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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.
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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
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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.
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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/
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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 ..............
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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.
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S Walla Walla
50 lb. sack
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(7 miles W. of Shelton on the Matlock
426-5195
DAY SEPTEMBER 1st
Oil or
latex
For new wood or re-do. OLYMPIC
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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
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Old paint a problem? Dont repaint
on the Overcoat! It's guaranteed
house paint! Try it If you're not
lust return the remainder of your first
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Buy 4 gallons now. and we'll give you
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Demonstration Saturday
pic Stain
from 10 a.m. 'til 2 p.m.
Bring your painting questions to Lumbermen's this Saturday and have
answered by an expert. Learn which Olympic Stain is best for your home and hO~
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NOTE. Specta/ly marked $4 off Redwood Stain andS3 off Outside White ca ns
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first & pine 426.2611
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