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Marchers hold signs last as they march through Belfair as part of the
“Belfair Say Their Names: A Peaceful
March for Racial Reconciliation.” Journal photos Isabella Breda
Nearly 700 residents show
support for people of color
By Isabella Breda
isabella@masoncounty. com
For many of the nearly 100 residents
walking in “Belfair Say Their Names:
A Peaceful March for Racial Reconcili-
ation” on June 4, it was an opportunity
to demonstrate that the rural town is
just as invested in the future, of black
American lives as'nea‘rby cities.
“In this march, and in the message
‘Black Lives Matter,’ of course we’re
not saying all lives don’t matter,” Bel-
fair Community Church Pastor Jaime
McCallum said. “It is this acknowledge-
ment that we are intimately connected
— as a community, in this town, in this
world. All of us are members and we be-
long to each other.”
Marchers’ cars filled the Mason
Transit Authority Park and Ride,
where they gathered for an opening
speech from march organizers and
Ryan Spurling, Mason County Sheriff’s
Office chief criminal deputy of patrol,
who asked marchers to be peaceful.
Though the march organizers noti-
fied the Sheriff’s Office of the details of
the protest, Spurling said community
members alerted them that the anti-
fascism protest movement or antifa
was potentially looking to piggyback
off of the march in Belfair.
The group marched along state
Route 3 from Burger Claim & More to
Timberland Regional Library, receiv-
ing honks of support and waves from
driVers along the way.
Despite the large turnout and vis-
ible support from local biisinesses and
drivers, the march was actually a last-
minute endeavor.
“Heidi (Husted Armstrong) mes-
saged Dan (Oberg) and I last Tuesday
morning and she said, have you guys
been thinking anything about how to
march in Belfair,” McCallum said. “She
said, there’s just within me a stir-
ring. To be silent right now might kind
of be its own form of violence.”
McCallum said she, alongside Arm-
strong, a pastor at the First Presby-
flsxiwceful march in Belfair
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terian Church of Seattle, and Oberg,
director at St. Andrew’s House, an
Episcopalian church and retreat center
in Union, collectively decided on the
“heartbeat” of the march.
“It was really a desire to show that
we stand with those who are hurting,
with our brothers and sisters of color
whose stories have gone unheard or
just briefly heard in the news and
out in a couple weeks,” McCallum said.
“We stand with them and we want to
bring their stories to the center so we
want to be healers and reconcilers in
that.”
see MARCH, page A-12
Officials aim to allow
more businesses to ,
reopen starting June
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty. com
Mason County plans to ask
the state for permission to move
to phase three cf Washington’s
coronavirus reopening plan, and
hopes it takes effect June 22.
Phase three of Gov. Jay In-
slee’s four-phase plan allows 1i—
braries and museums to reopen,
and allows gatherings of up to
50 people, 50% capacity at rec-
reational facilities and movie
theaters and 75% capacity at
restaurants.
The Board of Mason County
Commissioners discussed the
variance application Monday
during its work session. 'Dave
Windom, the county’s director
of community services, told the
commissioners he will have a
draft application to them by Fri-
day.
The board will discuss the
application Monday at its work
session. County commissioners
see PHASE THREE, page A—11
High school’s
grad plan
could change
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty. corn
Phase three might lead to
Plan B for the Shelton High
School Class of 2020 commence-
ment ceremony.
Due to social distancing re-
quirements established to thwart
. the spread of the coronavirus,
the current plan calls for a drive-
up ceremony June 23 at the high
school. Graduates will arrive in
a vehicle with family members,
step onto a stage in front of the
Student Union Building, take
their diploma from a table, have
their name read, move the tassel
on their graduation cap, return
to the vehicle and depart.
Each of the 300 graduates‘will
see GRADUATION, page A-10
INSIDE TODAY
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North Mason businesses ,
weigh in on reopening
Page A-27