Category Archives: Yelm News

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

Posted on December 9, 2011 by brucesmith49

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

Profile: Gloria Peach, hypnotherapist and hand-writing analyst

Posted on December 5, 2011 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith One of the advantages of advanced age is that one has had the time to experience many aspects of life – multiple careers, marriage, motherhood and a spiritual quest.

Posted in Business, People Profiles, Remarkable men and women, Yelm News | 4 Comments

Profile: The Acorn and Rose Puppet Theater and its founder Molly Piper

Posted on September 9, 2011 by brucesmith49

Molly Piper has worked as an artist and children’s author since the 1980’s, and in 2009 she created the Acorn & Rose Puppet Theater in Yelm. She has given shows and workshops for libraries, schools, museums and homes throughout … Continue reading →

Posted in Bethel News, Business, Culture, Entertainment, Folk tales and stories, People Profiles, Remarkable men and women, Yelm News | 16 Comments

Innovative solar hot water heater delivers inexpensive heat to the Pacific Northwest

Posted on May 7, 2011 by brucesmith49

A thrilled crowd in Yelm Thursday evening viewed an innovative solar hot water heater that delivers enough hot water to heat a home or a greenhouse- even in wintertime. Even more exciting, the heating device was not some pie-in-the-sky prototype … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Environment, Nature, Remarkable men and women, Self Reliance, Yelm News | 6 Comments

Friday Night Funnies – A Full Moon and Fig Newtons

Posted on April 22, 2011 by brucesmith49

I saw her first at the Chaco Canyon Ranger Station. Lean, dark haired, and replete with a harelip, her visage cut to my deepest longings. My knees went weak and I clutched the ranger’s counter for stability. Why haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, Culture, Entertainment, Friday Night Funny, Yelm News | 3 Comments

Thousands enjoy Easter Egg Hunt at Wilcox Farm

Posted on April 16, 2011 by brucesmith49

Over two-thousand children and their families came to the 2nd Annual Wilcox Family Farm Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, and enjoyed the day-long festivities under gradually clearing skies.

Posted in Business, Culture, Entertainment, Environment, Events, Self Reliance, Yelm News | 4 Comments

Town Hall meetings reveal a calming political mood

Posted on March 26, 2011 by brucesmith49

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.

Posted in Eatonville News, Frederickson, Graham News, Politics, Roy News, Spanaway, Yelm News | 2 Comments

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

Posted on March 12, 2011 by brucesmith49

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 →

Posted in Eatonville News, Environment, Graham News, Nature, Self Reliance, Yelm News | Tagged Japan and self-reliance, Praying for Japan | 2 Comments

And now, a bit of humor…

Posted on March 10, 2011 by brucesmith49

Editor’s note: The term “flying saucer” was coined in 1947 by local media when Yelm aviator Kenneth Arnold announced that he had just seen seven disk-shaped craft flying near Mount Rainier. This story is dedicated to Mr. Arnold and … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Mount Rainier, Yelm News | Tagged UFOs and psychotherapy | 1 Comment

Record cold turns roads treacherous

Posted on February 25, 2011 by brucesmith49

A record-setting cold has turned two day’s worth of snow and slush on our roadways into dangerous slabs of ice. Olympia Airport recorded a record-low of 8 degrees at 6:54 am on Friday morning. The previous low had been … Continue reading →