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Harstine'.
MGH lauds two
MaSon General Hospital has an-
°:ced Jeanne Norris and Pam
:,ILson as. its employees of the
v,"m mr July and August.
a,°anne Norris, a registered nurse
,uason General, began her nursing
nut,Career there as a licensed practical
="_ (LPN)in 1968. She worked in
_ eat at the local hospital until
1972 when she took three years off to
Th er family. She returned as a ....
h" 'rr m 1975 and attended South i:.:: ....
rUget ...... ,
ea, Sound Community College to
.;'.-her registered nurse degree,
Wch she received in 1987.
. I always wanted to be a nurse," ....
:, mments. That determination k
ortified when she was 13 and Jeanne Norris
contracted menin-tis T sa s
she=,-, . 6, • hen, she y,
.q.L [my knew that I was going to be a nurse." A Shelton High
l graduate, she has lived in the area since moving here as
t0.C°nd'grader. Her mother, Helen Morrow, still lives in Shel-
As a staff nurse, Jeanne Norris works where she is needed. "I
UTSually assigned to emergency or intensive care," she says,
,ur--" also fill. in for ,.ot-rartun n m (obstetrics) or in the medical
ery'Pedlatrics a "
help anywhere sh rea, she explains. It was her willingness to
pe_ . e can that led her nominator to put her per-
. ual smile and williness to o out of her wav to hel a
tients an , ,, b P P -
.._ u staff before the board.
0f he delivers every part of her job with a smile and will go out
hi= r.way to assist others in their job duties. She has done dou-
b alts, comes in on her days off, stays late and comes in ear-
s'v. ae will do anything to help," praises her nominator, who
Oea°:kp[i°!: c:aId!p iongmt h ems to gt ° best
_ rris and her husband Randall, have two grown children,
q h
ug! ter Patty and son Dean. In her spare time she loves spend-
clrne with her famil- es-eciallv her five randchildren She
f sewing, volunteers at Fire District 13 as an aide and fire-
ter, and is active at Shelton Christian Church.
a Madison is described as "the
of the office" by her nominator
General's August Employee
long-time Shelton resi-
Madison graduated from Shel-
School in 1988 and, as high-
er Pare Meyer, was a High-
ader. Her cheerful atti-
dedication to hard work over
Years have caught her nominator's
tion. "She always makes us
and is always willing to give
hand no matter how busy she
nominator said. "She is ex-
knowledgeable in so many
Madison's title is medical PamMadison
clerk. That includes a variety
Her main responsibilities include coordinating physi-
materials and assembling and analyzing daily the
records of discharge patients for completion and legal
docum.ent. She also provides copies of patient files re-
Y phymcmns, other hospitals, insurance companies or
"Whatever someone needs from their file, I help
it," she adds.
that her job is fun because of the flexibility it af-
and the people she works with. "I love my job as it
with my family's needs," she adds. "The people here
too. We all get along so well -just like family."
Madison isn't working she's busy with her two children,
10, and Katie, 6. "They are doing all sorts of activities
follow them along," she says, citing football, basket-
baseball for Trevor and T-ball for Katie. Pare married
sweetheart, Scott Madison, a paramedic and
for Kitsap County Fire District 7. "And when I have
says, "I like to work on the family scrapbook."
hurt in crash
transported to
Hospital Satur-
two-car crash in the
lane of State Route 3.
OCCurred shortly
August 28 in the
a, according to the
Patrol.
D. Crawford, 52, of
northbound in a
when he collided
,Ound lane with a
et driving by 56-
L. Carter of Brem-
both of the injured people were
treated at the hospital and re-
leased that same day.
All three people were wearing
seat belts at the time of the crash,
the investigating trooper report-
ed.
Was taken to MGH
collarbone. Carter
es to his chest, arm
laSr;Ot transport-
A. Carter, a
in Rubin
as taken to MGH
Llnal injuries, a
and injuries to
leg.
spokesman said
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Pointe ready for Labor Day derby
By JOHN COOPER
Summertime, and the living is
easier somewhere else, according
to the seagulls who roost on the
crossbars of the lamp posts on the
Harstine Island Bridge.
On at least six occasions lately,
there was nary a gull in resi-
dence. We assumed they were
elsewhere searching for an unw-
ary salmon who wasn't watching
his dorsal fin or spotting an appe-
tizer of smaller piscine creatures.
The possibilty of a scarcity of
fish in our island waters will not
daunt those anglers who will be
trying their luck in the Hartstene
Pointe Labor Day Fishing Derby
which will take place from 5 a.m.
on Saturday, September 4, until
12 noon on Sunday, September 5.
WHILE GULLS roam wherev-
er their whims and wings take
them, those who will be fishing in
the derby will be limited to drop-
ping their lines within the state's
Area 13 fishing district. Also,
they cannot hope to walk away
with one of the prizes that will
come from the total of the entry
fees unless their catch is a legal-
size salmon.
Would-be Isaac Waltons under
the age of 12 will have their own
contest. Although any fish quali-
fies as an entry the young peo-
ple's fishing area is confined to
the marina dock and their an-
gling time is only three hours,
from 9 a.m. to noon, on Sunday
morning.
Fishermen, to put it kindly, are
prone to exaggerate just a little,
so the weighing in of prizeworthy
catches must be witnessed by the
dockmaster, Donna DeCew, or a
person from another boat.
The weighing in will take some
time so anxious anglers will have
to wait until 4 p.m. when the
award winners will be announced
at a potluck to be held at North
Point beach picnic area. Everyone
is welcome to attend. Just bring a
favorite dish or dessert.
The Labor Day Fishing Derby
has been held for many years and
has become a tradition. The fun of
competing runs high and even be-
ing the one who catches the
smallest fish has its own rewards.
THE HARSTINE Island
Women's Club meets today and
will install the officers for 1999-
2000. Cindy Meyer, incoming
president of the organization,
shared with us some historical
records of the women's club which
shed light on how it all started.
A handful of women meeting at
the home of Marie Yeck on April
14, 1938, voted to establish the
Harstine (spelled that way in the
written record) Island Women's
Club.
Sixty-one years ago, and with
less than a dozen women in-
volved, two officers were elected
to head up the club. Bessie Hitch-
cock and Nancy F. Robinson were
the first president and first secre-
tary-treasurer.
The spirit of activity which
characterizes the club today was
evident at its inception. A fancy
work committee was established
with Mrs. Glaser, Mrs. Yeck, Mrs.
Mercer and Mrs. Wilson serving
on it. Though today the women's
club does not have such a commit-
tee, the sewing group continues to
be active, meeting regularly each
month.
A SECOND committee was
formed to be overseers of bazaars
BUCKLE UP, BUCKLE DOWN
Parents have more to gain than the incomparable safety benefit when
they buckle their children's seat belts. According to medical research-
ers, children who are buckled into safety seats are not only safer, but
they are better behaved. While children who are not buckled up tend to
complain, fight, squirm, stand up, and grab at the steering wheel, chil-
dren who are buckled into safety seats displayed 95% fewer incidents
of this bad behavior. Moreover, being buckled up affords children a
higher position from which to view the road. When buckled up, children
also feel more secure, are less likely to get carsick, and are more likely
to fall asleep. All these factors lead to a safer driving environment.
The simple step of remembering to fasten seat belts has saved many
a family from tragedy. At CARY'S TIRE & REPAIR, we're not new to
this business -- that means we have a reputation of satisfying custom-
ers because we have the experience to know what they want. Visit us
at 202 South First Street in Shelton (426-9762). Whether you need
brakes or shocks or a tune-up, or one of those pesky minor repairs,
we're here to help.
HINT: Parents: Never use a rear-facing child safety seat in a seating
position that has an airbag.
and carnival. Those named to this
committee were Bessie Hitchcock,
Nancy Robinson and Mabel Har-
riman. The record attests that a
month later the bazaar-carnival
had already been held. Further-
more it had been a financial suc-
cess netting $70.74 which was de-
posited promptly to open the first
women's club bank account.
Dues had been set at five cents
a month payable at each meeting.
To keep that amount of money in
perspective it should be remem-
bered that in 1938 a nickel would
buy the largest candy bar on the
market shelf or a single dip ice-
cream cone at the corner store. In
today's currency, that's 75 cents
to $1 a month. By September 8,
the fledgling club had collected
$4.45 cents in dues.
And what did they do? Just the
sort of thing they still do. They
voted to spend $63.97 out of their
$70.74 bank account, as their fair
share toward the purchase of
28,000 shingles for roofing the
community hall. Remarkable? No,
just characteristic of the Harstine
Island Women's Club.
IT ALL STARTED in the
Andes Mountains in Peru, where
the potato plant was originally
found and subsequently intro-
duced to the Western World in
the 1500s by Spanish explorers.
Since then it has become a basic
food in the majority of temperate
countries.
The potato was one of the first
crops grown on Harstine Island in
earlier days. Today, Washington
State is the second largest pro-
ducer of these tubers, out of the
seven states producing most of
the country's supply, and is sur-
passed only by Idaho.
On Wednesday, September 8,
the staff of the LaJune senior
luncheons will raise the humble
tater to new heights of culinary
delight. Hot baked potatoes will
be served with lots of intriguing
topping possibilities: chili, green
onions, black olives, hamburger
gravy, sour cream, cheese sauce
and more.
Dessert is scheduled to be
something called surprise cake.
All the above can be consumed
while listening to Eileen MacKen-
zie Sullivan perform on the gui-
tar.
IN ADDITION to aesthetic
ambiance there must be romance
in the island air. Couples bent on
tying the knot are choosing natu-
ral settings on Harstine for their
weddings.
Richard Long, brother of Dick
Eaton, and Amanda Ingersol,
both of Texas, while visiting Dick
and Mae Eaton, discovered Bea-
ver Lake. They decided imme-
diately that it would be the per-
fect spot for their nuptials.
The body of water was once
called Beaver Pond. The beavers
gave up on it, but Dick Eaton
didn't. He dammed it and created
a 21/2 acre lake on his Haskell
Hill property and named it in rec-
ognition of its original residents.
Arrangements were quickly
made and at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
August 22, Richard and Amanda
were joined in wedlock, Gordon
Emery, Jim Loftus, "Petie Balls
and Lenno Johnston joined the
Eatons to make sure the minister
tied the knot securely. Mosqui-
toes also showed up although
they weren't invited," Dick said.
They nibbled on guests as guests
enjoyed the wedding supper.
THE WAITE family and their
descendants have been part of the
Washington scene for more than
a century and part of the history
of Harstine Island for a substan-
tial portion of those years. George
T. Waite Sr. arrived in Washing-
ton State as an infant when his
family moved west from Clarion,
Iowa, in 1888.
Geri Lewis, whose maiden
name was Waite, and her hus-
band Frank have been hosting
family reunions for years. This
year on the August 14 birthday of
the elder George Waite, the lar-
gest group to date, over 50 adults
and children, gathered once again
for the 13th reunion celebration.
The family tree has grown to
span the nation. Relatives from
Florida, California, Colorado and
Alaska renewed acquaintance-
ships and made new ones. Shirley
Waite Daling made a genealogical
display that included a quilted
family tree on which Geri's grand-
parents were depicted as the
trunk. Another chart traced the
family ancestry back 15 genera-
tions to the first child of Euro-
pean descent born in New
Netherlands (now New York) in
1633.
Celebrants enjoyed a clambake
concocted from local clams,
oysters, mussels, corn and po-
tatoes prepared in the way that
Indians taught Geri's grandmoth-
er. A pit was dug at Howard Cove
in which a fire heated rocks upon
which the ingredients were
spread, covered with wet burlap
sacks, topped with sand and
baked for four hours. It was an
historical meal for an historic oc-
casion.
The Waite family established
permanent residency on Harstine
Island 58 years ago. Descendants
now living here are George Waite
Jr., Geraldine Waite Lewis, Betty
Ann Helm and their spouses.
THE ARTS AND crafts fair at
Hartstene Pointe September 4
should be a paradise for shoppers
and browsers. All available ven-
dor spaces have been reserved
which means a large and varied
display awaits visitors.
Unique, unusual and original
gifts will be found at the fair
starting at 10 a.m. this Saturday
in the clubhouse at the Pointe.
For those who come at lunch
time, hot dogs will be available.
Sharon McLeod, co-chair with
Cindy Meyer of the fair, informs
us that the closing hour is 2 p.m.
and not 3 p.m. as we had reported
earlier.
HOW BIG DO you make a
landscape painting? Island artists
Marian Cofield and Barbara
Campbell have just completed one
that measures 16 by 25 feet. They
erected special supports to hold
the giant canvas on which they
created a scene reminiscent of the
old country where heaths and
heathers grow.
The scene depicted will be the
background for the garden featur-
ing heather plants which Karla
Lortz is designing for the Seattle
Flower and Garden Show sched-
uled for February 2000. More in-
formation will be available about
this project as the artists create
additional three-dimensional fig-
ures to be incorporated in the
project.
Farmers' market patrons Sat-
urday watched as Terry Hogan
and Don Nichols industriously
scraped flaking paint from the
siding of the community hall in
preparation for the repainting of
the 1914 structure. Terry report-
ed that Rod Hammett had al-
ready been at work on the job and
that several others have volun-
teered to wield paint brushes.
However, he emphasized that ad-
ditional hands will lighten the
workload so he encourages any
new volunteers to contact him.
Additional cash donations to
help defray costs of painting
would be most welcome. Those
wishing to help in this way, he
advised, should give their contri-
butions to either Bob Helm or
Noni Neuerburg.
VICKI SHANAHAN is moving
into high gear with rehearsals for
The Mystery of Jarrell's Cove, and
in addition is providing experi-
ence in scene-painting for young
people.
The backdrops for the under-
water scene and the one depicting
the land above the surface are
nearing completion for the show,
which will be presented Friday
and Saturday, September 24 and
25. This is a week later than pre-
viously announced dates. Addi-
tional information will be forth-
coming in next week's column.
Events scheduled at the com-
munity club include:
September 2, women's club, 12
noon.
September 4, pinochle, 7 p.m.
September 7, pinochle, 12:30
p.m.
September 8, LaJune's senior
lunch, 11:30 a.m.
September 9, garden club, 7
p.m.
September 10, community club,
6:30 p.m.
September 15, Crime Watch, 7
p.m.
September 17, Grange, 6:30
p.m.
September 18, pinochle, 7 p.m.
September 21, pinochle, 12:30
p.m.
September 22, LaJune's senior
lunch, 11:30 a.m.
September 24, Mystery of Jar-
rell's Cove, 6 p.m.
September 25, Mystery of Jar-
rell's Cove, 6 p.m.
September 27, theatre club,
6:30 p.m.
cautzon.
Asking driver " •
D OE folks working
from Skok bridges
Just like road department
workers, Washington State De-
partment of Ecology staffers need
drivers to give them a brake.
The DOE has recently
launched a total maximum daily
load (TMDL) water-quality study
to measure fecal coliform bacteria
in the lower Skokomish River wa-
tershed. The study is the first
step in developing a Water Clean-
up Plan for bacteria in the lower
Skokomish River.
As part of the study Depart-
ment of Ecology technicians will
be collecting water-quality sam-
ples from locations at county
bridges and setting up continu-
ous-flow measurement devices
within the streams at those loca-
tions.
AND THAT'S where the prob-
lems sometimes arise. Local
bridges are narrow and drivers
sometimes fail to recognize the
potential danger to personnel
working from them. Warning
signs and even lights are used to
warn motorists of the presence of
personnel on bridges, but DOE
spokesperson Sandy Howard said
sometimes drivers still don t slow
down.
"Even with safety lights and
traffic cones in use, some drivers
speed up and come dangerously
close to our staff," Howard said.
The Department of Ecology an-
ticipates that water-quality sam-
ple collection will occur monthly,
on every second Monday, she
said. To ensure accurate flow
measurements, staffers will also
be performing depth and velocity
transects of the streams on a
more irregular basis.
Howard explained that that is
a time-consuming process that in-
volves samples at numerous dif-
ferent depths and surface loca-
tions at a single point on a
stream.
"WE WILL LIMIT our access
to the streams to county road
easements and intend to avoid ac-
cess through private property,"
she said.
Keith Seiders has taken over
the bacteria sampling project,
whose main purposes are to es-
timate the capacity of the river
and its tributaries to assimilate
bacteria and meet state water-
quality standards, and to more
accurately identify bacteria
sources so that local citizens can
develop plans to control bacteria
in the watershed.
The study will also perform
concurrent bacterial sampling
with the Skokomish Tribe to com-
pare sample results.
IRHS '49ers
set reunion
The Irene S. Reed High School
Class of 1949 will hold a reunion
meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sep-
tember 7, at the Shelton Athletic
Club.
For information about the ses-
sion, alumni and others can con-
tact Harley Wivell at 426-2532 or
Rose Nye at 426-6574.
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2 1999
15
Harstine'.
MGH lauds two
MaSon General Hospital has an-
°:ced Jeanne Norris and Pam
:,ILson as. its employees of the
v,"m mr July and August.
a,°anne Norris, a registered nurse
,uason General, began her nursing
nut,Career there as a licensed practical
="_ (LPN)in 1968. She worked in
_ eat at the local hospital until
1972 when she took three years off to
Th er family. She returned as a ....
h" 'rr m 1975 and attended South i:.:: ....
rUget ...... ,
ea, Sound Community College to
.;'.-her registered nurse degree,
Wch she received in 1987.
. I always wanted to be a nurse," ....
:, mments. That determination k
ortified when she was 13 and Jeanne Norris
contracted menin-tis T sa s
she=,-, . 6, • hen, she y,
.q.L [my knew that I was going to be a nurse." A Shelton High
l graduate, she has lived in the area since moving here as
t0.C°nd'grader. Her mother, Helen Morrow, still lives in Shel-
As a staff nurse, Jeanne Norris works where she is needed. "I
UTSually assigned to emergency or intensive care," she says,
,ur--" also fill. in for ,.ot-rartun n m (obstetrics) or in the medical
ery'Pedlatrics a "
help anywhere sh rea, she explains. It was her willingness to
pe_ . e can that led her nominator to put her per-
. ual smile and williness to o out of her wav to hel a
tients an , ,, b P P -
.._ u staff before the board.
0f he delivers every part of her job with a smile and will go out
hi= r.way to assist others in their job duties. She has done dou-
b alts, comes in on her days off, stays late and comes in ear-
s'v. ae will do anything to help," praises her nominator, who
Oea°:kp[i°!: c:aId!p iongmt h ems to gt ° best
_ rris and her husband Randall, have two grown children,
q h
ug! ter Patty and son Dean. In her spare time she loves spend-
clrne with her famil- es-eciallv her five randchildren She
f sewing, volunteers at Fire District 13 as an aide and fire-
ter, and is active at Shelton Christian Church.
a Madison is described as "the
of the office" by her nominator
General's August Employee
long-time Shelton resi-
Madison graduated from Shel-
School in 1988 and, as high-
er Pare Meyer, was a High-
ader. Her cheerful atti-
dedication to hard work over
Years have caught her nominator's
tion. "She always makes us
and is always willing to give
hand no matter how busy she
nominator said. "She is ex-
knowledgeable in so many
Madison's title is medical PamMadison
clerk. That includes a variety
Her main responsibilities include coordinating physi-
materials and assembling and analyzing daily the
records of discharge patients for completion and legal
docum.ent. She also provides copies of patient files re-
Y phymcmns, other hospitals, insurance companies or
"Whatever someone needs from their file, I help
it," she adds.
that her job is fun because of the flexibility it af-
and the people she works with. "I love my job as it
with my family's needs," she adds. "The people here
too. We all get along so well -just like family."
Madison isn't working she's busy with her two children,
10, and Katie, 6. "They are doing all sorts of activities
follow them along," she says, citing football, basket-
baseball for Trevor and T-ball for Katie. Pare married
sweetheart, Scott Madison, a paramedic and
for Kitsap County Fire District 7. "And when I have
says, "I like to work on the family scrapbook."
hurt in crash
transported to
Hospital Satur-
two-car crash in the
lane of State Route 3.
OCCurred shortly
August 28 in the
a, according to the
Patrol.
D. Crawford, 52, of
northbound in a
when he collided
,Ound lane with a
et driving by 56-
L. Carter of Brem-
both of the injured people were
treated at the hospital and re-
leased that same day.
All three people were wearing
seat belts at the time of the crash,
the investigating trooper report-
ed.
Was taken to MGH
collarbone. Carter
es to his chest, arm
laSr;Ot transport-
A. Carter, a
in Rubin
as taken to MGH
Llnal injuries, a
and injuries to
leg.
spokesman said
e or get a home equity loan
FREE report that reveals
with their
comidering re-
YOu're thinking about con-
f tbe financml
24 hours s day
)t your free copy of the report
you to see.
Pointe ready for Labor Day derby
By JOHN COOPER
Summertime, and the living is
easier somewhere else, according
to the seagulls who roost on the
crossbars of the lamp posts on the
Harstine Island Bridge.
On at least six occasions lately,
there was nary a gull in resi-
dence. We assumed they were
elsewhere searching for an unw-
ary salmon who wasn't watching
his dorsal fin or spotting an appe-
tizer of smaller piscine creatures.
The possibilty of a scarcity of
fish in our island waters will not
daunt those anglers who will be
trying their luck in the Hartstene
Pointe Labor Day Fishing Derby
which will take place from 5 a.m.
on Saturday, September 4, until
12 noon on Sunday, September 5.
WHILE GULLS roam wherev-
er their whims and wings take
them, those who will be fishing in
the derby will be limited to drop-
ping their lines within the state's
Area 13 fishing district. Also,
they cannot hope to walk away
with one of the prizes that will
come from the total of the entry
fees unless their catch is a legal-
size salmon.
Would-be Isaac Waltons under
the age of 12 will have their own
contest. Although any fish quali-
fies as an entry the young peo-
ple's fishing area is confined to
the marina dock and their an-
gling time is only three hours,
from 9 a.m. to noon, on Sunday
morning.
Fishermen, to put it kindly, are
prone to exaggerate just a little,
so the weighing in of prizeworthy
catches must be witnessed by the
dockmaster, Donna DeCew, or a
person from another boat.
The weighing in will take some
time so anxious anglers will have
to wait until 4 p.m. when the
award winners will be announced
at a potluck to be held at North
Point beach picnic area. Everyone
is welcome to attend. Just bring a
favorite dish or dessert.
The Labor Day Fishing Derby
has been held for many years and
has become a tradition. The fun of
competing runs high and even be-
ing the one who catches the
smallest fish has its own rewards.
THE HARSTINE Island
Women's Club meets today and
will install the officers for 1999-
2000. Cindy Meyer, incoming
president of the organization,
shared with us some historical
records of the women's club which
shed light on how it all started.
A handful of women meeting at
the home of Marie Yeck on April
14, 1938, voted to establish the
Harstine (spelled that way in the
written record) Island Women's
Club.
Sixty-one years ago, and with
less than a dozen women in-
volved, two officers were elected
to head up the club. Bessie Hitch-
cock and Nancy F. Robinson were
the first president and first secre-
tary-treasurer.
The spirit of activity which
characterizes the club today was
evident at its inception. A fancy
work committee was established
with Mrs. Glaser, Mrs. Yeck, Mrs.
Mercer and Mrs. Wilson serving
on it. Though today the women's
club does not have such a commit-
tee, the sewing group continues to
be active, meeting regularly each
month.
A SECOND committee was
formed to be overseers of bazaars
BUCKLE UP, BUCKLE DOWN
Parents have more to gain than the incomparable safety benefit when
they buckle their children's seat belts. According to medical research-
ers, children who are buckled into safety seats are not only safer, but
they are better behaved. While children who are not buckled up tend to
complain, fight, squirm, stand up, and grab at the steering wheel, chil-
dren who are buckled into safety seats displayed 95% fewer incidents
of this bad behavior. Moreover, being buckled up affords children a
higher position from which to view the road. When buckled up, children
also feel more secure, are less likely to get carsick, and are more likely
to fall asleep. All these factors lead to a safer driving environment.
The simple step of remembering to fasten seat belts has saved many
a family from tragedy. At CARY'S TIRE & REPAIR, we're not new to
this business -- that means we have a reputation of satisfying custom-
ers because we have the experience to know what they want. Visit us
at 202 South First Street in Shelton (426-9762). Whether you need
brakes or shocks or a tune-up, or one of those pesky minor repairs,
we're here to help.
HINT: Parents: Never use a rear-facing child safety seat in a seating
position that has an airbag.
and carnival. Those named to this
committee were Bessie Hitchcock,
Nancy Robinson and Mabel Har-
riman. The record attests that a
month later the bazaar-carnival
had already been held. Further-
more it had been a financial suc-
cess netting $70.74 which was de-
posited promptly to open the first
women's club bank account.
Dues had been set at five cents
a month payable at each meeting.
To keep that amount of money in
perspective it should be remem-
bered that in 1938 a nickel would
buy the largest candy bar on the
market shelf or a single dip ice-
cream cone at the corner store. In
today's currency, that's 75 cents
to $1 a month. By September 8,
the fledgling club had collected
$4.45 cents in dues.
And what did they do? Just the
sort of thing they still do. They
voted to spend $63.97 out of their
$70.74 bank account, as their fair
share toward the purchase of
28,000 shingles for roofing the
community hall. Remarkable? No,
just characteristic of the Harstine
Island Women's Club.
IT ALL STARTED in the
Andes Mountains in Peru, where
the potato plant was originally
found and subsequently intro-
duced to the Western World in
the 1500s by Spanish explorers.
Since then it has become a basic
food in the majority of temperate
countries.
The potato was one of the first
crops grown on Harstine Island in
earlier days. Today, Washington
State is the second largest pro-
ducer of these tubers, out of the
seven states producing most of
the country's supply, and is sur-
passed only by Idaho.
On Wednesday, September 8,
the staff of the LaJune senior
luncheons will raise the humble
tater to new heights of culinary
delight. Hot baked potatoes will
be served with lots of intriguing
topping possibilities: chili, green
onions, black olives, hamburger
gravy, sour cream, cheese sauce
and more.
Dessert is scheduled to be
something called surprise cake.
All the above can be consumed
while listening to Eileen MacKen-
zie Sullivan perform on the gui-
tar.
IN ADDITION to aesthetic
ambiance there must be romance
in the island air. Couples bent on
tying the knot are choosing natu-
ral settings on Harstine for their
weddings.
Richard Long, brother of Dick
Eaton, and Amanda Ingersol,
both of Texas, while visiting Dick
and Mae Eaton, discovered Bea-
ver Lake. They decided imme-
diately that it would be the per-
fect spot for their nuptials.
The body of water was once
called Beaver Pond. The beavers
gave up on it, but Dick Eaton
didn't. He dammed it and created
a 21/2 acre lake on his Haskell
Hill property and named it in rec-
ognition of its original residents.
Arrangements were quickly
made and at 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
August 22, Richard and Amanda
were joined in wedlock, Gordon
Emery, Jim Loftus, "Petie Balls
and Lenno Johnston joined the
Eatons to make sure the minister
tied the knot securely. Mosqui-
toes also showed up although
they weren't invited," Dick said.
They nibbled on guests as guests
enjoyed the wedding supper.
THE WAITE family and their
descendants have been part of the
Washington scene for more than
a century and part of the history
of Harstine Island for a substan-
tial portion of those years. George
T. Waite Sr. arrived in Washing-
ton State as an infant when his
family moved west from Clarion,
Iowa, in 1888.
Geri Lewis, whose maiden
name was Waite, and her hus-
band Frank have been hosting
family reunions for years. This
year on the August 14 birthday of
the elder George Waite, the lar-
gest group to date, over 50 adults
and children, gathered once again
for the 13th reunion celebration.
The family tree has grown to
span the nation. Relatives from
Florida, California, Colorado and
Alaska renewed acquaintance-
ships and made new ones. Shirley
Waite Daling made a genealogical
display that included a quilted
family tree on which Geri's grand-
parents were depicted as the
trunk. Another chart traced the
family ancestry back 15 genera-
tions to the first child of Euro-
pean descent born in New
Netherlands (now New York) in
1633.
Celebrants enjoyed a clambake
concocted from local clams,
oysters, mussels, corn and po-
tatoes prepared in the way that
Indians taught Geri's grandmoth-
er. A pit was dug at Howard Cove
in which a fire heated rocks upon
which the ingredients were
spread, covered with wet burlap
sacks, topped with sand and
baked for four hours. It was an
historical meal for an historic oc-
casion.
The Waite family established
permanent residency on Harstine
Island 58 years ago. Descendants
now living here are George Waite
Jr., Geraldine Waite Lewis, Betty
Ann Helm and their spouses.
THE ARTS AND crafts fair at
Hartstene Pointe September 4
should be a paradise for shoppers
and browsers. All available ven-
dor spaces have been reserved
which means a large and varied
display awaits visitors.
Unique, unusual and original
gifts will be found at the fair
starting at 10 a.m. this Saturday
in the clubhouse at the Pointe.
For those who come at lunch
time, hot dogs will be available.
Sharon McLeod, co-chair with
Cindy Meyer of the fair, informs
us that the closing hour is 2 p.m.
and not 3 p.m. as we had reported
earlier.
HOW BIG DO you make a
landscape painting? Island artists
Marian Cofield and Barbara
Campbell have just completed one
that measures 16 by 25 feet. They
erected special supports to hold
the giant canvas on which they
created a scene reminiscent of the
old country where heaths and
heathers grow.
The scene depicted will be the
background for the garden featur-
ing heather plants which Karla
Lortz is designing for the Seattle
Flower and Garden Show sched-
uled for February 2000. More in-
formation will be available about
this project as the artists create
additional three-dimensional fig-
ures to be incorporated in the
project.
Farmers' market patrons Sat-
urday watched as Terry Hogan
and Don Nichols industriously
scraped flaking paint from the
siding of the community hall in
preparation for the repainting of
the 1914 structure. Terry report-
ed that Rod Hammett had al-
ready been at work on the job and
that several others have volun-
teered to wield paint brushes.
However, he emphasized that ad-
ditional hands will lighten the
workload so he encourages any
new volunteers to contact him.
Additional cash donations to
help defray costs of painting
would be most welcome. Those
wishing to help in this way, he
advised, should give their contri-
butions to either Bob Helm or
Noni Neuerburg.
VICKI SHANAHAN is moving
into high gear with rehearsals for
The Mystery of Jarrell's Cove, and
in addition is providing experi-
ence in scene-painting for young
people.
The backdrops for the under-
water scene and the one depicting
the land above the surface are
nearing completion for the show,
which will be presented Friday
and Saturday, September 24 and
25. This is a week later than pre-
viously announced dates. Addi-
tional information will be forth-
coming in next week's column.
Events scheduled at the com-
munity club include:
September 2, women's club, 12
noon.
September 4, pinochle, 7 p.m.
September 7, pinochle, 12:30
p.m.
September 8, LaJune's senior
lunch, 11:30 a.m.
September 9, garden club, 7
p.m.
September 10, community club,
6:30 p.m.
September 15, Crime Watch, 7
p.m.
September 17, Grange, 6:30
p.m.
September 18, pinochle, 7 p.m.
September 21, pinochle, 12:30
p.m.
September 22, LaJune's senior
lunch, 11:30 a.m.
September 24, Mystery of Jar-
rell's Cove, 6 p.m.
September 25, Mystery of Jar-
rell's Cove, 6 p.m.
September 27, theatre club,
6:30 p.m.
cautzon.
Asking driver " •
D OE folks working
from Skok bridges
Just like road department
workers, Washington State De-
partment of Ecology staffers need
drivers to give them a brake.
The DOE has recently
launched a total maximum daily
load (TMDL) water-quality study
to measure fecal coliform bacteria
in the lower Skokomish River wa-
tershed. The study is the first
step in developing a Water Clean-
up Plan for bacteria in the lower
Skokomish River.
As part of the study Depart-
ment of Ecology technicians will
be collecting water-quality sam-
ples from locations at county
bridges and setting up continu-
ous-flow measurement devices
within the streams at those loca-
tions.
AND THAT'S where the prob-
lems sometimes arise. Local
bridges are narrow and drivers
sometimes fail to recognize the
potential danger to personnel
working from them. Warning
signs and even lights are used to
warn motorists of the presence of
personnel on bridges, but DOE
spokesperson Sandy Howard said
sometimes drivers still don t slow
down.
"Even with safety lights and
traffic cones in use, some drivers
speed up and come dangerously
close to our staff," Howard said.
The Department of Ecology an-
ticipates that water-quality sam-
ple collection will occur monthly,
on every second Monday, she
said. To ensure accurate flow
measurements, staffers will also
be performing depth and velocity
transects of the streams on a
more irregular basis.
Howard explained that that is
a time-consuming process that in-
volves samples at numerous dif-
ferent depths and surface loca-
tions at a single point on a
stream.
"WE WILL LIMIT our access
to the streams to county road
easements and intend to avoid ac-
cess through private property,"
she said.
Keith Seiders has taken over
the bacteria sampling project,
whose main purposes are to es-
timate the capacity of the river
and its tributaries to assimilate
bacteria and meet state water-
quality standards, and to more
accurately identify bacteria
sources so that local citizens can
develop plans to control bacteria
in the watershed.
The study will also perform
concurrent bacterial sampling
with the Skokomish Tribe to com-
pare sample results.
IRHS '49ers
set reunion
The Irene S. Reed High School
Class of 1949 will hold a reunion
meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sep-
tember 7, at the Shelton Athletic
Club.
For information about the ses-
sion, alumni and others can con-
tact Harley Wivell at 426-2532 or
Rose Nye at 426-6574.
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