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October 12, 1978     Shelton Mason County Journal
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Is there a doctor in the house ? Huck].eberr'00€ LFAIII-ALLYN-GRAPEVIEW.TAHUYA-MASON LAKE-SOUTH SHORE.NORTH i THE SUN was just burning through the fog as Ted Powers, 10, of Twanoh Falls ran to the school bus stop recently. While enroute, he was spotted by a neighbor's dog which decided to tag along. FD to get paramedics has taken a The tough paramedic's course Although the training its ,wilt last nine months to a year, received by these personnel will care. and each student is expected to enable the fire district to provide are receive 2,500 to 3,000 hours of a superior emergency medical life training at training, Knight said. support to its residents, it will Inity College The training will include not replace the basic life support lectures and clinical and field personnel, first aiders and EMT's, Knight, experience. Successful who presently operate the Was cautious completion of the training will system, Knight said. of the qualify a paramedic to evaluate a "These personnel will "We don't patient's condition and make a continue to be the primary that we're field diagnosis of his problem, backbone of District Fives full blown In a limited sense, the medical program," he added. Five," paramedics will be practicing only three of medicine, said Knight. The paramedics will provide 365 days Approximately 150 people an additional level of care a rotating, within District Five will receive between the first response EMT if we improved patient care by the level care and the admission to People," he time the paramedics are in full the hospital when mid-level care operation in 1979, he said. is needed, he explained. r Participating in the paramedic's program, besides re lucky are: Bonnie Ells, a clerk/dispatcher for the district; and Gary Faucett, a volunteer fire fighter/EMT and relief bee dispatcher for the district. 11 r in the says control of t, you lucky, Io in such your or, if retreat ,Dugger laek bear, a calm, With the tyPe of te the Dugger like to "Most been running dealt and order to avoid you, said Dugger. Again, he said, "The last thing I want a person to do is run." A person couldn't outrun a black bear anyway, he said. If a person is attacked by a bear, Dugger said he should lie face down on the ground spread eagle and place his hands behind his head, fingers interlocking. People have survived the attack of a grizzly bear by doing this, he said. An attack is usually motivated by fear, and getting on the ground removes the threat, he said. Black bears, however, are docile animals and the chances of being attacked are pretty slim, he indicated. Even the myth about a bear with cubs being an instant killer is greatly exaggerated, according to Dugger. "Normally, she will try and get her cubs out of there," he said. Dugger only gets about 40 bear reports a year, and very few of them are from Mason County. (Please tum to 'page four.) applies to m.y In MEETING POSTPONED The Port of Dewatto commissioner's meeting scheduled for October 3 was postponed until October 31, said Port Manager Virgil Timmerman. Belfair may be without a doctor until next June or July. This is the word from Bob Pinckney, manager of the Doctor's Clinic in Bremerton. Shortly after the death July 26 of Dr. Amaly Frese-Mathis, the town's physician for 17 years, the Doctor's Clinic expressed an interest in this area. "We were looking at buying some property, leasing or buying the Belfair Clinic (where Dr. Frese had her practice) and possibly staffing 'it with our own people," Pinckney said during a telephone interview last Thursday. But the Doctor's Clinic just couldn't afford it, he said. The clinic is in the midst of a building program which will include the hiring of eight more doctors. Right now Pinckney is looking for five doctors, three for the clinic and two for Belfair. Doctors usually aren't available, however, until June or July when they finish their residency programs, he explained. Originally the plan was to have doctors from the Bremerton Clinic fill in at Belfair until a resident doctor could be found. However, "our doctors are so busy that they couldn't take a day off," he said. Staffing a clinic with a physician's assistant, which is done in a lot of rural areas, was also discussed, but "until we get a doctor, we didn't feel we could do anything like that," he said. The clinic has even backed off from purchasing property "'because we felt we couldn't tie up our money for seven to eight months until we found a doctor," Pinckney said. Ads, stressing the natural beauty of this area and the opportunity for outdoor activities, have been placed in a number of trade journals as well as with a placement office to get Thursday, October 12, ! 978 some applicants. Pinckney was confident that the Doctor's Clinic, which has 16 doctors, could find a doctor for this area, especially because of the support the clinic "couid " provide a satellite office. The doctor wouldn't have to be on call all the time - the clinic could fill in, he could take vacations, and he would have quick access to consultation and hospital services. Generally, the disadvantage of a small town practice is that the doctor could never get away, said Pinckney. An association with the Doctor's Clinic would eliminate that drawback. When a general practitioner is found, he would be paid a salary by the clinic for one year, said Pinckney. Then he would become a partner in'the Doctor's Clinic. Although two doctors are being sought for Belfair, Pinckney said the chances of Section of the Shelton-Mason County Journal Tri-Lakes Improvement club activated Sunday residents of the Tri-Lakes area have reactivated the Mission, Tiger and Panther Lakes By ELENORA FEDENK In an effort to halt unwanted development of lake property, Water district to discuss loan The pipe, which will take the place of a storage tank, will stick out of the ground and provide gravity feed, he said. Now water is pumped through the system by a pressure tank, "which is too small," he said. If HUD approves the loan, the water district may not be home free. The price of some property to be included in the purchase of the water system hasn't been decided yet, and Tietge is sure it will be higher than estimated. Mason County Water District No. 2 was formed about two years ago for the expressed purpose of buying and maintaining the privately owned Trail's End Lake water system. The water district commissioners applied for a $168,000 HUD grant in May to buy the system, but there has been no word from the federal agency as to whether it has been approved or not. Tonight the commissioners will meet at James TietgCs home, Star Route 1, Box 869, to discuss what steps, if any, should be taken to follow up on the application. The meeting, which was postponed from October 5, is open to the public. It's the first meeting of the water district since the beginning of summer. Tietge, president of the district, said there are only 26 to 27 permanent residents at the lake, but there are 76 homes and 360 lots. The present water system, he said, "is fine for domestic use, but we have to think about the future and about the buildings." To provide adequate storage for future development and fire protection, the commissioners plan to install a 150,000-gallon standing pipe once the system is purchased, Tietge said. Port of Allyn buys land, water system finding both of them at the same time aren't too good. "We'll probably start with one, and then getting the second would be easier," he said. Eventually the Belfair clinic would have specialists visit from the main office once a week or so, Pinckney said. For example, a pediatrician might come down once a week. But that's in the future. First a doctor has to be found, then a clinic has to be purchased. Soon a 2¼-acre piece of land adjacent to the Allyn dock will belong to the Port of Allyn. The property, owned by the Kirk Co., went into escrow September 12. That marked the close of a two-year effort to obtain the land by the Port of Allyn. The commissioners expected to take title of the land before their board meeting October 4. However, it didn't arrive, but Commissioner Leo Livingston didn't seem too worried about it. The land will be developed into a parking lot and a park-like area, said Livingston. Eventually there will be a picnic table and green grass on part of the site. Acquisition of the land will provide sorely needed parking for those who use the deck, he said. Now people have to park LEO PETERSON of Allyn has maintained this dirt road for years. Recently he found out the county owned the road and his house was on their 'easement. on the street. The $70,000 price tag on the land probably represents "the most expensive purchase of property the port has ever made," said Livingston. Because the port has spent most of its money to get the site, development of the land will have to be done in degrees, he said. Right now, the property is "a terrible mess," Livingston said. At one time Kirk Co. had some rental property there, but now all that is left are concrete foundations, he explained. If that isn't enough, there are some old auto bodies, blackberry vines and running springs that will have to be dealt with. "We will have to graduall.y conquer the wilderness there," said Livingston. Included in the purchase price was a well that serves seven to eight customers, he said. That's a bonus that pleases the commissioners because now they will be able to have running water at the dock. But there is one problem with the well system, explained; Livingston. "`we don't know where the water lines are." Improvement Club. : The reorganization meeting, held Sunday at the Belfair Firehall, was attended by a number of people from other lakes and nearby cities. : The goal of the club is to protect the three lakes from erosion that could be caused by land development, the organizers say. : The need for the improvement club is emphasized by a current advertisement in a Bremerton paper for 25 acres of lake frontage on Mission Lakes, and a September 1 ad for a large piece of property on Panther Lake. Also, Tiger Lake residents are in the process of requesting controls be placed on the size of lots in an I l-acre development on that lake. Otto Irrgang, a retired geologist and resident of Tiger Lake, drew a comparison between Tiger and Long lakes in Kitsap County.. "The current problems of weed growth and pollution of Long Lake through housing development and lack of control can be compared to the future of Tiger Lake if the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) control is not adopted by the Mason County Planning Commission," he said. : A major point is that the "Tiger Lake Terrdce Tracts'' housing development on Tiger Lake by the A.R.,.B. Investors Corporation of Pleasanton, California would allow so many lots averaged 3.5 per acre that, "the populaUon density would be overwhdming," said lrrgang. The fight is not to stop sales, but to have control of the population growth with about one lot per acre, the organizers say. The total of a warm weekend of residents with visiting rdatives could equal at least 400 people on the smaller size lots. The community lot on the water's edge would be simply another public access to the lake. The paved road there would be completely open to public me, with no guards, no gates and no control, they say. lrrgang, a former president of the lakes improvement dub, noted that the larger Long Lake, through the years, had changed from a depth of 35 feet to 12 feet because of erosion caused by housing devdopment. "The key issue of the whole is whether the proposal will result in a significant adverse impact upon the quality of the environment,' he said: "The issue is that an EIS should be required by the planning agency and James E. Connolly, Mason regional planning director." ===================== A public hinting to discuss the Tiger Lake Terrace Tracls, requested by residents of that lake, has been set for 7 p.m. November 2 at the Beifatr Firehsil. County commissioners changed the location and the time of the hearing Monday at the request of Tiger Lake residents. Originally the meeting was to be held at the county courthouse October 16. The change was made to give more residents a chance to attend. Officers-elect are Doug Smith, president and Loretta Hedge, vice president. Both are residents of Tiger Lake. Sandy Burrough of Panther Lake was elected secretary-treasurer. An amendment was proposed to change the office of secretary-treasurer to two separate offices for a better working arrangement. Prior to the election, funds to support the current expenses of an attorney and informative newsletter had been made to Bonnie Davies of Tiger Lake. Dues for membership in the Mizen, Tiger and Panther Lakes Improvement Club have been set at $5 per year. Donations and further contributions for a lawyer and (Pleme turn to page four.) County asked to vacate road The county commissioners are holding a public heating October 16 to discuss vacating a road in Allyn, but Leo Peterson, who requested the road change, will not attend. He's going to a reunion in North Dakota of his National Guard Unit that was activated after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Besides, says Peterson, whose brown tennis shoes strike a contrast to his farmers garb of blue jeans, red suspenders, and flannel shirt, "I've already told them my side of the story." And a potent story it is. If the county doesn't give up half its right-of-way on Wheelright Street, Peterson stands to lose a flower garden, some trees, and most importantly, part of his house. Petcrson swears that he didn't mean to build on the county's right-of-way. As a matter of fact, he didn't know the dirt road that he maintained for the past 26 years even bdonged to them until a few weeks ago. That's when he noticed some county workers putting stakes on the side ofthe road and on what he thought was his property. After talking to the workmen, Peterson found out that the county had a 60-foot easement. Quickly he called the courthouse to explain his dilemma. "I had it surveyed before I built," the perplexed Peterson told county officials. "i could've built farther back on the property," he said during an interview at his modest rambler he and his wife Franny built. But according to the survey done in the early 50s, the house was in a good spot. The errors in Peterson's survey wouldn't have been known yet if it wasn't for the owners of Lynnwood Center who want to pave Wheelright Street. They own a four-plex across from Peterson's property. It was their survey last summer that shows Peterson's property extends to the middle of the county easement. Aside from the problem over the boundaries of the county's easement, Peterson is happy the street will be paved, lie's tired of maintaining it. "If you dig down three feet or so, you'd probably find oyster shells I put there 20 years ago," he says. Peterson is confident that the county will not destroy his house by extending a road. Especially since the road doesn't go anywhere. If it ever is extended, it probably won't go much beyond his garden, he says.