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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.
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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
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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 . •
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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.