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v) f” ') w ee en l slutmmtsmcmm am SINCE 1886 - VOL. 134, N0. 4-7 ‘(0 8-80 3—13 MASON COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 2020 Holiday seasOn begins City of Shelton employee Danny Phipps hangs a strand of Christ- mas lights Thursday on West Railroad Avenue in downtown Shelton. V Journal photo Justin Johnson _By Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncounty. com nglers in these parts say Tom Nelson has “a deal with the fish.” Witnesses say the Shelton man stares at the water' with his intense blue eyes and conjures ways to entice fish to bite. For years, he annually reeled in 100 steelhead from the Skokomish River. In 2000, he cap- tured a 64-1/2-p0und king salmon in Kenai, Alaska, which is mounted, mouth agape, on his kitchen wall. “Anyone who steelhead fishes knows Tom Nelson,” said his niece Kristy Buck, a Port of Shelton com— missioner. “The guy can catch fish where there are no fish,” said Shelton resi- dent Larry Stevens, a longtime fish- ing and hunting companion. Nelson is also an expert marksman who taught troops to shoot during World War II. Just three years ago, he killed a moose in British Columbia as Stevens looked on. He also followed in the family footsteps by owning and $1.50 “till,”IllHIIHIII'IIHIHIIlhllIIIIIIIHHHIIHIHHHIHII *****************CAR_RT SMALL TOWN PAPERS v 927 W RAILROAD AVE ‘ SHELTON WA, 98584-3847 Inslee orders new COVID restrictions ' By Justin Johnson, justin@masoncounty. com Gov. Jay Inslee on Sunday an- nounced a host of new restrictions in- tended to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Washington. in the same domicile. Most of the restrictions went into ef- fect at midnight Tuesday, with the ex- ception of those directed at restaurants and bars, which started at midnight Wednesday. The order is scheduled to last four weeks. Key among the orders is the Local “We must take this virus se- closure of bars, gyms, indoor legiSIatOI‘S riously and' do our part to stop dining at restaurants and capac- can for the spread, distancing as much ity restrictions of 25% on retail Spec'lal as possible and wearing masks stores — including grocery stores 59551011 when out in public,” Kevin —- and personal service business- Page 1"” Shutty, Mason County commis- es. Outdoor dining and social gather- ings are limited to five people outside your household, defined as those living By Kirk Boxleitneri kbox/eitner@masoncounty. com The consensus among Shelton res- taurants is that the governor’s recently announced COVID restrictions will sig- nificantly affect their businesses. “The first shutdown caught us with our pants down,” said Herb Baze 'of the Strip Steak House. “We’d stocked up on meat, vegetables and other food that mostly went to waste. We had to eat that loss, both figuratively and literally. It \Was really hard on us.” COMMUNITY PROFILE S4 deal with the fish’ operating Allyn Oyster Co. and the Toma, C Shellfish Farm. On Jan. 1, Nelson will turn 100 years old. ‘ So why is he a local fishing legend? “I’m just a lot better than anyone else,” he said, a twinkle in his eye. Nelson was born at Shelton Hospi- tal at Fifth and Birch streets on Jan. 1, 1921. Both his grandfather and father worked in the shellfish busi- ness. For the first five years of his life, Nelson lived on a float house that was about 40 feet long in Little Skookum Bay. “We worked in one end and lived on the other,” Nelson said. He’recalled . L L that he and his younger brother and sister watched, through holes in the boat, shiners and perch glide by. When Nelson was 5, his fam- ily moved into a converted chicken house. His formal education began in the basement of a Baptist church before he and his classmates moved midschool year into the new Bordeaux Elementary School. see FISH, page A-40 l I l She'tm‘ adOPtS Businesses accepting 2021 bUdget holiday donations 8 5 3 6 o 01 1 1 km ' INSIDE TODAY sioner, wrote in a Monday email to the Shelton-Mason County Journal. see COVID, page A-12 Restaurants aim to surviVe To meet rent and other financial ob- ligations, the Strip Steak House shifted to takeout, and perhaps the one silver lining Baze has found in the latest re- strictions is that, because his restau- rant never shifted back to in-person din- ing, they were better prepared. “We pretty much expected it this time,” Baze said. “Our space is so small, we-couldn’t staff it with a full crew, to offer our customers the dine-in experi- ,ge’nce, so we stuck with takeout. It’s just see IMPACT, page A; Tom Nelson, a World War II veteran who owned two oyster companies, turns 100 on Jan. 1. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Thanksgiving dinners ' today in Belfair ease as m’”.~if"’h:yv. I