Empire Press Douglas County
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October 15, 2015 75 cents
Since 1888 VOL. 129, NO. 42
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Shockers enjoy homecoming week By Joel
Harding Empire Press Correspondent
By Joel Harding
Empire Press Correspondent aterville students enjoyed homecoming week Oct. 5-10. Dress-up days, buff-puff volleyball and powder-puff football, homecoming royalty, a parade through town and a dance were all part of the fun. Stu-
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dents enjoyed themselves and the community was involved as well. For the dress-up days, there was widespread student participation. The elementary students were invited to join in spirit day on Friday and wear their Shocker colors. The most involvement among the older students was on blackout day when everyone wore black. Central Washington Grain Growers won the business decoration award with a window full of Shocker letter jackets, annuals and memo-
rabilia from past years. In the opposite gender games on Wednesday, the junior/senior teams won twice. In the volleyball buff-puff match, the older boys were victorious in two games of 25-18. The sophomores and freshmen won the third game, 26-24. McKaylin Gormley, Kalah Toomey and Kelsey Browning coached the upperclassmen, and Elaina Thomsen, Stephanie Chavez and Sarah Velasquez coached the younger players. During the powder-puff game, the older girls were
dominant, winning 30-0. Kelsey Browning made contributions with two touchdown runs and a touchdown pass to Matilde Coria. McKaylin Gormley had a 70-yard touchdown return on an interception. Kalah Toomey caught a 25yard touchdown pass. The volleyball team took a match win from Soap Lake on Thursday evening, but lost to Kittitas on Tuesday. The football team lost to Liberty Bell on Friday evening. SEE Shockers on page 5
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Band teacher Bryan Thomsen, in vintage attire, leads the homecoming parade. Johnny Mullen and Tayen Myrbo accompany him.
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The Waterville/Mansfield middle school football team waves from their float.
It’s election time: Ballots will be out this week
T
he Nov. 3 general election is approaching,
with ballots mailed this week. The Empire Press strives
to keep our Douglas County voters informed for the election. Our correspondents crafted two questions for each of the candidates in the races for Bridgeport School Board, Pos. 4; Eastmont School Board, Pos. 1 and Pos. 5/At Large; Mansfield School Board, Pos. 4; East Wenatchee City Council, Pos. 1 and Pos.
5; Mansfield Town Council, Pos. 5; Rock Island Mayor; Waterville Mayor; Waterville Town Council, Pos. 5; and Douglas County Fire District 2 Commission, Pos. 1. Questionnaires were sent to the candidates last month and their responses (limited to 300 words for each candidate) appear in this issue.
We hope that you will find what you read helpful as you vote. Responses begin on Page 3.