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Grossenbacher Bros. Inc.
614 N. W. 6th Ave,
Portland Ore. 97209
Unfair labor practice
charge being prepared
"WHYNCHA WHATCH'YER feet, fella!" Young faces mirror contrasting
sentiments Tuesday in Shelton High's Minidome.
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Grinnell , , ,
Oard at its
in the David Delph, building
loss of 17 inspector for the city of Shelton
a loss told the city commission at its
' ..... me¢thig sday he ilans tO :ffie
an app':* of a zoning variance
Appeal of zoning variance
107 dtn
coming, ci commission told
would have 40 living units on property for 40 units, a density
35,750 square feet of property, a of 21 per acre.
density of 49 units per acre. • The 49 per acre which the
Zoning regulations, he said, planning commissil approved is
require 84,000 square feet of well above any variance which
Week the
than
start of
had been
had started
then gone
school
teacher
the
board that
of last
is up 40
the middle
in the high
to the
with
of
a plan
had an
approved by the city planning
commission Moday night.
The appeaL' he said, would
be a technical one in order to
get the question before the city
commission which cannot hear it
unless there is an appeal of the
planning commission action.
The project involved in a
40-unit apartment complex for
the low income elderly at the
comer of B Street and Olympia
Highway North.
The planning commisston had
been asked for zoning variances
on density and parking
requirements and for a change in
zoning from R 1 to R 3.
The planning commission
approved the zoning variances
and recommended approval of
the zone change to the city
commission which must act on
ii' ' , ;
Stoplight goes
into operation
The new stop lightat Fourth all directions to allow the
and Railroad went into operation passage of fire trucks.
at 8 a.m. Wednesday. City officials asked motorists
City Engineer Howard Godat to be cautious at the intersection
told the city commission at its where the new Stop light is
meeting Tuesday that the State located. Long-time driving habits
Department of Transportation are hard to break, the city
had completed the intertie officials said, and those who
between the stop light at First have been driving through the
and Railroad and the new stop intersectit.n for some time may
light so that the new stop light have a tendency to not realize it
now also operates on stop from is there.
County told fore.st
tax money com,ng
that part of it.
The requests had been made
that in by J.L. Debban, Ruth Debban
him, and Byron Debban.
had Delph told the city T'he Mason County distribution from forest tax
Was not commissioners the part of the Commission has been notified by revenue.
action he questioned was that the State Department of Revenue The funds are distributed to
had for a zoning variance for density, that it will receive an estimated the various taxing districts in the
that The proposed project, he said, $162,469 from an excess revenue county.
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of years
for the
THREE YOUNG March of Dimes Walkathon participants
cover a part of the course in Saturday's event.
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One-hundred seventy-five
persons began the 20-mile trek
to aid the fight against birth
defects in Shelton's first March
• of Dimes Walkathon held on
Saturday. One hundred fifty
seven walkers completed the
journey to be served hot dogs,
chili, doughnuts and soft drinks
by Shelton High School Key
Club members in the National
Guard Armory.
According to chairperson
Jerry Obendorf, a total of
$10,338.22 had been pledged by
sponsors, Walkers must show
validated walk cards to sponsors
in order to collect money, and
must turn in all monies to
Sea-First National Bank no later
than October 27 to qualify for
plt7- $. :
At eight checkpoints along
the route Christmastown CBers
served snacks to participants.
Their radio communications
enabled parents to locate their
children and assisted in securing
the often needed bandaids and
foot powders. '
has been allowed in the city in
the pa*i ad if approved would
set a ,tecedent which would
make restricting density in the
future more difficult.
Mayor James Low said the
planning commission had
recently had several new
members seated to replace some
of those who had resigned earlier
this year in a question of
perionai liability of planning
commission members.
The city comntission, he said,
cannot take any official action
on setting up an appeal hearing
until 15 days after the planning
commission action and that a
formal written notice of appeal
would be needed.
Delph stated the commission
would get a fommi notice of
appeal within the required 15
days
James Connolly, a member
of the audience at the
commission meeting, stated a
requirement for fencfllg along
the arterial street becausse of
potential traffic problems should
also be considered
James Lowery, business agent
for IWA Local 3-38, the union
which represents the Mason
County deputy sheriffs told the
county commission Tuesday he
planned to file an unfair labor
practice charge over the failure
to agree to a contract for this
year.
The meeting Tuesday was
between the commission and
representatives of employes
under the current expense
budget to discuss the 1979
contract.
Lowery also told the
commission he had not been
notified officially who would be
negotiating for the county for the
1979 contract. He said he had
been told by both John Cole,
former county treasurer who is
working on the budget for the
commission, and Undersheriff
Jack Hauge that they wanted to
bargain with the union.
Lowery said the unfair labor
practice charge would be filed
with the State Public Employe
Relations Commission and would
be based on the commission's
failure to negotiate in good faith
for the 1978 contract.
He also said the deputies will
be taking a strike vote Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week involving the negotiations
for 1978.
The union is being forced
into the action it is taking,
Lowery said, becausse of the
non-response of the county in
the negotiations.
The union still has only two
proposals on the table for the
1978 contract, Lowery said, a
4.5 percent wage increase and a
binding arbitration agreement.
The salary increase asked for
this year, he said, does not even
keep up with the increased cost
of lMng.
Binding arbitration, he said,
would eliminate the possibility
of a strike since disputes would
be referred to an arbitrator
• whose decision would be binding
on both sides.
Lowery said he would be
working on the unfair labor
practice charge this week and
should have it filed with PERC
within the, next two weeks.
He said the county is
offering an eight percent wage
increase to employes in the
departments covered by the
current expense budget for 1979.
Negotiations for the 1978
contract between the union
representing the deputy sheriffs
and the county have been going
on for about a year.
The county commission last
year allocated each department
in the current expense budget
the same amount of money it
had had in the previous year and
told department heads to arrange
spending within that amount.
All of the departments
except the sheriff's office were
able to fine money enough in
their budgets to give employes a
$50 to $100 a month salary
increase.
Sheriff Dan McNair told the
commission several times during
the year there was not money
enough in the amount he was
allocated to cover salary increase.
The county commission
stated it did not have any
additional money to allocate to
the sheriff's office and if the
money for salary increases could
not be found within the amount
allocated it could not be given.
u
McNair and Hauge negotiated
with the union and arrived at an
agreement which included the :i
$50 a month wage increase.
The commission refused to
sign the agreement when it was
presented after being tdd by
McNair additional money
would be required if the
agreement was signed.
Missing girl is
sought by mother
Joyee Holman of Shelton is
looking for information about
the whereabouts of her daughter,
Kim Cull|son, 15, who has been
gone from home since September
29.
She described her daughter as
five feet, one inch tall, weighing
100 pounds with blonde hair and
brown eyes.
Mrs. Holman asked that
anyone with infomration about
her daughter contact her at
426-3449, her. place of
employment, or 426-2429, her
home.
In an appeal to her daughter,
she said "Kim, please at least call
me and let me know you are
okay - something - please."
Mason County Sheriff Jack
Hauge said the girl had been
reported to the sheriff's office as
a runaway by her mother in a
signed report.
He said information on
possible whereabouts of the girl
mother had been checked out
almost immediately after the
report was received, but all
turned out to be negative.
which were provided by the Kim Cull|son
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B.elfair woman
k,lled in crash
Roberta J. Thorpe, 52,
Belfair, was killed in a one-car
accident in Kitsap County Sunday
morning, the Washington State
Patrol reported.
The accident occurred on the
Lewis Road about 11½ miles west
of Bremerton, the patrol said.
According to the patrol, Mrs.
Thorpe was eastbound on the
Lewis Road when her car failed to
negotiate a curve to the left, went
off the road to the right and
rolled end over end coming to rest
on its top in the water in a
swampy a
Passing motorists: who
discovered, the aedent pulled
Mi, s: Thorpe fr0rn me car before
the arrival of aid volunteers from
the Silverdale Fire Dopartment.
She was pronounced dead at
the scene, the patrd said.
She is survived by her
husband, Bernard, Belfair; a son,
Berne Thorpe, Kent; two
daughters, Lucca Clough, Tahuya,
and Celia Any|k, Olympia; and
one grandson.
Jackson and Bonker
to be here Tuesday
U.S. Senator Henry M.
Jackson and Congressman Don
Bonker will be in Shelton next
Tuesday.
They will be honored guests
at a dinner sponsored by the
Mason County Democrat Party.
The dinner will be held in
The Hut with a social hour at 6
p.m. and the dinner at 7 p.m.
Tickets to the :dinner are
available from Mac Geadlart,
Arnold Livingston, Annette
McGee, Bob Whitmarsh and
Jerry Sw artos.
THOSE WHO successfully completed the 20-mile course in the March of
Dimes Walkathon Saturday disembark from a military landing craft on
which they were given a ride.