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SheltomMason County Journal Principal | mpresses at meeting verybody seems to be talking about it and the words are spo- ken in unusual and pleasing tones. A buzz of activity is sweep- ing across the island because of it. I think there are tons more smiles be- cause of it. However, one of the draw- backs has been the extra work it has caused. What is it? It is this beautiful weather and my garden plants are finally beginning to shoot up and overtake the weeds. Marry Brewer, Pioneer School su- perintendent, spoke at last week's Wednesday morning Pioneer Ki- wanis Club meeting. He has held the position for a year now. Marty went over the goals he had estab- lished when he first took the job. He is a very enthusiastic and moti- vated leader and wants the school to provide the best education our kids can get. If you haven't met Marry, he pretty much has an open door policy so he is available most of the time. In fact. last year he set up two special days, one in the spring and one in the fall, which provided a day for local area residents to visit the school and get a tour of the cam- pus while class By MIKE was in session. He CALLAGI-IAN will have the same event planned for this year and hopes all local residents will take advan- tage of the opportunity to visit. Since the Garden Club's idea to sponsor a Farmer's Market, the market has been free to vendors and visitors alike. Then it voted to charge the vendors the $6 fee that has been mentioned in the column a couple of times. Well, I think that was just too much for them and they have de- cided -- at least for this year -- not to charge the fee. I've been to many a farmer's market and believe that the Harstine Island market is One of the better ones. The market is one of the things that makes this island so wonderful. It's a place where people can meet and talk and share tal- ents. One of the most inviting things about the market has been that it is free -- so it looks like the tradition will live on. August is shaping up to be very busy. Let's start with the annual Harstine Island Rummage Sale on Saturday. The doors will open at 9 a.m. and close at 1 p.m. From past experience, I've learned that there will 6e a line to get in so you might want to get there a little before 9 a.m. This event is sponsored by the community club and all the proceeds go right back into the maintenance of" the hall. This year as usual Barbara La- June has volunteered her time to organize this event along with Mary Nichols. As I've men'~ioned before, the hall will be 100 years old in the year 2014 and at that age the build- ing always needs a little extra care. The rummage sale relies on your generosity. So please, volunteer some time and look through the closets, garages and storage areas for items you can get rid of that will make your life simpler. The sale will have books, clothing, tools, farm supplies, toys, jewelry, CDs, furniture, linens, dishes, Christmas stuff, fishing and boating equipment and much more. There are a few things they don't want because they come with too many problems. Those items include electronics such as computers, mat- tresses, your old shoes and exercise equipment. For more information contact Barbara at 426-0494. One more note, as you look around and gather your treasures, put them in a corner and wait to take them to the hall until today. That way the volunteers will be able to have time to sort through and organize the do- nations. WHAT'SCOOKIN' See Harstine on page B.8 Woman survives and lacerations to her face that had hit the steering wheel. The vehicle was de- stroyed, but McKenzie escaped with her accident life, and thankfully, no one else was in- car volved. News of the accident came to Melanie By JANE METZGER Eacrett, co-president and treasurer of Special to the Journal GFSC the next morning, in a phone call from McKenzie herself. "She had just come out of major sur- MeganMcKenzie'sdream ofopeninga gery and felt so bad about damaging center for special needs children was al- the prizes and all our stuff in the acci- most broken after a car accident on July dent," Eacrett said: "She seemed more 22 nearly cost her life. concerned about that than her own in- She was driving alone on State Route juries." 3 back to Shelton from the Allyn Days Everything, including the money box, Festival, her small pickup loaded with all was thrown from the vehicle on impact, the materials from the information booth' and oddly, just about everything was re- of A Gift For Special Children, a nonprof- covered except the box. it that helps the families of special needs "It's sad to think someone would steal children. Exhausted from the weekend's a box of money containing $235 that was events, McKenzie fell asleep and her car marked for a children's charity," she said. went off the road. hitting a tree. A Gift For Special Children was She was taken to Mason General Hos- formed in 1991 to help the families of pital with a severely fractured arm, mul- tiple bruises to her body, a concussion, See Dream on page B-8 Journa photo by Jane Metzger Megan McKenzie, an organizer of nonprofit A Gift for Special Children, was recently in a car accident that nearly cost her her life. Daniel Oakes, 19, and Shelton Sea Scouts adviser Harvey Farrimond work the line foot Catalina the Sea Scout Ship No. 453 sails on July 18 on Budd Bay in Olympia. Journal photo by Emily Hanson on the "Sea Dog" a 27- Program returns to Shelton after 11 years By EMILY HANSON Farrimond said. "I thought 'how fun The Shelton Sea Scouts have tem- em, ily@m, asoncounty.com is learning about sailing out of a book porarily joined forces with the Olym- in a classroom?'" pin Sea Scouts to form Ship No. 453.. When Farrimond approached the Together, the ship has six vessels: "Prepare to come about!" Harvey American Legion with his idea to two dinghies, the 27-foot Catalina Farrimond called out to the Shelton bring the Sea Scouts back, he said "Sea Dog," a 16-foot run about, the Sea Scouts on July 18. they told him they would do whatever 32-foot "S.S.S.R.E. Gillespie" and a Hearing this order, the Sea Scouts it took to keep the NJROTC program 40-foot motor launch. collectively ducked under the boom of going in Shelton for another 30 years. "We have enough vessels at the the main sail as it changed direction Farrimond, who began sailing 14 present time but the Sea Scouts and and the boat angled to the starboard years ago, has a Certificate of Com- NJROTC can always use more mon- side with the wind. pletion in Master/Mate 100 Ton with ey," Farrimond said. July 18 was the second day the Sea sail and towing endorsements from Though Sea Scouting was brought Scouts hit the water with Farrimond, Houston Marine Training Services in back to Shelton to help with recruit- their adviser, on the "Sea Dog," one their Honolulu offices, ment and retention for the NJROTC, of six vessels belonging to Sea Scout "That's a $4,000 value I give to Farrimond said it is not a require- Ship No. 453. this program," he said. ment to be part of NJROTC to be a "The Sea Scouts are part of the He said this certificate allows him Sea Scout and NJROTC does not re- Boy Scouts," Farrimond said. "The to teach the Sea Scouts how to sail. quire its members to be Sea Scouts. purpose is to promote patriotism and "We teach them how to have fun," NJROTC cadet Current Command Americanism, etc. The Sea Scouts he said. "We teach them how to sail, Senior Chief John Olson, 17, said at were in Shelton until 2001 and they general seamanship and the rules of last count, the program had 90 ca- donated the 'Sea Dog' to the Olym- the road." dets, and would need 100 cadets in pia Sea Scouts when they closed up When on the water, sailors use the order to stay at Shelton High School. shop." collision regulations, or COLREG, "There are about 15 cadets I know Farrimond, with the support ofwhich are the international regula- of who have joined simply because the American Legion Post No. 31, re- tions that teach who has the right- they heard we sail now," Olson said. cently brought the Sea Scouts back to of-way on the water in order to avoid "NJROTC is also starting field trips Shelton in an effort to help with the collisions, up again. We're trying to get minors' Naval Junior Reserves Officer Train- "Initially, I walked the Sea Scouts public opinions back." ing Corp (NJROTC) recruitment,through the basic parts of a sailboat Olson stated NJROTC cadets have "We decided to start it up when I because when we're out on the water, no requirements to join the military learned NJROTC was having trouble it becomes very important that we be with recruitment and retention," efficient," Farrimond said. See Scouts on page B-8 Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1