By Elizabeth Graeme

Miss Washington Jr. High School USA 2025

Greetings Forks! This week, Mayor Tim Fletcher drew the winning names and Ryerlin Roland and I are happy to announce the winners of the #ForksKidsCare Mini Mayor contest:

1st Place: Jacob Hoschar

For his work with the Elks Club

2nd Place: Devin Sanchez

For his parks clean-up project

3rd Place: Anna Tabor

For her neighborhood clean-up project

Our winner, Jacob Hoschar, will be presented with a gold medal, a mayor’s ribbon and a $25 gift certificate donated by Forks Home Slice Take N Bake Pizza.

Thank you to everyone who entered and thank you for all the amazing things you have done for our community.

When we all pull together to help, it does more than just accomplish the task set; it builds trust. While most volunteering won’t bring any awards or prizes, it brings something else: a community. A community where everyone is

valued and cared for. A community where, while we help others today, someday they will be there to help us too. Communities aren’t just a place where you live, they are places where you live your lives.

Our neighbors are the real prize. Every smile, every wave hello is their way of saying: “thank you” for helping bring us all together. That’s what community service is all about.