ROCK PAINTING was one of the many activities of the Squaxin Indian
SUmmer Program which was held for six weeks at Kamilche School.
In
One of the trips was to the water around the island. The
Harstine Island, where the group Indians are "farming." fish by
ride to visited Indian landmarks. Another putting them in huge containers
Camping trip was to a Little Skookum which protect them from their
and and beach where Dave McMillan, a enemies and by feeding them by
~xciting
annual marine biologist from the hand.
aer ProgramOlympia Oyster Company, talked Entertaining the group was
to the group. Mr. Donovan, who has studied the
Which was A1 Rasmussen from the GameIndian culture. He demonstrated
of Indian Department spoke at an old burn Indian dances, drums, and played
College, on Cole Road. A clambake at the "old stick game," a gambling
and the Dewey Sigo residence in game of the Indians. He also
at the end Kamilche was featured in another talked about the Indian culture.
field trip. One day the program Two of the last sites visited
rovide called for a visit to the Point were Simpson's Mason Lake
children Defiance aquarium in Tacoma and recreation center and Wynoochee
dr school a train ride from Tacoma to Dam near Camp Grisdale. Bob
in the Olympia on the way back. Lehman of the U. S. Forest
group went Later in July the group Service was the speaker at the
traveled to the Olympia Capital latter outing.
Kamilche Museum to see Indian craft Booth said that he did not
drew displays. That day they lunched know that there would be a
a day. at Tumwater Falls Restaurant.program until a month before it
The Bill Hunter dairy farm in the started, making it hard to set up a
George Skokomish Valley was the scene program. It was started to give the
was of another day's adventures, children an opportunity to do
"More
On one of the last field trips, things having to do with Indian
are the group looked at Indian culture.
are just artifacts at the Skokomish Indian Of the program's success,
Center. Bruce Miller, the Center's Booth felt, "I think it was terrific.
Affairs, director, guided the tour. That It has gone over real well and was
day the children enjoyed a picnic very well accepted." He said that
to the at Potlatch State Park. they have tried to weave Indian
What Booth described as the culture into everything they've
COver highlight of the program was an done.
ere and
of overnight camping trip to Squaxin Every morning the program
Island where the group stayed on started with a flag salute and then
the Indian reservation. Everyone a variety of things could be done,
Mrs. got a ride in a huge canoe with an including singing and rock
Ivans outboard. The short trip started painting. Weather permitting,
four at the old Harstene ferry landing field trips were taken every day.
)rhood and ended at Squaxin Island. When the group was not
Once on the island, the group someplace far off, it was hiking
,r~se and had an Indian style clam and on one of two nature-hike trails
Were oyster bake. The children were near the Kamilche School.
and also given a tour of the Booth expressed hopes that
experiemental fisheries program the program would continue next
which the Indians are running in year.
!OR RECREATION for the children participating in the Squaxin
mer Program consisted of such things as soccer and field trips.
A Molalla, Ore., couple,
Daniel W. Brennan, 72, and his
wife, Laura, 63, were both killed
instantly in a traffic accident at
the intersection of Lynch Road
and Highway 101 shortly after
noon Saturday, the Washington
State Patrol reported.
The couple lived at Rt. 2, Box
341, Molalla, Ore., the Patrol said.
Both bodies were taken to
Batstone Funeral Home.
The 1961 station wagon,
driven by Brennan, in which his
wife was a passenger, was involved
in a collision with a 1967 coach
driven by Donald J. Miller, 35,
10456 First St., SW, Seattle. lett foot and right arm. A
The patrol said the Miller passenger in his vehicle, Steven
vehicle was northbound on Christensen, 14, 10456 First Ave.
Highway 1 01 and that the SW, Seattle, suffered a contusion
Brennan vehicle was entering the on his forehead and complained
freeway eastbound from the of a pain in his hip.
Lynch Road. Both vehicles were total
Miller suffered injuries to his - losses, the patrol said.
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One contest in each the
Shelton School Board and
Shelton City Commission
developed as filings closed last
week.
Robert Kramer will be
opposed in his bid for election to
the school board seat he now
holds by Dr. George Radich.
Kramer was appointed to the
board earlier this year to fill the
unexpired term of Dr. Herbert
Hergert, who resigned when he
was transfered to New York by
ITT Rayonier.
Kramer is an ITT Rayonier
employee. Radich is an
optometrist.
Unopposed for re-election to
the school board are Ernest
Hamlin and Tom Weston.
Roderick Erwin, who had
filed for Weston's position, was
disqualified when it was
discovered he did not live in the
district from which he filed. The
position in the district in which
he lives is not tip for election this
year.
A contest for Public Works
Commission in the city developed
with last-minute filings Friday by
John W. Bennett and Michael J.
Byrne.
Glen Watson, who holds the
position now, did not file for
re-election.
Mayor Frank Travis and
Finance Commissioner David
Kneeland are unopposed for
election.
Bennett is an engineer for ITT
Rayonier and Byrne is the owner
and operator of Eacrett Lumber
Co.
Both contests will be decided
in the general election in
InmQ
An inmate of the State
Penitentiary at Walla Walla, who
contends he was kidnapped and
held illegally by law enforcement
and State Division of Institutions
personnel, has filed a $1 million
damage suit against the Mason
County Prosecuting Attorney and
Mason County.
The inmate, Marcus Renhard,
says in information filed with the
suit, that he wrote Prosecuting
Attorney Byron McClanahan Feb.
17, 1971 stating he was being
held by kidnappers and that the
prosecutor took no action. He
stated he wrote again March 30
and again the prosecutor took no
action.
Renhard was charged Oct. 7,
1965 in Clallam County with
violation of the State Securities
Act for not having obtained a
permit to sell stocks.
His case was heard by Judge
Charles T. Wright, now a State
Supreme Court Justice, who was
at the time Thurston-Mason
County Superior Court Judge.
Judge Wright heard the case as a
visiting judge in Clallam County,
and, after Renhard was found
guilty, sentenced him to the
custody of the State Department
of Institutions, but, released him
on personal recognizance while
his case was being appealed.
Renhard was arrested March 5,
1970 in the Vancouver area after
the State Supreme Court had
dismissed his appeal.
He contends after his arrest he
was taken to ClaUam County by a
deputy sheriff from that countY,
and, was committed to the
custody of the Department of
Institutions.
Renhard contends in his suit
that the order of commitment
was signed, not by the Superior
Court Judge there, but by the
Prosecuting Attorney which was
illegal.
He states he was taken to the
November. There will be no
primary election, since not more
than two candidates filed for any
one position.
Shelton School District voters
will, however, face a decision on
By DOLORES DRAKE
Two fires which consumed
about 92 acres of forest in the
Hoodsport Ranger District of the
Olympic National Forest were
brought under control over the
week-end.
The Trap Pass fire which
started in logging slash shortly
before noon last Thursday burned
52 acres before being brought
under control at 4 a.m. Saturday.
Trap Pass Fire Boss, Robert
Lehman of Shelton had about
265 men battling the blaze
located on the head waters of
Murhut Creek in the Duckabush
River drainage. Weary crews
working around the clock fought
desperately to contain the fire
which swept through the 27 acres
of slash then jumped into the
surrounding old growth timber.
One and a half miles of hand line
was constructed around this fire
located 15 miles north .of
Hoodsport.
The Skyline Fire broke out
Friday shortly after noon on a
logging unit in old growth timber.
es
illion
un
Corrections Center here and then
transfered to the State
Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
In March, 1971, he stated in
the suit, he escaped from his
kidnappers while at the Larch
Mountain Honor Camp in Clallam
County, but was recaptured and
again taken to the Corrections
Center and then to the State
Penitentiary.
In the suit, he states any
money he gets from the court
action will be used to set up a
foundation to assist others who
are illegally imprisoned.
Emmett Oliver
Emmett Oliver, Office of
Minority Affairs at the University
the Sept. 21 primary date on the
five-mill special levy for
maintenance and operation which
the district has placed on the
ballot for that date.
County Auditor Ruth Boysen
The Skyline Fire was 11 miles
north of Hoodsport near Elk Lake
in very steep, rugged timberland
rising up between Jefferson Creek
and Washington Creek.
Fire fighters with packs,
shovels and polaskis worked their
way into rugged areas, hacking
out fire breaks where bull dozers
could not tread.
Large helicopters dropped
water on the fire area and
transported men into the
helisport constructed on the peak,
while aircraft made fire retardant
drops.
The 330 fire fighters -- tired
to the bone, hot and dirty - got
the upper hand on the fire at 6
a.m. Sunday. Bill Taylor of
Hoodsport was Fire Boss of this
fire which burned forty acres.
A large number of men were
needed to fight this blaze because
of dry forest conditions and the
lack of roads. Crews were
transported in for the fires from
all over Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana.
Former Hoodsport residents
seen on the fires were Bert Toler
of Skykomish, Larry Lysen of
Quilcene and Jack Grubb and Bob
Nesbitt of Olympia.
Fire fighters were assisted by
five helicopters and two aircraft.
The fire retardant for aerial drops
was mixed and loaded out at
Pangborne Field in Wenatchee.
The Chuck Wagon in Lacey
catered food for the Skyline Fire
Camp.
Investigation into the cause of
the fires continued as hundreds of
men were released from
firefighting duty Sunday. The
Forest Service has expressed
appreciation for all the help and
assistance given them by local
logging operators and businesses
during this past week's fire
emergency.
Logging restrictions were
lifted by the State Sunday, but
District Ranger John Perkins was
relieved when local operators
of Washington, has been named
by State Supt. Louis Bruno to
serve as supervisor of Indian
education programs for his
agency.
Oliver served 10 years as a
teacher, coach and counselor in
the Shelton School District.
The appointment, effective
Aug. 23, follows a series of five
meetings held around the state in
June with various representatives
of Indian tribes, seeking their
recommendations for the new
staff person. Mrs. Lorraine
Misiaszek, Colville Indian who
had held the position, had
resigned to return to college in
Spokane.
The Indians attending the
meetings (held in MarysviUe, Neah
Bay, Toppenish, Nespelem and
Federal Way) also were asked for
their suggestions and
recommendations about the kinds
of services that should be
provided by the state office and
about the function of advisory
committees.
"There is a very strong need
-for school districts to expand the
said candidates in other school
districts in the county and in
port, fire and other districts will
file with her office between Sept.
3 and 17 and will be on the
November general election ballot.
informed him they would hold
off on logging until the fire
conditions improve. Last
measurable precipitation on the
Hoodsport District was recorded
July 11.
:tel
Arrested
For Drugs
Several persons in the Shelton
area were arrested last Friday
evening on drug charges.
The Mason County Sheriff's
Office, Shelton Police Department
State Game Department,
Washington State Patrol and
Washington State Drug Control
Unit personnel participated in
serving several search warrants
which led to the arrests.
Among those booked into the
Mason County Jail in the early
'morning hours Saturday were
Timothy Hoyt, 20, 1778 Holman
St., Shelton, on charges of
possession of a controlled
substance.
Floyd Dahman, 18, 1025
Turner, and Carl R. Dodge, 23,
Rt. 3, Box 9, Shelton, dispersing a
controlled substance.
Robert J. Beatty, Rt. 1, Box
16, Shelton, possession of a
controlled substance and carnal
knowledge.
Dean M. Look, Rt. 1 Box 16,
Shelton, possession of a
controlled substance.
Timothy Lovgren, 23, 1510
Summit Dr., Shelton and Linda
Lovgren, 20, 1510 Summit Dr.,
Shelton, possession of a controled
substance.
Linda B. Custer, 21, Barnsbey
PI., Lake Limerick, Shelton,
possession of a controlled
substance.
programs they are providing for
Indian children," Supt. Bruno
said. "We hope Mr. Oliver can
offer the special kind of help
which will accomplish this."
Oliver, who has been on the
University of Washington staff the
past year, was responsible for
their Indian student programs,
served as liaison with the Indian
community and arranged for
Indian Adult education programs
and workshops.
His earlier experience includes
similar work for the University of
California at Los Angeles,
counselor for a California school
district and 10 years of service
with the Shelton School District
as a teacher, counselor and coach.
His educational background
includes an associate in arts
degree from Bacone Indian
College in Muskogee, Okla., a
bachelor's degree in biological
science and educational
psychology from the University
of Redlands, Redlands, Calif., and
a master's degree in education and
anthropology from the University
of Washington.
!
Frank A. Travis
John W. Bennett
Michael J. Byrne
Thomas Weston
Dr. George Radich
Roderick Erwi~
(Almost a candidate)
