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) :, i / WITH INSTRUMENTS IN HAND are, from left, Will and Laura Farr, Ty- ler Hagood and Dwane Balde of the ForEvergreen String Band. They will perform at Post Office Park this Thursday evening as part of Music in the Park. ForEvergreen on tonight, Voetberg singers up next No, they're not the Von Trapps, but the large, musical Voetberg family from (',entralia is a bell- ringer for the performers made fa- mous in the Sound of Music. With 10 children ranging in ages tYom 6 to 23, the Voetbergs have been entertaining since 1999. Next week, the whole gang will be singing" and playing live in downtown Shelton as part of the annual Music in the Park concert IIIIliillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Weather IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll High Low Precip. Fahrenheit (In.) July 11 100 55 0 July 12 77 57 0 July 13 75 60 0 July 14 86 55 0 July 15 75 59 0 July 16 78 57 0 July 17 70 57 .61 Measurements are recorded for the National Weather Service at Sanderson Field. Last Wednesday's high of 100 degrees set a record for Jtdy 11. The previous record on that date was 96 degrees. That record was preceded by a record- setting 98 degrees July 10. July was dry with no precipitation until July :17. Wednesday morning the National Weather Service predicted mostly cloudy skies Thursday through Friday with highs near 70 degrees and lows around 55 with a 50 percent chance of showers Thursday, a 40 percent chance Thursday night and a 60 percent chance of rain Friday. Forecasters expect mostly cloudy conditions Friday night and Saturday with a low around 53 and a high near 75 degrees. Showers are likely Friday night befbre 11 p.m. with a chance of showers on Saturday. Clouds should continue Saturday night and Sunday with a low around 55 and a high near 75. The extended fbrecast for Sunday night through Tuesday calls tbr partly cloudy conditions. The highs should be near 78 degrees on Monday and 80 on Tuesday with lows around 58. series. More information about the Voetbergs is available at www. voetbergfamily.com on the In- ternet. Playing bluegrass, gospel, coun- try, folk, jazz and Celtic influ- ences, the Voetberg children have garnered several awards. Their honors include eight Washington State fiddle championships, eight Washington State Music Teacher Association awards for outstand- ing keyboard and vocal peribr- mance, 17 regional fiddle champi- onships, eight top five placements at the National Fiddle Competi- tion and the title of 2007 National Young Adult Fiddle Champion. "The Voetberg family is unique, wonderful, talented, entertaining and a joy," multi Grammy award winner Floyd Domino is quoted saying in a prepared statement. TONIGHT, THE ForEvergreen String Band is ready to make its appearance under the gazebo as the second offering in this year's Music in the Park concert series. The band was formed nearly two years ago by Will and Laura Farr and several other local musi- cians to play old-time music for a variety of venues. The group will peril)tin from 7 to 9 pm July 19, fi'om the gazebo at Post Office l)ark at Second Street an(t Rail- road Avenue. Folk)wing ForEvergreen String Band, the remaining concert line- up in the annual series includes the Voetberg Family July 26; Runaway ]'rain, a South Sound bluegrass gToup, on August 2; The Randy Baugh Band oil August 9 with folk rock; Elvis & the Blonde on August 16; Wise Cracker, a jazz ensemble, on August 23; and the big-band sound el" Swing Fever on August 30. Concerts will begin at 7 p.m. each Thursday evening through- out the summer at Post Office Park. Lions club members will be on hand selling soft drinks and hot dogs, says Jerry Eckenrode, orga- nizer of this year's program. IF IT RAINS, the tun will be undiminished, just moved. The Callback venue for Music in the Park, Eckenrode confirmed this week, is Memorial Hall. The hall is at Second and Frank- lin streets, just across the street from the park. Concert set to raise funds for McReavy House restoration Three bands will perform at a July 28 benefit concert for the Mc- Reavy House Museum restoration project. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. that Saturday at the Skokom- ish Grange Hall on Skokomish Val- ley Road. Proceeds from the $5 cover charge will go toward the museum proposed for the mansion in Union. A limited number of event T- shirts will be sold tbr $10 to help the cause. Olympia's Alien, Union City's own Sideways Reign and Belfair's songstress Jessica Engel and her band Klementine will play for the benefit. In addition, local historian and author Michael Fredson will be on hand to answer questions about the museum project and sign his books, Beast Man and Hood Canal. He is the president of the Mason County Historical Society and head of the effort to turn the McReavy House into a museum and arts center. Skokomish Indian Tribal Enterprises (S.I.T.E.) On Saturday: Union picnic to be a cemetery benefit The Hood Canal Improvement Club hosts a community-wide pic- nic starting at 4 p.m. this Satur- day, July 21, at the Union Commu- nity Park. Hamburgers, hot dogs, soft drinks, water, plates and utensils are being provided by the club, and all are welcome to attend this free event. People are asked to bring a salad or vegetable dish if their last name begins with 'the letters A to L, and a dessert from the letters M to Z. Randy Baugh will provide acous- tical music, and there will be silent and live auctions during the eve- ning. The purpose of the event is to raise funds to restore and improve the Union Pioneer Cemetery, locat- ed off McReavy Road. Much work has been done in the past several years to cut back the overgrowth of brush that had overtaken the head- stones and completely engulfed the property, but there is more to do, said club member Valerie John- son. Owned by Union City Masonic Lodge 27, the cemetery has had many people interested in its pres- ervation throughout the years, but a concerted effort, such as is being staged currently by the Hood Canal Improvement Club, hasn't occurred for many years. The cemetery has been at the present site since about 1893, noted Merlyn Flakus, one of the organizers. The current interest in the res- toration of the cemetery holds many possibilities, including the continued cleaning of the grounds of brush, grading the low areas possibly bringing in fill so the land is more even out, purchasing equipment to in brush removal, interred and replacing that have vanished, as well pairing ones that have been ken. Once restored, outdoor could be created and placed at entrance telling of the the place and the interred, as  as pl"oviding a map to the gravesites. Some club think that after all the hard is done, the cemetery might resident caretaker who would tion as groundskeeper, host and curity person. All of those ideas1 need flmding if the im club and the Masons are to with the plans, Johnson said. Flakus noted that the lodge is working on records of 1 is buried in the cemetery. For more details, those ed can call Merlyn or Ruth at 898-4922. • Cell Phones • Laptops • Palm PilotS 2.Way Digital / Most sizes crushed rock delivered into Shelton s312 One for $185. Special savings to outlying areas. Plus tax. Price effective 5/I5/07 Prices subiect to change without notice. CONSTRUCTION GRADE 3" Minus EO.B. Located on Highway 101 between Shelton and Olympia Year-round delivery Creek Quarry Call for details! (360) 426 TWIN TOTEMS STORE & DELl • 19390 North US Hwy. 101 Skokomish Nation, WA 98584 At the intersection of Hwy. 101 & Hwy. 106 minutes north of Shelton on the Skokomish Indian Reservation Located next to the Lucky Dog Casino * 427-9099 00ason at next running Page 12 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 19, 2007 Complete Carton Fresh Deli Beer -- ,g. $2_.47 Miller Bud, Coors $1 999 Chicken & Jo's. Burritos Island Blendz . dl8-pac Corn Dogs* Pizza Pockets Cigars. Sunkist Rolls, Breakfast Burflt000 ! Welch's., '  &morel 3 Chicken hW Strips & 8 Jo 7 Up J00P00otatoes WI¢,,V/003 12-packs S Reg. $ 99 7 /Carton Hostess Donuts 99€/eacl, 11.25-oz. bag 81.59/BAG 2 / s 5 see., ) :, i / WITH INSTRUMENTS IN HAND are, from left, Will and Laura Farr, Ty- ler Hagood and Dwane Balde of the ForEvergreen String Band. They will perform at Post Office Park this Thursday evening as part of Music in the Park. ForEvergreen on tonight, Voetberg singers up next No, they're not the Von Trapps, but the large, musical Voetberg family from (',entralia is a bell- ringer for the performers made fa- mous in the Sound of Music. With 10 children ranging in ages tYom 6 to 23, the Voetbergs have been entertaining since 1999. Next week, the whole gang will be singing" and playing live in downtown Shelton as part of the annual Music in the Park concert IIIIliillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Weather IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllll High Low Precip. Fahrenheit (In.) July 11 100 55 0 July 12 77 57 0 July 13 75 60 0 July 14 86 55 0 July 15 75 59 0 July 16 78 57 0 July 17 70 57 .61 Measurements are recorded for the National Weather Service at Sanderson Field. Last Wednesday's high of 100 degrees set a record for Jtdy 11. The previous record on that date was 96 degrees. That record was preceded by a record- setting 98 degrees July 10. July was dry with no precipitation until July :17. Wednesday morning the National Weather Service predicted mostly cloudy skies Thursday through Friday with highs near 70 degrees and lows around 55 with a 50 percent chance of showers Thursday, a 40 percent chance Thursday night and a 60 percent chance of rain Friday. Forecasters expect mostly cloudy conditions Friday night and Saturday with a low around 53 and a high near 75 degrees. Showers are likely Friday night befbre 11 p.m. with a chance of showers on Saturday. Clouds should continue Saturday night and Sunday with a low around 55 and a high near 75. The extended fbrecast for Sunday night through Tuesday calls tbr partly cloudy conditions. The highs should be near 78 degrees on Monday and 80 on Tuesday with lows around 58. series. More information about the Voetbergs is available at www. voetbergfamily.com on the In- ternet. Playing bluegrass, gospel, coun- try, folk, jazz and Celtic influ- ences, the Voetberg children have garnered several awards. Their honors include eight Washington State fiddle championships, eight Washington State Music Teacher Association awards for outstand- ing keyboard and vocal peribr- mance, 17 regional fiddle champi- onships, eight top five placements at the National Fiddle Competi- tion and the title of 2007 National Young Adult Fiddle Champion. "The Voetberg family is unique, wonderful, talented, entertaining and a joy," multi Grammy award winner Floyd Domino is quoted saying in a prepared statement. TONIGHT, THE ForEvergreen String Band is ready to make its appearance under the gazebo as the second offering in this year's Music in the Park concert series. The band was formed nearly two years ago by Will and Laura Farr and several other local musi- cians to play old-time music for a variety of venues. The group will peril)tin from 7 to 9 pm July 19, fi'om the gazebo at Post Office l)ark at Second Street an(t Rail- road Avenue. Folk)wing ForEvergreen String Band, the remaining concert line- up in the annual series includes the Voetberg Family July 26; Runaway ]'rain, a South Sound bluegrass gToup, on August 2; The Randy Baugh Band oil August 9 with folk rock; Elvis & the Blonde on August 16; Wise Cracker, a jazz ensemble, on August 23; and the big-band sound el" Swing Fever on August 30. Concerts will begin at 7 p.m. each Thursday evening through- out the summer at Post Office Park. Lions club members will be on hand selling soft drinks and hot dogs, says Jerry Eckenrode, orga- nizer of this year's program. IF IT RAINS, the tun will be undiminished, just moved. The Callback venue for Music in the Park, Eckenrode confirmed this week, is Memorial Hall. The hall is at Second and Frank- lin streets, just across the street from the park. Concert set to raise funds for McReavy House restoration Three bands will perform at a July 28 benefit concert for the Mc- Reavy House Museum restoration project. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. that Saturday at the Skokom- ish Grange Hall on Skokomish Val- ley Road. Proceeds from the $5 cover charge will go toward the museum proposed for the mansion in Union. A limited number of event T- shirts will be sold tbr $10 to help the cause. Olympia's Alien, Union City's own Sideways Reign and Belfair's songstress Jessica Engel and her band Klementine will play for the benefit. In addition, local historian and author Michael Fredson will be on hand to answer questions about the museum project and sign his books, Beast Man and Hood Canal. He is the president of the Mason County Historical Society and head of the effort to turn the McReavy House into a museum and arts center. Skokomish Indian Tribal Enterprises (S.I.T.E.) On Saturday: Union picnic to be a cemetery benefit The Hood Canal Improvement Club hosts a community-wide pic- nic starting at 4 p.m. this Satur- day, July 21, at the Union Commu- nity Park. Hamburgers, hot dogs, soft drinks, water, plates and utensils are being provided by the club, and all are welcome to attend this free event. People are asked to bring a salad or vegetable dish if their last name begins with 'the letters A to L, and a dessert from the letters M to Z. Randy Baugh will provide acous- tical music, and there will be silent and live auctions during the eve- ning. The purpose of the event is to raise funds to restore and improve the Union Pioneer Cemetery, locat- ed off McReavy Road. Much work has been done in the past several years to cut back the overgrowth of brush that had overtaken the head- stones and completely engulfed the property, but there is more to do, said club member Valerie John- son. Owned by Union City Masonic Lodge 27, the cemetery has had many people interested in its pres- ervation throughout the years, but a concerted effort, such as is being staged currently by the Hood Canal Improvement Club, hasn't occurred for many years. The cemetery has been at the present site since about 1893, noted Merlyn Flakus, one of the organizers. The current interest in the res- toration of the cemetery holds many possibilities, including the continued cleaning of the grounds of brush, grading the low areas possibly bringing in fill so the land is more even out, purchasing equipment to in brush removal, interred and replacing that have vanished, as well pairing ones that have been ken. Once restored, outdoor could be created and placed at entrance telling of the the place and the interred, as  as pl"oviding a map to the gravesites. Some club think that after all the hard is done, the cemetery might resident caretaker who would tion as groundskeeper, host and curity person. All of those ideas1 need flmding if the im club and the Masons are to with the plans, Johnson said. Flakus noted that the lodge is working on records of 1 is buried in the cemetery. For more details, those ed can call Merlyn or Ruth at 898-4922. • Cell Phones • Laptops • Palm PilotS 2.Way Digital / Most sizes crushed rock delivered into Shelton s312 One for $185. Special savings to outlying areas. Plus tax. Price effective 5/I5/07 Prices subiect to change without notice. CONSTRUCTION GRADE 3" Minus EO.B. Located on Highway 101 between Shelton and Olympia Year-round delivery Creek Quarry Call for details! (360) 426 TWIN TOTEMS STORE & DELl • 19390 North US Hwy. 101 Skokomish Nation, WA 98584 At the intersection of Hwy. 101 & Hwy. 106 minutes north of Shelton on the Skokomish Indian Reservation Located next to the Lucky Dog Casino * 427-9099 00ason at next running Page 12 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 19, 2007 Complete Carton Fresh Deli Beer -- ,g. $2_.47 Miller Bud, Coors $1 999 Chicken & Jo's. Burritos Island Blendz . dl8-pac Corn Dogs* Pizza Pockets Cigars. Sunkist Rolls, Breakfast Burflt000 ! Welch's., '  &morel 3 Chicken hW Strips & 8 Jo 7 Up J00P00otatoes WI¢,,V/003 12-packs S Reg. $ 99 7 /Carton Hostess Donuts 99€/eacl, 11.25-oz. bag 81.59/BAG 2 / s 5 see.,