The Columbia Press
May 27, 2022
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WHS track places fourth at state championships in Eugene
Warrenton High School
Boys Track and Field placed
fourth at the Oregon School
Activities Association State
Championships in Eugene.
Warrenton sent 12 athletes
to the competition, held at
the University of Oregon’s
historic (and updated) Hay-
ward Field.
Warrenton athletes repre-
sented their community and
school exceptionally well
during the two days of com-
petition, Athletic Director
Ian O’Brien said.
Individual highlights:
•Zander Moha, senior, won
first place in the 3,000-meter
dash, breaking his previous
school record with a historic
run of 8:57.18. He also placed
first in the 1,500-meter with
a time of 4:13.37.
•Hunter Xochipiltecatl, ju-
nior, placed second in jave-
placed fifth in the 400-meter
race.
•Erik Cooley, senior, was
fourth in the 300-meter hur-
dles.
•The 4-by-100-meter team
of Niles Gramson, Zakk
Baseball, softball at first state games
lin. Jorge Lopez, senior, was
eighth in the Javelin.
•Niles Gramson, senior,
placed seventh in the 3A pole
vault.
•Collin Klebe, junior, placed
seventh in the high jump.
•Phoenix Martin, senior,
Senior program says goodbye to head cook
By Emma Edwards
The Columbia Press
Lorna Anderson, the cook
for Warrenton Senior Citi-
zens Inc., has retired after 8
½ years.
She was 66 when she took
on the role. She’s handing the
baton – or in this case a long
wooden spoon – off to her re-
placement, Chris Grant, who
starts his tenure at age 66.
His first official day in the
kitchen will be Tuesday, June
7, when the senior meal pro-
gram returns to Warrenton
Community Center.
When asked what she plans
to do in retirement, she said
she plans to do nothing on
Mondays (the meal program
previously was held Mondays
and Thursdays).
“I’ll wake up when I want
to and do whatever I feel like
doing,” Anderson said.
Her weeks have been
Lundberg, Phoenix Martin,
and Erik Cooley came in sev-
enth.
•The 4-by-400-meter team
of Zander Moha, Phoenix
Martin, Erik Cooley, and
Zakk Lundberg came in fifth.
Emma Edwards
Lorna Anderson (in red apron) stands with her kitchen crew, left
to right, Carol Farmer, Mitch Miller, and Nancy Jacobson.
planned for approximately
200 Mondays.
“No more,” she said.
She does plan to contin-
ue babysitting Violet, age
6, and knows that they will
have many adventures in the
woods near her house and
have more time to enjoy Vio-
let’s active imagination.
As for the rest of her time,
she wants to do more garden-
ing, photography, theater,
and painting.
Warrenton High School’s
baseball and softball teams
both qualified for the state
playoffs.
The baseball team hosted
Medford’s St. Mary’s High on
Wednesday in the first round
of Oregon School Activities
Association Class 3A Baseball
Playoffs.
The softball team traveled
to Harrisburg High School
for the 1st Round of the
OSAA State Softball Playoffs
on Wednesday.
Unfortunately, both teams
lost their games. The boys
team’s score was 2-3; the
girls score was 1-5.
A Turn for the Verse
Error Prone
by Kevin Ahern
My friend’s a typochondriac
That’s bad, for goodness
sake
Because it means that she’s
afraid
Of making a mistake