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Shelton-Mason County Journal 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 4, 2012 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page B-1 i