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Category Archives: Wayne Cooke
The Project to Fix a Bad Road – the Graham Hill Section of SR 161
By Bruce A. Smith First of a series. The Accident, Thursday October 6, 2016, 6:30 pm: As I crested over the top of Graham Hill I could see a line of three cars stopped in front of me. I slammed … Continue reading
Posted in Graham News, Health, Politics, Wayne Cooke
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Open Letter to Jim McCune on homelessness – from Wayne Cooke, Graham community activist
Open Letter to Pierce County Councilmember Jim McCune, District 3 By Wayne Cooke Re: Homelessness Dear Jim, I have spent many hours researching our “homeless problem,” sparked by my friendship with a young homeless couple from Graham. As our representative, … Continue reading
Posted in Eatonville News, Graham News, Kapowsin, Parkland, Politics, Puyallup, Roy News, South Hill, Spanaway, Uncategorized, Wayne Cooke, Yelm News
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Don Wayne Keehoty misses the mark in Graham
By Wayne Cooke Don Keehoty was a quiet man, a dreamer who liked to fix squeaky doors. When he and his wife moved to Graham in 1995, he found no local newspaper. He fixed that by putting out a neighborhood … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Graham News, Wayne Cooke
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An Open-Letter to Graham and the Mountain News-WA Community
by Wayne Cooke Editor’s Note: Wayne Cooke is a long-time community activist in Graham, and is a former Board member of the Graham-Kapowsin Community Council. In addition to being a former elementary school teacher in the Bethel, Franklin Pierce … Continue reading
Posted in Bethel News, Cops and courts, Culture, Family, Frederickson, Graham News, Kapowsin, Politics, Wayne Cooke
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A short history of the Morse Wildlife Preserve
By Wayne Cooke In the middle of Graham lies the Morse Wildlife Preserve, an idyllic area totaling 238 acres. Located on 70th Ave, its central portions straddle the headwaters of Muck Creek. Originally a homestead and farm of the Morse family, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Graham News, Nature, Wayne Cooke
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Homelessness in Graham – an Update
Editor’s Note: The following piece is a continuation of author Wayne Cooke’s intial story about a Graham woman named Teresa and her family, who have been homeless for years. Wayne’s account, titled “Where Can Teresa Go?” appeared in these pages a year ago and triggered enormous … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Family, Graham News, Politics, Uncategorized, Wayne Cooke
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Where can Teresa go? – An interview with a homeless mother and daughter
~ By Wayne Cooke As I drove into the Graham Post Office parking lot to mail a letter, I waved to a middle-aged woman and her teen-aged daughter. After depositing the letter, I walked over to them. The mother is named … Continue reading
Posted in Graham News, Wayne Cooke
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