January 11, 2023
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School Board approves interim superintendent Courtesy Eatonville School District
Photo by Cheryl Taylor Walker Bruun races up court in Eatonville’s 69-62 victory over Rainier on Saturday night.
The Eatonville School Board approved Lucy Fountain as its new interim superintendent at its Jan. 4 meeting. “Lucy retired from Eatonville School District in 2011,” Board chair Paulette Gilliardi said in a news release. “She served in the district as a teacher, coach, principal (19 years) and director of curriculum instruction and assessment (13 years). She holds a BA and a Master’s in Educational Administration from the University of Washington. However, Lucy has really never left the district. “She worked on several projects for superintendents Stewart and Bahr to include the teacher mentor program currently in place, substituted for both teachers and principals,
Eatonville boys riding Eatonville-based historical society joins 3-game win streak Washington Main Street
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By Skip Smith
Contributing writer
After being idle for nearly a week, the Eatonville Cruiser boys basketball team started back up on Friday night when they welcomed the Montesano Bulldogs to Rainier Connect Arena to open up 1A Evergreen Conference league play and promptly took care of the Bulldogs, 69-47. Eatonville used a 10-0 run late in the first quarter to pull ahead by 15 points at 24-9 and distance themselves from the Bulldogs as the teams entered the second frame. That 10-0 run would be the key to their victory. The final three quarters were played very close. After trailing by 17 points at the half, Montesano made a late charge to open up the fourth quarter by putting together a 7-0 run to pull within 13, but the Cruisers quickly shut that down. They went on another 10-0 run
to squash the Bulldogs’ hopes of a comeback, and Eatonville wrapped up the 69-47 victory. The Cruisers were active on the glass, pulling down 32 rebounds. “Rebounding has been the one area that just hadn’t quite clicked for us over our non-league schedule,” coach TJ Cotterill said. “We knew Montesano would play hard, and they would play physical, so it certainly continued to be an emphasis for us tonight. Shay (Brannon) and Kyle (Cox) really got after it on the glass tonight.” Cotterill also mentioned the team’s free throw shooting after they shot an abysmal 27-for-56 (48 percent) in their previous three games. They were 11-for-14 from the line in this game. “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t lose sleep with us going 13-for-32 from the free-throw line in our first game in Alaska,” Cotterill said. “We’re certainly much better at the line than that, and tonight showed that.”
Shay Brannon led the Cruisers with 22 points. Griffin Clevenger led the Cruisers with seven steals and made a difference on defense.
RAINIER’S STREAK STOPPED The Cruisers finished off the week traveling to Rainier to take on the Rainier Mountaineers (73) in a non-league affair. The Rainiers were riding a five-game winning streak, and the Cruisers wanted to extend their own streak. The Cruisers snapped the Mountaineers’ streak and extended their own to three games with a 69-62 victory. After trailing by eight points at the half, the Cruisers made some adjustments at halftime and stormed back in the third period to trail by one, 44-43. “We did have to make some halftime adjustments: capitalize BOYS Page 5Æ
Network as affiliate
Town Hall meeting to gather ideas slated for Jan. 18 Courtesy Washington Main Street Network
Following a successful application last fall, the South Pierce County Historical Society became a Washington Main Street Affiliate, effective Jan. 1. Including this new organization in Eatonville, the Washington State Main Street Program’s network represents 69 towns and cities utilizing the nationally proven Main Street Four-Point Approach to revitalize their historic downtown districts across the state. “Community pride of place is just as important as a robust economy,” said Bob Walter, president of the South Pierce County Historical Society, in a news release. “Washington Main Street provides the strategic framework, the focus on historic character, and the resources for us to achieve both." Since 1984, the WSMSP has been helping communities revitalize the economy, HISTORICAL Page 5Æ