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October 2, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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IIIIIIIUlIIIIIIIIIIUlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII By LOU DONNELL IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111111 was a big night in Belfair as the North Mason Bulldogs at the football game, preceded by a community put on by the Associated Student Body to spring sports and other extra-curricular activities at the was a steady stream of customers between 5:30 and and turkey dinner, with many families no longer 1 in school also turning out for the event. No sooner did People finish and leave than the "waitresses" cleaned off ~ replaced the table settings for another group ready to be the semi-pro football game on Sunday, and North Mason Kiwanis, was also a financial large crowd. Final score was Thurston County s 20. Mason music department put on an entertaining at the football game, a musical tribute to the new It was to be a surprise to the principal, and like as a surprise, something went wrong. During up the gate receipts and ran them down a night deposit at the bank so missed the program the rest of us enjoyed it. the giant blow struck by the music department for naOVement by the appearance of Bulldog WOMAN? Bulldogs played at Eatonville during Eatonville's and their court was transported onto the field by logging Year, as Eatonville appeared at the North Mason watched the court driven onto the field convertibles. A mode of transportation costing logging trucks, but more befitting the formal attire Couldn't have been better; warm enough for comfort that it drew the hordes of mosquitos which plagued two weeks earlier. Was the f'mal score: Bulldogs 20, Eatonville 14. It's the Homecoming game. / F PORSCHE CONVERTIBLES transported Ing queen and her princesses, each escort, to a special section of the stands night's Homecoming football game. Cindy McEIhaney, escorted by Luis San Bishop reigned over the Homecoming unavailable for a picture during the occupied in the locker room or on the a member of the victorious home team. hou scheduled at 5 stations tll nine fire 5 will be firefighters of Oct. 6 be at from 7 out phone emergency to answer and central te firehali in All calls, writing down the vital statistics of the patient radioed in by an attendant on the aid car. Or the PUD can be dialed when their services are needed to cut off power in lines attached to a burning building for safety to firefighters, the sheriff's office can be dialed by card to report an injury accident or the State Department of Natural Resources to report brush or forest fires, while the dispatcher is sending messages by radio to responding units. AN ATTACK by "hoods from Eatonville" during half-time at Friday night's Homecoming football game endangered the rally squad. Surely Bulldog Man would appear to overcome the attackers. But, no, the announcer reported that Bulldog Man was out of town. Who would help the frightened girls? Additional teachers hired Stations in Fire District 5 are for North Mason schools supervision costs would come from ASB. Teachers who spoke at the meeting Thursday night said they had been under the impression, since all other funds being negotiated were paid from school district funds, that this cost, too, would be paid by the taxpayers, not the students. Previously all high school teachers have been given free passes to all games and some have been asked to serve without pay as ticket takers or crowd controllers. A motion had been made by Jim Yoest and seconded by Gene Foster that the $1,000 in the budget allocated to pay for this supervision be paid from A SB funds and when the discussion was called to a halt by Chairperson Carol Wentlandt the superintendent suggested the motion be voted against and that the negotiators for the board and teachers renegotiate the item to determine who pays it. Foster voted in favor of the motion, with Jerry Reid, Pat Ruff and Yoest voting it down. The negotiations committee will have to solve the problem. At one point in the argument Ralph Buter, one of the teacher negotiators, stated that the teachers had held a meeting and they do not want to take money from the ASB and that many "even feel that they will not supervise" if that is where the money is to come from. Teacher negotiators for this year were announced at the meeting as Karl Jahns, head negotiator, and Bob Caughie, Ralph Butler and Gordon Monten. Jim Yoest is chief negotiator for the board and Jerry Reid will be the other board member to serve on the negotiations committee. Approval of contracts for additional teachers for North Mason School District and for a director of accountants was voted by the board at last Thursday night's special meeting of the school directors. Dillon Fisher, former manager of St. Albans Girl Scout Camp on Lake Devereaux and a long-time volunteer teacher of photography at the local high school, was hired for the new position as director of accountants, at $9,747 for the nine months remaining in this school year. Superintendent Norm Sanders announced that four persons, all well qualified, applied for the position and that the fiscal officer of the intermediate school district assisted him in interviewing and evaluating the candidates. Teachers hired included Roger Allen, a high school teacher who will teach driver's ed among other classes; David Matheny as URRD teacher to replace Don Nelson who was transferred to a position as fifth grade teacher, and Lila Osborn as the second kingergarten teacher. A junior high teacher who is qualified and willing to coach girls sports is still being sought. A spirited discussion ensued over one item on the agenda of the meeting; who should pay the $10 to each high school teacher hired to supervise at money-making school activities, a fee which was a last-minute agreement during recently completed teacher-school director negotiations. Gate receipts at high school sports activities go to the Associated Student Body and the members of the school board said they had assumed, since the fee was to be paid only at money-raising events, that the Aid car fi to be raised Action was taken by the commissioners of Mason County Fire District 5 at their meeting last week to recover fifty percent of the operating costs of emergency medical aid and ambulance service provided by the two aid cars of the district. A new fee schedule was adopted: for aid service at the scene a basic fee of $7.50 plus cost of supplies used will be charged; transportation of a victim to a hospital will be an additional $1 per mile. The other half of operating costs of aid calls will be paid for by fire district taxes. Volunteer firefighters ,,,,L . • id t ,-,t, special first a raining serve as attendants on the aid cars. Historical Society to meet at tribal canter CANCER SOCIETY A story hour relating early history in the Kamilche area is scheduled by the Mason County Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9. Session will be held in the Squaxin Tribal Center building six miles south of Shelton near the junction of the freeway and the McCleary cut-off. This is the first meeting following the merger of the new Mason County Historical Society, started in Belfair in 1968, with the original society started in Shelton a few years earlier. Program chairman is Irving Clay, Spencer Lake. Business session will include annual elections. At present Belfair residents hold all posts, including Leo Livingston, president; Harold Hayes, vice president; Irene Davis, secretary; and Vi Cokelet, treasurer. dispatcher tl Over theequipment is stationed at all nine "If three or four persons were All women of the community are .~ r ting stations with aid cars at Allyn and willing to donate some time to invited to attend the program has Deer Creek. EMERGENCY the group's activities, the amount which promises to bring back as the ONLY phone numbers to call for of time by any one person would some happy memories and, the fire or aid care are 275-6333 be minimal,', said Maryanne perhaps, offer a few surprises, of help (Bremerton phones) or 426-1232 Ervin, a representative of the according to one of the sponsors. PaSses the (Shelton phones). For county society. She explainedRefreshments will be served. awaiting information or other business the that there was a need for public numbers to call are 275-6543 or education about services provided 426-3060. by the SOciety and for implementation Of the services available. Help during the annual cancer fund drive in April would , also be needed. tsiness on located in Allyn, Victor, VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ALL WOMEN INVITED Mason-Benson Lakes, Lake A search forvolunteers from A program entitled "History AUyn by Limerick, Timberlakes, Deer the North Mason area to organize in Hats" will be presented at lay. Radio Creek, Spencer Lake west side of a society unit is Underway by the Belfair Community Baptist to the Mason Lake and at Hartstene Mason County" Chapter of theChurch Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. by the Pointe on Harstine Island. Fire American Cancer Society. local American Baptist Women. from call refighters HOLY HUCKLEBERRY, Batman, what is this? The crowd at Friday night's Homecoming football game, anxiously awaiting the appearance of Bulldog Man to rescue the North Mason cheerleaders from attack by a group of "hoods from Eatonville" were astonished to see, not the fearless Bulldog Man they expected, but Bulldog Woman appear from the telephone booth. Instead of violence, she used her feminine wiles to lure the villains away from the rally squad girls. PATROL CAR DAMAGED Mike Kennedy of Belfair was arrested by a deputy of the Mason County Sheriff's Office Sept. 23 in Allyn on a traffic warrant and within minutes was facing further charges. He is acctlsed of breaking a window of the deputy's car and was charged with intimidating an officer, obstructing an officer and resisting arrest. Charges for destruction of county property are expected to be made. THEFTS REPORTED service A complaint was received Sept. 27 in the sheriff's office of can an outboard motor stolen in the aid car Dewatto area. A purse was reported stolen from a car parked a card on North Shore Sept. 26. A ~r of the complaint of apples picked from )In can beproperty in Allyn while the owner eher is was away was received Sept. 27. Persons interested in donating two or three hours a month to the society is asked to contact Maryanne Ervin by dialing the operator and asking for ZEnith 3000. She is an employee of Mason County Federal Credit Union. A final budget of $1,608,316 for the 1975-76 school year was adopted by the North Mason School Board at their special budget meeting last Thursday evening. This is $217,203 more than what was spent running the local schools during the 1974-75 school year which ended June 30. The budget is based on anticipated revenues of $1,455,221 added to $186,392 net cash on hand and investments at the beginning of the school year which began July 1. Total expenditures are budgeted as $1,589,435 which will leave $52,178 ending net cash and investments at the end of the school year next June 30. With all money earmarked for schools• collected by property taxes, except special levy funds, now going directly to the state before being divided among all school districts in the state and a portion returned to the local district, the largest expected revenue is from the state. $210,585of the revenue is the amount of the special school levy approved in 1974 which is expected to be collected next month when second half taxes come in. This year's election for a special levy failed on two tries so no levy funds will be collected next year. The $973,482 in the budget anticipated from state funds includes an estimated $89,513 in levy relief provided by legislative action to assist school districts whose levies failed, action prompted by failure of the state's largest school district's (Seattle) levy. The amount expected from per pupil payment from the state is $649,923 as compared to the $325,249 received last year because of more students enrolled this year and because the state raised the per pupil allotment. This is by far the largest single source of revenue, with the $210,585 leftover levy funds from last year's election a not-very-close second. The $89,513 special levy relief is the third highest anticipated revenue. A total of $130,545 is expected from the federal government, $66,098 of this from Public Law 874 funds which pays a certain amount for each student in the district whose parent works for the federal government, in this area most likely to be PSNS. Some of the larger amounts of expected revenue can only be used for a specific program, such as the $28,548 budgeted from the state for the URRD program, the $76,600 reimbursement from the state for operation of the school buses, $41,824 from the state for education of handicapped children, $43,267 from federal Title I funds for remedial reading and math, $18,633 from federal reimbursement for school lunches. Educational programs at Mission Creek Youth Camp are paid for by the state but are included in the North Mason School District budget so the $27,828 expected from the state for state institutions will not be used by the school district but will pay teachers and buy supplies for classes at the youth camp. Two of the remaining few large amounts of budgeted revenue which can be spent wherever money is needed, not earmarked for a specific program, comes from county administered funds: $57,200 from real estate transaction tax and $23,550 from the high school district fund to help pay for educ,ation ot students from non-high districts. The non-high districts also will contribute $6,100 for this purpose. Forest funds also can be used wherever needed with $10,400 expected from the state and $20,000 from federal. Income expected from food services, $25,821, covers the cost r' of providing lunches. The largest expenditure in the budget is $604,560 for teachers' salaries under the basic education category. This is not the complete total for teacher salaries since some are included under other categories combining to a grand total of $1,004,391 for all certificated teaching services. This does not include salaries for administrative officials, counselor, librarian, or classified employees, such as custodians, food workers, transportation personnel, teacher aides. Added to the above-mentioned figure for teacher salaries, one can see that salaries of school district employees comprise, by far, the largest item of the $1,608,316 budget. When the amounts for employee benefits are added to the salary amounts, the total spent on employees is even higher. The building fund budget, also approved, was for $34,318. which includes $24,181 cash on hand and investments at the beginning of the year. It was noted at the meeting that money from this fund may have to be used before the school year ends to lease one or more portable classrooms to alleviate overcrowded conditions at some grade levels. At present there is no extra space to put a classroom if a teacher were to be hired at the elementary level to cut down on large class sizes. The superintendent was instructed to look into cost and availability of portables. Music department to be aided by bicycle riders One usually thinks of musicians as using finger, arm, lip or lung muscles but on Oct. 11 about 4 5 music department students from North Mason will give their leg muscles a workout as they participate in a Bike-a-then to raise money for the school music department. At 9:30 a.m. they will meet at the Belfair shopping center, bike to Gorst via the Old Belfair Highway, return to North Shore Road on the same route and continue to Belfair State Park where parents will have a picnic lunch awaiting them. More iegwork by the students is underway now as they contact neighbors, relatives, business, ANYBODY, who will pledge to pay a certain amount for every mile they fide during the 30-mile Bike-a-then course. Sponsors who will pay for unlimited miles are also being sought. Money raised from the event will help purchase music, repair instruments and provide a bu~s to transport the marching band to two parades next spring. Fifty percent of the money spent on the music department last year was cut from the 1975-76 budget as one of the economies approved by the school board faced with no levy funds next year. Director of the music department, Gordon Lent, is supervising the event with help from parents of music students who have formed the Music Auxiliary Parents Organization. Check points will be arranged at various locations along the route where parents will offer refreshments and first aid equipment, if needed. Any parents not already signed up to help are asked to contact Lent at the school, 275-281 1, to volunteer their services. THEY PROBABLY will leave the instruments at home on Oct. 11 when they turn out to ride their bikes in the Bike-a-thon being sponsored "by the North Mason music department, but last week (left to right) David Meyer, Dan Washburn and Tom Hall got in a little bike-riding practice for the upcoming event which will raise money for buying music, repair of instruments and rental of buses for the marching band to attend two parades.-Music students are asking individuals or businesses to sponsor them at any amount (10 cents or over) per mile.