Category Archives: Culture

DB Cooper cyber sleuths adopt the Mountain News as a chat room

Editor’s Note: Life at the Mountain News is becoming downright spicy. Daily, new characters from the cyber section of Cooper World are appearing here to pontificate, trash talk, or otherwise rub elbows with fellow aficionados of the Hunt for DB … Continue reading

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Homelessness in Graham – an Update

Editor’s Note: The following piece is a continuation of author Wayne Cooke’s intial story about a Graham woman named Teresa and her family, who have been homeless for years. Wayne’s account, titled “Where Can Teresa Go?” appeared in these pages a year ago and triggered enormous … Continue reading

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So, what’s the story with the Mountain News?

By Bruce A. Smith As most readers know, there have been no postings on the Mountain News since last May. Several of you have been asking why, and welcoming me back when they read yesterday’s quirky piece on the bizarre-like … Continue reading

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Plenty of snow in the hills

By Bruce A. Smith Spring may be knocking on our door down here in the flat country, but there’s plenty of snow just above us. Earlier this week, Crystal Mountain Ski Area lost an entire chair lift system and its drive … Continue reading

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Yelm writer pens an account of her search for the feminine in a man’s world

by Bruce A. Smith  Cate Montana, a Yelm resident since 1989, has written a book exploring her life-long quest to find a healthy balance between power, success and her femininity. In my assessment, a read of Unearthing Venus, reveals that … Continue reading

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Obamacare gets started as government shuts down

By Bruce A. Smith  Today is the first day to register for Obamacare, known to pundits and bureaucrats as the Affordable Care Act. This historic moment is occurring at the same time as the federal government shuts down over a … Continue reading

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Local ties to new revelations about the downing of TWA Flight 800 in 1996

By Bruce A. Smith A dramatic – and surely shocking for many – documentary on the crash of Flight 800 is about to be shown on cable TV. In the July 17 broadcast, titled “TWA Flight 800,” six members of … Continue reading

Posted in Culture, Events, Politics, Spirituality | 7 Comments

Free film at Grand Cinema explores local filmmaker’s journey caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s

by Bruce A. Smith  Pierce County’s Office of Aging and Disability has announced a community awareness event on Alzheimer’s that includes a free showing of a film by Ann Hedreen and her experiences caring for a mother enveloped by the disease. … Continue reading

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Guns and Immigrants – an essay

by Bruce A. Smith  Editor’s Note:  Here we go again.  Since the Newton massacre I have been deluged with emails describing righteous shooting deaths in the defense of some person or belief.  Below is the latest.  All the emails come … Continue reading

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Attitude or Gratitude????

by Milt Gordon  October 1991, I was a volunteer fireman in California when my fire pager went off summoning me to a call.  I was to be part of a strike team being dispatched to the Oakland Hills fire – … Continue reading

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