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REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS who spoke at the Shelton Chamber of
Commerce meeting last Thursday were, left to right, Irving Newhouse,
Duane Berntson, Kenneth Eikenberry, Kemper Freeman and John
Hendricks.
lican
Concerns of
were
Chamber of
hen five Republican
to the chamber
meeting last
night at Heinie's
the introduction of
legislators was
John Hendricks,
ty Leader Irving
Mabton, told the
that the
had been
around the state
different point of
Comes from the
of the legislature.
he said, is
drifting toward a
which makes
for a person in
profession to serve
because it takes
past year, he said,
spent 155 days in
this does not count
which have
the legislature is
he said, is not
COmes to Olympia
issues are being
the rug...-
no real bills being
the 1976 session,
The legislature
'ting bills so they
they are doing.
g, Newhouse
is to pinpoint
are thinking. In
said, there is a
aCCountability and
the students are
anticipates
failures in the
Canal
The Hood Canal School Board
at its meeting Monday night
seated Dr. William Busacca as a
member of the board.
Richard Endicott was elected
chairman of the board to succeed
Warren Edinger Sr., who has
served as chairman the past year.
The board adopted a set of
proposed board meeting
procedures.
Included in those procedures
are that individuals or groups
wanting to appear before the
board should contact the school
board the Monday prior to the
legisla
am
er
Concealed-weapon permits
on the increase in county
coming year and the continuing
problem of school financing.
He commented that about
half the Democrats in the
legislature are retired or public
employees•
Other problems which the
legislature must face, he said, are
transportation, energy,
unemployment compensation and
medical malpractice problems.
Representative Duane
Berntsen, Burlington, said the
legislature is taking a look at the
creation of a Department of
Energy to see if it is needed.
They are also looking at
emergency energy powers for the
government and a thermal siting
act which would bring all forms
of energy siting under one act.
He stated a gas tax increase is
needed if there is to be any
highway construction and, if one
is not passed in the coming
biennium, cutbacks in highway
maintenance will be necessary.
Discussing Initiative 316 to
restore the death penalty for
some crimes, Representative
Kenneth Eikenberry, Seattle, said
juvenile code was written by the
public defenders and appears to
be designed to protect the
juvenile from the court. The new
code would call for four separate
hearings in criminal cases. He also
commented that 60 percent of
the crime is committed by
juveniles•
Representative Kemper
Freeman, Bellevue, discussed state
pension funds and the financial
problems they are getting into.
He stated that because of
increases in pension funds granted
to the seven different groups
representing state employees, who
in effect compete with each
other, each wanting a little more
than the other, the state now has
an unfundec] liability in the
pension funds of about $1 million
a day.
The last session of the
legislature put $425,000,000 into
the pension funds, about 10
percent of the revenue from the
general fund, and the pension
funds are still not keeping up with
their liabilities.
This is a serious problem, he
(Continued from page one.)
and wielded primarily as a threat.
"They very rarely involve a
concealed weapon of any kind,"
said Johnson. "Because of our
locale and all of the sports
hunting we have, almost every
family in the area owns some type
of firearm like a shotgun or a
rifle. But more often than not
they'll use them in a threatening
way rather than with any actual
intent to do harm."
The law now prohibits all
The Mason County Forest
Festival Association, at a meeting
last week, selected "Timber, Our
Heritage" as the theme for the
1976 Forest Festival.
Festival president John Hinck
announced that Phil Hamlin
would be chairman of the
concession committee.
The group discussed plans for
the 1975 festival•
Liquor license
is approved
The State Liquor Control
Board has issued a Class H-Club
license to Shelton-Bayshore Golf
Club to sell beer, wine and
spirituous liquor for on-premises
consumption by its members at
Route 2, Box 89, Shelton.
the vote should be a mandate to said, which is some day going to Love that lasts
those in the Department of Social explode• The state has been, he Only parents' love can last our
and Health Services to get the said, promising benefits which are lives• Robert Browning.
element of discipline and beyond its ability to pay.
punishment back into the The state, he said, is walking
• criminal jUstiCe system. " Up to dls~r and the Democrats
He stated that there are 30 are paralyzed, ram
inmates in the WaUa Walla State Proposals which would
Penitentiary who are locked in combine the seven funds into one 3800
segregation who have been victims would help by cutting down on
the competition among groups to
get more than the others.
There have been hints, the
legislators said, that a one percent
sales tax increase and other tax
increases will be proposed by the
Democrats not just tot school
funding, but for a six percent
salary increase which the
Democrats promised state
employees.
8 Husqvarna
MOTOR SHOP
1306 Olympic Hwy. S.
426-4602
of a criminal act within the
penitentiary. They are locked in
segregation while those who are
responsible are loose among the
prison population.
He said there should be a
mandated minimum sentence for
some crimes, particularly crimes
against individuals.
He also said a proposed new
persons - including peace officers
- from assuming ownership of a
firearm on the day of purchase. A
mandatory three-day period must
be observed first, during which
authorities check for any
violations or other question marks
which might warrant disallowing
the transaction.
"The idea," offered Doeneh,
"is that if you're buying a gun to
do somebody in, you're mad, and
they figure maybe in three days
you'll have cooled off. If you're
still mad in three days," he added
with a grin, "you can go ahead
and shoot him."
The concealed-weapon permit
itself is by no means regarded as a
deterrent to crime, according to
most officers• Johnson, for
example, reasons that anyone
likely to use a gun illegally isn't
going to heed laws pertaining to
the concealment of weapons,
anyway.
"All the permit really does,"
he said, "'is allows an honest
citizen to protect himself. And
it's really more a deterrent; it
gives people a comfortable feeling
to know that if anything should
come up they have a means of
protecting themselves."
. rday,
This 3rd
annual parade
co-sponsored by the
Shelton JayCees and the
Shelton Chamber of Commerce
is the largest and first of
its kind in Washington•
Begins downtown at 3 p.m.
and concludes with the
lighting of the Christmas Tree
' re of the Fun-Enter Now/
(personal, commerical, etc.)
number in group:
of Leader:
First, second and third
place trophies catagories
1. Marching Bands
2. Marching Units
3. Mounted Units
4. Mobile Units
5. Merchant Floats
6. Service Organization
Floats
7. Individual Entries
A. 0-6 years old
B. 7-12 years old
C. 13 and up
Also to be awarded:
The Grand Marshal's Award
Chamber of Commerce Award
Christmastown U.S.A. Award
kASTOWN, USA
PARADE COMMITTEE
5ORS -- SHELTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & SHELTON JAYCEES
P,O. BOX "A" • SHELTON, wAsHINGTON 98584
meeting to get on the agenda•
The procedures also provide
that a time will be allowed for
visitors to make comments which
should be directed to the board as
a whole, not individual board
members or members of the
administration.
It also provides board
members may interrupt a speaker
to ask questions or make
comments in order to clarify the
discussion.
The procedures provide that
not more than five minutes will
be allotted one speaker and not
more than 20 minutes to one
subject except with unanimous
consent of the board.
Persons appearing before the
board will not be permitted to
discuss a motion pending before
the board, the procedures
provide.
The procedures provide that
oral complaints against individual
employees of the district may not
be presented at the board
meeting. The complaints should
be presented in writing and signed
by the person making the
complaints.
It is also provided that
boisterous conduct will not be
permitted.
North Shelton
Community Auxiliary
Saturday, November 22
Starts 9:00 a.m.
Safeway Store in Shelton
Make us an
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lau h if
4-Door •:•:,
2-Door
Make Offer
.1 - . ¢
4-door.
They don't make
them like this
anymore!
,• .~
Kneeland Center
OPEN
Monday-Saturday
until 8 p.m.
OPEN SUNDAY
after church 'til 7 p.m.
Bring your
., °'
leash!
4 door
a real dog!
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