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January 30, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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t BORDEAUX SECOND-GRADERS sit near the miniature city structures they designed and built for their "community helpers" unit. iXty second-graders at ax School worked in to construct a paper 3n. town, including such as Mason General • a post office, fire POlice station, library, gas ILl:n_ ' myr's, and a Thriftway, t m about three class as part of the second helpers" unit. Catherine Foseide Moorehea l assigned with specific to a group of three or a. The ideas for the blocks were drawn list of "community thought' of by the "ducational television taught the students and trees out nearly every block one tree. sd, and a mother volunteer taped the blocks to a large piece of paper after the students had completed their figures. Now that the town is finished, the children may walk down a miniature Railroad Avenue with Cherry Park at one end and Simpson at the other. Fire burns house at Phillips Lake Fire Friday night destroyed most of the contents of a home at Phillips Lake occupied by Molly C uzick, Fire District Five reported. The fire department received the call about the fire about 12:30 a.m. Saturday and spent about 2½ hours bringing the blaze under control. The Mason County Sheriff's Office, which assisted at the fire scene, said the damage was estimated at $2,500. This activity took place in the second grade learning resource room. At the beginning of the school year the room was empty, and Foseide and Moorehead decided to turn it into a volunteer-mother supervised resource center. Each second-grade student spends 25 minutes a day in the room at one of eight learning stations. These areas teach skills in art, reading, math, and language arts. Foseide said, "It's good for some kids who think school is kind of a drag. They can come in here and have fun and learn something at the same time." Foseide noted that the volunteer help is beginning to run a little short. Because the room is not part of the regular school program volunteers are necessary to supervise the children. She encourages mothers to volunteer to keep the resource room going. Charges of rape were filed against Fred C. George, 28, Potlatch, in Mason County Superior Court Tuesday by Prosecuting Attorney Byron McClanahan. Information filed in the case accuses George of raping a 14-year-old girl last Saturday morning. The name of the girl was not released. George was arrested shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday by Mason County Sheriff's deputies who had answered a call. Officers said they found George and the girl he is accused of raping in a car parked on a side road about three miles east of Shelton in the Arcadia area. Officers said the call came to the sheriff's office from a woman who had been informed of what was going on by a man who came to her place. George appeared in Mason County Superior Court before Judge Robert Doran Tuesday afternoon for identification on the charge. He pleaded not guilty and Judge Doran ordered trial of the case set within 60 days. George was represented in court by Shelton attorney Gerald Whitcomb. Judge Doran set bail at $5,000 and agreed that a property bond could be posted. The bond was posted Tuesday afternoon and George was released from jail. In asking the court to grant George release on personal recognizance, Whitcomb told the The Mason County Commission Monday voted to allocate the jobs available in the county for which it has federal money available. The funds under the Title l program will be used for a dispatcher in the sheriff's office and for a custodian for the Shelton School District. Funds under Title II wilt be used to continue the present Emergency Employment Act positions after the EEA funds are utilized. Funds available under Title VI will be used for a courthouse custodian, a secretary for the Soil Conservation Service and for someone to work at the garbage transfer station at Union. The commission approved the appointment of Royce Waldrep to "the Fire District Five commission Pollution suit fil against landfill A court action has been £ded in Mason County Superior Court by the Olympic Air Pollution Control Authority against Bert Day, operator of the Mason County Landfill, to collect two $250 penalties for burning in violation of pollution control authority regulations. Day operates the land fill under a contract with the county court the defendant was married and the father of three young children and had been employed steadily by Simpson Timber Company for the past five and a half years. The attorney said if George was released, he would be able to go back to work. Whitcomb told the court George had been convicted of grand larceny in 1965 and had served out a period of probation and that he had had no trouble with the law since then. Deputy Prosecutor Gary Burleson asked the court to set a substantial bail, a minimum of $5,000. Burleson told the court George had been caught in the back seat of a car with a 14-year-old girl at 5 a.m. in the morning and that the girl said her life had been threatened. Thursday, January 30, 1975 Eighty-ninth Year, Number 5 3 Sections - 32 Pages 15 Cents Per Copy William H. Peden, 44, P.O. Box 153, Matlock, is being held in Mason County Jail on charges of second degree assault. Peden was arrested by Mason County Sheriff's deputies in downtown Shelton Thursday night and lodged in jail. He appeared in Mason County Superior Court Friday morning before Judge Gerry Alexander for identification on the charges. to succeed E.E. Slagle, who had resigned in December. The remaining commissioners in the fire district had recommended Waldrep's appointment to the vacancy. Wes Johnson, owner of Alderbrook, appeared to discuss the effects of the reeently- a,.iopted building code on his proposed proj¢ct. Johnson has a current building permit which will expire under the new law and asked that some sort of renewal be given as he was in the process of discussing financing the project and needed assurance the permit was approved. The commission agreed to hold up action for two weeks to allow for further study to determine how the question could be handled operator which owns it. In the suit, the air pollution authority says Day caused burning without a valid permit September 18 and allowed open burning during an air pollution episode October 18. The suit says the air pollution authority assessed a $250 fine against Day in each instance and that neither has been paid. The court appointed Gerald Whitcomb, Shelton attorney, to represent Peden. Bail was set at $5,000. Information fried in the case accuses Peden of assaulting Deputy Sheriff Bill Russell with a rifle last Thursday evening. The arrest came after Russell answered a call, which had been received at the Shelton Police Department, that a man was threatening people with a knife in front of the Cub Tavern. When Russell arrived, a sheriff's office spokesman said, Peden pointed a 30.30 rifle at the deputy. Russell had been at the Shelton Police Station and was just leaving when the call came in. He arrived at the scene first, followed shortly afterward by a city police patrolman and another deputy sheriff. City police who were on duty were involved in a call in another part of the city when the call about the incident at the tavern was received. Officers were continuing their investigation of the incident and had taken statements from two men, Walter T. and Carl T. Chapman, who told officers Peden had threatened them with a knife in the Cub Tavern before the officers arrived. The Chapmans, who are brothers, told officers they had been drinking in the tavern with Peden about two hours and that some words had been exchanged when Peden jumped up and pulled a hunting knife from its sheath at his belt and swung at Carl Chapman. They told officers they had each picked up a chair and forced Peden out of the tavern, and that he had then gone to his ear and gotten a rifle and pointed it at them. Sheriff's officers said when investigation of the incident was complete the file would be turned over to the prosecutor's office for consideration of additional charges against Peden. Peden remained in Mason County Jail in lieu of bail. Judge Alexander entered a plea of not guilty on his behalf and ordered that trial in the case be set within 60 days. Officers received the first report of the incident at the Helen Brewer was elected president of the Mason County United Neighbors at the annual meeting of the group at Taylor agencies can be adjusted later when the complete results of the fund drive are known. Helen Brewer No formal recommendations have been made yet for a penalty for Sheriff Dan McNair by the attorney general's office, according to Jim Vache, assistant attorney general. McNair had been found in violation of the Referendum 276 Public Disclosure Law in a report issued by the Public Disclosure Commission. McNair had been accused of using public facilities for his re-election campaign. When asked if there were any complications in making the tavern about 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Peden appeared in Superior Court Tuesday afternoon with (Please turn to page two.) Towne last Wednesday noon. Other officers for the coming year are George Lemagie, first vice-president; Betty Vander Wegen, secretary and Dick Thompson, treasurer. The nominating committee did not submit a candidate for second vice-president, with election of some'one to fill that office to come at a later date. Named to three-year terms on the board of directors of the UGN were Kyle Kincaid, Jack Movius, Hank Sandstrom, Norm Eveleth, George Lemagie, Arnold Livingston, Bill Looney, Dick Rust, Dick Thompson and Betty Vander Wegen. The board voted to make the first allocation to the member agencies on the basis of 85 percent of their proposed 1975 allocation since the fund drive which started last November is not completed as yet and a definite amount from the drive is not yet known. The allocations to the penalty recommendation as a result of McNair having received a copy of the report, Vache had no comment. The release of the report to McNair by the commission was criticized recently by Walter Gates, a former investigator for the commission who resigned last November. Gates had prepared the report on McNair which was submitted to the commission and was the basis for their decision that the sheriff had violated the public disclosure law. ity planning at its meeting tabled for further requested by of the Inn, to size of its parking lot the remaining December 9 meeting Commissioners voted to the city the variance be 'ever, the city Heuston, commission that have been the planning 21 meeting, the referred the :he planning meeting, more the requested Presented by the d COmmissioners at the g. i 5 concerned T u e sday's °PP°sed to three at the December 9 meeting who were in favor of the proposed variance. Glen Watson, a member of the planning commission, said, "It's hard for me to understand the cutting down on downtown parking. I'm against that idea. I'm not against the park, but an apartment that size needs a certain amount of parking." The state has classified Hy-Lond a "congregate care facility," which is defined as a boarding house for the elderly with lesser medical and safety requirements than for a nursing home. Section 9.12 of the Shelton Zoning Ordinance requires one parking stall per sleeping room for "rooming houses, lodging homes, and similar uses., Dr. Ben Briggs, commission member, felt that in the case of Hy-Lond, this requirement was unnecessary. He said, "They were thinking of people with cars. We shouldn't consider Hy-Lond a regular rooming house." An employee of Hy-Lond said she and Mrs. Klein had been watching the parking lot for the last two weeks to see who was using it. "The people who park in that lot have not gone to the beauty shop (which rents space in the Hy-Lond building.) They have gone to taverns and the auto shop across the street," she said. She added that people bringing cars to Hy-Lond include three employees, two residents using a garage across the street, and approximately one visitor for a few hours a day visiting residents. Dennis Colvin, assistant city engineer, in response to these circumstances asked, "Can you guarantee that will be the situation in five years?" The Hy-Lond employee also said debris including broken bottles was a chronic problem in the parking lot, as well as not always being able to find a parking place when she arrives at work. Klein said, "if we don't get the park, I'll fence it off and let no one park there. Or 1'11 police it and collect money for parking." Colvin responded, "The park is a good idea. But it's not the city's problem that you (Klein) have problems with the parking lot." He said, "I agree if you have a problem, you should fence it or police it. But I think it's a legal problem. There should be 48 spaces in the lot. It already doesn't conform to the zoning ordinance." At present, there are 21 parking stalls in the lot. Jess Wolfe, manager of Shelton Hardware, pointed out that the store rents ten parking spaces from Hy-Lond. He said, "Parking is a problem. That's why we rent. There is no parking on Railroad. I think Klein should furnish parking for Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, and guests of the Hy-LondY The service organizations hold their regular meetings at Hy-Lond. Klein felt that because the scheduled meeting times for the groups are generally during non-business hours, they do not have a parking problem. He said, "When the city starts telling private people that they have to do certain things with their property, something's wrong. If the City of Shelton was concerned about parking, they would go to the City of Seattle to see what they did about parking problems. They don't have parking problems." Klein suggested diagonal parking instead of the presently-used parallel parking. Darrell Buell, chairman of the planning commission, reported that he spoke to the vice-president of Hy-Lond Enterprises in Sonoma, California, and the corporation is "ready and willing to offer financial background" for the proposed park. Buell offered the alternative proposal that Klein build a second-level park above the parking lot. He said, "You could put in outdoor carpeting as grass, potted plants, benches with outdoor umbrellas. It would be great for residents - private, above the noise, dirt, and whiskey bottles." It was pointed out that the lot below would become covered parking. Klein said he had thought of the idea. Earlier in the meeting, Colvin informed the commission that the Hy-Lond request would require both a variance for the decreased parking spaces and a conditional exception to re-zone for the park in a business area. After consultation Tuesday with Heuston, Colvin found that parks are automatically allowed in central business areas, limiting the consideration of the planning commission to the determination of the number of parking stalls to require of Hy.Lond. The planning commission will consider its findings at the next meeting February 24. ONE-HALF OF THE HY-LOND Retirement Inn parking lot would become a senior citizen park if a variance is granted by the city planning commission.