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Shelton, Washington
April 5, 1973     Shelton Mason County Journal
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LER, 17, Shelton, received internal injuries, ~es and lacerations on his neck when the car he was above, went over a bank at Allyn last the Washington State Patrol reported. The kwiler was northbound on Hiqhway 3 just north of Allyn when he failed to negotiate a left hand turn and went off the road and over a bank to the left. The vehicle rolled over on its top in the ditch. He was taken to Mas'm General Hospital by the Allyn Aid Car. ike of members of tile ITT-Rayonier here started March Western Pulp and 27 after the union rejected the against tile company offer. Research The resident manager of the ere is continuing, a Olympic Research Division, Dr. Spokesman said Edwin L, Lovell, revealed this week details of the company's meetings have offer of a two-year contract. He the spokesmen said: "A general wage increase to Tuesday started all hourly employees of 7V-, the National percent the first year and 7 Board charging .With a secondary tn Pickeling a at the firm's by the company removed from a percent in the lirst year. the premium pay for working night shifts was increased two cents per hour the first year and would total 16 cents for swing shift and 25 cents per hour for graveyard shift. In the first year of the new contract, vacation improvements were offered of four weeks after 12 years employment-Three weeks vacation after seven years beginning in the second year of percent the second year was the contract along with a vacation offered. In addition, there are pay increase to 46 hours per week many individual job rate of vacation. The package also adjustments, including ten cents included an eleventh paid holiday per hour to journeymen to be added in1974. mechanics each year. All of the ~"A fully-paid dental plan for adjustments are to be applied employees was offered during the of service. Pensions will be vested for employees with five years service and employees with more than ten years service may elect to receive an immediate hnnp sum pension payment. Other features include preferential hiring provisions. ''There were also improvements to funeral leave provisions in the contract.'" hool board buys for C°ntractorwho is before computing the generalfirst year. Sickness and accident classatorium nil-pollution increase. The total wage increase benefits will now be paid O1~ the The Shelton School Board at ation,, at the offered by the company, first day of hospitalization instead its meeting Tuesday night voted ;ration. including the individual job rate of requiring a three-day waiting t o a c c e p t t h e b i d o f k eagainst adjustments, amounts to eight period. Each life insuranceHaywood-Wakefietd Company, bracket was increased by $1 500 Longbeach, for 750 seats for the over the two-year contract,classatorium of the new high ;THOMPSON the cue as Ralph Greenleaf, the WashingtonAndrew Ponzi, Frank Toberski, were given Charles Boughton and Fast Eddy essons in poolFarrell. When asked if he ever hustled Shelton pool for a living, lvar surprisingly player par replied in the negative. rated some 40 "Pool playing has always been met and ahobby with me,"he said. institution's Now he spends much of his ' time sharing his hobby with eye, others. Every week finds Mr. his ability Bransford scheduled for a dusting off demonstration in some pool hall is fast as they or at the opening of a new tavern. He has played throughout the began his state, in Aberdeen, Hoquiam, In 1931 he Olympia, Shelton, Tenino, tn the Coast Vancouver and Seattle. In three [~s, showing weeks he goes out-of-state to at age 23. He Salem, Oregon. 9-ball, but Mr. Bransford's ,'captive" run 130 balls audience at WCC hopes he will provoked, return. They loved it. SUch masters of During the first year, weekly wo'rkma n's compensation payments would be SUpplemented where necessary to equal the sickness and accident payment schedule. Two new sickness and accident brackets are to be added for a new maximum of $135 per week. ,'Significa nt improvements were proposed to the pension plan. Age requirements were eliminated for eligibility for vesting and disability retirement and, in both cases, entployees are now eligible for full benefits after 15 years service and for partial benefits down to 50 percent with ten years service. In addition, employees who retire early between ages 55 and 65 will receive much higher early retirement benefits. "Rayonier has also proposed plant closure provisions which are equal to those existing in the industry. Employees with 25 years service will receive 40 hours severance pay for each year of service up to 1040 hours, while shorter service employees would receive 20 hours pay for each year school complex. The firm's bid was low of two received on the seats. Bids received from fot, r firms on bleachers for the field house were referred to Assistant Superintendent Bruce Jalos for study and recomn~endation. Bids were received from Washington School Supply Company, Guy B. Sweet Company, Northwest Interiors, Incorporated, and Frank B. Cohen Incorporated. Superintendent Louis Grinnell told the board negotiations were in progress to get damage front a recent fire at the junior high repaired. Grinnell said the damage was estimated at about $10,000 plus about $2,000 worth of equipment which was damaged. He said the district's insurance company was getting quotes from contractors on the necessary work and it was hoped to have it done during spring vacation. The board approved a school calendar for the 1973-74 school year" which was submitted by Grinnell. Voters in the Kamilche School District Monday rejected for the second thue a special levy which would have given the district money to continue operation. The proposed special levy for $39,500 received less than 50 percent approval with 63 yes votes and 69 no. It needed a 60 percent majority for approval. Voters in the district earlier this year had turned down a previous special levy. There can be no further vote on the levy for this year. It was pointed out before the levy by school officials that the second failure would leave little choice but to close the school and consolidate, probably with the Shelton district. A representative of the Washington State Department of Public Instruction said the first step now is to determine how much money the district has and how long it can continue to operate. Preliminary investigations he said, indicate it cannot operate for the remainder of the school year. After it is determined how much money there is, he said, the Kamilche school board would probably pass a resolution stating their school must close. He said if the school board continues to operate the school when available money is exhausted they would be personally liable. If tire board voted to close the school the state official said, the education of the children in tire district would then be the responsibility of the state department of public instruction which would then probably contract with the Shelton district to take over the operation with consolidation to follow. He said state education officials would meet with the Kamilche board as soon as it is determined just how much money there is. Thursday, April 5, 1973 Eighty-seventh Year, Number 14 3 Sections - 28 Pages Ten Cents Per Copy ul The second-degree assault trial of Michael Westlund, John Vonhof and Richard Adams is expected to go to the jury sometime today (Thursday). The defense case was concluded Wednesday morning with the testimony of Rudy Flakus, a property owner at Sunset Beach where the incident which led to the charges took place last September 2. Westlund is accused of assaulting Deputy Sheriff Jack Hauge, Vonhof with assaulting Trooper Ed Van Dusen and Deputy Dale Haynes and Adams with assaulting Deputy Brian Schoening. The incidents which led to the charges occurred when officers arrested Westlund on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of minors. During the arrest, Adams and Vonhof got into the struggle after Westlund began to resist the officers. At the time of the incident, a group of people were gathered at the home Westlund was renting at Sunset Beach. Westlund and Vonhof were on the witness stand Tuesday afternoon giving their versions of what had happened. Westlund told the jury he had decided to have the party and had talked to the neighbors telling them of his plans and getting no objections. He stated he was 28 years old and had lived most of his life in Mason County and now lived in Tacoma. He has a construction company which does shoring work for construction projects. He said he had been convicted of several misdemeanors, but no felonies. Westhmd stated he had invited about 30 people to the party, none of them minors. The party was planned for the Saturday before Labor Day and was intended to run from early afternoon into the evening. He said the people began arriving about 10 a.m. Westlund said he had purchased a keg of beer which was on a picnic table which was toward the back of the property about 100 feet from the driveway. During the day, he commented, the picnic table broke down when too many people sat on it. He stated he had been drinking but was not drunk. Later on in the afternoon, he said. he had gone to the Sunset Beach Grocery with Dennis Townsend to get some wine, and while he was there a patrol car pulled into the parking lot and an officer got out. The officer told him, "Clary, you're under arrest." He said about that time a second patrol car arrived and another officer joined them. He stated he told the officers he was not Clary, and when asked for identification, stated he had left it at his home and agreed to go to the-house and get the identification. He said he went to his house and got his driver's license and showed it to the officers. He stated the officers then asked where Jerry Clary was and told the group at the party they had I0 or 15 minutes to produce Jerry Clary or the officers would be back and tear the place apart. Westlund stated at that time he told the officers if they returned they had better have a warrant. As the officers were leaving, he said, he observed Mrs. Reta Clary coming from the back of the property and that she followed the officers as they left. He stated he believed the officers came back a second time but that he did not talk to them. The officers returned again, he said, and he walked down to the driveway to talk to them attd Some 200,000 King sahnon, purchased by the state from the Squaxin Island Indian fish rearing pens near here were released into Puget Sound Tuesday. The intention of the purchase is to increase the amount of King salmon available to sports fishermen in Puget Sound. The fish, weighing about half a pound now, are past the age when their species migrates into the ocean so are expected to stay in the sound. Previous tests indicate the fish will gain about five pounds during their first year after being released. The Squaxin Indian fish rearing project was started a few asked if they had a warrant. One of tire officers, he stated he believed it was Schoening, stated they had a complaint and that he was under arrest. Westhmd said he told the officers he would go peacefully. One took hold of each of his arms, he said, and they started down the driveway. He stated one handcuff was put on him and that Ire felt the officers were acting as it" they thought he was going to resist. Westlund stated as he attd the officers were about in the middle of the road, he felt a sharp push years ago with the intention of raising the fish for the tbod market. it is part of the tribe's plan for developing a fish and oyster business on the island reservation a nd an Indian motel and cantpground on the island. The Indians also hope to purchase back from non-Indians land which has been sold on the island. At the present time there arc about $30,000 worth of oysters growing on the beaches of the island and about 50,000 salmon in the rearing pens which will be sold to the food market after those purchased by the statc are released. and that lie was hit from behind and he and the officers fell. He stated his recollection of what happened after that was not too clear, but he could remember being in the road with a number of officers on top of him and that they all of a sudden cleared out and hc and the one deputy who had ahold of the hand cuff which was on him were alone, ltc stated his memory is hazy, but remembers being jerked and hit several times and that he began hitting, striking ou! at the officer. Westlund said the next thing lie remembers clearly was being in the patrol car with Wendy Knutson He statcd he was having difficuhy breathing because of the blood in his nostrils and that it was hot in the patrol car. He stated Deputy Fred Pharris got in the patrol car and they drove away but returned to the sccne. It was hot in the car and he and Wendy began screaming and that Pharris reached into the car and maced them. Wcstlund stated he was eventually taken to the hospital and then to jail. Vonhof followed Westlund to thc stand for the defense. lie stated hc had lived in Mason County since 1960 and presently lived in the Pickering area where he was building a home and that he was employed as a truck driver. He said hc is 28 years old. He stated Westlund had invited him to the party about two or three days before and that (Please turn to page two.) GAYLE THORNOCK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Evans, Shelton, has been selected as the Shelton Lions Club Forest Festival Princess. She will ride on the Lions Club float in the Forest Festival parade and will take part in the queen's banquet at the festival. She was selected by the ninth grade students from a list of 10 candidates selected by the faculty. She is 5 feet, 1 inch tall, and has brown eyes and hair. April Kuhr was selected as alternate.