Category Archives: Entertainment

New web cam service shows view from Camp Muir and Paradise Visitors’ Center

BAS Editor’s Note:  The National Park Service sent the following press release to the Mountain News describing their remarkable new web cam service, showing views of many popular sites on Mount Rainier.  We offer it here as a public service … Continue reading

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Fifth Annual Graham Jam delivers family fun – and a message

  After dodging an early morning deluge this Saturday, Graham Jam, the annual mid-summer romp at Frontier Park unfolded under pleasant, sunny summer skies.

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4th of July celebrated in glorious Americana style in south Pierce County

  The celebration of Independence Day – the 4th of July – was conducted in its full Americana glory in south Pierce County this weekend, from the magnificent summer sunshine to wondrous fireworks displays, and capped by the Eatonville parade.

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Friday Night Folktales – The Day the Sun Stopped Shining

by Bruce A. Smith When I awoke, it had already happened.  Getting out of bed at my usual time, 7 a.m., I felt as I often did – groggy.  But I heard people outside my opened window and that cleared … Continue reading

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Friday Night Funnies – “Nice Guys”

by Bruce A. Smith I didn’t see their arrival when the three Colorado cowboys entered the Steamboat Springs aprés-ski bar.  Nor did I hear my friend whisper, “Who let those damn cowboys in?”

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Rainier Independent Film Festival enchants in Ashford

  The 5th Annual Rainier Independent Film Festival brought three days of quality feature films and shorts, plus a bevy of documentaries and cinematic workshops to Ashford this weekend.  However, the festival had to compete with blue skies and blazing … Continue reading

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Japanese TV crew in area filming DB Cooper episode

by Bruce A. Smith A Japanese TV film crew has been in the area this week, and on Thursday they interviewed me on the topic of DB Cooper – the legendary skyjacker who parachuted into the night air over western Washington … Continue reading

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Holiday weekend activites herald lots of summer fun

  Although the Memorial Day Weekend has its origins as a time to commemorate wartime casualties, it has also come to represent the beginning of summer.  We may not have gotten much summertime weather, but the festivals and special events, … Continue reading

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Comedy night at JR Whistle Stop delivers the laughs in Spanaway

  A packed house got their money’s worth of comedy last Thursday at JR’s Whistle Stop restaurant in Spanaway.  Over the past several months, owner John Reynolds (the JR) has brought professional comedy acts to his three-year old restaurant in … Continue reading

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Mariners a powerful magnet for baseball fans throughout region

  Although an unusual six-game winning streak has propelled the Seattle Mariners out of last place in the Western Division, many of the baseball fans heading to Safeco Field these days may not care, ironically, because they’re going to root for … Continue reading

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