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WHAT%COOKIN'
By GORDON WEEKS and the Cold Weather Shelter at St. David $8,000 for the Cold Weather Shelter, and
gordon@masoncounty.com of Wales Episcopal Church. last year's fundraiser netted about $7,500
Tickets to the dinner and dance are $50. for the Cold Weather Shelter and the Ma-
The event features live and silent auctions, son County Shelter.
Organizers are seeking items to be auc- music by Swing Fever and a full-course The Mason County Shelter houses
tioned at the Help and Hope for the Home- meal that includes prime rib, salmon and 50 families - about 150 people - each
less Dinner and Dance, hosted at 6 p.m. vegetarian options. For tickets, call the year. During the last chilly season, the
Oct. 20 at the Pavilion at Sentry Park, 190 Mason County Shelter at 427-6919, Turn- Cold Weather Shelter provided 2,564
W. Sentry Drive, Shelton. ing Point at 426-1216 or the Cold Weather beds on 150 nights. Annually, Turning
The event benefits three shelters in Ma- Shelter at 432-1678. Pointe serves about 1,200 abused women
son County: the Mason County Shelter, This is the third annual dinner and
Turning Pointe Domestic Violence Shelter dance. The inaugural event raised about See Dinner on page B-6
Courtesy pnoto
Volunteers with the Hood Canal Kiwanis Club's community garden, including Mazi Jones, 6, left, Mike
Petz and Catalina Castillo, 4, show off the garden's donations to the Hood Canal Food Bank. Petz owns the
land in the Skokomish Valley that hosts the garden and donates the water to irrigate it.
After some difficulty, Kiwanis
garden produces food
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@~nasoncounty.com
Since the Hood Canal
Kiwanis Foundation cre-
ated its community garden
in the Skokomish Valley
last spring, the group has
had successes and failures,
but ultimately contributed
several hundred pounds of
produce to the Hood Canal
Food Bank, said garden co-
chair Tudi Whitright.
"I think we can do a
whole lot better next year
than we did this year,"
she said. "I think we've all
agreed that this year is a
learning year."
On May 18, students
from Hood Canal School's
Builders and Planters clubs
too long to put in an irri- dealt with, crows pulled up
gation system this spring, many of the plants. Gar-
Many of the first vegeta- deners hung CDs around
bles they planted died of the garden to frighten away
drought, the birds.
The garden also had Most recently, bugs have
transplanted seedlingsthey problems with weed con-eaten the garden alive,
grew into the garden. To- trol. Gardeners laid down Whitright said.
gether with the Kiwanis black landscape cloth over After months of turmoil,
Club, they had a small cer- the rows of vegetables to an irrigation system has
emony, a picnic and prayer prevent weeds. However,been installed, the crows
conducted by Pastor Roger wind swept through the and slugs have been held at
Fredrickson. The students valley after they installed bay and the weeds are un-
planted the seedlings and the cloth. The wind picked der control.
hoped for the best. up the cloth and set it back For the past three
Kathy Robertson, direc- down on the young plants, months, volunteers have
tor of the Hood Canal Food killing more of them. been harvesting from the
Bank. picked the varlet- Kiwanis members and garden about every two
ies of plants grown in the students replanted manyweeks. They have harvest-
garden based on what she of the vegetable starts and ed and donated roughly 200
thought families patron- started over. pounds of fresh produce to
izing the food bank would Then slugs ate about the food bank.
need and enjoy, such as three quarters of the gar- Their first donation to
peas, beans, carrots, broc- den, Whitright said. the food bank -- 4 pounds
coli, cabbage and squash. Gardeners solved this of peas -- was small, but
C~etting the garden start- problem by installing or- still left volunteers feeling
ed was a struggle, ganic slug traps around the like they'd made a differ-
"Now we can laugh about garden, and the group re- ence.
it," Whitright said. planted yet again.
First, the group waited After the slugs were See Kiwanis on page B-2
Thursday,
Oct.
'Defensible
space' may need
your attention
Last Wednesday, Pioneer Kiwanis
ad a couple of very interesting
eakers. Jean Cammon Find-
lay, who wrote the book "Mosquito Fleet
of South Puget Sound," and Ann Irish
are writing a book connecting all the
islands between San Juan and Harst-
inc. They both live on Vashon Island
and shared stories about island living.
One interesting observation was the
comparison of islands with a bridge
and those still reachable only by ferry.
Vashon falls into the second category
and they related how their lives revolve
around the ferry schedule. They both
felt this isn't a bad
thing as it provided
a sense of home and
security knowing that
the coming and going
naturally monitored
those who visited the
island.
The burn ban is
By MIKE still on. The most ef-
CALLAGHAN fective way to increase
the protection Or your
home from wildfires is
by creating defensible spaces. Defensible
space involves creating concentric zones
around structures, with increasing fire
resistance provided in zones closest to
structures. Plants in each zone perform
a distinct function. The transition area
between zones creates a break to slow
advancing flames. A minimum distance
of 100-150 feet around your home needs
this type of comprehensive landscap-
ing. Judy and I have friends that live
in Prescott, Ariz. Their insurance com-
pany offers a lower premium to those
who keep their trees cut back from the
home. Our friends live on a hillside and
they were encouraged to skirt the space
under their raised deck. The reason for
this is that as the wind blows hot embers
around and these embers can work their
way under homes and start a fire there.
You will probably see me start talking
about the beautiful maple leaves here in
the column again, but the change does
mean one thing for sure: the Harstine
Island Garden Club's annual Apple
Squeeze and Fall Festival on Oct. 13
is just a couple of weeks away. This
great family-friendly event brings out
islanders, garden club members or not,
to press apples into fresh cider, which
is sold to the public. The proceeds from
these sweet round orbs help support
the club's work on island landscaping
projects, hall maintenance and school-
based horticulture programs. Jim An-
derson, head apple squeezer, tells us
that there are some 6,000 pounds of
apples being delivered this year. They
are of a mix guaranteed to produce great
cider. This is an event that not only pro-
duces cider and all the fun connected to
that activity, but it is also the last Satur-
day market.
Inside our great historic commu-
nity hall, one will find old-time music,
demonstrations of traditional crafts,
spinning, weaving, knitting, leather-
work, rug hooking, for a start and al-
ways hands-on craft projects for young-
gters and young at heart. There are ap-
ple delicacies, including pie, crisps,
sauces, cakes, apple caramel nach-
os and the famous sausage dogs with
optional apple raisin chutney, both
in and out of the hall. Since the
squeeze falls on the very next day af-
ter the Harstine Island Community
Club's annum Octoberfest Celebration,
there is not a better time to invite fam-
ily, kids and grandkids to gather from
far and near to enjoy a full weekend
of old-fashioned country-style fun.
Here is just another reminder about
the beginning of the school year and the
Pioneer School Distrit's invitation to join
them on Facebook. It is the school's goal
to communicate as thoroughly and ef-
fectively as it can with parents and the
community. They hope to do this with a
fan page. You can join them at:http://
www. facebook.com/pages/Pioneer-
School-District/162424936220.
Last week, the senior lunch crew
served up a delicious pork chop
lunch. Their next grand presentation
will be on Oct. 17. They will have a
Bavarian feast with sausage and sauer-
kraut, including new potatoes with peas,
garlic bread and sherbet. And don't
See Harstine on page B-6
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