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Edward J. Logue" wa~ given a
two-year suspended sentence by
Judge Hewitt Henry last Thursday
when he went on trial in Mason
County Superior Court for the
illegal sale of $5 worth of
amphetamines.
Logue pleaded guilty to the
charge of selling the
amphetamines to a drug agent. A
second charge of selling cocaine
was dropped by the prosecuting
attorney when Logue agreed to
change his plea from not guilty to
guilty on the first charge.
Logue's attorney, Jerome
Buzzard, outlined the
circumstances surrounding
Logue's arrest and also told the
court Logue's present position in
life. He asked the judge for
leniency.
Logue, said Buzzard, was
approached at the place he
worked by a man who identified
himself as a diver who wanted
some drugs to keep him warm
when he went diving in cold
water. Logue told the man that he
didn't have the amphetamines the
man wanted, but he might be able
to get some. The man contacted
Logue in person three times and
another time by phone until
f'mally Logue purchased $5 worth
of amphetamines from a friend to
give to the man, said the attorney.
Buzzard said Logue was
working at two jobs and was
going to school simultaneously at
the time he was arrested. He lost
both jobs because of the arrest.
Logue is not a drug user nor a
purveyor of drugs, said Buzzard.
He is 30 years old, married with a
child, has a bachelor of arts
degree from The Evergreen State
College, was honorably discharged
from the Air Force and had no
previous felony record. Logue has
done counseling of drug addicts
and users for years on a volunteer
basis, said Buzzard.
Logue took the stand in his
own defense and explained that
he did not sell the drugs for a
profit; in fact, he didn't ask the
drug agent for any money. He
said he was happy with the snails
that the drug agent brought him.
The agent left $5 on the table and
Logue picked it up later, he said.
The defendant also said he
had just secured another job in
California and it would be a
hardship on him to be thrown in
jail because he would lose another
job. He had hoped to move his
family to California on Friday
(the next day) he said.
The prosecuting attorney
recommended Logue be
incarcerated for not less than 90
days.
Buzzard told the court that if
Logue wasn't a good risk for
probation and leniency, it would
be hard to find someone who is.
He realized his mistake and
doesn't plan to make the same
one again, said the attorney.
He also 'asked that Logue be
allowed to go free instead of to
jail because Logue promised him a
ride back to Olympia that
afternoon.
Henry agreed that Logue
should be granted leniency and
gave him a two-year, suspended
sentence on the conditions that
he have good behavior, not
associate with those involved with
drugs, and not possess any
controlled substances.
Henry said Logue appeared to
have "'picked himself up by the
bootstraps, gotten a job, and
progressed." He ordered Logue to
pay the cost of prosecution ($32).
And he said that his decision
had nothing to do with the fact
that Logue had promised to give
Buzzard a ride back to Olympia
that day.
LEON SHELTON, 75, has come back to visit the city named for his
grandfather, David Shelton.
ton' grandson visits
The grandson of David
Shelton, town founder, is in
Shelton for a visit for the first
time since 1915.
Leon Shelton, 75, whose
father, levi, was the son of David,
is a resident of Tacoma and has
been retired for 13 years.
leon said his father was a
timber cruiser, a surveyor who
informs timber companies of the
amount of harvestable timber on
a tract of land. levi began in the
business at the age of 16 as a
timber failer.
In 1875 Levi went to Seattle
to look for a second wife. He
found her working as a maid for
the hotel in which he stayed.
They then moved to Orting,
Washington, where Leon was
born, and moved to Tacoma six
months afterwards.
Leon said, "Tacoma was
where he got all his work; the
railroad came in there. He cruised
all the land for Fort Lewis where
they were going to built it up.
"He's one logger who didn't
drink," said leon.
Most of Leon's brothers and
sisters were so much older than he
thai they died long ago, as have
many of their children, leon said
he has lost track of his relatives
because of this. He never married.
The closest Leon came to
working in the woods was as a
bull cook, taking care of the
bunkhouses. He did a lot of
restaurant work in California,
and in Tacoma worked as a mail
carrier and an elevator operator.
Leon said things have changed
greatly in Shelton since he was
last here. He used to visit his
uncle who had property near the
present-day Safeway. Leon
referred to the area as "up on the
hill in the woods."
Travis
files for
mayor
A shoreline permit requested
by Frank G. Bruer to build a dock
171 feet out into Hood Canal was
denied by the Mason County
commissioners Monday after they
heard testimony at hearings last
week and this week.
Last week's hearing was
continued until Monday and
groups of protesters were at each
meeting. A majority of those
testifying at the hearings believed
the proposed dock was too long
for a 60-foot lot and would be
unsightly.
Commissioner Bill Hunter
moved that the permit be denied
because of the proposed dock's
large size in proportion to the
Bruer lot and his motion was
approved unanimously. He said
the commissioners' decision can
be appealed to the Shorelines
Hearing Board in Olympia.
In other business, the
commissioners:
- Got a memo from the State
Highway Commission which said
Mason County's share of the gas
tax receipts from 1976 would be
estimated at $529,000.
- Signed a contract
agreement with the Bureau of
Indian Affairs to house Indian
prisoners sentenced from the
Skokomish and Squaxin Island
Tribal Courts in the county jail.
- Passed a motion to increase
the insurance on the new
recreation building at the Mason
County fairgrounds to $120,000
as the result of a letter from
Rocky Hembroff Agency that
stated replacement cost would be
$120,158.
- Heard from County Planner
Jim Connolly who said the owner
of the Blue Heron Condominiums
on Hood Canal has sent him
copies of the plat certificate from
the condominiums. ConnoUy
added that Blue Heron
representatives would like to
appear before the commissioners
next Monday with estimates of
the cost of bonds for the sewer
system.
- Asked the county
prosecutor to check the attorney
general's opinion as to who has
jurisdiction over the waters in
Mason County. The
commissioners want that
information before they make a
decision on whether or not to set
speed limits on Tee, Haven and
Wooten Lakes. A hearing at the
commission meeting last week
showed that a lot of the people
on those lakes
take care of their
and many don't
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A~-petition signed by over
sixty ,percent of the registered
voters of Harstine Island was
presented by Bob Phillips of
Hartstene Pointe to the
commissioners of Mason County
Fire Protection District 5 at their
regular meeting last week, asking
that Harstine and McMicken
Islands be annexed to the fire
district. Residents of Harstine
Island had attended previous
meetings of the fire
commissioners to ask if they
would be accepted in the district
if petitions were circulated and
had received an affirmative reply.
it was stated at that time that a
fire engine purchased by
Hartstene Pointe would be turned
over to the district.
The petition was accepted by
the board which concurred with
the request and will be examined
by the county auditor to verify
the validity of the signatures. If
the petition is valid, it will be
presented to the county
commissioners for approval of the
annexation.
Viger dies
of overdose
(Continued from page one.)
1949. He was employed by
Frank A. Travis filed to retain
his post as mayor of Shelton this
week.
Travis is a 50-year Shelton
resident who was born in
Washington. He attended Irene S.
Reed High School, Lakeside and
the University of Washington. He
is a World War II veteran with five
years of wartime service.
For the past 18 years, he has
been in business as the owner of
Washington Evergreen Company.
Travis listed these projects as
being instigated during his last
term of office: a new addition to
the firehall and a new fire engine
which have resulted in a lowering
Simpson Timber Company.
Survivors include his wife,
Retta, of Union; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Russell (Butch) Viger of
Arecibo, Puerto Rico; three
sisters, Mrs. Marel Current of Oak
Harbor, Washington and Janet
Viger and Peggy Viger, both of
Shelton; a brother, James, of
Shelton; and many other relatives.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Batstone Funeral
Home.
of fire insurance premiums and
has improved protection of life
and property for city residents; a
500,000-gallon reservoir was put
on the water system to insure
fire-flow capacity and ease
domestic demand; a new well was
acquired to augment the reservoir;
three limited improvement
districts were formed for paving
projects with tWO of them
completed and one now in
progress.
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