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igure Yes, gentle reader, government money does add up to a bigger pile than Simpson money in the personal income of Mason County residents. The unidentified voice on the phone questioned the accuracy of the figure printed in last week's Journal that pegged personal income in the county from government sources at $34,200,000 during the past year. "That figure can't be right," said the voice. "Why, that's more money than the Simpson payroll. It just isn't possible." The figure is correct, and it has probably blown more minds than that of the unknown caller. Income in the county from federal, state and local agencies via salaries and wages, social security, unemployment insurance, pensions, welfare payments, food stamps and health insurance benefits makes up the $34,200,000 which is 36 percent of total personal income in Mason County. Simpson's payroll for its Shelton Unit was $32,941,240 in 1974. Part of the Unit is in neighboring Grays Harbor County. That is a whale of a payroll and is, of course, the largest single contribution to county income. But the government loot adds up to a larger total. The voice on the telephone will become a believer if he compiles even a partial list of the agencies from whence the money comes. In addition to social security, welfare, pension, food stamp, unemployment and health benefits, there are payrolls at the Washington Corrections Center, seven school districts, county and city governments, two PUD's, nine post offices, state fisheries and game departments, Washington State Patrol Academy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of the Interior, state departments of parks and recreation, natural resources, social and health services, and motor vehicles, a slug of liquor stores, and Bonneville Power Administration. nlrr Hundreds of residents in the southern part of the county commute to state jobs in Olympia and many Belfair area workers are employed at Bremerton's shipyard. We repeat - $34,200,000 is the correct figure. That's $1600 for every man, woman and child in Mason County. winner Ten silver dollars and a box of Snickers are sitting on the counter at the Journal waiting to be picked up by R. J. Watt of Route 2, Shelton. By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS Few public officials in this state have ever had to face a recall election, but those who have seldom have come out of it whole, even if they survived. The problem is the lack of anything in exbting laws to require that the charges in a recall petition be R. J. - sir or madam, as the case may be - submitted the true. winning interpretation of the remarks of Dr. William O.So even if an official wins a Rieke during his inaugural speech as new president of Pacific Lutheran University. satd tntegrating=:educatgm with edi ation, a umquely synergistic effect is obtameii which optimally enables students to live joyfully and serve completely meaning as total individuals not fragmented by disjunctions between intellect and spirit." R. J. writes: "What the good Dr. said is '1 don't know what i'm doing here and 1 don't know what you are doing here but if we play it cool, this shall remain our secret'." A close second in the competition was Billy Zoom of Route 3, Sequim, who also submitted the shortest interpretation. Billy says what Dr. Rieke is suggesting is "You are what you eat, even if it Snickers." Paul Eggers of Seattle might have won the prize if the Journal's judge weren't so biased, myopic, arbitrary and provincial. "Why should we send metal money and a box of goodies to some guy in Seattle?" he asked. "Let this Eggers receive his sustenance from the Seattle Times or the P & I." Eggers' entry: "Dr. Rieke certainly meant that the education offered by PLU would try from all possible angles to convince the incoming freshman that he is indeed justified in dishing out an annual $2,400 sum for tuition - meaning that after four years he won't mind not being able to trade his education back in and won't comprehend that even if he could, the rebate would only cover the cost of a shirt." Watch this page for the next exciting contest. With any luck, you may win I0 silver dollars that are mostly copper and a box of Snickers bars that just don't taste the way they did when you were a kid. if you would accept Jack the Ripper's endorsement of a sex education teacher for your children, you can probably read the following telegram without laughing. "Dear Kay: The Democratic members of the Washington State Congressional delegation enthusiastically endorse your candidacy for Secretary of State. Because of your experience and integrity we know you will, as Secretary of State, do more to encourage greater voting participation and to improve election procedure in the State of Washington. Kay Anderson will make a difference. As our next Secretary of State you have our full confidence and support. Signed: Senator Warren G. Magnuson, Senator Henry M. Jackson, Lloyd Meeds, M.C., Don L. Bonker, M.C., Mike McCormack, M.C., Thomas S. Foley, M.C., Floyd V. Hicks, M.C., Brock Adams, M.C." recall election, or even if the petitioners fail to get enough signatures to mandate an election - which usually is the case - some of the smear usually remains. Legislation to discourage the inclusion of false or irresponsible charges in such petitions is being dusted off to be tried again in the special session next January. A public hearing on the measure, including some proposed refinements, will be held by the Senate Constitutions and Elections Committee headed by C. W. "Red" Beck (D-Port Orchard) at a 10 a.m. hearing here October 17. Lost in Shuffle The measure, H.B. 38, would require a recall petition to give a detailed description of each charge, including the time, date and location of each act listed, with a copy to be furnished the accused within 20 days prior to formulation of the ballot synopsis. As proposed by the Senate, it also would entitle the accused to a court review of any or all charges listed. Sponsored by Representatives Richard King (D-Everett), Rick S. Bender (D-Seattle), Phyllis Erickson (D-Tacoma) and Robert E. "Bob" Gaines (D-Auburn), it is one of those bills which seems destined to be lost in the shuffle. I t" p assed the House unanimously twice, first on January 23 in the regular session, and again on March 14 in the first special session. It also received a "do pass" recommendation from the Senate Constitutions and Elections Committee. But on each occasion it was still in the Senate Rules Committee, awaiting a place on the Senate calendar when the Legislature adjourned. Another measure up for hearing before the committee With the exception of Bonker, who hasn't been in office long enough to do much damage, that crew of taxeaters has proved over the years that it is incapable of doing anything other than spend money that doesn't exist and expand the federal bureaucracy. it has managed, through ineptitude and self-interest, to reduce the image of Congressmen to a position below that of fly-by-night siding salesmen. Having proved that they can't run a responsible federal government, these diddlers are now recommending state officeholders to the voters. Kay Anderson would have done better to throw the telegram in the wastebasket rather than send it out as a l ublicity release. would restrict the material which could be included in initiative and referendum petitions to that specifically permitted by existing law. Still another, SubHB 37, originally sponsored by Representatives King, Eleanor Fortson (D-Camano Island) and Mike Parker (D-Tacoma), would limit the dates on which special elections would be held. They would be restricted to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February, the second Tuesday in April, third Tuesday in May, or the dates of regular primary and general elections. Exceptions would be made for special levies or bond issues to meet needs caused by fire, flood, earthquake or other acts of God. A fourth measure on the committee agenda would require all port districts to hold primary elections; also public utility districts whenever more than two candidates file for a position. Same Old Problem Again • Senate and House Agriculture Committees are seeking ways to expand irrigation, but are finding a problem common to virtually everything - rising costs - threatens to put it out of reach. A house Agriculture subcommittee which started work on the subject last month found the cost of meeting requirements for federal matching money could average around $1,500 per acre. The local funds would be raised through a bond issue to be amortized out over a 50-year period. But at that cost farmers in the present dry areas of Eastern Washington wouldn't be able to compete with those farther west where irrigation was developed during the thirties. Their loans are being amortized out at around $125 per acre. The committees now are trying to develop a plan for improvements by landowners which the feds might consider the equivalent of cash. Caught in The Middie Ever since the 1973 Legislature extended the State Industrial Welfare Committee's rule -making authority to include adult male employees as well as women and children, the Founded 1886 b'y Grant C. Angle Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wa. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Mason County, Washington 98584, weekly. Second-class postage paid at Shelton, Washington Member of National Editorial Association Member ef Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $6.00 per year in Mason County, in advance -- Outside Mason County $7.50 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G. Gay Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, October 9, 1975 standards it has adopted have encountered strong opposition. William C. Jacobs, director of Labor and Industries, who is chairman of the committee, says "some accuse the committee of doing too much, while others say we've done too little." All the committee is doing, he said, is what it can to protect employees' health, safety and wdfare while trying to avoid "the common bureaucratic pitfall of over-regulation." To learn more about needs, Jacobs is holding a series of six meetings throughout the state this month and next. They will be held in the evenings so employees as well as employers may attend. The first will be held in Pasco at 7 p.m. October 9 in the Franklin County PUD Building. Demands for new rules to date include one prohibiting employers from requiring overtime work, one dictating the length of meal and rest periods, and one requiring mechanical lifting devices for all lifts exceeding 20 pounds. If two bills now being considered by the Senate Ecology • Committee make progress, they probably will wind up in the Ways and Means Committee. Each would pile numerouS new duties onto the Department of Ecology which undoubtedly would create a sizeable fiscal impact. Editor, The Journal: As an official candidate for the position of school board director of Shelton School District 309 I am already feeling the pressure of certain people trying to manipulate my vote when elected. There is an apparent misunderstanding for which I would like to clarify on record; that being that I will not be a puppet for anyone! I am my own person seeking a position of little reward but am doing it because of my responsibility to the ones I hold dear, my children. l am the mother of three small children. One attends Evergreen School and is in the first grade. Her teacher, as was her kindergarten teacher, is the top of the mark as far as I am concerned. If all the teachers are like them I will have no complaints. My second daughter has Mrs. Henderson as a pre-school teacher and loves her dearly. She again rates high on my list of excellent teachers in our Editor, The Journal: For the last few years the parental population of Shelton has been lodging the complaint that our community has nothing to offer our youth. Rightly so, these complaints have been justifiably based on fact - at least in the past. This letter to the editor is written directly to those parents who have expressed their concern for the youth of our community in an effort to inform them of what is being presently done in the way of a solution to the community's problem. After reading the many letters from the concerned parents of our community, I am honestly amazed at the lack of enthusiasm for the very programs for which they have begged. Last Saturday when I took my daughter to the children's movie, which is now being offered by the Mason Youth Services Association every Saturday afternoon, I was amazed at the small attendance. Where were all the children who belong to those complaining parents? If only those children had been in attendance the audience would have been increased threefold. I am hopeful that this apparent lack of interest for our children's recreation is due only to a lack of knowledge in regard to what is being offered. The movie takes place every Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. in the Lincoln Gym on Cota Street. The admission is 50 cents for those children five and over. Those under five are admitted free. Parents are welcome to attend with their children, if they so desire, but can rest assured that with four adult volunteers present each Saturday it is not necessary to accompany their children. I am certain that it would be rather pleasant for a mother to drop her children off at a movie, where her children can be both supervised and entertained, while she takes care of her Saturday shopping and errands. The movies that will be shown in the near future are as follows: October 11 October 18 October 25 October 31 Mr. Magoo's Story Book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland The Magic World of Topo Gigio Abbott and Costello Mosaic Halloween Costume Contest, 7 to 9 p.m. Movie: A Haunting We will Go - Laurel and Hardy November 1 Mouse on the Mayflower and Mr. Magoo's Paul Revere November 8 The Three Lives of Thomasina November 15 The Point - music by Nilmon November 22 Have Rocket Will Travel - Three Stooges November 29 The Fabulous Baron Muchausen Anatole In addition, I have also read letters which verbally attack the owner of the local drive-in movie for the showing of X-rated films in lieu of children's movies. After my experience last Saturday, the question that lingers in my mind is, how much responsibility for this set of circumstances should the community itself accept? Perhaps if our community had shown this businessman as much enthusiasm for Walt Disney as is now being shown by the overabundant attendance for the X-rated movies, who knows, we may have made Walt Disney a profitable commodity. After last Saturday, I can commiserate with the owner of our drive-in for what must have been minimal profits during his Walt Disney years. This movie each Saturday is only one program offered by Mason Youth Services Association and I certainly hope that in the future the additional programs available to the youth of our community will receive far more publicity. You certainly cannot be held at fault if you are unable to volunteer time to a youth services program. On the contrary, if you do not involve, your children in the programs being offered by this association, then you may be partially responsible if and when the day comes that these programs are discontinued due to disinterested parents. JoAnne A. McClanahan Shelton By BOB MYERS 'Lapeer County (Michigan) Press "Teddy Bear, this is T. A. Flamethrower. Green Ghost told me the Local Yokels have got new wheels with no marks. What's the poop?" If you're 1 out of every 39 drivers who has Citizens Band radio in his car, you'll understand that. It's part of the jargon being used in the new craze for CB radio. For $120 to $200, you can put this type of 2-way radio in your car and talk to other drivers up to maybe 10 miles away. You are supposed to use it for only business reasons and give your name and call letters when you talk. Almost no one does. They chatter about everything, and use a code name. Teddy Bear is a woman living in the Lapeer area who has a CB set in her home. She is on the air so much that her voice is well known locally, but I haven't found anyone who knows her name. Local Yokels are the local police. The general name for cops is Smokey Bear. Spotting and reporting cops is a major topic for CB talk. You'll often hear something like, "Smokey Bear is sitting at the Elba Road and M-21 intersection." Or you may get news of the new green unmarked Plymouth that deputies are using for road patrol ("new wheels with no marks"). You maY also hear a trucker announce he is coming into Lapeer on M-24 and would SOmebody please tell him where Beyer's Furniture is. In California, according to Time Magazine, you'll hear hookers using them to advertise. But mostly you'll just hear idle chatter from bored drivers who find CB more interesting than commercial radio stations. There is, however, some justification for CB radio as a fety item. If you have car trouble, or see an accident, you can get on the air with a report. You have a fair chance of area. My diapers. As far as know they are Grinnell manages bookkeeping in more than I can people. I admire ~ person that manner When one the heart of that is at the cross section must say that want a person money schools. I happen nature and as confronted o r gani zat io! manipulate me people with it. people in would do for entitled to know as far as I am Dirty our schools. I and vote clear conscience. Those that counsel are have no axes to interested only it1 of good sound as I, believe the great different than responsibility. I believe, bY school board in Mark Trucksess, by the board to holds similar support him 100 It has also that I may others in this be. My only why were they courthouse when filing be opposition and the qualification adequately. I do realize Mr. Weston is a follow as far as¢ am, however, committed to anyone reallY know how 1 As far as one that stands rest at this time. four years I o r chestra grammar school heard of a Seattle spring, stated, "That I have ever tragic. We young people in well as sports may have midst! The school challenge challenges. reaching police directly. 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