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Drive for the Fourth begins
For Audrey Thompson, Karen Woodcock and Debbie Gayman, it’s never too early to be thinking about the Fourith of July. The three businesswomen are once again in their annual ramp-up…
Nisqually Tribe recruiting Stream Steward trainees
The Nisqually Tribe is offering free Nisqually Stream Stewards training beginning June 5. Weekly classes will take place on Wednesdays until late July, with four additional field trips on Saturdays.…
A star on the junior livestock circuit
By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch At the age of 11, Ryan Rogers has built a dynasty in the Northwest Junior Livestock Show and Sale. For the third year in a…
Four in race to become new mayor
Four people – two of them Town Council members, plus the elected town treasurer and an ex-fire chief – hope to replace Eatonville Mayor Ray Harper, who won’t run for…
Former State Patrol chief tapped for county post
Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy has named Lowell Porter, former chief of the State Patrol, to lead the county’s Department of Emergency Management. Porter succeeds Steve Bailey, who retired in…
And baby makes 17
A wobbly-legged baby bison was born April 28 at Northwest Trek, becoming the 17th bison at the Eatonville-area wildlife park. There’s also a new lamb – born May 6 –…
Park trims visitor center and camping
Two popular campgrounds will open later, a visitor center won’t open at all, and fewer people will be working at Mount Rainier National Park this summer as a result of…
National spotlight on libraries’ literacy work
Pierce County Library System’s efforts to advance early learning and be a “cornerstone of the communty” had the attention last Wednesday of the nation, including the president’s wife. During a…
Student-produced documentary stirs environmental concscience
By Leah Traxel Contributing writer When rain falls on natural soil, it gets soaked up by the land and filtered as it sinks underground. However, on paved roads and urbanized…
For 87th year, Community Day unites schools and public
Nearly 90 years of community togetherness had its latest incarnation last Friday during Community Day in Eatonville. The 87th annual event, sponsored by Eatonville School District, featured dancing, displays, awards…
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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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