byzderry Bergsman Times North bureau Bright sun twinkled through tall trees when ground was broken last week at the Site where Honeywell will build a new headquarters for its Marine Systems Division. "It was a breathtaking sight. The 40-acre tract overlooks the waters of Puget Sound just south of Mukilteo. The sharp blues of a nearly cloudless sky and the snow?crested Olympics set the background. . For Gov. John D. Spellman, it was a pleasant day in more ways than one. He called the groundbreaking I MUKILTEQ symbolic ?like the first robin in spring; a harbinger . ofzt?hings to come.? J. Spellman thought that Honeywell, ?in admittedly tough times," chose to build now at the Harbour . Pointe site was a ?demonstration of great faith by a . great corporation in the future of this area." But, he said, one of the reasons is because ?it's a darn good place to live and work. To have a job in a beautiful area like this is the best of all worlds.? He complimented Snohomish County officials for being able to maintaina good environment while attracting companies like Honeywell and Hewlett- Packard. Spellman thought, too, that the worst of the economic decline was over. ?We are no longer receding,? he said. ?As an economy, we?re growing.? The keys to attracting high?technology industry, which Spellman said chooses Washington when it expands from California, are maintaining the quality of life and maintaining and enhancing the educational system. He said the state must be competitive but needn'ft engage in providing ?extraordinary incen- tives.?, He did endorse the sales tax for new industrial construction, pointing out that Washington was the only one of the 50 states not allowing that. ?Unless the construction goes forward and new indusrry goes in, there will not be jobs," Spellman said. ?It is fundamental that the state need not give anything away, but it needs to be competitive.? Honeywell purchased the site from Daon, which developed Harbour Pointe for industrial and residen- tial use. The site was zoned to permit the plant in ad- vance of the Honeywell interest. Jerry L. Holman, Marine Systems Division vice by Jerry Bergsman re ?realistic? education With the individualized instruc? {oneywell holds scenic groUndereakin president and general manager, said more than 85 percent of the Honeywell employees at the Ballard offices live in North Seattle and are within 25 minutes? commuting distance from the Harbour Point site. Thus, he said, there won?t be an immediate relocation of many employees. But by 1990 the company expects about 600 employees mostly new hires to be living in Snohomish County. The division now has about 1,300 employees in three buildings in Ballard. The-first phase of the construction at Harbour Pointe, a 130,0005quar'efoot core section of the building, is to be completed about a year from now. It will allow relocation of about200 .employees from Ballard. The first group to move will include those working in accounting, purchasing, shipping, receiving, com- munications and stores. By 1986, 270,000 more square feet will be completed, enough space to move the remainder of the employees from Ballard. At that time, the Harbour Pointe area will be the headquarters of the division. The second phase will permit expanding the Honeywell division to 1,600 employees. Richard J. Boyle, vice president and group executive of the defense and marine-systems group for Honeywell in Minneapolis, predicted. that employment in the division will reach 2,000 by 1990. Because the energy industry is depressed now, Boyle said, Honeywell?s marine division is doing about 65 percent of its work for the Navy. ?We?ll probably increase that percentage," he said. But Honeywell is trying to achieve a balance between its commercial and military markets, he added. . For the Navy, Honeywell is prime contractor for light-weight torpedoes, the first of their kind If) he developed in this country in 25 years. It is an anti-sub- marine device, and the Seattle division is developing its homing system. The torpedo itself is being built in Minneapolis. Another Honeywell product produced locally looks like a large electronic console which is exactly what it is. It enables the positioning of such things as drilling rigs in adverse weather conditions, even in 30- foot waves in the North Sea. Because of the Navy work, Honeywell must maintain security at its plants, but Boyle said most people won?t even be aware of the security measures. In Ballard, he noted, the Canal Restaurant is adjacent to a Honeywell operation. The Seattle division develops and produces underwater acoustical and sonar equipment and mates produced a first a film on quge?aay,?May' 4, i983 The Seattle Times 5? a: Architects' model of what the new Honeywell building near Mukllteo will look like. ocean-engineering services, some for the offshore oil and gas industry, some for the Navy. The Seattle division includes the Honeywell Engineering and Technical Center at Bremerton. . The first-phase construction at Harbor Pomte represents a $10 million investment. The second phase will be an expansion of the first building, a Six-story structure. McCann Construction of Tukwila is the prime contractor. Hennigson, Durham Richardson, the architect, is a Seattle firm. as is Richard Carothers Associates, the site engineer and landscape architect. The for it, teaching the appropriate GIFTS Times North bureau The school enrollment is about 550. Basic education is a key word. Most students are studying in a vocational course, nearly all of_? them at a community-college level of training. But motivation can be a prob- lem. So the powers that be are considering offering the students time off for good behavior. It has worked elsewhere. The school is operated by Edmonds Community College un- sentence der?contract with the state. The educational services are taken to the students inmates at state prisons. The $730,000 contract for the fiscal year ending June 30 ?is to provide education to prisoners at the state reformatory and special- offender center, both in Monroe, at. Indian Ridge Treatment Center in . rlington and Firlands Correction- al Center in Seattle. For the past two years, ECC has held the contract with the state Department of Corrections by it- self. Back in 1978, Edmonds held it jointly with Everett Community College, before the two schools split into separate college districts. The major thrust is toward basic education, says James T. Cummins, director of institutional programs for the college. But the courses go beyond reading, writing and arithmetic. They include what Cummins refers to as survival skills: how to budget, how to buy nutritious food, what is needed for a proper contract when buying a car. Cummins would agree for the most part with the Legislature?s philosophy on educadion. A prison- er, for instance, cannot become a good welder unless he knows how to read a manual and blueprint and understands basic math, says Cummins. Assistant Director Melanie Boosman did a prisoner survey in March. What she learned probably was not surprising. What was needed, the survey showed, was an expansion of remedial courses. Boosman found that nearly 70 percent of the prisoners, 525 of 770, had combined reading, language and math skills below the first year of high school, the ninth grade. Only 32 inmates demon- strated achievement beyond the high-school level. Nearly 4 of every 10 could handle only work below the seventh grade. Have You ?Why isn?t my child learning to read?" We can help you now See our Sunday Times ad for DISNEYLAND BONUS. May 15, enrollment deadline. loci-noon red 90:16 My? Sylvan Learning Center 45., 4 .I 24 FIOUR PHONE: 774-3922 tion, the remedial needs can be made up quickly. Most inmates can handle one grade level each quarter and some can make up. three or four. Many of those at the sixth-grade level will be ready to take a high-school equivalency test for a GED diploma after one quarter of work. Education will turn many of the prisoners from crime, Cum~ mins believes. Prisoners are earning degrees. In March, one prisoner received an adult high-school diploma, five got vocational certificates and two received associate-of-technical- arts certificates. Last year 24 prisouers earned vocational certificates, two got the associate-of?technical-arts degree and 38 received their high-school equivalency. Cummins considers the prison schools similar to branch cam- puses. The staff is hired and . qualified throuoh regular commu? nity?college procedures. There are 19 full-time instructors, three part- time and one education counselor. There are nine programs at Monroe, basic education at Indian Ridge and two horticulture courses as well as the basic?education program at Firlands. ing in dry cleaning, courses started in prison can be completed at .some community college in the state. The programs lead to certifi- cates or associate degrees from Edmonds Community College. Among the courses at Monroe are auto body and fender and auto mechanical, electronics, machine shop, welding, food preparation, barbering, drafting and dry clean; in "As long as there?s a need for a machinist or a welder or a dry cleaner,? Cummins says, ?these courses will enhance their chances for success when released." Trade-related courses, such as safety, health, first aid and math are taught along with the pro, grams. This year, a video-taping course was created for several reasons, including production of training aids. Not only should that reduce costs but the Monroe in~' With the exception of the train- dry cleaning. ?The inmates love it," says Bdosman. In one film, they played the roles of customers and store clerks and wrote the script, for a course on customer relations. And while all the other pro-? grams stress individual achieve- ment, the ,video course forces inmates to work as a team, a skill many of them lack. Cummins, who is working with the state to devise education pro grams for the medium-security prison that will open in Monroe, has directed the prison programs since October 1979. He started as a community-college teacher in San Francisco, went into correctional training at Soledad, Calif. and was promoted through the ranks to become an administrator. Boosman, who taught in the public-school system in St. Louis before coming to this area and teaching at Wood?way High School, in the Edmonds School District, has been with the community college for 10 years. She handled a number of assignments, including coordinating professional manage- ment seminars and the college?s cooperative-education programs, before going with the institutions program two years ago. Prisoners develop a loser?s complex, Cummins points out, say- ing a key role of the education program is to change that attitude to one of sudcess. A change in the state?s philos- ophy toward prisoners will help the education program, Cummins be- lieves, for there?s more staff con trol in prisons now. ?Three years ago, no one cared whether theprisoner was in school or not,? he says. ?Now there is a closer look being taken on whether the programs are doing something constructive. couple of residents who completed drafting are being paid by the private-industries program to work in sign shops. That also will help them when they're re leased." A new privateindustry pro gram is about to begin at Monroe. A company will make horsestable forks, similar to pitch forks, as a pilot project at the prison. The education program ,is gearing up This exceptional price is available carry night 4 to closing. Make your now for the prime cut of your Eric. $695 That's right. The of nut Prime Rib dinner is now inst $6 95. 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