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July 13, 1978     Shelton Mason County Journal
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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. I YOUR HOUSING SUPERMARKET * Double wides from .... . Single 14' wides from.. '13,950 '10,450 Service & set up by our own people. Price includes delivery & set up. Sundays g Evenings by appoin Bremetton Hlway 3 at Gorst  . 377. 4461 Homes Page 2. Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 13, 1978 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. If you're ready br a Radial, you're more than ready for the affordable radial. We can put you on a set of our Bandag radial retreads br half the cost of new radials. And we'll give you a written 25,000-mile guarantee. We hand make each retread.., and stand behind it. , You can't afford not to check out our Bandag radials. First & Cota, Shelton 4264104 Hwy. 3 {Poulabo Jct.), Poulsbo, 779-7771 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. "I g Husqvarna SAEGER MOTOR SHOP 1306 Olympic Hwy. S. 426-4602 TRIPS: July 17 - Ocean beaches, brown bag lunch, bring your cameras. July 19 - Northwest Trek. July 20 Longacres. call on demand -- 426-2568 :ENTER NEWS AVAILABLE TO ALL SENIOR ICITIZENS AT NO COST: ,Outreach Assistance, Telephone Reassurance, Chore Service, Notary, Assistance with Forms, Information. & Referral. 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." Thank you, Les, for this spacel Space Courtesy of Les Rodgers Owner/Operator IllPlll