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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
June 14, 1973     Shelton Mason County Journal
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/ #::"-~i make a special contract for Shelton would be unfair to the t PAT WHEELER, confined to bed and encased in a body cast, successfully completed second-grade classwork by means of a two-way communication system. By JAN DANFORD Eight-year-old Pat Wheeler, encased in a body cast and confined to bed, has successfully participated in his second grade class at Mr. View School through a two-way communication system supplied by Bell Telephone Company. Pat, ~hc son of Mr. and Mrs. K:,~le Wbeelc: ~: Shc!Eon, had imaped through a summer of -i~akenly diagnos~:d "gr~wing " until in Deccmber of 1972 it was determined that he was a victim of Leg Perthe's Disease which involves deterioration of the bone. The condition, which can be corrected when promptly On April 13 the youngster underwent hip surgery and bone graft in St. Peter's Hospital, Olympia, where he remained for seven days. On June 5, he returned to the hospital for removal of the cast and the pin. The hmg days that stretched between those dates were spent in a bed, and many more days of bed rest will be required. In the front room of his Cole Road home, the young man has cheerfully pursued his studies with fingertip control over the near-by metal box that brought him into the classroom. A flick of the switch enabled him to speak to his teacher. He recited, and he treated, usually occurs in children joined in, th¢ laugh te(.~pa~1 the tha~,,~iCat yea~s old.,; ti.~wg of his ~ow ~l~lliit~ e Lightning, in spite of the old adage, does occasionally strike twice in the same place. Pat Wheeler's sister, Denise, now a fifth-grader, was hit by a car three years ago. A pin was inserted in her broken leg, and she remained in a body cast for 45 days. Without the benefit of the Bell two-way communications system, Denise could not satisfactorily complete her school year, and il was necessary for her to repeat the grade. Pat's teacher, Mrs. l_orna Dayton, visited the Wheeler home in April to explain the communications system and the procedures by which the bed-ridden boy could maintain direct contact ~,tth the sch~ml room. Since that day the cheerful child kept pace with his classmates and enjoyed the comradeship of their voices and the pleasures of their daily activities. "Pat is always in real good spirits," his mother declares. "He is learning to play the guitar he received for his March birthday, and he also .... .tches and draws." funds for the first six months of this year. Of the money, $35,248 is expected to be used for punch card voting equipment on which a The Shelton City and Mason County commissions have announced plans for use of the first half of the federal revenue sharing funds they have received. The city plans to use its contract was recently awarded. I ,~akes model cars. He funds, $34,594, for construction An additional $40,000 is work ,gsaw puzzles. He plays of an addition to the presentanticipated to be used for general with the family pets - two dogs, fireball to house additional government and multi-purposetwo cats, two turtles. equipment and additional space expenditures. Although therapy will in time for volunteer sleepers. Expenditures for operating restore Pat s wasted muscles, he A contract for the and maintenance expenditureswill not soon walk without construction of the city hallinclude $14,083 for public safety, crutches: but his mind has addition has been awarded. $8,077.50 for health and remained keen and strong and Mason County received $47,916.50 for financial active through the use of the $145,325 in revenue sharing administration, two-way communications system. Chamber meeting is set tonight The Shelton Chamber of Commerce will have its June membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. today at Lake Limerick Inn. Speaker tor the program will be Hank Sandstrom, operations manager Northwest for Simpson Timber Company. A new Simpson film, "People, Land and Trees," will be shown following his remarks. Special guests at the meeting will be Mason County Senior Citizen of the Year Charles Wilkinson and his wife. The royal court from the McCleary Bear Festival will also be special guests at the meeting. This will be the last membership meeting for the chamber until September. Are ready at Miller's Berry Farms, located 2 miles west Women sizes 4 & 4-1/2 only "The Fam//y Shoe Store" I O°.S.oeC,ub..s I ] over 4,175 members! ] I II 107 S. 4th Shelton of Purdy, and ~/~ mi. N of the Arco station on Horseshoe Lake Rd. Starting Sat., June 9th. 20 lb. can whole, washed, graded unsuc~ared berries.. $9 plus deposit 2 lb. table ready whole berries ......... $1.25 4Vz lb. can frozen jam $2.29 Sales room open 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Miller Berry Farms Phone 857-2250 (Continued from page one.) Shelton, he said. Shelton's board feels the city library can take care of itself financially and it doesn't want to enter into a contract in which it loses any say in how things are run, he said. Dr. William H. Lawrence of the Timberland board said the standard contract is the same one offered to all municipalities wishing to join Timberland; to rest of the cities which have already contracted with Timberland. (When asked after the meeting what the "standard contract" involved, Lawrence said it included all salaries and materials. The materials mean access to over 450,000 books, 10,000 recordings, rotation of 8,000 new titles through the member libraries, membership in Washington Library Film Circuit, 116 permanent Timberland films, borrowing privileges of 16 mm projectors and screens, and film-strip projectors. Lawrence said the cost to the city under the contract would be $36,039. The Shelton Library budget for 1973 is $49,794.) Maranville said the standard contract would provide "for Timberland to run our system as part of their system. We feel we'd lose a lot by giving up local control and we feel people are fed up with centralized government." Lawrence answered by asking the Shelton board to examine the resources of the two systems (the resources of the larger Timberland system being greater, he said). Bob Baker, a Timberland board member from Packwood, said the service in his city since joining the Timberland system "is so much improved that it is taking pcople's breath away." He added that a regional system is more resourceful. "One-town libraries are a thing of the past," he said, alluding to the high cost of maintaining a good library~ He said the city's money alone is not enough to fund a good library. Baker also said Packwood now has a library building as a result of belonging to Timberland. Later, Shelton board members agreed that a central building does wonders for library service and they argued that Timberland was not providing this central building service to Mason County patrons. Shelton board member Frank Heuston said Shelton will keep providing library service "as long as we get money from the city." though it is "inequitable" to Timberland to depart from the standard contract in Shelton's case, he said, "it isn't to me." Lawrence gave an example of a city in the region which contracted with Timberland. He said Chehalis pays $34,000 to Timberland and receives services worth $57,000. On the subject of local control, he said, "Local boards have an important function within the regional system. They don't lose control of their area's programs. You don't lose local participation by joining the system." Maranville said the'local board can implement new programs on a daily basis. "We can't envision doing it this way with the larger system." Heuston felt joining the Timberland system would mean a loss of community pride in the library. He said the Timberland board would make the final decision of any issue, making Shelton subservient to Timberland. Shelton board member Tom Weston was concerned about preserving collections or books which were given to the city library as gifts or memorials. If all books in all Timberland regional libraries could be used by all patrons, keeping certain books at a specific library could be difficult, he reasoned. Mrs. Raeburn Hagen, a Timberland board member from Aberdeen, said memorials or gifts could be kept at one library. She also said the Aberdeen people still have the same pride in their library as before they joined 74 MODELS ON THE WAY... LIMITED TO STOCK oN HAND You'll never have to defrost this Frigidaire Refrigerator. It's 100% Frost-Proof. Never lets frost form. 12.1 cu. ft. overall with a 3.04 cu. ft. freezer that stores up to 106 Ibs.; yet it's only 30" wide. Door storage on both doom. Full-width Hydrator stores up to 25.1 qts. of vegetables, even bulky cabbage or celery. FPI 121TS ;26 WAS $299.00, t ONLY, GOLD. Model FPCI-200VS Of Shelton Timberland, and "we feel we get better service." In the standard contract, the amount to be paid by the city to Timberland is "equal to the millage levied for rural library purposes, multiplied by the assessed valuation of property within the corporate limits of the city." Hagen said the city should pay more than the costs of rural service "beacuse you get more for your money in the city," including a central building and film centers. She said Aberdeen's mayor and city council have termed the payment to Timberland "a bargain." Hagen also commented on losing local control. She said it was up to the local people and the local board to maintain input into the Timberland system. Maranville said Timberland claims to provide better service, but "in ordering books, it's faster to get new books our way than from the regional library." Heuston said county residents used 30,000 books from Shelton's library in 1971. This, he reminded Timberland's board, was service provided to Timberland's patrons. Maranville asked the Timberland board to give Shelton a counteroffer to the offer Shelton's board made in April. He hoped Timberland would be willing to depart from the standard contract. He appointed a committee of two from the Shelton board (Tom Weston and himself)which will meet with Lawrence and Baker of the Timberland board to discuss the issue sometime in the near future. Until then, any problems county residents have in dealing with the Timberland system or paying to use the Shelton system : will continue. POVERTY IS not merely deprivation; it means shame, degredation, the searing of the most sensitive parts of our moral and mental nature, as with hot irons. 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