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NEW FACE for an old fixture: Shelton's 54-year-old Lincoln Gym takes a
new coat of paint this week. The col6rs: harvest gold with oyster-white
trim. For another picture and the story, turn to page two.
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Thursday, July 13, 1978 Ninety-second Year - Number 28 5 Sections - 38 Pages 15 Cents Per Copy
Resignation threat is given
by planning commission
they would resign as a group.
City Attorney Herb Fuller
stated it was difficult to give an
opinion in such a general way
but, if he had more specific
questions as to circumstances, he
could do so.
He stated if a suit was
brought by someone who
disagreed with a decision of the
group which had been made in
good faith, there would be no
problem with the city providing
legal representation.
Fuller said he would research
the question and would meet
with the planning commission to merchantable now and would
try to answer their questions and start going downhill if not
get the question'resotved, removed, ' " ,
The city held for further There would be, he said,
study a recommendation from between $3,000 and $4,000
Public Works Manager Dennis worth of timber which could be
Calvin to log the city property sold. He said he would
behind the city shop up to recommend using the money to
Olympic Highway North. fence the city shop area.
Colvin said Guy Lusignan, a Mayor James Lowery stated
consulting forester, had been he was concerned about taking
asked to take a look at the area the trees off along Olympic
and had recommended it be Highway North and would like
logged since the trees were time to look the area over before
getting old and dangerous. The making a decision.
trees, Colvin said, were Gordon Smith from the
Retail Trade Committee of the
Two local teenagers di
in head-on traffic crash
Two Sheiton teenagers were
killed shortly before 11:30 p.m.
Saturday in a head-on collision
on Highway 101 about two miles
south of Shelton near the Lost
Lake overpass.
Killed were William Zelinsky,
16, Route 10, Box 386, Shelton,
driver of one of the cars, and
Gaff Porter, 14, Route 1, Box
310, Shelton, a passenger in the
car driven by Zelinsky.
The Washington State Patrol,
which investigated the accident,
said the driver of the other car
involved in the crash, Shawn
Oakley, 17, Kent, suffered facial
and leg lacerations and possible
internal injuries.
The patrol said three
passengers in the Zelinsky
vehicle, Dewayne Grindle, 22,
Route 10, Box 150, Shelton;
Walter Zelinsky, 15, brother of
the driver; and Christine Porter,
15, sister of the Porter girl, were
all injured in the crash. Grindle
suffered a possible broken jaw,
Zelinsky a bruised right thigh
and a bloody nose, and Miss
Porter a possible broken leg,
bruises and contusions.
The patrol said the Oakley
vehicle was northbound on
Highway 101 and the Zelinsky
The Shelton City
Commission received a letter
nora the planning commission
members it*its nieeting Tuesday,
aSking for a legal opinion from
the city attorney concerning
their liability individually and
COllectively and who would bear
the cost of legal defense in case
of a suit over planning
commission actions.
The planning commission
aterabers said in the letter they
ef uld like the information
"I ore their next meeting August
" anti • • .
, if they did not get R,
Mr. and Mrs. Arttmr 13essette,
Chicago, Illinois and Mr. and
Mrs. George Porter, North
Carolina; great-grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.T. Coffey, North
Carolina, and great-grandfather,
Ed Wyatt, North Carolina.
A memorial service was held
at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shelton
Memorial Park Garden Chapel
with Reverend George Mitchell
officiating. Cremation, under the
direction of Batstone Funeral
Home, preceded the service,
William Zelinsky was born
September 21, 1961 in
Aberdeen. He was a student at
Shelton High School, a member
of the Young Democrats Club
and the Latter Day Saints
Church. He was employed by
Bent Nail Construction. He had
been a resident of Shelton for
the past seven years.
Survivors include his mother,
Patricia Zelinsky, Shelton; four
brothers, Richard Zelinsky of
Kent, Donald Zelinsky of
Yakima, Alan Zelinsky and
Walter Zelinsky, both of Shelton;
a stepbrother, Daniel Zelinsky of
Tacoma; four sisters, Glenda
Dana of Olympia, Gwytha
Wickett of San Diego, California,
Barbara Senko of Olympia and
Andrea Lopossa of Centralia;
two stepsisters, Mary Schuman
of Tacoma and Sandra Zelinsky
of Tacoma; grandmother, Myrtle
Vanderhoff, Seattle;
great-grandmother, Edith Whittle,
Seattle; and 16 nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held at
1 p.m. Wednesday at the Shelton
Latter Day Saints Church with
burial following in Shelton
Memorial Park.
Courthouse, city hall are
emptied by bomb threat
office dispatcher received the call
at 2:18 p.m. Tuesday. The caller
stated, "You pigs will be blown
up in one hour."
Sheriff Dan McNair said that,
after receiving the call, officers
from his department began a
search of the courthouse and he
notified other department heads
in the building.
The Mason County
Courthouse was closed shortly
after 3 p.m. Tuesday and the
Shelton City Commission
meeting was moved from the
meeting room in city hall to the
city engineer's office in another
building because of a bomb
threat call.
The Mason County sheriff's
vehicle southbound on Highway
101 when the two vehicles Lack of bids
collided head on.
An apparent mix-up on
communications on getting iS questioned
extrication equipment to the
scene of tile accident was
Prosecuting Attorney Byron
McClanahan said this week he is
looking into a recent $10,000
blacktopping project at the
Mason County Fairgrounds
which was done without having
bids on the work.
State law requires that any
project with a cost of more than
$3,500 has to be let out for
bids.
reported by the Mason County
sheriff's office, which said in a
report from a dispatcher that the
Shelton Fire Department would
not send the equipment out.
Shelton Fire Chief Allan
Nevitt said this appeared to be a
misunderstanding. His
department, he said, received a
request for a fire truck and the
dispatcher, •determining the
accident was in Fire District 13,
said he would notify that
department, which he did.
The Shelton Fire
Department, under a contract
':ztween the two departments,
provides dispatch service for
District 13.
Nevitt said when a second
request, about 15 minutes later,
was received asking for
extrication gear, two volunteers
were found to take a fire
department pickup with the
needed gear out to the scene.
The Shelton equipment was
used in the extrication, he said.
Fire District 13 also
responded with extrication gear
and a fire truck.
Fair Manager Scott Ballentine
said he ordered the work done
without asking for bids on it.
McClanahan said he believed
the contractor should be paid for
the ,work but that he intended to
get an itemized bill and compare
the cost to what other
contractors would have charged.
Ballentine said that after
being asked by the fair board to
check the cost of having the
work done, he had spoken to the
contractor who was already
working in the area and, since
the price he gave seemed
reasonable, he had contacted fair
board members he could reach
and they had approved the
Chamber of Commerce appeared The state patrol said Miss
-,Dr'son reform at the meeting to discuss the Porter was killed instantly and 26 sign petition
proposed sidewalk sale August 5. Zelinsky was pronounced dead
as He said the merchants would on arrival at Mason General g|v(Dn to county
Postponed two weeks like to close Railroad Avenue Hospital.
from Second to Fourth with the Miss Porter was born The Mason County
exception of the intersections February 6, 1964 in Waukegan, Commission has received a
and Cola from Second to Third. Illinois. She had lived in Shelton petition signed by 26 people
Byron McClanahan, among
others.
An invitation to accept a
white hat has been sent to Jack
LaRue of yaldma, the president.
of the Washington State
Association of Police Chiefs and
Sheriffs.
Barber also has alerted both
Time Magazine and US. News
and World Report.
By way of providing a public
means of informing key political
figures in Olympia of the
Whistleblower' message, which
basically decries the progressively
poorer security measures in the
corrections center and the
concomitant decline in therapy,
resident control and morale,
Barber has arranged with Western
Union to have statements sent to
Governor Dixy Lee Ray and/or
any of seven elected public
officials on behalf of any public
citizen willing to support the
cause.
To have a public opinion
message sent to the officials, one
need merely call 764-4596 in
Seattle and ask either that the
$2.95-per-message or the
tC:atT he much.ballyhooed Mason
nty "Whistleblowers" parade
was to have stormed the
pitol in Olympia this weekend
_ aavocate state prison reform
,as been postponed two weeks.
Retired Washington
COrrections Center sociologist
Obert Barber, conceiver of the
Plan and chief critic of what he
Calls the "prison bureaucratic
ariliP°ff," reports the delay will
-ow local service clubs to
organize in the absence of local
:rdinator Clive Troy, forced to
Wings by illness
,, The! parade and subsequent
White Hat"
...... ceremony, dunng
rUch select "ood t, uvs" arnona
LPr°minent nembe'rs of the
°Usiness and political
COmmunities will be presented
white hats symbolic of their
slPPort of the protest, will begin
,'J a.m. Saturday, July 29, at the
:apitol in Olympia.
c Already having "definitely
°rnmitted,, their support to the
says Barber, are Shelton
] alice Frank Rains, Sheriff Dan
ii [ McNair and Prosecuting Attorney
000000Forman00 condition fair
the hospital under treatment.
He was injured July 1 when
the car he was driving went into
Head,Canal near the Tacoma
City Light power plant at
Potlatch.
was removed from the car
by divers and taken to the
hospital after he was given
cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• " t S
i'#| helton physician Dr.
:l:rr.nett B. Forman, who was in
I[ |i,i _ucal condition in St. Peter
|asPttal in Olympia last week
]I ]refer a traffic accident, has been
--}|8Urne d to Mason General
,|: pital, where he was reported
|.l lair condition Wednesday.
ha, r. Forman was brought
,u/llla. " to Mason General last
'F tUraav evening and remains in
$2.per-message statement be
sent.
The more expensive message
reads, "You are respectfully
requested to don your white hat,
tendered by Shelton service
clubs, and declare your stand for
protection of society. Please
make every effort to officially
take part in ceremonies and the
parade, 'Storming the Bastille,'
with the theme, 'Rip off the
bureaucratic ripoff artists,' 10
a.m. to high noon Saturday, July
29."
The $2 message reads, "Don
your white hat and join the
Mason County Whistleblowers
parade."
The officials Barber has
chosen to include in the
telegraph arrangement are
Governor Ray; Representative
Brad Owen; State Senator John
Conner; Diane Oberquell,
chairperson of the Board of
Prison Terms and Paroles; John
Bagnariol, chairman of the House
Committee on Appropriations;
Senator Hubert Donahue, a
member of the Senate House
Committee on Appropriations;
Senator William Day, a member
of the Senate House Committee
on Corrections; and Ron Hanna,
chairman of the House
Committee on Corrections.
Although the parade and
ceremony have been postponed
two weeks, no other changes are
anticipated. And that means
there still will be a Miss
Bureaucrat Whistleblower. The
selection process will begin 6:30
p.m. at the SHS auditorium July
22 and coronation will be the
following night, same time and
place.
Fire Chief Allan Nevitt said the past seven years and had
he would request that no been a student at Shelton Middle
permanent displays be set up on School.
the north side of Railroad Survivors include her parents,
Avenue so a corridor would be Mr. and Mrs. James Porter,
(Please turn to page two.) Shelton; a sister, Christine
Porter. Shelton; Rrandoarents,
project.
Ballentine said he was unable
to contact County Commissioner
Floyd Cole, who is a member of
the fair board, to get his
opinion.
Ballentine said the fair board
members and others appear to be
satisfied the fair board got an
acceptable job and that the cost
was in line.
Money to pay for the
blacktopping will come from fair
revenue sources, Ballentine said.
Suit asks for
damages of
$100,000
A suit asking $100,000 in
damages has been filed in Mason
County Superior Court by a man
who was arrested in August,
1977 on a charge of driving a
stolen car.
Defendants in the suit, filed
by Michael Kitka, Aberdeen, are
Hilburn-Pauley Inc., a Shelton
automobile dealership.
Information filed with the
suit says Kitka was allowed to
take a car from the finn's car lot
for a test drive August 10, 1977
and that later the same day the
auto finn reported the vehicle as
stolen and Kitka was arrested.
The suit says he was held in
Mason County jail 50 days
because he could not make bail
and that at a jury trial on the
charge the jury took 15 minutes
to find Kitka not guilty.
concerned about the elimination
of the preventative education
programs of the Family Planning
Clinic. It was referred to the
Community Services Division of
the Division of Social and Health
Services.
County Commissioners Floyd
Cole and John Bariekman, after
beirg notified of the call, came
to the courthouse and, after a
brief emergency meeting and
consultation with Prosecuting
Attorney Byron McCianahan,
agreed to close courthouse
offices for the remainder of the
day.
McNair said employes of his
office remained on the job and
prisoners were not evacuated
from the jail on the tlfird floor.
The sheriff's dispatcher
notified the Shelton police
department and Police Chief
Frank Rains notified Mayor
James Lowery at the city
commission meeting which was
in progress.
After a brief consultation in
private, the city commissioners
returned to the meeting and
Lowery announced that the
meeting would be recessed at3
p.m. and reconvene in the city
engineer's office.
City police and fire officers
searched city hall and city
employes left tile building briefly
and then returned to work.
Lowery stated, when
announcing the decision to move
the commission meeting, that
since the caller did not refer to a
specific building and apparently
only to law.enforcement officers,
the commission action was being
taken as a precautionary
measure.
Certified
receives
bomb call
A search of the area after a
bomb threat call at Certified
Manufacturing Company at
Sanderson Field turned up no
evidence of any explosives, the
Mason County sheriffs office
reported.
The call was received by the
Certified office about 12:20 p.m.
Monday. The caller identified
himself as a member of the
George Jackson Brigade and said
a bomb had been planted
somewhere in the area.
FRIENDLY WATER WARFARE is waged at Kneeland Park.