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Shelton-Mason County Journal Q WHAT%COOKIN" HARSTINEISLANDNEWS Janis Byrd inception. has been involved in Music in the Park in Shelton, sponsored by Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Skookum Rotary since its Music in the Park kicks off 17th year By NATALIE JOHNSON er," she said. natalie@rnasoncounty.com She now runs the event with Jill Himlie. Music in the Park is spon- sored by Skookum Rotary. For 17 years, the Music in the Byrd said she became interested Park program has brought local after attending several Music in the bands and music lovers together in Park events in other towns with a historic downtown Shelton. high school friend who had moved The program has historically to Kirkland. Together, they went to run every Thursday from mid-July a similar concert there. This music through the end of August. in the park program featured mostly This year, the concert series opens classical musicians. at 7 p.m. today at Sheltoffs Post Of- Then Byrd visited another outdoor rice Park with the Anna's Bay Cho- music program at Sylvester Park in rale performing "Gleek Fest" includ- Olympia, which featured more con- ing songs from the television show temporary music. "Glee" with songs by Fleetwood Mac, "Olympia's always had a great Queen, Coldplay and Journey. music scene," she said. The Music in the Park concert se- After those experiences, she dec:d- ries is free to the public, ed to bring the program to downtown Janis Byrd has been involved with Shelton. the event since its inception. At that time, Byrd was part of hn "I actually wa~ the original found- effort in Shelton to create the Old Town Shelton Association. The as- sociation wanted to use events like Music in the Park to encourage his- toric preservation and the apprecia- tion of historic buildings downtown. "I brought (the idea) to our board and they just thought it was a great idea," Byrd said. For the last two years, Skookum Rotary has sponsored the 'event. In the past, Byrd used her expe- rience scheduling entertainment for Oysterfest The event is now so established that most bands apply for the chance to perform at Music in the Park. "My goal for Music in the Park, as well as Oysterfest, was to have a good variety -- something for every- one and nothing that would offend," Byrd said. After this Thursday, seven more groups are set to perform in the Mu- sic in the Park concert series. At 7 p.m. on July 19, Half-Hitched, a band mixing old-time country and rock will perform. The next week, on July 26, Byrd said music will likely be a bluegrass band. On Aug. 2, the Chrome Betty band will make its first Music in the Park appearance. The group is based in Olympia and plays primarily rock and blues music. On Aug. 9, the ForEvergreen String Band will play traditional American folk music. On Aug. 16, Dr. Fredrick Davis will play folk tunes and ballads on an acoustic guitar. Davis leads the orthopedic department at Mason General Hospital and Family of Clin- ics. On Aug. 23. PoleBaBa, or Paul Barber and Ron Grinnell, will play rock and folk on piano and fiddle. Finally, the last concert in Music in the Park is scheduled for Aug. 30 Pioneer School students receive scholarships By KAREN EVERETT held on June 19 at the Pioneer Special to the Journal Middle School Gymnasium. The ceremony began with musical selections under the direction Pioneer School eighth-grad, of music teachers Susan Casey ers are entering the ninth grade and Elizabeth Rusher. this fall with scholarships that Intermediate/middle school they have already earned to go Principal Tricia Van Marter toward their post-high school welcomed the guests and intro- Court~ of Karen Everett education. These were awarded duced the staff. Valedictorian A number of Pioneer School eighth-graders earned at the annual Eighth Grade Pro- scholarships that will go toward their post-high motion Ceremony, which was See Pioneer on page B-2 school education. Thursday, July 12, 2012 'Life's a Beach' the theme of community dub meeting he Fourth of July is always an exciting holiday. We were very happy this year to have had lots of family with us. During the celebrations, which started early on Tuesday, we were gathered around the fire sharing .family stories when a strange dog came running through the yard. The fireworks had got to him and he had run away from home. We were able to calm him down and put him in the garage. Fritz, the dog's name, reminded us how frag- ile animals are and how scared they can get -- so we made sure to keep a close eye on our own dogs. Well, the story ends well as we were able to get a phone num- ber off Fritz's collar and he made it home safely. "Life's A Beach" is the theme of the upcoming monthly meet- ing of the Harstine Island Com- munity Club. Members and local residents are invited to attend the potluck beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Happy hour begins at 6 p.m. Following the potluck we'll have Beach Blan- ket Bingo -- priz- es for the lucky winners. Local residents are en- couraged to be- come a member By MIKE of the community CALLAGHAN club for only $15 per adult per year. The com- munity club is involved in many worthwhile projects -- not to men- tion a lot of fun. Join in with your neighbors. Harstine Island Garden Club will be meeting today at the com- munity hall: In particular, there will be discussion about an addi- tional rule for participating ven- dors at farmers market. There will be a $6 per vendor fee charged to cover the cost of the health permit required by the health department to sell homemade foods at the market. This fee would be a one- time charge covering the whole season and will be charged to all vendors. The garden club needs participating members and ideas for programs. Pops at the Pointe will be held again this year on'July 16 at Hartstene Pointe, north beach pic- nic area. Food including hot dogs, polish dogs, chips, drinks and ice cream, will be available begin- ning at 5:30 p.m. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. Stan Yantis and the Backwoods Windjam- mers will be providing the music again this year. Yantis always includes special entertainment for the kids. All are invited to attend and encouraged to bring beach chairs. Judy and I have attended this event many times and I can tell you, it is just a lot of old fash- ioned fun. Plans are being made for this years children's carnival. It will be held Aug. 8 from 10 a.m.- noon. This event traditionally pro- vides great games and entertain- ment for all the kids. If you would like to help out you might want to catch up with Jennifer Meyers, this year's coordinator. All who attended the senior lunch had a great pulled pork meal. Next they will have baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy with green beans, rolls and butter along with "not yo mama's" banana pudding. If that sounds good to you make sure you are at the community hall a little before noon on July 25. All they ask is a $3 donation and a good appetite. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who sent in their infor- mation this past Thursday. I'm finally getting used to the new deadline for the paper which is now Thursday evening. If you have something you would like to see in this column please send it to me at sobadog@msn.com. Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1 I