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By JOURNAL STAFF
The winter holidays are
a magical time of loving,
sharing and rejoicing - as
well as being rammed by a
reckless New Year's driv-
er, sleeping through most
of a family Thanksgiv-
ing gathering and coming
home to find the family
dog has eaten five boxes
of Christmas chocolates.
Mason County news
makers shared tales of
some of their favorite hol-
iday fiascos.
For Eric Rehwaldt, an
assistant football coach
for the Highclimbers,
his first
Christmas
in Shel-
ton was
memorable
thanks to
his 5-year-
old Dalma-
tion.
R e
hwaldt had
purchased
several
pounds
of Godiva
chocolates
to give as
gifts that
Christmas
before he and his fam-
ily took a vacation to San
Francisco.
"We came home and
my Dalmation was lying
there with a smile," Re-
hwaldt recalled. "There
were chocolate wrappers
everywhere. She'd found
the chocolates in five dif-
was being annoying, so
my grandma said she was
going to roll him up in a
carpet and take him to the
water," Stroud said. "He
didn't believe her, but she
did it."
Stroud said her grand-
mother rolled her brother
up in a carpet and dragged
him across the beach to
the water.
"My mother wasn't too
happy, but I thought it
was funny," Stroud said.
At least grandma was
awake for the family fes-
tivities. Cat Ross, execu-
tive director of North Ma-
son County Resource in
Belfair, recalled that she
was working 12-hour days
last month
called. "It was cold. Not
much was going on in
Shelton."
Byrd was on patrol in
Shelton when a car raced
past him at about 80 mph
on First Street.
"I turned on him and
away we went," he said.
Byrd followed the
speeding driver in his
new 1976 Dodge patrol
car. The driver lost con-
trol at the Front Street
intersection, but recov-
ered and raced up Capital
Hill Road. Byrd and sev-
eral officers followed the
driver through a T-inter-
section as he lost control
and came to a stop.
When Byrd drove be-
hind him, the driver
when her threw his car into reverse,
daughter ramming Byrd's new car.
offered to The driver was arrested
"People say host the and chargedwithreckless
chocolate kills Thanks- driving.
giving din- When they put the driv-
dinner,
thrived on it." sipped ona
drink and
then put it
down.
"Getting
those smothering kisses
from grandkids and the
aromas that filled the air
from the kitchen all hit
me at once, and as I set-
tled into the couch, I pro-
ceeded to fall asleep," she
said.
"The next thing I re-
member was 'Morn, it's
ner for the er in handcuffs, Byrd said
family, a nearby resident yelled
dogs,_. (but my A re- from his front door, "Man,
aog) was fine lieved Ross thatwas the coolest piece
s h o w e d of driving I ve ever seen!"
I swear she up for the Another safety official,
Mason County Fire Dis-
trict 2 Chief Beau Bak-
ken, confessed to holiday
mischief as a child.
"We used to wrap empty
boxes and we would leave
them out in the street," he
said.
After tying a string to
the box, Bakken and his
friends would hide and
wait for a hapless strang-
er to come across the box.
When someone picked
up the box, Bakken and
his buddies would yank it
ty Commissioner Lynda
Ring Erickson shared
an amusing Christmas
mishap.
"My Christmases are
pretty quiet," she said.
"I did decide ... about 10
years ago, I was going to
do all my Christmas shop-
ping in Mason County."
After driving from
one end of the county to
another, Ring Erickson
had found presents for
most of the people on
her list, with the excep-
tion of her two teenage
nieces.
With no luck finding
presents for the teens,
Ring Erickson bought
each of them a miniature
Christmas tree in a pot.
"To this day, I'm not
sure they've forgiven
me," she said. "They
think I'm mentally not
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ferent boxes, unwrapped time to eat,' " she re- away. , ,
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Then she found a whole the parade? The sun was one day, a bus filled with
loaf of sourdough bread casting its last shadow passengers stopped. The
and ate every scrap of it, over the mountains. Yep, driver stepped out, fell for
the trick and picked up
didn'tRehwaldteven leaVechuckledcrumbs."as ing."I slept away Thanksgiv- the box.
heremembered his dog~ Ross added, "Of course The bus explodes
People say chocolate ,the proverbial and ex- laughing at the bus driv-
kills, dogs, (but) she was pected nap after the tur-er," Bakken said.
fine,' he said. "I swear key was inevitable." As the bus drove down
she thrived on it." Dean Byrd, chief dep- the street, Bakken and
Taylor Stroud, a ju- uty at the Mason County his friends could still hear
nior on the Shelton girls' Sherifffs Office, said New the laughing.
basketball team, fondly Year's Eve in 1976 ranks "I felt so bad for em-
recalled a Christmas from high on his list of holiday barrass!ng him,' Bakken
her childhood, memories, said, "I ve grown up a lot
"I remember when I "It was,a pretty quiet since then."
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Age 5
Bordeaux Elementary
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Gifts and Espresso
4th and Railroad
(360) 426-8615
housewares, party supplies, crafts, yard
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smoked sa mon, crysta, porce ain, c ocks, candle '
potpourri, wine, ping pong tables, gas grills, flashlights,
cards and stationery, computers, cellular phones, videos,
certificates for massage therapy, sports cards, silk fllowers, safes
perfume, hobby supplies, work clothes, bird supplies, auto accessories
coins
candy
wreaths
6uy it for Christmas in
5helton and Mason County
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