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Elma man’s naval career spanned 27 years
The infamous day Pearl Harbor was bombed — Dec. 7, 1941 — Bob Winings was a 17-year-old student at Elma High School. Hardly more than a year later, though, Winings joined the Navy Reserve and was soon a gunner’s mate. In a naval career spanning 27 years, he not only served in both World War II and the Korean War, but did, indeed, see the world, including Pearl Harbor several times. Liberty in foreign ports was one thing he loved most about the Navy. Now Winings will see a bit of the world, his hometown of Elma, from a special perspective — as this year’s grand marshal of the town’s Veteran’s Day Parade.

The parade will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, from Elma High School, proceeding down Main Street to A Street. Elma’s Bill Mann Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1948 also plans a ceremony at 11 a.m. Veterans Day at the Edward Silas Morton Jr. Memorial Park at the east end of town.

Elma City Council tackling budget
At their regular meeting Monday, which immediately followed a work session on next year’s budget, the Elma City Council set a public hearing on the budget for Dec. 1. The budget work session was the council’s second, with a third planned for 6 p.m. next Monday, Nov. 10.

Council members also approved an application by M & M Harbor Properties for access to city water, with a number of conditions recommended by the city’s Public Works director, Jim Starks, including that the work needed to extend the water line to the property at 36 Stamper Hill Road be completed to the city’s standards.

Montesano veterans planning
Christmas for troops and families
Jerry Hliboki’s at it again. Actually, he’s never quit. The Montesano AMVET member, with the help of the Monte Veterans of Foreign Wars and myriad community businesses and individuals, headed up a picnic last summer for the National Guard troops from the nearby Armory who were being assigned to Iraq.

The event at the VFW picnic grounds was a rousing success. But that was then. Now Christmas is coming, and Hliboki refuses to forget the soldiers — or their loved ones. He’s been planning for weeks, and now he’s bustling about, procuring everything needed to send Christmas packages and other parcels to the troops and put on a huge Christmas dinner in mid-December for the folks they had to leave behind.

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No shortage of chances to fill your freezer this fall
’Tis the season for lots of fishing and hunting opportunities around the state. Options include elk hunting, crabbing and salmon fishing. The state Department of Fish & Wildlife has also tentatively scheduled four days of razor clam digs later this month. If the clams prove safe to eat, digs will be allowed:
•Thursday, Nov. 13, Copalis and Mocrocks beaches (low tide, 6:27 p.m. -1.6)
• Friday, Nov. 14, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks and Long Beach (low tide, 7:15 p.m. -1.8)
• Saturday, Nov. 15, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks and Long Beach (low tide, 8:04 p.m. -1.6)
• Sunday, Nov. 16, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks and Long Beach (low tide, 8:54 p.m. -1.2)
Digs are also tentatively scheduled in December, as well.

Monte senior athlethes honored
Seniors players honored at the last home game of the season included: Tyler Kern, Aaron Sittler, Zach Fenn, Gabe Thompson, Alex McNealley, Brendon Warnock, Frank Carpenter, Taylor Church, Aaron Christiansen, Chase Cutler, Mark Baca, Derek Jensen, Jason Patterson, Ira Alefteras and Hyrum Flake.

Bighill is a player with heart, ‘exceeds expectations’
ELLENSBURG — Whenever Adam Bighill was on a basketball court or a football field, his mother, Janine, was always there in the stands, supporting him. From Pop Warner league through middle school, he could always rely on looking to the bleachers and seeing her there.

Now Adam is a sophomore middle linebacker at Central Washington University, miles from his home in Montesano. His family can no longer be there to watch him, but every time he gets on one knee before each game, he dedicates his performance to his mother. She isn’t watching him from the bleachers, but he believes that she’s cheering him on from above.