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September 18, 2008
Harvest Tour spotlights ‘Farm & Forest’ |
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Buses filling fast for tours up the Wynooche
By Marisa Chatt
Vidette Staff
Montesano’s Harvest Celebration will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27, and will include a variety of events for people interested in learning more about the rural farming and forest community in Montesano.
The main draw to this celebration are the farm and forest tours. The Farm Tour will travel through three different farms, each uniquely different and offering the visitor something that they are not likely to run across everyday.
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Owen Shaffner’s hay rides through the pumpkin patch are always a favorite with young and old alike. (Vidette File Photo)
Don Tapio, WSU Extension Office’s agent for Grays Harbor and Michael Dickerson will guide the farm tours. The farms located in the Wynooche Valley include the Anderson Family Farm, which will offer a tour of its Scottish Highland Cattle. The cattle are hand-raised and either grain or grass fed, and are also known for their redeeming quality as an even-tempered, good, docile pet, according to the Anderson Family Farm in the 2008 Farm Guide.
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Hundreds joined John Hughes at the Log Pavilion
By Dee Anne Shaw
Vidette Editor
A steady stream of people flowed through the Pavilion throughout the afternoon. “It was like going to your own funeral but not being dead,” Hughes said. “It was wonderful. I was really overwhelmed by the turnout of the people and the nice things they had to say.”
Hughes’ career dates to his boyhood when he had a paper route. He was hired as a Daily World reporter in January of 1966, was named editor in 1977 and has been the editor and publisher for the past five years.
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Debi Meredith of Montesano and other members of The Vidette staff were among the hundreds of Harborites who found their way to the Rotary Log Pavilion in Aberdeen on Tuesday to offer their good wishes to John C. Hughes, the editor and publisher of The Daily World, as he ends a 40-plus year career in newspapering to become Washington state’s chief oral historian for the Secretary of State’s Legacy Project. (Photo by Dee Anne Shaw)
Prior to that, in the summer of 1960, the late, great Chapin Collins, editor and publisher of The Vidette, gave him a job. “I was a gopher. I did everything. It was great,” Hughes said. Today, both newspapers are owned by Stephens Media L.L.C. Hughes, 64, remains at the helm of The Daily World until Saturday. He starts his new job on Monday. |
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| Bulldogs hold off Rockets, 21-20 |
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Castle Rock - Montesano Football
By Jerrad Kellogg
Vidette Reporter
Since reclassification a few years back, Montesano has been left without a natural league rival. However, Monte and Castle Rock have found themselves pitted against one another in a number of nail-biting games with high stakes – from football to fastpitch – allowing a new sort of rivalry to bud. This most recent football installment was no exception as Castle Rock, trailing by one point, sat poised to snatch victory away with a field goal with 2:51 left in the game.
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Montesano senior running back Taylor Church shoots around the left end after picking up a block from teammate Frank Carpenter in the first quarter of the Bulldog’s 21-20, non-league victory over Castle Rock on Friday, Sept. 12. (Photo by Jerrad Kellogg)
But Montesano’s Jason Franks got a piece of the kick, sending it wide right to help preserve the Bulldog’s 21-20 non-league victory on Friday, Sept. 12, at Rottle Field.
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4-H coordinator announces retirement
Carol Rieth, Grays Harbor County’s 4-H coordinator for more than a decade, has announced that she will retire at the end of September.
Rieth, who became 4-H coordinator with the Washington State University Extension Office in the spring of 1997, previously “worked as a volunteer in our Family Living Program for several years,” Steve Harbell, county director for the WSU Extension Office, said Wednesday.
“Carol’s really been an integral part of our youth development program here,” Harbell said. As 4-H coordinator, she’s had “direct responsibility for the daily interaction with volunteers and works very closely with our 4-H agent, Joan Vance.”
Time to trek to the river and watch turtles race
Hot dog. It’s September, which means it’s time to start talking about Lions and turtles and fun and games on the Wynooche River. The Montesano Lions Club’s annual “Turbo Turtle Trek” begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, with a free hot-dog barbecue and games for the kids. This event is a major fund-raiser for the Lions, but it’s also a chance for everyone to gather by the river to watch, wait and hope that their number matches the number on the first bright green plastic turtle that comes floating across the finish line. “Adopt” a numbered turtle for $5 and have a chance to win one of 11 prizes being given away this year — everything from the grand prize of a 10-night stay in Hawaii to Seahawk tickets, salmon fishing and gas cards.
Week of watershed awareness events coming to Chehalis Basin
The third annual Chehalis Watershed Awareness Week and Festival Sept. 20 to 27 will include lots of activities — and the mayor of Montesano. Sponsored by the Chehalis Basin Partnership, the week will begin Saturday with a Seminary Hill Ivy Pull work party from 10 a.m. to noon and a Chehalis River Discovery Trail Walk from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Walkers can expect to see bald eagles, a new riparian forest and lots more. Those planning to attend the ivy pull are asked to bring loppers and gloves; snacks and some tools will be provided. For more information, call (360) 736-4065 or e-mail crc@crcwater.org. For details on the walk, e-mail Chehalislandtrust@yahoo.com.
More Sports
Hoquiam’s Simpson closes season with ninth feature victory
ELMA – Hoquiam’s Zack Simpson closed out the season by picking up the feature win in the 40-lap Cut Rate Auto Parts Hobby Stock Challenge on Saturday, Sept. 13, at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma.
Also on the race card was a 40-lap Mountain Dew/Amp Energy Drink I-5 Late Model Super Stock feature race, which was won by Bend, Ore.’s Rob Mayea – his second Late Model victory of the year at Elma following a June win.
Aberdeen soccer tops Elma
ELMA – With overwhelming Aberdeen offensive pressure and a 23-percent shot-on-goal scoring average while out-shooting Elma 30-3, the Bobcats topped the Eagles, 7-1, in a 2A Evergreen Conference girls soccer match up on Tuesday, Sept. 16, at Davis Field.
Elma’s Jackson wins freshman race at Tenino
TENINO — Elma’s Todd Jackson turned in the top freshman-sophomore boy performance at the Gordy Robertson Cross Country Jamboree Run on Thursday, Sept. 11, at Tenino.
Jackson took the freshman-sophomore boys race with his time of 10:37.81.
Montesano boys win cross country meet at Castle Rock
CASTLE ROCK – The Montesano Bulldog boys team took first place in a cross-country meet on Thursday, Sept. 11, at Castle Rock. The Bulldogs were paced by Jared Larsen, who finished the 3.1-mile course in first place during the boys race in his time of 17:51.
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