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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
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