🌱 How a Yelm senior earned national honors despite drama program cuts
Yelm, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Yelm! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Yelm senior earned national honors despite drama program cuts
- What’s driving the renewed buzz at Yelm’s farmers market this season?
- How a suspected impaired driver sheared a power pole near Yelm
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 70 and low of 51 degrees.
- Thursday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, temps: high: 71, low: 46.
- Friday: Cooler with showers around, with a high of 61 and low of 47 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. YHS senior Sophia Mohrweis named semi-finalist for U.S. Presidential Scholars Program (yelmonline.com) — A Yelm High School senior, Sophia Mohrweis, has been named a semi-finalist in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program’s arts category, placing her among just 671 students nationwide. Her recognition follows years of leadership in YHS drama, local theater, Poetry Out Loud, and FFA, even as school arts programs faced funding cuts and shutdowns. 
2. Top Local News – Thurston County – May 31, 2026 (thurstontalk.com) — Yelm residents can look forward to a busier farmers market this season, as organizers report renewed interest from growers and artisans and are finalizing layouts and safety plans. The broader Thurston County roundup also covers hiring trends, transportation work, housing proposals, and wildfire preparedness that could affect local commutes, jobs, and emergency planning.
3. Driver suspected of DUI crashes into power pole, Thurston County Sheriff says (theolympian.com) — A driver suspected of DUI crashed into a power pole Sunday afternoon in the Yelm-area stretch of Neat Road Southeast, shearing the pole and leaving it hanging by its lines. Deputies say the 32-year-old, who allegedly blew about three times the legal alcohol limit and lacked a required ignition interlock, was taken to a hospital and then booked into jail.
4. Thurston Chronicle's 2026 All-Area Softball Team (yelmonline.com) — Yelm softball standouts Bailey Mounts, Paityn Powell, and pitcher Leticea Romo were all named to the Thurston Chronicle’s 2026 All-Area Softball Team after leading the Tornados’ offense and pitching staff. Their strong stats and league honors underscore how competitive Yelm’s program has become against larger Thurston County schools.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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