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Forest Continued from page A-1 SPEC AL EVENT. UNE Ist- 9th Schedule Your FREE In-Office Demonstration of BluLink PHD MiniLink Mayor's Award. The Marysville Strawberry Festival float won the Grand Sweepstakes, Capital Lake- fair won the Grand Marshal award and the McCleary Bear Festival won the President's Award. "They've had Bear Festi- val in McCleary for 50 years -- they actually serve bear stew," Freeman said. The Forks Old-Fashioned Fourth of July festival won the Governor's Award and the Hoquiam Logger's Playday won the Mayor's Award. Clas- sic car groups participated in the parade as well as Sun- day's Car Show-Off. In the parade, the Friends of Willie and Joe, which brought an as- sortment of vintage military vehicles, won first place in the classic car category. Shelton High School won first place for best marching band, with Hawkins Middle School coming in second. The Equestriennes of Ma- son County won first place in the mounted equestrian Sat- egory. North Queens Drill Team from Seattle won best dance/ drill team, but Shelton's The Dance Shack, took second place. Members of the Forest Festival Committee chose win- ners of the Chairman's Awards. Manke Lumber and the Southside School Royalty won the Spirit Award, The Shelton United Methodist Church's Roaring like a Lion display won the Creativity Award and Jesse Young for Congress won the Novelty Award. "They had the one that was all decked out in all the greens and stuff -- that was Camp Grisdale," Freeman said. The Community Service Awards went to Lindseyz Landscaping and Excavation and the North Mason fourth and fifth grade band. %Ve give these out because we feel that people went above and beyond," Freeman said. Each year the festival has something for everyone, in- chiding vendors on Loop Field Saturday, a four-day carnival, a ftm-~, parade, family fun night, fireworks and a duck float on Goldsborough Creek. More than 100 car enthusi- asts turned out for the Forest Festival Car Show-Off, which took over Olympic Highway North on Sunday. While this year's festival was a success, Freeman said more people need to volunteer to keep it going in the future. '~¢¢e are desperate to get some people to help us," she said. The Forest Festival royalty has seven more parades to go to until their season is over. "Our next parade is (June) 16th and that's the Marysville Strawberry Festival," Free- man said. The Forest Festival court will also appear at the Seafair parade in Seattle on July 28. Journal photos by Natalie Johnson Above, local Cub Scouts walk through the 2012 Mason County Forest Festival parade on Saturday. Below, the 2012 Mason County Forest Festival float rolls down Railroad Avenue. This year's royalty included Princess of Hemlock Jordan Crossan from Shelton High School (SHS), left, Princess of Spruce Harley Sweitzer of SHS, Princess of Cedar Emily Grimmius of North Mason High School (NMI-IS), Queen of the Forest Brianna Eddy of NMHS and Princess of Douglas Fir Allyssa Castro of SHS. Above, the Equestriennes of Mason County modeled their costumes after the 2012 Mason County Forest Festival's theme of Olde Tyme Timber. Below, classic cars took over Olympic Highway North in the 2012 Mason County Forest Festival Car Show-Off on Sunday. Senior center Continued from page A-1 its support. "We scored high, but we did not score high enough to get the grant," Shaw said. Shaw said the senior center has been located in downtown Shelton for 30 years. The former PUD 3 building was ideal, Shaw said, because of the size of the building, the location along the bus route and the additional number of park- ing spaces. The facility also has an emergency genera- tor. "We desperately need more space," Shaw said. The senior center has approximately 900 mem- bers, she said. That does not include seniors served by several of the activities at the senior center, includ- ing daily lunches and guest speaker presentations. The existing center on Railroad Avenue has ap- proximately 5,000 square feet of usable space. The main PUD 3 building on West Cota Street has nearly triple that space and a side building, formerly used for PUD 3 operations and engi- neering, has another 8,412 square feet. The goal of a larger cen- ter won't rest because of this setback, Shaw said. "This is just a large bump in the road of reaching our goal of a larger activities and resource center," Shaw said. "We have no choice but to go forward." There's a chance Shaw and PUD 3 officials can come to an alternative arrange- ment to use the building. Joel Myer, PUD 3 spokes- man, confirmed such a pos- sibility exists but declined to elaborate on the situation "because the details of such an arrangement are still be- ing developed." "Rest assured, we are investigating a number of options," Myer said in an email. "We want to ensure a beneficial result for the Mason County Senior Ac- tivities Association, Mason County PUD No. 3 and its customers." Shaw said the county's senior population -- those 50 and older -- continues to increase. It's better to have those people seek services in Mason County than in nearby Kitsap or Thurston counties, she said. If seniors go to those adjacent coun- ties for services, they also are spending money there. "It's an economic issue as well as a service issue," Shaw said. The senior center plans to meet with Community Development Block Grant officials in the near future to learn how its grant applica- tion might be strengthened. "We are strongly consid- ering reapplying next year," Shaw said. 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