Non-.profit Org. u~s. Postage,Paicf - ·Key .Peninsula< tvcENrER .uaRARYVaughn, WA.98394 · .Permit .No. 2 Working togetlie-r for tlie March 1 social anJ economic gooJ · 1991 of our Key Peninsula Volume 19·-Jssue 3 Circulation 7000 Box Holder Presenting:People of the Year f • • • 1991 ·-CITIZEN OF THE ¥EAR NOMINEES I STEPHANIE · ZAM.PINI 1-'"'. Citizen of the Y~ar stori·es on _pages 12&}3 :-•·1 ' I KA RL BONN Page 2 Key Peninsula New~ .Marc_h t , 1991 Key Peninsula hazardous waste, labor relations, frre-re­ and figures for Mr. Yanity so he could Letters lated insurance, legislation which could write his letter. Perhaps ·Mr. Yanity NEWS negativelyimpact fire districts,and many would better serve his community by To the editor: other things. volunteeringsome of his time in its serv­ PO Box 3, Vaughn, WA 98394 I would like to correct two errors in The secretaries of fire districts go to ice like Commissioner, Mr. Chairman,. self-appointedFire Commissionercritic secretaries' conferences and workshops, President, secretary, photographer,- re- . 884-4699 · Al Yanity's letter in the last issue of the the. Chief gqes to Frre Chiefs' Confer­ porter, Board of Directors member, etc., Key Peninsula NEWS. ences, the firefighters(both paid and vgl. etc., Hugh McMillan does. First, Frre Commissioner Hugh unteer) go to various conft7ences and Sincerly, . McMillanpaid his own way to the Con­ schools; which are all paid for by the Janice McMillan . gressional Fire and Emergency Services District. It is one reason why we have Home ft Institute'sworkshop in Washington,D. C. such an excellent fire departmentand our The Key Peninsula News is a part of the To the editor: Key Peninsula Civic Cenler Association, Twelve fire commissionersfrom Wash­ well-trained people arein demaP.d for supported by local merchants' advertising, ington state were invited to attend the jobs in other departments all over our I wish to express my heartfelt grati­ and staffed largely by volunteers. All workshop; eleven has their way paid by state. tude to the wonderful Key Peninsula proceeds go toward the programs of the Civic the their fµ-edistricts. The twelfth, Mr. Commissioner Fenton has an ex­ Paramedics,Cencom operator, and all the Center. Office space for the NEWS is McMillan,paid his own air fare, registra· ceedingly demandingjob atthe Bremer­ other emergency crew pet:sons who provided by the Key Peninsula Park and tion, hotel bills and so on to the tune of ton ~pyards and.he is not able to attend worked so bard to save my husJ>and,Ted Recreation . district as a service to the approximately$1,000. some workshopsand conferences. Com­ B_POwn'slife on the evening of February community. Secondly, Fire CommissionerArt missioner Hendrickson also has a very 4, when.he suffered.? nearly fatal cardiac The NEWS is published monlhly and Fenton is receivingpayment for meetings "importantfull time position, is involved arrest while at home.· distributed free to all residents in the Key and conferencesthat he attends. with·a number of community activities Theresponse was immediateand be· Peninsula area. I would also like to point out that a (not the least of whichis Citizens·Against causeof their training they not only saved editor: Megan Aprile fire commissioneris an elected, paid offi-· · Crime which he and Commiss.ioner his life, but prevented likely brain darn· ed. ass't: Noah White, Jacqui Frank cial (R.C.W.52.14.010), mandated by the McMillanfounded at great savings to our age. I quote the emergency room doc­ ad sales: Karen Olson, Marie Rock state to receive up to, but not in excess of • taxpayers),and certainly'not least, a fam­ tor, who told our pastor, Ron Bechtal and ad layout: Karen Olson, Kathy Arnold $4,800 per year, which is paid at the rate ily with two yolll)gchildren who-deserye l,"Your husband is alive ONi. Y because billing: Lynn Jacobsen o( $50 per day (or portion thereof) for a portion of his time. -of the hard work of your highly trained reporter: . Megan Aprile attendance at board meetings and per­ Commissioner McMillan, who is paramedics." Well, "Wewho live in this . photographer: Joe Aprile formance of other services on behalf of "retired'~ from full-time employment area _knowthat you will find none be~ distribution: Paul Brown the district. Serving in the state legisla­ (except for all his _volunteeractivities), is anywhere! Our medical team, firemen ture is a part-time job, but we certainly more available to attend seminars. Mr. and sheriff's department ar~ outstanding staff support volunteers: Kirsti wouldn't ask Senator Bob Oke or Repre­ Y anity'srather odd ideaof breakingdown in their efforts and sue~. Feldmari;JoanneBaldwin, Dorothy· sentativ~ Ron Meyers or..Wes -Pruitt to . who .~ _eived, what salary (number _of My added thanks go to the Vaughn Reynolds, Mike Anderson, Lee Stiles, serve without salary. meetings attended) into percentages Church where my husband and I attend, Howard Reynolds, Sophia Bisceglia, Regarding our fire comm~sioners' makes the idea of working to be a well­ for their care and prayers, and to our Dorothy ORourke, Kevin O'Brien attendai:iceat various seminars, work­ infornied frre commissioner seem as Pastor who rushed to my side during the contributors: Daphne Daus, Paul shops and conferences, I would like to though it were a flaw. cri.tical moments, both here in our home Cyr, Elaine Forch, Marvin Keizur,' ·remind Mr. Yanityof the many statewide In closing, I would like to know how and at the hospital. I also want to thank a Hugh McMillan, Janice McMillan, management excellence awards our de­ much time·(andwhen paid employeesare fine and devoted doctor, Doctor Roes, Dory Meyers, Cecil Paul, Dr. William · partment has received. Our commission­ - involved, time is money) of the office ·. Roes, Stella Retherlord, Keith Stiles, ers go to these conferencesto learn about staff was used to get all these vouchers letters, cont. on page 11 Frankie Johnson illustrations: children - Nicholas Pappas, Becky Pappas, Tyane next KP NEWS: April 1- deadline ·March 15 M'Ardle,'Sarah M' Ard.le,Hannah Shriner. adults - Dori Richards, Barbara Bence Civic Center Illustration • Civic Center News Arlene Helm The opinions expressed are the opinions of the writers and do not necessarily re­ president's report by Stephanie Zampini flect the views ofthe publishers or staff. ' January was a slow month with little happening. We on the Association Board want to thank all of you who sent in a donation to help us keep the Civic Center open. SUBMISSIONS ARE USED ON A SPACE• On March 2, our first fundraiserof the year will run from 4 pm to midnightwith all of your favorite games, includingBingo. Reno AVAILABLE BASIS AND MAY BE EDITED IF Night will ajso include food and drink, so join us for a fun evening. USED. No POETRY OR OVERTLY REUGIOUS We have painted the Whitmoreroom and hope to put up new drapesand install a new caq>etsoon. Come see our new look. OR POLITICAL MATERIAL. MATERIAL RE· The VFW will hold a breakfast Sunday March 10 from 8 am to 1 pm. The proceeds will ~o toward keeping the center open. CEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE MAY NOT Don't forget that Easter falls_on the APPEAR IN THE PAPER. last Sunday of this month and with that ADMINISTRATIVEEXPENSE REPAIRS& MAINTENANCE · comesour annualEaster Egg Hunt: Bring RENT 338.00 BLDG. REPJMAINT. 44.17 all the kids and have a great time. ON SITE MANAGER 1,085.33. FLQORS 24.41 CIVIC CENTER Sin~ the next issue will be publishe4 MISC. 171.31 TOT. REPAIRS/MAINT. 68.58 in April, hereis an invitation in advance to BALANCE SHEET OFFICE 49.56 get your tickets andjoin the Lions' in their RENO EXPENSES 105.00 FIXED EXPENSES Citizen of the Year Award ~anquet MISC, PROGRAMS 103.48 TAKE$ 1,567,04 -WIC, our newest program, is now TOT. ADMIN. EXP. 1,852.68 TOT.FIXED EXP. 1,567.04 serving 150 women and _children. The guidelines are generous, so call if you OPERATINGEXPENSE INCOME TOTAL EXPENSE 4,893.71 would like an evaluation. ELECTRICITY RENT 247.00 '.?87.46 NETINCOME -2,198.21 Stay mindful of our troops in the Per­ MISC. 500.00 INTERESTINCOME 36.50 sian Gulf and remember there are many OIL 463.11 BEGINNINGBAL. BINGO 2,000.00 7,066.76 whose lives here at home have been dis­ REFUSE 74.84 ENDING BAL. ROLLER SKATING 362.00 5,159.76 rupted by these hardships. Let us hope PERMITS/LICENSE DONATIONS . 50.00 80.00 that soon our loved ones will return safe TOT. OP. EXP. TOTAL INCOME 2,695.50 1,405.41 and sound. · .March1, 1991 Key Penjnsula News Page 3 T.O.P.S. · VFW K.P. Civic Center Assoc'iation Officers ·. Stephanie Zampini, president 884-9821 Terry Thomas, secretary 884-4685 We are pleased to announce that breakfast Dave Freeman, vice-president 884-2313 Ann Larson, treasurer 884-3562 Vaughn TOPS#WA1019 is returning to The V:F.W.Post 4990 will hold a Dale Loy, past president 884-4169 the Civ.icCenter. fondraiser breclcfastfor the benefit of the The1irst meeting will be on March 5 Key Peninsula Civic Center on March Key Peninsula Park District Con:u~issioners in-the V :F.W. room, with weigh-in from will be · 10. Breakast served beginning at Tim Kezele, chair 884-4538 Mike Salatino ; vice d1air 851-4556 6: l? to 7 pm, meeting from 7 pm to 8 pm. 8 am:f'.lease plan to attend, enjoy a good T.O.P.S. stands for Take.Off Pounds Max Marlow, treas • . 884-3700 Daphne Daus, sec.