Category Archives: Graham News

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

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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.

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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.

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A Newbie in Graham – the guns of Graham

Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in an on-going series by a “newbie” to Graham,  Paula Morris.   Tall cedars, wooded land, open space, rural setting….quiet and tranquil, no busy highway noise, Mt. Rainier in the distance; were these … Continue reading

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Letters from Japan

   The following two letters come from a pair of Baptist missionaries stationed in Japan who traveled north to the stricken areas near Sendai.  They are part of an on-going exchange of information and prayers within this faith community, of … Continue reading

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A Newbie in Graham, a series

By Paula Morris   From a quiet suburb in Illinois I moved to what I thought was a tranquil, rural area in Graham WA for my retirement, never thinking that an area where one could raise chickens and goats could … Continue reading

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Pierce County Skills Center – impressive and inspiring

  The new Pierce County Skills Center, a regional vocational-technical high school administered by the Bethel School District, is off to a grand start in its inaugural year, particularly in its brand-new campus located in Frederickson.

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Profile: Margaret Franich and the Mountain Community Co-op of Eatonville

   Nestled on an Eatonville side-street, just off the main thoroughfare of Washington Ave, sits a diminutive but charming icon of healthy living – the Mountain Community Co-op.

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Events in Japan, and at home, help push locals towards self-reliance

  By Judy Spiers At 4:00 a.m. on Friday, March 11th, my brother phoned me from his home on the Oregon coast.  “There’s been a huge earthquake in Japan and a tsunami traveling at 500 mph per hour is supposed … Continue reading

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Family and friends, cops and fire fighters, gather to mourn fallen deputy

  Over 500 police and local firefighters joined with family and friends at the Champions Centre in Tacoma, Friday, to commemorate Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Shandon Wright.

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