Aberdeen Daily World, April 01, 2025

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Aberdeen Police Department stop leads to cocaine bust

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Washington Department of Health forced to park

Canceled grant funding leads to suspension of services including Grays Harbor County Public Health immunization events

Jerry Knaak

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According to Grays Harbor County Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has unexpectedly

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Pacific Beach to close in June

Associated web page already stripped clean, school location removed from map

Jerry Knaak

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Parents of students at Bezos Academy Pacific Beach received an unwelcome surprise in their mailboxes over the weekend — letters announcing the school’s closure in June.

The letters, signed by Chief Education Officer Michael Abello, did not cite a specific reason for the closure. Bezos Academy Pacific Beach is a one classroom preschool located at Pacific Beach Elementary School in Pacific Beach, which is part of the North Beach School District.

“This was not a decision that was made lightly, and it’s come after a long period of evaluationandconsideration,” the letter read, in part. “Please know that we will continue to offer you and your child the school experience you have come to expect from Bezos Academy through our last day of school on Friday, June 27, 2025.”

An internet search for the school, which opened in fall 2021,returnsaresultof“Nothing found, please try adjusting your search.” The Pacific Beach preschool no longer appears on the map of Bezos Academy locations.

“We have appreciated our partnership with Bezos Academy to provide early childhood education at Pacific Beach Elementary over the past four years, and we

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terminated grant funding for the Washington State Department of Health’s Care-a-Van program.

As a result the Washington State Department of Health has been forced to suspend Care-aVan operations.

The communications officer for Grays Harbor County Public Health, Leigh Rowley, said that Grays Harbor County Public Health must cancel an upcoming immunization event on April 18 at the Pearsall Building in

Aberdeen and Elma Elementary School’s clinic that was planned for May 20 has also been shelved.

Mike McNickle, the director of Grays Harbor County Public Health, said via email, “The event has been cancelled since

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the funding was terminated abruptly. I should point out that the funding that was terminated for this clinic only affected the Care-a-Van effort, which was managed through the Washington State Department of Health.”

Opening of Aberdeen juvenile detention center delayed

Lauren Girgis Seattle Times staff

reporter

The opening of a new Washington juvenile rehabilitation center initially slated for early this year has been pushed to June, a delay that may prolong overcrowding issues at the Green Hill School in Chehalis.

The Green Hill School has been thesubjectofcriticismanddebate for a year as overcrowding issues inthemedium-maximumsecurity youthprisonhavehaltedprogramming, amplified violent incidents and led to lockdowns. The staterun youth prison has capacity for 180 beds, but for the past year, it has housed around 230 boys and

young men ages 17 to 25.

The Department of Children, Youth and Families and former Gov. Jay Inslee announced the plan in November to open the new facility on the grounds of StaffordCreekCorrectionsCenter, an adult prison near Aberdeen.

The 48-bed center, which DCYF has dubbed “Harbor Heights,” is

intended to be a therapeutic environment with special privileges, such as an “Emerging Adult Leaders Program.” Despite Harbor Heights being a former Department of Corrections facility and near an adult prison, state leaders have been adamant that it will be

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Trump cuts school program that served food from local farms

Aberdeen food service director: ‘It’s a shame’

Claire Bryan Seattle Times staff reporter

For the past two years, the Bellevue School District has allocated more of its food budget to buy from farmers across Washington to offer students meals with locally produced raspberries, blueberries and coho and chum salmon.

The Local Food for Schools program, a federal program that funneled $8.8 million to Washington, played a crucial role in helping 160 districts, including Bellevue, boost the amount of fresh produce and locally grown meat, poultry and seafood they served students.

But, earlier this month, the Trump administration canceled the program, leaving school nutrition staff in the Eastside district and across the state scrambling to revise their menus and determine

whichlocalfoodstheycanstillbuy without the federal funding. In Washington alone, Local Food for Schools helped feed 850,000 students. Nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed roughly $660 million in funding for the Local Foods For Schools and child care centers. The move was part of a $1 billion cut from twoprogramsthathelpedschools, food banks and child care centers cover the cost of locally produced fresh foods.

Before the funding cut, the state was due to receive another $8.8 million over the next three fiscal years for the program.

“I was holding out hope,” said Leanne Eko, Chief Nutrition Officer at the State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. “The current administration speaks to their support of American agriculture and that is absolutely what this program does so I was hopeful that maybe it would

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A ward at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen. The state plans to open a 48-bed center, dubbed “Harbor Heights,” on the grounds of Stafford Creek by June 1.

Aberdeen Police Department stop leads to cocaine bust

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On Saturday, at about 2 a.m., an Aberdeen police sergeant initiated a proactive traffic stop on a vehicle for equipment violations, in the 200 block of N F Street in Aberdeen.

The sergeant contacted the driver, and observed a revolver between the driver and passenger. The sergeant conductedfieldsobrietytests onthedriver,whowassubsequently arrested for DUI. Upon a search, suspect cocaine was located on the driver. The passenger was later determined to be a convicted felon, and prohibitedfrompossessingfirearms.

He was also arrested for unlawful possession of a firearm.

A Quinault K-9 sergeant was contacted, and responded to the scene. His narcotics K-9 Havoc subsequentlyalertedonthevehicle, and it was seized for a search warrant. A search warrant was signed and executed on

the vehicle, and an electronic scale and multiple plastic baggies indicative of intent to deliver were located along with$2,243incash.Theitems were subsequently seized.

The Ccocaine seized weighed approximately 20 grams. The suspects were booked into the Aberdeen Police Department jail.

Car runs stop sign, flees over the Chehalis River Bridge

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On Saturday at about 10 p.m., an Aberdeen officer observed a vehicle fail to stop for a red light at South I Street and East Heron Street in Aberdeen.

The officer activated his emergency lights, and observed the vehicle run a stop sign. The officer advised he had reasonable suspicion for Driving Under the Influence, and subsequently

initiated a vehicle pursuit. The vehicle sped at a high rate southbound over the Chehalis River Bridge attempting to elude the officer.

The vehicle continued to the area of Evans Street in Aberdeen continuing to drive recklessly. The suspect then pulled over to the side of Evans Street, and attempted to flee on foot. The officer exited his vehicle and initiated a brief foot pursuit, quickly

apprehending the suspect, who was placed into custody.

The suspect was booked on charges of attempting to elude a police vehicle, felony DUI, obstructing a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest, driving without an ignition interlock device and driving with a suspended license. In addition, the suspect had an outstanding warrant for his arrest out of Aberdeen.

DEATH NOTICES

Robert L. Smith

Robert Larry Smith, a resident of Hoquiam for the past three years, died Thursday,Feb.20,2025,athome.Hewas79.

He had been a chiropractor in the Burien area prior coming to the Harbor.

A graveside service with military honors willbeheldat2p.m.Monday,April14,2024, at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent.

Arrangements are by the Coleman Mortuary in Hoquiam.

Gloria Louise Pekola died March 26, 2025, in Aberdeen, Washington. She was born Aug. 15, 1938, in Pasco, Washington. Gloria was married to Mike Pekola for 55 years. He preceded her in death in 2015. Her son Kenneth (Ken) Pekola passed away July 4, 2022. She is survived by her son James “Jim” Pekola (Kirsten) of Aberdeen, Washington and her granddaughter Payton Pekola of Rochester, Washington. Gloria owned and operated her own catering business for 10 years. She loved to prepare meals for family and friends and was known for her fabulous cooking skills. Those who knew her will know of her deeds and accomplishments. Her prayer was that her

misdeeds would be blown away with a breath of kindness, for they were washed away by her Savior Jesus Christ’s precious blood! She now dwells with Him her Father and Friend the Holy Spirit, Who spoke this to her: “You prepare tables for men, but I’ve prepared a banquet for you to feast at. If you’ll, but come away with Me, rest in Me.

Put away your business and stress and feast at My table. The menu prepared the work has been done. Come dine with Me. Let Me break bread with you. Let Me feed you the word of life. Drink from My cup of wine that you might have joy. And I will fill the lonely parts of your live. I alone can satisfy. Don’t seek the praises of men, they are shallow and empty, like empty calories you can never get enough. But My table will satisfy. I AM is all you need.”

There will be a graveside service for her on Friday, April 4, at 2 p.m. at Wynoochee Cemetery, Montesano, Washington. Arrangements are entrusted to Twibell’s Fern Hill Funeral Home in Aberdeen.

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Becky Ann Tole (née Miller) passed away peacefully on March 22, 2025. She was a devoted mother to Daniel (wife Megan and son Sebastien) and Brandon. Becky married Brian Tole in 2014, and together they enjoyed nearly 30 wonderful years in their Montesano home.

Born on March 1, 1962, in Aberdeen, Becky was the beloved daughter of Dona and John Miller (both deceased). She spent her childhood in the family

Bruce R. ‘Beep’ Phillips

Bruce Raymond “Beep” Phillips, a lifetime Harbor resident, died Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Shelton. He was 65. He had driven log truck for several companies, most recently for R.L. Smith. A celebration of life is planned and will be announced later.

Arrangements are by the Coleman Mortuary in Hoquiam.

Becky Ann Tole

home north of Hoquiam alongside her older brothers: Richard (deceased 2004), Bill (married to Lisa), and Ted (married to Kathy).

Becky was the owner and operator of Miller Insurance Agency in Aberdeen, where her warmth and dedication fostered many lifelong friendships.

A celebration of Becky’s life will be held upstairs at Montesano City Hall (112 N Main St) on Saturday, April 12, from 3 to 6 p.m.

Gloria Louise Pekola

ABERDEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT

Alcohol confiscated after DUI chase.

A gun and ammo

ABERDEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT PHOTOS

$2,243 in cash was seized by the Aberdeen Police Department early Saturday morning.

An electronic scale and baggies

“These events provided all school-required immunizations for children, and adults could receive free health checks (A1C, blood pressure screening) plus the latest COVID and flu vaccines,” Rowley said via email. “These events were scheduled in the evenings so that busy families could keep up-to-date with immunizations without having to miss work or wait several months to be seen by a doctor. At these events we invited community

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partners to set up displays so that families could learn about local resources while they waited. All family members could be vaccinated in a single visit rather than having to coordinate a separate trip to the doctor. We hear from parents who are hesitant about their child receiving all immunizations in a single visit, and our events allowed them to space out vaccines without falling behind.”

Ana Garcia, emergency preparedness and response coordinator at Grays Harbor County Public Health, added, “For three years this program offered children and adults

staffed by DCYF and that the Department of Corrections will have no interaction with the people incarcerated there.

When Inslee announced the opening in November, he said the rising incarcerated youth population was due to an increase in crime tied to the rise of gun violence and defended a 2018 law that, in part, extended juvenile jurisdiction to the age of 25. During that news conference, Inslee said the state did not have a specific timeline for when Harbor Heights would open but said it would be “early 2025.” In an interview this month, DCYF Secretary Tana Senn said it would “definitely” be open June 1.

People incarcerated at Green Hill who are 18 and over, with preference for those 21 and over, would have to apply to be admitted to the new facility and meet certain requirements, like having a high school diploma and not being in maximum security. Senn described it as an “incentivesbased” program for the young men who are admitted, with cognitive behavioral therapy, leadership training and financial literacy courses. Ideally, opening the facility will release more space in Green Hill for people to move into. Green Hill’s new superintendent starts in April.

DCYF first pitched the idea to move some young people to Stafford Creek in September. In Inslee’s biennial budget, he included $31.8 million to fund Harbor Heights.

In 2022, the state closed the Pacific County Naselle Youth Camp, a medium-security detention center for male youth. Since the overcrowding issues began, DCYF and state leaders have repeatedly defended the

a no-cost, walk-in clinic that was conveniently open until 7 p.m. and connected people to local resources and community partners.”

According to Rowley, Grays Harbor County events had among the highest attendance in the state. The no-cost immunization clinic in August 2024 resulted in 49 vaccines administered and 13 A1C blood glucose screenings.

“Some healthcare providers allow patients to schedule a nurse visit for an immunization rather than having to wait months for an appointment with the doctor,” Rowley added.

closure, pointing to issues with staffing, its remote location and the physical deterioration of the building.

In the state Legislature, lawmakers are considering measures that could influence the juvenile rehabilitation population — both by trying to prevent youth from entering prisons and allowing DCYF new ways to manage the population once youth are in its custody.

At the front end, Senate Bill 5296 would require juvenile courts to make an independent finding supported by “a preponderance of evidence” that it’s necessary to imprison a juvenile to protect the safety of the public, rather than have them get treated in a community facility or on home monitoring. The bill would also expand eligibility for alternatives in lieu of incarceration, like substance use or mental health treatment.

Another Senate bill that aims to tackle overcrowding would create a framework for how DCYF can reduce its population, including transferring people to community facilities on a case-by-case basis or to adult prison under certain circumstances if other options are exhausted. Senate Bill 5278 would allow incarcerated people to be transferred to Department of Corrections’ custody if they are over 21, they were convicted as an adult and the facility is above 105% capacity.

Senn said the department would like to see tweaks made in SB 5278, such as giving DCYF the ability to automatically transfer people to the Department of Corrections if capacity hits 105% under certain conditions.

“After session, if the Legislature doesn’t give us the tools, and we have overcrowding and some major problems,” Senn said, “it’s 100% the Legislature who didn’t give us the tools and who didn’t help address this problem.”

“The Care-a-Van program began serving Washingtonians in 2021. As this program sunsets, we look forward to new initiatives aimed at improving immunization access in rural communities.”

Grays Harbor County Public Health has dispatched its own mobile health van to a variety of locations in recent months educating people about disaster preparedness and offering A1C and blood pressure screenings. This program, staffed primarily by local volunteers from Grays Harbor County Public Health’s Medical Reserve Corps, is not affected.

“Our mobile health efforts are maintained through a separate funding stream that appears — at least at this point — to be safe from termination,” McNickle said. For immunization information, Grays Harbor County Public Health encourages you to visit vaccines.gov or https:// doh.wa.gov.

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The scene at the Grays Harbor County Public Health’s August 2024 immunization event.

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continue to be supported.”

While the Bellevue district and 136 other Washington districts decided to still participate and pay full price for the food, 23 districts won’t participate in the program next school year.

“It’s a shame,” said Jaime Matisons, the food service director at Aberdeen School District, a 3,300-student district in Western Washington that had to drop out of the program. “I just knew because of the cost that there would be no way we could participate without the funding.”

Aberdeen received $12,000 in federal money this school year to purchase frozen blackberries grown in Puyallup, frozen raspberries grown in Everson, Whatcom County, and dried cherries from Mesa, Franklin County. If they were to continue, they would have to pay $24,000 for those berries, along with warehousing and shipping costs.

The dried cherries came

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wish them success as they continue their mission in other communities,” said North Beach School Board President Jeff Albertson via email. “The North Beach School District will examine how our existing programs, including transitional kindergarten at Pacific Beach Elementary and the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program, can meet the needs of families and young learners in the Pacific Beach attendance area.”

Founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, there are 10 other Bezos Academy preschools in Washington state, with a new one planned for Centralia. All 10 are actively accepting applications for the 2025-26 school year. The new location, which has not started accepting applications just yet, will be housed in the United Learning Center of Lewis County in downtown Centralia.

”Pacific Beach was among the earliest schools we made plans to open at Bezos Academy. Since then,

in small packages perfect for sack lunches and the berries went into parfaits served for breakfast, Matisons said.

“The kids loved those,” Matisons said.

The USDA created the program to counter supply chain and food shortages that schools experienced during the pandemic.

During the 2023-24 school year, schools received locally produced food for free. For the current school year, schools paid a small processing fee for food. In December, the program offered districts the option to buy from farmers at a 50% discount next school year.

While the federal government never intended for the program to go on forever, the abrupt funding cut has put districts in a pickle.

Districts across the state are already managing tight budgets as they grapple with the loss of federal pandemic aid, inflation and the rising cost of providing special education services for students. As many school boards weigh potential layoffs and program cuts, some schools won’t have the money to pay for the

we’ve learned a lot about the space we need to effectively run a preschool,” said Bezos Academy Director of Communications Allison Leader via email. “Operating in this community has been a wonderful experience, but unfortunately, we haven’t been able to attract the number of families we had hoped. Despite efforts from us and many members of the community, we just can’t fill our seats at the level we need to continue. We are working closely with both families and staff to support them during this transition.” Bezos Academy tuitionfree (for eligible families) all-day preschools are also located in Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Kentucky and Texas. According to the official website, the Bezos Academy “program model was inspired by many of the core principles of the Montessori method. These principles include children having choice in their work, maintaining a prepared environment, and using a child’s interests and movement to support learning and cognition. We believe that these principles, among others, promote creativity, independence, collaboration, and leadership.“

produce without federal or state support.

Wendy Weyer, director of nutrition services for the Bellevue School District, decided to continue purchasing beef stew meat, pork shoulder, and frozen raspberries and blueberries for next year, but it will cost the district an additional almost $13,000. The raspberries will cost the district $108 a case rather than $54. This menu change comes when the district must slash $20 million from its budget. The School Board has approved plans to lay off more than 100 employees, including central office staff, assistant principals, counselors and teachers.

“We work in the world of pennies,” said Wendy Weyer, the director of nutrition services for the Bellevue schools. “Every few pennies we can add to our program helps us to continue to provide high-quality food for our students.”

Spokane Public Schools decided to keep local cherries as a special item on lunch menu but will no longer buy local blueberries; instead, they are buying

them from a different state to keep prices down, said Ellen Ramus, the district’s supervisor of nutrition services.

“It’s pretty disappointing just because I was very excited about the direction we were headed with the LFS program and the potential for more (local products) to be available in the future,” Ramus said.

While OSPI is committed to continuing the program for the state, Eko worries that fewer school districts will buy local food after the federal funding cut. Because the state buys in bulk from local farmers and then distributes the foods to schools, OSPI needs a base number of orders from districts to make an order even possible.

In the first year of Local Food for Schools, Rowley and Hawkins Fruit Farms sold half a million pounds of tart cherries and 16,000 pounds of frozen peaches and apricots to schools, bringing in about $865,000 total.

“That was a huge blessing for our farm,” one of the farm’s owners, Mark

Rowley, said. Rowley’s farm used half a million dollars of new machinery during the first year to produce and package the dried cherries. In the time since, Rowley has had to lay off five employees, a reminder of the human cost of the funding cuts.

The second year the program brought in about $155,000 worth of frozen and dried fruit. Without federal funding, the contracts for next year will only bring in between $60,000 and $65,000 worth of fruit.

“It was unfortunate,” Rowley said.

Rowley said the federal government shouldn’t cover costs that school districts can shoulder.

“I believe that our country needs to cut costs and spending and this I think is going to be a smart move overall,” Rowley said.

However, he remains hopeful that school districts will find ways to continue ordering from local farms like his.

“Schools should be purchasing from local

sources,” Rowley said.

“Especially in Washington, where we grow and produce so much.”

The state Department of Agriculture offers grants to school districts to purchase food produced in Washington through its Farm to School program, but its future is uncertain. The program used to be funded by a mix of state and federal money, but due to the recent USDA budget cuts, it will be solely funded by the state’s general fund.

With the state facing an estimated budget shortfall of $15 billion over the next four years, the program could be on the chopping block. Under Farm to School, grant recipients have more control over which products they purchase, said Daniel Schafer, communications administrator at the agency. However, finding local farmers and securing procurement contracts is not easy. It requires a significant amount of time and resources that many school districts simply do not have, said Eko, the chief nutrition officer at OSPI.

Bezos Academy Pacific Beach at Pacific Beach Elementary School is set to close for good in June.

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Washington-grown blueberries are offered in Bellevue school’s salad bars at all grade levels primarily during the late fall to early spring when fresh fruit varieties are limited.

Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman was right

“It’s just obvious you can’t have free immigration and a welfare state.” — Milton Friedman

Decades ago, the late Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman stated bluntly that open borders and a welfare state are mutually exclusive. You can pick one. Not both. It was true then, and it’s painfully true now. In Olympia, that warning has been ignored. Again. House Democrats just passed Substitute House Bill 1392, a bill that attempts the impossible: to offer taxpayer-funded healthcare (Medicaid/ Apple Health) to illegal immigrants while keeping Washington’s strained healthcare system afloat. That’s not compassion — it’s recklessness.

Washington’s Apple Health program is our

As Washington State Chairman of the Republican Party we naturally turn to state Rep. Jim Walsh of Aberdeen for answers to questions and concerns relating to his party’s activities — particularly questions regarding President Elon Musk and his enabler King Donald J. Trump who was enthroned Jan. 6 of this year. Back in 1965 Lyndon Johnson officially signed a law leading to creation of Medicare and Medicaid. His signature expanded medical benefits for millions of U.S. citizens. And way back in 1935 President Franklin Roosevelt helped needy seniors and working families by launching the Social Security Act. Today nearly 80% of Americans support both of these social programs — opposing Republicans who support cutting these critical national benefits in order to support tax cuts for the wealthy. Rep. Walsh, are you one of these Republicans willing to slash programs your fellow Americans have relied on for decades? Or are you willing to stand tall against King Donald?

Are you and your fellow royal right-wingers serious about properly funding our government? If so why are you all committed to making it easier for the rich to evade their taxes. Check the math — for every one dollar IRS invests auditing the top one percent it typically collects $13. So Rep. Walsh, terminating 7,000 IRS employees (especially during our current tax season) simply makes it easier for King Donald and his wealthy lackeys to avoid their fair share.

King Donald’s history of filing for bankruptcy multiple times should give us reason to seriously question his so-called expertise in matters of financial management. Here I’m referring to the King’s tariff

version of Medicaid, which is primarily meant for indigent citizens and legal residents. It’s funded through a federal-state partnership. But here’s the issue: federal law prohibits Medicaid funding for illegal immigrants. So, when Olympia expands Apple Health to cover those people, the entire cost is picked up by you — the Washington state taxpayer. No federal match. No reimbursement. Just a ballooning bill. To paper over this mess, SHB 1392 imposes new taxes on private insurance plans. So, if you’ve got Kaiser, Regence, Premera — brace yourself. Your premiums are going up, not to improve your benefits, but to subsidize government healthcare for individuals who aren’t in the United States legally.

It’s like trying to heat a drafty house by opening all the windows and cranking up the thermostat. The energy burns fast, the bill skyrockets, and everyone’s still cold.

Providers — your local doctor, your rural hospital — are already being underpaid. Apple Health reimburses them on average only about half the actual cost of the care they provide. Some get even less. Providers are walking away. Clinics are closing. Access is shrinking. And now we’re diluting the Medicaid pool even further by expanding eligibility to those who explicitly do not qualify under federal law. It’s unsustainable. It’s unfair. And it’s foolish.

Supporters of SHB 1392 argue we’ll make it all work by triggering more federal matching dollars through some complex credit scheme. That’s a reckless bet. The feds are already trying to rein in spending

— focusing on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid’s core mission.

On this point, let’s set the record straight. Medicaid isn’t Medicare. It’s not Social Security. It’s not a magic money tree. It’s a cost-sharing program meant to ensure low-income citizens can access basic care. If we align our management of Apple Health with federal reforms, we could increase provider reimbursements. We could make Apple Health cards more widely accepted. And we could get rural residents—folks in South Bend, Longview, Aberdeen — access to a doctor in their community, not hours away in Tacoma. But no. Instead, we’re drilling holes in the bottom of the boat and praying it somehow stays afloat.

Reforming Apple Health isn’t about being “antiimmigrant.” It’s about math. It’s about keeping our promises to the

people Medicaid was built to serve. We all want to support providers and patients. But we must be disciplined in how we do it. Right now, we’re over-promising, underdelivering, and hoping no one notices the fiscal cliff ahead.

In rural communities like those in my district, patients already struggle to find doctors who accept Apple Health. Hospitals are stretched thin, and providers are burning out. When we expand coverage beyond what our system can sustain, we’re not helping more people — we’re forcing vulnerable Washingtonians, including lowincome families, seniors, and people with disabilities, to wait longer, travel farther, and go without the care they need. That’s not compassion. That’s collapse in slow motion. Milton Friedman was right. You can’t have a welfare state and open

borders. And trying to build both on the back of your paycheck? That’s not progressive — it’s regressive. We have a responsibility to protect the integrity of our Medicaid system and ensure that it delivers on its promise — for the people it was designed to serve. SHB 1392 may be well-intentioned, but it’s fiscally unsound and practically unworkable. If we don’t refocus the program, we risk collapsing Apple Health under the weight of false promises and reckless bets.

Jim Walsh was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 2016. He represents the 19th Legislative District, encompassing portions of Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Pacific, Thurston and Wahkiakum counties. Walsh is also chair of the Washington State Republican Party.

Aberdeen’s Rep. Walsh’s silence speaks volumes of truth

actions. Rep. Walsh, why have you not publicly challenged your King on this critical issue?

But for now let’s focus on Social Security. Apparently, Rep. Walsh, your King Donald’s version of “Make America Great” involves scrapping free phone service that 73 million Americans (mostly seniors) have for years used for handy access to Social Security. The phone is critical to Twin-Harbors elderly who cannot make it to a SSA regional field office. Rep. Walsh, do you support King Donald’s reduction in SSA’s regional field offices along with substantially less access to phone service?

Rep. Walsh, are you comfortable neglecting millions of seniors who dutifully paid into Social Security throughout their working careers — expecting a reasonable return on this required investment during their retirement? Why have you not challenged King Donald regarding this critical issue?

As you know King Donald has made Social Security officials less available. Why have you not argued publicly in favor of easier access for elderly and disabled to receive their Social Security benefits? These benefits are the largest source of income keeping at least 22 million Americans out of poverty.

Rep. Walsh, your silence speaks volumes. Also your voters are owed explanations relative to changing access to Medicare and Medicaid. Rep. Walsh, how do you live with yourself knowing that your fellow supporters of King Donald endorsed House Republicans who voted to gut Medicaid and food stamp programs for the poor in order to facilitate tax cuts for America’s richest 1%?

And how about Medicaid specifically, Rep. Walsh? You have yet to challenge King Donald’s threat to Medicaid which is our nation’s single largest health insurance program. By not pushing your King

away from weakening or even dismantling Medicaid you’re ignoring nearly 80 million children and adults. This includes pregnant women, seniors, people with disabilities and most significantly kids now covered by Medicaid and CHIP.

But you and King Donald probably don’t care since nearly half of this nation’s prenatal care and births are funded by Medicaid. And it’s Medicaid that provides primary funding for long-term services to those needing health and nursing home care. But of course, you and King Donald don’t give a damn that one in five Americans depends

on Medicaid/CHIP to see a medical doctor. Can we agree that only lunatics would ever be this insensitive to medical needs as you and King Donald have proven? And this is without our focus on King Donald’s cutting 70,000 staffers serving this nation’s veterans. Shame on you, Rep. Jim Walsh. And by the way, you and King Donald need to quit pretending racism is patriotic.

Dave Gauger is a past president of Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA), and a former newspaper publisher and radio broadcaster in Raymond.

Rep. Jim Walsh R-Aberdeen

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Weather service cuts worry Pacific County crisis chief

As local emergency managementofficialsexplain it, partnerships that have beenbuiltovertheyearswith National Weather Service personnel have made Pacific County more prepared and better equipped for the regular extreme weather events and crises that threaten our smallsliceofthePacificCoast.

But mass layoffs and resignations at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, of which the NWS is one of its major offices, have the director of the Pacific County Emergency Management Agency concerned about the level of

support NWS may be able to provide moving forward.

“ I think people really may be underestimating how important the National WeatherServiceistowhatwe do here,” said Scott McDougall, who has served as PCEMA’s director since 2017 andwaspreviouslyitsdeputy director.

Background

In early March, the Associated Press reported that the Trump administration and its Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiencybeganplanstocut10% of NOAA’s current workforce — more than 1,000 workers. These expected layoffs are

on top of an earlier round of firingsandencouragedresignations of weather forecasters and less-tenured NOAA employees who were on probationary status.

‘These are people who are taking an incredible amount of technology, an incredible amount of information, and thentheyaredistillingitdown sothatsomebodylikemecan understand the information that’s being presented.’

Scott McDougall, director of the Pacific County Emergency Management Agency In all, about 25% of jobs within NOAA will have been eliminated since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term if these further planned cuts come

to fruition. A former NOAA Administrator, Rick Spinrad, told the AP that “there is no way to make these kinds of cuts without removing or strongly compromising mission capabilities.”

NOAA is responsible for monitoring and forecasting weather across the country as well as tracking climate trends. The agency oversees both the NWS and the National Hurricane Center, which maintain a network of radar systems, satellites and weather balloons to help predict and track extreme weather events.

The National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska is a NOAA facility that detects, locates, sizes and analyzes earthquakes worldwide. Information is distributed to relevantemergencymanagement officials, including at PCEMA,whenNTWC’salarm is initiated — which triggers an immediate earthquake and tsunami investigation.

The Northwest River ForecastCenterisbasedoutofthe NWS Portland office, and is one of 13 hydrologic centers in the country. The center specializes in river modeling andfloodandwaterresource forecasting, and issues flood warningsandriverstageforecasts over a swath of about 285,000 square miles and parts of seven states.

Forecasting operations have already been affected in some places, with staffing shortages suspending the launches of some weather balloons, which track atmospheric conditions.

Pacific County is served by the NWS’s Portland office, which is one of the agency’s four offices in Oregon. The state’s climatologist, Larry O’Neill, told the Oregonian that roughly 25% to 60% of staff were cut from each of the offices in the state.

‘Truly partners’

For McDougall, what makes the NWS so crucial in assisting the county’s emergency management operations are the people. Listing offahandfulofofficialsatthe NWS Portland office that he has regular contact with, he said they were “truly partners” in much of PCEMA’s planning and response efforts.

“ So much of what we do is weather-related, and we’ve developed these partnerships with the folks at the National Weather Service office [in Portland], and we’re kind of interrelated,” said McDougall. “ We have a coexistence where we are each the stakeholders of the other.”

He cited the windstorm in lateFebruarythathammered both ends of the county as one such case where NWS officials provided invaluable data and insight. Conversations about the storm began a week prior to the Monday, Feb. 24 landfall, with NWS personnel providing daily email briefings about what they were seeing in the longrange forecast.

The agency then put an official watch out within 3-4

daysofthestorm’sarrivalthat laterprogressedtoawarning. Over the weekend prior to the storm’s arrival, McDougall was in contact with NWS officials to try and determine the impact to local tides.

On Monday afternoon, about two hours prior to the storm’s arrival, the NWS contacted McDougall and told him that they believed the county would take more of a direct hit than is typically experienced due to the unusual direction of the wind; much of the weather that hits Pacific County comes from a south-tosouthwesterly flow, but agency personnel advised McDougall this storm would be coming more out of the west.

“ And so because of that change in wind direction, that’s what caused a lot of the additional damage that we normally don’t see in a storm like that,” he said. “So they took the time to reach outtomeandsay,‘Hey,we’re watchingthis. Youneedtobe aware.’Andit…allowedmeto start getting assets headed in the right direction.”

Up-to-the-moment

But McDougall would expect nothing less from the NWS. The agency provides PCEMA with spot weather forecasts — near-term, localscale forecasts — during major local events such as Rod Run. “They will give me a weather forecast right down the curb,” he said.

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Monte sweeps DeSales in non-league doubleheader

Prep play from Thursday through Saturday

Ryan Sparks

The Daily World

SATURDAY ROUNDUP

Two of the better programs in southwest Washington earned wins as Montesano’s baseball team and the Pe Ell-Willapa Valley softball team each won twice on Saturday.

PREP BASEBALL

Montesano 11, DeSales 0 Montesano opened a doubleheader against DeSales with a dominant 11-0 win on Saturday in Walla Walla.

The Bulldogs (5-1 overall) scored three runs in the top of the first highlighted by doubles from center fielder Tyson Perry and first baseman Kole Kjesbu.

Monte added six in the third as the first eight Bulldogs batters of the frame reached base to take a 9-0 lead.

The Bulldogs capped the scoring with a pair of runs in the fifth, taking an 11-0 lead when outfielder

PREP TRACK & FIELD

Dennis Churchill scored on a wild pitch.

SophomoreKolsonHendrickson earned the win, allowing two hits while striking out eight in pitching five scoreless innings.

Montesano catcher Colton Grubb and Kjesbu had two hits apiece for a Bulldogs offense that drew 10 walks and benefited from five DeSales errors.

Montesano 306 02 – 11 8 0

DeSales 000 00 – 0 2 5

WP: Hendrickson (5 IP, 0R, 2H, 8K). LP: Sisk (2 IP, 8R, 8ER, 7H, 6BB, 2K).

Leading hitters: Montesano – Co. Grubb (2-3, R); Kjesbu (2-3, 2B, R); Perry(1-4,2B,2R,2RBI);Crites(1-2, R); Hendrickson (1-3); Ames (1-2, R); Ca. Grubb (0-1, 2RBI, 2BB); Timmons (0-2, R, RBI). DeSales –Holtzing (1-2); Kolb (1-2).

Montesano 13, DeSales 0 Montesano completed the twinbill sweep with a 13-0 win over DeSales in the nightcap.

The Bulldogs scored two runs in the top of the second – highlighted by an RBI double off the bat of right fielder Zach Timmons – and took a 5-0leadonRBIsinglesfromcatcher Colton Grubb, Timmons and first

Kole Kjesbu in the third. Designated hitter Marcus Hale put Monte up 7-0 with a two-out, two-run single in the fifth followed

by a run when infielder Casey Daniels scored on a wild pitch in the sixth for an 8-0 lead. Monte scored five runs with just

Aberdeen’s Garcia, Nelson break meet records to lead Bobcats to win; Elma’s depth leads to girls team title

Ryan Sparks

The Daily World

Aberdeen’s Isaac Garcia and Henry Nelson broke a combined three meet records to lead the Bobcats to a team victory at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor County Championship Meet on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

Garcia won three events in the annual county championships, breaking two meet records in the process.

The Bobcats junior leapt 22 feet, one inch to win the boys long jump event ahead of teammate Adonis Hammonds, who had a solid second-place jump of 21-04.

Garcia’s jump was a personal best and broke the meet record off

22-00 set back in 1999 by Elma’s Scott Freymond by a mere one inch.

“I saw the meet record was 22 (feet), and so I knew I had to get 22,” Garcia said.

Garcia didn’t stop there as he ran a blistering 49.90 to win the 400-meter race, crushing the previous meet record of 50.84 set by Aberdeen’s Bryan Sidor in 2018.

“I didn’t think I was going to beat the 400 record, but I was going out hard and I heard Henry

(Nelson) saying, ‘You’re going to break 50 (seconds).’ So I knew it was going to happen. I was super happy. That’s a dream to run 49.”

“After he broke the long jump record, he came running over to me from across the track screaming and yelling,” Nelson said of his teammate and friend’s reaction. “I knew our spirits were high then and so I was like, ‘You’re running sub-50.’ He said, ‘I don’t know.’ He sling-shotted off that corner and I said, ‘You’re sub-50! You’re sub-50!’ It was incredible.”

Garcia also won the triple jump with a personal-best mark of 43-10 to beat North Beach’s Sawyer Reither by more than 2.5 feet.

Not to be outdone, Nelson one-upped himself by breaking his own meet record with a time of 1:56.95 in the 800, a record the senior set with a time of 1:57.88 last season at North Beach High School.

“It was very special because

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one hit in the seventh as DeSales committed two errors, hit two

PHOTO BY HAILEY BLANCAS

Montesano pitcher Grace Gooding tossed a one-hit shutout in an 8-0 win over Lynden Christian on Friday in Montesano.

ALICIA TISDALE

Aberdeen’s Isaac Garcia won three events, including the triple jump (pictured), and broke two meet records at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

batters and walked two Bulldogs in the frame.

Monte ace Caden Grubb picked up the win, allowing four hits and twowalkswithtwostrikeoutsinfive scoreless innings pitched.

Timmons pitched two innings of scoreless relief, allowing one hit while striking out three to close out the victory.

Perry, Timmons and catcher ColtonGrubbhadtwohitsapiecefor Monte,whichscoredfourunearned runs off three DeSales errors in the game. MonteisscheduledtohostNorth Thurston at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

Montesano 023 021 5 – 13 10 0

DeSales 000 000 0 – 0 5 3

WP: Ca. Grubb (5 IP, 0R, 4H, 2BB, 6K). LP: Kolb (3.2 IP, 5R, 5ER, 7H, 3K).

Leadinghitters:Montesano–Perry (2-4, 2B, R); Timmons (2-5, 2B, 2R, 2RBI); Co. Grubb (2-4, R, RBI); Hale (1-3, R, 2RBI); Hendrickson (1-2); Kjesbu (1-3, R, 2RBI); Ca. Grubb (1-2);Bird(0-1,R,RBI);Daniels(0-0, R, RBI, BB).

PREP SOFTBALL

Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 16, Kittitas 15

Pe Ell-Willapa Valley out-slugged Kittitas for a 16-15 win on Saturday at Kittitas High School.

TheTitans(5-1)tookacommanding 15-2 lead after three innings, highlighted by an eight-run, 10-hit top of the third inning that featured a two-run double from Jillian Hodel andanRBItripleoffthebatofshortstop Tylar Keeton.

But PWV ran into trouble in the bottom of the fifth as Titans pitchers allowed nine runs on seven hits andsixwalksastheCoyotes(3-1)got back in the game at 15-12.

The Titans flirted with danger in the bottom of the seventh as three straight errors to start the inning would lead to two runs scoring on a two-run double with one out, trimming PWV’s lead to 16-15.

Butwiththetyingrunonthirdand winningrunatsecond,Hodelbared down, inducing a line out to Keeton followed by a come-backer ground out to end the game.

The two teams combined for 33 hits and 17 walks in the game, with Hodel, center fielder Lauren Matlock, second baseman C.J. Sipp andAddisonMerkelcollectingthree hits apiece for the Titans.

PWV 258 001 0 – 16 18 3

Kittitas 011 190 3 – 15 15 2

WP: Hodel (5.1 IP, 7R, 4ER, 9H, 5BB, 5K). LP: n/a.

Leading hitters: PWV – Hodel (3-6, 2B, 3R, 2RBI); Matlock (3-6, R, 3RBI);Sipp(3-5,2B,2R,RBI);Merkel (3-3, 3B, 2 2B, 3R, RBI, 2BB); Phelps (2-4, 2 2B, 2R, RBI); Keeton (2-5, 3B, R, 2RBI); S. Milanowski (1-3, RBI); Channell (1-4, 2RBI).

PeEll-WillapaValley12,Warden 1 The hit-generating machine that is the Pe Ell-Willapa Valley offense continuedtobatteroppositionpitching with a 12-1 win over Warden on Saturday at Kittitas High School.

The Titans collected 14 hits in the contest and scored five runs in the firstcappedbyatwo-rundoubleoff the bat of left fielder Karli Phelps.

PWV added a run in the second when shortstop Tylar Keeton, on boardwithatriple,waschasedhome on a Sophia Milanowski single.

The Titans took an 8-0 lead when two runs scored on an Addison Merkel single in the third inning.

PWV added a run in the fifth on a bases-loaded walk to Lauren Matlockandputthegameinmercyrule territory with three runs in the sixth, including an RBI double from third baseman Rilyn Channell. Hodel sparkled in the circle for PWV, allowing one earned run on five hits and a walk with nine strikeouts in six innings pitched to earn the win.

Phelps led the way for PWV with three hits while Keeton, Channell and second baseman C.J. Sipp had two hits each for the Titans.

PWV 512 013 – 12 14 0

Warden 000 100 – 1 5 2

WP: Hodel (6 IP, R, ER, 5H, 9K, BB). LP: n/a.

Leading hitters: PWV – Phelps (3-4, 2B, 2R, 2RBI); Keeton (2-4, 3B, 2R); Channell (2-4, 2B, 2R, RBI); Sipp (2-3, 3R, RBI); Matlock (1-4, R); Smaciarz (2-4, R); S. Milanowski (1-4, 2RBI); Merkel (1-3, 2RBI); I. Milanowski (1-1).

FRIDAY ROUNDUP

PREP SOFTBALL

Montesano 8, Lynden Christian 0 Grace Gooding had her best

outing as a Bulldog to lead Montesano to an 8-0 win over Lynden Christian on Friday at Montesano High School.

TheBulldogs’startingpitcherhad a no-hitter through 5 2-3 innings in a dominant performance, allowing justonehitandapairofwalkswhile striking out eight over seven scorelessinningstoleadMonte(2-3overall) to its second straight victory.

Montesano put up four runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings.

The Bulldogs broke the scoreless tiewhensenioroutfielderLivRobinson drove in pinch runner Taylor Galvin with a single.

StandoutseniorcatcherAliParkin followed with her third home run of theseason,athree-runblastoverthe right-field fence for a 4-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Jones scored on a passed ball and first baseman Kylee Wisdom crossed the plate on a fielder’s choice from Robinson to make it 6-0.

Twobatterslater,Robinsoncame in on a wild pitch followed by third baseman Lex Stanfield driving in courtesy runner Charlie Fairbairn with a double to put Monte up 8-0.

That was more than enough run support for Gooding, who threw 90 pitches–58forstrikes–inthequality victory over the Lyncs (2-5).

“Grace Gooding did a great job tonight keeping Lynden Christian hitters off-balance,” Monte head coach Pat Pace said. “Ali Parkin is continuing to hit the ball well and Kylee Wisdom was a spark in the bottom of our lineup.”

Stanfield led Monte, going 4 for 4 withadoublewhileRobinson,Jones and first baseman Kylee Wisdom had two hits apiece.

Lynden Christian 000 000 0 – 0 1 0

Montesano 000 440 x – 8 12 2

WP: Gooding (7 IP, 0R, H, 2BB, 8K).LP:VanSoest(6IP,8R,8ER,12H, 4BB, 11K).

Leadinghitters:Montesano–Stanfield (4-4, 2B, RBI); Robinson (2-4, 2R, RBI); Wisdom (2-3, R); Jones (2-3, 2R); Parkin (1-2, HR, R, 3RBI); Butterfield (1-3).

LyndenChristian12,Hoquiam1 Hoquiam struggled against Lynden Christian in a 12-1 loss on Friday at Montesano High School.

Despite playing error-free softball, the Grizzlies (0-4) allowed a run in each inning against a Lyncs team that collected 14 base hits, led bya4for4,fiveRBIgameforpitcher

Roxanne Lenning. The Grizzlies’ lone run came when standout shortstop Lexi LaBounty drove in Avery Brodhead with a one-out single in the bottom of the third inning. Hoquiam’s offense had five base hitsfromfivedifferentplayersinthe loss.

Lynden Christian 141 15 – 12 14 0

Hoquiam 001 00 – 1 5 0

WP:Lenning(5IP,R,ER,5H,3BB, 6K). LP: Burgess (4.1 IP, 11R, 11ER, 13H, 6BB, 3K).

Leadinghitters:LC–Lenning(4-4, HR, 2B, R, 5RBI); Tolsma (2-4, R, 3RBI); Craig (2-4, R, RBI); B. Vanloo (2-3, R, RBI); S. Vanloo (1-2, 2R); Vansoest (1-2, 2R); Brink (1-3, R). Hoquiam – Standstipher (1-2, 2B); A. Brodhead (1-3, R); Templer (1-3); LaBounty (1-2, RBI); Burgess (1-3).

BOYS PREP SOCCER

Montesano 11, Chief Leschi 0 MontesanohaditswaywithChief Leschi in an 11-0 rout on Friday at Jack Rottle Field in Montesano.

The Bulldogs (6-0, 6-0 1A Evergreen) got four goals from senior forward Felix Romero and a goal by senior Nolan Swenson to take a 5-0 lead by halftime.

The large lead allowed the Bulldogs to move players around to different positions, leading to second-half goals from defenders Terek Gunter, Isac Hawkins, Carter Smith and goal keeper Matt Causey in addition to a goal from assist leader midfielder Cris Tobar.

TheBulldogswillbebackinaction againstIlwacoat6p.m.onTuesday, April 8 in Montesano.

Chief Leschi 0 0 – 0 Montesano 5 6 – 11 Scoring

First half – 1, Montesano, Romero, 10thminute.2,Montesano,Romero, 14thminute.3,Montesano,Swenson, 18thminute.4,Montesano,Romero, 39thminute.5,Montesano,Romero, 40th minute.

Second half – 6, Montesano, Gunter (Causey), 45th minute. 7, Montesano, Hawkins, 50th minute. 8, Montesano, Causey, 53rd minute. 9,Montesano,Tobar,60thminute.10, Montesano, Smith, 66th minute. 11, Montesano, Hawkins, 68th minute.

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Raymond-SouthBend9,Tenino0

THURSDAY ROUNDUP

BOYS PREP SOCCER

Aberdeen 2, Black Hills 1 (Aberdeen wins 3-1 on penalty kicks)

Aberdeen earned its first league win of the season with a 2-1 victory overBlackHills–3-1onpenaltykicks – on Thursday at Black Hills High School.

After a scoreless first half, the Bobcats (4-2 overall, 1-1 2A Evergreen) got on the board first when a Cristhian Lopez throw-in was received by defender Javier Lagunas,whosenttheballtothefarpost.

SeniormidfielderFreddyHernandez sent a header just inside the far postfora1-0leadinthe68thminute.

But just two minutes later Black Hills (3-3-2, 1-1) scored a goal off a long direct free kick to tie the game.

Aftertwoscorelessovertimeperiods, Aberdeen took the advantage in the penalty-kick shootout after a Wolves miss followed by a conversion by junior forward Edgar Ceja.

On the next attempt, a Black Hills save followed by a Wolves shot sailingoverthecrossbarkeptAberdeen in front 1-0 after two rounds.

Lopez then scored followed by a Wolves conversion for a 2-1 Cats lead.

Lagunas scored to make it 3-1, AberdeenkeeperGradyOsinadove to his right to make a save and end the match.

“What a great win for our squad tonight,”AberdeenheadcoachLarry Flemingsaid.“Consideringwewere alreadymissingthreestartersdueto illnessandinjuries,thenwehadtwo morethatcouldn’tfinishthegame,it was a real testament to how players canstepupwhentheyhavetofillthe shoes of others.”

Fleming cited the play of Gibran GarciaandLopezatmidfield,Edgar Garciaondefense,andNicoHayoff the bench for Aberdeen.

The Bobcats JV team won 3-1 on Thursday.

JulioHernandezscoredtwogoals andGerardoServellonaddedagoal for Aberdeen JV.

The Bobcats play at Shelton at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

Aberdeen 0 1 0 0 – 2

Black Hills 0 1 0 0 – 1

Scoring

First half – none.

Secondhalf–1,Aberdeen,Hernandez(Lagunas),68thminute.2,Black Hills, 70th minute.

First overtime – none.

Second overtime – none.

Penalty kicks – Aberdeen 3 (Ceja, Lopez, Lagunas); Black Hills 2.

Elma 15, Ilwaco 0

ThreeEaglesrecordedhattricksas ElmadominatedIlwaco15-0ina1A Evergreen League game on Thursday at Davis Field in Elma.

TheEagles(2-2,2-21AEvergreen) had six different goal scorers in the game and led 9-0 by halftime.

Elma was led by sophomore forward Luis Torres, who had a hat trickwiththreegoalstogoalongwith four assists in the win.

Sophomore midfielder Bryan Torres had three goals and an assist whileseniordefenderDevonSexton also had a hat trick in the high-scoring Eagles victory.

“Everybody played well and we had a lot of nice passing sequences that led to goals,” Elma head coach CarsonSeabergsaid.“Alotofplayers got an opportunity to get involved, and that’s always good to see too.” Elma faces Tenino at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Beavers Stadium in Tenino.

Ilwaco 0 0 – 0 Elma 9 6 – 15

Scoring First half – 1, Elma, L. Torres (Wood), 4th minute. 2, Elma, Mendez(Flores),9thminute.3,Elma, L. Torres (B. Torres), 12th minute. 4, Elma, B. Torres (L. Torres), 23rd minute.5,Elma,L.Torres(Mendez), 25th minute. 6, Elma, B. Torres (Mendez), 28th minute. 7, Elma, Mendez (I. Torres), 32nd minute. 8, Elma, B. Torres (L. Torres), 33rd minute. 9, Elma, I. Torres (I. Rodriguez), 38th minute.

Second half – 10, Elma, I. Rodriguez (L. Torres), 42nd minute. 11, Elma, I. Rodriguez (L. Torres), 44th minute. 12, Elma, Sexton (I. Rodriguez), 50th minute. 13, Elma, I. Torres (B. Torres), 64th minute. 14, Elma,Sexton,70thminute.15,Elma, Sexton, B. Torres, 71st minute.

GIRLS PREP GOLF

Elma 210, Hoquiam 240

Elma battled through rainy weather and a wet course to defeat Hoquiam 210-240 on Thursday at Oaksridge Golf Course in Elma. The Eagles were led by junior Olivia Moore, who earned Medalist honors with a score of 39.

Elma’s Sophia Hamilton was close behind Moore with a score of 42 for her 9-hole round. Hoquiam was led by Cors Bisher and Johana Sanchez-Ortiz with identical scores of 58.

Elma (210) – Olivia Moore 39, Sophia Hamilton 42, Amaya Lewis 64, Maddie Clark 65. Hoquiam (240) – Cora Bisher 58, Johana Sanchez-Ortiz 58, Molly Gundersen 59, Emma Zalewski 65.

PREP SOFTBALL

Elma 19, Hoquiam 6 Elma’s offense hammered the ball in a 19-6 win over Hoquiam on Thursday at Montesano’s Dick Tagman Field. The Eagles (4-0 overall, 1-0 1A Evergreen) trailed early on after the Grizzlies (0-2, 0-1) scored four runs offElmastartingpitcherKeiraWhite in the top of the first inning, paced by a three-run home run over the centerfieldfencebystandoutshortstop Lexi LaBounty.

Elma chipped away with a pair of runsinthebottomhalfoftheinning on a single by center fielder Mia Monroe and an RBI fielder’s choice ground out by catcher Raelynn Weld.

Elma pitcher Ashlynn Weld pitchedascorelesstopofthesecond tokeepthedeficitattworuns,which the Eagles offense quickly erased.

The Eagles took a 9-4 lead on third baseman Lynsee Bednarik’s shot over the center-field wall for a three-run home run, capping off a seven-run inning.

“I was a little bit down on myself andIwasn’thittinggoodinthecage (beforethegame).IwasthinkingI’m notgoingtotrytohitforahomerun. I’mgoingtotrytohitforalinedrive. I’m not going to try to hit it out. I’m just going to try to get a base hit and get at least one RBI, nothing big,” said Bednarik, who struck out in her first at-bat of the game. “I actually thought I hit a line drive right over second base. … I saw it bounce right after the fence and I was like, ‘Oh,wow.Thatwasn’talittledinker.’ …IwasproudofmyselfbecauseI’ve been very bad about being confidentinmyhitting,butthisdefinitely brought up my confidence.”

TheGrizzlieswouldtrimtheElma leadto9-6afterLaBountyscoredon a wild pitch in the third and catcher Mya Standstipher drove in Avery Brodhead with a double in the fourth.

But the Eagles decided to put any hopes of a Hoquiam comeback to restinthebottomofthefourth,scoring 10 runs on 10 hits, including a two-runtripleoffthebatofRaelynn Weldandrun-scoringdoublesfrom center fielder Mia Monroe and Bednarik.

White drove in a run on an RBI groundout early in the frame and capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly to drive in Raelynn Weld with Elma’s 19th run of the game.

AshlynnWeld,whoalongwithher twinsisterRaelynnhadbeenillleading up to the game, pitched a 1-2-3 fifthtosecurethe10-runrulevictory.

“They came into the game wanting to be loud and wanting to have fun,”ElmaheadcoachAshleyStancil said“Ithinkthattranslateswhenyou have a group of girls that want to be here and want to have fun together, whether it’s raining, whether we’re down or whether we’re up.”

Bednarik, Mia Monroe and Raelynn Weld had three hits and four RBI apiece to lead Elma.

TheEagleshad17hitsand18total RBI in the game, with five of their runs scored being unearned.

“Wehaveanamazingdugout.Our dugout is very loud and our team is a very loud team,” Bednarik said of Elma’s high-energy sideline chatter. “We’re a very close team and I think that really works. If we were not as close, I don’t think we would be as confident at the plate.”

“The coolest part was that it was ledbymyseniors,”Stancilsaidofthe victory. “This year, we have a group of seniors who didn’t know if they had a voice and slowly, through all our rainouts, they started to say, ‘Hey,let’shavefun.Let’sbehere.We can’tdoanythingabouttheweather.’ It’salwaysatellofagoodteamwhen they have good leadership.”

LaBounty led Hoquiam, going 2 for 3 with a home run while also making several tough plays look routinefromhershortstopposition.

“ToughlosstoareallystrongElma team,” Hoquiam head coach Brandon Templer said. “Offense started off hot, just couldn’t hang with Elma’s offense and strong pitching. Again, a lot of good things from this young crew.”

The game was moved to Montesanoduetotherecentrainsmaking theconditionsattheElmaBallfields unfavorable for play.

Hoquiam 401 10 – 6 5 2

Elma 270 (10)x – 19 17 1

WP:A.Weld(5IP,2R,ER,3H,3BB, 11K). LP: Burgess (3.1 IP, 16R, 11ER, 13H, 4BB, K).

Leading hitters: Hoquiam –LaBounty(2-3,HR,2R,3RBI);Standstipher (1-3, 2B, R, 2RBI); Brodhead (1-1, 2R); Templer (1-2, 2B, R). Elma – Bednarik (3-4, HR, 2B, 2R, 4RBI); Mia Monroe (3-4, 2 2B, 3R, 4RBI); R. Weld(3-4,3B,2R,4RBI);Donais(2-3, R,RBI);A.Weld(1-2,3R);White(1-3, R, 2RBI); Comer (1-3, 2R); Kish (1-1, R, RBI).

Adna22,Raymond-SouthBend 1 Raymond-SouthBendwasonthe wrong end of a rout in a 22-1 loss to two-timedefendingstatechampion Adna on Thursday in South Bend. The Ravens (3-1) struggled to get out of the first inning as the first five Pirates reached base en route to a six-run top of the first inning. RSB trailed 16-0 before breaking theshutoutwhenRavensthirdbasemanKassieKoskireachedwithoneout walk and came in to score on a passed ball in the fifth inning. Ravens catcher Ava Pine and left fielderMaceyEnlowhadahitapiece to lead RSB, which was held to two hits and four walks in the shutout loss.

Adna 626 26 – 22 13 1

RSB 000 10 – 1 2 2

WP: LaFontaine (5 IP, R, 0ER, 3H, 4BB, 9K). LP: Stigall (0 IP, 5R, 5ER, H, BB).

Leading hitters: Adna – Baggenstos (3-3, 4R, 2RBI); Guard (3-3, 3R, SB, 3RBI); Hallom (2-4, HR, 2B, 4R, 5RBI); Carroll (1-3, HR, 2R,

Other games Prep Softball North Beach 29, Oakville 2 Prep Baseball Oakville 14, North Beach 2

5RBI). RSB – Pine (1-3); Enlow (1-2); Koski (0-1, R, BB).

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Montesano’s Liv Robinson (left) slides in safely at third during the Bulldogs’ 8-0 win over Lynden Christian on Friday in Montesano.

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Montesano catcher Ali Parkin hammers a home run during the Bulldogs’ 8-0 win over Lynden Christian on Friday at Montesano High School.

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PUBLICATION DATES: The Daily World: 04/01/2025, 04/08/2025 Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce: 03-28-2025, 04-02-2025

SUBMITTAL DEADLINE: 3:00 PM (local time), 27th Day of April 2025

SUBMIT TO: City of Aberdeen, Community Development Department 200 E Market Street, Aberdeen, WA 98520

NUMBER OF COPIES: (1) one electronic copy (PDF by email or USB)

PROJECT CONTACT: Lisa Scott, CD Director – (360) 537-3238 –lscott@aberdeenwa.gov

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS:

The City of Aberdeen is soliciting statements of qualifications (SOQs) from qualified firms to provide consultant services to include architectural design, structural engineering, bid specifications and schematics, cost estimating, and Project Management (through design and construction phases), and comply with prevailing wage laws (RCW 39.12).

SOQs shall be received by the City no later than 3:00 PM on Friday, April 25, 2025. It is the responsibility of firms to ensure that SOQs are received by the City on time.

SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS:

SOQs shall include the following parts. The term “page” is defined as one side of a sheet of paper. Double-sided printing should be used to minimize total sheet count.

1. Cover Letter (one 8.5x11 page maximum)

2. SOQ Body (fifteen 8.5x11 pages maximum)

3. Project Understanding – Describe your understanding of the area, the need for the project, and the goals of this scope of work.

4. Project Team – Identify prime consultant and subconsultants. List the project team members that will be working on this project. Indicate each individual’s availability and what each person’s active role will be.

5. Experience – Describe the experience of your firm and subconsultants in performing this type of work. Include examples of similar work that was successfully completed.

6. Project Approach – Outline and describe how you intend to complete this scope of work.

7. References (minimum three)

8. Resumes (limit one 8.5x11 page per individual, no total page limit)

9. Schedule (one 11x17 page maximum) Provide a Gantt chart schedule showing key project activities and milestones.

SCORING AND FIRM SELECTION:

SOQs will be reviewed and scored by representatives from the City of Aberdeen, Timberland Regional Library, the Aberdeen Library Advisory Board and the Grays Harbor Community Foundation (the Aberdeen Library Team).

The three highest-scoring firms may be selected for phone or teleconference interviews to determine the final selection. Scoring criteria:

• Project Understanding 20 points

• Project Team/Experience 40 points

• Project Approach 15 points

• References 10 points

• Resumes 10 point

• Schedule 5 points

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Location:

The project is located at 121 East Market Street, Aberdeen, Washington 98520.

Description:

The Aberdeen Library building construction was completed in 1966 by Aberdeen Construction Company. The building was designed by architect Ralph E. Decker, a Seattle Architect. The local firm Robert F. Street and Associates were hired as the local architect.

The building is a one story with a second-floor mezzanine and is approximately 16,000 square feet in total.

The building currently houses the Aberdeen Library, which was annexed into the Timberland Regional Library for the purpose of providing library services in the building.

The City of Aberdeen is initiating this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit proposals from firms interested in participating in the project as indicated below:

• Analyze first and second floor public areas to increase public space, including space for the collection, seating, tables and community display areas that will maximize efficient use of space.

• Assess for LES lighting or current environmentally sustainable lighting updates throughout all areas of the library.

• Assess and incorporate office space for staff.

• Reconstruct the staff work areas to current needs.

• Assess use and position of youth services collections and space, creating an inviting and playful, yet safe space for children and their families with minimal noise disruption to other library spaces.

• Move staff breakroom to first floor.

• Address public restroom needs and update to current practices.

• Address electrical needs and any additional electrical outlets to increase functionality and enhance user experience of space.

• Address HVAC needs.

• Address elevator needs.

• Address energy efficiency needs.

• Analyze for noise reduction opportunities.

• Reduce size of customer service desk

• Increase number of study spaces.

• Assess for ADA requirements.

• Assess addition of compact shelving for storage needs.

• Propose recommendation for specific, achievable, construction design to fix issues and describe the steps necessary to implement these.

• Present findings, recommendation, implementation plans and proposed cost to Aberdeen’steam in writing, drawings and verbally.

• Act as Project Manager for the project.

• Once an accepted design is agreed upon, prepare engineered drawings for permit submittal.

• Prepare a bid package for the construction work and manage the entire process.

• Deliver to the City of Aberdeen a completed building with a new Certificate of Occupancy.

Consultant team will work directly with the Community Development Director. In addition, the consultant team will meet with the Aberdeen Library Team and provide a written and verbal report to the Mayor and City Council of findings and recommendations.

Purpose/Need:

The purpose of this project is to enhance the spaces in the Aberdeen Library so that it meets the needs of the community today and into the future.

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

Specific tasks will include but are not limited to:

ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING:

1. Administration – Perform project management including scheduling, planning, coordination meetings.

2. Public Outreach –Engage community through electronic open houses, meetings, and press releases.

3. Meet with stakeholders –Hold at least 3 meetings, if not more, with the Team to take in put on the building design and remodel. Provide at least two (2) updates to the City Council, including a final report.

4. PS&E – Develop Plans, Specifications, and Estimates for City review and deliver final 100% construction package, including in-person meetings when necessary

5. Construction – Manage the construction project for the Library remodel and deliver to the Team a completed project.

SCHEDULE:

• SOQs Due 04/25/2025 (3:00 PM)

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COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 28 AND TITLE VI AGREEMENT:

The consultant will be held to the City’s Civil Rights language. The City of Aberdeen in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex in consideration for an award.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) INFORMATION:

The consultant will be held to the City’s ADA language. The City of Aberdeen in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act commits to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all of its programs and activities. This RFQ can be made available in an alternate format by contacting the listed project contact by e-mail or by calling collect.

REVISIONS TO THE RFQ:

In the event it becomes necessary to revise any part of this RFQ, addenda will be provided to all who receive the RFQ. The City of Aberdeen also reserves the right to cancel or to reissue the RFQ in whole or in part, prior to execution of a contract.

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CITY OF MONTESANO

Lead Service Line Inventory Violation Notice – 2025 Q1

Public Notification—Tier 2

The City of Montesano Water System, DOH I.D. #56000, is required to complete and submit a

Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) to the State and make the inventory publicly accessible. We have not yet completed our required LSLI and therefore have committed a Treatment Technique Violation (TTV) according to EPA regulations.

Based on a preliminary assessment of the service line materials within the City water distribution system, we have found no lead service lines. However, we are required to complete very detailed reporting to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). We are working on the LSLI reporting requirement and hope to have it completed by July of 2025.

Please note that the City conducts lead and copper testing at specific residences every three years and we have not had any violations of the current standards.

Because we have not completed our assessment, DOH requires that we provide the following information about the health effects of lead:

Health Effects of Lead Exposure to lead in drinking water can cause serious health effects in all age groups. Infants and children can have decreases in IQ and attention span. Lead exposure can lead to new learning and behavior problems or worsen existing learning and behavior problems. The children of women who are exposed to lead before or during pregnancy can have increased risk of these negative health effects. Adults can have increased risks of heart disease, high blood pressure, and kidney or nervous system problems.*

Please note that the City has not identified any lead materials in the City water distribution system or in the City water service lines to the water meters serving your homes or businesses. If you have concerns about lead in your home, more information is provided at https://cityofmontesano.com Public Works Department “Water Treatment and Distribution” page.

Office (360)-249-4232 In person In the County Auditor’s Office at 100 W Broadway, Ste 2, Montesano, WA 98563 • Online www.vote.wa.gov

Accessible Registration and Voting

It is a priority of Grays Harbor County elections officials and the Office of the Secretary of State to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to register to vote and vote independently and privately. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about how to register or vote. We are here to help at (360)-249-4232 or elections@graysharbor.us

Ballots Mailed: Ballots will be mailed to all active registered voters in participating districts on April 4, 2025 Voters may obtain a replacement ballot by calling the Auditor’s Office at (360)249-4232.

AVU Voting Unit: Available at Grays Harbor County Auditor’s Office – 100 W Broadway Ste 2 Montesano, WA 98563

Hours - Monday - Friday April 4, 2025 – April 22, 2025 8:30 am to 4:30 pm 8:30 am – 8:00 pm on Election Day

Grays Harbor County Canvassing Board: Grays Harbor County Canvassing Board, or representatives, will convene Wednesday April 16, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.and will continue each day until 4:00 p.m. for the purpose of determining the status of special ballots and challengedballots for the

Grays Harbor County Canvassing Board

of Ocean Shores ORDINANCE NO. 1133 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OCEAN SHORES, WASHINGTON, AMENDING SECTIONS 6.04.020, 6.04.040, 6.04.055, 6.04.060, 6.04.062, 6.04.065, 6.04.110, and 6.04.160 OF THE OCEAN SHORES MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO NON PROFIT DESIGNEE, LICENSING, IMPOUNDMENT, ADOPTION PROCEDURE SAND FEES, AND CONFINEMENT OF ANIMALS WITHIN

The Port of Grays Harbor is seeking reliable, energetic team players with positiveattitudesfor summerpositions.

WESTPORT MARINA MAINTENANCE CREW

(4 FT Positions & 1 PT Position). Duties include dock repair, general maintenance and clean-up. Must be hard-working, respectful, and work well with customers in an active marina and be able to lift heavy loads. $20.00/hr. 40 hrs/wk. Some positions required to work Saturdays, Sundays andholidays.

WESTPORT MARINA OFFICE ASSISTANT

(1 Position PT or FT). Primary customer service representative at Marina Office during busy summer months. Duties include customer service, cashiering and bookkeeping. Must be able to communicate respectfully well with customers, accurately process transactions, and follow and apply Port policies. Computer experience a plus. $20.00/hr. Up to 40 hrs/wk. WorkschedulemayincludeSaturdays,Sundaysorholidays.

SATSOP BUSINESS PARK MAINTENANCE CREW

(1 Position)Duties include mowing, trimming, trail clearing and general maintenance including clean-up. Must work well with customers and coworkers in an active business park and a busy RV park and be able to lift heavyloads.$20.00/hr.40hrs/wk.

ENGINEERING INTERN

(1 Position)This role will support the Port of Grays Harbor’s Planning Department, focusing on civil infrastructure and/or structural engineering for the Port’s upcoming capital projects. Intern will work closely with assigned mentors in a team environment on both office and field work. Collecting observations and assessing the condition of Port assets and infrastructure. Synchronizing field observations and data with spreadsheets and CAD drawings and summarizing findings in various formats. Assisting staff in: quantity takeoffs, pay applications, field observations, stormwater sampling and construction management. Other responsibilities may include: product research, data entry, quantity take-offs, drafting in AutoCAD, and review of construction shop drawings and submittals. $20.00/hr. 40 hrs/wk.

SUBMIT PORT APPLICATION byApril15,2025. Visit: portofgraysharbor.com/staff-job-openings for full details and to download Port application form. Send to: Dir. of Fin. & Admin., PO Box 660, Aberdeen, WA 98520. College/vocational school students encouraged to apply.EqualOpportunityEmployer

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City of Hoquiam

CITY OF HOQUIAM URBAN FORESTRY BOARD

The City of Hoquiam Urban Forestry Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 14, 2025 starting at 4:00 PM in the City Council Chambers of the Hoquiam City Hall, 609 Eighth Street, Hoquiam, WA 98550. During the public hearing, the Urban Forestry Board will take public testimony regarding the removal of 3 trees on Emerson Avenue at Delta Park.

Written comments may be sent to Hoquiam City Hall, ATTN: Angie Bieker,

Port of Grays Harbor

Maintenance – Millwright

The Port is growing and desires a Millwright to join Port maintenance crew. Duties include: installation and repair of industrial machinery and equipment, inspect and diagnose any malfunctions and create plans for necessary repairs. Responds to shut-downs and daily concerns, in conjunction with other maintenance members, to insure all machinery is performing atoptimallevels. Need self-starter with strong teamwork and customer service skills, and 5+ years related work experience. Must understand and support industrial work safety rules. Completion of a millwright apprenticeship program or trade certificationisrequired..

Must be willing to work 12-hour rotating shifts. Day shift rate of $54.24 per hour with 30% shift premium for night shift and overtime pay after 8 hours. Member of bargaining unit. Port job application to: Director of Finance & Admin., Port of Grays Harbor, PO Box 660, Aberdeen, WA 98520. For application, contact (360) 533-9528 or www.portofgraysharbor.com. First review April 15, 2025. Open until filled.

Maintenance – Industrial Electrician

Seeking experienced industrial electrician to join Port maintenance crew. Duties include: analyzing, troubleshooting and correcting plant instrumentation, VFD, soft starts, PLC’s and motors, mobile and fixed equipment, and lighting andwiring in varied Port facilities; day-to-day electrical maintenance; ensuring proper operating parameters, techniques and safety objectives are maintained. Need self-starter with strong teamwork and customer service skills, and 5+ years related work experience. Must understand and support industrial work safety rules. A Washington 01 Electrical Licenseorreciprocalisrequired.

Must be willing to work 12-hour rotating shifts. Day shift rate of $54.24 per hour with 30% shift premium for night shift and overtime pay after 8 hours. Member of bargaining unit. Port job application to: Director of Finance & Admin., Port of Grays Harbor, PO Box 660, Aberdeen, WA 98520. For application, contact (360) 533-9528 or www.portofgraysharbor.com. First review April 15, 2025. Open until filled. 3/29, 4/12, 2025 x9 The

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my brother is a freshman,” said Nelson, referencing his younger sibling, Toby, who placed second behind him in the 800. “He’s coming up, so I had to lower that (record) as much as I can.”

Garcia and Henry Nelson also combined to run the two final legs of Aberdeen’s victorious 4x400-meter relay team, joining freshmen Treven Clarkston and younger brother Toby Nelson to post a time of 3:34.94.

“We broke three records today and in the 4x400, we ran pretty well,” Henry Nelson said of his team’s performance. “I think we did amazing. For the past couple of years, we’ve had a pretty dominant showing at the all-county meet. It was nice to continue that.”

“Our team did amazing,” Garcia said. “Henry ran good. Everyone ran good.”

Additional Aberdeen event winners on Saturday were junior Landon Hamblin (shot put, 50-05); sophomore Kevin Sedgwick (high jump, 5-08); and the 4x100 thrower’s relay team of freshman Cooper Revel, senior Denny Linker, junior Cole Revel and junior Riley Wixson (54.71).

The Bobcats finished with 225 points, more than 100 points better than secondplace Elma.

The Eagles boys team was led by sprinter Ricardo Guadarrama, who continued his early-season dominance in the sprints with wins in the 100 and 200-meter races.

Guadarrama also anchored the Eagles’ victorious 4x100 relay team, joining senior Jordan Meadows, senior Ryder Nelson and sophomore Cohen Finch to run a winning time of 45.08.

Ryder Nelson (300 hurdles, 42.34) and senior Kohan Morrison (javelin, 135-10) also won events for Elma.

Hoquiam sophomore Ryker Maxfield had a solid meet, leading the sixthplace Grizzlies with wins in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter distance races.

Third-place North Beach was led by senior Elton Rockey, who ran a 17.67 to win the 110-meter hurdles.

Ocosta placed fifth overall and was led by a firstplace finish from senior Elijah Perry in the pole vault.

The combo team of Oakville-North River had an event winner on Saturday as junior Lewis Koser won the discus with a throw of 143-02.

In the girls competition, Elma placed first in a close race to the team title, tallying 156 points to edge Aberdeen (151 points) and Hoquiam (126.5), which placed second and third, respectively.

The Eagles won just three events – two by senior Georgia Burkhart (300 hurdles, triple jump) and one from junior Sophia Varnadore (100 hurdles) – compared to seven event wins from Hoquiam and six from Aberdeen.

But Elma had depth with 21 top-five finishes as a team, more than the Bobcats (19) and Grizzlies (15) to earn the team title.

Aberdeen was led by multi-event winner Mia Hallak (1600, 3200), junior Rylee Brooks (discus, 104-08) and junior Haylee Jahner (high jump, 5-01).

Hoquiam was led by freshman phenom RenaèJah Burtenshaw, who won the 100 meters (12.90), the 200 (26.99) and the long jump (16-03.5).

The Grizzlies also got wins from the junior thrower Sydney Gordon (shot put, 34-10.5), junior pole vaulter Keren Parra (7-0), the 4x100 relay team and the 4x200 relay team.

Montesano placed fourth and got event wins from senior Samantha Schweppe (3200, 12:00.19) and junior Paige Busz (javelin, 97-08.5).

North Beach placed fifth led by senior Katana Capoeman’s win in the 400 (1:11.19).

Full results available at athletic.net

Results

Boys team standings 1, Aberdeen, 225 points. 2, Elma, 123.5. 3, North Beach, 108.5. 4, Montesano, 86. 5, Ocosta, 55.5. 6, Hoquiam, 43.5. 7, Oakville, 24. 8, Wishkah Valley, 7. 9, Taholah, 2.

Top three placements 100 meters: 1, Ricardo Guadarrama, Elma, 11.33. 2, Cordell Roberts, Aberdeen, 11.78. 3, Micah Schroeder, Aberdeen, 11.82. 200: 1, Guadarrama, Elma, 22.97. 2, Roberts, Aberdeen, 24.54. 3, Noah Aquino, North Beach, 24.75. 400: 1, Isaac Garcia, Aberdeen, 49.90 (meet record). 2, Aquino, North Beach, 54.14. 3, Jerrell Bayless, Montesano, 54.79. 800: 1, Henry Nelson, Aberdeen, 1:56.95 (meet record). 2, Toby Nelson, Aberdeen, 2:10.88. 3, Colton Sweet, Montesano, 2:11.32. 1600: 1, Ryker Maxfield, Hoquiam, 4:41.38. 2, Benny Anderson, Montesano, 4:46.01. 3, Sweet, Montesano, 4:51.37. 3200: 1, Maxfield, Hoquiam, 10:05.53. 2, Anderson, Montesano, 10:26.52. 3, Cecil Gumaelius, Aberdeen, 10:49.46. 110 hurdles: 1, Elton Rockey, North Beach, 17.67. 2, Logan Mullins, Elma, 17.93. 3, Kenneth Frank, North Beach, 19.89. 300 hurdles: 1, Ryder Nelson, Elma, 42.34. 2, Rockey, North Beach, 44.51. 3, Mullins, Elma, 47.09. 4x100 relay: 1, Elma (Jordan Meadows, Nelson, Cohen Finch, Guadarrama), 45.05. 2, Aberdeen (Braxton Gozart, Roberts, William Johnson, Schroeder), 45.82. 3, Montesano (Kaden

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Aberdeen’s Henry Nelson broke his own meet record to win the 800-meter race at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

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Aberdeen’s Henry Nelson (standing) and Isaac Garcia combined to win multiple events and break three meet records to lead the Bobcats to a first-place finish at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

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Hoquiam’s Ryker Maxfield (right) leads Montesano’s Benny Anderson during the boys 3,200-meter race at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

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Stott, Thomas Flink, Jerrell Bayless, Mason Rasmussen), 46.07.

4x100 throwers relay: 1, Aberdeen (Cooper Revel, Denny Linker, Cole Revel, Riley Wixson), 54.71. 2, Elma (Kohan Morrison, Luke Schneider, Kaiden Avery, James Harding), 54.72. 3, North Beach (Isaac Chi, Adin Wollum, George Harmon, Sonny Terrell), 55.92.

4x400 relay: 1, Aberdeen (Treven Clarkston, Toby Nelson, Garcia, Nelson), 3:34.94. 2, Elma (Kole Boice, Ashton Brown, Aaron Tuttle, Guadarrama), 3:44.39. 3, North Beach (Malik Jackson, Rockey, Sawyer Reither, Noah Aquino), 3:59.09. Shot put: 1, Landon Hamblin, Aberdeen, 50-05. 2, Shaun Straka, Montesano, 46-09. 3, Cole Revel, Aberdeen, 42-00. Discus: 1, Lewis Koser, Oakville-North River, 143-02. 2, Straka, Montesano, 127-05. 3, Michael Priest, Ocosta, 121-06. Javelin: 1, Kohan Morrison, Elma, 135-10. 2, Levi Wheeler, Montesano, 127-07. 3, Benjamin Kimbrel, Oakville-North River, 122-03.5. High jump: 1-tie, Kevin Sedgwick, Aberdeen, 5-08. 1-t, Hammonds, Aberdeen, 5-08. 3, Parker Johnson, North Beach, 5-06.

Pole vault: 1, Elijah Perry, Ocosta, 8-00. 2, Roman Jones, Hoquiam, 7-06. 3-t, Nash Emmitt, North Beach, 7-00. 3-t, Salvador Medrano, Ocosta, 7-00.

Long jump: 1, Garcia, Aberdeen, 22-01 (meet record). 2, Hammonds, Aberdeen, 21-04. 3, William Johnson, Aberdeen, 18-11. Triple jump: 1, Garcia, Aberdeen, 43-10. 2, Reither, North Beach, 41-04. 3, Billy Burns, Ocosta, 36-07.

Girls team standings 1, Elma, 156. 2, Aberdeen, 151. 3, Hoquiam, 126.5. 4, Montesano, 119. 5, North Beach, 99.5. 6, Ocosta, 18. 7, Oakville, 3. Top three placements 100: 1, RenaèJah Burtenshaw, Hoquiam, 12.90. 2, Hailey McElroy, Montesano, 13.34. 3, Katlyn Brodhead, Hoquiam, 14.27. 200: 1, Burtenshaw, Hoquiam, 26.99. 2, McElroy, Montesano, 27.49. 3, K. Brodhead, Hoquiam, 28.99. 400: 1, Katana Capoeman, North Beach, 1:11.19. 2, Alana Murrieta, Elma, 1:13.95. 3, Emily Crossan, Elm a, 1:15.40. 800: 1, Mia Hallak, Aberdeen, 2:34.48. 2, Samantha Schweppe, Montesano, 2:44.02. 3, Zoe Ray, Montesano, 2:51.25. 1600: 1, Hallak, Aberdeen,

5:35.28. 2, Ailyn Haggard, Aberdeen, 5:42.52. 3, Schweppe, Montesano, 5:45.57. 3200: 1, Schweppe, Montesano, 12:00.19. 2, Ray, Montesano, 12:52.68. 3, Rebekah Stone, Ocosta, 14:44.43.

100 hurdles: 1, Sophia Varnadore, Elma, 18.39. 2, Sam Roundtree, Montesano, 19.07. 3, Brooklyn Reither, North Beach, 19.24. 300 hurdles: 1, Georgia Burkhart, Elma, 54.28. 2, Elka Cox, North Beach, 56.56. 3, Kylee Geelan, Montesano, 58.56. 4x100 relay: 1, Hoquiam (Emily Brodhead, Brittany Alcala, K. Brodhead, Burtenshaw), 53.50. 2, Montesano (Roundtree, Alice Nelson, Geelan, McElroy), 55.71. 3, Elma (Emily Escoffon, Zippy Valentine, Audreauna Kanios, Beta Valentine), 56.02. 4x100 throwers relay: 1, Aberdeen, 1:10.29. 2, Elma (Ella Ming, Charli Smith, Theona Felton, Natalie Henry), 1:13.21. 4x200 relay: 1, Hoquiam (Keren Parra, E. Brodhead, Alcala, K. Brodhead), 1:57.49. 2, Elma (Escoffon, Burkhart, Kanios, B. Valentine), 1:57.77. 3, North Beach (Mackenzie McCrory, Denahli Hoylman, Cox, Reither), 1:58.76. 4x400 relay: 1, Aberdeen (Serenity Allread, Anni Devine, Hallak, Haggard), 4:58.44. 2, Elma (Crossan, Delafuente, Destiny Whipple, Varnadore), 5:04.46. 3, Hoquiam (Lexi Black, Hannah Schlesser, Meg Roloff, Pauline Sophie Kummer-Schnee), 5:46.20. Shot put: 1, Sydney Gordon, Hoquiam, 34-10.5. 2, Rylee Brooks, Aberdeen, 34-07. 3, Kanios, Elma, 28-10. Discus: 1, Brooks, Aberdeen, 104-08. 2, Gordon, Hoquiam, 96-04. 3, Bella Bruner, Aberdeen, 91-02. Javelin: 1, Paige Busz, Montesano, 97-8.5. 2, Jazmine Goldman, North Beach, 88-02. 3, Bentley Brown, Aberdeen, 85-05.5. High jump: 1, Haylee Jahner, Aberdeen, 5-01. 2, Anica Reimer, Aberdeen, 4-06. 3, Kanios, Elma, 4-06. Pole vault: 1-tie, Parra, Hoquiam, 7-0. 1-t, E. Brodhead, Hoquiam, 7-0. 3, Macenzie Osborne-Hansen, North Beach, 6-06. Long jump: 1, Burtenshaw, Hoquiam, 16-03.5. 2, Escoffon, Elma, 13-07. 3, Capoeman, North Beach, 13-02.5. Triple jump: 1, Burkhart, Elma, 32-02. 2, Reither, North Beach, 29-10.5. 3, Ines Horcajada, Aberdeen, 29-09.

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Aberdeen’s Mia Hallak (right) and Montesano’s Samantha Schweppe compete in the girls 1,600-meter race at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.

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Elma’s Ricardo Guadarrama crosses the line to win the 200-meter sprint at the Ray Ryan Memorial Grays Harbor Championships on Saturday at Miller Junior High School in Aberdeen.