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From September 28th, 2002 Archive

 

Lakeside Welcomes Coach Matthew Fleury

 

Lakeside gives a warm welcome to Matthew Fleury, the new Chess coach at the middleschool. Coach Fleury is a highly recommended coach by the former chess teacher Ollie LaFreniere and by many other schools. Coach Fleury has been involved in Scholastic Chess since 1989 and has led one of the Lakeside alumni through board 3 in the 2002 Washington State High School Championship. We look forward to having Coach Fleury as the Lakeside Middleschool Coach.

 

 

Lakeside Loses Legend: Ollie LaFreniere

 

This Fall, Lakeside lost a long time friend and mentor: Ollie LaFreniere. Mr. LaFreniere invested 50 years to educate Washington's children in the game of Chess. He was a very devoted coach to the kids at Lakeside and has been with Lakeside for numerous years and has been the biggest part of the Chess community. Last year, Mr. LaFreniere led the Lakeside team to the 1st place trophy at the Washington State Tournament.

Click here for the Seattle Times article on Mr. LaFreniere.