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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
December 14, 1978     Shelton Mason County Journal
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OrossenbaQher rOS., Inc, 614 N. W. 6th AVe, Portland, Ore. 97209 Sheriff's offi POSTAL PATRON Valeria Kimmel of Grapevmw was a bit surprised two weeks ago when she received the card she displays above, inasmuch as it was mailed from downtown Shelton in July --six years ago! Need'less to rn say, Mrs. Kimmel didn't bother to pick up her 1972 Sears catalog. 00E00rmlt U.S. Army Corps of ,,lVla,01 I I J "oun*'"" uest from Northern Company for the Rivers and Thursday, December 14, 1978 Ninety-Second Year - Numler 50 5 Sections - 46 Pages 20 Cents Per Copy Act and the Federal Control Act. requested are for river°!iW';Shilesagtrt°n Three Sea'ttle juv00ni les the rivers to be Dosewallipsand to face charg here, are the Duckabush, t Rivers. Corps said an impact statement on the project. the corps said, can writing that a public held on the request. should refer to ace number and should Seattle Corps office January 4 to be in determining not the permits will Two Seattle 16 year €Ida and is to appear in court today the two Tuesday, O'Leary set appeared in Mason County for arraignment and detention bond at $25,000 each. They are Juvenile Court before Court hearing, being held in Thurston County Commissioner Dan O'Leary They were identified as Detention Center in lieu of Tuesday afternoon for Thomas J. Bennett, 16, 12703 bond. arraignment and detention 35th Northeast, Seattle and hearings on charges of complicity Lorra Shirley, 16, 2901 First Shelton Attorney Ben Settle to kidnapping, complicity to Avenue North, Seattle, who was appointed to represent second degree assault and appeared Tuesday and Mandy Bennett in the case. Miss complicity to first degree Raymond, 17, 1816 Fourth Shivley's parents told the court robbery. North, Seattle, who is to appear they would obtain all attorney A Seattle girl, 17, is also today, for their daughter. charged with the same offenses After the court hearing on Information filed in the case ool building project ds conditional exception of the proposed the Minidome at the will have to be of changes in to meet fire the school !tll have to get a exception from the project, Assistant Bruce Jaros told School Board at its night. the board that in fire code, some of !in the proposed Wal, 41, Rt. , Shelton, was noon Wednesday charging him with assault. arrested by deputy Served the warrant residence. of assaulting with, a .22 9. are a result of an by officers after complaint from about 11 p.m. she had been th a trearnL addition will have to be made of masonry rather than lumber, and that this will increase the cost so the size will have to be reduced. It will take about 30 days or so to get the conditional exception before construction can start, he said, which will cut down on the amount of time to finish the project which also makes the reduction in size necessary. The school board plans to have the high school carpentry class construct the addition to the field house. Funds for the purchase of materials is coming mainly from impact funds received from the Washington Public Power Supply System because of its Satsop nuclear project. Jaros appeared at the Shelton City Commission meeting Tuesday afternoon to ask if there.was any way to speed up the process on the conditional exception so the project was not delayed. He told the commission not only would the delay make it very close as to whether the class could complete the project, but that the l8 members of the class would be without a project to work on until construction could be started. He said he had submitted the plans for the project to city building officials previously, but had not been told of the need for a conditional exception until Tuesday. He said he had been told that it would be February before the conditional exception could be approved. Building Inspector David Delph told the commission there was no way obtaining the conditional exception could be avoided. He also said there was no city planning commission meeting scheduled in January because there was nothing for them to act on. Speed study reported The Mason County Commission has received a recommendation from Jim Leitch from the county engineer's office that the speed limit on the Pickering Road be increased from 35 to 45 miles an hour except in the area of the Spencer Lake Tavern. The commission, after receiving a petition to increase the speed limit previously, asked the engineer's office to look into the request to see if it could be safely increased. The commission took no action on the recommendation. Commissioner Brad Owen stated it appeared there was now something for the planning commission to meet to consider. Delph said that it would take about 30 days to get the proper notices published and posted and do the other paperwork in connection with the application for conditional exception. The commission was told the school building was built on a conditional exception allowing it to be built on property zoned residential, and that since that zoning still stands, and the proposed addition was not in the original plans, it is necessary for the school district to get another conditional exception. Public Works Manager Dennis Colvin said the city is not trying to slow down the school project, but that the rules under the zoning ordinance must be followed. Jaros said he had contacted the city about jgetting the school property rezoned to commercial, which is the zone needed for a school, but that city building officials had recommended it not be done to prevent an owner of adjoining property from pressuring the city for commercial zoning for something like a hot dog stand. Delph said the first thing he needed was the plans for the addition back from the architect (Please turn to page two.) alleges the three took a coat and purse from Christy Makoviney of Sheiton December 10 add that a gun was involved in the incident. The charges resulted from an investigation which started when Mason County sheriff's officers received a report from a resident of Highland Estates that there was a girl at his residence who said she had been threatened with a gun. Officers said apparently Miss Makoviney was acquainted with Bennett and went with him in a car in which the incidents took place before she was released and not allowed to take her purse and coat with her. resignation Sheriff-elect Fred Pharris will have hardly any administrative and office staff around when he takes office January 8, with several resignations announced this week. Pharris appeared at the counly commission meeting Monday to express concern about the operation of the office as the year ends. He said it appeared that there would be no one to do the December payroll and to close out the books at the end of the year since he had been told that Beatrix Blackerby, the bookkeeper, has resigned effective December 22. He also said there was a question as to whether Sheriff Dan McNair would be around until his term in office is completed. Mrs. Blackerby told the Journal she has resigned effective December 31, but that in order to use up her accumulated sick leave and vacation time, her last day on the job will be December 22. She said the December payroll, which is due a week before payday, will be completed before she leaves her sheriff's office duties. Undersheriff Jack Hauge and his wife, Thelma, a deputy sheriff, have resigned effective December 26. Administrative Assistant Dimitri Todd has resigned effective December 20. Earlier this month, Deputy Carolyn Gruver, who has been serving as civil deputy, resigned her position and is no longer working in the sheriff's office. Sheriff Dan McNair said that whether he stays until the end of this term or not depends on the action taken by the county Law Enforcement and Fir€fighters board on his request for disability retirement. The LEOFF board is expected to act on MeNair's pension check under disability LEOFF was for valid law retirement than he would under enforcement employes and that regular retirement, after January 8, McNalr ceases to Prosecuting Attorney Byron be a county employ€. McClanahan, who was at the McClanahan also said he has commission meeting when asked for an attorney general's Pharris appeared, stated he opinion on the question. believed an elected official was obligated to fill out the He also said he believed there responsibilities of his office until should be something in writing the term expires, to the commission to inform McClanahan said if McNair them of the intentions of those was to go on disability involved. retirement or resign before the McClanahan said the question end of his term, that he has come up in other counties. It (McClanahan) as coroner, would is, he said, "defeated sheriffs take over the duties of the syndrome," applying for office, disability' retirement after being He also said he believed defeated in an election. il New substation to start operation Mason County PUD No. 3 will energize its new Mountain View substation Sunday beginning at 8 a.m. If all goes well, approximately eight hours will be required to bring the substation on line. While no outage is planned for the operations, all customers of PUD No. 3, south of the Belfair and Lake Cushman areas, are being asked to eliminate non-essential uses of electricity, Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon (from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.). This will aid in cutting in the new facility. Otherwise, should the load be too great, automatic overload devices will interrupt service. The new substation will relieve the growing load in the Shelton area and will enhance the reliability of service. The PUD will have three full crews on the job to carry out the operation plus personnel from the Bonneville Power Administration to assist. The "cut.in" will culminate months of planning and preparations.  I More troopers to work area application at its e'etin .  • D6'c6inBer 211 ..............  ............ ,.: ............. g ................. Jnt:reaecl. ,patrols by the State Patrol, .... ,Academy McNair said if the disability retirement is granted on that date, he will leave office immediately, but if it is denied, he will remain until the end of his term January 8. McNair said previously he will go on regular LEOFF retirement if the disability retirement is denied. If the local LEOFF board denies the disability retirement, McNair can appeal the decision to the state LEOFF board. The sheriff submitted the application at the November meeting of the local LEOFF board stating cardiopulmonary and back problems as the reason. The board at that iime, asked that he get additional reports from medical specialists in those two areas and bring them back to the board. He would get a larger Washington State Patrol here were announced this week by Sergeant Earl Sandquist, supervisor of the Mason County Patrol Detachment. "The officers assigned to the Arrest is made Claudette Carter, 24, P.O. Box 164, Union, was arrested at her residence about 5:15 ' p.m. Friday by Mason County sheriff's deputies on a felony warrant from Oklahoma. The warrant from Washita County, Oklahoma, charges her with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. She was booked into the Thurston County jail in lieu of $20,000 bail. will be :¸ teaming up with the troopers from the Mason County Detachment during this holiday seon," Sandquist said. "This will give us I 1 extra troopers to help keep accidents to a minimum." Sendquist said the troopers will be concentrating on the drinking driver and those over the speed limit which are the primary causes of fatal accidents in the state. Sandquist said traffic fatalities are at an all time high in the state this year. In Mason County, there have been seven fatalities, nine less than last year's total, Sandquist said. Sandqulst said the Washington State Patrol is asking everyone to help make this Christmas season an accident free holiday in Mason County by driving safe, sane and sober. SOFIA MICHELAKIS, right, is Mother Cat. Her three Ittle kRtens, left to right, are Holly Jackstadt, Antone .Eaton and Pam Hennig. They will perform in a play to be presented by Mrs. Edith Lyle's third grade class at the Bordeaux School PTA Christmas program next Thursday.