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Shelton-Mason County Journal 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, 27, 2012 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1