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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
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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
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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.