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Shelton-Mason County Journal
HARST[NEISLANDNEWS
WHAT%COOKIN'
OysterFest C ookoff brings out the best
By NATALIE JOHNSON off event. In the first, chefs fight
nata/ie@masoncounty.com for gold, silver and bronze medals
for appetizers, main courses and
soups.
Each year at OysterFest, while Judges then vote for overall
tourists and locals alike sit back winners based on those medals.
and munch on tasty delicacies, This year, Kerin Lee Lewis, of the
chefs and amateur cooks sign up Fish Tale Brew Pub in Olympia
to sweat in the kitchen in the Oys- won gold overall for the second
terFest Coak-off.
There are two parts of the cook- See Cookoff on page B-2
Chef James
Wheeler of the
Market Street Pub
in Centralia slices
chanterelle
mushrooms
during the
OysterFest
Cook-off Saturday.
Journal pnom Dy Natalie JDnnson
Edgar Winter, who recorded the classic rock perennial hits "Frankenstein" and
the Rock'n'Blues Fest Oct. 19 at the Little Creek Casino in Shelton.
Courtesy photo
"Free Ride," performs at
Edgar Winter brings 4 decades of music to Shelton
BY GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncountv.com
Rocking bluesman Edgar Winter
performed at the legendary Wood-
stock festival in 1969, and four years
later topped the charts with "Fran-
kenstein" and "Free Ride."
Now 65, Winter isn't ready to hang
monds of the longtime British blues
band Savoy Brown.
The doors to the Skookum Creek
Event Center open at 7 p.m. Tickets
are $50, $55 and $60, and are avail-
able by calling the casino at 1-800-
667-7711.
The native of Beaumont, Texas
said the Shelton show will draw
from his four decades of recording.
up his strap-on synthesizer or alto "We will do everything you would
saxophone.
'Tou'll never hear Edgar Winter
talk about a farewell tour," the mu-
sician said in a telephone interview
from his home in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Winter brings his mix of rock, jazz,
blues and pop to Mason County as
part of the Rock'n'Blues Fest staged
at 8 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Little Creek
Casino outside Shelton.
He'll be joined by fellow classic
rockers Rick Derringer ("Rock and
Roll, Hoochie Koo"), Canned Heat
("On the Road Again") and Kim Sim-
expect to hear from Edgar Winter,
all the way back to my first album,"
he said.
That means the crowd can count
on the hard-driving instrumental
"Frankenstein" and the classic rock
perennial "Free Ride," which contin-
ues to be introduced to new audienc-
es as part of the soundtracks to the
films "Dazed and Confused," 'Tgag
the Dog," "Encino Man," "My Cousin
Vinny" and "Wayne's World 2."
The lasting appeal of the Edgar
Winter Group hits surprises the mu-
sician.
"Who would have envisioned clas-
sic rock as a genre?" he said with a
laugh.
But Winter said he isn't surprised
by the continued popularity of music
from that period•
"We all feel the era in music we
grew up with was special ... I believe
we've had two classic eras in mu-
sic: the 1940s and '50s with the big
bands, and '60s, '70s rock," he said.
Winter's older brother Johnny has
been performing the blues since the
1960s. Their father played the guitar
and banjo.
"Music was always in our family,"
Winter said.
A year before he released his debut
album "Entrance," Winter performed
at the Woodstock festival with his
brother.
"I will never forget looking out at
See Winter on page B-2
Thursday,
Oct.
11
In last week's column I mentioned the
fire danger, but took it rather lightly• As
I write this, fire smoke from the Rain-
bow Lake area is drifting up Pickering
Passage. If you haven't already cleared
around your home, this should be
a wake-up reminder to do so. Also, all
those classes on preparation and pre-
planning that CERT has been promot-
ing over the years suddenly seem much
more relevant. Even though we live in
the shadow of a couple of rainforests, it
appears that this warm weather trend
might go on for another year or two.
Octoberfest is coming to the is-
land. On Friday, Harstine Islanders will
come together at the Community Hall to
enjoy a potluck dinner with the Harstine
Island Community Club providing the
brats, sauerkraut and drinks. The event
is the community club's opportunity to
recognize several individuals who have
made significant contributions to island,
including a "Citizen of
the Year" and "Hon-
ored Citizens." The
event is for Harstine
Island Community
Club members and
their guests. It starts
at 6 p.m. and if past
years are any indica-
By MIKE tion, we can expect a
CALLAGHAN large turnout, so ar-
rive early• Remember,
this is a potluck so
bring your favorite dish. Any questions
can be directed to Jim or Jan Irving.
Pioneer School is working hard m get
its Community Nights concept up and
running. Its goal is to provide free class-
es to the adults in the district. These
classes will be taught in the evening by
local individuals and organizations that
have a passion for a subject. Right now,
the school has seven classes planned
and these are titled "Keep your family
safe," "Raising healthy kids," "Kinship
program," "Love and logic, "Powerful
Gmail," "Beginning ballroom dancing"
and "Learning styles." These classes
will be presented over four nights: Oct.
23 and 30 and Nov. 6 and 13. Although
the theme will remain the same for
each class, the content will be different
each time. You can sign up and follow
one class for all four nights or you can
change each session. In next week's col-
umn I will give a little more info about
the class content.
The Harstine Island Garden Club's
annual Apple Squeeze and Fall Festi-
val will be Saturday. It usually starts
early, around 9 a.m., and goes most
of the day. This great family-friendly
event brings out all islanders, garden
club members or not, to press apples
into fresh cider which is sold to the pub-
lic. The proceeds from these sweet round
orbs help support the club's work on
island landscaping projects, hall main-
tenance and school-based horticulture
programs. Jim Anderson, 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 produces cider and all
the fun connected to that activity, it is
also the day of the last Saturday mar-
ket. Inside our great historic community
hall the craft demonstrations will start
around 10 a.m. and run through early
afternoon until around 1 p.m. There will
be some great old time music, demon-
strations of traditional crafts, spinning,
weaving, knitting, leatherwork and rug
hooking, for a start and. as always, a
hands-on craft projects for youngsters
and the young at heart.
Big Brothers and Sisters presented
a program to the Pioneer Kiwanis Club
last Wednesday. They explained their
program and how it reaches out to indi-
vidual children and connects that child
with a mentor• You can get more infor-
mation about the program by emalling
info@swwabigs.org. They are just getting
started in Mason County and have three
kids in the program. There are six more
children in the Shelton area that need a
big brother or sister. If this is something
you've thought about volunteering for,
now is your chance.
Joye Robinson is the new secretary
for the women's club and she sent me
a summary of their October. The group
had two guest speakers, Marty Brewer,
See Harstine on page B-4
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