Category Archives: Events

Stories from Backstage – Arlo Guthrie

by Bruce A. Smith  Today’s temperatures in the 60s, our first warm day of the year, brought out the motorcycles and as I rode home from Tacoma in my current mode of transport – as a passenger in a comfy Ford Taurus … Continue reading

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Mother Earth Farm in Orting prepares for spring planting with draft horse plowing

   Special to the Mountain News What is one of the first steps required to get 150,000 pounds of fresh, organic produce to local food banks?  Plowing the soil, of course!

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Climbing rangers at Mount Rainier receive awards for valor during 2002 rescues

 Special to the Mountain News The national spotlight that was placed upon Mount Rainier National Park over the past few months – first in the tragic shooting death of NPS Ranger Margaret Anderson, and then days later in the dramatic … Continue reading

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Suspects in the DB Cooper skyjacking – sketches, pictures and comparisons

by Bruce A. Smith As part of the resurgent investigation into the DB Cooper skyjacking case, there has been a recent effort by private sleuths to show pictures of the various suspects to the passengers from the hijacked aircraft. Here … Continue reading

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Stories from Backstage – Neil Diamond

Note:  From 1999 until 2006 I was a theatrical stagehand in Nashville and Seattle.  I also went on a few brief tours with Cavalia, the Cirque Du Soleil spin-off that is currently performing in Marymoor Park.  Key Arena, Seattle – 2006 … Continue reading

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Countdown to the Oscars includes unusual move to nominate an over-looked actor

by Bruce A. Smith  The 84th Academy Awards will be awarded on February 26, and there is a surprising campaign surging within the film industry to nominate an actor that has been overlooked heretofore.  The circumstances surrounding this omission are … Continue reading

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Rick Santorum speaks in Tacoma

 by Bruce A. Smith  If you believe you’re part of the “Real America,” you probably would have enjoyed the 45-minute speech Rick Santorum delivered Monday night in downtown Tacoma.

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Chocolate Stroll a huge success in Orting

by Bruce A. Smith  Carrying goodie bags filled with chocolate candies, dozens of parents and kids – and a goodly gaggle of middle-aged women out for a lark – flooded the downtown core of Orting on Saturday afternoon for the … Continue reading

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Remembering Charlie and Braden Powell

  Over the past week, a handful of Puyallup-area school teachers began collecting stories about Charlie, 7, and Braden, 5, Powell, the two boys killed by their father, Josh Powell, on February 5 near Graham.

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A piece of remarkable history, courage and truth – a letter from a former slave to his former master at the end of the Civil War

Columnist Tari Parker has sent the Mountain News the following article, excerpted from a larger Huffington Post story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/in-recently-discovered-le_n_1247288.html?ref=mostpopular It is a letter from a former slave, Jourdon Anderson to his former master, Colonel P.H. Anderson, of Big Spring, Tennessee, … Continue reading

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