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May 15, 2008
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Dozens gather at Porter church for homecoming
By Tommi Halvorsen Gatlin
Vidette Reporter
To Alice (Cox) Large, family meant everything.
The 96-year-old granddaughter of Abraham Boyer, considered the father of the little burg of Porter in the eastern reaches of Grays Harbor County, asked before she died last November in San Jose, Calif., that her three children would see that her ashes were brought home. Mrs. Large was born in 1911 to Myrtle Mary (Boyer) and beekeeper William Linkous Cox at their farmhouse on the banks of Porter Creek, near where it becomes one with the Chehalis River.
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The Sharon Cemetery near Porter was a sea of blue camas blossoms Saturday as dozens of relatives celebrated the life of Porter native Alice (Cox) Large, who asked that her ashes be brought back to her birthplace. Her flat marker is to the left of her grandparents’ gravestone, the tallest in the foreground. (Photo by Tommi Halvorsen Gatlin) Inset are photos of Mrs. Large as a child, and recently.
Mrs. Large’s ashes were interred last week near the final resting place of her parents and a host of other relatives in the little Sharon Cemetery, just a mile or so from where her childhood home had been. Last Saturday, almost four dozen relatives, including her two sons and her daughter, others meeting for the first time, gathered to celebrate her life in the little church on the hill that Mrs. Large’s grandfather helped build more than a century ago. Then a Methodist church, today it’s known as the Porter Sunday School. Kinfolk, some in their 80s, the youngest only 10 months, came from as far away as New Hampshire, Arizona, California and British Columbia; others still live nearby.
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| Comcast helps give kids new digs at Children’s Advocacy Center |
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Volunteers install new play equipment
By The Vidette Staff
The Montesano Children’s Advocacy Center is currently undergoing renovations, and in partnership with Comcast Cares has been able to give the yard next to the building a makeover. On Saturday, May 3, more than 50 volunteers (many of them Aberdeen Comcast employees) descended on the center to install the new play equipment. The help from Comcast is part of the company’s efforts to help out non-profit organizations, Bob Lippert of the Aberdeen office said.
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Members of the volunteer group prepare the site at the corner of Academy and Broadway, while others assemble playground equipment. Front, from left: Jan Lippert, Diana Blake and Sarah Blake. (Photo by Jerrad Kellogg)
Aside from Comcast’s help, the Advocacy Center received grants for the $20,000 project. Community support also came from the Kelsey Foundation in the form of a $15,00 grant, Grays Harbor Community Foundation’s $5,000 grant, as well as material donations from Mary’s River and Levee Lumber companies.
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| Eagles prevail in East County rivalry |
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Elma holds down hard-hitting Monte for, 5-2, victory.
By Jerrad Kellogg
Vidette Reporter
ELMA – Behind a well pitched game by Alyx Choate and few fine defensive plays, Elma was able to emerge victorious over Montesano, 5-2, in a non-league fastpitch match-up on Friday, May 9, at Elma’s softball complex. Choate kept the Bulldog hitters guessing at the plate. She struck out eight while walking only one in her six-hit performance.
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Elma’s Allison Borden rounds third base in full-stride during a Christina DeMar RBI double that plated both Borden and Michaela Ecklund in the first inning of the Eagles’, 5-2, non-league victory over long-time rival Montesano. (Photo by Jerrad Kellogg)
The Eagles came out firing at the plate. In the first inning Michaela Ecklund slapped a one-out infield hit, followed by a walk to Allison Borden. Christina DeMar then stepped to the dish and belted a double into the left-center gap that scored both Ecklund and Borden to give Elma a quick, 2-0 lead.
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Other
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Donors desperately needed at the Blood Bank
For decades, folks have donated lifesaving blood at periodic drives in Montesano. No one can know how many lives have been saved or helped by the generous gift of a substance that can only be obtained through the giving hearts of others. Blood drives take place about every two months at St. John’s Catholic Church when the American Red Cross Blood Services from Portland comes to town. They’re always from 2 to 7 p.m. on a Tuesday, the next one May 20. The church is located at 414 E. Broadway. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, so many people showed up to donate at the bi-monthly blood drawings that some had to be turned away.
“We had so many they were literally around the block,” said Lynn O’Conner,” longtime co-chair of the blood drives with Alice Hutchinson. Now, however, the numbers have dwindled, with only about 50 people showing up each time. Sadly, it often takes a crisis to bring the donors in. Though numbers have fluctuated in the past, “our concern is that it consistently in the last several years has declined,” O’Conner said.
Service Saturday for cancer pioneer
Dr. Rose Papac, who was born in Montesano and rose to heights seldom seen by women in the medical profession until recent decades, died Saturday, May 10, in Lewiston, Idaho. A rosary service is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15, and a funeral Mass at noon Friday, May 16, both at St. John’s Catholic Church in Montesano.
Early salmon season for Chinook opens off Westport June 1
Deep-sea fishing for Chinook salmon begins June 1 – nearly a month early – out of Westport on the Grays Harbor coast. The “bonus,” Chinook-only season in June is added to the regular Chinook and Coho salmon season that begins June 29.
Other Sports
Elma’s Stark wins four events at 2A subdistricts
CHEHALIS — Elma senior Christian Stark hauled in four individual titles on Saturday, May 12, at the 2A Evergreen Conference Subdistrict Track Championships in Chehalis.
Bulldog baseball knocked out in two from District Tournament
WINLOCK – Montesano did a good job of keeping their opponents’ run totals down to manageable numbers, but the Bulldogs were unable to back the defense with an offense and fell twice in the District IV Class 1A Baseball Tourney on Tuesday, May 6, at Winlock. Montesano dropped their opener to Castle Rock, 4-2, and then followed that up with a, 3-1, loss to White Salmon later in the afternoon, eliminating them from post season play.
Monte boys nab title at subdistricts
RAINIER – More than doubling the next closest team’s point total, the Montesano boys ran away with the title at the Subdistrict 1A Track Meet on Friday, May 9, at Rainier. The Bulldogs boys’ 192 points was more than double than runner-up Rainier at 105. Rainier took the girls meet with 152 points, while the Bulldogs were third with 89.
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