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6 The Daily Olympian Wednesday May 8 1 974 SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WERE CORRECTED' OTHERS WERE NOT Inspections Pinpointed Rainier School Fire Hazards management and staff "lax" the alarm system "poor haza "severe" and hazards protection "poor" The Frase report also listed water supplies and public fire protec- tion as "poor" which is still better than "none" on the form Only' exit drill was found and none of the conditions received an "excellent" rating Most were found to be fair To put the ratings into perspective it should be noted said Frase that the "high school for being 40 years old was in pretty good shape" Following tho tchool inspection Curcio and Frasa wrote latter July 9 1973 to Superintendent Drees listing six of the unsatisfactory conditions for improvement Two of these one requiring proper ire alarms at exits and the ether proper storage of flammable liquids had to be completed before school began in September 1973 The rest of the conditions were to be improved within two years Drees responded in a letter of August 31 1973 stating the two immediate concerns were being corrected The letter to the deputy fire marshals closed "A more complete statement referring to your other recommendations will be in your office in the near future" On January 17 1974 after two re-inspections had been made Curcio and Frase wrote to Drees' that they had not received a plan of action for the other deficiencies The letter cited five unsatisfactory conditions As of the last inspection February 27 1974 two of the conditions had been corrected but three had not The three were the unsatisfactory condition of the sun screens the bolts on the emergency doors and a basement shower area which had a lock not allowing egress in an emergency the lighting circuits were found to be "terrifically overloaded" Shortly thereafter the school installed a fluorescent system The State Labor and Industries Department electrical division inspects electrical systems Ted Curcio chief deputy state fire marshal said this week he had requested an inspection of the electrical system of Rainier grade school The grade school stands next to the high school and lost its utilities when the upper school was destroyed The Rainier School District had embarked on reconstruction of the 43-year-old high school with money raised in a bond issue passed February 11 1974 Curcio said the fire marshal's office is confident some of the funds would have been used to make the necessary changes in unsatisfactory fire conditions The reconstruction was due for completion in the summer of 1975 The school system now must build a new structure at a cost which Richard Drees superintendent of Rainier schools estimated Saturday at $25 million He says he must ask the state for help The old school was insured for $600000 Fire inspections are made at the request of local officials Sherman Frase deputy state fire marshal made the inspections of the Rainier schools The records are kept in the fire office in the Insurance Building on the Capitol Campus The recent record on the Rainier schools begins June 1 1973 with a telephone call from Jeff Brooks building inspector for the city of Rainier Brooks called Curcio and told him conditions in the schools were hazardous including improper storage of flammable materials Following Brooks' call Frase made an inspection June 20 of the grade school and high school buildings and found about 20 unsatisfactory fire conditions In evaluating the inspection Frase found the By BRUCE PHILLIPS Olympian Staff Writer The fire which destroyed Rainier High School last Friday was preceded by a year of inspections by the State Fire Marshal's Office the first of which listed severe fire hazards The last report before the fire showed the recommendations had not all been followed especial ly one citing metal sun-screens as not allowing escape through the windows Another of the recommendations made in a July 1973 report on the school said bolts locking emergency doors had to be removed before school began in the fall The bolts had not been removed prior to the fire However some 100 students in the high school at the time of the blaze last Friday managed to escape without injury Some of the unsatisfactory conditions would have required extensive reconstruction the fire marshal's office noted Two of these structurally deficient conditions were the lack of fire partitions between stories with the ground floor to the attic being cited and the lack of subdivisions of large or hazardous areas Though the Stala Firo Marshal's Offica is still invastlgating tha fir witnesses say the blase spread across the building through the attic At the time of the July 1973 inspection some cf the wiring was hung over nails This unsatisfactory condition was corrected but much of the wiring system utilized the old style "knob and for insulation at the points where the wires were secured Only major electrical work could have changed the system Prior to 1973 the wiring was last checked in February 1959 when Vote Lack Dumps Shelton Levy SHELTON (Special) Shelton School District's quest to raise $240000 through a special levy election its first in nine years went down to defeat Tuesday because of insufficient voter turnout Final tabulations from 28 precincts showed 840 yes votes to 387 no votes However a voter turnout of 1525 was needed to validate the election The turnout was 1340 or 185 short The final tab does not include absentee ballots District Supt Louis Grinnell said board members will meet next Tuesday night to discuss the special maintenance and operations election failure and to perhaps find ways to achieve a greater voter turnout "Most likely put the levy on the September ballot we could reissue it within 45 days but our chances for greater voter turnout rest in a fall said Grinnell Approval would have meant $144000 for the 1974-75 school year The remainder ($69000) would have gone for 1975-76 school operations and the purchase of three new 79-passenger diesel buses The special levy election said Grinnell resulted from insufficient operating funds allocated by the legislature Cost increases due to inflation forced the district to seek revenue from the voters he added "We may have to make Grinnell said indicating there may be a reduction in district employes and a reduction in services "There will also be an increase in class loads" "We are planning for next year without the levy money We will just plan to provide the best educational system with the funds that we have It's that Grinnell added $210000 Check School Fight (lacey area Accident Walter Lense-grav 5645 Rumac St was cited by Lacey police following a one-car non-injury accident at 2 am Wednesday in which he was the driver The report said Lensegrav was driving south on Carpenter Road when he lost control of his car about 200 feet before the 6th Avenue intersection The vehicle left the pavement and struck a utility pole shearing it off The car was wrecked beyond practical repair police said leads To Suit A personal injury suit has been filed in Thurston County Superior Court as the result of a fight that occurred in the halls of Rochester High School last February 1 James and Shirley Rawlings have brought suit against Rochester School District 401 on behalf of their son Ottie The Rawlings claim their boy received a skull fracture and numerous other injuries as a result of the altercation The amount of damages sought by the Rawlings couple will be determined at the time of trial Port of Olympia commissioners will be joined by Mayor Tom Allen County Commissioner Homer Hedgepeth Representative Del Bausch Senator Harry Lewis and Jack Doyle Thurston County chairman of the Overall Economic Development Program this Thursday noon to receive a federal check for $210000 Mark Smith regional administrator for Economic Devel-o Administration will present the check as the first installment of $650000 in EDA aid for pier rehabilitation Allocates Recreation MEDIC ONE STICKERS More than 1200 Girl Scouts from Pacific Peaks Girl Scout Council- will be going door-to-door May 10-18 distributing telephone stickers bearing the emergency phone number for Medic One calls Lacey Fire Chief Floyd Pugh explains to Carol Gretchen and Ruby Scott how the stickers should be applied The emergency medical treatment program will be operational August 1 and more than 40000 stickers have been printed for county residents Outlying areas will get stickers either door-to-door from fire department personnel or they may be obtained at area retail stores Maxwell Oil Co President Henry Maxwell provided the money to print the stickers (Olympian Photo) City Takes Steps To Plug Gap In Tavern Ordinance Turn water Funds iseavfce frmm MATIOMM I For IebIbIi Nt UitiiiJ- CbrwII Uni bmil Rain was forecast Wednesday for the Northeast and showers were expected from the upper Mississippi Valley to the mid-Atlantid states Showers also were predicted for the northern Rockies west Texas and southern Florida Continuing cool weather was forecast for the North but warmer temperatures for the South The Weather The Olympia City Commission last night passed on first reading an ordinance prohibiting minors from remaining on taveren premises The Olympia Police Department has been using the Thurston County District Justice Court to handle such cases inthe past under a state statute because until now there has been no city ordinance Police Chief Chester Breuer said the lack of such an ordinance had somehow been overlooked The new ordinance will throw Panel To Focus On Courthouse A panel discussion on the pros and cons of the new Thurston County Courthouse complex will be held Thursday beginning at 7:30 pm in the Old Washington Junior High School at 113 Legion Way Panel speakers are Thurston County Commissioner George Yan-tis former county assessor Del Pettit and Daily Olympian editor Dean Shacklett Moderator of the discussion will be Bob Macleod news director of radio station KGY The speakers will discuss the Courthouse funding procedures planned by county commissioners Thursday debate is sponsored by the Thurston County League of Women Voters such violations into municipal court where the city will receive returns from the fines rather than the county Eldon Marshall city supervisor explained The ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to serve or allow to remain on the premises of any tavern any person under the age of 21 years The ordinance also prohibits any person under 21 from representing his age as being 21 or more for the purpose of securing admission to or remaining on the premises of any tavern In other action the commissioners accepted a proposal from the engineering department to undertake a sewer extension project which Marshall labeled as it involves an agreement between Olympia Olympia School District Number 111 and the West Park development a housing 'development built by Capitol Northwest Management Corp Allan Kimbel city engineer said the project which involves the laying of a new sewer line from Ninth Avenue North to Conger Avenue will cost about $100000 and will be paid for by all three entities involved "The city will pay about 64 per cent of the cost which it will get back through hookup fees when new property owners tie into the line in the Kimble said He noted the school district wil pay about 20 per cent and West Park will be billed for the remaining 16 per cent of the cost Tumwater City Council agreed Tuesday evening to appropriate up to $4500 for summer recreation program salaries and equipment The meeting was chaired by Dale Johnson mayor pro tern in the absence of Mayor Wes Barclift who was away from the city on business The $4500 will provide salaries for Randy Pendergrass and Barney Rapp two Evergreen students interning with the city and $500 for a stock of supplies If an additional assistant is required the salary will be drawn from the $4500 as well Miss Pendergrass outlined a ten-week program of crafts sports and supervised play with special events such as picnics films and perhaps indoor athletics The activities for kindergarten through high school students will take place at several Tumwater locations Jim Brown parks superintendent will have overall supervision of the program with Rapp and Miss Pendergrass running it The two students experienced in summer recreation received the support of Howard Brooks chairman of the parks and recreation committee which worked on the program The Tumwater All-City Band was given a boost during the meeting with the collection by city treasurer Mary Benson of $190 toward the $3000 required for its trip to Expo '74 The band will officially represent the city of Tumwater July 30 at the Spokane fair That date has been declared Tumwater Day by the fair Mayor Barclift declared the week of May 19-25 as Expo '74 Band Fund Week in a letter read to the council The band will make a two-mile march through Tumwater on May 18 stopping at four locations for concerts The $190 came from contributions of $50 by police officers $30 by police reserves $50 from individuals and the rest from city coun-cilmen Jerry Morrissette city engineer reported to the council he had garnered $11500 from a Department of Social and Health Services fund for work in Tumwater's Palermo well field and the south well near Israel Road The state money from the Washington Futures program pays for 40 per cent of the cost of well rehabilitation a well pump and a main inter-tie with the Airindustrial Park Morrissette explained The six wells in the Palermo field and the one near Israel Road supply the city's water The city began using wells in 1929 when water from McAleer Spring was declared unfit for further consumption HI Lo Prc Otlk dr dr dr cdy dr dr 04 cdy dr dr cdy 07 cdy 412 cdy dr dr 52 11 52 14 SI 35 74 52 75 41 54 40 12 57 St 43 71 57 75 41 77 44 50 30 4 70 52 34 73 51 47 34 71 41 4 42 45 37 41 57 77 41 70 50 42 50 42 44 72 41 02 40 42 30 50 Albany Albu'que Amarillo Aihcvllla Atlanta Birmingham Bismarck New Orleans New York Ok la City Omaha Orlando Philad'phla Phoenix Pittsburgh Ptlond Ora Ptland Mt Rqpld City Rene Richmond St Louis Salt Lake San Diego San Fran Seattle Spokane Tampa Washington Bad Ingham Hoqulam Omak Walla Walla Wenatchee Yakima Anchorage Fairbanks rn 01 dr cdy dr cdy 10 rn dr cdy dr i cdy cdy- cdy Cdy 15 Observations at the National Weather Service Office at Olympia Airport for the 24-hour period ending on Wednesday at 11 am are as follows: Maximum temperature 64 degrees minimum temperature 41 degrees trace of rain total rainfall to date this year 2788 inches highest recorded wind velocity 14 miles an hour Forecast for Olympia and vicinity: Partial clearing tonight with in-creasing cloudiness Thursday with a chance of showers Low temperature tonight in the upper 30s High Thursday in the low 60s Southwesterly winds ten to 20 miles an hour Chance of measurable precipitation is 20 per cent tonight and 50 per cent Thursday Extended outlook Frida through Sunday: Chance of a few showers Saturday and Sunday Highs mostly in the 60s Lows In the 40s (newcomers) 05 40 40 74 34' 73 55 74 40 75 44 50 4S 43 41 50 40 Cyclist Receives Minor Injuries A bicycle accident on the Capitol Campus Tuesday afternoon resulted in minor injuries to a six-year-old Olympian Forress Buckallew 313 27th Ave -E received a small laceration to his scalp but required no treatment According to investigating troopers a three-wheel cart driven by Richard Link 58 1110 Mar- ion St was southbound on the Plaza garage rooftop The westbound bicyclist struck the front of the Link vehicle 1 No damage was reported to either machine SHERIFF'S BLOTTER IN JAIL AND OUT Rayford Gladney 41 Route 4 (Box 468 E) Wednesday was released from the Thurston County jail after posting $250 bail on a traffic law violation charge Toni Arlene Carrothers 19 Route 13 (Box 428) Tuesday was arrested on a district court warrant charging her with unlawful use of credit cards Miss Carrothers was in the county confines Wednesday morning being held in lieu of $250 bail on the charge JUVENILE ARRESTED A 16-year-old Lacey youth Tuesday was arrested by sheriffs deputies and booked into the Thurston County Youth Services Center on a charge of taking a motor vehicle without the owner's permission The boy was arrested on the grounds of Lydia Hawk School after the vehicle he was driving struck a sign Damage to the vehicle which belongs to Leona Holland was set at $300 Births In St Peter Hospital: Mr and Mrs Dale Harlow Shelton a girl May 7 Mr and Mrs Calvin Hubbard 1325 4th Ave a boy May 7 Mr and Mrs Robert Christian Elma a girl May 7 Mr and Mrs Daniel Moody Route 4 (Box 428) a boy May 7 Mr and Mrs Daniel Goercke Tenino a girl May 7 Mr and Mrs Peter Peterson 716 Fir St a boy May 7 Mr and Mrs Steven Ham-merquist Montesano a boy May Olympia Tides Thursday May 9 2:24 am 67 ft 6:56 am 130 ft 2:21 pm -10 ft 9:37 pm 145 ft The Sun Sun sets May 8 at 8:31 o'clock Sun rises May 9 at 5:45 o'clock sets at 8:33 1.