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One McCleary clerk returns, not the other
McCLEARY — After almost a month’s absence, the City of McCleary’s deputy clerk, Christiane Mercer, returned to her job Monday morning. But the city’s utilities accountant, Ardyce Taylor, won’t be allowed to return, Mayor Gary Dent said Tuesday.
Both were placed on paid administrative leave April 9 while the city looked into some “potential irregularities in some financial transactions,” according to Dent.
Taylor’s paid leave — and her employment with the city — ended April 30, Dent said.
What the mayor said he couldn’t state yet was the “terminology” for Taylor’s unemployed status.
“The remaining issue there,” he said, “is exactly how that will be phrased,” though he expected to know in the next day or two.
Taylor said she was uncertain of her status with the city when contacted at home Tuesday morning.

Pioneer Brady firefighter passes away
BRADY — Longtime Brady farmer Charles “Lester” Willis, 84, who helped establish the Brady Fire Station more than four decades ago, died Thursday, April 29, 2010, at home.
Tuesday, Chief Dan Prater of Grays Harbor Fire District 2, of which the Brady station is a part, described Willis as “the epitome of the fire service for many years.”
Willis was “a dedicated member of not just Brady but District 2 as a whole … for over 43 years,” Prater said. He was also known for how he treated others.
“He was the Brady Fire Department,” said former District 2 commissioner Mike Whittaker. “That was a major part of his life, along with the farm.”

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White Salmon downs Monte
MONTESANO — By controlling the doubles play and nearly sweeping singles action, White Salmon made good on a long trip north as they knocked off Montesano 4-1 in a southwest Washington 1A girls tennis meeting, Saturday, May 1, at at Montesano High School courts. Played throughout light intermittent rain, the match was almost cancelled due to a significant downpour moments before action was to begin. However, thanks to the water-dispersing efforts of the Bulldog faithful — players, coaches and parents — the courts were ready for play in an hour.

Bulldog soccer blanks Winlock-Toledo united
TOLEDO — Solid defense and a persistent offense led Montesano to a 2-0 1A Evergreen League boys soccer victory over the Winlock-Toledo combined team on Thursday, April 29, at Toledo.
Monte wasted little time in getting on the board. In the 16th minute Kyle Black converted a James McCullough pass to give the Dogs a 1-0 lead.
From there the Montesano defense and keeper Gonzalo Gaona took over. Gaona registered 10 saves while the Bulldogs set up their second goal.
In the 50th minute Cameron Covert launched a long clearing pass that made its way into the net to produce the eventual final of 2-0.

Bulldogs nip LaCenter golfers
ELMA — Deadlocked at 280-all, Montesano took control in the tiebreaker to top LaCenter in a Southwest Washington 1A girls golf match Thursday, April 29, at Oaksridge Golf Course in Elma.
Montesano’s Alyssa Hartman paced the field with 47, while teammate Kaelyn Walker bolstered the Bulldog scorecard with a 49.
Rachel Hodge was the low scorer for LaCenter with a 49.
Teams normally send six varsity golfers out on the course, and the top-five scores count towards the team total, but with only five players LaCenter received nothing for the sixth score and lost the tiebreaker to Monte.