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Shelton-Mason County Journal Evergreen Elementary School P.E. teacher Kenn Clark, dressed in the school's turkey trot, which has been run each Wednesday years. Journal photo by Natalie Johnson as a turkey, leads second-grade students before Thanksgiving for more than 30 m Annual Turkey Trot gets children moving By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncounty.com Evergreen Elementary students are running across the country, one lap around Loop Field at a time. Led by Evergreen P.E. teacher Kenn Clark, the Evergreen Lap Club meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays during a 15-minute recess after lunch to run laps around Loop Field. "The big thing is trying to get our kids a little more exercise," Clark said. So far this school year, Evergreen students have run more than 6,000 laps around Loop Field, or more than 1,600 miles. The students have amassed so many miles that Clark is now track- ing their progress on a map of the United States, teaching them math See Turkey on page B-2 Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Daniel Alvarez leaps over the finish line at Evergreen Elementary's annual Turkey Trot on Nov. 21. Alvarez took home a turkey after being the first boy in the first grade to finish. SHS presents" By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncounty.com After treating audiences with last year's "Seussification of Romeo and Juliet," the Shelton High School Drama Department has jumped headlong into Shakespeare with "The Taming of the Shrew." The play is scheduled to be performed at 7 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday at the Shelton Performing Arts Center at the school. "I've been wanting to do Shakespeare," said SHS drama teacher Chris Fawcett. "It's very physical comedy. At least on the surface it's pretty straightforward." When the students perform the play at the end of this week, Fawcett said it will be the culmination of about six months of effort for many of them. The play was cast at the end of the last school year, and many students took it upon themselves to practice over the sum- mer, he said. Students in the play include both expe- Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Senior Bobby Prater as Hortencio, left, junior Randy Graham as Luciento and sophomore Amber Darland as Bianca practice a scene for the Shelton High School production of "The Taming of the Shrew" on Monday. rienced students and those brand new to the drama department. SHS senior Hailee Keeffe plays the character Kate, and directed the play with fellow senior Jordan Hanson for their se- nior projects. "My whole high school career has been ... in drama," she said. "It's all fun." Senior Jacob Johnston, who plays the character Baptista, Kate's father, will act in his first SHS play. "I thought it would be fun to join some of my friends in the drama area," he said. Johnston said he has enjoyed his time working on the play. "It's a lot of hard work that pays off in the end," he said. In order to prepare for opening night, the students ran completely through the play three times each on Tuesday and Wednesday, Fawcett said. While the complete play runs about two and a half hours, Fawcett has cut the play down to about an hour and a half, a more manageable time, given the already busy schedules of high school students, he said. Community Thanksgiving dinner a success "t is one of the great things about Harstine Island that wonderful • volunteers put on a Thanksgiv- ing dinner for all those who want to be together with friends and neigh- bors. The community hall provides such a warm and inviting place that one feels like they are home when they are inside those old doors. And from the size of the crowd, I doubt that there are any turkeys left run- ning around the island. I know Judy and I did our share to decrease the bird population. We were able to get together with my brother and his family to share time and, of course, food. Speaking of the hall, it is clos- ing in on 100 years of age. I saw on the reader board that we have more than 400 members and that is great. I don't know if we can get all those members in the hall at one time, but we could try for that on the Dec. 14 meet- ing. The doors will open at 6 p.m. and By MIKE the potluck dinner CALLAGHAN will start at 7. On the program this month will be a holiday craft project. If anyone has unwanted shank but- tons or jingle bells they can donate, please contact Shelleen Mathews at 427-4466. Last week, we talked about Hon- ored Citizen Judy Moore. This week we continue with the notes from ..... Bill Burrows minutes, These notes include the introduction speeches, which I am putting in the column: "Some people work so quietly that their contributions often go unseen. This year's honored citizen falls into this category. This year's citizen is a workhorse within the women's club. She works diligently in the back- ground making things easy for others. You turn around and there she is in the kitchen helping out. As one per- son observed, 'she can sure wash a lot of dishes.' It is my pleasure to present a 2012 Harstine Island Honored Citi- zen award to Joye Robinson." I have to add that Joye is also the secretary of the women's club and, is kind enough to send me copies of minutes from those meetings. Join friends and neighbors in hearing the annual Christmas con- certs presented without admission fee by the Harstine Island Com- munity Choir. The choir has been preparing since early September to share with you songs of joy and peace from early music of the 1700s to current contemporary and popular songs. The choir is augmented by an ensemble of talented musicians on violin, flute, banjo, guitar, mandolin and piano. These concerts are pre- sented as a gift to the community by your musical neighbors from Mason County and Olympia and conducted by Elizabeth Berndt of Harstine Is- land. Donations are accepted to de- fray expenses. Experience the beauty and joy of Christmas with an afternoon or evening of celebratory carols and hymns at 7 p.m. on Dec. 14 at Shel- ton United Methodist Church, 1900 King St., Shelton; 3 p.m. on Dec. 15 at St. Hugh Episcopal Church, 280 E. Wheelwright, Allyn; and 3 p.m. on Dec. 16 at Harstine Island Com- munity Hall, 3371 E. Harstine Island Road, Shelton. The Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail is located between Olympia and Shel- ton. I looked back at past columns and thought I fiad included information about Bill Shoals big Pie Contest, but I haven't done that. He offered a prize of $100 to the best pie baker. Thanks to Bill and all his helpers for the event which raised $430 that will be used to help support the traffic cir- cle landscaping. The winning pie was entered by Jill Meek. The theater club is actively working on its annual Christmas show and rehearsals are underway. The show is a gift to the See Play on page B-6 See Harstine on page B-6 Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 - Shelton-Mason County Journal- Page B-1 t