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CASEWORKER MARGARET ENDERSEY, right, visits in the home of
foster parents Virginia and Merle Reamer, who care for a baby and a
teenager on a full time basis while maintaining an interim home to which
children may be brought in a crisis.
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space for lais possessions. In rural
areas a sanitation report is
required on water and sewage
facilities. The use of raw milk is
prohibited, and members of
prospective foster families are
required to have a TB test,
provided free of charge."
The important thing is the
people themselves. Interested
persons contact the Shelton office
of the Division of Public
Assistance by phoning 426-3363.
An application is sent to be filled
out and returned to the office,
after which a home visit is
scheduled. Single parent
households are acceptable, but if
there are two parents in the
home, both should be present at
the interview, as well as older
children.
"It's a family project,"
Margaret Endersey emphasizes,
"and it is important that each
member understand in advance
how the addition of a foster child
will alter his life. Young children
are less affected than older ones."
The case worker discusses
with the family all aspects of the
undertaking. Rules are flexible
and minor difficulties can be
adjusted; but the parents
themselves must fully understand
and accept the tremendous
challenge presented by the
)vr°j~tt's- -^ not a money-making
proposition," states Margaret
Endersey. "There is no charge for
the license, which is issued for a
two-year period. A $96 monthly
board and room oavment is made
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A curtailed and revised
swimming program for the
Shelton City Summer Recreation
Program is scheduled to start at
the Pool Nuotare Monday.
The program this year will
include two two-hour free swim
periods, one from noon to 2 p.m.
and one from 2-4 p.m. each day
Monday through Friday.
This will take the place of the
swimming classes which have been
conducted as a part of the
summer recreation program for a
number of years.
The cost of the two-hour
sessions will be 25 cents per
person. The City' Parks and
Recreation Department is also
providing part of the cost of the
swimming sessions as a part of the
summer recreation program.
No one under six years of age
will be allowed without a parent
present and no one over 16 years
of age will be allowed.
There will be no bus service to
transport youngsters from the
downtown area to the swimming
pool this year.
Arnold Fox, chairman of the
Parks and Recreation
Commission, said the curtailment
of the program this year was
because of the loss of federal
funds which had been available
the past several years and the fact
the bus the city owned was no
longer useable.
Fox said the bus could no
longer meet state standards for
transporting youngsters and was
sold by the city.
Other parts of the summer
recreation program this year
include the tennis lessons under
the direction of Allen Hopp.
The tennis lessons started this
week.
Fox said Curtis Stracke, has
been employed as a supervisor for
softball and baseball activities
scheduled for Callanan Park.
A Mason County Superior
Court jury came in early
Wednesday morning with a
verdict of guilty of one charge of
third degree assault for two
defendants and not guilty of any
charges for a third in a jury trial
which had lasted more than a
week.
Robert Jackman and John
Wood, both 23 and both of Port
Orchard, were found guilty of
third degree assault on Robert
Schletty in his home at Allyn in
the early morning hours of April
13.
The third defendant in the
case, Stanley Kropp, 23, Port
Orchard, was found not guilty of
all of the charges against him.
The three defendants had
each been charged with six
criminal charges, three of robbery
and three of second degree
assault, all the results of incidents
which had happened in the Allyn
area that morning.
The case went to the jury
about 6 p.m. Tuesday, and the
verdict came after deliberations
which lasted until 2:10 a.m.
Wednesday.
The date for sentencing Wood
and Jackman has not been set.
All three defendants remain in
the Mason County Jail. Kropp is
an escapee from the State
Reformatory at Monroe and will
be returned there. Jackman was
on parole from a Pierce County
charge. His parole was revoked
June 4 after a hearing in Pierce
County and he will be committed
to the Department of Institutions
from there.
Wood has been held in jail
since his arrest on $10,000 bail
and will be held until sentenced
on the charge he was convicted of
by the jury.
Members of the jury were
Roby Johnson, Ada Travis, Nina
Baze, Julie Coleman, Alva Linn,
Mildred Hovey, Clyde Fagergren,
Evelyn Kreifels, Myrtle Johnson,
Jeannine Weidman, Arthur
Christiansen and Agatha Pierce.
The charges on which the
three were tried included one
each of robbery and second
degree assault on Schletty,
William Austin Jr., and Richard
Valley.
Pretrial motions in the case
started June 14, with hearings on
the admissability of evidence arid
statements taken from Jackman
and Kropp after their arrests and
the sufficiency of identification
from photographs which were
shown to the victims by members
of the Sheriff's Department.
Smith, a bar maid at the Allyn
Tavern.
She testified that Austin had
been in the tavern that evening,
and identified Kropp, Wood and
Jackman as being three young
men who came in with a fourth
young man.
She stated the four were
drinking beer and that Austin
joined them at ,a table in the
Thursday, June 24, 1971
85th Year Number 25
Judge Hewitt Henry ruled a
knife, which was found in the
Koth
Jackman residence and was
identified as one taken from the
Austin residence, was not
admissable as evidence since it
was not listed on a search warrant
which had been used in searching
the Jackman residence and since
it involved a crime which was not
given in the search warrant. The
search warrant, signed by a Pierce
County District Court Judge, was
in connection with items which
were reported taken from the
Valley residence.
The jury, which had been
selected Tuesday, began hearing
evidence in the case Thursday
morning, with the first witness
called by Prosecuting Attorney
Byron McClanahan being Judy
Kathy Stickley, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Stickley,
Shelton, has been selected as
Rodeo Queen for the rodeo which
will be held in connection with
the Mason County Fair in August.
Her selection was announced
this week by the committee
which is in charge of the rodeo
for the Fair Board.
She was one of three finalists
selected earlier this month. The
other two finalists, who will serve
as orincesses on the Rodeo Court,
tavern after they had been there a
short while.
She first stated Schletty had
not been in the tavern that
evening, but, later stated she
remembered he had been in a
short while talking to Austin and
that he did not have anything to
drink.
She said the four young men
and Austin remained in the tavern
until somewhere between 1:30
and 2 a.m. when they left.
She said she did not see who
got into which cars.
She stated that Kropp was
wearing a wig that evening and
stated that Kropp and the fourth
youth, who was later identified as
Ross Brown, left for a short time
to assist a woman who had called
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Miss Stickley will be crowned
Rodeo Queen at a coronation
ceremony at the Mason County
Fair Grounds at 8 p.m. Monday
evening.
The public is welcome to
attend the coronation.
The rodeo, a new attraction
for the fair this year, will hold
afternoon performances Aug. 21
and 22.
The Inn Quest will open its
doors on July 9.
Shelton's new gathering place
for teenagers will operate initially
on Friday and Saturday nights
only. It will be open from 2 p.m.
to 2 a.m. both nights.
Operating procedures and
programs will be worked out by
the young people themselves, so
the first few weeks sould be
interesting, if hectic.
Adult participation in the
center is restricted to the board of
directors (the initial incorporators
of the non-profit corporation)
and an administrator. The
remainder of the officeholders are
teenagers.
The Inn Quest received a
tremendous boost this week when
30 persons showed up for the
regular Monday night meeting of
the original planners. This swelled
the number of volunteers who
have been preparing the former
church building at Highway 101
South and Ellinor Street for its
opening.
Young people have been
selling charter membclships in the
organization to interested local
citizens for two dollars apiece to
raise money for needed items that
have not been donated. This
revenue will also pay for
installation of a telephone, which
should be in operation next week.
Volunteers are still needed for
cleanup work. The center will be
open tonight (Thursday) from six
o'clock until the last man drops.
Someone will be at the center
from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through
Friday of next week to answer
questions and accept donations of
furniture. There is a real need for
tables and chairs - any size, any
shape.
Following the early weeks of
operation for the teenagers, the
Inn Quest will hold an open house
for all members of the
community.
Parents and other adults are
welcome to visit the center at any
time prior to the opening to see
what is being accomplished by the
youthful volunteers.
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"Right now, I'm very
concerned about the fills and the
potential that developed areas
have to dump nutrients into the
water. I want to know what rules
we need, how to get them enacted
at ofand enforced now to protect this
area for the future."
(The Advisory Commission
mentioned above is the Hood
Canal Advisory Commission, a lay
group composed of three
members each from Mason,
Jefferson and Kitsap Counties
appointed by their respective
county commissioners to research
technical questions about Hood
Canal Environment referred to it
by Planning Commissions and
County Commissioners. Mason
Bill County representatives are Carol
Wentlandt, Belfair; John Huson,
.Mr. Tahuya; and John Pill, Potlatch.)
is a "Mr. Goldman is an
Mr. interesting and informative
speaker," said Mrs. Wentlandt.
"He spoke to our May meeting
about the criteria for granting
the permits for bulkheading. The
of Mason County Commissioners
also had asked the Advisory
Commission to investigate this
since five applicants from this
county who had been turned
down had come to them.
"We learned that all agencies
involved report to the Army
Corps of Engineers; it was the
Fish and Wildlife Service that had
denied the permits in each case.
"Mr. Goldman explained that
all the applications included
filling for home sites as well as
bulkheading. He said that fills
endanger three types of habitat
for fish and wildlife on Hood
Canal. "One is the salt marsh at
the mouths of rivers and creeks
where the food chain is started.
"Another is the gravel-pebble
beach where smelt spawn and
small salmon escape from
predators, and the third is the
boulder type habitat that provides
cover for much marine life.
Without these habitats, much sea
life would disappear from Hood
Canal."
The film, "Ecology of a Tidal
Slough," runs eighteen minutes
and was filmed in Monterey Bay.
The Water and Sewer System
portion of the Comprehensive
Plan is the third guide developed
by consulting firms for the
county.
The first was the
Comprehensive Land Use Plan
which was adopted last fall by the
County Commissioners.
The second is the Zoning
Ordinance which is still being
revised by the Planning
Commission.
The third now recommends a
sewage disposal system for the
Belfair area in five years (rather
than in ten as specified in the
earlier draft.)
Money to employ the
consulting firms Was supplied by a
federal grant.
Plants Are
Tour Subject
Brown's Creek Camp Ground
yielded an unusual bounty
Saturday when the Community
Library Association held its first
"Take Off From The Library" trip.
Members of the group led by Dr,
Romeo Conca combined efforts
to select, harvest and prepare
several edible plants to
accompany their picnic lunch.
A series of "Take Off" trips
to various areas of interest in the
Community are on the agenda for
the group. Information regarding
scheduled activities and
memberships are available at the
Shelton Public Library.
DR. ROMEO CONCA shows part of the group which went on a trip sponsored
by the recently formed Library Association an edible cattail. Left to right are
Mike Thomas, Dr. Berwyn Thomas, Dr. Conca, Greg Barstad, John Stone and
Jeff Moore.