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Monte locker rooms now supervised after PE
Locker room supervision has been beefed up and “appropriate discipline” has been taken in the wake of an assault that left a Montesano seventh-grader so severely beaten he passed out on the front lawn of his home.

One parent was so upset by the specter of other students doing little to intervene that she attended the Montesano School Board meeting last Thursday to ask how the school and parents can join forces to strengthen the message that bullying and harassment are not allowed.
“I think what really bothered me is the group of kids that stood there and watched,” Dr. Clara Shin told board members. “It really bothers me – that’s group behavior and they’re not thinking independently.”

Satsop’s Goeres killed in car wreck
Wendell “Wendy” Weld of Prosser left Grays Harbor more than 40 years ago. But when he learned by phone Monday that Buford Goeres had died the night before as the result of a vehicle collision not far from Goeres’ Satsop home, Weld hung up the phone and cried.

Goeres, 85, who had touched countless lives, died shortly before midnight at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center. His 2002 Ford Crown Victoria had collided just before 4 p.m. with an eastbound 1999 Ford pickup truck driven by Daniel Lindgren, 30, of Aberdeen, who was uninjured. The Washington State Patrol said Goeres had failed to yield the right of way at the intersection of Keys Road and Highway 12.

Lindgren’s passengers, Michelle Lindgren, 29, and Faith Lindgren, 4, were transported privately to Community Hospital in Aberdeen, the child as a precaution and the woman with a facial laceration, the State Patrol said. The three were using proper safety restraints, though Goeres had not been wearing a seat belt, the State Patrol noted.

Elma council pares down EMS rate
Elma’s ambulance availability charge was modified from $11.17 to $6.50 per month for most ratepayers by the Elma City Council at their meeting last Monday. With Harry Henneck absent because of work, the new rate was passed unanimously by the other four council members, amending the previous rate, set in February. After a public hearing April 7 at which a number of residents spoke, some obviously angry, the council reversed itself and voted not to require the citizens to pay back Elma’s portion of the new ambulance availability fee for services that Grays Harbor Fire District 5 provided in 2007 through January 2008, which the city had borrowed from its Ambulance Fund.

Other Sports

Bulldog fastpitch sweeps-up Indians in doubleheader
TOLEDO – Using an overwhelming offensive attack, Montesano dispatched Toledo, 8-4, and, 14-5, in a 1A Evergreen League fastpitch double header on Thursday, April 17, at Toledo. The Montesano battery did much of the damage in the opening game, as pitcher Mikayla Shumate and catcher Aubree Pocklington each pounded out three hits for the Bulldogs, with Shumate collecting three RBIs and Pocklington two.

Cruisers rally back to nip Eagle baseball at home, 13-10
ELMA – After taking a, 6-0, lead, Elma slowly let the game slip away until an eight run outburst over the final two innings gave Eatonville the decisive markers in a, 13-10, non-league baseball contest on Friday, April 18, at Eagle Field. The Eagles came out the blocks quickly with some big hits to nab the early lead, as starting pitcher Bryndon Ecklund kept the Cruisers scoreless through the first two innings.

Bulldog boys track wins
Taking first in 10 of the 16 events, the Montesano boys easily won the boys portion of a nine-school track meet on Thursday, April 17, at Rottle Field. The Bulldog boys amassed 205.5 points, which was good enough to best runner-up, Ilwaco by 124.5 points, at 81. Montesano’s Jake Vetter was tops in four events including the high jump, 110 meter hurdles, long and triple jumps. Jared Larsen was a double winner for the Bulldogs, taking the 800 meters and 1600 meters. On the girls side, Mackenzie Sanders was a two-time winner in the 200 and 400 meters for Montesano, who finished runner-up to LaCenter in the female team standings, 202.5-97.

White Salmon shuts out Monte soccer, 3-0
ough for White Salmon to top Montesano, 3-0, in a non-league boys soccer match-up on Friday, April 18, at Rottle Field. White Salmon’s Martin Mendoza opened the scoring right away. In the second minute Mendoza hauled in a loose ball in front of the Bulldogs goal and punched it in for a, 1-0, lead.

Bobcats edge Bulldog golf
ABERDEEN – Low scores turned in by Karley Wagner and Taylor Sundstrom helped Aberdeen out-shoot Montesano, 260-285, in a non-league girls golf match on Friday, April 18, at the Grays Harbor Country Club. Playing through intermittent wind and hail, Wagner shot a 43, while teammate Sundstrom hit a 44.