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Shelton-Mason County Journal
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By NATALIE JOl
In tough econoE
tighten their belts
telling that to the h
that become homel
County.
[NSON
ic times, ever
md do with le
andreds of cat
~ss every year
For their sake, Norma Webbe
of Kitten Rescue o~ Mason Cour
veres through thicl~ times and thr
but the last several
er than she imagin,
"I'm not whinint
do the violin," Web]
On top of a high
tion of rescued cat
place an out-of-dat,
mg software and m
to its washing m;
building, a convert
badly needs a new l
"These expendit~
to our already fragi
Since Webber
o]
1999. it has been
nization in Mason (
ter rescues about 4
months have
~d.
:, I hate it wt
)er said.
~r than avera~
~, the shelter
computer an
ake an expem
tchine. Also.
ed house bui
'oof.
ires have ad(
[e budget," Wq
)ened Kitten
~e only cat re;
',ounty. The n(
30 cats per ye
tone must
~s. but try
and dogs
in Mason
director
~y, perse-
~ugh thin,
~een lean-
en people
Journa photo Dy NataJ e Johnson
,~e popula- Norma Webber, director of Kitten
aad to re-Rescue, knows each of the cats her
t account-rescue cares for by name.
ive repair
the mare
in 1930.
Beefstew
2 cups beef broth
2 Tbsp. garlic
t cup chopped celery
! cup chopped onions
3new potatoes pe~ person
2 cups baby carrots
t can black beans
pot at 4 am. Add the contents
any given time has up to 100 cats living in
the facility, getting treatment for an illness,
.~d $6.000raising kittens, growing up or just waiting
bber said.for a sympathetic face to walk in the door. have seen 300 cats. This year it has housed
Rescue m Webber said the shelter has seen m- about 360.
;cue orga-creased numbers of displaced cats in the To Webber. the explanation for the up-
-kill shel- last few years, surge in homeless cats has a very clear
~r, and atNormally by mid-October the shel~er will cause.
about
"People are losing their homes," she said.
"When they finally find somewhere ... they
can't take their pets."
See Kitten on page B-2
HARST NEISLANDNEWS
Acrobats
invade Sh¢
for first
MCCA
By NATALIE JOl
Acrobats gracefi
through the air, 1
on one another's
sl
and held the audie
last Thursday nig~
Mason County Con
sociation's (MCC~
show of the season
Mason County
lovers packed th
ton High School t
ing Arts Center to
Shangri-La Chine,,
bats, a group that
the world to displ;
acrobatic talents.
"They've bee~
forming for 25 ye
they've been all c
world," said MCC~
dent Becky Shuyt,
just amazing."
Since 1951, the
association has w(
bring world-class ]~
ers to Shelton.
The associatio
wanted to book th
gri-La group for ye
finally succeeded tt
lton
)W
[NSON
Llly flew
alanced
mulders
ace rapt
t at the
cert As-
~) first
theater
Shel-
'erform-
see the
e Acro-
travels
ly their
per-
~rs and
ver the
k presi-
m. "It's
concert
rked to
erform-
has
Shan-
rs and
is year,
Shuyten said. /
We ve looked at ~t in the
past and finally we~ust got
it. Its an expensive pro-
gram," she said.
MCCA funds ~orld-fa-
mous performers Such as
Courtesy photo by Brittany App
the Shangri-La grgup en- The Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats performed at the Shelton High School
tirely through dqnations Performing Arts Center last Thursday, Oct. 13.
and ticket fees. [
"We couldn't |survive
without people dbnating He~:tor Olivera at 7 p.m. on According to the MCCA, ist Chris Burton Jacome, a
gift money," Shuyt~n said. Mo:
This year, MC~A has SH
four more performances
(
scheduled. P for]
The SHS aud
will host the Car~
String Quartet at
Tuesday, Nov. 1. Tt
tet features a
string quartet re
plus Gypsy, tan~
pop, rock and jazz-
itorium at (
e Diem ber
7 p.m. Da]
Le quar-apt
lassicalCoI
)ertoire
pi(
), folk,
nspired pl~
for]
relcome on
music as well.
MCCA will
~day, Jan. 30, 2012 at the Marshall is the world's pre- vocalist, three flamenco danc-
auditorium, mier solo mandolin virtuoso, ers a bassist and a percus-
)livera is a solo organ per- He blends both Italian and sionist performing to flamen-
aer and has also performed American mandolin traditions co music.
',arnegie Hall, the Royal AI- and has performed at New Shuyten said that even after
; Hall in London and Notre York's Merkin Hall on "A Prai- 60 years of bringing perform-
ne Cathedral in Paris, and rie Home Companion" and as ers to Mason County, some
eared on "A Prairie Home a featured soloist at Disney- people still don't know what
~panion" and at the Olym- Land. the MCCA does.
Games. The last show of the season"We bring first class music
',van Marshall, a mandolin will be the Chris Jacome Fla- to small towns for a reason-
rer, will come to the per- menco Ensemble on 7 p.m. Sat- able price," she said. It's half
aing arts center at 3 p.m. urday, May 5, 2012. of w.hat you'd pay for in a big
~unday, March 4, 2012. The group features guitar- city."
Thursday, October
20, 2011
Citizens of the
Year- how they
have helped us
Judy and I had time to attend the
Can-a-Thon and wow, was it a great ex-
perience. Patti Kempton was our teach-
er and she is accredited through the
WSU Extension office. She has some 35
years experience with canning and she
is a very good and patient teacher. We
canned stewed tomatoes, pears and car-
rots. We learned the difference between
a water bath and pressure cooker. Of
the two, pressure cooking is the better
method, but requires constant atten-
tion. Patti taught us the importance of
cleanliness and sticking to the details o£
the recipe. If this class is offered again,
we would highly recommend it to every-
one on the island. I
kinda felt like time
had slipped back as I
was standing at the
community halls sink
cleaning carrots and
looking out the old
window of the 1914
building. The gas
MIKE stove was cooking,
CALLAGHAN the kettle was whis-
tling, and we were
preparing food for the
winter. It just had that old-time feeling
that so belongs here on the island.
The Garden Club would like to
thank all the volunteers and visitors
who showed up to squeeze apples,
make cider, make music, spin, weave,
knit, hook, crochet, craft leather, craft
crafts and then clean up the mess.
We started to make a list of names
to thank and as you can see, the list
of activities in itself is quite long. It's
the volunteers that make this a suc-
cessful event and they know coming
in that it will be a long and dirty day
for some. It's the folks keeping tradi-
tional crafts alive and are willing to
share that knowledge that makes this
a successful event. It's all those who
donated apple deserts that make this
a successful event. It's everyone cook-
ing and serving inside and outside who
make this a successful event. So the
Garden Club thanks you one and all,
you know who you are, the club knows
know who you are and it hopes you will
come back again next year. They would
be hard-pressed (as in cider) to do it
without you.
What a great night at the Oktober-
fest. This yearly community club event
always draws a crowd. The cold bev-
erages were very tasty and the brat-
wurst and sauerkraut were -- well
they brought out the German in us
all. There wasn't an empty spot on the
row of potluck tables. Then there was
the dessert counter -- I think they
were stacked two deep. The cooks on
this island outdid themselves. Usu-
ally the monthly meeting starts at 6
See Harstine on page B-2
- Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page B,1