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KATHIE GATES, a ninth grade student at Shelton Junior High School, has been selected as Lions Club Junior High Princess. She will ride on the Lions Club float in the Forest Festival parade and be a part of the coronation activities at the queen's banquet. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gates of Shelton. Cuzick found guilty of escape from WCC IContinued from page one.) brought back Is the corrections center the same day. They also showed that he was transferred to the state penitentiary at Walla Walls June 6 and had arrived back at the ,corrections center July 7 emoute Is Clallam County for a court appearance there and was being held at the corrections center awaiting transportation to Clallam County on July !0. Robert Norris, a correctional ofl]cer, testified he was on duty in Tower 7 at the corrections center about 2:50 p.m. July 10 when he saw two men coming around the perimeter of the exercise yard. One of the men broke toward the fence and went over the inside fence, through or under the center fence and over the outside fence. Norris said he fired a warning shol and called fi)r the man to halt and then fired two shots at the man as he cleared the last fence and headed into the woods and eventually across the county toad. Wall:Joe French, a correctional olficcr, testified he was on duty in Tower 6 and had first observed someone running between the inside and outside fences. French stated he grabbed a shotgun and called Is the man to stop and then fired a warning shot before liring two more shots as the man dropped to the ground from the outside fence and began running into the woods. Lieutenant Charles Stevens, an officer at the corrections center, stated he knew Cuzick as an inmate and had talked to him earlier in the day and briefly as he went out into the exercise yard. tte stated he heard the shots and went to investigate. He then got "all the inmates who were in the exercise yard into their cells and discovered Cuzick was missing. Bertwell Seljestad testified he had discovered Cuzick in his cabin at the Harris and Thomas Christmas Tree Yard when he returned from town the afternoon of July 10. He stated he knew Cuzick, but was not aware at that time that he had been sent to prison or about the escape. He stated Cuzick was wounded, tte stated Cuzick asked him to take him to see his (Cuzick's) wife. Seljestad related he refused to take Cuzick to see his wife and told him he would take him to the hospital, which he did. Seljestad said CuzicK first told him a friend had shot him and later said he had been shot while going over the fence at the corrections center. The final witness for the prosecution was Tom Creekpaum, chief criminal deputy for the Mason County Sheriff's office, who testified he was notified in a telephone call between 9 and 9:30 p.m. July 10 that Cuzick was at Mason General Hospital. Creekpaum said he knew Cuzick and that he found" him at the hospital when he went there in answer to the telephone call. Cuzick had pleaded not guilty to the charge by reason of mental irresponsibility. The only witness called by the defense was Dr. G. C. Scharf, a psychologist from Olympia who had examined Cuzick. The doctor testified he had examined Cuzick October 3, 1973, and at that time had found him to be clinically depressed and having suicidal tendencies. He stated he has administered three standard psychological tests to Cuzick and had talked to him about an hour during the visit. Dr. Scharf testified Cuzick told him he did not remember much about going over the fence and that he .had had other times when he had lapses of memory. He stated it was his opinion Cuzick did not have a specific plan when he went over the fence, and that once he was over he decided to keep running. The doctor stated in his opinion, Cuzick could not appreciate the consequences or the criminality of his action when he went over the fence. Under cross-examination by Burleson, Dr. Scharf testified he believed Cuzick was rational and in control of himself at the time he escaped.' He also stated it was his opinion that Cuzick did not use foresight and judgment in anything he did. In finding Cuzick guilty, Judge Alexander stated he was not satisfied Cuzick had a mental defect or impairment which exclude him of responsibility for the escape. He stated Cuzick's activities in getting out indicated he knew what he was doing. Sentencing on the conviction was delayed and Cuzick was ordered to be retained in the Mason County jail until the court action here can be completed. Hours to Meet Your Nee Monday-- Saturday 7 a.m.- 11 p.m. Sunday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. BRAD'S I 1612 Olympic Hwy. S. BRAD'S II 1931 Olympic Hwy. N. Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 2, 974 (Continued from page one.) like they've planned this meeting, it'll be a beaut!" Arrangements were hastily made to move the hearings into the school gymnasium and, following the slide presentation and a brief question and answer period, the crowd of more than 700 moved to the larger room to hear comments by local citizens. It soon became apparent that the Navy was in for an angry earful from a broad range of concerned citizens. There were su many people anxious to speak about Trident that, shortly before midnight and 40 speakers later, Captain Ernest Stacey, who is slated to head the Trident construction operations and who conducted the hearings, adjourned the proceedings until six p.m. the following evening. The conducl of the hearing was arranged by the Navy so that some local government spokesman headed the list of speakers, followed by private citizens and then spokesmen for non-government groups and local government agencies had their say. This arrangement resulted in the private citizen's viewpoints being heard by the large firstnight crowd and the non-government and local government agency spokesmen being carried over to Thursday; evening. This was unfortunate as a crowd of less than 200 attended thc second night's proceedings at which several well-prepared speakers discussed the EIS. The speakers fell into roughly three categories. Many were concerned with the moral issue of building new submarines that carry enough nuclear warheads to destroy hundreds of cities and millions of people. Other speakers were concerned with the impact the new base and its personnel would have on the scenic rural area that now surrounds Bangor. It was the economic and social aspects of the new project, however, and their treatment in the EIS, that drew gruff comments from the traditionally "Pro-Navy" community leaders of the area. All three groups of speakers had one thing in common. They all expressed their unhappiness with the environmental impact statement that the Navy has prepared. Captain Stacey and his local number two man, Commander Jerry Dunn, listened as speaker after speaker outlined inadequacies in the more than 500 page EIS. In one of the most blistering speeches made during the hearings, Jack R. Cluck called the selection of the Bangor site a "travesty.'" Cluck, a Seattle attorney representing the Hood Canal Co-Op, read from the pages of the EIS which described the site selection procedure and ridiculed the choice of Bangor from the 89 possible sites. Cluck charged that the Navy's failure to more throughly consider alternate sites in less-populated areas made the E1S "invalid.'" Certainly one of the most embarrassing attacks on the Navy's EIS was made by John The Light Touch By AI McConnell One advantage of growing older is you can stand for more and fall for less. There must be a shortage of truth, from the way lots of people stretch it. If your ship does come in these days, it's docked by the government. Happiness is finding your glasses soon enough to remember why you wanted them. * -/t A smile is a curve that can set a lot of things straight. Count on a friendly smile at McConnell's Photo Center when you come in for photofinishing, cameras, projectors and tape servicing. No Down Payment on Approval of Credit Horsley who has worked closely with the service as Trident Coordinator for Kitsap County. "You have not supplied enough impact information for Kitsap, North Mason and Jefferson Counties," said Horsley during the second night of hearings. He also charged that the EIS has been in part "sanitized" and "understates" and even "misrepresents" the impact of the 7,000-acre Bangor base. The failure of the Navy to look at the impact the Bangor site would have on North Mason County had already been none-too-politely pointed out early in the proceedings. The second person to speak at the Trident hearings was Mason County Commissioner Bill Hunter who, like so many who were to follow him at the rostrum, voiced "disappointment" with the EIS. Reading from a letter sent to the Navy by Martin Auseth, Chairman of the Mason County Commission, Hunter said, "We have reviewed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Trident Support Base. To say the least, we are disappointed." Hunter told the crowd of 700 people that the EIS glosses over the impact the Trident base will have beyond the borders of Kitsap County. "It is inconceivable that population growth will be contained by the Kitsap County boundary," he said. "When the Trident base is complete, we expect as high as 10 percent of the new population to reside in Mason County." Using a figure of 10 percent, applied to the 27,000 expected newcomers, adds up to an increase that "will nearly double the population of North Mason County, where the greatest impact will be felt." Hunter pointed out that the Navy must recognize the problem such a boom would create as to the supply of services in the North Mason area. "The Navy must recognize this problem in the 'secondary impact areas'." Another voice from Mason County says to the Navy, "We are out here whether you know it or not." Clay Cornell is the temporary chairman of the North Mason Committee for Trident Impact. Cornell attended the first night of hearings with Commissioner Hunter and he has made sure that the Navy remembers to consider the North Mason County area when the final draft of the EIS is published. In a letter sent to all of the parties concerned with the Bangor site deliberations, Cornell points out that the Trident base could double his area's population and put a heavy burden on services. Like Commissioner Auseth he asks that the Navy recognize that the area is a "secondary impact area." Cornell points out that 34.5 percent of the current North Mason School District enrollment consists of students whose parents live in Mason County but work for/he federal,government across the border in Kitsap County. The Navy's failure to include more detailed information on Trident's impact is unfortunate, adds Cornell, who says he is personally for the project. However, as far as his community's position is concerned, he says, "We can't be for or against unless we are included." Another figure with an opinion on the impact of the Trident project is Mason County Planner James Connolly who is one of the few people around who has seen, much less read, the bulky five-volume EIS. Although he did not attend the hearings in Silverdale he has been instrumental in making sure the Navy is aware of Mason County's position. Of the EIS he says, "It says the biggest problem is only in Kitsap County. That's a lot of smoke." The Belfair area is less than thirty miles from Bangor and is bound to get a percentage of the new personnel, he says. The main problem is figuring how many will arrive and getting ready to accommodate them. Housing is not a serious problem in North Mason as it is elsewhere, Connally points out, because that part of the county has quite a few homesites and at least seasonal vacancies when people rent their summer homes. "Classrooms are the problem," says planner Connolly. "They have to start building now to meet the future need." The hitch is, where the money will come from to pay for the necessary building. Like the parade of Kitsap County School officials at the hearings who blistered the Navy for not promising to help find federal dollars to pay these bills, Connolly is fairly blunt about how the proposed Trident base at Bangor could affect the area. "The Navy's going to build it. There are going to be impacts and the Navy damn well better help US." The final deadline for any and all written comments from the public on the impact of the proposed Trident Submarine Support Base at Bangor is May 3 I. Send comments to: O.I.C.C. Trident 5610 Kitsap Way P.O. Box "UU" Wycoff Station Bremerton, Washington 98310 Attorney named for local man Ned Miller, Shelton, appeared in Mason County Superior Court Friday for identification on a charge of indecent liberties. Judge Frank Baker appointed Shelton attorney John C. Ragan to represent Miller on the charge. Meeting changed The regular May meeting of Fire District 13 has been changed to May 7 from its regularly scheduled date of May 6. 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