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,o Shelton.Mason County Journal 'Nerdy and Proud' sets its sights on Seattle competition BriAnne Waite, a Hood Canal native, designed the 31st OysterFest Poster, which depicts with a lemon and oyster mignonette, or oyster sorbet, painted in watercolor. Jouma DnOIO D~ Natalie Johnsor oysters on ice Oyster Board selects local artist for 2012 OysterFest poster By NATALIE JOHNSON nata[ie@nt, a.soncoun/y.eorn BriAnne Waite, 25, has spent much of her life on Hood Canal, and draws inspi- ration from its animals and landscape for her colorful and imaginative watercolor paintings. Last month, Skookum Rotary's Oyster Board, Which organizes the yearly Oys- terFest, picked one of Waite's submis- sions for the 2012 OysterFest poster. "I'm happy to see people are enjoying it," Waite said. Waite said she has enjoyed art since she was young. "From the time I was in kindergarten I had an art teacher ... who really inspired me," she said. Since then, Waite's artistic talents have developed. To- day she focuses on watercolor works, painting landscapes and animals, many from Hood Canal. "This summer I've mainly tried to focus on Hood Ca- nal," she said. Other examples of her work include paintings of tropi- cal flowers. "I love that kind of stuff," she said. "I'm definitely a "From the time I was in kindergarten i had an art teacher ... who really inspired me" landscape artist." Waite has been quietly producing art for several years, but sold her work for the first time at an art show at the Union Square Deli this year on St. Patricks Day. Although it was her first art show, she sold out of origi- nal paintings and prints of her work. Waite said she has been surprised, but also encouraged by the response from local art lovers. "It's hard to keep up with the demand," she said. "Hav- ing that good reception really helped me. It's nice because it's definitely a unique style." Waite submitted three designs for the OysterFest post- er contest. Out of the six total submissions this year, the Oyster Board picked her painting of oysters on the half shell on ice with lemons and oyster mignonette, an oyster sorbet. Paula Ferrara, who helps screen the art each year, spoke enthusiastically about th~ piece. She said each year the posters are printed in limited numbers and sold to support the festival, which raises See Artist on page B-2 Thursday, Aug. 23, The grasses are turning brown and leaves are beginning to wilt as the summer warmth soaks deep into our soils. At the same time, the gardens we have planted seem to be pumping out veggies like crazy and they taste so sweet. I have to thank Jeanne Rehwaldt for bringing me up to date with my bolt- ing broccoli. I'm going to take her ad- vise and throw a few of those Cruciferae in the ground for late fall enjoyment. There was a senior lunch last week, so we will have to wait until September for the next one. Jumping from senior to junior, the opening day of school is fast approach- ing and our island kids will be riding those yellow buses soon. I've had the opportunity to meet some of the students involved in the Ro- botics Club at Pio- neer. Josie Beaudoin is one of them and she also has an inter- est in writing, so I asked her to send in an article about the By MIKE club. "Team Nerdy and CALLAGHAN Proud is going to the Space Elevator Competition. It is where Lego Mindstorms (like Technics) climb up a 20-foot rope to deliver weights. It's based on a project real scientists are working on. In the competition, they use caution tape, but in real life they will be using carbon nanotubes. They are made up of very small cylindrical carbon molecules. The Space Elevator Competition is at the Museum of Flight in Seattle on Aug. 25. For more infor- . mation, go to: ww3,v. spaceelevatorconference.org. They are also working on projects, such as "Fuzzy Robotics," which is the poster making, website designing, movie making, etc., in Robotics. It's for people who prefer designing things and art instead of building and program- ming robots. They designed this website for their team: pioneerfirstrobotics.blogspot.com. Pioneer's Open House from 5-6:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 will feature a robotics booth. Be sure to check that out if you have a kid in Pioneer who wants to join. They are also starting clubs in some of the downtown schools. Also, if you want to learn about FIRST Lego League, go to: www.firstwa.org." If there are any other young aspir- ing journalists out there who would like to put an article in the column, please feel free to send it to me a~ sobadog@msn.com. Perhaps if there is enough interest the Journal would open space for a weekly student-written column -- I know Josie would be inter- ested. The Farmers Market has one more full month of operation ahead, so if you haven't been there, time is running out. They are open from 10 a.m.-noon every Saturday morning. A recent speaker at the Kiwanis Club was Erin Short. She represented Sunrise Equine Rescue. We have our own cat rescue here on the island, but just over at 410 Mason Benson Road near Grapeview School is the horse rescue. Erin explained that not only do they rescue the horses, but they also have riding programs for special needs children and for returning military vet- erans. If you have an interest in horses and want more information, you can find them online or you can give them a call at 275-2960. Recipes due for seafood cookoff STAFF REPORT pt~masoncou~ttyocom. Creative cooks are invited to send in their favorite seafood recipes for the Seafood Cook-Off by Sept. 8 in three See Cook-Off on page B-2 2012 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1