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By LOU DONNELL
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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.
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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.
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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.