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Kimbel wins spelling 'bee- aI,00a00i,n, .....
€
By CAROLYN MADDUX
The Bob Kimbel, Incorporated
team- Curt Bennett, Joan Ben-
nett and Christe Bennett - won
the 1999 Spring Spell-E-Bration
event last Thursday night at
Saint Edward's Hall.
That's not news. Kimbel is now
a three-time winner, having
taken the honors in 1995 and
1997.
What's news is that The Shel-
ton-Mason County Journal team,
whose best effort to date was a
third place at the first Spell-E-
Bration back in 1994, took sec-
ond, narrowly beating the Hoods-
port Spellbounders, who were
third-place winners last year, too.
()KAY, SO OUR point of view
is a bit prejudiced.
From a prejudiced point of
view, then, here's how it went.
Master of ceremonies John
Glenewinkel warmed the audi-
ence to the competition by issuing
l0 words for any spellers who
coughed up a $5 entry fee. He was
helped out by Pat Edmondson,
who sang a song of her own com-
position containing all 10 words:
technotronic, colossal, millenni-
um, scenario, infinitesimal, nona-
genarian, picayune, ubiquity, en-
trepreneur and desiccate.
Sheran Bullock won that com-
petition, spelling seven of the 10
CHAMPIONS AGAINI The Bob Kimbel, Incorporated
team of (from left) Christe, Curt and Joan Bennett
show off the ceramic trophy and commemorative
plates they garnered in the team's third win.
sinus, sticky, mongoose, wary,
church, yield, beetle, cricket, con-
sider and derby. But it was a tell-
ing round: the Friends of William
G. Reed substituted an i for an e
in despair and went down to des-
pond, and eager SHS Queen Bees
couldn't believe reek was simply
reek and spelled wreak.
In Round 6, everyone made it
through contemplate, remorseless,
marjoram, perilous, asunder, bal-
sam, possessed, bantam, inveter-
ate, ermine and verbatim. How-
ever, the groundwork for tragedy
was laid; a large gold-and-black
mylar bee balloon, after accompa- :;,,
nying the Mason Orchard Bees to : "::: :'
tinate, caveat, descried, capri-
cious, cetaceans, mistral, polio-
myelitis, and juvenilia.
IN THE NINTH round,
Olympic College went in the hole
on caldera, CHOICE friends
missed catachresis, and the
Biene-Buyog-Bee group mistook
Seder for "satyr." The remaining
teams squeaked through with Lil-
liputian, piqued, jeremiad and
Menkenese.
The Journalites went into a
trance. Could they still be in the
running?
The WCC team Currently Un-
known, last year's champions,
found its Unknown word one for
the books: florilegium, and after
the remaining teams spelled
amethysts and pertinacious, the
North Mason teachers were
scratched by pruritus. That left
three teams in the running, but
the Hoodsport Spellbounders
were left feeling sheepish by ar-
gall.
And The Journal was still in.
THE RULES change when
only two teams are left. For one
thing, spellers who can earlier
write down their word and read
in at the microphone can no long-
er read from a written spelling.
For another, misspelling a word
isn't an automatic ouster; the
other team must spell it correctly
and spell the next word right as
well.
The Journal gang blew it by
dining before the spelling bee:
their nemesis word was precibah
"before dinner." Curt Bennett
marched to the mike and spelled
it right. The last word was
chinchilla for the win.
Note: Our computer's spell-
check function didn't know preci-
bal either. For that matter, it
didn't know 18 of the words in-
cluded in the competition. So
none of us needs to feel bad;
that's more words than the whole
field of teams missed at the spell-
iii i i iili ? iiii!/iii;i ( i :)iii / i i!: : :!
Matlock choirs wi]!l
sing Sunday evcnm,
The Matlock Community music and fellowship" a ,the t
Church invites the public to a church, which is situateC lug;
spring concert featuring its ju- south of the intersection L.
nior and adult choirs at 7 p.m. Matlock. Refreshments will
Sunday, May 23.
Spokesperson Jeanne Town-
send described the event as "a
fun, free evening of uplifting
follow the concert. _.1
in Th°sefori who want additi0n
mation can contact Ton"
send at 426-7577.
Presbyterians set [,P
celebrate first year
ingbee. The Shelton Presbyterian
Church held its first worship
service one year ago this
40 8 month, and the congregation
et 'S will combine a celebration of
d LN its first anniversary with the
Sun .a celebration of Pentecost.
That's "the traditional
Christian recognition of the
F] :I'LN birth of the Christian Church,"
LIB( .(a observes the church's publicist,
Dr. James C. McElroy. He in-
is ,June 6
vites members of the publi: to
worship with the presb:e"
rians at 10:30 a.m. SuncaY,
May 23. ill be
The worship service w .
followed by a potluck in.t
fellowship hall at the SI;
Seventh-day Adventist tm-'/
at 210 Shelton Valley RoaO,
where the growing congreg. a"
tion is holding its regular vu"
day services.
words correctly.
THEN THE REAL stuff
started.
Listening carefully to words
pronounced by Dr. Mike Barnard,
the teams cruised through words
like racket, titanic, beachhead, lo-
cust, foul, almond, skillet, woe,
concrete, gaping, buffalo, biosen-
sor, terror and glen, but argument
was too contentious for the
CHOICE staffers, who added an
extra "e."
With one team down, the sec-
ond round -gala, breath, hobble,
gruff, acre, nightmare, bushels,
insomnia, fret, pilot, shone, scuffle
and flannel - offered no one prob-
lems. But it was no time for con-
fidence. Round 3 spellers survived
Moving up to the intermediate
level, Dr. Barnard offered gelati-
nous, dextral, monotonous, har-
binger and mosquito before heret-
ical put a spanner in the Bor-
deaux team's works. The rest of
the teams survived desolate, lim-
erick, supine, martyrs, assess and
rehearsal. Round 5 spellers
breezed through brought, mar-
supial, corps, embattled, carat,
porpoise, fiends, celery, bulbous,
hemophiliac, humility and isobar.
The Journal team managed mal-
apropism and breathed a sigh of
relief.
BUT WAITI Wasn't it our
plan to get tossed out early and
spend the rest of the evening at
the dessert buffet?
the podium each round, broke
loose from its moorings when its
keeper wasn't looking. "E-r-m-i-n-
e," spelled Elspeth Pope before
adding plaintively, "And is there
a 16-foot person in the Crowd who
could get my balloon down?"
The Mason Bees, bereft of mas-
cot, were among the teams that
buzzed out in the seventh round
when Dr. Barnard moved into the
"difficult" list for the final stage of
the competition. They got stung
by tachistoscope in spite of com-
plying with the judges' announce-
ment that bribery was encour-
aged. Babouche ambushed the
Guardians, and the Mason Gener-
al Hospital team was fatally in-
jured by watteau.
The survivors conquered pala-
Literacy major winner as
big event brings in $7,400
Literacy was the real winner at
last Thursday's Spring Spell-E-
Bration.
The event, which included
team sponsorships at $300 each,
a silent auction, and an audience
spelling competition at $5 a pop,
brought in $7,400 |br the cause.
The winning spellers, however,
had not only the satisfaction of a
third-time championship but a
four-piece ceramic trophy created
specifically fi)r Spell-E-Bration by
potters Kate and Will Jacobsen.
This year's Don Dowling Team
Spirit Award, donated in memory
of the Harems Hamma Hummers
spelling ace, went to The Guard-
ians, one of two Washington Cor-
rections Center teams•
Fifteen teams rolled into the
fray at the Spell-E-Bration for the
cause of literacy. They included:
• The Guardians, a Washing-
ton Corrections Center team com-
prising Gordon Jay, Barb Cloin
and Charell Johnston, sponsored
by West Coast Bank.
• North Mason High School
Teachers Toni Smith, Janet Ste-
gemeyer and Mike Fleming, spon-
sored by the Kiwanis Club of
North Mason, North Mason
Chamber of Commerce and Olym-
pia Federal Savings and Loan.
• Olympic College Shelton,
represented by Cris Downey, Lisa
Garner and Ron Marshall and
sponsored by Fiercely Independ-
ent Eiders (FIE).
• Friends of the William G.
Reed Library Helen Timm, Marie
Grinnell and Adelheid Krohne,
sponsored by Manke Lumber
Company.
• The Hoodsport Spell-
hounders, Sue Calkins, Peggy
Meyer and Shelton Middle School
student Katie McElliott, spon-
sored by Hood Canal Kiwanis and
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Friends of the Hoodsport Library.
• CHOICE High School friends
Beth Herrick, Amber Sea and Pat
Nagle, sponsored by Dr. Curtis
Sapp.
• The Queen Bees, Shelton
High School students Michelle
Beierle, Chris Strom and Crystal
Brush, sponsored by Simpson
Timber Company.
• The Bordeaux Bulldogs rep-
resented by Bordeaux parents
Heidi Kroupa, Barb Weza and
Robin Collins, sponsored by The
Hiawatha Corporation.
• A Mason County Literacy
team called Biene-Buyog-Bee for
the national heritages (Swiss-
German, Philippines and Hawaii)
of team members Hanni Rtltschi,
Larena Howe, and Kristie Naka-
sate. Rutschi and Howe, recent
citizenship-preparation class
graduates, recently became natu-
ralized U•S. citizens, and others
from their citizenship class were
there to cheer them on. The team
was sponsored by Dr. Bill Busac-
ca and Blase Gorny Design Limit-
ed.
• The Currently Unknown,
another WCC team of Julia Bak-
er, Kim Leeson and Beth Cabe,
sponsored by Little Skookum
Shellfish Growers.
• The Shelton Mason County
Journal represented by Journal
staffers Cynthia Meyer, Dave
Pierik and Carolyn Maddux.
• Bob Kimbel, Incorporated,
with spellers Curt, Joan and
Christe Bennett.
• The Mason Orchard Bees
spellers Elspeth Pope, Rae Whit-
ten and Frankie Zehrung, spon-
sored by Mason County Title In-
surance.
/
• CHOICE High School Staff
Paul Barber, Stacey Anderson
and Helena Nagle sponsored by
State Farm Insurance and Fi-
garo's Italian Kitchen.
• Mason General Hospital rep-
resented by Terry Fernsler, Cher-
yl Woods and Becky Nettles and
sponsored by Shelton Athletic
Club Limited.
The spellers didn't perform the
only heroics.
Potters Kate and Will Jacobsen
created and donated the first-
place trophy, a stunning vase in
floral shades with three bee-in-
scribed ceramic plaques.
Judges Karen Bowen, Ryan
Davis and Dr. Marie Pickel kept
their cool even when bribes
(except for the edible ones) all
went to pronouncer Dr. Mike
Barnard. (He turned them over to
Mason County Literacy.)'
Additional sponsors included
Settle and Johnson, Attorneys;
Hood Canal Communications;
Shelton Emblem Club; Ferdie
Schmitz; Julie Venahle; The Of-
rice Supply Store and a host of
community businesses and indi-
viduals providing auction items.
And there were worker bees
galore: silent auction committee
members Nancy Triplett, Pat Dal-
by, Erin Baumley, Ellen Shortt-
Sanchez and Jeri Zea; photogra-
pher Robin Hruska; decorators
Kacie Sanborn, Erin Baumley
and Brenda Brooks; dessert table
coordinators Toni Herrera, Kaye
Snyder, Ruth Culberson and Sue
Barnard; underwriter Dave Bay-
ley and, keeping track of it all,
"beekeepers Lynn Busacca, Mel-
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Page 22 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 20, 1999
MASON BEE Elspeth Pope
pauses with her team's
mascot balloon before the
mylar bee took to the ceil-
ing of Saint Edward's
Hall.
The 40 et 8 veterans' organiza-
tion will hold a Sunday Funday
from 2 to 6 p.m. June 6 at the hall
on Cota Street.
Everyone is welcome at the
event, said spokesman Mike Kar-
atsanos. It will include music and
dancing, a silent auction and raf-
fles, and a barbecue, with ham-
burgers and fries and fish and
chips among the offerings.
Those attending can park in
the alley between First and Sec-
ond streets, Karatsanos said, and
enter the building through the al-
ley doorway.
Karatsanos said the proceeds
will help promote program of the
local 40 et 8, Voiture 135 of an or-
ganization that commemorates
military service overseas and
which is named for the trains
that carried 40 men and eight
horses.
Music in park
start.,00 in July
Seven performances are sched-
uled for Thursday evenings this
summer in Olde Towne Shelton's
popular Music in the Park series
on the post office lawn.
The series will start with
Swing Fever, South Puget
Sound's swing dance band, on
July 8. The Steamers will play
jumping blues on July 15, and
jazz buffs will enjoy Prohibition
Jazz on July 22.
On July 29, the 133rd Wash-
ington Army Band will play a
variety of styles. Olde Towne
Shelton director Debora- v. ebb
says that the recent world situ!
tion has resulted in a cutl0 ckb
appearances for the ban,
Shelton is one of the taw rise
the band has made a comm #
to keep on its itinerary.
Blue Hill will perfor hie
grass music in the park o l A
gust 5. On August 12, ,601 €'
will take the stage whej, ,
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folk group, Slainte, on A ugu ' 1
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Kimbel wins spelling 'bee- aI,00a00i,n, .....
€
By CAROLYN MADDUX
The Bob Kimbel, Incorporated
team- Curt Bennett, Joan Ben-
nett and Christe Bennett - won
the 1999 Spring Spell-E-Bration
event last Thursday night at
Saint Edward's Hall.
That's not news. Kimbel is now
a three-time winner, having
taken the honors in 1995 and
1997.
What's news is that The Shel-
ton-Mason County Journal team,
whose best effort to date was a
third place at the first Spell-E-
Bration back in 1994, took sec-
ond, narrowly beating the Hoods-
port Spellbounders, who were
third-place winners last year, too.
()KAY, SO OUR point of view
is a bit prejudiced.
From a prejudiced point of
view, then, here's how it went.
Master of ceremonies John
Glenewinkel warmed the audi-
ence to the competition by issuing
l0 words for any spellers who
coughed up a $5 entry fee. He was
helped out by Pat Edmondson,
who sang a song of her own com-
position containing all 10 words:
technotronic, colossal, millenni-
um, scenario, infinitesimal, nona-
genarian, picayune, ubiquity, en-
trepreneur and desiccate.
Sheran Bullock won that com-
petition, spelling seven of the 10
CHAMPIONS AGAINI The Bob Kimbel, Incorporated
team of (from left) Christe, Curt and Joan Bennett
show off the ceramic trophy and commemorative
plates they garnered in the team's third win.
sinus, sticky, mongoose, wary,
church, yield, beetle, cricket, con-
sider and derby. But it was a tell-
ing round: the Friends of William
G. Reed substituted an i for an e
in despair and went down to des-
pond, and eager SHS Queen Bees
couldn't believe reek was simply
reek and spelled wreak.
In Round 6, everyone made it
through contemplate, remorseless,
marjoram, perilous, asunder, bal-
sam, possessed, bantam, inveter-
ate, ermine and verbatim. How-
ever, the groundwork for tragedy
was laid; a large gold-and-black
mylar bee balloon, after accompa- :;,,
nying the Mason Orchard Bees to : "::: :'
tinate, caveat, descried, capri-
cious, cetaceans, mistral, polio-
myelitis, and juvenilia.
IN THE NINTH round,
Olympic College went in the hole
on caldera, CHOICE friends
missed catachresis, and the
Biene-Buyog-Bee group mistook
Seder for "satyr." The remaining
teams squeaked through with Lil-
liputian, piqued, jeremiad and
Menkenese.
The Journalites went into a
trance. Could they still be in the
running?
The WCC team Currently Un-
known, last year's champions,
found its Unknown word one for
the books: florilegium, and after
the remaining teams spelled
amethysts and pertinacious, the
North Mason teachers were
scratched by pruritus. That left
three teams in the running, but
the Hoodsport Spellbounders
were left feeling sheepish by ar-
gall.
And The Journal was still in.
THE RULES change when
only two teams are left. For one
thing, spellers who can earlier
write down their word and read
in at the microphone can no long-
er read from a written spelling.
For another, misspelling a word
isn't an automatic ouster; the
other team must spell it correctly
and spell the next word right as
well.
The Journal gang blew it by
dining before the spelling bee:
their nemesis word was precibah
"before dinner." Curt Bennett
marched to the mike and spelled
it right. The last word was
chinchilla for the win.
Note: Our computer's spell-
check function didn't know preci-
bal either. For that matter, it
didn't know 18 of the words in-
cluded in the competition. So
none of us needs to feel bad;
that's more words than the whole
field of teams missed at the spell-
iii i i iili ? iiii!/iii;i ( i :)iii / i i!: : :!
Matlock choirs wi]!l
sing Sunday evcnm,
The Matlock Community music and fellowship" a ,the t
Church invites the public to a church, which is situateC lug;
spring concert featuring its ju- south of the intersection L.
nior and adult choirs at 7 p.m. Matlock. Refreshments will
Sunday, May 23.
Spokesperson Jeanne Town-
send described the event as "a
fun, free evening of uplifting
follow the concert. _.1
in Th°sefori who want additi0n
mation can contact Ton"
send at 426-7577.
Presbyterians set [,P
celebrate first year
ingbee. The Shelton Presbyterian
Church held its first worship
service one year ago this
40 8 month, and the congregation
et 'S will combine a celebration of
d LN its first anniversary with the
Sun .a celebration of Pentecost.
That's "the traditional
Christian recognition of the
F] :I'LN birth of the Christian Church,"
LIB( .(a observes the church's publicist,
Dr. James C. McElroy. He in-
is ,June 6
vites members of the publi: to
worship with the presb:e"
rians at 10:30 a.m. SuncaY,
May 23. ill be
The worship service w .
followed by a potluck in.t
fellowship hall at the SI;
Seventh-day Adventist tm-'/
at 210 Shelton Valley RoaO,
where the growing congreg. a"
tion is holding its regular vu"
day services.
words correctly.
THEN THE REAL stuff
started.
Listening carefully to words
pronounced by Dr. Mike Barnard,
the teams cruised through words
like racket, titanic, beachhead, lo-
cust, foul, almond, skillet, woe,
concrete, gaping, buffalo, biosen-
sor, terror and glen, but argument
was too contentious for the
CHOICE staffers, who added an
extra "e."
With one team down, the sec-
ond round -gala, breath, hobble,
gruff, acre, nightmare, bushels,
insomnia, fret, pilot, shone, scuffle
and flannel - offered no one prob-
lems. But it was no time for con-
fidence. Round 3 spellers survived
Moving up to the intermediate
level, Dr. Barnard offered gelati-
nous, dextral, monotonous, har-
binger and mosquito before heret-
ical put a spanner in the Bor-
deaux team's works. The rest of
the teams survived desolate, lim-
erick, supine, martyrs, assess and
rehearsal. Round 5 spellers
breezed through brought, mar-
supial, corps, embattled, carat,
porpoise, fiends, celery, bulbous,
hemophiliac, humility and isobar.
The Journal team managed mal-
apropism and breathed a sigh of
relief.
BUT WAITI Wasn't it our
plan to get tossed out early and
spend the rest of the evening at
the dessert buffet?
the podium each round, broke
loose from its moorings when its
keeper wasn't looking. "E-r-m-i-n-
e," spelled Elspeth Pope before
adding plaintively, "And is there
a 16-foot person in the Crowd who
could get my balloon down?"
The Mason Bees, bereft of mas-
cot, were among the teams that
buzzed out in the seventh round
when Dr. Barnard moved into the
"difficult" list for the final stage of
the competition. They got stung
by tachistoscope in spite of com-
plying with the judges' announce-
ment that bribery was encour-
aged. Babouche ambushed the
Guardians, and the Mason Gener-
al Hospital team was fatally in-
jured by watteau.
The survivors conquered pala-
Literacy major winner as
big event brings in $7,400
Literacy was the real winner at
last Thursday's Spring Spell-E-
Bration.
The event, which included
team sponsorships at $300 each,
a silent auction, and an audience
spelling competition at $5 a pop,
brought in $7,400 |br the cause.
The winning spellers, however,
had not only the satisfaction of a
third-time championship but a
four-piece ceramic trophy created
specifically fi)r Spell-E-Bration by
potters Kate and Will Jacobsen.
This year's Don Dowling Team
Spirit Award, donated in memory
of the Harems Hamma Hummers
spelling ace, went to The Guard-
ians, one of two Washington Cor-
rections Center teams•
Fifteen teams rolled into the
fray at the Spell-E-Bration for the
cause of literacy. They included:
• The Guardians, a Washing-
ton Corrections Center team com-
prising Gordon Jay, Barb Cloin
and Charell Johnston, sponsored
by West Coast Bank.
• North Mason High School
Teachers Toni Smith, Janet Ste-
gemeyer and Mike Fleming, spon-
sored by the Kiwanis Club of
North Mason, North Mason
Chamber of Commerce and Olym-
pia Federal Savings and Loan.
• Olympic College Shelton,
represented by Cris Downey, Lisa
Garner and Ron Marshall and
sponsored by Fiercely Independ-
ent Eiders (FIE).
• Friends of the William G.
Reed Library Helen Timm, Marie
Grinnell and Adelheid Krohne,
sponsored by Manke Lumber
Company.
• The Hoodsport Spell-
hounders, Sue Calkins, Peggy
Meyer and Shelton Middle School
student Katie McElliott, spon-
sored by Hood Canal Kiwanis and
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We are remodeling and are
adding more local art and gifts
to our office products, copy,
FAX, laminating and printing
services.
- Your complete office
products source -
409 W. Railroad * 426-6102
Friends of the Hoodsport Library.
• CHOICE High School friends
Beth Herrick, Amber Sea and Pat
Nagle, sponsored by Dr. Curtis
Sapp.
• The Queen Bees, Shelton
High School students Michelle
Beierle, Chris Strom and Crystal
Brush, sponsored by Simpson
Timber Company.
• The Bordeaux Bulldogs rep-
resented by Bordeaux parents
Heidi Kroupa, Barb Weza and
Robin Collins, sponsored by The
Hiawatha Corporation.
• A Mason County Literacy
team called Biene-Buyog-Bee for
the national heritages (Swiss-
German, Philippines and Hawaii)
of team members Hanni Rtltschi,
Larena Howe, and Kristie Naka-
sate. Rutschi and Howe, recent
citizenship-preparation class
graduates, recently became natu-
ralized U•S. citizens, and others
from their citizenship class were
there to cheer them on. The team
was sponsored by Dr. Bill Busac-
ca and Blase Gorny Design Limit-
ed.
• The Currently Unknown,
another WCC team of Julia Bak-
er, Kim Leeson and Beth Cabe,
sponsored by Little Skookum
Shellfish Growers.
• The Shelton Mason County
Journal represented by Journal
staffers Cynthia Meyer, Dave
Pierik and Carolyn Maddux.
• Bob Kimbel, Incorporated,
with spellers Curt, Joan and
Christe Bennett.
• The Mason Orchard Bees
spellers Elspeth Pope, Rae Whit-
ten and Frankie Zehrung, spon-
sored by Mason County Title In-
surance.
/
• CHOICE High School Staff
Paul Barber, Stacey Anderson
and Helena Nagle sponsored by
State Farm Insurance and Fi-
garo's Italian Kitchen.
• Mason General Hospital rep-
resented by Terry Fernsler, Cher-
yl Woods and Becky Nettles and
sponsored by Shelton Athletic
Club Limited.
The spellers didn't perform the
only heroics.
Potters Kate and Will Jacobsen
created and donated the first-
place trophy, a stunning vase in
floral shades with three bee-in-
scribed ceramic plaques.
Judges Karen Bowen, Ryan
Davis and Dr. Marie Pickel kept
their cool even when bribes
(except for the edible ones) all
went to pronouncer Dr. Mike
Barnard. (He turned them over to
Mason County Literacy.)'
Additional sponsors included
Settle and Johnson, Attorneys;
Hood Canal Communications;
Shelton Emblem Club; Ferdie
Schmitz; Julie Venahle; The Of-
rice Supply Store and a host of
community businesses and indi-
viduals providing auction items.
And there were worker bees
galore: silent auction committee
members Nancy Triplett, Pat Dal-
by, Erin Baumley, Ellen Shortt-
Sanchez and Jeri Zea; photogra-
pher Robin Hruska; decorators
Kacie Sanborn, Erin Baumley
and Brenda Brooks; dessert table
coordinators Toni Herrera, Kaye
Snyder, Ruth Culberson and Sue
Barnard; underwriter Dave Bay-
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Page 22 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 20, 1999
MASON BEE Elspeth Pope
pauses with her team's
mascot balloon before the
mylar bee took to the ceil-
ing of Saint Edward's
Hall.
The 40 et 8 veterans' organiza-
tion will hold a Sunday Funday
from 2 to 6 p.m. June 6 at the hall
on Cota Street.
Everyone is welcome at the
event, said spokesman Mike Kar-
atsanos. It will include music and
dancing, a silent auction and raf-
fles, and a barbecue, with ham-
burgers and fries and fish and
chips among the offerings.
Those attending can park in
the alley between First and Sec-
ond streets, Karatsanos said, and
enter the building through the al-
ley doorway.
Karatsanos said the proceeds
will help promote program of the
local 40 et 8, Voiture 135 of an or-
ganization that commemorates
military service overseas and
which is named for the trains
that carried 40 men and eight
horses.
Music in park
start.,00 in July
Seven performances are sched-
uled for Thursday evenings this
summer in Olde Towne Shelton's
popular Music in the Park series
on the post office lawn.
The series will start with
Swing Fever, South Puget
Sound's swing dance band, on
July 8. The Steamers will play
jumping blues on July 15, and
jazz buffs will enjoy Prohibition
Jazz on July 22.
On July 29, the 133rd Wash-
ington Army Band will play a
variety of styles. Olde Towne
Shelton director Debora- v. ebb
says that the recent world situ!
tion has resulted in a cutl0 ckb
appearances for the ban,
Shelton is one of the taw rise
the band has made a comm #
to keep on its itinerary.
Blue Hill will perfor hie
grass music in the park o l A
gust 5. On August 12, ,601 €'
will take the stage whej, ,
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