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of Mason General
new fully-operational
heliport is set for
31, at 1:30 p.m.,
States Army
scheduled to fly in
eremonies.
located 220 feet
emergency
Permit helicopters to
take off under almost
COnditions. Transfer
from helicopters to
JOins can be made by
on hard-surfaced
level.
speaks to the
J. Koden of
State Emergency
who helped with
of the facility. "It
any of the
which may be
rescue activities in the
said.
officials are pleased
)ad because
delivery of
hikers, boaters,
~s well as any other
need emergency
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re, Was designed
Federal Aviation
criteria and the
it as to safety
the use of
he heliport is the
state. There are
around, and
to page nine.)
A MAST HELICOPTER approaches the new heliport which will be used to
bring emergency patients in to Mason General Hospital.
Thursday, August 30, 1973 Eighty-seventh Year, Number 35 34 Pages - 4 Sections Ten Cents Per Copy
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A 30-day extension was
granted by the county
commission to Simpson Timber
Company Monday night on its
request for relocation of a part of
its log storage area in Oakland
Bay.
The request for the extension
came from Henry Sandstrom,
Arlen Cuzick, a Mason
County Jail and Washington
Corrections Center inmate, was
scheduled for surgery in Mason
General Hospital Wednesday
afternoon for a bowel
obstruction, hospital authorities
said.
Cuzick has been in the
hospital since August 20 when he
was operated on to remove a
razor blade he had swallowed
while in the Mason County jail.
operations manager-Northwest,
for the company. Sandstrom said
since the first hearing a week ago,
the company has received a
number of alternative suggestions
and others were received at the
hearing Monday night.
He asked the extension to give
the company time to study these
Cuzick was transferred from
the Washington Corre, ctions
Center to the county jail after
escape charges were flied against
him after he went over the fence
at the corrections center.
Sheriff's deputies have been
maintaining a 24-hour guard over
Cuzick since his hospitalization at
Mason General and will continue
to do so until he is able to be
transferred back to the
corrections center.
alternatives and come up with a
proposal which would bring less
objections from property owners
on the bay.
One proposal which is being
looked at, he said, is the use of
the area around the inner harbor
line along the bay above the city
dock.
The major objection to the
company's proposal to add 1,000
feet to the Chapman Cove storage
area while eliminating all storage
on Munson Point is that the
additional distance would be out
into the deep water channel in the
bay, causing further hazards to
boating.
Sandstrom outlined log
storage history in the bay, which
he said'began in 1853 and has
continued ever since.
He stated the start-up of the
dryland log sorting yard near
Lake Nahwatzel had made it
possible for Simpson to greatly
reduce sorting in the water arid
has reduced the amount of
storage area needed. He said the
practice of bundling the logs had
helped to eliminate the problems
of floating bark, broken logs and
sunken logs and that the company
has been working toward the
elimination of those logs which
are loose in the bay.
(Please turn to page two.)
Schools to
start Tuesday
School will start lor most
Mason County students Tuesday
morning, ending the summer
vacation,,
Shelton schools will open
with a full-day session the first
day.
Bus routes will be about the
same as at the close of school last
year.
The Shelton City
Commission, by a 2-1 vote
Tuesday night, decided to put a
$355,000 bond issue for
construction of a new city library
building on the November 6
general election ballot.
Mayor Frank Travis and
Commissioner Dave Kneeland
voted in favor of putting the issue
on the ballot while Commissioner
Mike Byrne voted against it.
The action followed a
presentation by Frank Maranville,
chairman of the city library
board, in which he presented a
recommendation from the library
board that the bond issue be put
on the ballot.
Maranville also stated he had
received a letter from Simpson
Timber Company renewing its
pledge of $100,000 toward the
construction of the new facility if
the bond issue is approved.
The bond issue for the new
library building was on the ballot
last November and failed to get
the required 60 percent majority
vote by a narrow margin.
Maranville said the library
board had evaluated the past
election and found there appeared
to be two major objections from
those who opposed it. They were
that people outside the city used
the library without charge and
that the building was too
expensive.
Maranville stated a charge for
use of the library for
out-of-the-city residents had been
instituted and discussions had
been held with Timberland
Regional Library about service to
county patrons.
He said the library board had
studied the plans for the proposed
building and had determined
there was no way the size could
be cut and still have a workable
library.
Maranville said the architect
had recommended that eight
percent be added to the estimated
cost to take care of inflation since
the time the plans and estimates
were made.
The total cost of the project,
he said, is estimated at $455,000,
including a $25,000 allocation for
bonding costs.
Deducting the $100,000
Simpson commitment, he said,
this would mean a bond issue of
$355,000 would be needed.
Several area residents, along
with members of the city library
board, attended the meeting to
lend their support of the bond
issue proposal.
Byrne was asked by members
of the audience what his
objection to the proposal was, but
gave no answer.
Byrne told the Journal
Wednesday he believes the timing
is not right now for putting a
bond issue on the ballot because
of the present economic situation.
He stated the voters in the
city have already expressed their
• feelings on the issue once when it
was defeated a year ago.
He added that while he
believes the library board has
done an excellent job as a library
board, they have not answered
the criticisms which led to the
previous defeat, particularily as to
the size and cost of the oroposed
building.
The proposed new structure
would be built on the old Lincoln
gym site which the city obtained
from the Shelton School District
last year in a property trade.
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Mason County Sheriff's
officers who investigated an
incident in which Russell Minnis,
42, P.O. Box 27, Belfair, was shot
with a 38 caliber revolver were
told the shooting was accidental.
Officers were told Minnis'
wife, Ella, 40, was holding the
gun when the shot was fired in a
a
bedroom in the family home
shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday.
The bullet struck Minnis in
the chest. He was taken to
Harrison Hospital in Bremerton
where he was reported in good
condition.
Officers said investigation of
the shooting is continuing.
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Filings for a number of
positions on school boards, fire,
port, water, hospital and
cemetery district commissions
will open September 7. Filings
close September 21 for the
positions.
The positions will not be on
the September 18 primary ballot.
Positions on school boards are
for four-year terms.
In the Southside School
District, the position now held by
Bern Bedell will be up for
election.
The position now held by
Hildred Bunch on the Grapeview
School Board is up for election in
that district.
In the Mary M. Knight School
District, the positions now held
by Arvid P. Harvey and William
Barnes St. are up for election.
The positions of Ina Auseth
and Edwin Cliffe on the Pioneer
School Board will be up for
election.
The positions of Raymond
Cronquist and Jerry Reid on the
North Mason School Board will
be on the ballot.
In the Hood Canal School
District, the position now held by
Warren Edinger Sr. and Richard
Endicott are up for election.
Positions on the fire, port,
water, cemetery and hospital
districts are for six-year terms.
The position of Richard Angle
on the Mason County Hospital
District is up for election.
In the Belfair Cemetery
District, the position now held by
John Thompson is up for
election.
The position now held by
Robert Bixenmann on the Belfair
Water District Commission is up
for election.
Fire District Commission
positions which are up for
election are:
Hoodsport - Walter
Carpenter, for a six-year term and
William lng for an unexpired
two-year term.
Belfair - John R. Matson, a
six-year term, Dennis Murphy for
an unexpired four-year term and
Earl Kisler for an unexpired
two-year term.
Grapeview - Orin
Buckingham for a six-year term.
Arcadia - Henry Unger for a
six-year term.
Allyn - Richard Gilbert for a
six-year term.
Union - Orville Good for a
six-year term.
Tahuya - Earl Nelson for a
six-year term.
Skokomish - Chester Valley
for a six-year term and Russell
Tuckness for an unexpired
two-year term.
Airport - Gerald Pyle for a
six-year term and Lester Peter for
an unexpired two-year term.
Matlock - Harold Beerbower
for a six-year term.
Cloquallum - Randall Norris
-for a six-year term.
Port District Commission
positions which are up for
election are:
Allyn - William DeMiero for
a six-year term and Delmar
Griffey for an unexpired two-year
term.
Dewatto - Anne Y. King and
Kenneth Beebe, both unexpired
two-year terms.
Grapeview - Marjorie Holl, a
six-year term.
Hoodsport - Clayton Ferrier,
a six-year term.
Shelton - Herbert Vonhof, a
six-year term and Ken Fredson,
an unexpired two-year term.
Tahuya - Louis Curl, a
six-year term.
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:IANITOR DOROTHY TODD, left, Deputy Clerk Betty Thompson and
erk El check one
aine Province of the desk drawers in the clerk s office to
determine if there was any water damage from water coming through the
ceiling from the maximum security section of the jail above.
Mason County officials are
assessing the damage caused early
Monday morning when water
from the maximum security
section of the county jail went
through two floors, causing water
damage in three or four offices.
A section of ceiling tile fell
from the assessor's office and
damage to the ceilings in the
clerk's and treasurer's offices
occurred.
The sheriff's office said
prisoners in the maximum
security section plugged a sink,
turned the water on and then
removed the handles from the
faucets so the water could not be
turned off.
The flooding was discovered
by the jailer-dispatcher shortly
after midnight and called for
assistance from the Shelton Police
Department and summoned jail
supervisor Josh Dunn.
The officers found about
three inches of water on the floor
in the maximum security section.
Sergeant James Cross of the
Shelton Police Department turned
the faucets in the flooded sink in
the main cell area off with a pair
of pliers and then turned off the '
valves on the water tank outside
the cell area.
The Shelton Fire Department
was asked for assistance and used
one of their pumps to remove as
much of the water as possible. A
vacuum~ cleaner was used to
remove the rest of the water,
officers said.
The janitor was called and
offices on the first and second
floors were checked. It was
discovered water had leaked into
the clerk's office; the hallway to
the judge's chambers, the
treasurer's and assessor's offices
on the first floor and into the
engineer's office in the basement.
Machines and other items in
the offices were covered with
plastic and the water mopped out.
Monday morning, after a
check by an electrician, lights
were able to be turned on in the
offices. They had not been used
since water was running out of
some of the light fixtures.
The sheriff's office said an
investigation of the incident was
being conducted.
They said when the
investigation is completed, it will
be determined what, if any,
charges will be filed against the
inmates responsible.
There were four inmates being'
held in the maximum security
section at the time of the
incident.
11 SQUARES of ceiling tile in the assessor's office came down as the result
of water which leaked through the ceiling from the jail above.