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Community NewsMay 7, 2008 West End letter carriers from the U.S. Postal Service are holding their annual food drive on Saturday, May 10. Food collected is donated to local food banks. The letter carriers ask that only non-perishable food be donated, and that donations be left in a bag by a patron’s mailbox. The food is brought to the post office by the letter carriers, then delivered to the food bank. West End Historical Society The West End Historical Society is holding their monthly meeting at the new Forks Community Center on Tuesday, May 13 at noon. Sally Milici, Juanita Weissenfels and Mary Ann Halverson are providing musical entertainment with songs from the early 1900s. The public is invited and asked to bring a sack lunch. Cake, coffee and lemonade will be provided. Planned power outage Sunday, May 11 is the day the Clallam County PUD will be turning off the electricity in the Forks area for about six hours, from one minute past midnight to 6 a.m. PUD customers are to be affected in Forks, Sekiu, Clallam Bay, Neah Bay, Beaver, Sappho, Pysht and all areas west of Lake Crescent. The outage is required by the Bonneville Power Authority whose technicians will be upgrading transmission facilities at the BPA Sappho Substation during the outage. Snuggly Bunny Storytime at Forks Library Children ages 3-5 are invited to attend storytime at the Forks Library on Friday, May 9 at 1p.m. Stories, a craft, and a visit from an extra cuddly friend are all part of the fun. 
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UPDATED Thursday, May 8, 2008
Spartan soccer players head to state tournamentThe Spartan boys soccer team is seeded second in their district in the 1A state tournament. Who the team plays against on either Monday or Tuesday depends on who wins the 1A Northwest and West Central B-District tournaments. The trip to the state tournament is the first in the five years the sport has been played at Forks High School. The Spartans (now 9-7 overall this season) lost to White Salmon 5-1 on Wednesday, with the match played at Kalama. If the Forks High team had won they would have taken their first-ever Southwest Washington League District title. Gibron Molina scored Forks only goal on Wednesday, with a head-in set up by a throw-in by Sean Weekes in the 17th minute of play. Forks Logging Tours opens for new season Chris Cook photo Forks Logging Tours volunteer driver Mark Johnsen (left) took Forks visitors Jim and Linda Work of Livingstone, Texas on a Forks Chamber of Commerce-sponsored tour on Wednesday, May 7. The tour made stops at a logging site located above Oil City Road, and at Allen Logging in the Hoh River area. The popular tours started last week and run through the summer.Kids Fishing Day fun Chris Cook photo Pre-schooler Kray Horton caught a big one at the Kid’s Fishing Day. Spartan teams heading to playoffs, league meetsPlayoffs, district meets and state meets are coming up as the spring high school sports season comes to a close. Forks High School Athletic Director Mark Brandmire provided this report on Friday, May 2. Watch for updates:Soccer The Spartans are in the play offs. The team travels to Kalama on Monday to take on LaCenter at 5:30 p.m. Soccer playoffs continue in Kalama on Wednesday, with a game at either 5:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. Baseball The Spartans were eliminated from the playoffs on Thusday due to a 6-0 loss to Montesano in the first game of a home doubleheader. Many of the varsity players are returning next year. The team is at 3-8 in Southwest Washington action, and 3-11 overall. Fastpitch The Lady Spartans varsity and junior varsity teams play Rainier on Tuesday, May 6 in a rescheduled game. The team lost both games of a doubleheader on Thursday to Montesano. The Lady Spartans will be seeded either #3 or #4; playoffs begin Wednesday, May 14 at Fort Borst in Centralia; #3 plays at noon, #4 would be at 2 p.m. and each team would play again two hours later. Games on Saturday will at 3 p.m. Track An MS track meet at home is scheduled for Wednesday. The league meet is scheduled for Rainier on Friday, May 9 beginning at 4 p.m.; the district meet is set for Friday, May 16 at Stevenson. 
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