Category Archives: Spirituality

Working for Santa Claus

~  After arriving in Yelm from my home in New York in 1991, I decided to go for the adventure of outrageous experience rather than finding a job that paid me enough money to pay the bills.  Yup, I took … Continue reading

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Profile: Anthony Latoski and his efforts to heal a heart attack with focused thought

by Bruce A. Smith  In March 2006, Yelm resident Anthony Latoski suffered a heart attack.  He was 42 years old.

Posted in Culture, People Profiles, Remarkable men and women, Science and Technology, Self Reliance, Spirituality, Yelm News | 3 Comments

Tari Parker’s Column: An Airport Adventure

~  Technology eludes me.  I have a generator and a shortwave radio, a video camera, and a cell phone – none of which I know how to operate.

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Judy’s Column: Prosperity and Thanksgiving

By Judy Spiers  I used to believe that good news and events, or even gifts, were what made me happy.  The trouble is that when these were gone so was my happiness.  Expectations based in materialism can be fleeting because … Continue reading

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Former NTCC church worker convicted on child rape charges

by Bruce A. Smith  Michael Fontenot, a former lay minister of the New Testament Christian Church in Graham, and also a part-time choir leader and the former publisher of the church’s pamphlet, The Trumpet, has been convicted on child rape … Continue reading

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A deeper look at the South Hill – Graham homicide: a profile of Cori Lewis

  Although the homicide of Cori Lewis has triggered an enormous interest in the life of her confessed murderer, Kelly Merz, very little is actually known about the deceased.

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The New Testament Christian Church of Graham: an overview

by Bruce A. Smith  A look inside the “church behind the fence”  Across a sloping field along the Orting-Kapowsin Highway in Graham sprawls the world headquarters of the New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc.  Embracing an old-fashioned style of religion … Continue reading

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Remembering 9-11 — Our stories

  A few days ago, one of my cousins in New York City, Justin, sent me a photograph he had recently taken aboard a power boat sailing in New York Harbor.  It featured an American flag fluttering over the stern, … Continue reading

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Reflections on Mother’s Day – “Connections”

by Paula Morris   Connections I have been reflecting lately on how it came to be that “relationships” have been supplanted in our psyche by “things.”

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Puyallup Aglow a place of comfort and fellowship

by Bev Marshall, Orting correspondent to the Mountain News  Women, and some men, too, come to Puyallup Aglow meetings from areas beyond the city boundary, such as Graham, Orting, Sumner, Eatonville; even as far away as Vashon Island.  It’s a … Continue reading

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