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July 8, 2010
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Bear Fest fun
By Tommi Halvorsen Gatlin
Vidette Reporter
McCleary — RUN!!! The bears have come “Out of Hibernation!”
NO, not away from them — head out quick for McCleary.
The 51st Bear Festival is almost here. The fun will begin Friday, July 9, and run through Sunday, July 11, with this year’s theme, “Out of Hibernation.”
A new event will kick the festival off at 11 a.m. Friday — a carnival that will continue ’till 11 p.m., with the same hours Saturday. Also new, a royal dinner is set for 5-7 p.m. Friday at the community center, with the coronation of this year’s Bear Festival queen to follow at 8 p.m. at Beerbower Park, next to city hall.
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Dressed in their finery, McCleary’s Bear Festival court includes, from left, princesses Bobbie Sturges and Madison Swartz, outgoing queen, Cassie Hall, and princesses Shelby Oppelt and Alexandria Keel. The 2010 queen will be crowned at a coronation at 8 p.m. Friday, July 9, at Beerbower Park. (Photo by Michelle Olson/Candid Reflections Photography)
Friday will also include a “Gun & Hoses” softball tournament beginning at 6:30 p.m., with members of the McCleary police and fire departments in friendly competition. Music, including karaoke and a teen dance in the park, will follow the coronation.
Saturday, hardy souls — and bodies — can join the Run from the Bears fun run at 9 a.m.
For the second year, the McCleary Rods & Rides Car Show will feature classic rides and hot rods from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Third and Fourth streets. |
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First foray visits
Grays Harbor libraries
By Leif Nesheim
Vidette Editor
The Montesano library is my home library. It’s where I pick up books I’ve reserved, buy used books and sometimes attend luncheon presentations. Built in 1960 by the Abel family as a memorial to W.H. Abel, it served as headquarters for the Grays Harbor Rural Library District before voters chose to join the Timberland Regional Library district in 1968. My favorite thing about the library is the Shakespeare garden outside the front doors.
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The next day we detoured to Hoquiam to visit the Hoquiam Timberland Library. It’s a Carnegie library. Built in 1911, it’s got nifty architectural details worth checking out. (Photo of and by Leif Nesheim.)
Lavender, wild thyme, violets, rose and other flowers and herbs mentioned in the bard’s writings are interspersed with his garden-themed quotes, printed on metal signs.
The library was my first stop on the 27-library tour I plan to complete and document this summer. The Timberland Regional Library Foundation is sponsoring a “passport” program to encourage folks to visit all the libraries in the five-county library district and the surrounding communities.
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Baseball tournaments
By Leif Nesheim
Vidette Editor
MONTESANO — Montesano fared well in its first game of the Little League district tournament for 9-10-year-old all stars, defeating Aberdeen 13-0 Sunday, July 4, when the mercy rule ended the game early. The Aberdeen squad had defeated Larch Mountain Saturday.
Monte lost to Centralia Tuesday, 13-3, meaning they will play
Chehalis Wednesday for a chance at a rematch in the final game.
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Montesano’s 9-10-year-old Little League All-Star team celebrates a 13-0 victory over Aberdeen July 4. (Photo by Leif Nesheim.)
The regional championship game is 6 p.m. Thursday, July 8, at Nelson Field. The winner advances to the state competition beginning July 17 in Shoreline for a chance to qualify for the Western Region tournament en route to the national championships.
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Gene and Dixie Cox mark 50th
Gene and Dixie Cox celebrated their golden wedding anniversary May 21.
Gene Cox and Dixie Ingham, graduates of Elma High School, were married May 21, 1960. They lived in California until 1963 while Gene served in the Navy. They then lived in Elma before moving to McCleary in 1967.
Mr. Cox worked as a fiscal management analyst with the Department of Social and Health Services for the State of Washington, until his retirement in 1990.
Mrs. Cox worked for the state Department of Labor and Industries, the Elma Chronicle, Dr. A.R. Stewart, Elma Family Practice Clinic and Mark Reed Hospital before retiring in 1989.
The couple has two daughters, Mindy Whipple of Porter and Melissa Dunn of McCleary, six grandchildren and one great-grandson.
They celebrated with their family at their home and then took a trip to Hawaii.
Driftwood Players' "Oleanna" opens
“Oleanna,” directed by Gary Morean, will show at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays beginning this weekend through the rest of the month, at the Driftwood Theatre, 120 E. Third St. The play tells the story of its two characters — a professor and a college student — who form a bond when the student asks for additional help in class. However, the student later joined a group who believe that the professor sexually harassed her in their first meeting and filed a report to the tenure committee. John Pratt plays John, the professor and Sara Henry plays Carol, the student, in the Driftwood Theatre’s upcoming production of “Oleanna.”
Tickets are $13; call Sue Keltner at (360) 532-8243 or e-mail jlkeltner@techline.com.
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Monte Chamber plans golf tourney
The Montesano Chamber of Commerce will host its 15th Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 7, at the Oaksridge Golf Course.
The tourney, beginning at 8 a.m., is a four-person scramble. Prizes will be awarded for top teams, closest to pin, long drive and there will be a $10,000 hole-in-one grand prize.
The cost to participate is $200 per team, and includes green fees, a barbecue lunch and raffle tickets. There is one free mulligan per team, with extra mulligans available for $5 each. Team entries are due by July 15.
To enter or for more information, call Dennis Brumbaugh at 249-4341 or 580-6984.
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