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New restaurant
the latest
tennant of old
KFC building
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncoun~y.com
After a health-related
hiatus, Nara Teriyaki re-
opened last week in down-
town Shelton.
Soong and Keum Chang
are again serving teriyaki
chicken, pork and beef,
gyoza, wok dishes and rice
bowls at 831 S. 1st St.
Motorists passing the
building that formerly
housed KFC have noticed
several transitions during
the past three years. The
couple opened Nara Teri-
yaki in 2009. A friend took
over the business while the
Changs retained owner-
ship of the building, but the
restaurant closed when the
new owner didn't keep up
with his bills, said Soong
Chang~
The business reopened
last year for two months as
Vic's Burger.
The name Soong trans-
lates to Vic in English,
Chang explained.
The menu was changed to
simpler dishes such as ham-
burgers because Keum was
ill, and Soong was running
the operation by himself.
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
Keum and Soong Chang, owners of Nara Teriyaki in downtown Shelton, have launched and operated teriyaki restaurants
since 1989.
Keum successfully un- in 1978, Soong in 1979. They opened the Teri- land owned by the Changs, I like the weather."
derwent surgery to remove They met while both wereyaki House in Tacoma, and and they used the money Nara Teriyaki is open
a tumorous kidney, so the working at a restaurant Nara Teriyaki in Ne.wburg, to buy the KFC bffilding in from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-
couple is back in business, near Washington, D.C. Ore. They still own the Shelton. day through Saturday, and
The Changs are both The couple has owned buildings. "There's a lot of traffic, is closed on Sundays.
from South Korea. Keum and operated teriyaki res- The City of Portland,and I like a small town," Take-out orders can be
moved to the United States taurants since 1989. Ore., bought undevelopedChang said. "I like Shelton. made by calling 426-1634.
Robotic
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tape to deriver weights. The
effort is based on a real proj-
ect pursued by professional
scientists, who want to pro-
duce a "space elevator" that
will transPort goods 16,000
miles from a platform at sea
to a satellite, without having
to use a rocket.
"Think of it as if we're
building a railroad: we're
building the infrastructure to
get to orbit cheaper, safer and
more frequently," states Da-
vid Horn, the technical chair
of the 2012 Space Elevator
Conference.
For the Lego robot, Dan
came up with the idea of us-
ing a bank of motors, but his
son Guy improved on the de-
sign and built it.
Many of Saturday's teams
created robots that were too
complicated, with off-center
wheels that caused too much
tension for the motors to
turn, said Dan. His members
produced a robot with wheels
opposed to each other, which
avoided tension on the tape,
he said.
The robotics group was
founded last year when Dan
gave Guy a choice: they Could
either join the Boy Scouts to-
gether, with Dan as a leader,
or launch a robotics club.
"I just like anything tech-
nological," said Guy.
His sister Grace remem-
bers it this way: '~Dad said,
"Hey, do you want to make a
robot?"
Dan stresses that he gives
the kids the tools and the club
structure, and then sets them
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efforts with her blog, http:// three efforts failed. Inspirational." Next year's
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"I just try to facilitate dis- incorrectly." Dan is introducing a club
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tions and sponsorship bythe pulled a 2-1/2-pound pay- You can check out the
Pioneer Kiwanis Club. load, which would have won club's efforts at its booth at
The club entered the ro- the competition if the effort Pioneer's open house from
botics contest last year at had qualified. Instead, they 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4.
Grange
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salmon."
She also recalled when telephone service came to
Belfair, and how Newkirk road got its name.
"I remember when there was a time when there
was a county road and another county road that didn't
have names -- and then we got telephones," she said.
Because the Newkirk home was the closest to the
road, the telephone company named it Newkirk Road.
"When we were kids we hiked on the hill and there
were no houses on the hill," she said. "We were taught
to make noise so we didn't surprise an animal that
could hurt us."
Harper said she enjoyed getting recognition from
the grange, partly because she had given out such rec-
ognition to many members before her,
"It was a very wonderful afternoon, it was wonder-
full to see old friends," she said.
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