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-S Jh 3 1 -w The News Tribune Section Tacoma Washington Monday February 4 1985 Obituaries B-9 Classified Pages B-3-9 Mason County has bone to pick with Tacoma ByDANVOELPEL Tha Nrw Tribune in ISM Is a paltry drop In the to what they need to provide fire police ambulance and road services to project site Just trying to get up something that is fair and equitable to the dtlsens of Mason Coun-said Gommtssioner Michael ty" the 5-acre Muon County officials want more money from Tacoma City Light to pay for services the county provides to 1 lects taxes far the not the property other in effect are county services to the lakeside resort Jones said A county study of the Lake Cushman Development Corp land indicates the property is worth about 50 million Jones said those people paid property tax like everybody else does get about $500000 a year" he Cowlitx River and the Ceatralia Steam Plant think this is something be swept under the rug" Mason Jones said He said property values have increased more than 700 percent since 1951 while Tacoma's payment has gone up 296 percent The last contract was negotiated in 1975 and ends this year For comparison the Lake Cushman Development lease payments to Tacoma are tied to the Consumer Price Index which helps keep pace with inflation Tacoma received about $92000 last year he said Gibson power manager said that figure may be far more than the utility believes equals its impact on the community want to give them a fair appraisal but we also want to see their Caha said Because the commissioners primarily refer to the Lake Cushman Development Corp lots when they talk about economic impact City Light may suggest the county seek compensation from the development company not Tacoma Caha said He said City Light has similar in-lieo-of-tax contracts with Lewis County far its two dams on the 1920s The county is particularly vehement about nearly 4600 acres leased by Tacoma to the Lake Cushman Development Corp said Mason County Deputy Assessor Doug Jones He said the development company has platted 1046 lots in the area The company subleases the lots on 99-year terms Along with the nine-hole course a few more than 1000 have some type of summer cabin or permanent home built there that require county services Jones said Because the county only col erty around the Lake hydroelectric project Because a municipality pay property tans Tacoma has sent a check to Mason County since 1951 In lieu of taxes to pay far the services it requires The first payment back then was Both sides have met once and promised to meet again after Mason County officials evaluate what they believe it costs them to provide services to Tacoma's land Tacoma has owned and operated two hydroelectric plants on or Lake Cushman since the One commissioner reportedly has said Mason County will settle for flSSJMO with some give or take However Don Caha City Light Mason County's three commissioners say the 145000 Tacoma Thompson tries on his new job Ex-Puyallup manager measuring the situation to see if it suits him By EMMET PIERCE The News Tribune grants far public works projects also go through the agency The new director may be scrambling to learn his new Job but he has confidence said Kevin Smith the assistant for special projects Smith was a member of the transition team that recruited Thomp- OLYMPIA As Puyallup city manager Dick Thompson was known for his casual attire Now he has a new state Job and some fancy new threads to match Relaxing in his Olympia office the newly appointed director of the state Department of Community Development was uncharacteristically decked out in a three-piece pinstripe suit More accustomed to seeing Thompson in sports shirts and pullover sweaters his staff at Puyallup City Hall probably "He was acknowledged as one of the best city managers in the Smith sahLHIs peers think highly of him a team-oriented manager work well with the governor and other agency career in city government began in 1970 when he became city attorney far Snohomish He became city attorney in 1976 Two years later he was elevated to chief administrative assistant under strong mayor farm of government Thompson became Puyallup city attorney in 1981 He was named city manager that same year His first major task was put ting financial house in Dick Thompson Staff photo by WARREN ANDERSON air museum volunteers unloaded a soon-to-be-restored C-47 'Gooney Bird' from World War II fame On display: C-47 cargo joins budding museum at McChord would have found their old boss unrecognizable Thompson said the new title gone to his head He promised to bring the old clothes out of the closet as soon as he settled into his new Job Highly regarded in the field of municipal government Thompson has moved into unfamiliar territory He said he has much to learn about his 106-employee state agency which Is charged mostly with overseeing federal anti-poverty grants perception I had was (that) this agency's total minion was to work with local governments on local Thompson said during an interview only about 20 percent of what we do (But) I'm teaming He said he tells people not to lack of knowledge and experience with lack of Appointed by Gov Booth With support from the City Council Thompson developed a new budget from scratch forsaking outdated accounting practices that had earned the city poor marks from state auditors Thompson inherited a $150000 I fund deficit in 1981 When walked away from Puyallup dty government this month he left behind a $900000 reserve Thompson is credited with reorganising Puyallup city government bringing in highly trained people to run key departments He spearheaded successful drives to adopt growth management and capital Improvements plans Somehow Thompson also found time to teach public administration classes at The Evergreen State College tutor officials from other cities on budget practices and lobby the Legislature in behalf of small cities turned Puyallup around as a said Rep Dan Grimm a Puyallup Democrat and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee literally brought us into the 20th century He does his homework He knows what has to be done What he dot good at Thompson said he was lured to Olympia by the opportunity to Waiting Saturday at Davis-Monthan were Egan and his volunteers who already had quickly disassembled the wings and placed the aircraft which is like the DC-3 onto a large cradle Egan and his mechanics lightly sanded the aircraft while they were waiting for the C-5 Galaxy and discovered some Vietnamese Air Force markings Johnsen ssid he plans to check through Air Force achives for the entire flight history dating back to when it was built possible that this aircraft was flown here at Johnsen said if that were the he added the 4th (squadron) probably would have flown it an appropriate touch for the squadron's anniversary" Johnsen said Egan reports the aircraft in storage since 1969 has been well preserved and is in good condition although it looked rather poorly when it was hauled out of the cavernous C-5 Saturday morning some old photographs and uniforms said the Gooney Bird appears to be in good condition having been placed previously in mothballs at the Air Force at Davia-Monthan Air Force Base Aris Coordinating the restoration project for the museum are a handful of 4th Squadron volunteers led by Master Sgt Dan Egan Egan and his crew spent their own time to fly down to Davis-Monthan where hundreds of mothballed aircraft are stored and Inspected the C-47 when the Air Face granted McCbord's request for such an aircraft Now that museum is an official Air Force museum operation with three other aircraft McChord was able to request support from another wing at Travis Air Force Base Calif to a C-5 Galaxy far the weekend's flight to Ariaona The flight to Ariaona and then on to McChord was logged as a training flight for the 60th Military Airlift Wing By MARLOWE CHURCHILL The News Tribune A World War vintage C-47 cargo plane stripped of all pride by being stuffed inside the world's largest cargo plane arrived at McChord Air Force Base where local aircraft buffs planned to quickly restore the old dignity for display at the new Air Museum The aircraft built in 1944 and a farmer workhorse of the Vietnamese Air Force until its official retirement in 1969 will become the 4th Airlift representative in the museum The McChord squadron which flew C-47s and other cargo aircraft during World War is observing Its 50th anniversary this year and will have the old plane restored in time far the golden anniversary celebration in March Base historian Frederick Johnsen who started the museum several years ago with Gardner Thompson 41 directorship of the agency Jan 16 His first two weeks on the Job have been a whirlwind of meetings with staff members and other state department heads Thompson said his agency will administer the distribution of some $100 million in federal grants the 1985-87 biennium Recipients include regional food low-income housing projects and weatherisatton pro- continued on Page B-2 gram Local government mock Accidents also happen in prose my attempt to kill a fly I drove into a telephone had been driving my car for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident" I approached the intersection a stop sign suddenly 1 at a place where no stop sign had ever appeared uotes which people keep sending ipuedbyi was compiled by an insurance have changed my boy to a girl Will this mak any Milt Nesvig sends along an article from Proceedings the monthly magazine of the UA Naval Institute in which Lou MacPherson Guthrie one of the first 100 women in history assigned to the Navy (in World War I) tells of an earlier assignment to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance She copied sane of the lines from the letters in her diary: been in bed two years with one doctor and intend to try of birth: not yet but know my husband had a middle name called sides of our parents are old and you send my allotment be forced to lead an immortal have a seven months old baby and she is a girl and work" Ms Guthrie wrote later of the Job change came the wildly exciting day when the Navy called for 100 of the women war workers to enlist and do accounting work at the Navy Yard This would release sailors to the warships The Washington Post and other papers ran many letters violently opposing such business one irate retired colonel First the women wanted to vote Then Alice Roosevelt started them smoking cigarettes! Now talking about being soldiers Next thing we know they'll be cutting off their hair and wearing I really think there was ever any danger of all that There are these lists of 1 me One list allegedly company from auto accident claim forms The problem is I have seen it attributed to several different insurance companies one in Canada one in California etc But I suspect that people who process forms like thf could testify that aeen the language mangled as well or better Here are a few of the insurance form quotes: home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I other car collided with mine without giving warning of ita intentions" trade backed through my windshield into my face" pedestrian hit me and went under my guy was all over the road I had to swerve a number of times before I hit fine I was unable to stop in time to avoid the invisible car came out of nowhere and struck my vehicle and told the police that I was not injured but on removing my hat I found that I had a skull pedestrian had no idea what direction to go so I ran over Good thinking there Another quote list allegedly was compiled from welfare applications and usually is attributed to a department in Baltimore Md Here are a few: Jones has not had any clothes far a year and has been visited regularly by the clergy" am glad to report that my husband who was missing is very much annoyed to find you have branded my son illiterate This is a dirty lie as I was married a week before he was find for certain if my husband is dead The man I am living with now eat or do anything until he.