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By LOU DONNELL
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evening was the Queen Selection Dinner in Shelton
takes place to determine which of the four Forest
will be Forest Festival Queen and Miss Keep
Green. Which girl was chosen will be revealed at the
set for March 25 at Shelton High School.
~ Queen's Banquet starts off Forest Festival Week
but
been moved, ahead, probably so more people can be
lucky girl receives the big news that she is the chosen
Festival committee members, their spouses, the
Dress, princesses and Paul Bunyan candidates were at the
Gary Nelson already has been announced as this year's
but Marty Settle of Shelton High SchOol, Ken Aries of
High School and John Hickson of Mary M. Knight were
or the girls.
Year the judges faced a difficult decision as the four girls
the honor. First, each gave a prepared talk based on the
Year's Forest Festival, The Magic Tree. Then each girl, in
of paper on which a question concerning a current
and given one minute to think of an answer and three
an answer. This part always makes me nervous,
1 am imagining how I would have done at that age,
none of the girls has failed to come through with flying
TUson of Shelton High School was first with the question,
exciting thing happening in our country today?" Her
around the fact that people are now caring about the
instead of wrecking it and also mentioned
athletics to keep their bodies fit.
of North Mason faced the question: "We have spent
men on the moon and in space; can you justify this
.'r reply she mentioned that she remembered watching a
moon during a fifth grade class as a great event of the
Such ventures later became so commonplace that little
given to them. She things we may face such serious
earth in the future that mankind will need a place to go so
in space may aid in finding a refuge when one is
life be like in the United States in the year 2000?"
High School was asked. She noted that the
but it wouldn't be too long before it was here.
little cars running around like in the TV show,
Said she hoped things wouldn't change too much so
still enjoy the beauty of forests and the landscapes we
of Shelton High School got a laugh from the
started off her impromptu talk with "I have always
~n answer to the question "How would you solve the
he said everyone had to pitch in and cut down a little
Candles once in awhile or cooking in the fireplace and
turned out lights not being used to conserve energy.
also brought a laugh; "Maybe we can hope oil will
11"10 on. ' '
at portion of the program Connie led off with a
complete in makeup and costume, as the hare
race the tortoise. Cheri read a dramatic selection
a Mockingbird," followed by Bonnie exhibiting
rts and crafts which displayed her talents at embroidery,
amics, beadwork and drawing. Rhonda began her
a poem she had written the night before and
on the piano as she sang a song.
may be sitting there still, trying to come to a
Editor's note: This is the fifth
in a series of articles on land use
prepared by the North Mason
League of Women Voters, unit at
large, and the Mason County
Planning Office. Population in the
North Mason area may almost
double from the Trident project.
The articles have pointed out what
regulations are in effect or are
lacking to provide for an orderly
increase in population over a
short period of time. A public
meeting will be held Mar. 31
where local citizens may voice
opinions or ask questions.
The sixth article will be devoted
to answering questions.
Having reviewed the land use
regulations in the county, the
All residents of the North
Mason area are invited to
attend a public meeting on the
Trident impact on North
Mason County March 31 at
7:30 p.m. at the gym of the
new Belfair Elementary
School.
The meeting will consist of
a panel discussion. Panelists
will be Brian Shetterly, Mason
County Trident Coordinator;
Jim Connolly, County Planner;
William Hunter, County
Commissioner for District 2;
John Horsley, Kitsap Trident
Coordinator; Dan McNair,
Mason County Sheriff; Cash
Bridger, County Engineer;
Norm Sanders, Superintendent
of North 'Mason School
District; and a representative of
the Mason County Board of
Realtors.
Martin Auseth and John
Bariekman, County
Commissioners of District 1
and 3, also plan to attend.
Brian Shetterly will act as
moderator for the meeting.
at meeting tonig
Gloria Lincoln
an the famous
featured at
g of the Mason
accompanying the pictures will be d gi
excerpts from the diary of Awor yen
w elch's great-great-grandmother,
Elizabeth Dixon Smith.
of the year She kept an account of a
P.m. at the covered wagon journey which
located in the started in LaPorte, Indiana, and
ended in Butteville, Oregon.
of the
Grapeview Welch's family later became
Washington State pioneers. Welch
moved to Grapeview in 1969.
History students and everyone
rapeview, will interested in the Oregon trail are
This will invited to join society members in
showing enjoying this unique program,
Trail Livingston said. He reported that
~h, Missouri, Welch's full presentation runs
rye over two hours, so be prepared
material for an interesting evening.
from remote area after accident
I
Were rescued road in a state of shock when a
above Victor pickup driven by Bruce
after a Pennington, Port Orchard,
znt. Claudehappened by the remote area. He
river of the put them in his truck and brought
tteavich, 16, - them to the Belfair sheriff's
office. The aid car was called and
they were transported to Harrison
Memorial Hospital, Bremerton,
with EMT's Cindy Hunt and
Phyllis Barovick attending.
The boys are both residents of
the Victor area.
n they hit
OVer the
and suffered
3OSsible back
pinned
tree and
racture.
on the
JocaJ woman
The Wakan Award has been
presented to Gloria Lincoln of
North Shore in recognition of
exceptional and imaginative
leadership and service to girls and
to the community by the
Kit-no-ma Council of Camp Fire
Girls. Gloria ha~ been
instrumental in the council
growth in the Belfair area.
Prior to 1967 there were 0o
Camp Fire groups in Belfair. In
the spring of 1967 brochures were
once more distributed in North
Mason schools and that was the
beginning of Gloria's promotion
of Camp Fire in the community.
By 1970 there were seven
groups and this year there are ten
groups five Blue Bird, three
Camp Fire, a Discovery Club and
a Horizon Club, involving 67 girls.
These girls can enjoy Camp Fire
because of Gloria's innumerable
meetings, telephone calls and
legwork to promote the Camp
Fire Girls' program throughout
the Belfair area, according to a
spokesman for the council.
Ruth Boysen, County Clerk Elaine
George, were guests at last week's
of Commerce. The two county
duties of their jobs.
reasons behind them, and various
means of regulating growth and
land use, some estimate of the
actual impact which the Trident
project may have on the North
Mason area is important.
Whatever the impact of Trident, it
will have some effect on the land
use practices and general
appearance of the area.
The Trident base is now under
construction at Bangor, about 25
miles north of Belfair.
Commuting time between Belfair
and the base is about 25 minutes.
In addition to normal populgttion
growth in Kitsap and Mason
Counties, the base will bring
about 27,000 new residents into
the area by 1983. Most of these
will locate in Kitsap County, but
a number of them will certainly
choose to live in the North Mason
area.
It is impossible now to guess
what the Trident-related
population increase for North
Mason will be. By 1983 the
Trident .project could be
responsible for an increase of
from a few hundred to a few
thousand residents in the area. To
pick a figure, if only 5% of the
Trident-related population
increase locates in North Mason,
1,350 new residents can be
expected on top of normal
population increase. Normal
growth estimates for the North
Mason area indicate that the area
will contain some 10,240 people
by 1983. With a 5% Trident
population impact, there would
be about 11,600 persons in the
North Mason area, This area
extends from the Dewatto area on
the north, to Union on the west,
to Hammersley Inlet on the
One more
owner
Robert T. Connell of Tacoma
appeared in Justice Court before
Judge Carol Fuller last Friday for
a reconsideration of sentence
following abandonment of appeal
on Jan. 20. Last Nov. 22 he was
sentenced to a $250 fine and 90
days in jail, with the jail sentence
suspended if one of two houses he
had barged to Allyn was either
removed or a building permit had
been obtained for it within a
month. Connell had given notice
that he would appeal.
Prosecutor for the state,
James Sawyer, argued that
although the sentence had been
stayed by notice of appeal,
Connell had ~bandoned the
appeal on Jan. 20 so the 30 days
should have commenced from
that date and since no building
permit had been obtained nor had
the house been removed, he asked
that Connell be sent to jail and a
court order be issued to demolish
the building. It was noted that the
prosecutor's office had not been
notified of the abandonment but
that Sawyer had found out about
it on Mar. 7 and recorded it
officially on that date.
Connell had no attorney
present and told the court that he
had no money to move the house,
that he would put a "for sale"
sign on it immediately and asked
that the judge allow him to try to
sell it. He also mentioned that he
had been in the construction
business for 22 years and this was
the first time he had been in court
and he did not want to have to
spend time in jail.
He was asked by the judge if
he had done anything since Jan.
20 towards applying for a permit
or removing the building and
Connell said he hadn't.
A letter was read from the
Mason County building inspector,
David Givens, to County Planner
Jim Connolly saying that he had
inspected the house from the
outside and found it did not meet
the newly-adopted state building
code. HIS letter indicated he
found it to be in a state of
/
south, and the Kitsap and Pierce
County lines on the east. If only
10% of the Trident-related
population impact is felt in this
area, there will be a 1983 total
population of about 12,940 -a
26% increase over normal growth.
Population impact, whether
5%, 10% or 15% of the Trident
influence, is what will most
directly affect all other aspects of
growth in the area. New residents
will need new homes. Again,
assuming a 5% Trident-related
population increase, it is
estimated that there will be a
demand for roughly 1,380 new
housing units in the North Mason
area between 1975 and 1983,
when this increase is combined
with normal population growth.
This results in an annual housing
demand of roughly 173 new
units. In the past few years, new
housing units in this area~
combining permanent residential
building permits and new mobile
homes for year-round use, have
averaged about 128 per year.
Between now and 1983 there will
be a demand for about 300 new
housing units which can be rented
J,
disrepair, infected with rodents
which created a health hazard,
that it was placed on the lot in
such a way as to be a hazard to
children who might trespass and
that the structure shows signs of
damage by termites. Connell
denied that termites had infected
the building, saying that
previously it had been located
against a hill and that it was dry
rot. He also stated that it had
passed all health codes of Pierce
County before being brought to
Allyn and placed on a waterfront
lot but agreed that it looked
shopworn now because it had
been standing without
improvement-4or almost a year.
(It was brought to Allyn in
August of last year. At that time
he had received permission from
the Thurston-Mason County
Health Department to install a
septic tank but had not applied
for a building permit as required
by law before a building can be
moved onto a lot. He had been
notified by the county planner
that a permit was needed and
when the planner learned that a
second house was going to be
brought to Allyn to be put next
to the first, Conneli was notified
that he would not be issued a
second building permit and
advised not to bring another
house in.)
In pronouncing sentence,
Judge Fuller said she was giving
Connell the benefit of the doubt,
that it was a very technical matter
whether the abandonment of
appeal should be Jan. 20 or Mar.
7. She said she could not be
impressed by his arguments of
financial loss, that as a contractor
he has a duty to conform with
laws; that she cannot be
concerned with losses but must
focus her attention on laws.
On Apr. 14, 8 a.m., she
ordered, Connell must report to
the Mason County jail to serve
one month if the house is not
removed by then or if a building
permit has not been obtained. She
also ordered that the fine be paid
by that date.
or bought by householders
earning less than $5,000 per year.
These may have to be provided by
small mobile homes or through
low-income government housing
• programs.
Some effects of the Trident
impact on land use in the North
Mason area will be visible. New
stores, restaurants and service
establishments can be expected.
Vacant property will be
developed for new residences.
Fortunately, the North Mason
area has a large number of vacant
lots in platted subdivisions to
handle the new houses which will
be built for the increased
population.
Since 196"7, 32 new
residential small-lot subdivisions
have been approved in the North
Mason area. These subdivisions
contain over 4,000 building sites
and roughly 85% of these lots are
still vacant.
There should be plenty of
room for the increased population
in existing approved subdivisions.
However, some new residents may
choose to buy property and build
outside platted subdivisions.
County officials describe duties at local meeting
Schools in the North Mason
area may face an increased
enrollment of as many as 700
students by 1983, due to the
Trident impact, if all of these
students enroll in School District
403, it would result in a 66%
increase in students by 1983, on
top of normal growth. New
teachers, staff, facilities, buses,
etc. will be needed. The North
Mason School District and the
Kitsap County School Districts
are jointly sponsoring a long-range
study of coming school neqds,
related to Trident growth.
Roads in the area will also be
affected by growth. As residents
locate in some of the more
remote areas, new or improved
roads may be needed. The county
engineer has adopted a policy that
such new road projects will begin
only as the impact on existing
roads is felt. Available funds for
road construction have been
steadily decreasing and
maintenance of existing roads will
have top priority.
Other areas such as police and
health services will also be
affected. For example, only one
Mason Coamty sheriff's deputy
ordinarily patrols the North
Mason area. More will be needed,
hut to increase the number of
patrolmen on duty by only one,
five new employees are needed
for support to cover an area on a
24-hour basis.
The North Mason area has
several existing and proposed
state parks and recreation areas,
and easy access to National Forest
lands and a national park. These
are primarily designed for and
used by tourists. Small
neighborhood parks and field
sports areas are needed now for
local residents and will be more in
demand in the next few years.
Almost any area of activity
will be impacted by the growth of
the North Mason area due to
Trident. in terms of that impact,
it is-impossible to project exact
numbers of any area which may
be affected. Most areas of impact
cannot be accurately predicted
until they begin to occur, hut an
understanding of probable impact
is important in order to be
prepared for the growth which
will take place.
with all court records being
microfilmed to save space. Staff
in her office index money
judgements; handle fines, fees,
etc.; select jurors; prepare motion
and trial calendars; issue
passports; issue warrants of arrest
and subpoena; write monthly
reports of court cases; approve
notary bonds; and one person
from the office attends every
session of superior court to take
notes.
The state court system was
explained by Mrs. Province as she
outlined the types of cases tried
in justice (same as municipal or
district) courts, superior courts,
court of appeal and the state
supreme court. She noted that in
Mason County, unlike most places
in the country, the number of
criminal trials has been going
down, with 1972 being the
biggest year in this county. She
spoke of the high cost to
taxpayers for court-appointed
attorneys, saying that this
expense in criminal cases runs
between $10,000 to$12,000 a
year, plus another$7,000 for
court-appointed attorneys in
Two elected county officials,
County Auditor Ruth Boysen and
County Clerk Elaine Province,
described the duties of their jobs
at last week's meeting of Belfair
Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. Boysen described her
office as "the dumping ground for
anything the sta~e doesn't know
what to do with." The auditor's
office handles, among other
things, filing and keeping records
on 0roperty transactions;
transferring titles on property or
vehicles; licenses for vehicles,
marriages or carnivals; registration
of voters and handling of
elections within the county;
writing warrants for the county
and all the local districts except
Shelton and North Mason School
Districts. The auditor also serves
as clerk of the board of county
cam missioners.
At present, she reported, her
office staffis attempting to get all
their records on microfilm
because they are running out of
storage space. She noted that the
state soon will be staggering the
dates for renewal of auto license
plates and she expects it will save
money as well as eliminate long
lines as the deadline draws near.
Instead of having many people
hired for five weeks to handle
everyone, she expects a few,
working ten days each month, can
handle the same number of
persons renewing licenses all year
long. She said many states have
already adopted this system.
She mentioned that files in
her office are open to anyone
who wants to look up such things
as owners of property or
mortgages. As first vice-president
of the Washington Association of
County Officials, she attended a
meeting recently back east and
served on the steering committee
for the National Association of
County Officials. She said one Of
the prime concerns of the group
was the growing strength of
unions among government
employees and how their
demands affect county
government.
Mrs. Province described the
duties of her office as 90 percent
"working as an officer of the
superior court." Hers is also a
rccord-kccping office, she said,
MEMBERS OF NORTH MASON PEEWEES were busy all day last Saturday
selling tickets or scrubbing cars in a car wash project to benefit Don
Shellgren of Allyn who was seriously injured in an auto accident last month.
One hundred fifty-one dollars was collected by the group of boys, assisted
by adult supervisors Miles Brainard, Doug Smith and Jerry Smith. A
warm-water car wash machine was furnished by Kitsap Oil Dealers.
The regular meeting of the
Port at~ Allyn Commission Mar. 7
at the Allyn Firehall functioned
with only two members, Bill
DeMiero being absent on an aid
car call.
Larry Osborn, Port Engineer,
was also unable to attend since he
was recovering from a car
accident and was unable to drive.
Consideration was given to
House Bill 611, now in the
legislature, which would abolish
exiting port districts in favor of
regional port districts consisting
port commission
of a single county or more than
one county located in the same
regional body of water. The
stated purpose of the bill is to do
away with competition within
port districts. Indebtedness of an
existing port district, such as the
(Please turn to page three.)
Camp Fire
March 16-22 is National Camp
Fire Birthday Week. The Belfair
Camp Fire groups are celebrating
this week with a cake - baked
and decorated by Mrs. Cyndi
Smith - presented to the North
Mason School bus drive~ for their
help in getting all the Camp Fire
girls to their meeting places
throughout the year. Terri
Harmon, Discovery Club member,
and Karen Smith, Blue Bird,
presented the cake to Ran
Manwiller, superintendent of
transportation of North Mason
School District, who accepted on
behalf of all the bus drivers.
The National Camp Fire
organization is 65 years old and
the Beifair Council is eight years
old.
During last month's annual
mint sale, local girls sold a total of
1,438 boxes of candy. Roxanne
and Yvonne Gross were the top
salesmen, selling 86 boxes each.
Second honor went to Diane
Matson, who sold 75 boxes.
juvenile or mental illness cases. A
little less than half of the cost of
attorneys appointed in criminal
cases is recovered by the county
in fines set to cover court costs.
Between July, 1973 and October
1974, she said this county had to
pay $4,000 for court-appointed
attorneys and about $2,000 for
jurors just for handling the cases
resulting from escapees from the
corrections center near Shelton.
These costs were over and above
costs to the sheriff's department.
She said a bill is expected to be
passed by the legislature this year
to help pay. such costs in counties
which have penal institutions and
she gave Representative Charles
Savage much of the credit for the
bill.
She said jurors are selected by
computer from the voter
registration list. She said persons
holding some jobs such as doctors
or teachers may be exempted
from jury duty along with people
suffering health problems, so by
the time all exemptions are filed
only about half of those selected
by the computer cnd up as jurors.
TO COMMEMORATE Camp Fire Girls Birthday Week being
held this week Karen Smith, Bluebird (left) and Terri
Harmon, Discovery Club, presented North. Mason
transportation director Ron Manwiller with a birthday cake
to be shared with school bus drivers who drop students off
for Camp Fire meetings held after school.