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GRADE STUDENTS from North Mason Upper
who participated in a "gifted kid" workshop at
den near Port Townsend are, front, left to right,
and Phillip Wyman; rear, Kathy Reid, Darren
and Robin Phillips. Seventy-nine junior high
all over the state took part in the project
OUraged them to draw up plans for the future in
as energy, environment and transportation.
ts attend workshop
ighth graders from
Upper Elementary,
cGeorge, Robin
Wyman, Kathy
tes Cataldo, attended
5 through May 9
0rden State Park near
Theme of the
"Puget Sound, Last
the students were
Portunity to view
connected with
and come up with
development of
tion to beach walks,
, Science movies and
of the Fort Worden
Students were taken
to such places as an
a fish hatchery, a
ration and a sealife
station.
students from all
te were participating
ay event which was
gifted kids" in the
Science. They were
laller groups, each
(Editor's
noticed that any
Workshop geared to
ildren has its own
• . in this instance,
°n-gifted readers,
e "advisor" for
s}nce you may not
'.r m your dictionary.)
met for discussion
~tiences and worked
to be presented on
a panel composed
ntatives from the
of Fisheries, the
the University of
and Weyerhaeuser.
the projects had
do with future
of the Puget Sound
m which Robin
assigned studied
of energy
With James studying
SOurces and Robin
energy used for
concluded
that the three best sources of
energy to ,be considered for future
use are atomic, solar and
hydro-electric. Robin's study
showed that use of small electric
cars in the cities and trains for
between-cities travel would be the
most economical as far as energy
was concerned. She said that her
group decided that development
of communities such as Belfair,
located a long distance from
employment or shopping centers,
and requiring cars for almost
every activity away from home,
created a waste of energy.
Phillip was put in a group
which centered its attention on
nuclear power and his part of the
project was to draw the design for
their plan which would utilize the
wasted heat from nuclear plants.
They proposed that hot water be
piped from the power plants to
heat water in a series of ponds
designed to raise shellfish, fish
and kelp, which would grow
much faster if raised in heated
water.
Kathy and Darren covered a
variety of interests in their group,
including transportation,
recreation, industry, mineral
resources, fresh water, job
potentials, food, wild life and city
planning. Kathy concentrated on
the transportation end of it and
Darren narrated the introduction
at the presentation before the
panel. They report that they
found there were so many
problems involved in studying so
many different subjects that they
concluded one big committee
should be formed to come up
with one big solution to take care
of all the problems; sort of a
master plan involving all areas
rather than doing a little bit here
and a little bit there on each area
individually.
It wasn't all work and no
play. They are still talking about a
gigantic pillow fight that went on
one night; until one of the
facilitators happened by, that is.
INGA MARIE ST. CLAIR 426-8824
night, June 7,
Club is
dinner dance
the MBC Club on
:o help the Jim
of Grapeview,
tad a series of
MBC Teen Club
and
Everyone is
Tickets and
be obtained by
426-8698,
Auxiliary of
:t 5, is holding its
sale on May
arting at 9 a.m.
have gift items
go to help supply
fire fighters, so
area. Those who
ould get them
the starting
ad Clair and Iola
uests Clair's
of Seattle
Arnberg of
neSota.
first visit to
she dearly loved
She would like
her pocket
home with her.
have trees and
bta, Clara says she
nYthing quite like
our lake or our big beautiful green
trees. She really wanted to stay
here so will probably be back for
another visit. We are hapPY, Clam,
that you enjoyed our beauty in
the Northwest.
Last Saturday 11 relatives
visited Robert and me and the
day was a happy one, catching up
on a lot of family news and
enjoying a big birthday dinner
honoring four of us who recently
had had birthdays.
There was a lot of
well-wishing for my three sisters
and brother-in-law who will tour
the Scandinavian countries next
month. My sisters are going to try
to locate our father's birthplace in
Trondjem, Norway.
On Sunday our son Bob and
wife Kitty with their children,
Mike and Michele, spent the day
with us. Kitty and children are
going to spend the summer in
Germany, visiting Kitty's mother.
Last week a birthday dinner
was held at the Swindford home
in honor of Robert's 65th
birthday. Guests who shared this
special occasion were Joe and
Hazel Gendreau of Puyallup, Ed
and Alvera Schafer of Eatonville
and Jim and Rose Northrup of
Mason Lake. Robert, we all wish
you many more happy birthdays
and enjoy every day of your
retirement.
Historical groups merge
lye new
pping center
Mason County Historical Those holding life Plans for a new shopping buildings to create a rustic
S o c i e t y will receive memberships include: Nellie center in Belfair, located on atmosphere is also planned.
approximately $800 to be put in Nelson, Herbert Angle, Dora Highway 3 north of the building Plans include three buildings
a fund for building a county Hearing, Harry Deegan, Rose housing The Clothesline and to be constructed. In the center
historical museum, members Fredson, Bebe Munson, Olympia Belfair Liquor Store, were of the property will be the main
learned at last Thursday evening's Oyster Co., Marguerite Bishop,announced last week by Jim building, about 275 feet long,
meeting. Sue Weaver Latham, Charles Short of North Shore. Short and which will house from eight to
Wright, Buela Clay Jenkins, Jack Cloud of South Shore are ten separate shops• At both the
On May 14 eight members of Lawrence Gosser, Dora Fredson,two of the owners of B.elfair northern and southern ends of the
the original Mason County Edwin Taylor, Geneva Crary, Investment Company, which has property will be a free standing
Historical Society, which had Martha Witsiers, Ida Burford, been formed to purchase the building, each of which will be for
been inactive since 1958, met to Esther Christenson and Lawrence property, clear three acres of the a larger business. The remaining
determine the status of their Munson. land, construct the buildings and portion of the cleared area will
inactive society and decide what In other business it was lease space to commercial or provide parking space. The
to do with approximately $800 in announced that a search is being professional tenants, property has 540 feet of highway
its two bank accounts. Their made for a log cabin which can be"We have had a lot of interest frontage.
decision was to merge with the moved to the fairgrounds and from a lot of people," said Short.
Construction is expected to
more recently organized historical restored by the historical society So far a tavern, arestaurant and a begin this summer with
group and turn the money over to a s p a r t o f t his county'sbakery are firmed up to be among
its museum building fund with Bicentennial observance. Hans are the occupants of the new center occupancy of some of the shops
the provision that persons holding to furnish the cabin with old, but when it opens. Negotiations are scheduled for fall.
life memberships in the original simple, furnishings such as anstill underway for others. Purchase of (he property by
society would be given life early pioneer of this area might Land is currently being Belfair Investment Company from
memberships in the newer have used. It will be on display to cleared and graded, with plans to Ed Cokelet was handled by Spot
society. This was agreed to by the the public during the Bicentennial leave trees standing on both sides Realty.
members of the newer group, celebration, and in the rear of the shopping Both Short and Cloud are
center for a woodsy look. An owners of Paragon Construction,
extensive use of wood in the Inc., of Bremerton.
Local track stars, baseball
team
enter state meets
By Jo Testu
In the regional playoffs, the
Bulldogs scratched the eyes of the
Lynden Christian Lynx and stole
the victory with a 1-0 final score.
Ken Aries performed pitching
duties for the 'Dogs and was
credited for the win after striking
out 13 batters.
Aaron Olson, son of the
mighty team's coach, hit things
right off with a single in the first
inning. He was followed by Aries,
who hit a double in the third, and
by George Landram who also hit
a double den9 into the fifth. Dan
Sullivan wrapped things up with
his duo in the fifth.
ab r h
Aries 3 0 1
Olson 3 1 1
Burrows 3 0 2
Presley 3 0 0
Landram 3 0 1
Blevins 3 0 0
Sullivan 3 0 1
Hauge 3 0 0
Smith 3 0 2
During this season, the batting
Bulldogs have excelled in their
sporting competition and their
hopes to hit the state
championship look bright. Out of
23 games played this year, they
have won 16 big ones and lost
only seven. (Remember, they
have played against some tough
schools - AA powers like South,
North and Central Kitsap. There
lies NM's accumulated losses.)
They won nine out of 10 league
games which awarded them the
league championship, and went
on to take the district title by
defeating both Port Townsend
and White River. They are now in
competition for the regional title
and should go all the way.
With four hits and a home
run, the Bulldogs defeated
Darrington 5-0 May 16, which
pushed them on towards tougher
competition the following day.
Seniors Ken Aries, George
Landram and Dan Sullivan all
singled and Aaron Olson and Stan
Presley were allowed on base by
being struck with the pitcher's
ball. Sophomore Ran Burrows
highlighted the game by his
fantastic home run. Bob Blevins
performed mound duties.
ab r h
Burrows 5 1 1
Olson 4 1 1
Aries 4 l 3
Presley 3 2 2
Landram 4 0 2
Blevins 3 0 1
Sullivan 3 0 2
Medeiros 1 0 1
Smith 3 0 0
Tobin 1 0 0
Hauge 3 0 0
Watson 1 0 0
The Lynx put jinxes on the
Belfair Bulldogs in baseball action
May 17 and took the victory 1-0.
NM had three hits, starting with
Ken Aries with a single in the
first, followed by a double from
Blevins in the fifth and a triple
deep into the sixth by Start
"Moose" Presley.
Ken Aries held pitching duties
on the mound and struck out six
of his opponents. This game was
one of several Northwest Regional
playoffs and gives the Bulldogs a
running start towards the state
tournament.
ab r h
Burrows 2 0 0
Olson 2 0 0
Aries 3 0 0
Presley 2 0 0
Landram 3 0 0
Landram 3 0 0
Blevins 2 0 1
Sullivan 3 0 1
Smith 3 0 0
Hauge 1 0 0
Medeiros 2 0 0
BOYS' TRACK
Coach Ran Angus and his
powerhouse Bulldogs traveled to
Decatur for the annual "A"
sub-district track meet.
Competing against White River,
Vashon and Decatur, NM
qualified five participants in eight
events for the upcoming district
track meet at North Kitsap.
Three of the Cindermen stole
two first #aces apiece, starting
with Gary Scott in the high jump,
with a clearance of 6'2". He also
took top honors in the high
hurdles, by coming in first and
setting a new school record with a
time of 15.3. John Burrell ran a
mean distance to capture first
places in both the mile and two
mile. The mile he ran in 4:37.6
and the two-mile in 10:41.8. Bob
Miller heaved the javelin, and in
this spear-chucking contest he
placed second with a throw of
159'5". He also set a new school
record in the triple jump, with a
hop, skip and a jump of 40'5½".
Over in the pole vault area,
Mike Huson vaulted 11 feet even
for a third place, and Dan
Washburn took fourth in the
triple jump with a jump of NNI
High School
38'10".
The male tracksters entered
the second to final phase of their
track season by competing in the
West Central District Boys' Meet
May 15, and came home with two
first places (via one person).
Sophomore John Burre]l
placed first in the mile with a
time of 4:30.5. This broke the old
school record (which he had set
this year) and now he is state
leader in the mile. He also took
top honors in the two-mile with a
run of 10:10.9 which also will
send him to statewide
competition.
_ Gary Scott, in his final round
of sports in high school, came
back with two second places.
Gary jumped six feet even to
place second in the high jump and
ran the high hurdles in :l 5.2. This
was good for a new school record
and he will go to state !n both
events.
Other places were taken by:
Bob Miller in the triple jump,
sixth; and Dan Washburn, fourth,
in the triple jump.
GIRLS' TRACK
The powerful Cinderfemmes
entered 1 1 Bulldogs for
competition in the "A"
sub-district track meet May 13 at
Federal Way field, and came
home with seven girls qualified
for the district meet coming up.
"Beautiful" Julie Marker
broke the old school record in the
100-yard dash by upsetting the
old one-set by Kathy Krueger at
12.5; Julie ran it in 12.26. Karla
Schillinger's burst of speed in the
220-yard dash broke another
school record. Her time of 28.7
beat the previous school record of
29.0 set by her sister Karen, and
it was good enough for a fourth
place. Other qualifiers were Karen
Schillinger in the 80-yard low
hurdles, with a time of ! 2.0. This
was Karen's best for this season.
She also high jumped with a
clearance of 4'10" for a second
place. Kerry Burrell took first in
the 880, with a time of 2:31.6,
Earlier in the season, she broke
the old 880 record and looks like
material for the state "A" meet.
The 440 relay team
(consisting of Julie Marker, Karla
and Karen Schillinger and Kerry
Burrell) also set a school record.
They ran the lap around the
rubberized track in 54.5. Barb
Van Buskirk filled in a vacancy on
the 880 medley relay team, with
the Schillingers and Marker. That
relay team placed third, which
qualifies them for the district
meet.
Cheri Esser was the only
member on the team to place in a
field event. She took fifth in the
shotput.
On May 15, competing against
girls from western Washington
schools, the North Mason
Cinderfemmes scored two second
places in the West Central District
Girls' Meet.
Last year's state contender in
the 80-yard low hurdles, Karen
Schillinger, set a new personal and
school record in this event with a
time of 1 [.8. Although her time
was good enough for a second
place, she needed a first to go on
to state competition. She also
took fourth in the high jump.
Freshman Kerry Burrell ran
the 880 in 2:31.4 which also got
her a second place, but again, she
needed a first to continue on to
state. Julie Marker placed sixth.
She set a new school record in
this event with a time of 68.0.
Both the medley and .440
relay roams took sixth.
news
By Barb VanBuskirk
Seniors have received their
annual bulletin which informs
graduating seniors of upcoming
activities which need attention.
Although senioritis has definitely
risen to epidemic proportions
there are still a few matters which
need doing. A senior schedule
listing the requirements of the last
days of 12 years of education was
included in the bulletin:
May 19 - Check out caps and
gowns, 12:30 to 2:30 in SAC;
May 30 - Last day in class.
Complete checkout as you go
through the day. Leave checkout
slips in the office during sixth
period. Awards assembly, l:15 in
gym; May 30 - Baccalaureate
practice, 2:30 in the gym; June 1
- Baccalaureate, 8 p.m., be in
locker room by 7 p.m.; June 2 -
Commencement practice, 9:30 in
the gym; June 3 -
Commencement exercises, 8 p.m.
in the gym, be in the locker room
by 7 p.m.
All senior girls may receive a
card from Mrs. Allen's office
which will entitle her to a free gift
for graduation. Arnold's Home
Furnishings in Bremerton has a
graduation gift to give the girls.
At a meeting filled to the
brim with interested students,
held before school May 15, the
Drama Club revealed plans for
next year and elected 1975-76
officers. Although Mr. Haydon,
who is drama coach, will not
teach next year there is a general
feeling of enthusiasm throughout
the school that there may still be
two drama productions. This year
the drama department presented
the Christmas one-act plays and
also the spring production, "The
Skeleton Walks." With
community, alumni and staff help
it may still be possible to have the
plays support themselves. The
people who will be the busiest
next year in order to make the
club go are the newly-elected
officers. They are president,
Debbie Burke; vice-president,
Carla Heath; treasurer, Bradley
Nuszbaum; and secretary, Patti
Roberts.
The home ec class is starting
to carry out the long-awaited
improvement of the SAC. The
SAC is the Student Activity
Center where counseling offices
are located and where many
people who bring lunches from
home eat. Earlier in the year, the
student council allotted money
for SAC improvement, now
started in the form of green paint.
Coming soon are curtains, carpet
and possibly bean bag chairs.
The North Mason Chapter of
the National Honor Society has
now completed two major
overnight trips of the year. The
honor students were allowed to
choose if they would rather spend
three days at Washington State
University or go to'Victoria for
two days.
Mr. Bill Hawkins, one of the
Honor Society advisors, elected to
go with the WSU students.
Following a long, hot ride
through a few dusty towns and
one city which was later described
as a lovely city situated in the
heartland of the wheat country,
they arrived at the administration
building on the campus of WSU at
3:45. At approximately 3:46 Mr.
Hawkins was issued a parking
ticket while he was inside trying
to find out where to park. That
was May 12. On the 13th a very
efficient crew had planned where
the students should go and what
they could see and when. Four
tours were arranged. At 9:30 the
electron microscope center was
toured followed by a 1 p.m. tour
of the nuclear radiation center.
Then it was on to the observatory
and the planetarium. A variety of
classes was available for the
students to sit in on. They could
choose classes in the fields of
forestry, Communications, police
science and theater and dramatic
arts (speech).
Cheerleading tryouts will be
held in the gym May 22.
Date set for suit against
June 30 is the date set to hear
the case of seven teachers against
North Mason School District in
Mason County Superior Court, it
was announced at last week's
meeting of the school board. The
board meeting was conducted
under a new format, the change
resulting from one of the 31
charges included in the suit
against the district. Chairman
Carol Wentlandt announced the
meeting would be called to order
and when the business on the
agenda had been conducted she
would announce a recess while
the board went into private
executive session to discuss
personnel matters, then would
reconvene to adjourn the meeting
in public. This is in accordance
with one interpretation of the
public meeting law. Formerly the
board had met for half an hour
prior to the public monthly
meeting for an executive session if
there were personnel matters to
discuss, then had held the regular
open meeting.
The board extended the
1974-75 school year one day,
making June 9 the last day of
school this year to make up for the
day school was closed to allow
teachers and other school
personnel to visit Olympia as part
of a caravan from the Olympic
Peninsula to request legislators to
school distdd
fund schools.
A request from a commercial
enterprise to use school facilities
on June 10 for a Dog and Pony
Circus was denied. The board felt
the small amount of rent offered
would not cover costs and they
said they still did not know if
school would have to be extended
another day if schools were to be
closed again to help get financial
relief from the state.
A letter from Principal Ted
Smethers, endorsed by a number
of teachers, expressed concern
about the double-shifting planned
for next year due to levy failure
and about crossover teaching with
no free period allowed teachers.
The board agreed there was
reason for concern but since no
alternate program which would
assure as good a program for
students had been suggested, they
said they will stick with the
previously announced decision. If
enough money is forthcoming
from action by the legislature,
they said, they will consider
eliminating double-shifting but
they said they had no specific
amount of "extra" money "in
mind as to how much would be
needed for a change in plans.
They were going to face those
decis'ions when, and if, any
unexpected money becomes
available.
CLEARING OF PROPERTY north of Belfair on Highway 3
has been going on the past two weeks to prepare for a
shopping center expected to be built this summer.
By DOROTHY TOBEY and ANN WESTBERG
We may be just a small
community that is "off the
beaten path" but we have two of
our graduating seniors from North
Mason who are bringing us
recognition at the state baseball
regional competition at Marysville
this weekend. Stan "Powerhouse"
Presley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Odell
Presley, and Dan Sullivan, s6n of
Mr. and Mrs. James R• Sullivan,
are the "stars" who will be
graduated in a "blaze of glory"
from North Mason High School in
Belfair this spring. They won their
first game at the state regional
competition on Wednesday night
so Friday they were to play
Darrington at 5 p.m. In the event
they won all their games at
Marysville they will then go to
semi-final events at Puyailup at a
future date. Maybe we will see
these boys in World Series games
some day? Both boys have been
active in sports during their
school years. They both were in
football and Dan also was on the
basketball team. Congratulations,
boys, on your honorable
achievements !
The Sullivans will be sports
enthusiasts for some time to come
as they have two other boys
following in the footsteps of big
brother Dan. Jim, who is a 9th
grader, is active in basketball and
baseball and Mark has been
playing peewee basketball but
illness has prevented him from
being active in other sports• So
glad to hear he is better so he can
get with it next year•
Nine members of the Sarah
Eckert Orthopedic Guild went to
Mary Bridge Hospital last Monday
where they were met by an escort
who was a member of a Tacoma
guild. They were given a most
interesting tour of the hospital
and were given an explanation of
all the equipment, therapy baths,
etc. which are used in the
rehabilitation of patients•
Fortunately, there is not a great
number of children in the hospital
at the present time. Assistance is
obtained for any child in need of
hospitalization even though
parents don't have means of
support for such treatments. The
hospital is maintained solely by
support of 103 orthopedic guilds
throughout the state• Local
members presented the hospital
with eight crib blankets and four
doll quilts, all handmade and
quilted by members of the guild•
We have a couple of new
grandparents in the community!
Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan were
presented a new grandson last
week by their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Randy Sullivan of Seattle. The
little guy weighed in at 6 pounds
13 ounces and was named Ryan
Jerome.
Kenneth Hansen became a
grandpa on May 9 when his
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin McCartney of Port
Orchard, became parents of a 9
pounds 6½ ounce boy. The baby
was taken to the Children's
Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle
where he underwent surgery for
the removal of a kidney on
Monday and at this writing was
recovering nicely~
Our community was saddened
by the death of Louis Spadicinni
in Bremerton last week. He was a
summer resident of Treasure
Island and owned and operated
Louie's Meats at 3710 Kitsap Way
in Bremerton. He made the best
Italian sausage! He will be missed.
Visiting with Virginia George
on Treasure Island last weekend
was Mrs. Ward Pettit of Seattle.
Mrs. Pettit was a schoolday friend
of Virginia's a few years ago.
The Birthday Boy of the week
was Scan Bennett, son of Judy
Mobley from Vineyard Cove, who
became seven years old on May
1 3. He celebrated with a party on
Saturday. Those in attendance
were Windy Wilder, Jack and Beth
Bennett, Tim Gleason, Jackie
Marks, Eric Cahan, Jeff Gordon,
all of Grapeview, and Scott and
Pauline Miller of Bremerton.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Terpening have returned to their
home in Absorokee, Montana,
after spending a couple months
visiting with their daughter, Melba
Hansen, and family.
New residents of the Orchard
Beach area are Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Moore and two daughters of
Alaska. They have had a mobile
home installed so they were
instantly settled.
A chain of birthdays was
celebrated at Orchard Beach last
Saturday evening with a buffet
supper at the Don Aherns home.
The birthdays were of members
of the Moore, Aherns, McGuire
and Ewart families who all live
next to one another and the
birthdays occurred one day apart.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Fields, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Waters Jr. of
Shelton and Bill Smith of
Portland spent a few days last
week at Reno where they took in
some shows and a little gambling,
maybe?
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Simonson
of Edmonds spent a couple of
days last week were her mother,
Mrs. Winnie Myers of West
gtadium Beach.
A benefit dinner-dance to
help pay hospital expenses for
members of the James Sullivan
family is being sponsored by the
Grapeview Parents Club. For
more information see today's
Mason Lake Meandering column.
A Band Blast and Talent
Show will be presented by the
North Mason High School music
department May 29 at 8 p.m• in
the high school gym.
"Entertainment will feature a
conglomeration of the zaniest
skits you've ever seen, plenty of
pie throwing and a general
musical madhouse of events,"
promises Gordon Lent, director
of the music department. Not
only will the choir and band
participate but "some of the
school's more notorious actors
and just plain looney people have
been invited to add their talents
to what promises to be a fun
evening," said Lent. He said there
are many, many "outrageous"
skits included and that it will be
the fastest paced show ever
presented locally.
Funds collected from the
50-cent admission charge will
benefit the music department's
band fund.
Residents of the area who
enjoy music or comedy are
encouraged to attend.