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Theater fund-raising hits $5,000 mark
A community fund-raising drive is continuing in an effort to prevent the Roxy Theater in Eatonville from closing. Leaders of the effort reported last week that a little over $5,000…
Event for woman fighting cancer
An event is scheduled for Dec. 1 at Eatonville Dance Center to help raise money for Brandi Carey, a dance mom, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Melanie Rodewald…
Daily food runs help the hungry
By Ruth Ferris Contributing writer A year ago, the Eatonville Family Agency Board learned of an offer from Food LifeLine to partner with a nearby Fred Meyer store. A food…
One-vote victory for fire levy
Fire District 23′s levy appears to have passed by the slimmest of margins – one vote. The Pierce County elections department reported this week that 100 percent of the general-election…
Litzenberger is Daffodil royalty
Annelise Litzenberger will represent Eatonville High School in the 2013 Daffodil Festival. Litzenberger, chosen as the school’s princess Nov. 6, is one of 24 princesses from high schools throughout Pierce…
One school district’s surplus is another district’s gain
The Kent School District has partnered with the Eatonville School District by sharing 200 surplus laptops from its One-to-One program. The Kent district is the fourth-largest in the state with…
Town levy rejected; now what?
By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch Voters in Eatonville voters won’t let a boost of property taxes be the way the town improves its finances. In results from the general election…
County budget finalized
The Pierce County Council was expected to approve a final budget this week for 2013 with special earmarks for police protection, parks and financial rainy days. The budget was finalized,…
Missing snowboarders found alive
Two snowboarders stranded since Sunday on Mount Rainier by a winter storm have been rescued. Searchers found Derek Tyndall, 21, and Thomas Dalle, 20, on Tuesday morning. The search had…
Where there’s wood smoke, there’s trouble for lungs
As temperatures drop this fall and winter, smoke from homes will increase as people fire up woodstoves and fireplaces to keep warm. And that concerns Puget Sound Air Pollution Control…
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Community remembers 9/11 victims and rolls up sleeves
By Nancy Ardmore Contributing writer Last Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, while 178 people from the Eatonville area looked on, a special U.S. flag was raised on the Eatonville High School flag pole. What made this flag special was that the stripes on the flag contained all of the names of the victims who died [...]
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