July 5, 2007

	A little 'bead' of everything at Elma store
	Sometimes a traumatic event can have some positive out-workings. By Tommi Halvorsen Gatlin Vidette Reporter Looking around at the rainbows of beads and jewelry filling trays and hanging from displays at Unique Beads, a new shop near the corner of Third and Main streets in Elma, one would hardly guess it started with a terrible mishap. Following an accident several years ago in which lifelong Elma resident Gary Woolsey Jr.'s left foot was cut off after he fell into a piece of factory machinery, Woolsey spent nearly a year in a hospital bed and a wheelchair. Woolsey, now 30, had more time on his hands than he knew what to do with and needed something to keep him busy. So, he began creating lures that would help fishermen entice the "big ones."		Bernadette Bower of Elma, right, explains her beading idea to Jalaine Boos of Elma, at Unique Beads, a new store on Main Street in Elma owned and operated by Bower's mother, Shirlee Woolsey. (Photo by Dee Anne Shaw)
	Who will become Bear Fest queen?
	Coronation at 7 p.m. July 13 at McCleary School By Tommi Halvorsen Gatlin Vidette Reporter One of these young ladies will be the new Bear Festival queen when this year's queen crowns her successor at 7 p.m. Friday, July 13, at the McCleary School, the first day of the three-day festival. Christina, 14, is the daughter of Rhonda and Floyd Eaton; Jenny, 14, is the daughter of Libby and Kenneth "Tag" Nelson, and the parents of Ferrill, 15, are Thirza and Chip Copeland. The three all graduated from the McCleary School in June and will be freshmen at Elma High School in September. A street dance in the parking area by Gordy's Pizza will follow the coronation.		This year's Bear Festival princesses, from left, Jenny Sergeant and Ferrill Copeland and, far right, Christina Kemp, pose with Queen Kim Rush after being introduced at the McCleary City Council meeting June 27. (Photo by George Crumb)
	British Invasion
	English soccer comes to Montesano By Jerrad Kellogg Vidette Reporter European soccer is worldly renowned to be one of the most competitive and exciting brands of soccer to watch, with its physical play and skilled athletes. Evidenced by the 2006 World Cup, in which each of the final four teams all came from Europe ­ Italy (winners), France, Germany and Portugal. This physical and technical style of play is working its way across the pond. The Montesano Parks & Recreation Department, in conjunction with Challenger Sports British Soccer, hosted a youth soccer camp last week in which more than 50 kids received instruction from a pair of accomplished English soccer players.		Participants in the camp perform a ball-handling drill on a rainy Friday morning. (Photo by Jerrad Kellogg) Jack Bolton, 20, of Manchester and Matthew Campbell, 19, of Liverpool, each have an extensive soccer background which includes a stint at the Manchester United Academy for Bolton and a trial at Everton Football Club for Campbell.