August 8, 2018 Willapa Harbor Herald

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Union woodworkers approve new contract ending threat to strike

Weyerhaeuser and Woodworkers W-24 continued negotiations over the weekend of July 28. Union members spent the past week voting throughout Oregon and Washington on the newest contract offered by Weyerhaeuser. The negotiations continued as tensions grew after Weyerhaeuser had provided what they said would be their final offer. The Herald learned that this past friday after all votes were tallied the contract was approved finally ending the threat of a looming strikes. Weyerhaeus-

Photo by Jeff Clemens Pam Nogueira Maneman drives the kiddie through the water feature of the Willapa Festival.

Giants in the Trees shook the festival

By GEORGE KUNKE The Willapa Festival “was an awesome success,” according to co-chairperson Kaley Hanson of the three-day Raymond event, which took place last Friday through Sunday primarily at Third Street Park. Michelle Layman was also a co-chair for the event. “This was the best festival we've had,” Hanson, who has worked several Willapa Festivals, told the Herald. “It was a huge success and it keeps getting better and better. We had more vendors than we've ever had and there were lots of people here. Everyone had an awesome time. It was the best year we've ever had. We had a lot of fantastic music.” The highlight of the music was Giants in the Trees, which featured former Nirvana bassist/vocalist Krist Novoselic. The band is backing up the Foo Fighters September 1 at Safeco Field. “They had an awesome light show and the music was awesome,” Hanson added. The band performed for approximately 1½ hours. Barrett Jones, a producer/engineer/

mixer for several Nirvana and Foo Fighters albums, and many other bands, worked the Raymond show with Giants in the Trees, according to Hanson. The Steve Brown Band also provided some solid guitar riffs, as did many other artists. The annual festival featured an assortment of things for many, including an abundance amount of music (18 artists), food and craft vendors (11), a beer garden to lift your spirits, the Willapa Home Brew Contest, the Classic Car Show and Crosstown Cruise, a community dance, karaoke, a quilt show, and sporting events such as a softball tournament, a cornhole tournament and the Superhero 5K Run and Kids 1K Walk/Run. There were carriage rides, kids train rides, a free swim, bingo, a parade, bouncies for kids, and if you needed to cool off, a water shower, Some of the featured food events were a salmon dinner, BBQ, pancake breakfast, pocket tacos and a bake sale. Family Day was Sunday and there was also a champagne brunch, and the Lip Sync Battle.

er and Woodworkers W-24 had been at a stalemate for a number of months with both sides refusing to back down. The details of the contract haven’t been made public at this time and neither Woodworkers W-24 nor Weyerhaeuser have returned calls for comment. A union member who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the negotiations went better than anticipated and the vote to approve heavily passed. No further details were available at the time of reporting.

Officer Coma returns from academy ready to serve By Jeff Clemens The Raymond Police Department welcomes back Officer Rikki Coma who recently completed the Washington State Police Academy and has returned to active duty with the police department. Officer Jacob Haas left last month to attend the academy and is expected to return later this year. Officer Coma is a Willapa Harbor native and graduated from South Bend High School. After high school she moved to the Olympia area and remained there for around eight years. She went on to college at South Puget Sound Community College on a fastpitch scholarship while she pursued a medical degree before deciding it wasn’t for her. “I went to school for sports medicine and attended school there about a year and a half,” she said. “Before I was like the only thing keeping me there was fastpitch. I played a year and a half and then was like I just can't. And then my dad made me get a job and my grades started to drop. I worked at Cabela's in Lacey for about five and a half years.” Coma became a reserve officer for Raymond in 2015 and attended the Basic Reserve Academy hosted by the Cosmopolis Police Department. She was hired by the Raymond Police Department as a full-time officer in No-

Photo by Jeff Clemens New Raymond Police Officer Rikki Coma

vember of 2017 and was sent to the state law enforcement academy earlier this year. When asked why she decided to become a police officer she said, “It’s something I wanted to do when I was younger. My uncle was actually a police sergeant here [Raymond]. After high school I kind of pushed it aside and wanted to do something in the medical field and then went to college and that really wasn’t for me. I wanted to be a cop all the way through elementary and high school. So I thought I would go back and see if I could do it.” Coma then reached out to Raymond PD Reserve Offi-

cer Eric Fuller and asked him how he went about becoming a reserve. Fuller then talked to Raymond Police Chief Chuck Spoor about her desire to become a reserve and Chief Spoor then invited her in for an interview and the rest was history. Officer Coma is glad to be apart of the community she grew up in and looks forward to serving the area for many years to come. “Both of my parents were raised here,” she said. “And I have a sibling that still lives here. My family is here and I like the community. It’s a great place to be. This community is more like family to me than anything.”

How to navigate the new roundabout By Jeff Clemens The roundabout at the intersection of US 101 and SR 6 is now in service and seen some very interesting traffic over the Willapa Festival weekend. A number of drivers attempted to navigate through, but found themselves unsure of how it worked. The Herald received nuPhoto by Jeff Clemens Robin Souvenir passes out treats and shakes hands during the Willapa Festival parade on Satur- merous reports of a white truck that had driven up to day. the top of the roundabout by accident and remained there until they figured out how to get out. Other reports have mentioned cars merging into the roundabout instead of yielding while others were stopping for merging traffic holding up the entire roundabout. The roundabout has not been open for a week yet and a number of accidents have also been reported. Although the roundabout looks to be a major chal-

Benefit for Chris Heintz this weekend

lenge, the logic to navigating is quite basic. There are three directions that enter the roundabout: Northbound US 101, Southbound US 101 and Northbound SR6. All cars coming into the roundabout must yield to oncoming traffic. All vehicles in the circle of the roundabout have right away over all merging traffic. Example, if you are driving through the traffic light at Heath St and US 101 heading south and you are entering the roundabout heading to South Bend you must yield to all traffic inside the roundabout. If there is no traffic to your direct left then you can continue without making a full stop. Once you are inside the roundabout you then will turn out of the roundabout at the first right and continue up US 101 up the bridge towards Thriftway. The logic is all traffic

merging into the roundabout yields to anyone to their direct left and all traffic already inside the roundabout has right away. Again, all vehicles merging into the roundabout must yield to traffic already navigating the roundabout to their direct left. The rules for a roundabout are similar to a three-way or four-way intersection. Except, instead of being required to make a full stop at all times. You can simply slow down and yield to traffic. Anyone wishing for a demonstration can visit the City of Raymond Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/raymondwa/ and watch a short video of how to navigate the roundabout. Simply click the videos tab and then locate the video. It’s about 35 seconds long and gives a great example of how the roundabout works.

Ziel hopes to lead Raymond Theatre to new level

The Raymond Elks Lodge #1292 will be hosting a benefit for Chris Heintz on Saturday, August 11 at 5:00 p.m. Heintz was seriously injured when he was hit head on by a drunk driver while he was riding his motorcycle. Heintz faces months of recovery and rehabilitation. This benefits will help offset the cost of medical bills and lost wages while he recovers. The benefits includes music by Humptulips, silent auction, raffles and dessert bar.

Food includes pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad and watermelon. Tickets are $15 and available at the Raymond Elks Lodge, or South Bend Pharmacy. Tickets are also available by calling (360) 589-9451, (360) 581-8130, or (530) 722-5092. Tickets are availalbe at the door, but advance purchase is respectfully requested.

By Jeff Clemens The historic Raymond Theatre welcomed a new manager earlier this month when Diane Zeil stepped in after the departure of former Manager Erik Holland, who decided to not reapply at the end of his contract. Holland instead will focus on obtaining his education degree from Washington Governors University. Finding a niche She moved to the area just over two years ago with her partner Tom Meeker from Portland, OR after wanting to make a change to a different

life style. “We began looking for a property that ticked all the boxes,” Ziel said. “It just so happened that it was in Raymond. It worked out great, we bought the old Hatfield Christmas Tree Farm. Soon as we saw it driving up we were basically like lets sign on the line.” Ziel and her partner both grew up in rural towns and felt like they were back at home when they visited Raymond. But to make sure they were making the right move they decided to look around and make sure See Ziel Page 6

New Raymond Theatre Manager Diane Ziel


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