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FROM GOVERNMENT
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Noon Meets
Due Again
For Chamber
A look at problems facing
the fast-developing area sou~h
and west of Othello will be the
Springpor
Mtchtgaa 49284
' program next Wednesday The long-awaited and some- tions of major items to bring Inflation Cause water level in the area. He said
e actiongovernment agencies in re- information was based on a when the Othello Chamber of times-controversial Lions the contract in line with the He also stressed that representatives from the area
of the City of gird to the problem and have makesurvey which could have Commerce resumes its regular park development project was bidswould require approval of inflation is the cause of the have indicated they aren't
"flood prone status" yet to get an answer, been taken some time ago.luncheon meetings following a left in limbo here Monday the IAC. bids being so far from theinterested in puting up a
a be getting lots of He reports that an addtional Letter Has Answer summer vacation break, night after bids came in City and park officials and actual project money total, minimum sum to get such a
,..except from where $65 to $75 in insurance The articles apparently The no-hostluncheon, which$130,000 over the amount of engineering representatives l anticipated that we would district started on finding a
counts, ousm premiums will be required for were the spark for a letter is open to the public, is set for funds available.
any homes which are con- from Bob Short of Mercer noon at Freddie's Restaurant. As aresult, meetings during night just what changes, if'estimates were made two -Were informed by attorney
~partment ofH actiiog were unable tosay on Monday have problems since our first solution to the problem.
~n Renewal " structedin the designatedIsland, which was read to the Chamber officials reported the next week between any, IAC would allow, years ago," the chairman said. Fred Shelton that property
lOcal officials scratch- area, ifthe status is notcouncil Monday night by City that county commissioner engineers, park board mem-
heads in wonderment changed. "It is the result of inflation and owners adjacent to the Berg-
spring, has been the The mayor reported he Clerk Judy Hawley. Theletter Gordon Hays has been invited bers and Inter-Agency Cam- LowBidder there is no one to b!ame, man property at Scootney and
follows: to attend the meeting to mittee on Outdoor Recreation Low bidder on the project including the engineers. First avenue have indicated
at leasttwoarticlesin attended a meeting in the "I read with great interest report on progress made bywill probablydecidethefateof was Westerra Inc. of Seattle. The engineering represent- legal action may be taken
!daily newspaper, and Tri-City area recently and your city's new designation by the county in working to solve the project. The second low bid was atives concurred, pointing out against the city for allowing
an amusing letter caused quite a stir. a federal agency as a "flood water and sewer problems inWith five bids submitted for submitted by F.R. King andthat the local project is heavy the placing of buildings there.
~ast resident, the $29~,000 project the Associations of Bothell atonasphalt and steel items two Property owners are Mr. and
ver, to date the city "Everyone else was trying prone" community, and the area.
haven't been able to to get into the program and understand your shock andAlso on the agenda will be a lowest came in at $391,254.26. $396,448.93. Other biddersproducts that have "suffered Mrs. Mike Dougherty of
when they heard that Othello amazement. I know you will report from the nominating However, only about $260,000 were Arnold B. ,Pontius ofmost from inflation.' Yakima. City officials reported
response out of federal was trying to get out, they fight this with all of the logic committee for 1974-75 board of the total project funds is Othello,Sprague s Inc.of
reponsible for the Mayor Lyall Menser sum- that owner Homer Bergman
[on. didn't know what to do,' he and reasoning available, but members, expected to be available for Lynnwood and P.K. Con- med up the situation, pointing has not been working on the
reported. , that will probably not phaseFollowing the summer actual construction, leaving a struction Inc. of Spokane. The out"thereis noway we can do structures for the past several
NoAnswers Two articles on Othellos the federal agency. That is break, the Chamber will now deficit of about $130,000. high ranged to $605,482.50. the project as outlined with months, and attempts to
Menser re- problem have appeared during probably too foreign to them. be meeting regularly on every City officials and park board Engineer's estimate was the money we now have." contact him have been unsuc-
night that the the last month in the Seattle "I suggest as an alternate to first and third Wednesday at officials took the bad news in $333,916.80 Other Action
trying to get them to change noon at Freddie's.
Continued on Page 3
stride and then moved ahead
............. to determine just how much of
cessfut.
Jerry Shay, representative In other action during the
ofFuterrel, RedfordandNash, meeting the council members: Opting Day
the project can be salvaged, engineers for the project -Were informed by Menser
Meet Sept.4 indicated that the engineers that he has had little progress
Plans were set for a meeting will be going over the project in attempting to get residents
of the park board on Sept. 4, with the IAC. in the Rodeo lake area south- DOWn by'
with a recommendation then Councilman Dean Hanley, west of Othello to initiate a
to be submitted to the council who is also a park board drainage project to lower the
at its next regular meeting member, sa!d that as the bids .... A slight decline in enroll-
onSept. 9. Between now and nowstand 30 per cent of,t, he Thr~/~ Th/~c ment was reported by Othello
next Wednesday engineers for project is down the tube.. --m •.vv mm I~ m m.,~ School District officials Wed-
theproject indicated that they Park board chairman Jiri £ ¢~ ° / nesday as another school term
will be checking with the IAC Vanourek cautioned against ~-~re ~eDo[]eO got off to a smooth start here
to determine what alter-rash action and said ' weneeda ~ this week.
natives will be available to the working session, otherwise we Three thefts reported here Superintendent Tom Lyda
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1974
city for the project, are second guessing."
Under the regulations of the
contract for the IAC funding, 2-~------------------------- -- -- -- -- --7~; •
the city has the responsibility
of constructing each of the
facilities outlined. Any dele-
have now sent
t federal
15 cents per copy
P-I. One of them quotes a HUD
official as reporting that the
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WASHINGTON
• . IN THE HEART OF THE COLUMBIA BASIN
' i ::il. :
Tammy Roberts, Lincoln Burton, Marcia Bennison and
Mark Melgren. Leader Barbara Ottem is at right. The
buttons, showing the fair theme "Happy Days are Fair
Days", sell for $2 and are good for admission to all sessions
of the Sept. 12 to 15 fair.
Labor Vote
late last week are being reported that opening day on
investigated by local police. Tuesday brought a few minor
Officers said Mary Salizar of problems, but generally saw
To Engineers
and chance for big cash prizes.
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Candidates
Due for GOP
Event Tonight
a~m, oa,~4"~"O~' $70 'Hemlock apartments at llth students getting back to their
and Hemlock reported her studies with few interuptions. :
home was entered sometimeLyda explained that enroll-
A jackpot of $70 is awaiting last Thursday evening and a ment, which was expected to
some lucky entrant in this stereo valued at $200 *Aken. beaboutthe same as last year,
week's Outlook "Who's Who" Elmer Heath, also of Hem-is presently down about 40
contest.
The contest, which !s lock apartments reported a students from the same time
tool box and tools valued at last year. He cautioned,
featured on page 14 of today s $150 were taken from the back however, that early figures
paper, offers lots of family fun of his pickup, are extremely tentative, and a :
Last Wednesday Harley heavy influx of students is
Skogley of Parkview apart- expected next week following
ments reported groceries the Labor Day holiday.
valued at $150 were takenFigures on Wednesday
from his home. Police reported showed 2,241 students en-
cupboards and the owner'srolled in the five district
refrigerator were completely schools, compared to 2,283 on
"cleaned out". the same date last year.
Lyda explained that the
American Flag above figures include only
estimates for the kindergarten
Numerous county candi- Burned by Vandals classes, whicb will not actually
dates and at least one state begin until Friday under the
level office seeker hre expect-
ed to be on hand toffkght for the Burning of an American flag pre-class parent-conference
program used the last few
Othello Republican ~picnic. on its staff in front of a home in years. The kindergarten en-
The event, which~ e~e~ '~Othe!h~ is under investigation ~,
the pubhc, m sch~uled mr
6:30 p.m. at Lionspark and ChiefLew Johnson reported72 at ~Lutacaga antl ~ a~
will be under the sponsorship that Jack Langdon, 725 E.Scootney.
of the Othello Women s Spruce, reported the flag Figures for the respective
Republican Club. flying in front of his residence schools including the kinder-
"We are expecting a good Was apparently set on fire at garten enrollment were 400 at
turnout of candidates and are about 2:10 p.m. Monday by an Hiawatha, 432 at Lutacaga,
hoping for lots of ,interested inidentified person. 433 at Scootney, 373 at
voters to attend, Willma The flag was completely McFarland Junior High and
destroyed before the blaze 603 at Othello High.
reported.Dainard' group president could be extinguished by a Area Accident i
She said county commis- neighbor. '
sioner and county clerk OHS Annual Party Claims Youth
candidates are expected to be
in attendance, along with Gary
Gage, Republican candidate
for the fifth district con-
gressional seat now held by
Tom Foley.
"The picnic should give
everyone a good opportunity
to meet the candidates," Mrs.
Dainard said.
The family potluck event
will be held in the northeast
corner of the Lions park with
all interested persons i~v~i@d
to attend.
Several months of labor
• electioneering at Othello's two
potato processing plants came
to a close here last Thursday
FIRST FAIR BUTTON SOLD - Members of Dusty
Devils 4-H club were all spruced up in new matching shirts
with their names on them as they sold the first 1974 West
District Adams County Fair button to Mayor Lyall Menser
on Monday. Club members from left are David Melgren,
with employees voting by
performance at the Spokane nearly a two to one margin to
Coliseum. continue representation of the
Costs Are High Operating Engineers. A year's stay in Othello as
Fair officials reported that Local 280 of the Inter- the community's second
Overstreet's appearance will national Operating Engineers foreign exchange student
started here last week for an
18-year-old Swedish youth.
Olle Hofvander, a person-
able young man with a quick
smile, arrived last Thursday
and will spend the year here
under the sponsorship of the
Othello Rotary Club.
Hofvander enrolled as a
senior at Othello High School
Tuesday and will be spending
the first three months of his
stay here with the Fred Bliss
family. He will be hosted by
cost them $1,500, with the will continue as the labor
Country Bugs booked for $300. representative as the result of
"We are hoping that the top the election
entertainment addition will Vote totals at Chef-Reddy
help boost the fair attend- Foods were 161 for the
Operating Engineers and 92
for the Teamsters with five
persons voting for no re-
presentation.
At Carnation Foods 123
persons favored the Operating
Engineers and 42 the Team-
sters with one vote for no
union.
GROUNDS GET NEW LOOK
Scheduled Tonight
The Othello High School
1974 annuals have arrived and
will be handed out this
Thursday, Aug. 29, school
officials announced today.
The annual signing party is
set for 6 to 10 p.m. at the High
School this evening. Members
of the Class of 1974 who have
bought annuals were re-
minded to be present.
Randy Slape, 19, of Kenne-
wick, was killed Tuesday in a
one-car accident near Matt-
awa, according to the Wash-
ington State Patrol.
Troopers said Slape suf-
fered massive head injuries °
when his eastbound pickup
truck left Road 24-SW six
miles east of Mattawa. The
vehicle left the road, rolled
when Slape apparently "over-
corrected" and tossed Slape
onto the roadway.
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three or four other Rotary
families during the remainder
of the year.
The son of a pediatrician in
Sweden, Hofvander has two
sisters and makes his home in
Upsala, a community of about
120,000 in the southern part of
his country.
He made the trip to the
United States on a chartered
flight with about 160 other
Swedish students coming here
under the Rotary Club ex-
change program. He and a girl,
who will be staying in Chelan,
are the only ones of the group
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to be sponsored by the local
Rotary district which takes in
Central Washington and part
of British Columbia.
The visitor speaks English
fluently and reports he is
looking forward to his year in
Othello.
His sponsorship by the local
Rotary Club will make it
possible for Othello High
School students to apply for
participation as exchange
students to a foreign country.
Information on the program
will be available at the school
later this fall.
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left is Dave Bliss, with John Bliss on the right. Hofvauder,
who comes from Sweden, started classes at Othello High
School Tuesday.
to find a replace-
an Othello High
who has
for fellowship
a nationally-
program for the
are continuing
school officials
~'.
release from her
Nina Parks,
studies teacher
High School. Her
the subject of an
meeting of the
board of di-
t Tuesday evening.
Tom Lyda
the meeting
will continue
' next three weeks to
~ble replacement to
' for the release of
from her contract.
that district
been attempting
since Aug. 2
notified them that
selected for the
the search
difficult since Mrs.
at Stake
teaching a
received nearly
funding. Lyda
would lose
additional
state vocational
Mrs. Parks
by a teacher
certifica-
the district
a candidate
position, but Top caliber country
not have the western entertainment stars
hours of work and numerous grounds ira-
to qualify for the provements will give the 1974
certification. He West District Adams County
are to request Fair a "new look" when it gets
certification for underway here in just two
from the state weeks.
during Fair officials are gambling
that the "ambitious" new
tontinue to look for approach will result in in-
on Page 3 creased attendance at the
Sept. 12 to 15 event.
The fair directors have gone
"out on a limb" by booking
entertainers at a cost of $1,800
and spending considerably
more than that in the most
extensive single grounds im-
provement project in several
years.
Recording Star
NEW EXCHANGE STUDENT - OHe Hofvonder,
1974-75 Rotary Club exchange student, talks above with
two members of the first host family for his stay here. At
Heading the entertainment ance," Jessie Fox, fair sec-
slate is a top-rate Country - retary reported.
western star Tommy Over- She noted that fair buttons,
street. The well-known Dot which are good for admission
recording star will be making all four days of the fair, went
appearances at 1 and 5 p.m. on on sale this week. Price of the
Sunday, Sept. 15, at the fair buttons has been increased
along with his band, The from $1 to $2 this year.
Nashville Express. Grounds Get Attention
Overstreet, who is a song- The grounds are already
writer and music publisher in showing the effects of an
She noted that advance addition to being a topcountry extensive improvement pr~
registration applies to all singer, is well known in the gram, with lots of work still to
organization, commercal or record field. His last seven be completed prior to the
individual entries, and all records have been in the top opening of the fair.
mounted entries wishingto be tenofallthechartsandinclude Major projects have in-
local groups and
start making
entries in the
and Rodeo
~Sued this week
judged. She said details on "Heaven Is My Woman's valved the construction of a
the makings ofentry in the children's section Love" and "You Were A new horse barn and a new
with lots will be announced later. No Lady". rabbit and poultry barn.
entries from advance entry will be required Also scheduled for fairAnother big project still to be
All we need there, appearances are"The Country completed is a revamping of
represents- The parade co-chairman Bugs", a four-member pre- the horse arena. Lights on the
year's event announced entries have al- teen country-western singing old speedway track'at the
the out- ready been received from nine group from Kelso which has fairground site have been
parade," co- community floats with several been a big hit through out the purchased and will be moved
Petersen said others also expected in the Northwest throughout theto the arena, which is being
next couple of weeks, past year. The "Bugs" are reduced in size. These changes
urged all Attempts are underway scheduled for four fair appear- will provide for the gymkhana
planning now to promote additionalances, at I and 5 p.m. on both to be held at the fair site this
signed up band entries in the parade, Friday, Sept. 13, and Sat- year.
She said Mrs. Petersen said an entry urday, Sept. 14. Also on the improvement
~raade simply by was received this week from "The County Bugs", cam- schedule is the pouring of
488-2373. the Warden Twirlers who posed of the four children of concrete floor in south side o~
order will be placed first in the recent Grant Mr. and Mrs. Bill O'Connor of the exhibit building and
prior toCounty Fair and Rodeo ]fclso, have been a big hit at re-doing the office area there.
All those parade, fairs throughout the state. An attractive grass area is
entered by "If we get the local Their biggest showing yet now covering the entire
placed atthe participation it should be came in June when they grounds area, with plans
Parade," Mrs.another outstanding parade," appeared with singer Lynn calling for placing of planter
Mrs. Petersen added. Anderson in her Expo '74 Continued on Page 3