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Chaos and anger envelop CooperCon 24 as Eric Ulis struggles to settle past debts

Posted on July 27, 2024 by brucesmith49

by Bruce A. Smith The DB Cooper Conference scheduled for November 15-17, 2024 is engulfed in controversy as host and organizer, Eric Ulis, struggles to pay the 2023 venue – Seattle’s Museum of Flight – for rent and supplies from … Continue reading →

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A Covid Journal – Day 10 – Friday, March 20, 2020

Posted on March 20, 2020 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Another beautiful day in Paradise! Nights are nippy, though, dipping down to the low 30s. But daytime temps here in Eatonville are hitting 60. If it wasn’t for Covid, I’d be worried about climate change and … Continue reading →

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A Covid Journal – Day 3 of My Self-Quarantine

Posted on March 13, 2020 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Snow? You-gotta-be-kidding-me! I awoke this morning to a couple inches of slushy, white stuff. Yesterday was springtime, but today I’m back in the wet slog of winter – just as the World is Coming to an … Continue reading →

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Graham-Kapowsin Community Council to hold 17th Annual EXPO in Graham

Posted on February 29, 2020 by brucesmith49

Special to the Mountain News From Carol Victoria Wright The Graham-Kapowsin Community Council’s 17th annual fundraiser, Graham Home & Garden EXPO is Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 10-4 pm at Frontier Park Lodge (21718 Meridian E, Graham, WA). We are … Continue reading →

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CooperCon 2019 a rousing success

Posted on November 25, 2019 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Nearly one-hundred DB Cooper enthusiasts gathered Saturday, November 23, to hear from investigatory experts in America’s only unsolved skyjacking – and to share their own theories and offer opinions. Drawn to the Kiggins Theater in downtown … Continue reading →

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DB Cooper Conference is gearing up to celebrate the 48th Anniversary – and to continue the investigation of America’s only unsolved skyjacking

Posted on August 19, 2019 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Noted DB Cooper investigator and impresario, Eric Ulis, has announced that CooperCon 2019 will be held in Vancouver, Washington on November 22-24, at the Kiggins Theater. This year’s event extravaganza will be an expansion of the … Continue reading →

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DB Cooper Boat Tours to Visit Tina Bar and PDX

Posted on June 23, 2019 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith AHOY, all DB Cooper enthusiasts! You will have a chance to sail on the Columbia River past the primary DB Cooper landmarks next Saturday and Sunday, June 29-30. This includes Tina Bar, where some of the … Continue reading →

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Interview with a SAGE radar operator as investigations intensify in the DB Cooper Case

Posted on May 11, 2019 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Concerns about the flight path abound in the DB Cooper case despite the 47-years since the iconic skyjacking occurred, and the closing the case in 2016 by the FBI due to a lack of any new … Continue reading →

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Movie and TV reviews – Focus on Hulu

Posted on March 24, 2019 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith The two primary streaming services in the nation, Netflix and Hulu, are quite different from each other. Netflix focuses on feature-length projects and TV series, much of it done in-house or under contract to independent production … Continue reading →

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Movie Reviews: Worthy Shows at Netflix

Posted on March 22, 2019 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith The streaming services Netflix and Hulu are releasing hundreds of new shows every year. However, the algorithms that are supposed to sort out which ones we would like to see, based upon our past viewing selections, … Continue reading →

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