February 6, 1975 Shelton Mason County Journal | ![]() |
©
Shelton Mason County Journal. All rights reserved. Upgrade to access Premium Tools
PAGE 1 (1 of 33 available) PREVIOUS NEXT Jumbo Image Save To Scrapbook Set Notifiers PDF JPG
February 6, 1975 |
|
Website © 2025. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader ![]() |
4
Additional signing on the Cole
Road Interchange on the freeway
will be made as a result of a
meeting between city officials and
State Highway Department
officials.
The Shelton City Commission
was notified in a letter read at the
commission meeting Tuesday that
"Shelton" would be added to the
sign which indicates a turn-off to
go to Bremerton at that
interchange.
There is no sign saying that
interchange leads to Shelton now.
The letter, from Highway
District Three engineer Tom
Korff, said the new sign would be
installed when it is made.
In the letter Korff said the
situation, which had been brought
to his attention at a meeting
attended by Mayor Frank Travis,
State Representative Paul Conner,
Police Chief Frank Rains and
Assistant City Engineer Dennis
Colvin, could be easily corrected
by a new sign which would add
Shelton to the sign which now
says Bremerton.
Two requests for conditional
exceptions to present zoning were
referred to the City Planning
Commission. City Engineer
Howard Godat presented the two
requests he had received to the
commission.
One was from Reverend John
Gregory on behalf of the United
Pentecostal Church, asking for a
conditional exception to the
present R1 zoning for a piece of
property near Bamhard Street
and Northcliff Road. The purpose
of the conditional exception
would be to allow the
construction of a church.
The second request was from
Dr. Jon Sandberg to construct a
doctor's office on a piece of
property on the east side of North
13th Street just south of Shelton
Springs.
The requests were referred to
the planning commission, which
has the authority to grant
conditional exceptions to zoning.
The city has received the
signed agreement between the
Shelton Police Guild and the City
Commission which had been
approved by the commission the
previous week.
The contract calls for a 12.5
percent salary increase for police
officers for this year. The salary
part of the agreement had been
reached before the budget for
1975 was approved by the
commission last December.
Salaries in the agreement
include $810 per month for
dispatchers, four steps for
patrolman ranging from $838 for
a new patrolman to $956 for a
patrolman with more than two
years of service, and $1,012 for
sergeants.
Fire Chief Allan Nevitt was
granted permission to send
Assistant Fire Chief George
Hunter to a one-day fire
investigation school in Bellevue
next week.
THE BOOKMOBILE which serves southern Mason County passes the
picturesque waterwheel at Union during its rounds.
rno
lie in
ason
OU
Is using
nc
li
rary
ere
as
ea
PATRONS OF THE BOOKMOBILE
material before making their selection.
look over the selection of reading
th Mason School District
a host of districts
,ut the state whose
Special school levies
rned down by the voters
orth Mason voters gave
~rcent approval to the
which would
$427,125 toward
ante and operation of
during the 1975-76
Year. A 60 percent
Was needed to pass.
Superintendent
asks that citizens
next Monday night's
meeting at 8 p.m. in
library, to give
Some direction
ers on the question of
the levy.
Twenty-five percent of next
year's budget was to come from
the special levy and, according to
one school director, if additional
funds are not forthcoming, cuts
made will be much more drastic
than in the past.
Following are the voting
results by precincts:
in o|
Ralph Whisenhunt, 21, 705
Lincoln Street, Hoquiam, is being
held in Mason County jail on
investigation of second degree
assault charges.
Whisenhunt was arrested
Tuesday morning at the Leroy
Greenly residence in the Agate
area by deputy sheriffs who had
answered a call to the home.
% of
precinctYes No Approval
Allyn 95 96 49.74
Belfair 1 77 64 54.61
Belfair 2 81 88 47.93
Belfair 3 79 56 58.52
Belfair 4 83 71 53.90
Tahuya 40 88 31.25
Twin Lakes 1713 56.67
Officers said the case involved
threats with a gun.
Prosecuting Attorney Byron
McClanahan said Wednesday he
was investigating the possibility of
having Whisenhunt tested as a
mental health patient and, if this
was not done, charges of second
degree assault would be filed in
the case.
ek ~s statewide
Week giving
.o institutions which
instruction.
restitution is Shelton
vith approximately
Student body of
in its nine
administrator
and vocational
the past ten-
an increased
ashington State
e need not only
Vocational types
~eause of the
In the new high
VOcational classes
StUdents this year
h not highly
rate funding is
Vocational
S.
In order to qualify for this
funding, the course must be
approved by the state Office of
Vocational Education, taught by
a person with a Vocational
Teaching Certificate requiring
work experience outside school,
and offered to grades 9 through
12.
Holmes stated the goal of the
program is to offer "skills
necessary for th6 entry level in
the field of employment... Most
important is to teach students
hOw to work productively and to
be able to work with other
people."
For each vocational course at
Shelton High School, a citizen's
advisory committee of four to six
persons provides input and ideas
for the course, and informs the
program as to the current
situation in the job field.
This year three programs have
been added to the vocational
curriculum. A two-hour nurse's
aide-orderly course, taught by
Alma Schultz, R.N., prepares
students for careers in hospitals,
nursing homes, dental offices, or
the pursuit of additional
education in the field of
medicine.
A radio and television repair
class is taught by Jim Whaley,
who has had, among other
on-the-job experience, 21 years in
the electronic repair service.
Sue Williams leads another
new program this year called
Diversified Occupations which
consists of half the school day
spent working at a paid job in the
community.
The carpentry course has I~een
offered at Shelton for 30 years
and the students are in the
process of building a house.
Coordinated by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, the recipient of the
free labor provides the funding
qua
By DORIAN SMITH
"How about this one?"
Gena Howe and Jim Bernethy
were hunched over and scanning
the selection of books from a
shelf marked "New Books" in the
Timberland South Mason Library.
Mrs. Howe was holding up a book
titled "The Bridge," and subtitled •
"The Last Man on Earth."
"Well, sure, let's take that
one," Bernethy said. "It's about
me."
Both were choosing extra
books to take along for a ten-hour
trip they were going to make that
day. They weren't going to read
the books themselves. The books
were being taken aboard the
Timberland bookmobile which
serves Mason County.
Added to the collection was
"A Pictorial History of the
American Indian" and "They Call
Me Coach" by John Wooden.
"Who's that?" Mrs. Howe asked.
"He was only basketball
coach of UCLA for years,"
Bemethy answered.
"Oh," she said as she added
the book to the stack.
Outside, the bookmobile
cabin was being warmed up by
the idling engine. The gas tank
was full and sack lunches and
thermoses of coffee were stocked.
"Didn't someone ask for a
book by Mayberry last time?"
"Yes, they always do."
Meanwhile Dory Whitmarsh,
the library building supervisor,
was preparing for the library's
next open day by tallying up the
check out cards. "So far we've
had 1,748 check outs this month
and we've only been open 40
hours," she said to Lola
Loertscher, a clerk in the library.
"We've had 348 persons sign their
names to the roster to check
things out."
And then she added
reflectively, "And that was even
during the snow."
With their arms filled with
books, Mrs. Howe and Bernethy
walked towards the side door of
the library which opened to a building
(Please turn to page nine.)
Thursday, February 6, 1975 Eighty-ninth Year, Number 6 3 Sections - 34 Pages 15 Cents Per Copy
Charges of second degree
assault against Larry D.
McFarlane, 25, P.O. Box 292,
Allyn, were filed in Mason
County Superior Court this week
by the prosecuting attorney's
office.
McFarlane is accused in the
charge of threatening Jack
Sylsberry, a Shelton police
patrolman, with a .308 rifle with
the intent of preventing the
lawful apprehension or detention
of himself February 2.
McFarlane appeared in
Superior Court Tuesday morning
before Judge Hewitt Henry on the
charge.
Judge Henry appointed
Shelton attorney Gerald
Whitc0mb to represent McFarlane
on the charRe. A plea of not
Expansion of the Alderbrook
Inn will begin mid-summer or fall
if interest rates on loans continue
to decrease, said Wes Johnson,
owner of Alderbrook.
Due to legal delays in the
construction followed by an
increase in interest rates, Johnson
said, "We quit our attempts to get
the program started" on the $5'.5
million additions to the Hood
Canal resort hotel.
However, now that interest
rates have gone back down, he
said, "We're ready to proceed."
Johnson first applied for a
permit six years ago
guilty was entered on his behalf
on the charge and trial was
ordered to be set within 90 days.
On the recommendation of
the prosecuting attorney's office,
McFarlane was released from
Mason County jail on personal
recognizance.
The young man was arrested
by Shelton police at 6 a.m.
Sunday at a residence at 1110 E.
Fairmont, Shelton.
Police said they had answered
a call involving a family argument
and that when they arrived at the
address, they were threatened
with a rifle.
McFadane was taken into
custody and booked into the
Mason County jail on the assault
charge.
He was held until his release
Tuesday after he appeared in
court.
un
IVeS
provaJ
amilc
in
pla
The Mason County
Commission accepted and sent on
to the state an Environmental
Impact Statement on a
development which had raised
objections from neighbors when it
when the estimated cost for the
improvements was $3.5 million.
Since then, inflation has increased
the cost of construction delayed
by a denial of the permit by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He
subsequently moved the location
off the tidelands and obtained all
the necessary permits.
By the time all the permits
were obtained both inflation and
interest rates had stalled
construction.
Additions to the hotel include
120 rooms, a cocktail lounge, a
restaurant, and additional lodging
facilities.
was proposed.
Virgil Adams presented the
EIS on his Kamilche Point
development which has been
substantially changed to
overcome the objections which
had been raised.
The number of lots was cut
from 72 to 23 and the sewage
disposal is now proposed for
septic tanks rather than the open
lagoon disposal system which had
been oroposed and which had
been the basis for a number of the
objections.
The county commission also
accepted the preliminary plat of
Kamilche Point, subject to
engineering and health
department approval.
The commission has asked
five proposed members of the
Mason County Weed Control
District Board to attend a meeting
at 3 p.m. February 10. Also
scheduled to attend the meeting is
Vern Divers of the State
Department of Agriculture.
The commission approved a
request from County Planner
James Connolly to take his
county car to attend a conference
in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
March 19, 20 and 21.
County Engineer J. C. Bridger
was authorized to purchase two
pickups for the road department
through the state bid list.
Sheriff Dan McNair was
granted permission to call for bids
on four radios for his department
which will be purchased with Law
and Justice funds.
The commission, on the
recommendation of the county
engineer, voted to accept the bid
of Interstate Asphalt for crushed
cover stone for the road
department. The finn's bid of
$89,407.50, to be stockpiled on
John's Prairie and at Bdfair, was
' the only one received.
The commission received
letters from two persons seeking
jobs under the federal program
for which the county recently
received funds.
The commission asked that
letters be written to both stating
that all of the funds the county
had received had already been
committed.
and lot to students taught at
Shelton by Harold Wilson.
Two programs which have
expanded their offerings are home
economics and business. Courses
called Bachelor Survival and
Career Girl Survival are now
included in home economics; and
the business department now
offers four advanced typing
classes as compared to one last
year.
Food Education and Service
Training, Vocationalization for
Handicapped Youth, and auto
mechanics are three programs still
in full operation.
Three students attend half
days at Mr. Lee's Beauty School
in Lacey and the high school pays
a portion of the tuition.
The instruction at Shelton
also includes a vocationally
certified counselor, Kathy Barner,
who is available to students for
career and vocational advice.
ONE OF MANY vocational courses at Shelton High School, the carpentry
class is in the process of building a house. Instructed by Harold Wilson are
three of the six participating students -- left to right, Gene Greenfield, Jim
Waldrip and Dave Weaver.