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April 3, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~II~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By LOU DONNELL have been' awfully quiet 'around the Herald office ever since Pastor Paul Christ, moved his family to We haven't had to pound on the wall once to ask the noise down a bit so we can concentrate on our jobs. on their wall when some visitor to our office me laughing too loudly. Or has come bounding in the what's going on, afraid he'll miss out on something ;battle developed between the staff (Carol and me) of the Lutheran pastor almost from the moment he moved the the other half of our tiny building. And it never let thinking up new ways to irritate him and he must have, in no time at all he had gotten even and it was our turn and in gales of laughter as we plotted, trying to for ways to play a joke on him. said more than "hello" to him when he first moved he came up to us in the snack bar and said there was a rack that he would like to buy but was afraid of what It was entitled something like "how to keep both mistress happy" and he explained that a minister who at the same time he had was getting married and send it as a gift at a shower that was being given for the right away we found out he had a sense of humor. it and as she paid for it she said, in an extra-loud for me; it's for the new minister in town." or so, being located next to a tavern, we come to work SOmeone has left empty beer bottles on our doorstep, Window sill. We got in the habit of placing them right that when he came to work we could go out since he was a minister, we felt, if he insisted on job, that it really would be more discreet if he put his rather than to fine them up outside the door; think it created a very good image. If he came to work the bottles were in front of our door and we got the Carol was extremely busy, a woman came in to with her. (She's chairman of the local school typing my news and wasn't paying much attention on me that she had completed her business and and that Carol didn't know how to tell her tactfully of things to do before our 5 p.m. deadline. I got going next door to the Lutheran office. "Call tell her to pretend you are an advertiser who Pick up an ad right away so she can break up the lie said and picked up the phone and dialed the Herald had answered he changed his voice to a loud is an obscene phone call" and panted heavily could always count on him to do the unexpected so / / / neat trick planned to play on Carol just before he left but to it. When Carol had showed up with a small sports earlier, he planned to have Buck s Towing come over we were having coffee at the snack bar and drive past would see her car being towed away. He didn't get last trick played on him just before he left. few days after Valentine's Day and Carol bought a it "You know who" with a little note which PRINCESS CHERI YOEST of North Mason High School know who" could be a secret girl friend. We put a curtsies before the queen as she makes her exit during the "Lover's Nest Boulevard" in Bremerton, sprinkled coronation ceremony of the Queen's Banquet held last week in Shelton. Queen Connie Tuson is from Shelton High School. 'Cat in Hat' program set A musical program based on the songbook, "The Cat In The Hat," will be presented free to the public by girls in the fourth and fifth grades of Belfalr Elementary School at 7:30 p.m. Apr. 18 in the high school gym. Songs, including some by a quartet and others by a trio, skits and audience participation will all be a part of the program which the girls have been rehearsing during their lunch periods. Teacher Donna Baker is directing the program. Bonnie Ruff will accompany the singers on the piano. Child Week observed Pictures by local pre-schoolers will be on display in the North Mason Timberland Library and in Belfair Post Office during the week of Apr. 6 to 12, as part of the local observance of "The Week of the Young Child," sponsored nationally by the National Association for the Education of Young (~ildren. The Kitsap chapter of the national organization will mark the event with bulletin boards displaying children's art work throughout Kitsap County as well. Members of Belfair Co-operative Pre-School have made arrangements for the local displays. Pamphlets on the rights and needs of children will be available. Motto of the national gorup is: Every child has the right to: • A healthy environment • Satisfaction of basic needs • Continuous loving care • Develop positive attitudes about himself and others • Acquire knowledge and skills in order to become a competent person. PERMIT REQUESTED A request has been received by the Army Corps of Engineers from Clarence Ramey of Seattle to construct a bulkhead and fill for private residence construction on South Shore property west of Twanoh State Park. Comments from interested persons must be received by the Corps by Apr. 28 to be considered before a decision is made. has not been determined and cannot be established without a detailed rate study; however, formulas presently being used in other communities compare the commercial properties and their water use to equivalent residential accounts, i.e., each commercial property is weighed as a percentage of a residential account based on water use and contribution to the system. On this basis, commercial establishments are charged on the basis of equivalent residential accounts, i.e., in a 100 unit hotel, the charge would be a maximum of 100 times a single family residence; i.e., at a $7 residential account rate, the hotel would be charged a maximum of $700 per month. Most municipalities allow a weighing factor to be used so that the charge may be slightly le~s because hotel units do not provide as much water to the system as single family residential units. This type of judgment decision is made only after a detailed rate study. Q.4. Some commcr,cial properties at this time have been asked to put in Iheir own syslems. This committee would like in and mailed it to Paiii; Wha't he didn't know was that we what we were going to do so site wouldn't be asked her to play the part of a suspicious and angry so well that Paul really thought she didn't believe he didn't have any idea who it was from. When we noon that he was upset at Shirley's reaction, we felt immediately that we had sent it and that she had him. We told him we really hadn't planned on a present. ago we learned that Buck and Minda Church to drive to Yellowstone to visit the Christs office and said, "We really should send a present." at two empty beer bottles on the outside window S " ,h ,, aid, 1 know just what to send. We put the paper bag which we decorated with hand-drawn Some ribbon I had in the desk and Carol took it Isk the Churches to deliver it. hes arrived back in Belfair and Buck brought er bag with "Lou and Carol" written on it and said a return gift. We asked if we should have the Bangor come before we opened it, but finally two small paper-towel-wrapped presents one and l unwrapped the other. Inside were mine was obviously decorated by 4-year-old your beer, Carol" in white on it. thinking, "My, wasn't that nice of him" after we had sent him; l want you to know that my "I'll bet it's raw." We shook them and, sure s had not been boiled. waiting for Buck to write and tell you how we Were brought to us just before lunchtime to tempt and had to redo half a day's work because all over the papers on our desk; it didn't happen You pretty well while you were here and, Smarter than you give us credit for being. present plan to include the North Shore; however, there are a number of constraints which are existing which would have to be determined and evaluated. First is the certainty that such a study would require an additional six months before any results would be forthcoming and if tied to this study could effectively delay the entire project from six months to one year. We have contacted Mr. Dave Heatherington, who represents the EPA at the Olympia office, and he has suggested that we would be unable to include the North Shore as a part of the present study. He advised that the North Shore should be considered as an rding the for the were County on by the n$~ for the Study. Was be for •dated to Cash Gray Consultant hired develop members- entirely separate study and tee on analysis and as such we would have to apply for federal grant believe monies and repeat the same ;h Shore procedures as have been utilized in the in the Facilities Plan for the answers South Shore, i;e., governmental agency reviews; approvals, etc. A to further complication is the fact include that Kitsap County is directly the involved. Negotiations should be air area? consummated with Kitsap County s n o t to absorb some of the costs ' tend the before proceeding. I:inally, we have been advised by the EPA representative in Olympia that the chances of receiving federal grant money for a Facilities Plan for the North Shore will not rate high on the grants list until such time that the South Shore moves forward. The second part of question number one concerns system location. The Facility Plan for the South Shore did address itself to the possibility of locating a system at Belfair. The same negative result for the same reasons could be expected to occur in the North Shore study. Q.2. In view of the fact sizeable property owners would have a weighted vote over the small property owners, just how many are we talking about? Answer: A study is being undertaken to determine the number of large property owners within the proposed ULID in order to determine the approximate number of property owners who are involved. Q.3. Just what would the monthly rate charge be for the commercial properties like hotels, etc.? What would the formula be? Answer: The monthly rate charge for commercial properties GRAPEVIEW'S PRINCESS, Patricia Johnson, took part in the coronation ceremony at the Forest Festival Queen's Banquet held Mar. 25 at Shelton High School. win Several students in the North Mason School District were named as winners in the Kitsap County Science Fair. Entries were judged according to grade levels and, in some instances, by category. Winners included: Joe Grable, first; Carrie Hite, second; Brita Mathiasen, first; Terri Harmon, third; James Cataldo, first; Larry Gunselman, second; Paul Andrews, first; Jim Marks, second; Darren MacGeorge, first; Bonnie Staley, third; Raymond Russell, third; Susan Anderson, first; and Jerry Parker, second. TRUSTEES MEET EARLY The Timberland Regional Library board of trustees has moved the date of its official meeting to April 24. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be at the library system's service center in Lacey at 7:30 p.m. The board usually meets on the third Thursday of each montl~. However, because the conference of the Washington Library Association is scheduled for that week, it was decided to move the meeting one week ahead. THEFT REPORTED A complaint was received in the sheriff's office Mar. 29 of paper vending machines in Belfair broken into and money taken. Whether children in the North Mason School District receive the same level of education offered this year or whether cuts of up to one-third of the teaching staff will necessitate double-shifting, less hours spent !n school, curtailment of all or most extra-curricular activities and loss of some programs and subjects offered will be decided by voters when they go to the polls next Tuesday to determine the fate of the school district's special levy request. Cuts totaling $427,125 will have to be made from the preliminary budget approved by the school board, which was based on maintaining the present level of education plus an anticipated cost-of-living ,increase for employees and an inflationary increase for supplies. Because classrooms would not hold the numbers of students which would bo in some classes with less teachers available, the superintendent has announced that he will recommend double shifting if the levy fails and almost one-third of the teachers have to be cut from the staff. The ballot on April 8 will ask voters to approve or reject a special one-year levy of $756,509 which, if approved, will be collected on next year's property tax. It is estimated that the writing a firm total dollar amount they' would contribute to the base monies that need to be raised. Answer: It is unlikely that commercial properties will guarantee a firm total dollar amount they would contribute to the .sewer system; however, the commercial properties will be approached and this subject discussed, the results of which will be transmitted to the committee. Q.5. The committee would like to know other systems that the engineering firm has installed, also list monies that have been funded toward this project to date. Answer: Item 5 questions the number of systems that the engineering firm, i.e., (;ray & Osborne, Inc. P.S., has installed. We have attached to this correspondence a list of current projects and clients which is self-explanatory. We would be pleased to provide such additional information as may be desired upon request. (Four pages of namt~ of previous clients of the company were sent by the firm to answer the first point.) Approximately $20,000 has been funded toward this project to date, as follows: Mason County $ 2,080.00 State (DOE) 3,120.00 Federal (EPA) 15,600.00 $20,800.00 To date committee members have received no further information on questions 2 or 4. Whether the study to determine the number of owners of large property or a discussion on the financial contributions to be expected from large commercial enterprises have been undertaken since October is unknown by committee members. PERMIT REQUEsTED A request has been received by the Army Corps of Engineers from Mario Vincenzi of Seattle to maintain existing work and complete construction of bulkhead and fill for recreational purposes on North Shore property approximately eight miles from Belfair. Comments from interested persons should be in the Corps office by Apr. 28 for consideration before a decision is made. PRINCESS DANA PETRICK of North Mason Upper Elementary is seen as she participated in the coronation ceremony of the Oueen's Banquet last week. rmlnes amount wo~ld be $1.42 per thousand dollar evaluation above what taxpayers in the district paid this year for the school levy. (Persons whose property is valued at $30,000 will pay about $42.60 more next year for property taxes than this year if the levy passes.) Of the $756,509 appearing on the ballot, $427,125 is needed for the 1975-76 school year. Since, in this district, a three-year average shows that 56.46% of taxes due are collected by June 30, date of the end of the 1975-76 school year, the district is obliged to ask for the larger amount to be assured of the $427,125 needed for that school year. The district can only use funds which already have been collected, so only those funds which are collected by June 30, 1976 will be available for the 1975-76 school year. School levies are for one year only and must be resubmitted each year to the voters to make levy funds available. Next year's budget was based on an estimated total valuation in the school district of 89 million dollars; 2% million of this amount is property in the newly-annexed Kitsap County area at Tiger, Panther and Mission Lakes which is now part of North Mason School District. It also was figured using $446 per pupil as the estimated amount the school district will receive from the state, which now gets all school monies, except special levy and bond issues, which are included in local property taxes. This year the state guaranteed $394 per pupil but $446 is the amount being considered by legislators as next year's figure. (Editor's note: While the state may offer more per pupil next year the changes the legislature made in the equalization formula take more money paid by taxpayers in this district for distribution throughout the state so the district ends up with less money than before, thus a larger levy is needed to keep the same level of education.) If it turns out to be less, the budget will have to be cut to match the expected income before final approval of the 1975-76 budget later this year. If the amount turns out to be more, the local school directors have passed a motion saying that if any substantial amount of money not anticipated at the time the levy amount was set should come to the district, from the state or other sources, it will be returned to the taxpayers. This was done two years ago when around $80,000 was paid to the district from forest funds, a completely unexpected windfall. Taxpayers benefitted by having to pay almost $2 less per thousand dollars of assessed valuation of their property than they had agreed to pay at the polls. An inflationtionary factor has been provided for in the amount requested in the levy. When determining the amount which could be expected to be needed to run the schools next year, the figure approved for this year's budget was used a~s the base; a 12.4% inflationary increase was added to amounts budgeted for materials and supplies; a 12.5% salary cost of living increase was added to amounts budgeted for wages, (the exact amount teachers will receive next year has not been determined by the N.M.E.A. and school board negotiators) and from this total amount the board cut $71,000. About half of this had been budgeted for a new school bus. If the levy is passed, children in the North Mason School District schools will continue to have the same number of teachers if enrollment stays the same, (however, enrollment continues its gradual rise) and can expect the same programs next year that are in effect this year. If no levy funds are available next year, $427,125 will have to be cut from the budget. Since the largest expenditure of the school district is for salaries, it can be expected that around 30 of the 106 employees of the district will lose their jobs. This will include teachers, teacher aides, custodial help, secretarial help and library personnel and the school nurse. One school board member has indicated he will give serious consideration to cancelling kindergarten if cuts have to be made. If the levy fails, official action on which cuts, and who, will be taken at the April 14 meeting of the school board. Airport manager to speak at local chamber meeting William B. Childs, manager of Kitsap Airport, will be guest speaker at the Apr. 9 meeting of Belfair Chamber of Commerce. He will also show a short film giving information on what it means to a community to have an airport located nearby. The Kitsap Airport is located a few miles north of Beifair on Highway 3 and growth of its industrial building complex is expected to affect the North Mason area. The meeting is hehl at Beifair Cafe beginning with dinner at 7:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend chamber meetings.