Live blogging the Mat Classic XXIII in the Tacoma Dome! (While we can)

Saturday's results:
Gunnar Doggett - State Champion! 

Congratulations to Gunnar and the Liberty Bell wrestling team.

Taylor Woodruff (103) and Chuck Meyers (160) both bringing home 3rd place wins. Congratulations! Gunnar Doggett goes for the gold tonight.

Friday's results: 
7:50 pm 
Chuck Myers wins the Consolation Match. One  more tomorrow and he could bring home the third place win. Go Chuck!

6 pm
Gunnar Doggett wins again, 4-2 against Kaare Anderson. Tomorrow he goes for the big win!

5 pm
Colton Skelton lost his second match to Randy Gross, 4-3. He competes tomorrow for third place in his weight class. Cheering for Colton!

4:30 pm
Taylor Woodruff lost to Blayne Edwards, on a Technical Fall 15-0. He competes for third place in his weight class tomorrow. Taylor pride!

12:07 pm

Chuck Myers lost his first match, 6-4, and will compete in the Consolation Bracket. Rootin' for Chuck!

Noonish

Gunnar Doggett won his first match with a Technical Fall, 15-0. Way to go, Gunnar! 

11:14 am

Colton Skelton won his first match with a pin in the third period. Go Colton!

10:28 am

Taylor Woodruff won his first match 7-4 in the 103-pound class. Yay!

The return of winter?

Keep your fingers crossed, snow lovers, as the forecast looks promising for a return to winter that could provide a break from the dreary drizzle of the last few days. Single digit temps and some precipitation falling as flakes could be just the ticket for the valley as we head into the holiday weekend and Seattle's mid-winter school break.
Has La Nina been La Nada, or is winter coming back?

Paul

Innocent until proven guilty?

It has come to the editor's attention that at least three Methow Valley residents subscribe to a weekly newspaper from a neighboring town solely because that newspaper includes names in its police blotter of people arrested and charged with a crime, and they want to know who their "bad neighbors" are.

It has been the policy of the Methow Valley News to include names only after a person has been convicted of a crime – except in the case of serious or very public incidents – under the belief that people are innocent until proven guilty, and by associating a person's name with an unproven charge forever links that person with that alleged crime, even if they are later acquitted. Arrest records are public; anyone may get the information from them from law enforcement agencies.

What do you think? Do you favor a no-holds-barred policy of your local paper listing names of all people arrested and charged with a crime, or do you prefer the current policy of waiting for a conviction to make the names public in the newspaper? Would that change if you were arrested for something?

– John Hanron

Cool, a blog. Finally there's something to do around here.
Sue

Deadline day

It's a full house here at the News office today as we work on another issue of the MVN (somewhere in the neighborhood of number 5,600-plus). Tuesday is the day when it all comes together with an evening deadline looming until we fire an electronic copy down to the World press in Wenatchee. We are 16-pages this week so there will be more to read and more paper to start your fire with....
Also, check another addition to the website: our Gallery that will feature photos not found in the paper from recent events.

Cheers,

Paul

Welcome to The Snooze!

You've found a blog soon to contain observations, thoughts and whimsical musings from the staff at the Methow Valley News. This in-house posting board is part of our efforts to expand the paper's online offerings and go beyond the printed issue. The Snooze is a work in progress and we're not entirely sure what direction it will ultimately go – hopefully it will take many different paths.
 
Readers of The Snooze will be able to respond to posts, even anonymously, if desired. This aspect of cyber-communication is new terrain for us in the printed page world. We'll see how it goes, and instead of laying out the standard guidelines for appropriate commentary, we'll initially trust that folks will respond with respect and thoughtfulness. Of course, there is always the delete button, not that anyone at the News desires to oversee this blog 24/7.
 
So, thanks for visiting the site and, like so many things in life, we'll see where all of this goes.
Stay tuned!

Paul Butler
Publisher