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April 10, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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t ....... L ~i~ ~;ii¸ MRS. BEULAH GOWAN, 75, is taken on a stretcher to an ambulance after falling and injuring herself in front of the Lawton Apartments Friday afternoon. Shelton police officers and Mason County sheriff's officers were on the scene also. Officers said she suffered facial cuts and a possible broken jaw from the fall. School District 1 for $756,509 defeat Tuesday Thursday, April 10, 1975 Eighty-ninth Year, Number 15 6 Sections- 46 Pages 15 Cents Per Copy percent voters. Sixty was needed to by precinct was as Percent Approval 55.696 52.155 46.888 71.0 60.905 53 persons who ballots not yes and Second try for (, which means more than made at the of the school North Mason Y receiv.ed rst quarterly of of Week. rnent said of timber value of in 1974 excise taxes of Paid, the Tile forest practices act and its effect on small loggers and timber land owners brought the sharpest comments and questions to Governor Daniel J. Evans and three of his department heads at the Olympic Peninsula Chambers of Commerce South dinner at Oaksridge Country Club at Elma last Wednesday evening. Tile Governor, along with Jack Larson, director of the Department of Commerce and Economic Development; John Biggs, director of the Department of Ecology; and Donald Moos, director of the Department of Fisheries, answered questions from those attending the dinner Commenting on tile forest practices act, Evans said he was aware that the act was causing problems for small logging operations and timber land owners and that he was not opposed to amendments to the act to correct these problems, but that he did not favor repeal. The officials explained that the law sets up a commission which is to establish regulations and that the regulations which are now being used are those which were established and that the commission can change the regulations if they want to I Commenting on a question as to why the recommendation of those who lived around Olympic National Park seemed to be ignored in recommending the establishment of a large area of the park as a wilderness area, Evans stated there are three major national parks in the state,. National parks cannot be dealt with solely in the interest of those who live in the area of them, but must be considered on a statewide and even nationwide basis, Evans said. Olympic National Park is one which has been devoted to wilderness use and has been kept that way for many years, he said. It is a question of use, he said, and added that increasing numbers of hikers are using the park. In answer to a question on capital punishment, Evans commented he was opposed to it and that studies had indicated there was no difference in the capital crime rate with or without capital punishment. He stated he believed that there are some things which can be done to improve the criminal justice system, including more police, concentration of police effort on major crimes, ending ~ ¸%¸,¸¸ plea bargaining'and cutting down the time between crime and punishment. Evans commented on what had come out of the Alternatives for Washington program, stating that the most popular alternative Problems have come up in a property sale which the Shelton School District made to the First Baptist Church in 1968, the school board was told Tuesday night. Superintendent Louis Grinnell told the board that the property which was sold was given in the legal description as one block, but it has now been discovered that this was not all of the property which was intended to go in the sale. Grinnell told the board he had a legal opinion that the district still owned the part of the property which was not in the description in the deed and that the only way it could be disposed of would be in an additional sale. The board asked Grinnell to look into the problem further. The board asked Grinnell to have specifications prepared for bids for demolition of the grandstands at Loop Field. Don Anderson, assistant principal of the middle school, told the board the development of Loop Field had been discussed with the city park board and that plans for the development are being was an a~riculturai Washington. The next step, he said, is to implement ideas for accomplishing the desired alternative if we are willing to face the cost of getting there. formulated. The field belongs to the city, but has been used by the school district for many years for physical education and athletic activities. With the new high school stadium, the grandstands at the field are no longer needed by the school district, the board was told. KLEIN, left, Shelton, visits with Governor Daniel J. Evans after t Chamber of Commerce dinner in Lima last Wednesday. is ap! The Shelton City Commission approved going ahead with improvements to the lighting at Callanan Park whi eh had been suggested by the city park board the previous week. The park board had one quote on the work for slightly less than $1,500. The commission had asked that additional quotes be obtained before the work was done. Park' board chairman Chuck Ruhl appeared at the city (Please turn to page two.) A three-part special levy, to be put before the voters of the Shelton School District June 3, was approved by the Shelton School Board at its meeting Tuesday night. The levy proposal follows recommendations of a citizens' advisory committee "which had been studying the school district budget and operation and which presented its recommendations to the school board at the meeting Tuesday night. The three parts of the levy which are being put on the ballot are: - $250,000 for six new buses, which would require $1.91 for each $1,000 of assessed valuation. - $344,000 to provide school district employees, both certified and non-certified, with a 10 percent salary increase and which would require an excess levy of $2.63 for each $1,000 of assessed valuation. -$72,000 to employ four additional teachers which would require 55 cents for each $1,000 of assessed valuation. If approved, the funds would become available for the 1975-76 school year budget, Joe Coogan, who acted as chairman of the citizens' committee, presented the recommendations to the school board. He commented that the committee had broken up into sub-committees to study various areas of the school operation and budget and that the entire committee, which was composed of between 30 and 33 people, had met to make the final recommendations. He said the committee believed that four or five additional teachers are needed to lighten claIs loads in some areas to provide better education for students. The four additional teachers which :ire recommended would be for one in the middle school, a choral music teacher for the elementary grades, and two additional teachers in the kindergarten through sixth grade area to be assigned where class loads are the highest. Coogan said the committee found that salaries for school district employees, both certificated and non-certificated, are low and should be increased. The 10 percent increase recommended for the levy proposal, he said, should be in addition to any salary increase mandated by action of the legislature at its current session. The committee found, Coogan said, that the additional buses are needed to improve the transportation of students in the district. The board also voted to accept a proposal worked out between the Shelton Education Association negotiators and the board negotiating committee of Dr. George Radich and Judy Barr. The proposal calls for a three percent salary increase for teachers for the coming school year with provisions for additional increases if the special levy is passed or if more money is provided by the state. The board accepted a proposal for renewal of the contracts for the school administrative staff with a three percent increase and the same provisions for additional increases as are provided for in the agreement with the SEA. The board then voted to have contracts issued to the teaching and administrative staffs by April 15. I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~B~I~B~~~~~~~u~~~BII~Bi~B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ im Lane ill In IC cras Kim Davis lane, 27, 1122 Delanty Road, Shelton, was killed instantly about 3 a.m. Saturday when the car he was driving went off the road. The Washington State Patrol, which investigated the accident, said the car he was driving was southbound on Highway 101 at the Brockdale Road intersection about five miles north of Shelton when it went off the roadway to the left and struck a large tree, coming back to the right side of the roadway where it came to rest on its top. The patrol said Lane was alone in the vehicle at the time of the accident. Mr. Lane was born December 24, 1947 in Shelton and had lived here all of his .life. At the time of his death, he was a student attending welding school. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Assembly of God Church with Reverend Mason Youngiund officiating Burial, under the direction of Batstone Funeral Home, was in Shelton Memorial Park~ Survivors include his wife, Vicki, Shelton; one son, Jimmie, Shelton; his father, W. M. lane, Shelton; five brothers, Melvin, John, Gene, Kenneth and Alan, all of Shelton; and two sisters, Selena Myers, Shelton and Patricia Herch, Shelton. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImIII~I The Shelton Chamber of Commerce is seeking candidates for the Mason County Senior Citizen of the Year. Candidates can be recommended for the honor by various groups and must be 70 years old by July 1 and have lived in Mason County five or more years. They will be judged on participation in community activities such as church, service clubs, youth activities, sports, lodges and others. Information which must be furnished to the Chamber by groups wishing to nominate a candidate includes name, birthdate and address of the nominee, and a statement of why he or she should receive the" lionoL Candidates' names must be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce office by 4 p.m. May 2 and can be mailed to the Chamber ~ office. The person selected as the Senior Citizen of the Year will be a guest at the June Chamber meeting and will fide in the Forest Festival parade, among other activities. Landfill to be open to 6 p.m. for summer The Mason County landfill will begin staying open until 6 p.m. starting today, it was announced by the county engineer's office. The 6 p.m. closing time will be observed until the length of daylight makes it necessary to close earlier. The landfill has been closing at 4 p.m. during the winter months. The landfill must be closed early enough so there is time before dark to cover the accumulation of solid waste each evening before dark. JOHN HINCK, a member of the Community Library Association, conducts a kite workshop in Shelton Public Library. Many events are scheduled for Library Week, to be observed from April 14 through April 19. See another picture and d story on page 6.