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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
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