• Philomath at Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath at Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath at Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath at Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS Principal Mark Henderson participated in the Polar Plunge for the first time. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath students react to the cold waters of the Willamette. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath at Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath at Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath High students smiles moments before taking the plunge. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • ASB adviser David Dunham shares information with the Philomath plungers. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Polar Plunge 2024 (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.