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Two Washington State men,
one from Shelton, have been
sentenced in U. S. Magistrate
Court, Tacoma, on five counts of
killing, buying and selling
American Bald and Golden eagles
the Game Department said this
week.
Roger Paul Hamel, Tillicum,
and Lawrence Bruce Combs.
Shelton, pleaded guilty to the
charges Dec. 9, before U. S.
Magistrate Robert Cooper•
After hearing the testimony
of U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Agent-in-Charge, Larry C. Wills,
and Washington State Regional
kllildlife Agent, Richard
Zimmerman, Cooper pronounced
maximum sentences on both
Hamel and Combs.
The amount of $500 and six
months in jail on each of five
charges totaled a year and
one-half plus a fine of $2,500
each.
Judge Cooper suspended
$1,500 of the fine and the jail
sentence pending a year's period
of probation in which the two
subjects must comply with
specific probationary conditions,
which state "no hunting in the
United States, nor shall they
accompany other hunters in the
field with guns during this
period."
Facts regarding the poaching
of eagles were gradually
uncovered by agents Wills and
Zimmerman during a two-month
investigation.
Testimony by Combs revealed
that during the interval between
December 1970 and March 1971,
he took six American Bald and
Golden Eagles in Mason County
and sold them to Roger Hamel for
prices ranging between $30 and
$40 dollars. Hamel in turn sold
and shipped the eagles to three
taxidermists in Illinois and New
Jersey for prices ranging up to
$50.
A complaint has not been
filed in U. S. District Court in
Tacoma against Robert Kubick,
Robbinsville, N.J., for buying two
eagles and illegally killing
mountain goats from Washington
State.
In addition, complaints have
been filed in the U. S. District
Court in Chicago against two
Chicago men for buying and
possessing Bald and Golden
eagles. The men are James F.
Kosiewiez and John L. Yost.
Thursday, Dec. 16, 1971 Published in Shelton, Wa. Entered assecond class matter at the post offlce at Shetton, Wa. 98584, 4 Sections - 28 Pages
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kRKY", the newest member of the Shelton Fire
'tment, is shown here with Capt. Bud Earl beside one of
trucks. The registered Dalmation, whose full name is
Hilldal Marquis, was given to the Shelton Fire
by Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Taylor of Seattle. Lt.
Dan Ward of the Shelton Fire Department was instrumental
in getting the mascot for the fire station. The three-month
old pup will accompany firemen around town as they do
their work after he gets a little older.
Contracts for the construction
of the football field, track and
grandstand for the new Shelton
High School complex were
approved by the Shelton School
Board Tuesday night.
Bids on the work had been
opened last Thursday.
The total amount of the
contracts for the work will be
$395.924.
The work includes installation
of a lighted turf football field,
track and a 2,000-seat grandstand
at the site of the new high school
off Spring Road.
The general contract went to
Vaux Construction Co., Kirkland,
whose bid of $281,823 was low.
Also a,.cented in the general
con,r~,ct bid were ~tecnates of
$1,250 for stockpiling topsoil
which is removed in the
construction and $12,000 for
putting down turf instead of
seeding the football field.
The mechanical contract went
to L. P. and It. Mechanical Co.,
Longview, whose bid of $37,518
was low.
The electrical contract was
awarded to Miklethun Electric,
Shelton, for $63,333. The board
voted against accepting an
alternate for the installation of
parking lot lighting for $20,883
and agreed to use the type of field
lights proposed by the architect
rather than one of three other
types were bid as alternates and
which were less expensive.
The architect and an electrical
engineer from his firm told the
board the lights they proposed in
the base bid would, in their
opinion, be the best ones to use.
Architect John Richardson,
who is handling the project for
the school district, told the board
he had studied the bids and
contacted the low bidders in each
case and recommended awarding
to the low bidder in each case.
The board received 15 general
contract bids. They ranged from
the low by Vaux to a high of
$383,605. Other bidders were
Earley Construction, Tacoma;
McKasson Brothers, Tacoma;
Lincoln Construction, Spanaway;
D-A Construction, Union; J. D.
Dutton Construction, Olympia; C.
E. Skinner, Orting; W. B. Davis
Construction, Olympia; Andy
Johnson and Co., Olympia;
Cascade-Olympic Construction,
Olympia; Jones and Roberts,
Tacoma; Rushforth Construction,
Tacoma; Pilcher Construction
Co., Puyallup; Strom
Construction Co., Tacoma, and
Vern Johnson and Sons, Spokane.
Other mechanical bidders
included Pease and Sons, Tacoma;
Kaelin Plumbing and Heating,
Tacoma; Robert Wise Plumbing
and Heating, Tacoma; Standard
Plumbing and Heating.
Bremerton; Peninsula Plumbing,
Port Orchard; Cornell Plumbing
and Heating, Tacoma; Paulsen
Plumbing and Heating, Olympia;
Brown Plumbing and Heating,
Bremerton; B e rgh-Griggs,
Tacoma, and Cascade Heating and
Plumbing, Lacey.
Other electrical bidders were
Service Electric, Woodinville;
Groff's Electric Heat, Tacoma;
It-K Western, Tacoma; McWik
Electric, Tacoma; Carl Madsen,
Tacoma; Commercial Electric,
Tacoma; Lent's Inc., Bremerton;
Totem Electric, Tacoma; Electric
Construction, Tacoma, and
Cochran Electric, Seattle.
Richards said the contractor
was ready to start work as soon as
the contract was signed and the
notice to proceed was g~ven lie
said completion time on the
project would be six months from
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With only a little more than a
week remaining for contributions
to come in, the 40 and 8-Journal
Christmas Fund was just short of
the half way mark at press time
Wednesday.
The fund, which provides
Christmas baskets for less
fortunate families in Mason
County, totaled $448.70, less
than half way to its $1,000 goal.
The 40 and 8 takes care of
obtaining the material for the
baskets, packing them and seeing
to the distribution. The Journal
collects the contributions which
makes the project possible.
Those who would like to
make contributions can either
bring them to The Journal office
at Third and Cota or mail them to
P. O. Box 430.
Contributions during the past
week have totaled $160.
Contributions which have not
previously been acknowledged are
Madrona Barracks VWWI, $10;
Mrs. Martha Witsiers, $5;
anonymous, $5; Eosilon Sigma
Alpha Beta Zeta Chapter 1953,
$25; anonymous, $10; Mr. and
Mrs. Donald B. Smith, $5; Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice H. Needham,
$5; Soroptimist Club, $10;
Herbert Cromer, $5; Mrs.
Dorothy Jessup, $5; anonymous,
$47; members of Chapter B of
PEO, $26.70 and Shelton
Trailblazers Motorcycle Club,
$10.
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the time of notification to
proceed.
The board, in deciding to have
turf put on the field instead of
seeding it, hopes to have it in
shape to be used for football
games next fall.
Richards told the board they
would gain one year by using turf
instead of seeding, since it would
take that much longer for the
seeding to get established.
if the field were seeded and
then used next fall, he said, there
would most likely be some
damage which would then have to
be repaired.
The board decided to go
ahead with the athletic facilities
before the rest of the project
since this part would get no state
matcI..ing money, and, therefore
did not need to be approved by
the State School Board.
Richards is working on final
plans for the major part of the
new high school complex, with
plans to submit them to the state
as early as possible next year.
After state approval is
received, the project will be put
out for bids.
The school board anticipates
having the project out for bids
about March.
The board, at its Tuesday
night meeting, approved a
resolution asking the city to
annex the site of the new school
complex into the city.
The board was told Shelton
High School had received
accreditation from the Northwest
Association of Secondary and
Higher Schools. The approval this
year was without reservations, the
board was told.
The board was informed the
ski classes have not received the
turnout they had anticipated this
year.
The board, on the
recommendation of Supt. Louis
Grinnell, voted to hire Catherine
Swift as business education
teacher for the high school.
of possession of a
drug were filed in Mason
Superior Court Friday
Raymond K. Wilson, an
e at the Washington
Center.-
charges were filed against
I, who is serving a term for
t, by Prosecuting Attorney
nahan.
charges are the result of
in which a small
of marijuana was found
when he was searched
Corrections Center after
from a furlough last
officials said they
;$
', heron City Commission
at its meeting
' that federal officials in
ia had indicated the
Ssioners salary increase,
had been approved earlier
could go into effect
it is more than the
allowed under Phase
the federal economic
commission was also
a proposed water and
rate increase would be
program.
Hembroff, from the
roff Insurance Agency,
red at the commission
to ask about additional
noticed Wilson appeared nervous
when he was checking back in
after the furlough and a search
was ordered.
The marijuana was found on
Wilson's person during the search
and was taken from him after he
attempted to get rid of it,
Corrections Center officials said
in a report submitted to the
Prosecuting Attorney.
The Mason County Sheriff's
Office was called and after getting
reports from Corrections Center
officials turned the case over to
McClanahan.
Charges were also filed Friday
against Gary Hogenson, who was
traffic control signs on Mt. View.
He stated there had been at
least three accidents he knew of
recently in which there was
considerable property damage. He
asked if more stop signs could be
installed.
Mayor Frank Travis stated the
city is starting on a program of
getting more traffic control signs
installed.
The commission received a
proposed agreement with Fire
District Five under which the city
would make first response to
areas in District Five adjacent to
the city and would handle the
fires until the District Five trucks
charged with possession of a
controlled substance.
Carl Churchill, Shelton, was
charged with grand larceny. He
appeared before Judge Hewitt
Henry for identification. Bail was :~
set at $2,000 and Gerald ::~
Whitcomb, Shelton attorney, was
appointed to represent him.
Yule Decoration Contest
Winners Are lected
Christmas decorations in the
Shelton Chamber of Commerce
Christmas decoration contest
were judged Monday night.
Taking first place in the
novelty division was the display at
could get there.
Librarian Morley Kramer
reported the library roof leaked
during a recent snow.
Commissioner Glen Watson stated
that because of the design of the
roof, under certain conditions,
water would get in under the
metal flashing and that about the
only thing which could be done
would be to shovel off part of the
roof so the water can drain away.
Mrs. Kramer asked if some
arrangement could be made so
that someone could come down
and shovel off the roof during the
times when it appeared there
might be trouble.
Shelton Junior High School, 12th
and Franklin. Second place in
that division went to Richard
Nikula, 628 Turner, and third
place to Eleanor Stacy, 923 S.
6th.
In the religious division, first
place went to Rose Diemert, 729
Pine St.
In the lighting division, first
place went to Edna Auseth, Rt. 2,
Box 692, next to the Agate
Grocery; second place to John
Wilson, Rt. 10, Box 505, behind .....
the Airport Grocery. There was a
tie for third place between Aggie
Clelland, 318 East K St. and Dale
McKague, 643 Dearborn.
In the business-commercial
division, first place went to
Hidden Haven Mobile Park,
second to Boon's Plumbing and
Heating and third to the Daily
Olympian Shelton office.
Trophies have been ordered
and will be presented to the
winners when they arrive, Jerry
Swartos, chairman of the project
for the Chamber, said.
MEMBERS OF THE Shelton School Board and the Athletic
Boosters Club which has been working toward a new athletic
field for Shelton look over the bids received last Thursday on
the football field, track and grandstand for the new high
school complex. Left to right are Board members Bruce
Jorgenson, Don Makoviney. Booster Club vice president;
Coach Jack Stark; Board members Dr. George Radich and Dr.
Douglas Larson; Danny Davidson, Booster Club
secretary-treasurer and Leonard Long, Booster Club
president. Seated are School Board Chairman E,rnest Hamlin
and Board Member Thomas Weston.