October 11, 2007

On this spot 70 years ago...
... FDR paused in Montesano By Dee Anne Shaw Vidette Editor Miss Pat Clemons of Montesano, has spent countless hours sifting through newspaper accounts of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s visit to the Olympic Peninsula in 1937 — 70 years ago on Oct. 1. She has become qite an authority on the visit and has given several talks to commemorate the historic event. She’s due to give another presentation in Olympia this week. FDR remains the only president to ever visit Grays Harbor while in office.		A special spot across from the new Post Office was reserved for Montesano’s school children on the day Franklin D. Roosevelt came to town, 70 years ago, including these former kids, from left: Julia Ann (Bogdanovich) Manley, Caroline Forsman, Joreen Martin, Pat Clemons, Jennie Easter and Mary Beth (Loman) Dotson. Back row: Jerry Zeman, Ellis Burnham, Bob Martin, John Tennefoss, Elton Schmitz, Bud Easter and Deane Leetham. (Photo by Dee Anne Shaw) More than 50,000 people disregarded predictions of a deluge and lined the streets to await his motorcade. Despite the nearly two inches of rain that had fallen in the previous 24 hours, the crowd was six deep in Aberdeen and Hoquiam the entire stretch of his route through those two towns.
EHS Homecoming royalty
Elma vs Tumwater By Jerrad Kellogg Vidette Reporter Elma High School homecoming king and queen, Jordan Craig and Sara Scroggins, enjoyed cheers from the crowd during halftime of the Eagles’ football game against Tumwater last Friday. Joining Craig and Scroggins in the homecoming court were junior prince and princess, Mitch Grandorff and Kacie Easton.		Jordan Craig and Sara Scroggins, Elma High School 2007 Homecoming King and Queen. (Photo by Jerrad Kellogg.) Sophomore duke and duchess were Mike Bowe and Ashley Bowe, and freshman baron and baroness were Josh Cooper and Karli Phillis.
Tumwater dashes homecoming hopes
2A Evergreen Conference By Jerrad Kellogg Vidette Reporter ELMA – Elma had a tall order to fill to come away with a win on homecoming night 2007, with the state’s second ranked 2A team — Tumwater — rolling into town. But the Eagles came out with intensity and administered about as many hard hits as they absorbed, in essence keeping the Thunderbirds from sustaining any long drives. However Tumwater’s oversized senior running back Hank Bryant did not require long drives to get the ball in the end zone.		Elma’s sophomore receiver Garett Stoney makes a nice mid-dive adjustment to keep off the turf until he scored the lone Eagle touchdown in the third quarter. (Photo by Jerrad Kellogg) The deceptively quick 6-foot-4, 215-pounder in his first year running the ball, lumbered for 173 yards on just six carries — with four of those touches going for touchdowns of more than 25 yards — as the Thunderbirds (4-0, 6-0) knocked off the Eagles (1-3, 2-4), 51-8, in a 2A Evergreen Conference football match-up on Friday, Oct. 5, at Davis Field.