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WNAT%COOKIN"
31 st annual OysterFest
takes place Oct. 6-7
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncounty.com
The first weekend in October is almost
here and all good Mason County residents
know what that means -- it's time to get
your bivalve in gear and head to Oyster-
Fest.
The event, scheduled for Oct. 6 and 7,
draws thousands to the Port of Shelton's
Sanderson Field Events Center and Fair-
grounds each October.
Each year, service clubs and non-profit
organizations converge on the fairgrounds
to sell food and raise awareness for their
groups.
"Most of them make their yearly bud-
gets from their take at OysterFest," Cleve-
land said.
The success of each individual Oyster-
Fest depends largely on the weather, he
said. In 2009, the festival had its biggest
year and made $100,000, which Skookum
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Darryl Cleveland, publicity chair
for OysterFest 31, said the festival
is sticking to its tried-and-true
format.
The first OysterFest, in 1982, brought
in !ust $1,000.
'We thought that was wonderful,"
Cleveland said.
The festival will also include 24 micro-
brew beers and about 18 different wineries
with 80 different Washington wines.
OysterFest is famous for tasty food pro-
vided by area nonprofits, beer and wine
and local bands, but the event also hosts
the West Coast Oyster Shucking Champi-
onship.
"We've got shuckers coming all the way
from San Francisco," Cleveland said.
• OysterFest also has four stages for en-
tertainment.
On Saturday, Rokkerbox, the Varmints:
the Boxcar Cover Band and the Bobbers
will perform at the Microbrew Stage, Half
Hitched, Midnight Frontier, Honky Tonk
Angels, Sceince! and 7 on 7 will perform
in building 17, Randy Litch, ForEvergreen
String Band, The Townsends, Paul Barber
and Ron Grinnell and Tom and Gary will
perform at building 13 and Professor Bam-
boozle will entertain small oyster lovers at
the Kids' Stage.
Rotary used to do projects and give schol-
arships throughout the community. See OysterFest on page B-6
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
State Rep, Kathy Haigh (35th District - Shelton), at left, accepts an early childhood education advocacy
"Crayon Award" from Annie Cubberly, executive director of the Child Care Action Council at the Colonial
House in Shelton.
Haigh among individuals honored
By GORDON WEEKS
gordc~n(~nasol~coun~.com
State Rep. Kathy Haigh (35th District-
Shelton) is among three regional legislators
Learning Coalition and the Early Learning
Action Alli&nce. Haigh and Kilmer received
their awards at a ceremony on Friday at the
Colonial House in Shelton.
cation programs from budget cuts because
children can't fight for themselves.
In accepting this award, Kilmer also
praised Haigh for her efforts with young
children and their families.
"It's been very valuable to learn from
Kathy," he said:
"It is encouraging to have our elected of-
This year, 19 legislators received the ficials bring attention to and promote the im-
award for fighting for the passage of legis- portance of early childhood education," Sher-
honored last week for their efforts in helping lation that helps children during their first ri Dysart of the Mason County Early Learn-
more children gain access to early learning five years of life, said Leslie Dozono of the ing Coalition stated in a press release. '~vVe
opportunities. Early Learning Action Alliance. can prepare all children in Washington state
Haigh, Sen. Jim Hargrove (24th District Halgh is the chairwoman of the state for success by supporting parents as their
- Hoquaim) and Sen. Derek Kilmer (26th House Education Appropriations and Over- children's first teachers, and ensuring early
District- Gig Harbor) were presented with a sight Committee, and is known for her advo- childhood programs are accessible and top
"Crayon Award,' by the Mason County Early cacy of education. .... quality. 'Doing the right thing at the right
Learning Coalition; the Grays Harbor,Early : Haigh she fights tO keep child edu, time' is so critical for children in our state."
Thursday, Sept.
Ireland: one of
the friendliest
places on earth
1" would really like to thank Dan-
|iel for taking over the column
.Lwhile we were in Ireland. Judy
and I visited there 20 years ago and
have always entertained the idea of
returning. We landed in Dublin and
made our way north to Belfast and
Derry and ended up in Galway. They
are still having a few problems up
there, as three blocks from our hotel
in Belfast there was a clash between
police and protesters. Helicopters
circled our hotel for
hours in the morn-
ing. It made the
trip a little more
exciting than we
had planned. But I
can say, as a whole,
Ireland is one of the
friendliest places
you'll ever visit. We
By MIKE were always offered
CALLAGttAN assistance by strang-
ers as we stood on a
street corner looking
lost, which was often. And they seem
to build pubs so they are close to ev-
erything, making a glass of cool Guin-
ness very easy to find.
' In response to a requesi in last°
week's column, Sandy Murphy asked
about the house and property sales
on Harstine Island in 2012, compar-
ing them to sales over the last four
years. That will take a little home-
work to complete, but I can give a
quick six-month report. There have
been a total of 14 home sales, nine
at Hartstene Pointe and five on the
island in ge:neral, in these past six
"months. The prices at the pointe
ranged from $84,900-$220,000, with
the ninth property being waterfront
and selling for $385,000. The rest of
the island prices ranged from $56,400
for a bank-owned home on 1.5 acres
to two waterfront homes selling for
$525,000 and $532,000. As for vacant
land on the whole island, there just
wasn't much -- one lot at the Pointe
sold for $39,000. I'll have the bigger
report ready for next week.
While we were gone, school started
for all the island kids. Pioneer School
District Superintendent Marty Brew-
er has been busy getting everyone off
to a positive start. I see that he has
planned a couple of community activi-
ties. There will be four community
education nights scheduled for Oct.
23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and Nov. 13. These
free classes will start at 6 p.m. and
end at 7 p.m. They will be held at the
intermediate/middle school. Classes
are currently being formed, so if
you are interested in teaching and/or
attending a class call 426-9115.
You can take a tour of the school
with a Pioneer Eagle. They did this
last year and it was a good success. A
Pioneer student will .show you around
the school and give you some insight
as to what'sohappening at the schaol
from the student's perspective. The
tours will be from 9 a.m.-noon on Nov.
14. Also, they will provide you with vi-
tal information about the district.
You are also invited to visit the
Pioneer School District fan page on
Facebook. It is the school's goal to
communicate as thoroughly and ef-
fectively as they can with parents and
community. They hope to do this with
a fan page. You can join them at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Pioneer-School-District
/162424936220.
October is going to be a busy month
for the Senior Lunch crew. They will
be putting out three lunches. On the
third one, they will be serving baked
pork chops with stuffing and gravy
applesauce, green beans and tapi-
oca with whipped cream. Then, on
Oct. 17, they will have sausage and
sauerkraut with new potatoes and
peas, garlic bread and sherbet. Fi-
nally -- this has got to be the greatest
-- on Oct. 31 they will have witches
cauldron stuff along with some bat
droppings and wormy dirt. Sounds
good. As always, the community club
doors will open a little before noon
and lunch will be served right at noon.
All they ask for is a $3 donation. So,
if you are over 50 and you're hungry,
you know where they will be serving
you some.great food at a great price,
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