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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.
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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.
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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.
Learning
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