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Mel Ninnis
High School
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Mel Ninnis has played
basketball for years and years and
years. He expects to play
basketball for many years more.
Born in Puyallup on June 18,
1956, he took up residence at the
Skokomish Valley Trout
Hatchery as a baby with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A.
Ninnis. He has an older sister,
Marl.
He attended Hood Canal
School until he was a third-grader.
The family then moved to
Kamilche, where he went to
school through the sixth grade.
"i began playing basketball in
grad~hool," he explains, "and i
played, while a student in Sbelton
Junior High School and all
through high school"
He lettered in the sport in
this, his senior year. He serves as a
physical education assistant and
studies civics, chemistry, German,
and music appreciation. He is a
member of German Club.
Mel Ninnis likes to hunt, and
among his pets are hunting dogs.
He fishes for steehead and rides a
motorcycle. He enjoys all sports•
as a spectator, but as a participant
prefers basketball.
"1 plan to attend Everett
Community College," he states,
"and I'll play basketball there for
two years. Then rll go on to a
four-year college for more study
and more basketball."
Mel Ninnis intends to major in
some form of environmental
study, possibly that of water
pollution.
David Coffey, Shelton, was
given a three-year deferred
sentence for two counts of
negligent homicide resulting from
a traffic accident last June.
The sentence was imposed by
Judge Hewitt Henry in Mason
County Superior Court Tuesday
morning.
In addition to the deferred
sentence, Coffey was ordered to
spend 120 days in the Mason
County jail on a work release
program, not drive a vehicle for
the three-year period, pay for the
funeral of one of the victims,
Martha Nelson, and to pay $150
into the current expense fund of
Mason County and to pay the
cost of prosecution,
Coffey had pleaded guilty to
the charges previously. The
accident occurred at the
intersection of the McEwan
Prairie Road and the
Burlington-Northern Railroad
tracks. Coffey admitted being the
driver of a vehicle which was
running on the railroad tracks
when it was inw)lved in a collision
with a car which was traveling on
the McEwan Prairie Road.
Killed were Robert Selby, a
passenger in the Coffey car and
Miss Nelson, a passenger in the
other vehicle.
Coffey's attorney, I~)nald
Ingersoll, Olympia, told the court
Coffey was 24 years old and had
been employed by Simpson
Timber Company for the past six
years. The young man, his
attorney said, does not have a
criminal record, although he does
have a'traffic violation record.
Try-outs for Mason County
Rodeo Queen will be held at 6
p.m. Sunday at the Silver Stars
arena at the Mason County
Fairgrounds.
Three members of
the royal
court will be selected with the
queen to be announced at rodeo
time. The queen is selected on the
basis of advance ticket sales to the
fair and rodeo.
Any girl interested in
competing for the rodeo court is
asked to appear at the Silver Stars
arena at 6 p.m. Sunday for the
try-outs.
To be eligible, girls must be
between 16 and 20, unmarried,
and have access to a horse and
able to ride.
The court travels to other
rodeos and other activities to
promote the Mason County event.
Further information can be
obtained from Jim Bariekman at
426-4319.
The following information
concerning the special levy which
will be before Shelton School
District voters May 7 was
provided by Superintendent Louis
Grinnell:
1. Why do the Shelton
Schools need a special levy for
maintenance and operation?
This year the State
Legislature has failed to provide
sufficient money to local schools,
including Shelton. With rising
costs for everything the school
uses and a reduced percent of
state funds, it is not possible to
operate the same school program
next year.
The Shelton Schools are the
only first-class school district in
western Washington that does not
have an annual special levy. The
schools have not asked for a levy
for the past nine years. All other
first-class districts ask for one
each year.
2. How much does the average
school of Shelton's size raise each
year in special levies?
The average school Shelton's
size raises one million dollars
more annually to operate their
schools than Shelton, or about
$300.00 per pupil in excess of
what is spent in Shelton.
Shelton has the lowest
per-pupil cost of any first-class
school district in the State of
Washington.
3. Does the amount spent per
pupil" decide how good the
educational program is?
Not necessarily. We believe
Shelton has a good program, but
next year this may not be the
case. Shelton Schools may have
less money to operate on than the
present year. It may not be
possible to operate good basics
next year since, along with
reduced state funds, food for the
lunchroom, gasoline for buses,
supplies, diesel fuel, heating oils,
etc. have increased anywhere
from 10% to 75% in the past few
months and are still going up.
Also, the introduction of
additional vocational classes are
needed in the new high school
next year.
4. How much will the levy
cost?
The levy, which will be on the
ballot Tuesday, May 7, 1974, will
raise $240,000. During the next
school year $144,000 - or about
60% - will be collected. The rest,
$96,000, will be collected during
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Page 10 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 2, 1974
RUBY BREWER, shown here with her boss, M. M. (Bud)
Lyon, was presented the inspirational award at the Mason
County Credit Women's International Annual Bosses'
Breakfast April 17. Speaker for the program was Max
Schmidt, Jr. Musical entertainment was presented by Mike
Gibson and Tracy DeMiero.
the 1975-76 school year. The
$96,000 raised during the
1975-76 school year will be used
to purchase three new
79-passenger diesel buses, unless
the Legislature continues to
reduce school funds.
The levy will cost about $1.98
per thousand of property
valuation. In other words, a
$10,000 house will be taxed an
additional $19.80 for the year.
This levy, if expressed in mills,
would be about 4 mills of
one-half of the assessed value of
property (4 mills x one-half of
$1 o,ooo).
5. What will happen if the
levy fails?
There will be some reduction
of employees, class loads will
increase and some services will be
reduced. No decisions have been
made at this time as to where
reductions will occur.
6.How many years will the
levy run?
All special levies are for one
year only. The taxes will be on
the 1975 tax statements. 60% of
the money will be used during the
1974-75 school year and 40% will
be used during the 1975-76
school year. This happen# because
the funds are collected in two
school budget years.
Whether the School District
will place a levy before the people
in 1975 depends on the level of
state support the Legislature
provides when they meet in 1975.
Unfortunately, they are
decreasing the percent of support
each year.
7. How will the levy affect
those who are retired and living
on fixed incomes?
Persons 62 and older who
earn $4,000 or less per year do
not have to pay any of the special
levy tax. Those in that age
category who earn between
$4,000 and $6,000 per year only
pay half the levy tax.
8. What percent of the dollars
come from special levies for
schools of Shelton's size?
Shelton has spent no levy
money to operate the schools
over the past nine years. Other
schools Shelton's size presently
raise 25% to 40% of what they
spend from special levies.
Shelton's budget amounts to
$2,600,000 annually. The average
school budget amounts to
$3,800,000 in schools of
Shelton's size.
The only levies Shelton has
asked for over the years are for
constructing buildings. Any
money raised this way must be
spent for buildings. None can be
spent for maintenance and
operation.
9. Really, why don't the
Shelton Schools have enough
money for next year?
The big reason they don't
have enough money is because the
Legislature is appropriating a
smaller percent of state money to
schools.
atlon. HIMLIE REALTY
While these home owners enjoyed their property with its
privacy and comfort and prestige, their investment steadily
increased in value as the years went by, What if they had rented instead?
Well, in addition to collecting rent receipts, they could have
sharpened up their high school mathematics by figuring the
percentage of rent increases as each lease was renewed.
Naturally, as the landlord's p~operty rose in price, the
landlord raised the price of his rent to correspond.
There is a vital lesson in the last 10 years for families who are
fence sitting about whether to buy now or rent an apartment.
"until things settle down."
The interest rate may dip a little and prices may level off for a
time -- until they are both almost certain to rise again according
to just about every economic forecast available.
In future years, the house you put off buying now will have a
higher price tag on it; but if you had bought it, you would be in
the landlord's positions,
Which would you I~referl?
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WARC chanqes,
name recently
The Mason County Chapter of
the Washington Association for
Retarded Children, at its April 17
'meeting, voted to adopt the new
national name of the Association
for Retarded Citizens.
The new name, the group
said, represents the total retarded
population the association serves.
New officers elected at the
meeting were Mrs. Shirley
Haskell, president; Mrs. Barbara
Tarrach, vice-president; Mrs.
Bobble Wagner, secretary; Les
Hein, treasurer; and AI Wagner,
director.
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Bill Brown is the newest member of the Credit Union Board of
He was elected to the Board at {he 1974 Annual Meeting to
unexpired term of Ran Casebier. In addition to serving on the Board,
one of the members of the Vocational Scholarship Selection
This scholarship will be awarded for the first time in May of this year.
Bill has lived in Shelton all of his life, having been self-em
logging industry for many years. He is now a salesman for
Equipment of Portland, Oregon. Bill and his wife, Rea, have two daUl
ages six and sixteen. The family resides on Route 10 in Shelton. Bill
the rodeo above all his other hobbies, and is most active in this sport.
Bill is one of the...
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