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Thursday, February 2, 1978 Ninety-second Year. Number 5 4 Sections - 38 Pages 15 Cents Per Copy
CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED on the much-delayed expansion of
Alderbrook Inn on Hood Canal near Union. What is being built is much
modified from what was originally proposed by owner Wes Johnson. The
project was delayed several times to allow time to work out permits for the
project.
Petitions ask rescision of
city garbage ordinan
Petitions asking that the
She'hon City Commission rescind
the garbage ordinance which was
passed December 6 were
.presented to the commission at
its meeting Tuesday night.
The petitions were presented
by Fred Stevens, who told the
commission the petitions
contained the signatures of 920
registered voters in the city.
The petitions ask that the
commission either rescind the
ordinance by its own actions or
submit the question to a vote of
the people.
Mayor James Lowery said
there were a substantial number
of names on the petitions but
that they would have to be
!ncrea d railroad traffic turned over to'City Attorney
: Herb Fuller for an evaluation of
the legal and cost ramifications
of the action which was
00rom Trident considered requested.
The commission said it
appeared that what the petitions
- requested would be the recision
of the total garbage ordinance
roads which could be used along
with information he has from
the state.
He also told the commission
he had been working with the
Belfair Water and Fire Districts.
He stated present
information indicated that the
population in the Belfair Fire
District would increase 65
I I th
:li e POtential for increased
traffic throu
illim,, _ gh Mason
v as a result of the Trident
t t "n Kitsap County an
,u i" _ d the
't .,x el getting Trident'
" ands for improvement of
Railroad connections, he
said, are regulated by the state
and federal government and are
based on the amount of traffic
and not on the type of material
being hauled.
Wyrick asked that the county
engineer's office work up
information on needed railroad
crossing improvements on county
percent by 1985 and that 51
percent of the increase would be
Trident related.
He also told the commission
he has been working with the
Belfair Water District in its
consideration of expansion of its
reserve capacity to take care of a
population growth higher than
normal.
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,,#oad Crossings on count
:v di " Y
?as
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tt C
i_ ommission meetin
;,€ Scussed at the Mason
,[Opal_ Wyrick, community
)a .ent coordinator for
Jefferson Counties in
,.iltsap County Trident
City asks information
llaiSsionc.. Joh.n
t°ld Wyrick hehad 0 parking co mis n
an increase in train n m SlO
railroad crossings at
on the Lynch and The Shelton City Commission discussion of parking in the had visited Centralia and Chehalis,
at its meeting Tuesday night
asked City Attorney Herb Fuller
to check into what would be
necessary to establish a parking
commission. The commission will
also try to get the names of five
persons who would be willing to
serve on such a commission.
The action came after a
both of which have signed parking
and no parking meters.
Colvin said both of these
cities have a parking commission
which, among other things, works
to establish off-street parking.
The commission has been
discussing parking problems in the
downtown area for some time
and, on the recommendation of
the Chamber of Commerce, is
looking into signed parking rather
than the use of parking meters.
The commission said that if
(Please turn to page two.)
which would eliminate garbage
collection in the city.
Fuller said according to law,
City Clerk Helen Stodden would
have to verify the signatures on
the petitions to determine if all
those who signed were registered
voters in the city.
Fuller also suggested that
those presenting the petitions
number the pages before they
were turned in. This was done
and Mrs. Stodden stated there
were 101 pages of petitions
which had been presented.
peggy' Knutson, who stated
she ,,s on of l lo,;e who had
circdlated the petitions, said she
had found that people were
strongly opposed to the new
system and that many did not
know what Rapid Rail was.
Rapid Rail is the trade name of
the system which was purchased
by the city.
Stevens also stated hehad
found people opposed to the
new system while he was
circulating the petitions.
In answer to questions from
Mrs. Knutson, Lowery stated the
contract for the purchase of the
Rapid Rail system was signed
August 23, 1977. All of the
money to pay for the system
was to be borrowed on a contract
downtown firea which had been
scheduled for discussion two
weeks ago but was postponed
because of the lengthy discussion
of the new garbage system at that
meeting.
Police Chief Frank Rains and
Public Works Manager Dennis
Colvin told the commission they
in his district and
there was money
Trident impact
improvement and
of these crossings.
said there are funds
and that he had
question with state
officials. He said he
ed the navy for
on what type of
d be hauled over
passes through
as a result of
particularly if it will
which had been loaned at no
cost to the city had been having
problems so that it had been
decided to wait until the nev
truck arrived before putting out
the rest of the cans.
The cans have been put out
in all of the area north of
Railroad Avenue at present.
Lowery presented a cost
breakdown based on labor cost
over a six-year period, stating
that from these cost estimates
the new system would be
cheaper in the long run.
The money saved in labor
costs by reducing the number of
persons in the garbage
department would more than
make up for the annual $40,000
payment on the new system, he
said. ,
The commission said they
would consider what action to
take on the petitions after they
had reports from the city clerk
and city attorney.
Plans to establish plant
on port property are told
Plans for the establishment property at Sanderson Field Ron Rardin, regional
of a plant here which would which will be leased to Assembly
employ, from 15 to 30 people Services Company.
initially and in the near future The building, White said, will
was announced this week by be located in the barracks
Assembly Services Conipany, a building area at Sanderson Field.
Redmond firm, and the Shelton The firm plans to start up
Port District. operation about April 1, White
The firm's major business is said.
the sub.assembly of electronic The decision to locate a
components which they ship to plant here was made after a
large electronics firms, recent meeting between
Bill White, port district representatives of Assembly
manager, said the port district Service Company and local
will construct a 2,000-square- officials.
foot metal building on port The meeting was arranged by
Deferred sentence
i for forgery
g ven
the home of Richard Flatt, for
whom he had done some work.
Burleson told the court the check
had been filled out payable to
Jack Spratt and FlaWs name had
been signed to it and that the
check was cashed at a grocery
store in Shelton.
Morris told the court that
Chamblin was owed the $50 for
work he had done. The attorney
also stated that since the incident
Chamblin had gotten married and
had obtained a job with Simpson
Timber Company.
He said work release would
pose a problem since Chamblin
had no transportation and was
working in Shelton.
Speed limit set
The Mason County
administrator for the Department
of Commerce and Economic
Development.
Local officials attending the
meeting along with White were
Shelton Mayor James Lowery,
County Commissioner Floyd
Cole, State Representative and
Shelton City Commissioner Brad
Owen and Harry James, manager
of the Seattle-First National
Bank Shelton Branch.
Also attending the meeting
was Paul Claypool from the Job
Services Center in the Olympia
area.
Attending from Assembly
Services was Ron Sitanen,
president; Bob Pierson, sales
manager; and Bill Long, shop
manager.
Assembly Services Company
was started in Redmond 6½
years ago and has a plant there
which employs about 65 people.
It also has a plant in Santa Clara,
California, at which about 25
people are employed.
The operation here will start
with an initial employment of
about 15 people and in the near
future about 30. There is,
representatives of the firm said, a
long.range potential for
employment of about 100
persons.
From past experience, they
said, between 80 and 90 percent
of the employes will be women.
No experience is necessary, they
said, and on-the-job training is
provided.
Most of the electronic
components which the firm
assembles are used in
communication devices such as
intercom and telephone systems
Charles Chamblin, 22,
Shelton, was given a three-year
deferred sentence on a charge of
forgery to which he had
previously pleaded guilty.
The sentence was imposed by
Judge Gerry Alexander before
whom Chamblin appeared last
Thursday.
He was also sentenced to one
year in the Thurston County
work release program and ordered
to pay $150 into the current
expense fund of the county and
to pay the cost of prosecution. He
was also ordered to participate in
an alcohol treatment program if
recommended.
Deputy Prosecutor Gary
Burleson told the court Chamblin
had been involved in a number of
minor incidents and one burglary
in 1974.
material, rocket
nuclear or radioactive
from Puget Sound National
Bank.
Burleson told the court the
incident with which Chamblin
stated,, he had received no Petition Mrs. Knuts0n also asked how had been charged had occurred
• " Yet, b -
rl.t thin a . ut anUcipated long two men would be used on when he had taken a check from miles an hour.
"Y r Week or so. i i the truck for the new system
eintalki Stated the O od since the commission had stated .....
'Ja o mpact statement it could be operated by one
Trident
by the navy presented man.
.,ut explosive and n Lowery said that it was .d .'
l *a Woup - uclear
faeilit u te transported [ A petition signed by 15 necessary to use two men so that
/"" Y by truck, rail and persons received by the Mason two men would be trained to
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County Commission asked that operate the truck. As with any
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[?Iiilit; ld there was a no further building, short plat or new system, he said, there is a
"--= " et)''ese-'navy had been subdivision requests be granted period of adjustment.
on the Cronquist Road until the In answer to a question as to
.Jthe rail,., ypes of material
in athY to l!s present county upgrades, redirects, when the new garbage cans
redesigns and completes would be put out in the rest of
ireaaert naval shipyard
it',, n and the Polaris construction of the Cronquist the city, Public Works Manager
.i -' ',or. . Road where it intersects with the Dennis Colvin said that as yet
...... flied Grapeview Loop Road and Pump the new truck for the system
Creek Road. had not arrived and a truck
'Dc=lnst $32 000 is s late.d
iI pltal f '
!ii ! 'uitllou_. has oeen filed i or UGN agencies
ii pet:trys°up'eri°r C °ur t b;
'=, ilaso,. ' M.D., Inc. P.S. Go T'heoa NMaS°norC°untYeishb s voted Uatlt;d $4,200; Faith Home, $200; Red
t No ;' 'eneral Hospital
Cross, $3,000; Community
I y' is' duTek!ng payment annual meeting last week to Mental Health, $2,000; and
,et With aim under a . allocate $32,000 to 14 agencies Kidney Foundation, no allocation
,t -', t n e • : : : which receive UGN funds, requested given.
hospital . or
Torger Lee was elected
president of the local UGN during
the meeting. Others elected were
Kyle Kincaid, second
vice-president; Dick Thompson,
treasurer; and Betty Vander
Wegen, secretary.
Elected to three-year terms on
the board of directors were Kyle
Kincaid, Henry Sandstrom, R.L.
Thompson, Betty Vander Wegen,
while others are used in
electronic and medical testing
equipment.
' :"][€.ost "saIIe ak total of $2,801
fo and fees. .89
!i ation fi.
.d
Ys p with the
:!i !al distr eterson
and the
!il%t- ct entered into a
i;neY i:' 6, 1976 and that
i, quart s due for $543,16
!?i and ,zaa.73 for the
i!tler erl¢; ending June 30,
ling in September
:i i terson had a
:i:[)iOspital contract with
llencv ._ ustrict f
i 14,,'."ervices ,, , or
i '"tal "- mason
The allocations ate for this
year and will come from funds
raised in the fund campaign last
fall.
The allocations, which were
recommended by the UGN
Budget and Admissions
Committee, which had met with
each of the member agencies,
include Camp Fire Girls, $4,700;
Crisis Clinic, $500; Exceptional
Commission has approved a
resolution setting the speed limit
on the Old Arcadia Road at 35
Foresters, $1,500; Boy Scouts,
$6,300; Senior Center, $2,500;
Children's Home Society, $850;
LIL SISTER REFLECTS upon the near-frenzied excitement Mason Youth Services, $1,900;
of grade-school basketball last week at Mt. View. For the TAMARC, $1,600; Salvation
details, see story on page 11. Army, $2,750; Girl Scouts,
George Lemagie and Arnold
Livingston.
A report presented at the
meeting showed that the 1977
fund campaign had raised
$32,340.22.
THE MASON COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION is seeking a name for its new
mascot, shown here. The mascot is the creation of Julie Bourne. The fair
association is offering a $10 first prize to youngsters under 12 years of age
who want to submit their suggestions for a name. Entries should be mailed
to the Mason County Fair, P.O. Box 400, Shelton, Washington. The deadline
for entries is March 1.