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Shelton Mason County Journal
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June 5, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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I~~III~III~I~IIII~III~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~IIIIII~ By LOU DONNELL iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii111111111 who complained of nothing to do last week must have been a cave somewhere; there were so many things going on that request a second camera from the Journal so that Carol could the events. the most exciting event of the week was the championship game in Yakima last Friday night. It would have been fun to impossible to cover that and still be in Shelton early Saturday to cover the Forest Festival parade, so Carol Wentlandt, manager for the Herald and also chairman of the North board, took our camera when she and her family drove on Friday. They stayed at the same motel as the team reports that they must have had to refill the swimming pool left, so much water splashed out each time one of the husky ~ed in and with the temperature around 90 on Saturday, l a lot of jumping into the pool going on. were quite a few local people who stayed over at the same another large group of North Mason fans went to the game According to a man who rode on the bus, the driver was hard time staying awake on the return trip since the game until after one a.m. and he had begun work at five a.m. ~rning. He stopped a few times to run around the bus or to everyone got back safe and sound. a glorious sunny day on this side of the mountains on too, probably a little too hot for the comfort of those who rode in the annual Forest Festival parade. (Particularly the Bear.) I was wishing I could have worn shorts while top of the marquee at Penney's so I could have gotten my I always feel overly conspicuous anyway being up there have the nerve. Maybe it's just my imagination, though, first year I climbed the ladder to take pictures from the vantage point one of my children who had wanted some during the parade had complained later that he had come stand area and looked all over for me but couldn't find up there does have its advantages in addition to not having about someone walking in front of the camera just as I'm a picture. A friendly man from inside Penney's was nice out through the window paper mats for Al Ford and on and later, when it really hit the spot, a soft drink to help who didn't attend the Band Blast at North Mason High 0a Thursday night missed a fun show. There was one skit after the fast-paced show and the audience voted by cheers or which skits deserved pies in the faces of the Everyone taking part in the blast appeared to be having as has the audience was viewing it. today well-wishers dropped by the LakeLand Village Country Principal Ralph Lackey and long-time teacher Laura looking forward to retirement beginning next Monday out for the summer. of course, the day the seniors have been waiting for was week when they were awarded their diplomas during a ceremony held in the gym. Since this week's paper was together earlier in the day, those pictures will have to wait issue. r He of the preliminary the 1975-76 school Mason School the board at their May 28 added rehiring four of the Who were laid off due with some of the to be used to retain two of the classified scheduled to be laid aSSibly a little left over and materials. Which Will be affected has Y thousand dollars of OUnt will come from funds. Several years adopted the policy monies from federal automatically put in fund which, through ithas given them money s SUch as putting in the :s between the high r~a and junior high two Without having to ask bond issues on the once money is put ilding fund it can only that purpose and transferred out for Last week the board they would instruct treasurer to put the 000 received from ;t funds next year into fund instead of the M, with any amount be put in the building could be around would be available the event emergency tny of the buildings is ext year. last two years the budgets have $35,000 in restricted on hand at the end of board wiped this out the total amount cash balance the end of the year, total $50,000. in the preliminary Presented by ~ent Norm Sanders, $47,709 had been unrestricted cash Only $15,000 of this retained by shifting the portions of the :h will employ the one or two and possibly, This $32,709 from cash balance, $20,000 expected funds which the general fund building fund, adds to the amount be available to next year. of even more n~oney becoming education next year When one board member asked the two board members who serve on the negotiations committee to offer a proposal to the North Mason Education Association (NMEA) that teachers accept a six percent salary increase next year instead of the 12% percent included in the preliminary budget. The next negotiation meeting was set for this last Monday night but it will not be known publicly until the regular board meeting if the teacher-negotiators and NMEA have agreed. If they are willing to negotiate contracts based on a smaller pay raise, more than four of the 14 teachers laid off would keep their jobs next year. One new budget item, never before included in a budget for North Mason School District, calls for $10,000 to be available for legal advice. By law, school districts are entitled to free legal advice from the county prosecutor but, according to Sanders, the local district has been unable to secure assistance from the prosecutor's office in recent years and, because of previous experience, has not requested any help from that office in the past two years. In other business: the board approved a request to allow retiring personnel to be included in the district's health insurance policy, providing retirees pay their own payments and reimburse the district for the small cost of handling their accounts. ('overage is better through group policies and the cost is less than if purchased as an individual. the board voted to approve the application for funds from the state to continue the URRD program next year. the board instructed Sanders to begin negotiations with the American Lutheran Church for possible purchase of 27.1 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to school property. This would not include the five acres which contain the parsonage and well. June ! was the deadline for North Mason School District to turn in its budget to the state so if the legislature provides any additional money for schools, the final budget, due later in the year, will have to be changed to incorporate those funds. POETRY BOOKS Poetry books containing poems by local residents are on sale at all North Mason school offices, the Allyn firehall and the Huckleberry Herald office. A small charge will cover costs of publica tion. ull 2n place North Mason's baseball team came within one run of becoming state champion for class A schools when the Bulldogs were defeated 5 to 4 in an ! l-inning game played last Friday night in Yakima. In their first try in the school's history in competition beyond regular league play, the Bulldogs wound up in second place after becoming champions of the western league, entitling them to meet the eastern division champs, Carroll, a parochial school from Yakima, in the state playoff last Friday. By JO TESTU In 1975, the Year of the Bulldog, North Mason has turned up winner in almost every sport they've attempted. The football team entered in state competition, the wrestling team placed third, with two individual state champions and the basketball team tied for first in LOOKING AT THE TROPHY won by the North Mason baseball team last Friday night, naming them second in the state, are two team members, Dan Sullivan and Bob Blevins. BULLDOG BASEBALL PLAYERS put their heartbreaking 5-4 loss for the state championship behind them and enjoyed some fun in the motel pool the day after the game. COACH HARLAN OLSON throws one of the baseball players into the pool as the Bulldog team relaxed on Saturday following Friday night's game in Yakima. KEEP THE CANAL CLEAN Residents of the North Mason area are reminded that it is unlawful to dispose of garbage or refuse of any kind, such as brush, grass clippings, food, etc., by throwing such material in any body of water in Mason County, including ditches, streams, lakes, rivers, Hood Canal or Puget Sound. The same law prohibits such disposals upon the surface of the ground or along any roadways. The ordinance prohibiting such acts carries penalties, a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $150, or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both, for each offense. first aiq ass to in Be " A standard first aid and personal safety course will be taught at Belfair firehall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, 7 to lO p.m., beginning June I I through July 3. Anyone age 13 or older is invited to sign up. CPR training will be included in the class which will be instructed by Cindy llunt and Phyllis Barovich, two EMT-trained women who help operate the Belfair aid car. More information may be had by calling 275-3438. earns Ea, Belfair's Boy Scout Troop 513 has another Eagle Scout; the eighth to attain this rank in recent years since Dillon Fisher became Scoutmaster, boosting the local troop's percentage of Eagle Scouts compared to the number of boys in the troop up even higher above average than it was. Duane Bowmer, 14, an eighth grade student at North Mason Upper Elementary, received his Eagle Scout award in a Court of Honor held May 27. Eagle Scouts Randy Peterson and Tom Johnson conducted the court and the Eagle oath was given by Eagle Scout Gary Johnson. Another local Eagle Scout, John Hannan, read a letter congratulating Duane which had been received from the National Boy Scout office. Assisting Eagle Scout Gary Johnson in presenting the award to Duane was a brother, David Bowmer, a Webelo, with another brother, Star Scout Darrell Bowmer, also taking part in the ceremony by presenting their mother a bouquet of flowers. Parents of the new Eagle Scout are Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bowmer of Belfair. One other son, Mark, is only six years old so has his scouting years still ahead of him. To earn an Eagle award, Duane collected 24 merit badges; of these 10 were required to be among the total earned but 14 could be chosen from many fields. Working on the music merit badge gave him tl)e most enjoyment. He is a saxophonist in the junior high band and other interests include building models and rockets. l)uane spent three years as a Cub Scout before entering Boy Scouts three years ago. or in all the league. Now that "spring has sprung," baseball has had its chance and went further into class A competition than any other team has done so far this year. Harlan Olson and his blue and white baseball players advanced all the way up to the class A finals in state. For most who made the five-hour trip in car, bus, plane, whatever, the five hours seated on the benches at the game weren't too comfortable. The game, supposed to start at 8:30, began a little after 9 p.m. and the stadium was crowded. In the first inning, with the Bulldogs as visitors" team, North Mason made their only four runs of the game. Ron Burrows made it to first on an infielder's error. Aaron Olson was then issued a walk and Ken Aries' sacrifice bunt went Landram's three-run triple to deep left centerfield. Start Presley then hit a single up the middle to score Landram. Carroll then replaced starting pitcher Greg McDonald with Scott Morse and he managed to retire the Bulldogs after a four-run first inning. With a four-run margin, starting pitcher Bob Blevins silenced the Patriots' bats as he fanned his first two batters and quickly retired the side. The Patriots started their comeback as they began chipping away at the lead. They scored one run in the second and two in the third, all unearned on errors. Their only earned run off Blevins came in the sixth when Greg McDonald blasted a 400-foot home run to tie the score 4-4. Carroll's winning run came the bottom of the 1 ! th after they had back-to-back singles off down as a hit to load the bases, reliever Ken Aries who then This set the stage for George issued an intentional walk to load the bases. Chris Martin's pinch-hit single scored a run when outfielder Stan Presley couldn't field the ball successfully and the game was over. Landram and Aries each collected two hits and Presley, Burrows and Olson got the Bulldogs' only other hits. RESULTS: ab r h rbi Burrows 4 1 l 0 OIson 3 1 1 0 Aries 4 1 2 0 Landram 5 1 2 3 Presley 5 0 1 1 Blevins 5 0 0 0 Sullivan 5 0 0 0 Medeiros 1 0 0 0 Smith 5 0 0 0 Hauge 3 0 0 0 Tobin 1 0 0 0 During the 5-113innings pitched by Blevins therecord was: 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 9 shutouts and 3 walks. During Aries' 5-1/3 innings of pitching there were 1 run, 6 hits, 1 error, 8 shutouts and 2 walks. nner ueen NORTH MASON'S FLOAT, graced by Princess Dana Petrick, took the highly-coveted Queen's trophy in Saturday's Forest Festival parade m Shelton. South Shore News By MAC MCKINNEY 898-2989 Eagle Scout Duane Bowmer The Lions: 54th annual International District No. 19 convention was held in Penticton, Canada. The following Canal Lion members and their wives attended: Mr. and Mrs. D. St. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. J. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. L. McKinney and Mr. Gene Stark. The group left May 20, driving over Snoqualmie Pass to Vantage Ferry, to Ephrata, crossing over to Highway 97, then to Penticton. The convention started off with a bang; more people came than they had printed tickets for. The groups were divided and extra banquet rooms were set up. An exchange of pins began and the canal pins were gone in no time. This was the largest attendance to date for the mid-year convention. On the return trip Sunday most of the canal group drove to Winthrop, Washington and over the North Cascade Pass. Winthrop was jumping with people and the drive over the pass was a beautiful sight to see; the snowbanks were four to 12 feet high. The Reed twins, Lois and Jeanne, spent a week visiting friends and relatives in Spokane. They report a wonderful time and came home relaxed and are working like bees.