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March 20, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By LOU DONNELL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~lll~~~~~~ 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.