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DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Bruce Jones of Montesano bought this 1957 black Chevrolet hardtop for $20 when he was 15. He’s been winning awards for it at car shows since he started the circuit in the early 1970s.

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Get your motor runnin’

Car show season gearing up with Aberdeen, Monte coming up next

Cascadia Research Collective volunteers examine the remains of the newborn killer whale that washed ashore. Photo Courtesy CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE

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Orca calf found beached in Ocean Shores

Researchers belive it was a case of ‘birth-related trauma’

DAN HAMMOCK | TWIN HARBORS NEWSPAPER GROUP Montesano Chamber of Commerce board members attended the June 20 ribbon cutting at the Montesano Inn bed and breakfast. From left are Kaela Ballew, Myranda Floch, Corey Rux, Jacquie Hollingsworth, Brooke Chapman, Nickie Gill with Connections, and bed and breakfast owners Pam and John Lansing.

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Dozens attend Montesano Inn ribbon cutting June 20

The old Hubble House is now the location of a bed and breakfast

PHOTO COURTESY OF KRISTEN WALSH Theo Faloona, left, and Azure Faloona, right, Climate Justice Ambassadors with the Seattle chapter of Plant for the Planet, helped unload coast redwood saplings at Seattle’s Jefferson Park greenhouse during the first phase of Moving the Giants to Puget Sound in December 2016. Behind them is Philip Stielstra, a volunteer Seattle Tree Ambassador who helped instigate the program. According to Stielstra, more trees like the ones shown in the picture will be coming to the Pacific Northwest next month.

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100 redwoods coming to the region, all in need of permanent homes

All cloned from some of the oldest, largest redwood trees in the nation

COURTESY PHOTO Kids line up at the Bill Brookshire Memorial Bicycle Rodeo in the Montesano High School parking lot June 23.

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More than 90 bike helmets given to kids at Montesano bicycle rodeo

Donations from local businesses also gave kids a chance to win a bicycle

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There might be a roundabout in Hoquiam’s future

A total of 23 projects included in the plan ranging from bridge replacement to construction projects

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Grays Harbor College president Dr. Jim Minkler addresses graduating students at Friday night’s commencement ceremony at Stewart Field in Aberdeen.

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Grays Harbor College for the first time ever delivers four-year degrees at Friday graduation ceremony

More than 300 degrees earned, nearly 200 students attended Stewart Field commencement

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD County Coroner Lane Youmans plans to spend even more time dishing out popcorn at the 7th Street Theatre after he retires later this year. Between the Coroner’s Office and Sheriff’s Office, Youmans has been serving the public for more than 40 years.

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Coroner Youmans set to retire at end of term

Ends a 40-plus-year career in public service.

Nearly 200 graduates take to Stewart Field for GHC graduation ceremony

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Nearly 200 graduates take to Stewart Field for GHC graduation ceremony

Friday evening event featured a first for GHC, the presentation of four-year degrees

DAN HAMMOCK | TWIN HARBORS NEWSPAPER GROUP Brenda Orffer was recently appointed McClearys first female mayor. She had previously served on the City Council since her election in 2015.

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Orffer selected as McCleary’s first female mayor

Has lived, worked and raised her family in the area for 25 years

FILE PHOTO Fen Shou Chen, who pleaded guilty March 23 to manufacturing a controlled substance after his arrest in the Green Jade illegal marijuana grow busts late last year, has filed a motion to withdraw his plea after discovering his felony conviction would lead to deportation to his native China.

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Green Jade pot bust defendant asks to withdraw his plea

Said lack of proper interpreter led to unexpected deportation jeopardy

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Grays Harbor County Therapeutic Court Judge Stephen Brown discusses the progress made by one of the six current “clients,” as they are known, at the Grays Harbor County juvenile detention center in Junction City Tuesday afternoon.

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New drug court aims to put offenders on a new path

Judge Stephen Brown looked across the bench to one of the six participants in the new Grays Harbor…

DAN HAMMOCK | THE DAILY WORLD Melissa Baum, the mother of Lindsey Baum who was abducted from McCleary in 2009, praised the efforts of local law enforcement that led to the discovery of her daughter’s remains last fall in Kittitas County. “Monsters do exist,” she said Thursday. “When you tell your kids they don’t, you are lying to them.”

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Melissa Baum: ‘Monsters do exist’

Mother of murdered 10-year-old Lindsey Baum speaks at press conference in McCleary