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Shelton Mason County Journal
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October 9, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Gro s s e nba N. W. Por lamd AL JONES poses with some of the items he brought back with him from a 29-day sailing voyage from Hawaii. a very valuable the way AI Jones described his experience, a on a 37-foot from Hawaii to owner of the started their voyage August 31. Kukla and his wife, Elaine, had sailed the boat to Hawaii et~lr~llJl :.,~t ~lle summer. Mrs. Kukla, a teacher at North Mason School, had to return home for the start of the new school year. Jones and his wife, Doris, and another couple went to Hawaii and the others returned, leaving Jones and Kukla to sail the boat home. Jones said he started sailing after his retirement from the Naval Shipyard in Bremerton three years ago. The ship, called the Duchess IS THE SHIP on which AI Jones and Steve Kukla made the trip from Waii to Neah Bay. chef Bros. Inc. 6th Ave, Ore. 97209 State Department of Fisheries regulations which are allowing concentrated fishing in Hood Canal appear to be in violation of the Shoreline Management Act and the Mason County Master Program, Mason County Planner James Connolly said in a letter to the State Department of Ecology and the Attorney General's Office this week. Connolly said he wrote the letter after being requested to do so after a meeting of the Mason ,County Shoreline Advisory Committee. In the letter, Connolly said the violations, if proven, would be a significant alteration of the natural ecology of Hood Canal, a shoreline of statewide significance. He said the alleged violation is that the state regulations which allow concentrated fishing in Hood Canal is destroying or will destroy the salmon runs in lower Hood Canal. In the letter Connolly stated there are rumors that they intend to fish out the chum salmon run into Lilliwaup Creek and that purse seiners are taking every size of fish, mature or immature, which enters their nets. Connolly said that normal enforcement procedures of violations of the Shoreline Management Act would be handled by the local prosecuting attorney, but since Hood Canal is a shoreline of statewide 00 • I! of Puget Sound, was built in The Netherlands and is of steel construction. It hadr through the Panama Canal "to Southern California where Kukla had purchased it and had it trucked to this area. Jones and Kukla had become acquainted when they were both employed at the Naval Shipyard. Along with them on the ship was a small terrier dog called "Kitty." Jones kept a log of the trip. - The first several days, up until September 6, were pleasant sailin_g, according to the diary, with the first storm being encountered September 6. Two incidents Were logged September 9, the first fish they had caught since they left and the sighting of the lust ship they had seen since leaving. Among the things which Jones brought back with him were a large glass float ball and a navigation buoy which he has determined is Japanese. It uses flashlight batteries and is a flashing beacon which apparently broke loose and floated away. Both of these items were found September 14. The caught a tuna September 21 and September 23 began encountering gale force winds which forced them north of where they wanted to go, the entrance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Jones said they almost lost the little dog "Kitty" when he was knocked overboard during a storm. Jones said they were able to bring the ship around and get the little dog out of the water safely. After battling storm winds September 23, 24 and 25, they finally sighted land, the mountains on Vancouver Island, September 27. After the storm and being becalmed by the lack of wind following the storm, they reached Neah Bay September 29. The ship, Jones said, had only a small gasoline engine and a limited supply of gasoline for moving through channels and docking. The only radio, he said, was a short wave receiver. Jones said he has a 40-foot sail boat which he purchased after selling a smaller one which had been purchased earlier. Jones commented he learned what the ocean is like and learned a lot he can use in sailing trips in Puget Sound. He anticipates more sailing trips with his family, who are also interested in sailing. significance and the State Department of Fisheries is the violator, it appeared best to notify state authorities. The letter concluded, "We do not have the capacity to prove or disprove these allegations, but the Advisory Committee felt that there is enough substance to the allegations to warrant an expression of concern and to ask your department to investigate. The committee would also request that any results of your investigation be transmitted to the Mason County Planner's Office." The Mason County Sheriff's Office said there have been more reports of incidents between local Indian fishermen and non-Indian comme r cial fishermen on the canal and that the non-Indian commercial f'mhermen continue to fish at the times they are allowed to do so. Indian fishermen continue to f'md their catch below normal. Thursday, October 9, 1975 Eighty-ninth Year - Number 41 3 Sections. 36 Pages 15 Cents Per Copy ! A suit asking for a total of $275,000 in damages has been l ded in Mason County Superior Court against the City of Shelton, Mason County and several city police and sheriff's officers. The suit was fded by Peter L. and Roxanna VanderWal on behalf of themselves and their children, Peter and Marie. The suit stems froman incident last March 31 in which a guest in the VanderWal home in the Agate area was arrested and Peter L. VanderWal was taken into custody and later released. Named as defendants in the suit are the city and county, Deputy Sheriffs Fred Pharris and Dean Byrd, and other unnamed city police and sheriff's officers. Information flied in the suit sayy that about 6:40 p.m. March 31 eight officers in uniform and with guns drawn surrounded the VanderWal home as a part of an investigation of misdemeanor charges against Ronald Girardin, who was a guest in the home at the time. The information says that when Peter L. VanderWal went to the door he was ordered out of the house, forced to stand with his hands against a patrol car, and was later handcuffed and placed in the patrol car and taken to the Mason County jail, where he was later questioned and released. The information also stated Mrs. VanderWal and the two children, along with others in the A man is dead and his wife critically injured as the result of a shooting incident which occurred at the Brinnon General Store September 30. Jefferson County Sheriff's Officers said the couple apparently shot each other. Dead is Richard E. Moses, 58. His wife, Elizabeth, 45, is in critical condition at Harbor View Hospital in Seattle where she underwent nine hours of surgery October I. Funeral services for Moses are pending. Officers said the shootings were apparently the result of a domestic quarrel and occurred in the couple's bedroom between 1 1 : 30 p.m. and midnight September 30. Officers said Mrs. Moses fired six shots from a nine-shot .22 caliber revolver, hitting her husband five times. He fired six times with a .38 caliber pistol, wounding his wife four times. A son, Paul, 14, who was in another part of the home at the time, called for help. The store has been reopened and is being handled by the former owners. School board to meet Tuesday The Shelton School Board will hold its regular October meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Evergreen School Library. house, were ordered out of the house and forced to sit on the ground about 15 minutes even though they were not dressed for out of doors. The complaint also says the house was searched, things were strewn around and two doors were damaged. The suit asks $100,000 on behalf of Peter L. VanderWal, $75,000 on behalf of Roxanna VanderWal and $50,000 each on behalf of the children. ice car ama on way A Shelton police car suffered about $1,000 damage when it collided with a logging truck Tuesday morning while it was on its way to the Shelton City Dock on what was believed to have been a drowning. The patrol car, driven by Patrolman Jack Sylsberry, collided with a logging truck driven by James C. Hunter at the corner of First and Pine. The Washington State Patrol, which investigated the accident, said the patrol car was northbound on First Street, making a right hand turn onto Pine, and the logging truck was answer c westbound on Pine. The two vehicles collided as the patrol car was making the turn. Damage to the patrol car was estimated at $1,000 and the damage to the logging truck at $3O0. At the time of the collision, Sylsberry was on his way to the city dock after the police department had received a call from an Olympia man that he had observed a man m a boat drifting near the city dock and that, when he looked again, the man was gone. Officers found the boat, which belonged to William C. RESUSCI-EUNICE, Resusci-Anne's understudy at Mason General Hospital, took a well-deserved breather yesterday after a busy week following Anne's kidnapping. Resusci-Anne, who disappeared from Mason General Hospital, is back in Mason County, but being held by the Shelton Police Department as evidence. The dummy, which is used in teaching cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, was in a storeroom at the hospital when it disappeared Sunday night. Hospital officials estimated the value of the dummy at about $1,500. Shelton police were notified of the loss and began an investigation. Through information provided by hospital employees and patients, the police department was able to recover the missing equipment. Police said charges against five Thurston County residents are pending as the result of the investigation and recovery of the dummy. The VanderWals are represented by William Britton, an Olympia attorney. A damage claim was submitted to the city and county in July, but neither took any action on it. In cras all Lopeman. The owner was contacted and told off'mers his partner, Jim Kelley, had tied the boat up at the dock the night before. Later in the day, Lopeman and Kelley came into the police station and told officers they believed the boat had come untied and drifted out on its own. Officers were unable to f'md any indication anyone had fallen out of the boat. The Mason County Food Bank will be open from noon to 3 p.m. Monday in the First Christian Church, Arcadia and Lake Boulevard. Helen Morrow, director of the food bank, said she had been notified that the food bank program has recently been funded for half a million dollars for the State of Washington. She said the allocation of the money will be made on the basis of how many people the various food banks served during the past two years. She said the allocation for Mason County has not yet been determined. Local support will continue to be needed, Mrs. Morrow said. She said donations can be brought to the First Christian Church, Faith Lutheran Church and the United Methodist Churches on Sunday, or by calling her at 426-2326. Money pro continues Investigation of the money missing from the student body funds at Shelton High School is continuing. School officials have been having an internal audit made of the books which has been going on since shortly after the money was discovered missing. The State Auditor's Office, at the request of the district, has come back in to conduct a more extensive audit. The school district has provided a proof of loss to the insurance company and the adjuster for the company has been in contact with school officials. All information which has been obtained by the school district in its investigation has been turned over to Shelton police, who are investigating, and to the Mason County Prosecuting Attorney's office.