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February 6, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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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.