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Shelton, Washington
August 28, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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David and Nancy Striplin, Shelton, pleaded guilty to charges of possession of controlled substances when they appeared in Mason County Superior Court Wednesday afternoon. Striplin pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of less than 40 grams of marijuana, a misdemeanor, and Mrs. Striplin pleaded guilty to possession of amphetamines, a felony, and possession of less than 40 grams of marijuana. Pre-sentence reports were ordered for both of them before they are sentenced on the charges. The guilty pleas came after a jury had been selected for their trial Wednesday morning. The jury was dismissed about noon Wednesday after they had been selected and before testimony started. The Striplins returned to court in the afternoon to plead guilty to the charges. Judge Frank Baker, after a hearing last Thursday, ruled that a search warrant which had been used to search their home in the Lost Lake area was legal. Shelton attorney Gerald Whitcomb, who represented Mr. and Mrs. Striplin, had argued to the court that the information on which District Court Judge Pro-Tern Joe Snyder signed the warrant last April was not sufficient t0r him to have signed it. Deputy Sheriff" Brian Schoening testified at the hearing City rejects speed limit change The Shelton City C o m m i s s i o n , o n t h e recommendation of City Engineer Howard Godat, decided Tuesday night to keep the speed limits on the Hillcfest ttill at the present speed. The commission had been asked at a meeting previously to consider raising the limit to 35 miles an hour to conform to a new limit on the Arcadia Road. The present limit is 30 miles an hour in part of the area and 25 miles an hour in part. (;oda! told the commission he had dlecked and found that the speed linut was pretty well being obeyed and recommended it not be changed~ Money donated to Pee Wees The Mason County Peewee organization received an additional $100 boost to its fund-raising efforts conducted at the Mason County Fair. Thomas Creekpaum, chief criminal deputy with the Mason ('aunty Sheriff's Office, said he had donated the $100 he was paid to provide night security at the fairgrounds to the Peewee group. Creekpaum said he was on vacation from his shedff's office duties while handling the 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. security shift. Picnic planned The Skokomish Community Chinch will hold its annual picnic at Panhandle Lake Saturday, commencing at !0 a.m., ram or shine. It will be potluck. Friends are invited. Take your own tableware. eET IT8810NAL tmm mJ=! (AJl,.itpmlf .) Coast to Coast 126 So. Second that he had contacted Snyder, a Shelton attorney, about the search warrant and had presented an affidavit in which he stated he had information from an informant who had been in the Striplin home within the 48 hours previous to that and had observed drugs. Schoening also testified he had told Snyder the informant from whom he had received the information had been used in the past and had been reliable. Snyder, called as a witness by Whitcomb, said he did not recall Schoening telling him about the reliability of the informant, although they had discussed the basis for the warrant. laries inve The Shelton police are investigating two burglaries over the weekend in which narcotics were taken. Officers were called to the Evergreen Drug Center Saturday morning after it was found the John A. Walker, 20, Hyannis, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree assault when he appeared in Mason County Superior Court Thursday. Walker was accused of assaulting Gerald Johnson with a knife last June 27 at Taylor Towne. Before he pleaded guilty to the charge, Deputy Prosecutor Gary Burleson amended the information to delete the section of the charge which made the knife legally a deadly weapon. Burleson and Shelton attorney James Sawyer, who represented Walker, told the court a pre-sentence report in the case would be waived and that Walker could be sentenced immediately. He had been in jail since June 27 when he was arrested. Sawyer told the court Walker had no previous criminal record and that he was a certified welder. The young man, Sawyer said, had decided to seek work in some other area than the East Coast and had started west. He met a juvenile girl in Kansas City and the two of them hitchhiked to Seattle together and, being unable to find work, decided to go to California. They hitchhiked to Ft. Lewis where Walker bought a bottle of liquor. They were intending to follow Highway lOl south rather than the interstate because hitchhiking is prohibited on much of the interstate. Somehow, they made a wrong turn and ended up at Taylor Towne where the enounter with Johnson occurred. Walker, the attorney said, was stabbed in the leg four times with his own knife during the scuffle. Sawyer told the court Walker wants to return to Massachusetts as soon as possible. Judge Baker gave Walker a two-year deferred sentence with 60 days in the county jail with store had been broken into. Officers were told the break-in occurred some time between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 8:50 a.m. Sunday. Entry was gained by prying the double doors to the building IS credit for the 56 days he has served since his arrest. The judge also asked that local parole authorities contact parole authorities in Massachusetts to arrange parole supervision there before Walker is released. Bina has parole revoked Gregory Bina, 25, Shelton, was committed to the Washington Corrections Center by Judge Frank Baker after his parole had been revoked after a hearing before the judge Thursday. Bina had been given a deferred sentence in November, 1973 on a charge of grand larceny. During the hearing Friday he admitted he had not reported to his parole officer regularly, had not paid the cost of prosecution and the $150 he was ordered to pay into the current expense fund of Mason County, and continued to use marijuana while he was on probation. Bina had been arrested earlier this summer on a charge of possession of more than 40 grams of marijuana and has been held in Mason County jail on a parole hold. Bina was represented by Olympia attorney Ed Holm. Speaker set Bob Crowther, missionary candidate in the Mercy Airlift under the World Gospel Crusade, will speak at the 11 a.m. service at the Skokomish Community Church Sunday. open. A bottle containing several hundred Percodan tablets was taken, officers were told. The second call was from the Money Saver store, where it was reported that $49.95 in cash and a quantity of narcotics were taken some time between noon and 11 p.m. Sunday. An employee of the store called officers about 11:20 p.m. Sunday after discovering the burglary. Officers are also investigating a report of an attempted burglary of the Homewood Nursery on Mt. View. Martin Felix, the owner of the business, told officers he had discovered someone in the nursery and had attempted to hold the person until officers arrived but was unable to do so. The person who was in the nursery got into a vehicle with some other persons and drove away, officers were told. Monday holiday for many City, county, state and federal government offices along with most businesses in Mason County will be closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday. The State Driver's License Office will be closed Saturday for the holiday. The office is normally closed Monday and, since the holiday falls on that day, the office will be closed Saturday for the holiday. The Post Office will observe its usual holiday schedule with no rural or city delivery. Mail will arrive at and leave the Post Office on the holiday schedule. For Sale Canning Pears & Peaches Tomatoes & Prunes Vegetables Two miles from Allyn, towards Shelton on Highway 3. n .............. Beautiful fish, dressed, head on. Fillets, steaks or masts cut from your fish at no additional charge. ICE PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE Location Drive north of sheltOn on Highway 10l to junction of Highway I06. We're on 106 just east of junction. Call Ahead! Your order ready when you arrive. 877-9246 Open 7 days a week/ We ship anywhere/ IIII III P:qe 2 - Sheltot~-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 28, 1975 Shelton schools to get $260,000 from state The Shelton School District will get an estimated $260,617 in additional money from the state from the $65 million for special levy relief which was voted by the State Legislature earlier this summer, Superintendent Louis Grinnell told the school board at a special meeting Tuesday night. Grinnell said he had been informed by state school officials Shelton would get $82.50 per full-time equivalent student. The board met with negotiators for the Shelton Education Association during the meeting to confirm an agreement they had arrived at earlier this year that 55 percent of any additional money received from the state would be used for teacher salary increases. Grinnell told the board this would be about $143,000 of the money the district anticipates which would go into teacher salary increases. The board asked Grinnell to prepare information and the necessary legal steps for implementing the salary increase to present to the board at its September 9 meeting. The board spent most of the time during its special meeting going over the present district policy manual to update and revise it. UNION 76 REGULAR from ...... Zinc Plated S 1/4"& 5/8" Alber's Feed 50 Ibs. now .............. flat • to criminal Denise Thielbar, Renton, pleaded guilty to a charge of trafficking with a prisoner, in Mason County Superior Court Thursday morning. She appeared before Judge Frank Baker on the charge. She was accused of giving or attempting to give intoxicating liquor to an inmate of the Washington Corrections Center last July 6. Judge Baker, at the request of her attorney, James Sawyer, Shelton, ordered a pre-sentence report before she is sentenced on mrges the charge. Also appearing in Superior Court Friday to plead guilty to criminal charges was James Kelly, Shelton, who pleaded guilty to a charge of sale of a controlled substance. He was accused of selling marijuana to a drug agent last February 13. Judge Baker also ordered a pre-sentence report prepared on Kelly. Kelly was also represented by Sawyer. les ................ box ................... • S Walla Walla 50 lb. sack OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK (7 miles W. of Shelton on the Matlock 426-5195 DAY SEPTEMBER 1st Oil or latex For new wood or re-do. OLYMPIC STAIN is one of the most beautiful things you can do for wood. It lets the natural grain and texture show through while it penetrates for protection. And it never cracks, peels or blisters. Buy 4 gallons now. and we'll give you a 5th gallon free! Old paint a problem? Dont repaint on the Overcoat! 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