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OysterFest to roll into Shelton soon Tally shows
votes are
Like a bullet tram on a Euro 18th year About 20,000 people darrells Cove will share a time perform elsewhere Shelton each year to bring intertidal crit
pean railway, OysterFest 1.999 is are expected to show up for a var- slot with Pole Ba Ba, while short- Dance is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. ters - starfish, oysters, sea cu-
And interspersed with it all are
speeding toward arrival '
m Shel--
,,on.
The tbstival is due this year on
Saturday and Sunday, October 2
and 3, at the Mason County Fair-
grounds. And if you're a fourth-
grader, chances are you'll get a
preview of exhibits on Friday, Oc-
tober 1, as a guest of Skookum
ltotary Club, the originator and
sponsor of the festival. Festival
guru this year is Grand Old
Oyster Jef Conklin.
The annual celebration of" the
local shellfish industry, with its
dependence on clean water, its
history and its local color, is in its
iety of entertainment, hot compe-
tition in speed-shucking and half-
shell presentation of Pacific
oysters, and more choices in port-
able comestibles than most people
can consume in a long weekend.
ENTERTAINMENT is free
with the admission at OysterFest,
and there's lots of it. Here's a gen-
eral wrap of what to expect. Note
that some performances run si-
multaneously on different stages;
locations are listed on the pro-
gram and in this week's special
OysterFest publication.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, Vikki
Shanahan's ecodrama Mystery of
ly afterward Blue Hill will rev up
on bluegrass, performing again
shortly after noon. At 12:45, it's
Acca Fellas and, elsewhere, Tom
Roddy and Timothy Michaels.
Buckles and Boots will entertain
at 1:05 p.m., and Illusions will
sing at 2 p.m., as will Jeff Jack-
son and Friends, followed closely
by Ohop Valley Boys.
At 2:30, the Annieville Blues
Band will strike up. Blacked Out
is scheduled for 3:05, followed
shortly by the Shelton High
School band. Evergreen Country
Dancers will take one stage at
4:05 and at 4:15, The Classix will
LUGGING SACKS of seedling Olympia oysters, students in the
riparian enhancement class at Hood Canal School prepare to plant
the culture in estuarine areas at the mouth of the Skokomish River.
the oyster-shucking heats and
finals.
ON SUNDAY, entertainment
attractions will start at 11 with
the Prohibition Jazz Band and
Mr. Slate, with Clam Island Far-
igout following five minutes later.
Sweet Adelines and Hypnotic
Clam Bake will perform at 12:45
p.m.
Dirt Road Fill Harmonic is due
at 1:05 p.m. and the Puget
Sounders will share the 2 p.m.
billing with Jeff Jackson and
Friends, with the Bellevue Com-
munity Band due at 2:05. Jude
Bowerman will perform at 2:30
p.m and Blacked Out is due back
at 3:05. Swing Fever will perform
at 3:15.
The Alley Cat Dancers are set
for 4:05 p.m., Random Access is
scheduled for 4:15 and Swing
Fever will be back from a break to
continue at 4:45 p.m.
VENDORS AT OysterFest are
all local nonprofit organizations.
Chief among them, of course, is
the sponsoring Rotary club, which
sells beer and soft drinks in
several venues around the lest.
Shelton Rotary Club, the other
Rotarians in town, sell popular
clam and oyster fritters; local
Lions sell clam chowder and
steamed clams, and the list goes
on and on, with non-seafood items
available for the landlubberly-in-
clined.
Speed-shuckers on Saturday
can virtually be counted on to
open their two dozen oysters in
under three seconds per oyster.
Sunday's shuckers will compete
not just for prize money and med-
als but for the chance to go to na-
tional competition in Maryland,
whose winner represents the
United States at the international
competition in Galway, Ireland.
Exhibits and competitions at
OysterFest include a historical
museum and demonstrations of
aquaculture, seafood harvesting,
boating safety, seafood cookery,
land management practices for
water quality, and fisheries en-
hancement. Local divers work
Olympias get chance at Skok
(Continued from page 1.)
lower salinity where fresh and
saltwater combine, while natural
predators such as rock crabs are
kept out.
THE SEED, the students were
told, may have as much as a 60 to
70 percent survival rate. The
planted oysters were located be-
hind the estuary's major spit so
flooding should not adversely af-
fect oyster growth. The seed
oysters are expected to grow to
market size in three years.
Byrd, advisor for the riparian
enhancement class, noted that
the students are always in need
of funding for their varied proj-
ects. It's necessary to reimburse
the school district for a bus driver
and use of the district bus when it
is used to get to projects.
Peabody told the students a lit-
tle about the Puget Sound Resto-
ration Fund. A Bainbridge Island
resident, she is executive director
for the group, which works all
over Puget Sound. They direct
private funds toward projects
that are feasible: beach restora-
tion, work on oyster beds and
with salmon, streams, fish lad-
ders and other marine and aquat-
ic projects. Taylor, a local shell-
fish grower with long roots on
VAULTS
AND
VERLE'S
SPORTS CENTER € MARINE
2948 OLYMPIC HwY, N.
Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 23, 1999
South Puget Sound, is president
of the board of directors.
The Skokomish project, Pea-
body said, is one of four that in-
volves Olympia oysters. Other re-
planting sites are in Budd Inlet at
Olympia; Liberty Bay at Poulsbo;
and Port Madison on Bainbridge
Island.
LOCAL SEED, if it can be
found, is currently believed to be
most appropriate for such proj-
ects. But Peabody told the group
that studies are going on to deter-
mine the adaptibility of seed to
other sites, which would expand
the scope of restoration projects.
Meanwhile, the Hood Canal
students will continue to study
the progress of their patches of
native oysters in the waterway
for which their school is named.
Good Construction is critical.
Join us on Monday, September 27, 1999 at 10 a.m. or 3
p.m. for the second in our three-part Estate Planning
seminar series. Construction discusses partnering with
professionals to tackle tax issues, wills, living trusts,
durable powers of attorney and health care directives,
Participated in Developing the Blueprint? Interested in
reducing estate taxes through use of trusts? Ready to
work with an estate planning attorney? If so, this free
seminar is right for you.
Seating is limited. Call or stop by today for further
information and to make reservations.
Armin
Baumgartel
Armin Baumgartel
Investment Representative
821 West Railroad Avenue, Suite A,
Shelton
426-0982 * 1-800-441-0982
www.edward jones.com
MembSlPC
Edward Jones.
Serving Individual Investors Since 1671
cumbers and hermit crabs - for a
touch tank to let young visitors
get acquainted with shore life.
COMPETITION AT Oyster-
Fest isn't limited to oyster shuck-
ers. Cooks square off to create
and present their best appetizers,
main dishes, and soups and stews
before a panel of distinguished
Northwest chefs. Crowds benefit
from watching the cooks at work
and even more so when, after
plates are prepared for the judg-
ing panel, what's left is passed
out to eager spectators.
Amateur cooks compete on Sat-
urday and chefs from Northwest
restaurants and food-service es-
tablishments do their thing on
Sunday. Prize money and medals
are awarded each day.
Artists' and photographers'
work hangs nearby, having al-
ready been judged. Most of the
work is related, however tangen-
tially, to the sea and the seafood
reahn.
And while it's not a competitive
event, there's a treasure hunt for
books at the Friends of the Li-
brary book sale. Kids' activities
abound as well, whether it's a
read-aloud booth for youngsters
ready for a rest, face-painting for
the inventive, or putt-putt golf for
young duffers.
IT ALL COMES together next
weekend, October 2 and 3, at the
fairgrounds. Hours are 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. each day.
Tickets cost $3 for adults, $2
for children, seniors and active
military personnel, and $8 for
families.
It's a barnburner out in Mat-
lock. Only a single vote separates
two candidates in a race for a seat
on the Mary M. Knight School
Board.
Mike Brown leads Ira Breh-
meyer 67 votes to 66 following the
latest tally by the elections de-
partments in Mason and Grays
Harbor counties. The two men
trail candidate Diana Goldy, who
has 93 votes, for the second and
final spot on the November Gen-
eral Election ballot in the race for
Position 2 on the Matlock school
board.
Brown led Brehmeyer by a
scant two votes after ballots were
counted last Tuesday. Since then,
additional ballots that came into
the elections departments post-
marked on election day have been
counted. The result has been a
narrowing of Brown's less-than-
landslide lead.
The September 14 primary
election will be certified Friday
and a few additional ballots may
be thrown into the mix for a final
count that day. The results of
other races and a ballot measure
that were on the primary ballot
remain unchanged. A voting sum-
mary follows.
Primary Election ResuLts
Shelton City Commission
Commissioner of Finance
Dick Taylor 540 39.7%
Carolyn Kerr 457 33.6%
Kelly Buechel 363 26.6%
MMK School Board
tincluding Grays Harbor County)
Position 2
Diana Goldy
Mike Brown
Ira Brehmeyer
Jim Compton
Boyd Fite
District 3
Kurt Kingman
Patsy Scott
Dante Elliott
Jenny Keesey
Pat Sykora
93
67
66
21
12
4
41,
41 ::
Fire District 2 i:
Position 3
Jim LeBlanc
Ralph Herth 352
Kathryn Klusman
Marcia Hamilton
Fire District 5
Position 1
Thomas Brokaw 1,147
David Tagye 870
Lorne Hauser 560
Terry Eastman 377
Fire District 9
Position 2
"Sandi" Kvarnstrom 81
Edward Bish 65
Chuck Belander 40
Port of Dewatto
District 1
Lorraine Kelly 46
Pennie Edwards 20
Stephen Vogt 14
Fire District 5
EMS levy
Yes 1,586
No 1,892
just how
s p e-da t
• 3% over invoice on Ford,
Mercury, Dodge, PLymouth,
ChrysLer, and 3eep vehicles
Rates as tow as 7.50%AP.R*
@ 1993-2000 modets from Penlns
, Low, fixe d" rates & great
terms - no tncky teaser rates
O
Peninsula .Year 200mode[vehk[es
e Enter to win $100 c
0NET00RIC
DEALER
ii
426-5585
It's aLL just minutes away at
Scott Hitburn Auto Center,
Hwy 101 City Center Exit
• Annual Percentage Rate. On approval of credit and some restrictions apply, Assumes
deposit, auto-pay, checking account,
'" One entry per household, Must be 18 or older, no purchase necessary. See salesman for
restrictions,
OysterFest to roll into Shelton soon Tally shows
votes are
Like a bullet tram on a Euro 18th year About 20,000 people darrells Cove will share a time perform elsewhere Shelton each year to bring intertidal crit
pean railway, OysterFest 1.999 is are expected to show up for a var- slot with Pole Ba Ba, while short- Dance is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. ters - starfish, oysters, sea cu-
And interspersed with it all are
speeding toward arrival '
m Shel--
,,on.
The tbstival is due this year on
Saturday and Sunday, October 2
and 3, at the Mason County Fair-
grounds. And if you're a fourth-
grader, chances are you'll get a
preview of exhibits on Friday, Oc-
tober 1, as a guest of Skookum
ltotary Club, the originator and
sponsor of the festival. Festival
guru this year is Grand Old
Oyster Jef Conklin.
The annual celebration of" the
local shellfish industry, with its
dependence on clean water, its
history and its local color, is in its
iety of entertainment, hot compe-
tition in speed-shucking and half-
shell presentation of Pacific
oysters, and more choices in port-
able comestibles than most people
can consume in a long weekend.
ENTERTAINMENT is free
with the admission at OysterFest,
and there's lots of it. Here's a gen-
eral wrap of what to expect. Note
that some performances run si-
multaneously on different stages;
locations are listed on the pro-
gram and in this week's special
OysterFest publication.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, Vikki
Shanahan's ecodrama Mystery of
ly afterward Blue Hill will rev up
on bluegrass, performing again
shortly after noon. At 12:45, it's
Acca Fellas and, elsewhere, Tom
Roddy and Timothy Michaels.
Buckles and Boots will entertain
at 1:05 p.m., and Illusions will
sing at 2 p.m., as will Jeff Jack-
son and Friends, followed closely
by Ohop Valley Boys.
At 2:30, the Annieville Blues
Band will strike up. Blacked Out
is scheduled for 3:05, followed
shortly by the Shelton High
School band. Evergreen Country
Dancers will take one stage at
4:05 and at 4:15, The Classix will
LUGGING SACKS of seedling Olympia oysters, students in the
riparian enhancement class at Hood Canal School prepare to plant
the culture in estuarine areas at the mouth of the Skokomish River.
the oyster-shucking heats and
finals.
ON SUNDAY, entertainment
attractions will start at 11 with
the Prohibition Jazz Band and
Mr. Slate, with Clam Island Far-
igout following five minutes later.
Sweet Adelines and Hypnotic
Clam Bake will perform at 12:45
p.m.
Dirt Road Fill Harmonic is due
at 1:05 p.m. and the Puget
Sounders will share the 2 p.m.
billing with Jeff Jackson and
Friends, with the Bellevue Com-
munity Band due at 2:05. Jude
Bowerman will perform at 2:30
p.m and Blacked Out is due back
at 3:05. Swing Fever will perform
at 3:15.
The Alley Cat Dancers are set
for 4:05 p.m., Random Access is
scheduled for 4:15 and Swing
Fever will be back from a break to
continue at 4:45 p.m.
VENDORS AT OysterFest are
all local nonprofit organizations.
Chief among them, of course, is
the sponsoring Rotary club, which
sells beer and soft drinks in
several venues around the lest.
Shelton Rotary Club, the other
Rotarians in town, sell popular
clam and oyster fritters; local
Lions sell clam chowder and
steamed clams, and the list goes
on and on, with non-seafood items
available for the landlubberly-in-
clined.
Speed-shuckers on Saturday
can virtually be counted on to
open their two dozen oysters in
under three seconds per oyster.
Sunday's shuckers will compete
not just for prize money and med-
als but for the chance to go to na-
tional competition in Maryland,
whose winner represents the
United States at the international
competition in Galway, Ireland.
Exhibits and competitions at
OysterFest include a historical
museum and demonstrations of
aquaculture, seafood harvesting,
boating safety, seafood cookery,
land management practices for
water quality, and fisheries en-
hancement. Local divers work
Olympias get chance at Skok
(Continued from page 1.)
lower salinity where fresh and
saltwater combine, while natural
predators such as rock crabs are
kept out.
THE SEED, the students were
told, may have as much as a 60 to
70 percent survival rate. The
planted oysters were located be-
hind the estuary's major spit so
flooding should not adversely af-
fect oyster growth. The seed
oysters are expected to grow to
market size in three years.
Byrd, advisor for the riparian
enhancement class, noted that
the students are always in need
of funding for their varied proj-
ects. It's necessary to reimburse
the school district for a bus driver
and use of the district bus when it
is used to get to projects.
Peabody told the students a lit-
tle about the Puget Sound Resto-
ration Fund. A Bainbridge Island
resident, she is executive director
for the group, which works all
over Puget Sound. They direct
private funds toward projects
that are feasible: beach restora-
tion, work on oyster beds and
with salmon, streams, fish lad-
ders and other marine and aquat-
ic projects. Taylor, a local shell-
fish grower with long roots on
VAULTS
AND
VERLE'S
SPORTS CENTER € MARINE
2948 OLYMPIC HwY, N.
Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 23, 1999
South Puget Sound, is president
of the board of directors.
The Skokomish project, Pea-
body said, is one of four that in-
volves Olympia oysters. Other re-
planting sites are in Budd Inlet at
Olympia; Liberty Bay at Poulsbo;
and Port Madison on Bainbridge
Island.
LOCAL SEED, if it can be
found, is currently believed to be
most appropriate for such proj-
ects. But Peabody told the group
that studies are going on to deter-
mine the adaptibility of seed to
other sites, which would expand
the scope of restoration projects.
Meanwhile, the Hood Canal
students will continue to study
the progress of their patches of
native oysters in the waterway
for which their school is named.
Good Construction is critical.
Join us on Monday, September 27, 1999 at 10 a.m. or 3
p.m. for the second in our three-part Estate Planning
seminar series. Construction discusses partnering with
professionals to tackle tax issues, wills, living trusts,
durable powers of attorney and health care directives,
Participated in Developing the Blueprint? Interested in
reducing estate taxes through use of trusts? Ready to
work with an estate planning attorney? If so, this free
seminar is right for you.
Seating is limited. Call or stop by today for further
information and to make reservations.
Armin
Baumgartel
Armin Baumgartel
Investment Representative
821 West Railroad Avenue, Suite A,
Shelton
426-0982 * 1-800-441-0982
www.edward jones.com
MembSlPC
Edward Jones.
Serving Individual Investors Since 1671
cumbers and hermit crabs - for a
touch tank to let young visitors
get acquainted with shore life.
COMPETITION AT Oyster-
Fest isn't limited to oyster shuck-
ers. Cooks square off to create
and present their best appetizers,
main dishes, and soups and stews
before a panel of distinguished
Northwest chefs. Crowds benefit
from watching the cooks at work
and even more so when, after
plates are prepared for the judg-
ing panel, what's left is passed
out to eager spectators.
Amateur cooks compete on Sat-
urday and chefs from Northwest
restaurants and food-service es-
tablishments do their thing on
Sunday. Prize money and medals
are awarded each day.
Artists' and photographers'
work hangs nearby, having al-
ready been judged. Most of the
work is related, however tangen-
tially, to the sea and the seafood
reahn.
And while it's not a competitive
event, there's a treasure hunt for
books at the Friends of the Li-
brary book sale. Kids' activities
abound as well, whether it's a
read-aloud booth for youngsters
ready for a rest, face-painting for
the inventive, or putt-putt golf for
young duffers.
IT ALL COMES together next
weekend, October 2 and 3, at the
fairgrounds. Hours are 10 a.m. to
6 p.m. each day.
Tickets cost $3 for adults, $2
for children, seniors and active
military personnel, and $8 for
families.
It's a barnburner out in Mat-
lock. Only a single vote separates
two candidates in a race for a seat
on the Mary M. Knight School
Board.
Mike Brown leads Ira Breh-
meyer 67 votes to 66 following the
latest tally by the elections de-
partments in Mason and Grays
Harbor counties. The two men
trail candidate Diana Goldy, who
has 93 votes, for the second and
final spot on the November Gen-
eral Election ballot in the race for
Position 2 on the Matlock school
board.
Brown led Brehmeyer by a
scant two votes after ballots were
counted last Tuesday. Since then,
additional ballots that came into
the elections departments post-
marked on election day have been
counted. The result has been a
narrowing of Brown's less-than-
landslide lead.
The September 14 primary
election will be certified Friday
and a few additional ballots may
be thrown into the mix for a final
count that day. The results of
other races and a ballot measure
that were on the primary ballot
remain unchanged. A voting sum-
mary follows.
Primary Election ResuLts
Shelton City Commission
Commissioner of Finance
Dick Taylor 540 39.7%
Carolyn Kerr 457 33.6%
Kelly Buechel 363 26.6%
MMK School Board
tincluding Grays Harbor County)
Position 2
Diana Goldy
Mike Brown
Ira Brehmeyer
Jim Compton
Boyd Fite
District 3
Kurt Kingman
Patsy Scott
Dante Elliott
Jenny Keesey
Pat Sykora
93
67
66
21
12
4
41,
41 ::
Fire District 2 i:
Position 3
Jim LeBlanc
Ralph Herth 352
Kathryn Klusman
Marcia Hamilton
Fire District 5
Position 1
Thomas Brokaw 1,147
David Tagye 870
Lorne Hauser 560
Terry Eastman 377
Fire District 9
Position 2
"Sandi" Kvarnstrom 81
Edward Bish 65
Chuck Belander 40
Port of Dewatto
District 1
Lorraine Kelly 46
Pennie Edwards 20
Stephen Vogt 14
Fire District 5
EMS levy
Yes 1,586
No 1,892
just how
s p e-da t
• 3% over invoice on Ford,
Mercury, Dodge, PLymouth,
ChrysLer, and 3eep vehicles
Rates as tow as 7.50%AP.R*
@ 1993-2000 modets from Penlns
, Low, fixe d" rates & great
terms - no tncky teaser rates
O
Peninsula .Year 200mode[vehk[es
e Enter to win $100 c
0NET00RIC
DEALER
ii
426-5585
It's aLL just minutes away at
Scott Hitburn Auto Center,
Hwy 101 City Center Exit
• Annual Percentage Rate. On approval of credit and some restrictions apply, Assumes
deposit, auto-pay, checking account,
'" One entry per household, Must be 18 or older, no purchase necessary. See salesman for
restrictions,