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May 2, 1974     Shelton Mason County Journal
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t Mel Ninnis High School potlight 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 III I I II II IIIII I III 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? /' 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. We are proud to announce that we have been appointed a HUDSON FRANCHISE PHARMACY Hurry on down for a , FREE 7 Day Supply of HUD ;ON'S VIODAY pLUS IRON! I' ,,, ta:e: you cUaPnt Oa6v0e%ot~lOn0oAwYthP~UwSel:rOeNai~lgn;sodl~he I PHARMACY! Show us this ad for your FREE SAMPLE! COMPARE AND AT 5TH & FRANKLIN ) ~,'~. ~. { 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... oJun servln unl i 4th & Cedar 426-1601 Shelton, Wo i:!