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3 dead locally in 2 separate domestic violence episodes
Editor’s Note: These deaths bring to fifteen, the number of domestic violence homicides and corresponding suicides that I have covered as a reporter in the past three years in Graham, Eatonville, Roy, Spanaway and Kapowsin. An Eatonville couple died Sunday afternoon … Continue reading
Posted in Cops and courts, Eatonville News, Roy News
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Bev’s rhubarb pie
Editor’s Note: Today, The Mountain News welcomes award-winning baker, Beverly Marshall of Orting, to these pages. Besides being a master of pastries, Bev is also a former journalist with the Orting Gazette, and we are honored to have Bev join … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Orting, People Profiles, Recipes
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Update from Japan – the emotional strain
Editor’s Note: The following letter is an update on the situation in Japan that was written by a Baptist missionary named John Armagost. His message comes to The Mountain News via Carol Wright of Graham, who received it through … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Events, Nature, Self Reliance
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Friday Night Funny – A Good Samaritan in Tucson
Maybe it’s the genetics, but my family and I go nuts when we drive into an airport.
Posted in Friday Night Funny
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Celebrating baseball
Editor’s Note: Major League Baseball started the 2011 season yesterday with a few select teams, and today the Seattle Mariners begin their campiagn in Oakland. They’ll have their home-opener next Thursday against Cleveland at Safeco Field, and this short … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Entertainment
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Newbie in Graham – retirement has issues…
By Paula Morris I lived a driven life prior to retiring. I worked part-time as an R.N., did practicum work toward my doctorate and maintained a part-time counseling practice on weekends. Combined with this were homework and classroom studies, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Graham News, Self Reliance
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Learning from Japan – embracing the seven tasks of self-reliance
Editor’s Note: After Japan, people are asking what they can do to prepare for emergencies. In the media we see that millions near the epicenter are struggling with obtaining the basics of life – food, water and adequate shelter, … Continue reading
Town Hall meetings reveal a calming political mood
Last Saturday, the triumvirate of 2nd LD legislators completed a two-week series of Town Hall meetings held throughout the district, and their words and tone reveal that the angry rhetoric of the past eighteen months has dissipated.
Posted in Eatonville News, Frederickson, Graham News, Politics, Roy News, Spanaway, Yelm News
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Mutts are “magnificent” at Pierce County Farigrounds
A lively crowd braved a chilling rain Saturday to celebrate canine friendship at the 7th Annual Most Magnificent Mutt Show, held on the grounds of the Pierce County Fair at Frontier Park in Graham.
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Events, Graham News, Pets and livestock
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Friday Night Funny – Shoelaces
Editor’s Note: Tonight begins a regular feature of the Mountain News on Friday nights – a piece of humor: At first, I thought it was the rain. My new home of Yelm, Washington receives over sixty inches of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Friday Night Funny
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