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The Shelton City Commission
voted Tuesday to hold over for
study for one week bids received
on the electrical system in the
city library building.
Two bids were received on the
project, from Olympia Electric
and from Miklethun Electric.
City Engineer Howard Godat
asked the commission to hold the
bids over one week to give the
consultant who had prepared the
specifications time to study them.
The commission received a
request from the Mason County
Commission for the vacation of
turned over to the planning
commission a request from Faith
Lutheran Church for a
conditional use of property
bordered by King and Connection
Streets on the north and south
and 12th and 13th streets on the
east and west. The request is to
build a church building on the
property, which is in a residential
zone.
A petition from residents of
Oak Street from Magnolia to Elk
on Capitol Hill was received,
Pine Street between Fourth and " ),/a"cees
Fifth. The vacation would be f
necessary for the proposed
courthouse expansion which the
county is working on.
The street is the one block
south of the courthouse. The
county owns the property on
both sides of the street.
The request was referred to
the City Planning Commission for
a recommendation.
The city also received and
hamber to
hear talk
on Africa
Jeff Fredson will tell about
his 2½ years as a teacher with the
Peace Corps in Botswana, South
Africa, at the Shelton Chamber of
Commerce meeting tonight.
The program starts with a 7
p.m. dinner at Heinie's Broiler
with the program at 8 p.m.
Fredson grew up in Mason
County and, after graduating
from the University of Montana
in 1972, he joined the Peace
Corps.
He will also have some slides
to illustrate his talk about his
time in Africa.
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The State Appeals Court, in a
recent decision, upheld an
opinion by Superior Court Judge
Gerry Alexander, in a civil action
resulting from a car-motorcycle
collision on the Matlock Road in
which two persons riding on the
motorcycle were killed.
Judge Alexander had ruled
that while driver of the car, Brian
Brehmeyer, may have been
negligent, the operator of the
motorcycle, Michael Curtice, was
contributorily negligent and the
case should not go to trial.
Curtice and a passenger on the
motorcycle, Lorraine Tone, were
killed.
The decision was appealed to
the appeals court.
Facts brought out in the case
showed that Brehmeyer was
traveling in his car on the
Matlock-Brady Road and Curtice
was coming onto that road from
the Schaefer State Park Road.
The facts indicated that
Brehmeyer was exceeding the
speed limit and that he observed
the motorcycle coming up to a
stop sign at a slow speed.
The facts also showed that
Brehmeyer, while he knew he had
the right-of-way, assumed that
Curtice would stop, but swerved
to the left to give the motorcycle
more room. When he realized that
Curtice was not going to stop, he
swerved further to the left and
applied his brakes.
Information presented in the
case indicated that if Brehmeyer
had stayed in his own lane of
traffic, the accident might have
been avoided.
Judge Gerry Alexander, after
examining information and
statements in the case, granted a
summary judgment, dismissing
the suit against Brehmeyer on the
basis that Curtice was
contributorily negligent and that
the doctrin of last clear chance
did not apply.
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Hood Canal No. 404
Special School
Levy
May 13th
Paid for by Taxpayers Against No.
404 Special Levy, A. L, Toziel,
¢=kokomlSh Valley, Chairman.
asking they be considered for
participation in the city's street
improvement LID this summer.
An addition to the contract
with Kramer, Chin and Mayo, the
consulting firm which is doing a
study of the city sewer system,
was approved.
Godat told the commission
the addition had been requested
by the Department of Ecology
and would be eligible for 90
percent funding from state and
federal sources.
Jayettes
install officers
Shelton Jaycee and Jayette
officers for the coming year were
installed and a number of awards
presented at the annual awards
and installation banquet at Lake
Cushman Resort Saturday
evening.
Jaycee awards which were
presented were Dan Cleveland,
outstanding first year Jaycee; Bob
Ramsl]eld, outstanding veteran
Jaycee; Ed fiibbert, director of
the year; Darius Rogers, officer of
the year; Pete Scott, chairman of
the Haunted }louse project,
selected as the project of the year;
Dave Puhn and Vern St. Louis,
co-chairmen of the year for the
State Jaycee Basektball
Tournament; Bob Ramsfield,
Jaycee of the Year, Bob Strachila,
presidential key man award; and
Jerry Swartos, Manmiler award.
Jayette awards presented were
Ginger Almond, Jayette of the
Year; and Toni Ramsfield,
outstanding Jaycee wife of the
year.
Bob and Toni Ramsfield were
named Jaycee couple of the year.
Jaycee officers installed by
Pat Beehler, U.S. Director for
Region 4, were Darius Rogers,
president; Gary Schuyten,
internal vice president; Dan
Cleveland, external vice president;
Pete Scott, state director; Jack
Nick'laus, secretary; Bob Cassell,
treasurer; and Carl Samuelson,
Fred Depee and Bill Clark,
directors.
Jayette officers installed by
Diana Kirkbride, auxiliary vice
president of Region 4, were Pain
Hibbert, president; Debbie
Peckham, vice president; Sandee
Nicklaus, state director; Linda
Schuyten, secretary; Lani
Samuelson, treasurer; and Sue
Rogers and Chris Cleveland,
directors.
Speaker for the program was
Ken Johnston, Pierce County
Assessor and a former state
Jaycee president.
County to
The Mason County
Commission, at its meeting
Monday, set a bid opening on the
improvement of a part of the
Spring Road for 2 p.m. May 19.
The improvement, County
Engineer J. C. Bridger said, will be
.52 mile and will extend from the
present city limits at the high
school to the vicinity of the
entrance of the Springwood
development.
The road will be widened,
Bridget said, to include space on
the side which can be used for
pedestrians and bicyclists.
The project has been carried
as far as possible with
right-of-way the county has been
able to obtain, Bridget said.
School board
meets Tuesday
The Shelton School Board
will hold its regular May meeting
at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the
Evergreen School Library.
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Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, May 8, 1975
Deferred sentence
given in theft case
David P. Valley, 51, Allyn,
was given a two-year deferred
sentence on a charge of grand
larceny when he appeared in
Mason County Superior Court
before Judge Hewitt Henry
Friday.
Valley had pleaded guilty to
the charge, which involved copper
wire which was taken from the
PUD 3 storage yard at Belfair in
February, 1974. At the time he
pleaded guilty, a pre-sentence
report was ordered.
He was also ordered to pay
restitution for the wire and to pay
$150 into the current expense
fund of Mason County as a part
of the conditions of his deferral.
The court was told by Deputy
Prosecutor Gary Burleson that
Valley had an alcohol problem
and that any deferral should
include the conditions that he
refrain from drinking and
complete an alcohol treatment
program which he has started.
The court was told Valley had
been in custody since his arrest
earlier this year and had spent
four weeks in an in-residence
alcohol program.
Valley was represented by
Shelton attorney John C. Ragan.
Appearing for identification
on criminal charges were William
G. Grayum, 18, Belfair, charged
with possession of a controlled
substance. He appeared with his
attorney, Thomas McPhee,
Olympia, to enter a plea of not
guilty to the charge.
Judge Henry ordered trial to
be set within 90 days.
Also appearing for
identification was Wayne
Stenberg, Shelton, charged with
grand larceny.
Judge Henry appointed
Shelton attorney Gerald
Whitcomb to represent Stenberg
and entered a plea of not guilty
on his behalf.
Trial was ordered set within
90 days.
Real estate sales
here show increase
Real estate transactions in
Mason County increased 8.7
percent in 1974, the State
Wrong date given
The Shelton Nimrod Club
fishing party for handicapped
children will be held May 18 at
Lake Nahwatzel Resort. The date
of the event was listed incorrectly
as May 28 in the Journal last
week.
Department of Revenue reported
this week.
The statistics are based on
information from the 1 percent
real estate excise tax.
According to the department,
total transactions in 1973 were
$32,254,179 and in 1974,
$35,076,346.
The Mason County increase
was below the 9.1 percent
increase statewide.
Byrne attends waste water meet
Patrick J. Byrne, Shelton, attended a two-day conference at the
University of Washington recently on water pollution control,
"Northwest Regional Physical-Chemical Waste Water Treatment." The
course was designed for personnel responsible for operating and
supervising waste water treatment facilities. More than 80 people from
all areas of the state participated in the conference and learned from
the experts the newest principles and theories in physical-chemical
waste water treatment to end water pollution.
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