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This precocious little miss, Sabrina Woodford, 9, was one of the hundreds of
Youngsters who dressed up for the Halloween Carnival held at the Belfair
Elementary School last week. More faces can be found on page four.
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offer to buy the property. : described as "an adequate offer."
Dick .Angle, the real estate
agent representing the Shelton
physicians, spelled those terms
out in a letter he mailed
November 2 to William Garland,
attorney for Dr. Frese's estate.
The Shelton doctors had
offered $85,000 for a 175 by
200-foot parcel, including the
clinic building, which Angle
Election
results
Due to the early press
deadline for the Herald, we are
unable to give you the unofficial
election results for the Allyn
Fire Department levy and
Grapeview School bond issue.
Please see the front page of
the Journal for this information.
try again
You don't
again," is a
is taking to
an
a shoreline
a cabin on
Canal near
and he was
the county
times.
r's
request,
request
felt the
boaid was denying him his right
to build on his property.
However, after a lengthy
' discussion, the commissioners
turned him down.
Still not detered, Kargianis
asked the board for more time
to consider the application and
for the opportunity to put in
writing some thoughts that he
had not been able to find time
to discuss with them.
The' commissioners agreed to
hear him again next Monday,
November 13,
A parcel, 250 by 350 feet,
was appraised for Angle at
$67,500. That also included the
clinic without equipment, he
said.
Angle said that if his letter
didn't bring any results, the
Shelton doctors are probably
going to drop their plans of
setting up an. office in Belfair.
The attorney has until
tomorrow to answer Angle's
letter.
Dogs given
Captain, a part Belgian
shepherd and part German
shepherd owned by Mrs. Joyce
Norman of Belfair and Bear, a
part Husky and part Saint
Bernard puppy owned by Ms.
Peggy McCaslin of Bremerton,
were honored as semi-finalists in
the 25th annual Ken-L Ration
Dog Herd of the Year awards
program. The award was
announced in New York City.
Captain and Bear combined
to keep the women's
two-year-old nephew safe and
warm when he was lost on a
snow-covered mountainside for
two days and one night last
December. The boy, David
Goodrich, and his mother, Mrs.
Mary Goodrich, also of
Bremerton, had spent the
Christmas holidays with the
family in Belfair. While his
mother was packing the car to
go home, David wandered off
Kelly Smith, a sophomore
studying chemical engineering at
Washington State University, has
been awarded the John and
Helen Sutherland Scholarship in
the amount of $250. The
Sutherland scholarship is
presented annually to an
outstanding student majoring in
chemical engineering at wsu.
Smith is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. Stanley Smith of
Grapeview. He graduated from
Shelton High School:
Improvement seen in education
Although it took him a
month to pour over new
regulations, develop studies, and
finally draft an application for
school funds, Norm Sanders,
North Mason School
superintendent, is, frankly, quite
pleased with the basic education
actpassed by the state legislature
earlier this year.
He can see beyond the
morass of regulations, that have
shook school districts throughout
the state right down to their
kindergartens, and pick out the
goal of the new law - better
education. ,.
Wedded to the education act
is the vow of I00 percent
funding for school districts. Such
funding will not only kick school
districts off the levy treadmill, it
will free school administrators
from the worry of keeping their
schools solvent.
"School administrators spent
a lot of time in the past coming
up with funds," said Sanders.
"You're always worried about
revenue to support the school."
Moving closer to home, he
said that superintendents used to
be educational leaders. But in
the late 60s, that role began to
change. Gradually,
superintendents began to "spend
that the state legislature should
provide 100 percent funding for
schools. Moreover, the district
said it was illegal for schools to
rely on special levies for basic
education.
, The legislature was taken to
court over these two points, and
the school district won.
Naturally, the legislature
appealed, and after the issue
bounced from one court to the
next, the supreme court finally
got a hold of it.
A few weeks ago, it upheld
the lower court's decision by a
marked 6-3 majority. The
legislature was given until July I,
1979 to provide 100 percent
funding for all schools.
So the legislature decided
that if it had to fund basic
education, "it was going to
define it," said Sanders.
From the conception of that
idea, the basic education act was
born.
Although the legislature has a
few years to fulfill its half of the
bargain, schools had to get
cracking on theirs right away to
qualify for 85 percent funding in
the 1978-79 school year.
Conforming to the education
act includes such things as
meeting requirements for total
program hours for grades K-12,
and allowing a predetermined
amount of teacher contact time.
It appears that North Mason
cleared this first hurdle, but it
probably nicked the bar on the
way.
For example, the education
act requires 2,700 hours of
classes for grades first through
third. North Mason has 2,715
hours. Grades ninth through 12
didn't even have breathing room,
Compliance requirements were
4,320 hours, exactly what the
school district offered.
The application of
entitlement for basic education
funding includes a checklist of
36 areas of compliance. North
Mason meets all but three.
The first deviation is for a
program of guidance, counseling
and testing services.
"There is testing on all levels
but only guidance and counseling
provided in grade levels 7-12,"
Sanders explained in a letter to
the superintendent of public
instruction.
The second deviation is for a
learning resources program. "We
are only utilizing a ½-time
equivalent librarian for grades
K-12 this current year to oversee
our district's learning resource
program," he explained in the
letter. "Our goal is to establish
and maintain 1½ or two full-time
equivalent librarians for the
district as soon as possible."
Finally, North Mason doesn't
meet the requirements for
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the majority of their time
justifying issues."
On the other hand, with full
funding, superintendents will "be
allowed to get back to the job
they're meant to do -
"providing educational services
for kids," Sanders said.
Getting the administrators
back to their proper jobs is not
the only benefit of the new law,
however.
Sanders says the educational
act will also standardize the
requirements for graduation in
the state of Washington.
"Some kid moving from
school district to school district
can expect the same type of
requirements and programs," he
said.
"That's seen as a real bonus
for our mobile society.
"Typically one-third of our kids
are moving in and moving out
(of the district) all the time,"
Sanders said.
Eventually, he even sees the
new law standardizing
requirements for teacher[, and
even affecting salary schedules.
Although the new law
promises the sweet smell of
roses, there are thorns in the
bouquet. And the biggest sticker
As attached to the choicest bloom
- funding.
To understand this, perhaps
it's best to review how the 100
percent funding and the
education act came about in the
first place.
It all started when the
Seattle school district decided
award
some two-and-0ne-half miles into
the forest. Fortunately, Captain
and Bear stayed by his side. The
boy was found 31 hours later by
an army helicopter search crew
on their last flight before dark.
When he was rescued, David was
suffering from a mild case of
hypothermia, or subnormal body
temperature, due to exposure to
subfreezing temperatures.
Because the two dogs had kept
the boy warm, he quickly
recovered.
For their heroism, Captain
and Bear will be awarded bronze
medals and Ken-L Ration Dog
Hero Certificates of Merit.
The Ken-L Ration Dog Hero
of 1978 is Chester, a Chesapeake
Bay Retriever owned by Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Homme of Livingston,
Montana. Chester saved
five-year-old Kenny Homme
from drowning in a surging creek
last spring.
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No mail
delivery
Saturday
There will be no mail
delivery Saturday because of
Veterans' Day.
The Belfair and Grapeview
post offices will be open from 9
a.m. dntil 9 p.m. dnd 9 a.m.
until 7 p.m., Tespectively, so
people can still get to their
boxes. :
The Allyn and Tahuya post
offices will be locked, however.
Tiger Lake tract discussed
The fate of the water tower
at the Tiger Lake Terrace Tracts,
located on a scenic body of
water in the northeast corner of
Mason County, will not be
known for another two weeks.
Ironically, no one objects to
the construction of the tower
which As the heart of a system
that will supply water to 20 or
so lots - depending on final
health department approval -
that remain to be developed on
the 1 l-acre tract.
At a public hearing
November 2,. held to discuss the
development and the tower,
county commissioners said they
favored a centralized water
system - made possible by the
storage tank - which is far
better than individual wells
serving each lot.
Concurring with this view
were officials from the county
health and planning departments.
Even the 56 or so members
of the Tri-Lakes Improvement
Club that attended the meeting,
and who collectively oppose the
development, admitted that
construction of the tower wasn't
their primary concern.
They are, however,
"concerned about pollution (of
Tiger Lake) caused by
uncontrolled development," said
Jed Turner, one of the
improvement club's spokesmen.
On the other hand, the
storage tank is the key to their
objections over the development.
If the developer didn't need a
building permit to construct the
tower, the county would be
powerless to delay the
development.
The real fray between the
Tri.lakes Club and the county,
&ide from the development even
being there, is over an
environmental impact statement
(EIS) and a preliminary
declaration of non-significance.
Residents maintain that the
environmental check list filed by
the developer on which the
declaration of non-siguifieance is
based, is in error. They have
even submitted their own
checklist along with a request
that an EIS be filed. '
"You've got to consider the
full project that the water tower
will permit," Turner told the
commissioners. :
James Connolly, county
planning director, who
recommended the letter be filed,
said that nothing would be
gained from an EIS. It would
only be "a writing of what we
heard tonight."
Once an EIS was done, it
would still be up to the
commissioners to approve or
disapprove the construction of
the tower, he said,
Normally a preliminary letter
of non-significance would be
handled by Connolly's
department, but in his particular
case its issuance was taken over
by the commissioners because of
the public sentiment involved.
The commissioners not only
agreed to a public hearing on the
matter, they even changed the
time and place from the Shelton
courthouse last month to the
Belfair Flrehall last Thursday.
Connolly, the first county
official to speak at the ,meetinl,
said he was caught between two
polarized positions - the
Tri-Lakes Club and the developer
- and "maybe we can't find an
answer."
He explained that the
"proposed declaration of
non-significance" is in
accordance with the state
environmental policy act. It's an
evaluation of the environmental
checklist completed by the
developer, and it says that this
particular project will not affect
the environment.
The proposed declaration was
passed to other agencies that
may be concerned with issuing
permits for the water tower and
only a few responded, he said
during an interview Monday.
"Ted" Wilkens, a sanitarian
with the county health
department, said that each lot
will be approved for a septic
system on an individual basis,
and he assured the audience that
he would inspect each lot during
the worst part of the year.
When asked how he would
judge a lot during the summer,
Wilkens said he would rely on
his experience and knowledge of
soils and vegetation.
At the time the preliminary
plat was filed in 1968, Wilkens
said the health department issued
a preliminary judgment on the
lots but that didn't prevent the
health department from
disapproving a lot "forever and a
day."
One person said that it
appeared that anyone could
build on a lot at the whim of a
county official. :
Wilkens took exception to
this. "Whim is not part of my
character," he said. "I consider
myself a professional, and we are
bound by regulations.
"I think you can be assured
that if we approve a site, it's not
on a whim but based on the best
judgment and understanding of
the property," he said.
Wilkens also assured the
audience that all the lots are
potential building sites as well as
potential non-building sites°
"I will be certain to observe
them in the worst possible
conditions, and I'll score it on
my memory so 1 won't forget
next summer," he wittily assured
the audience.
When questioned about what
waste facilities will be put on the
one waterfront lot that will serve
the development, Wilkens said,
"Let's just wait and see what is
proposed. If nothing is proposed,
naturally it's possible the health
department will step in and tell
them something must be done.
Probably that's the way it will
happen," he said. :
"We don't want to get
involved after the fact," retorted
one lake resident. There is
BILL HERDMAN $R. was the original agent to handle the Tiger
Lake Terrace Tracts when it was platted 10 years agol He was
at the public hearing last week to discuss the development.
already one problem with the
state community beach, and
residents are not happy about
having another one, he said.
Connolly interjected that the
community waterfront lot is for
limited use; non-residents can be
kept out if the residents of the
development police it.
That comment was greeted
with a round of laughter.
He also suggested that
trespassers could be kept out by
verbal persuasion or maybe by
putting up a locked gate.
"The lot will be public access
in no time," was the wry
comment of one member of the
audience.
• John Buckwaiden, deputy
prosecuting attorney, explained
the county's problem in dealing
with the development. Since it
was platted 10 years ago, the
owners could sue if the county
tried to prevent its future
development now, he said,
Then Loretta Hedges, one of
the key organizers in the
Tri-Lakes Club, asked if the
board was just talking about the
water tower or about the whole
development. '
"To be perfectly honest, I
don't know what I'm talking
about," said Buckwalden. "I
don't know what the question is
here," he added.
"It's about the entire
development!" someone offered.
Buckwalden countered,
"That development has been
open and it's going to
remain open. You can't
disapprove it just by the fact
you don't want people there." '
He also suggested that the
people protesting the
development should get a lawyer.
(The Tfi-Lakes Club has hired a
lawyer, but he was unable to
attend the hearing because of
illness.)
Otto lrrang, an engineer and
geologist, then offered a
"relevant point."
Since his property is one of
the closest to the development's
well, he has been "quite
concerned" that the well might
not be able to produce enough
water. There has never been a
proper draw-down test of the
well, and since the soil is glacial
11, "you can't tell if one aquifer
is connected to another." '
Wilkens explained what tests
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activities in the Grapeview, Allyn
and Victor areas.
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columns in the paper - Tahuya
Talk, South Shore Canal Life,
etcetera.
The new feature will be
included in the Herald as soon as
we select a columnist.
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on community activities, and
slaving over a column every
week, call the Herald, 275-6680,
any weekday between 9 a.m. and
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