Lewis County News
August 26, 2020
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Did Commission Jackson pay-to-play?
FFA and 4H livestock sale on Saturday, August 22 in the Chehalis Livestock Sale Barn.
Locals support FFA and 4H members By Lynnette Hoffman On Saturday evening, August 22, Lewis County business owners and residents turned out to support the local FFA (Future Farmers of American) and 4H at the Chehalis Livestock Sale Barn. This is an event that usually occurs at the fair, but due to Covid the fair was cancelled. Youth in the area raise livestock or poultry for projects in FFA and 4H and then sell them for extra money. During the fair, they will show these animals for placement. If the animal is a blue ribbon winner, chances are it will bring more price per pound. This is a great way for our youth to learn
how to care for animals, show them and also work hard for extra money. Emma from Onalaska was selling her pig, she stated “My sister started doing this and now I am. I have been doing this since I was in pee wee’s and here I am doing it now, Pretty cool huh?“ You can tell Emma is enjoying what she is doing. Tyler from Chehalis stated, “I was born into this and I like it. I wouldn’t do anything else, I love it and that’s why I do it. Tyler was selling his angus steer. This is his last year and you could tell, he would miss being able to continue showing his steer.
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Commissioner Gary Stamper, attended the event, “The turnout was incredible under the circumstances. It was great to see so many people supporting our local FFA and 4-H members. I got to see a lot of former students who are sharing their love of this event with their own children. This is just another reason it is great to live in Lewis County.” They offered turkey’s which went for $13-14 per pound, chickens went for up to $14 per pound. Beef started at $5.00 per pound and went as high as $7.00. It was the first year for dairy and Jersey’s went for as much as $12 per pound with
By Lynnette Hoffman Did Commissioner Jackson attempt to buy a political endorsement and then cover it up? Commissioner Bobby Jackson’s PDC report of June 10 lists an expenditure of $1700 to the political consulting group owned by the manager of gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp’s campaign. Payment of $1700 was made on May 12. On June 17, Jackson received an email signed by Culp’s manager purporting to be an endorsement of
Jackson by Culp. When Jackson claimed the endorsement, Culp was contacted and stated that he had made no endorsement of Jackson. Jackson was then contacted and informed that Culp was not endorsing him. Jackson ignored the information and continued to claim endorsement by Culp. The payment was disclosed on Jackson’s PDC report as purchase of a “list of names.” There is no information indicating that the candidate
Culp had any knowledge that his manager’s business was receiving payment from another political candidate and then his manager sending that candidate an endorsement purporting to be from Culp. It is now up to Commissioner Jackson to explain whether or not he sought to buy a political endorsement from candidate Culp’s manager or whether the $1700 payment was really for a “list” and the following confusing endorsement was just a coincidence.
Calling on the power of families
by Emily Ruiz, Winlock School Board Member After the abrupt and extreme changes that came this past spring when schools were closed statewide, we all did the best we could at school and home to see out the school year. Winlock School Superintendent Garry Cameron together with the district’s new powerhouse administration team Scott Nye, Dracy McCoy, and Nick Birklid and Winlock’s new Communications and Distance Learning Director, Megan Evander, in consult with a panel of community and school personnel, spent the summer aggressively planning, preparing and gearing up for returning to school in-person while also meeting the CDC’s safety requirements. They were also simultaneously preparing for the potential pivot See ffa Page 4 back to distance learning at any possible
moment if a rise in cases of COVID-19 occurred. Unfortunately, that moment came before students could even step foot in the classroom. As in-person schooling was deemed “unsafe” by county and state officials, distance learning will continue as we return to school this fall, but no one knows for how long. Winlock School District teachers and staff have been intensely training on all adopted online learning platforms and exciting and powerful digital curricula. They have taken experiences from last spring and learned from them. They have spent the interim time adapting, transitioning, training, planning, and equipping, preparing for the quickly approaching digital return of students on August 31, ready and excited for the continued adventure of distance See FAMILIES Page 4
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