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Mark Reed OKs Oakhurst
ELMA — Commissioners of Public Hospital District No. 1 gave Mark Reed CEO Renée Dunham the nod March 25 to negotiate the purchase of the Oakhurst site in Elma for the district’s new hospital. They also authorized her to make the final decision on whether the district will purchase the site from Grays Harbor County, or not.

New district commissioner Dean Schwickerath asked why Dunham alone would be making that decision.

Schwickerath and his fellow commissioners, Louie Figueroa, Brent Meldrum, Drew Hooper and Amy Thomason, have been elected and tasked with providing “for equipment and facilities consistent with present and future community needs for patients entrusted to the hospital,” the district’s bylaws say.

County, ICC agree to separate
MONTESANO — County commissioners aren’t going to pay any more than they already have for the International Code Council’s review of the county Planning and Building Division. They’ll try to apply what they can from the report they have.

“We’ve paid all we’re gonna pay, and nobody does any more work,” Commissioner Al Carter said Monday, noting that the decision was mutual between the county and Code Council.

The county has paid $4,500 to date. After further discussions between the county and the Code Council, both mutually agreed to sever the existing contract, including a bill for $13,500 sent last month, according to a state ment issued Monday.

Monte limits fire volunteers
MONTESANO — Although the Montesano Fire Department has had 40 volunteers for nearly a decade, the city had not changed its policy to allow more than 32 volunteers.

Last week, the council grudgingly upped the total to 35, saying the department will have to lose the rest to attrition.

“We need to put a brake on all departments,” Councilman Rich Klinger said. “We gotta put the brakes on someplace … at some point the city is going to go broke.”

The department needs all 40 volunteers because of the increasing number of calls the department handles, Fire Chief Ken Walkington said.

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Elma Auto Racing Hall of Fame selects 2010 class
ELMA — The Elma Auto Racing Hall of Fame has selected six individuals to be included in its 2010 induction class. All six can be considered pioneers of racing in East County, as they began their racing careers before 1975. The 2010 class to be inducted at a ceremony Sunday, Sept. 5, at the Grays Harbor Fairgrounds will be comprised of Olympia’s Doug Goble, Raymond’s Jason Longwith, Lynnwood’s Dave Ehlers, Aberdeen’s Albert ‘Barney’ Peetz and Montesano’s Harold Clevenger and Howard Carter.

Bulldog golfers sweep three-team meet
TUMWATER — Defeating both Tumwater and North Thurston, Montesano prevailed in a double-dual girls golf match Wednesday at Tumwater Valley Golf Course.

With medalist Brooke Watkinson’s 50, Monte tallied 310, which topped Tumwater by 23 strokes at 333. North Thurston rounded out the field with 337.

Kaelyn Walker also carded a round under 50 for the Bulldogs; she shot a 57 to bolster the Monte scorecard.

Monte tennis falls to 2A Aberdeen
ABERDEEN — Montesano came away with one match win out of six and dropped a non-league girls tennis meeting with Aberdeen 5-1 Wednesday, March 24, at Aberdeen’s Sam Benn courts. Notching the match win for Montesano was Sierra Rasmussen, who knocked off Aberdeen’s Rachael Schermer 6-0.