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November 20, 1975     Shelton Mason County Journal
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By LOU DONNELL IlllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllUIIlillll there was a reunion held at the Communications the University of Washington for all graduates of the now called communications, department. I had received a reunion a week earlier from June Almquist, women's Seattle Times, a former classmate, and the next day 1 telephone call at work from another classmate, JeAnne sure I was going to attend. Each year I see June and Matrix Table but I looked forward to seeing some of the out small wartime class of fifteen women and one engaged my junior year the 16 of us attended all classes together, courses involving classes all morning, 8 a.m. to noon. we to the Daily shack and worked until 4 or 5 p.m. for the next day's issue of the Daily, which t four days a week. That year they rotated the positions on the each of us took turns, one week at a time, being editor, feature editor, picture editor, etc. About three of the editors report to the printing office after dinner for about four putting the paper to bed. And sometime during the 24 to squeeze in six or seven hours of study to keep up with nmen ts. of the heavy schedule we spent most of our time together L tired from late hours, often complaining about the heavy !we all became good friends as we covered assignments for or shared notes with someone who had overslept and missed were sort of early-day rebels, threatening to "strike" professor scheduled a big test the following day and there no chance the three persons on night duty could study of us who co .uld study didn't think it would be fair for to have to take the test unprepared and we said none of us up for it. We won, too. He rescheduled it for the following that we could study for it over the weekend. Grades were because none of us were to receive any credit for the whole until June, when we spent three days at a typewriter for a test covering the year's work, which, added to all our through the year, had to come up to a 3. (B) average. If we 3. average for the year we would be asked to change our else and no credit for that year would be given. the last week of school one of the women in our class had party where liquor had been served and a University coed of the students at the party were suspended from classes investigation and we were afraid our classmate wouldn't be take the comprehensive test and would lose the whole year's faculty anticipated our reaction, however, became we had a loyal, dose&nit group during the year's rough schedule allowed to take the tests so that, later, when the students of any guilt (death had been caused by a bad heart received credit for the year. If they hadn't, there would no journalism class to graduate the next year because we had it would be unfair if our classmate had not been allowed and we were ready to "strike" again. of my classmates went to New York shortly after 1 did lr raduation and I saw them several times there. But other seen any except JoArme and June since graduation. forward to the reunion to see my once-dear friends JeAnne and I from our class showed up. Even to attend some newspaper women's convention since she is an officer of the group. I went down the hall to sign up at the registration desk, 1 saw was... Leo Livingston, my North Shore whom I hadn't seen since Thursday night's meeting of society. former editor of Life Magazine and now senior staff Time, Inc. publications, was to receive the communication first Career Achievement in Communications award at the reunion. He had been in Leo's journalism 1936. a chance to talk to Bernie Jacobsen, former city editor of had served as one of our teachers when he was just a the same newspaper. The faculty had gone off to war so staff members substituted for them during my junior Year. He had been teacher of the class where three of us Joy Juice" a fermented fruit juice drink, during tnd we had worried about his reaction since alcohol on ! a very strong no-no. But he had downed it, licked his lips, a refill. ! of changes since "the old days," cheese, crackers and wine right there in a university building. Unheard of in my day. Other two who had smuggled the "joy juice" in along with there to see how times do change. building course 'be presented locally a~Ugh people are taking a positive course presented Pacific Institute of t instructor would hold Monten who has COUrse in Bremerton to make it available would be required to develop a specific project in addition to the classes. More information can be had by calling Monten at school, 275-2881, or at home evenings, 275-3319. Interested persons should contact him to sign up. Put some of the in the course with some of my Monten, "and the in their attitudes in school aZing.,, Monten is a teacher at Belfair Persons, any age over enrolled the course locally. Tentative Person if no college $89 if three the University of be acquired, $34 40 or more sign Per person will be tPts are presented one's self-image and and changing in a and freeflowing way Ring yourself and ~ity to reach more you already have Problems without goals with positive probably be one week with a 3n scheduled later. college credit in Fan Nig All Bulldog basketball fans, young and old, are invited to attend Bulldog Fan Night at the North Mason High School gym tonight, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. for a free evening of entertainment and a preview of the upcoming basketball season. Coach Lance Thurston and his coaching staff will first introduce the varsity and jayvee team members, then present a short clinic on the fundamentals of basketball. An inter-squad scrimmage will follow so those attending can see the boys in pre-season action. After the game players and coaches will mingle with the audience, available to answer anY questions anyone might have. The program is geared to attract the fans who attend the Bulldog basketball games, who might enjoy knowing a little more about what's going on than they can learn by merely attending the games, said Thurston, who hopes t'or a big crowd. Some of the changes to expect when filling out next year's incometax forms were pointed out by Perry Baunsgard to members of Belfair Chamber of Commerce at last week's meeting of the group. Almost all of the changes, brought about by passage of the 1975 Tax Reduction Act, will mean lower taxes for individuals and businesses, he explained, although they will have to work a little harder in filling out the forms in exchange for the tax break. Only two types of taxpayers will find former tax exemptions curtailed from what they enjoyed in previous years, those who have foreign investments and those benefiting from the gas and oil depletion allowance. Next year, he said, even heads of families who made a low income, had many deductions and ended up paying no tax will be money ahead if they take the time to fill out an income tax form because they will receive money "back." All of the changes are for one year only unless Congress and the President can agree on a tax reduction plan for the next year. On next year's forms everyone, taxpayer and dependents, will get a $30 tax credit, persons hiring someone receiving aid to dependent children (ADC) payments, getting them off the rolls, will receive tax credit amounting to 20% of the first year's wages. Child care cost deductions will be available to persons in higher income brackets than formerly. There are changes in the capital gains on home sales, giving home sellers a longer period Planner hired to provide school expansion plan to handle rising enrollment With $3100 in Trident-related funds available to North Mason School District to help l~lan for the population growth expected from Trident and with an addition $3,000 possible from the state for planning purposes, the school directors last week voted to hire Don B u r r a n d Associates of Tacoma to come up with a plan for school expansion by spring. Superintendent Norm Sanders reported that the local school district has achieved emergency status as far as state matching funds go in building new buildings because of the 19 percent increase in enrollment during the past three years. He encouraged the board to consider asking for. a bond issue next spring to relieve the shortage of classroom space now faced by the district which is expected to continue to increase even without Trident-related increases. He said he believed the district should plan on having to use other community buildings such as firehalls, grange or churches next fall to house all the students. Sanders reported that enrollment is now over 1100 and if it continues to rise at the same rate as in the past, even without Trident's impact, there will be 700 unhoused students by 1981. Even with, a , successfud bond election next spring, he pointed out, some temporary measures will have to he taken to provide additional space until new buildings could be built. The board voted to take $500 from money allocated for supplies in the 1975-76 budget for use to finance field trips, a category not funded when the budget was approved. Jerry Reid voted against this proposal, Gene Foster, Pat Ruff and Jim Yoest voted for it. A resolution was signed by the board authorizing the superintendent to negotiate with a lending institution for a loan to purchase a new school bus. Advisability of running a special levy next spring was discussed; it was noted that $210,000 would by eliminated from the 1976-77 budget, 1974 levy funds which were not collected until after July 1, 1975, so were included in this year's budget. The board agreed to hold a levy election, as Rate as possible next spring so that they would have as much financial information as they could before setting the amount. Permission was granted to a teacher, James Taylor, to use school facilities for private guitar lessons without paying rent providing his fees were "reasonable." No definition of "reasonable" was given. Jack Jackman and David Hutsell, representing a group of parents from Trail's End Lake, complained that the driver hired by the district to transport children from Trail's End Lake to a bus stop on South Shore had been seen drinking beer on the job and had, on one occasion, not driven the children directly home, causing a call to a school principal who had driven to the area to locate the carful of children. It was reported that the driver had taken them to a store on South Shore where he had purchased candy for them and beer for himself. The superintendent said he had asked the driver about the drinking report but that the driver had said he had not had a beer until the run was over. The superintendent said he would talk to the driver again to be sure that he understood that no drinking would be allowed during the daytime before the last run was over. The superintendent said the driver hired was the only applicant for the job when it was advertised following a request by Trail's End Lake parents that the district provide transportation for students at the lake. The hill from South Shore up to the lake is too steep for a school bus, according to the supe~i~4endent, who implied that if this driver did not transport the children it would he up to the parents to see that their children got to the bus stop on South Shore. Jackman also asked if the district insurance would cover any accidents which might occur between the time the students are dropped off from one vehicle and are waiting for the next. The superintendent agreed to contact the insurance company to find out if the district would be liable for accidents while students waited for the bus or car. In other business the superintendent reported that the bid from North Mason School District had been accepted by Christ Lutheran for the 21.7 acres adjacent to school property. The bid was for $1500 an acre, for a total of $32,550. According to information received from Sanders,S9,768.35 will be the down payment from the building fund, with $9,000 a year to be paid each year for three years. The money will come from federal forest payments into the building fund each year. Twenty extracurricular contracts and contracts for 46 classified personnel were approved and signed by the board and a letter of resignation from bus driver Mark Wilkerson, for health reasons, was accepted. North Mason school directors agreed last week to join with three Kitsap County school districts to employ a negotiator, with North Mason paying $4300 for one year's service beginning December 15. Other districts which will share the consultant's services are Central Kitsap, North Kitsap and Bremerton. One of the members of the board who is also on the negotiation team for the district said "We're over our heads in negotiations" explaining that state regulations added the past few years makes it almost imperative to have a legal background to Kern wins oleaion Absentee Votes did not change the outcome in the close race between Robert Kern and incumbent Earl Kisler for the commissioner post for Belfair I"ire District. Unofficial count of local precincts had put Kern 19 votes ahead of Kisler, 367-348; final tally after ak~ntee ballots were counted was Kern 371 and Kislcr 352. keep from making mistakes during negotiations. Early in last week's meeting of the board the superintendent had read a letter from the school district's insurance company, InsuranceCompany of North America, which stated that $8,149.42 had been paid in lawyer fees for last summer's court case in which seven teachers had sued the district after being laid off when the spring levy failed. The letter asked that the district reimburse the insurance company for the $500 deductible included in the policy. The board agreed to the payment. GYMNASTICS PROGRAM The public is invited to attend a program at 7 p.m. Nov. 25 in the high school gym put on by the Belfair cooperative gymnastics class. Tumbling and balance beam skills will be shown by students of the class which includes children grades kindergarten through grade 6. Alice Muxen is instructor of the class. Admission is free. of time in which to buy or build a new home. In fact, anyone buying or building a new home this year or next year can receive a substantial tax credit if he takes advantage of a "very complex" new reduction offered. This applies only to NEW homes, never lived in before. It can be up to five percent of the purchase price of the new home, probably well worth hiring a consultant to make out the tax form if someone can't understand it himself. Several tax breaks will be enjoyed by corporations and one will affect even businesses of sole proprietorship. Persons on social security, supplemental security and railroad retirement will benefit from the new schedule. New tax tables will be in effect, giving the biggest break to persons in lower income brackets. Baunsgard didn't come out and say it, but his advice to anyone facing the yearly task of filling out income tax forms would probably be not to walt until the last day to tackle the job. Next year's form promises to be more complex but there are many new ways to receive a tax break if one takes the time and trouble to understand the forms. Done in a hurry the last few hours before the Apr. 15 deadline, one might overlook something which might have saved some dollars; such as a double tax credit for anyone who hires someone off the ADC rolls to care for children.., or the big deduction for anyone buying or building a new home this or next year, the latter being so complicated and needing verification by the builder that it couldn't be done "at the last minute.". BREAKAN REPORT A complaint was received Nov. 15 in the sheriff's office that the Collins Lake cabin of Thomas Thies of Port Orchard had been broken into but nothing appeared to be missing. A PREVIEW of what taxpayers can expect when filling out their incc.ne tax forms next spring was given to Belfair Chamber of Commerce members by Perry Baunsgard at last week's chamber meeting. He warned that next year's forms would be more complicated than this year's form due to the many one-year-only changes brought about by the 1975 Tax Reduction Act. First Art In what has been named the first annual Art Guidi Bowl, a football game between the Allyn Brushpickers and the Belfair Gaffers will be held this Saturday, 8 p.m., at the high school football field. The teams are composed of local fathers and all proceeds will go to the Associated Student Body of North Mason High School to help finance the sports program during the year. Coach for the Allyn team is Stan Kriegd; for the Belfair team, Art Guidi and Bob Newman. Guidi is in the hospital recovering from major surgery. Two Beard's homes hit by fires Two summer homes at Beard's Cove were destroyed by fire on two different nights last week, both with cause of fire unknown. A report was received in the sherifrs office on Nov. 12 that a cabin at Beard's Cove belonging to Jim Heltames had burned completely to the ground sometime within the past 24 hours. A patrolman making his rounds discovered the pile of ashes where a cabin had stood the night before when he had checked the site. Evidently no one noticed the flames since the fire department was not called. The state fire marshall's office is investigating. At I I :05 p.m. Nov. 13 the Belfair fire department received a call reporting a mobile home at Beard's Cove, belonging to Jack Gordon of Seattle, was on fire. A resident of the area had gone outside and noticed the flames. The home was completely involved by the time firemen arrived on the scene. Eighteen firemen in three trucks responded. The mobile home was a total loss. Fire Chief Bill DeMiero says the cause of the fire is under investigation by local authorities. There was no electricity at the first cabin and Gordon, owner of the mobile home, told Chief DeMiero by telephone that he had shut off the electricity to his GEORGE BOOTH (left), newly elected president of Mason County Historical Society, presented Leo Livingston, outgoing president with a certificate of life membership at the society's meeting last week. Livingston had served as president of the group for the past six years, almost ever since it was reactivated in 1968. He also had a gift to give the new president, an "antique" gavel, with which to run the meetings. The society will not meet during December, January and February, with location of March meeting to be announced later. @ Policy of North Mason School District on school closure because of snow, mud or adverse road conditions is: i. If necessary to close place for the winter some time schools or to operate one hour before the fire. late, the following radio stations will be notified by 6 a.m.: KBRO-1590, KIRO-71 0, K JR-950, KOMO-i 000, KING-1090, KVI-570, and KOL-1300. Local Chamber sets Christmas party The annual Chamber of Commerce Christmas dinner and dance will be held at LakeLand Village Country Club Dec. 13 with a social hour at 7 p.m., dinner at 8 and dancing to live" music to follow. Tickets for members and guests are available at Puget Sound National Bank in Bdfair, Belfair Texaco, the Belfair Trading Post and the Huckleberry Herald office. Tickets must be purchased before Dec. 10. Frank May is in charge of arrangements for the affair. =L-S--- : ~- ~-=-= ~. Z - __ SS, S_-----Z_ 2. in the event no announcement is made, one may assume normal operations. 3. Occasionally school is dismissed early because of weather conditions; parents are requested to be sure their children have a friend or neighbor to whom they can report in case the parents are not home. 4. All activities scheduled to be held in any school building, day or evening, will be cancelled or postponed when schools have been closed for the day. By LENNIA CATES -- CR 5-2245 Howdja like that windstorm? Shades of Columbus Day, eh? We were out of electricity for about 4% hours so the old oil heater felt pretty good and the portable butane stove came in mighty handy for the morning's cup of wake-me-up. Our inconvenience was nothing compared to those whose job it was to get the power back on again. if I hadn't awakened early (4 a.m.) Sunday I would have missed it (the snow). It didn't last all that long cuz ten minutes later it turned to rain. Not so in some of the lake areas, with Maggie Lake getting half an inch. Bob Garbrick bagged a 550-pound elk on opening day of the season. The party of four got two up in the Clearwater area near Forks. Charlie and Alice Fritz will be motoring to Bellingham Saturday where granddaughter Julie Ann McFearin will be wed to Leslie Bland. They aren't sure as to what the new bridegroom should be Called; grand-son-i-n-law, grandson by marriage? Why don't you just call him Leslie. Don't forget Saturday is the Silent Auction and Bake Sale at St. Nicholas Church here in Tahuya. There will be a large varied array of items to help you with your Christmas shopping. Chili, hot dogs, donuts and coffee will also be available to ease your hunger pangs while browsing. That's this coming Saturday, the 22nd, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Come join the fun! Hard to believe. Astronomers claim there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on the shores of this earth! MAIL DELIVERY CHANGE A change in the departure and arrival schedule for St. Rt. 2, Beifair, is now in effect, reports Postmaster Pat Henningsen. The carrier now leaves Belfair at 10 a.m., arrives at Tahuya at 12:45 p.m., leaves Tahuya on the return tripat ! :45 p.m.