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$5 million school
budget is approved
T he Shelton School Board at recommend purchase be
its meeting Tuesday night considered in the spring when
approved a budget for the the district's financial picture is
1978-79 school year of almost more certain.
$5 million in hs general fund. The budget which was
Superintendent Louis approved by the school board
Grinnell told the board the has estimated revenue of
budget has a contingency fund $238,967 from the special levy
of four to eight percent built approved by the voters of the
into it to keep the district on a district earlier this year;
sound financial basis. $520,000 in county-administered
Grinnell said the budget was funds; $3,270,164 in state funds;
based on an enrollment of 37 $472,400 in federal funds;
less than last year. The district, $33,000 in local non-tax
he said, saw a steady decline in revenue; $146,800 in local
enrollment from the start of reimbursements; $133,5.00 in
school during the rest of the federal reimbursements; and
school year. $15,000 in payments from other
The enrollment estimate, on districts, with total revenue of
which estimated state funding is $4,998,831.
based, is conservative, Grinnell Anticipated expenditures
said. State payments are based total $4,993,777, including
on the actual enrollment the first $2,843,352 for basic education,
day of each month, the $310,900 for handicapped
superintendent said. programs, $189,305 for
Grinnell said the Shelton vocational programs, $40,573 for
district, along with other districts miscellaneous state programs,
in the state, saw a decrease in $198,083 for federal programs,
state funding for vocational $36,382 for other programs,
programs this year. $798,439 for general supportive
The budget has funds for the services, $221,445 for general
purchase of a new school bus, supportive services and $355,298
Grinnell said, but that he would for pupil transportation.
Wilderness plan EIS
comments are asked
With the release on June 15 acres are involved.
of The Draft Environmental The basic decision to be
Statement (DES), the Forest made, Beaubien said, is which
Service's Roadless Area Review areas should be recommended
and Evaluation (RARE ll) for wilderness, which should be
entered its second major phase used for non-wilderness purposes
of pubfic involvement, and which should be subjected
An inventory of all roadless to further planning.
areas was compiled with the aid Extensive mailings of the
of the public last summer. D.E.S. and explanatory material
According to Forest began on June 15. Beaubien
Supervisor, Richard D. Beaubien, expects all Ranger stations on
interested parties will have until the Olympic National Forest will
October 1, 1978, to review the be fully briefed on the process
ares in question and sent their and able to handle any questions
comments to the Regional by June 23. Copies of the D.E.S.
Forester. are also being distributed to all
Nine areas, totalling 155,028 Regional Library systems.
acres are on the Olympic' Open houses to provide more
National Forest. Nation-wide, explanations will be scheduled
2,686 areas covering 62 million for midJuly.
Resignation threat is:,
given by planning group
(Continued from page one.)
left so an emergency vehicle
could get through if necessary.
Smith said that usually car
dealers brought new cars down
for display along that side of the
street.
it was agreed a strip could be
kept open to allow passage of
emergency vehicles.
Dick Oltman, also from the
Chamber of Commerce, appeared
to state the chamber would have
only one suggestion on the
proposed signed parking plan
which would be to remove the
block from Fourth to Fifth on
Cota from the signed parking.
Mike Gibson asked if the
commission could look into the
cost of having the parking lot at
the Lincoln Gym paved and
lighted.
Calvin was asked to look
into both of the suggestions.
The commission agreed to
renew an agreement for fire
protection in a part of Fire
District 16 for another six
months. The area which the city
Is being asked to respond is
smaller than in the previous
contract, Don Smith, a member
of the Fire District 16
Commission, said, since the
district now has a fire truck
which covers part of the area.
The amount of money paid
would remain the same for the
smaller area, the commission was
told.
Commissioner Brad Owen
abstained from voting, stating he
owned property in the area.
A shoreline management
permit for Simpson Timber
Company for the construction of
two additional dry kilns on the
waterfront was approved by the
commission.
Park Board Chairman Sandy
Jones presented the commission
with a proposal for a fee charge
for ue of city park department
facilities for groups which charge
the public for events which they
hold in them.
The commission asked Fuller
to prepare a proposed ordinance
on the fee plan.
Owen asked that the
ordinance provide a means for
the city to grant a waiver of the
fee.
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SANDY JONES, chairman of the Shelton Park Board,
accepts a check for $240 from Clive Troy on behalf of the
Kiwanis Club of Mason County Seniors. The money is to
help pay for paint for the Lincoln Gym.
Lincoln gym getting
new coat of paint
The old Lincoln Gym on
Cota Street is getting a new coat
of paint this week.
The building is now under
the City Parks and Recreation
Board and is used for
community activities.
A crew from the Washington
Corrections Center has been
working on the painting project,
Sandy Jones, chairman of the
park board, said.
Mrs. Jones this week
accepted a donation of $240
from the Kiwanis Club of Mason
County Seniors to be used
toward the purchase of paint for
the project. The check was
presented by Clive Troy, a
member of the Kiwanis Club.
The donation, Mrs. Jones
said, will partially cover the cost
of paint for the building.
The building is being painted
a harvest gold color with white
the Shelton Kiwanis Club which
was formed the same year,
putting on the roof and assisting
with putting in the floor.
The building was used by the
school district for physical
education classes and athletic
turnouts for the Evergreen
Elementary School and the
junior high school.
The school district no longer
used the building after the high
school moved into its new
facilities in the fall of 1974,
which left the former high
school gymnasium available for
the elementary and middle
school.
The school district traded the
building and the property on
which it sits to the City of
Shelton shortly before it no
longer needed the facilities.
The city originally acquired
the location with the intention
trim, she said° of tearing the building down an ,
The building was built; in:,, using the site for a new city
1924 and dedicated January 2;; library.
1925.
Bids for the lumber were
asked on March 14, 1924 and
ground was broken March 23,
1924.
The work was done with day
labor with donated labor from
After the bond issue, which
would have financed the new
library, was defeated the city
turned the building over to its
park department, which has been
working toward renovating it for
use for community activities.
Regional planning
group hears reports
The Mason County Regional
Planning Council heard reports
on several items when it met at
Mason General Hospital last
Thursday morning.
Kathy Hunter from the
regional planning office
presented a report on the status
of the comprehensive plan for
the county which the regional
planning staff is developing.
She said draft goals and
policies have been written up
and are being reviewed by the
county planning commission,
which will hold meetings in each
of the four sub-areas this month
to get local area views.
Lon Wyrick, Trident
coordinator for the county,
reported on fund grants which
are in the process for Trident
impact funds.
Deputy Fire Marshal Vic
Paolino reported that proposals
have been received from
consulting finns on developing a
county-wide addressing system.
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County dog control slated for
November ballot proposal vote
Voters in unincorporated
areas in Mason County will have
the chance to express their
opinions on three questions
concerning animal control on the
November general election ballot.
The commission at its
meeting Monday voted to put
the questions on an advisory
ballot for the general election.
The commission said it was
putting the issue on the
November ballot rather than the
September primary ballot
because a higher voter turnout
was anticipated in the general
election and the cost to the
county would be less.
The three questions which
will be on the ballot are:
Are you in favor of Mason
County instituting licensing
requirements for dogs at the
individual owner's expense?
Are you in favor of a leash
law for dogs in Mason County?
Are you in favor of
establishing an animal control
facility in Mason County
partially supported by public
funds?
The commission had an
advisory vote on the ballot last
fall concerning dog licensing and
an animal shelter.
The commission at its
meeting the previous week stated
it had indications the proposal
was confusing to voters and that
voters in the City of Shelton,
which already has dog licensing,
voted on the question.
The county dog licensing
proposal would apply only to
those living outside the city
limits of Shelton.
Voting on the questions this
time will be limited to only
those outside the city limits of
Shelton.
The commission action
Monday came after a meeting
with representatives of the
Mason County Citizens For
Animals, which has been trying
for two years to get an animal
shelter built and an animal
control ordinance adopted by
the county.
The commission heard a
letter from County Engineer
Marley Young in which he stated
he did not believe the four acres
of property adjacent to the
county shop should be used for
the animal shelter. The county,
he said, can foresee the need for
more space for its county shop
operation with a change in state
law passed by the last session of
the legislature which "allows for
the county to handle all of its
vehicles in one motor pool
operation.
He stated if expansion was
necessary, the area which had
been proposed for use as an
"animal shelter was the only one
which would allow for having
the operation all in one area and
not divided by a road.
The county, he said, has
other property in the same area,
across the John's Prairie Road
and across the Capitol Hill Road
from the shop.
He stated he would have no
objection to the use of parts of
either of these two areas if the
commission wanted to let it be
used.
Louise Guyton, one of the
MCCFA representatives attending
the meeting, stated the area
adjacent to the county shop had
been proposed by the county
connnission, not by MCCFA, and
that MCCFA had accepted the
proposal in good faith and had
made plans based on the use of
it. It appears, she said, that the
group has wasted the two years
spent in planning for the
proposed shelter.
Commissioner Floyd Cole
stated the population in the
county is expanding more
rapidly than anticipated and the
county road operations appear to
need to be increased. This
growth, he said, has accelerated
in the past two years since the
proposal was made.
He also stated, in response to
Mrs. Guyton, that he was not
certain of the precise amount of
area across the roads from the
shop, and that the commission is
not ready to commit any specific
area for the animal shelter.
Glen Guyton, another of the
MCCFA representatives, stated if
the group had known three years
ago the county-owned site would
not be available they would have
looked for some other area
which could have been leased or
obtained through donation.
Deputy Prosecutor John
Buckwalter told the commission
he had studied the lease
proposed by MCCFA and that
legally the county could not
enter into such a lease.
He said there are precise
regulations set out in state law
for the county to follow in
leasing property and these must
be followed.
These laws, he said, call for
public hearings on the proposed
area to be leased and for public
bids with the lease going to the
highest bidder.
In answer to a question from
Guyton, he stated that even
though the county had
recognized the MCCFA as an
animal-control group and in
effect the proposed shelter
would be a county facility, the
group was still a private
corporation and the lease laws
would have to be followed.
The county, he L mid, ,could
build the Shelter itself and then
contract with MCCFA to operate
animal control for the county.
A man who was attending
the commission meeting stated
he favored animal control but
believed it should be operated by
the county, not a private group.
Guyton said the reason the
group had been working toward
a private operation for animal
control was because the sheriffs
office was not funded or staffed
to handle animal problems.
The MCCFA representatives
stated the cost of the shelter
would come from grants, private
donations and other sources, and
that no public money would be
involved in the construction.
Two others attending the
meeting expressed the view that
any animal control progranl
should be done by the county,
not a private group.
The commissioners also
questioned whether the money
from license fees would be
enough to pay for the operation
The
affordable
radial.
Bandag highway radials
from $30 to $45.
of the shelter.
Mrs. Guyton stated the
amount the MCCFA had asked
from the county in its contract
proposal would not cover the
cost of operation, but that the
intention was that additional
money would come from
donations and other sources and
not from county money.
Several others attending the
meeting stated the shelter was
badly needed and there was a
problem in the county with
animal control.
Guyton stated he was
opposed to putting the issue on
the ballot again, since it had
already been on once, and the
commissioners had the
establish a license ordinance.
The commissioners
they wanted to get an ex
of public opinion before
what to do.
Cole stated at a
community meeting he
attended, at which 47
were present, he had asked
show of hands and only
favored a dog license and a
law. Of these, 90
changed their minds when
if it should be done when
license fees would not
of the cost of enforcement
shelter operation.
Joe Anderson
Paul Beckley
Two new troopers
loin local patrol
Two Washington State Patrol Beckley is a native
troopers who completed their Cashmere and graduated
training at the State Patrol highschool there. He
Academy here and were Wenatchee Valley Colic
graduated June 27 have been was a logger before
assigned to the Mason County patrol.
Detachment of the patrol. He served two years
They are Joe Anderson and cadet with the patrol in
Paul Beckley. before starting his
Anderson is a native of training.
southern California, coming to He is married.
Washington in 1969.
r-"
He graduated from Olympia 'Hus00amall
High School and has an associate
of arts degree from Ft.
Steilacoom Community College. II 380CD
He served in the patrol as a
cadet 3½ years before starting
his academy training.
During that time he was
assigned one year in Tacoma in
radio work, six months at the
Bellevue Communications Center
and a year and 10 months in
executive security at the
Governor's Mansion in Olympia.
He is married and the father
of two children.
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MONDAY, July 17:
Lunch, Kamilche, noon.
Telephone conference,
9:30 a.m., Shelton
Center.
TUESDAY, July 18:
Lunch, noon, Belfair.
Live music at 11 a.m.
Lunch, noon, Shelton.
Painting class, 1 p.m.
Weight Watchers, 7:30
p.m.
Aging Conference -
Staff.
WEDNESDAY, July 19:
Lunch, noon, Shelton.
Live music, 11:00.
Blood pressure, 1 p.m.
Pinochle Club, 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, July 20:
Lunch, noon, Belfair.
Live music, 11:00.
Blood pressure, 1 p.m.
Lunch, noon, Shelton.
Kiwanis program.
FRIDAY, July 21:
Lunch, noon, Kamilche.
Blood pressure, 1 p.m.
Card Club, noon.
Swim & Exercise Club,
1 p.m., Evergreen College.
Potluck, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, July 22:
Dance, IWA Hall, 8 p.m.
"Red Eye Express."
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