- ceeds benefit the island and hall proj- ects. A Note to club members: set-up for the sale is from 2 to 6 p.m. on Friday. If you need more information please call Barb LaJune at 426-0494. Let's keep the second Friday of May open, as that is when the Harstine Is- land Community Club meets. I will have more information in next weeks article, but I understand that Lorna Hink will be the guest speaker and she always has great and interesting information for us. Patsy Glaser-Gibson sent me the fol- lowing information last month and I'm just getting around to it. That said this is the type of story that I think really makes us a community. It's the small intimate details that keep us so closely knit to- gether - so if you have any similar stories, please pass them along. The month of March not only welcomed spring but also a new permanent fam- ily to our island and the Ballow commu- nity. Mindy and Kelly Portschy recently moved from Timberlake to Bud Glaser's home at E Colonel Wright Road. Mindy is Buds first-born grandchild, daugh- ter to Patsy and Billy at the oyster com- pany at Ballow. She and Kelly have two grown children Trish and Billy and two grandchildren. The family has been ac- tive members in our Harstine Grange for about three years. Bud recruited Mindy, Kelly and son Billy in 2008. The whole community is pleased to have such good neighbors, active in the community. See Harstine on page B-5 May 5, 2011 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1