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October 2, 2008
Westport Winery wins annual ‘pioneer’ award |
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Doug and Janet Rice’s Running Anvil Ranch and Larry Willis’ weather station also lauded during Monte chamber’s 38th annual Farm-City Dinner
By Dee Anne Shaw
Vidette Editor
Grays Harbor farmers continue to blaze new trails in agriculture and their pioneering spirit was celebrated last week at the 38th annual Farm-City Dinner in Montesano.
Blain and Kim Roberts, owners of the Westport Winery and Vineyards by the Sea, were presented with this year’s Pioneer of the Year Award for their phenomenal success in launching Grays Harbor’s first commercial winery.
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Blain and Kim Roberts, owners of the Westport Winery, take a moment Thursday to smile the morning after being named farming’s “Pioneers of the Year” at the annual Farm-City Dinner. (Photo by Dee Anne Shaw)
Doug and Janet Rice of the Wynooche Valley were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for the history they are preserving in the meticulous carriage museum they built at the Running Anvil Ranch out the Black Creek Road. And Larry Willis of Brady was recognized for the technologically advanced weather station he has installed at the family’s farm in the Brady Bottoms that automatically uploads data to a WSU Web site.
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| Fire guts Elma home |
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By Tommi Halvorsen Gatlin
Vidette Reporter
A couple and their two young children were left homeless around noon Sunday after a fire raged through their one-story house near downtown Elma. The owners, Jeremy and Angela Sanchez, have lived in the three-bedroom house at 1513 W. Waldrip, for the past six years. They have two sons, ages 3 and 2.
On Sunday, as firefighters hosed down the smoldering interior and kept a close watch to prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring homes, Elma’s fire marshal, Steve Petitt, declared the house was a “total loss.”
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Firefighters keep dousing hot spots Sunday at 1513 W. Waldrip in Elma. (Photo by Tommi Halvorsen Gatlin)
A house with a shake roof next door was especially worrisome, Elma Fire Chief Tom Boling said Monday, noting, “The wind was blowing that way.”
Thankfully, there were no injuries, Boling said, and “it’s fortunate that everything was contained to one structure. Everybody involved did a very good job keeping it contained.”
But “of course, we wish we could have saved the (Sanchez) house, but it just didn’t work out that way,” the chief added, expressing how “very sorry” everyone was about that. |
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| Montesano golf edges Chehalis by one |
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It has been a great
season so far, and with no seniors on our varsity team, hopefully we will continue to improve. — Montesano head coach
Lloyd Aldrich
By Jerrad Kellogg
Vidette Reporter
ELMA – As the scorecards slowly filtered into the clubhouse, things could not have been tighter as Montesano and W.F. West (Chehalis) were within just a few strokes of one another. Then as the final varsity group turned in their cards it was Nathan Shea’s 42 that sealed a, 214-215, non-league boys golf victory for the unbeaten Bulldogs (6-0) on Thursday, Sept. 25, at Oaksridge Golf Course in Elma.
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Monte’s No. 1 golfer Shawn Dierick rears-back and unleashes a drive off the first tee. Dierick would go on to post a 38, one off the pace set by the match medalist Cody Plagenza of Chehalis. (Photo by Jerrad Kellogg)
“It was really a pretty exciting match,” Montesano Head Coach Lloyd Aldrich said. “We were down two strokes until Nathan’s 42 in the No. 6 spot won it for us.”
The match victory – Montesano’s fourth against a Class 2A opponent – was a testament to the young Bulldog squad’s depth.
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Other
Headlines
Sobering news for Mark Reed hospital board
In no uncertain terms, an interim report released last week to Mark Reed Hospital District 1 commissioners from the district’s new Community Advisory Committee says the McCleary hospital needs to “fix” some problems and begin doing it immediately.
The report, independent from Mark Reed, also lays a portion of the responsibility for the district’s financial struggles in the laps of Mark Reed staff and says the issues the committee raises “must be addressed and resolved as quickly as feasibly possible” if the hospital and district are to survive.
Two deaths among weekend tragedies
An Elma man was killed Saturday when his car hit a tree and a McCleary man drowned while swimming at Vance Creek Park on Sunday. The two tragedies were among the numerous serious calls fielded by law enforcement and fire agencies in the Elma area last weekend.
At 9:16 Saturday morning, Grays Harbor Fire District 5 received a call about a traffic fatality east of Elma on the Cloquallum Road, near the Powers Creek Road, District 5 firefighter/paramedic Johnathan Huntley said Monday.
Anchor Bank opening is Monday
The new branch of Anchor Bank at 301 E. Pioneer Ave. in downtown Montesano is scheduled to open for business at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6. The public is invited to the ribbon cutting celebration planned for 11 a.m. Members of the Montesano and Grays Harbor chambers of commerce and local officials will be on hand for the celebration. The Montesano band and choir will perform. In addition, the bank is marking 10 years that it has had a presence in Montesano with a free barbeque from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 15-18.
More Sports
Black Hills takes down Elma
ELMA – Black Hills’ Kailah Lenz put her teammates on her shoulders and led the Wolves on a three-game sweep of Elma, 25-10, 25-6, 25-8, in a 2A Evergreen Conference volleyball match up on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Elma High School gymnasium.
Lenz, a 5-foot-11, junior accounted for 24 Black Hills points by herself. Lenz put down 11 kills, served 11 aces and sent back a pair of Eagle kills in an all-league type performance.
Montesano football easily handles Rochester, 48-8
Behind a pair of 100-yard rushers, and a stifling defense, Montesano easily topped Rochester, 48-8, in a 1A Evergreen Conference football match up on Friday, Sept. 26, at Rottle Field. Montesano’s Taylor Church and Frank Carpenter each rushed for more than 100-yards, with Church rushing for 109 yards and three touchdowns, while Carpenter compiled 105 yards on the ground and a touchdown.
Black Hills takes down Elma
ELMA – Black Hills’ Kailah Lenz put her teammates on her shoulders and led the Wolves on a three-game sweep of Elma, 25-10, 25-6, 25-8, in a 2A Evergreen Conference volleyball match up on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Elma High School gymnasium. Lenz, a 5-foot-11, junior accounted for 24 Black Hills points by herself. Lenz put down 11 kills, served 11 aces and sent back a pair of Eagle kills in an all-league type performance. |
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