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Power outage hits Eatonville area
Parts of the Eatonville area were without electricity for several hours Tuesday because of problems with a power substation The outage, which began in the morning, was continuing well into…
.30-30 is the grandfather of hunting rifles
HOOK AND FUR By Bob Brown Except for the .30-06 Springfield, there probably has been more printed matter published about Winchester’s Model 1894 rifle and its .30-30 cartridge than any…
Town employees give extra during tough times
By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch With a budget that wasn’t stretching far enough, the town of Eatonville needed some fiscal relief – and is getting it from its employees. Park…
Preps have fall on their minds
Monday was the first official day of practice for fall high school sports teams not wearing helmets and pads. Locally, Eatonville, Bethel and Graham-Kapowsin student-athletes in cross country, boys tennis,…
After 10-plus years of seatbelt law, we can still do better
By Guy Gill It has been over ten years since driving/riding in a vehicle without wearing a seatbelt became a primary traffic offense in Washington State. In that time period,…
Last of bookmobiles coming to a stop
Pierce County Lbrary System’s bookmobiles, already eliminated in rural areas, will end entirely by the end of this year. As of Aug. 31, the Explorer Kids’ Bookmobile will stop serving…
Political Buzz
Kim Wyman, a Republican candidate for Washington secretary of state, is scheduled to speak at the Sept. 5 meeting of the Second and 29th Districts Republican Club. The meeting, open to…
Jean Yeager
Jean Anne Yeager, born on Oct. 5, 1954 in Tacoma, Wash., unexpectedly passed away on Aug. 8, 2012. The room overflowed with family, the smell of lavender, and Celtic music…
Rosa Hibbard
Rosa Hibbard went to be with the Lord on Aug. 11, 2012. She was born in Wapato, Wash. on Oct. 4, 1919 and moved to Eatonville with her family when…
Kids’ volleyball, flag football teams forming
Bethel Recreation is accepting registration for third through sixth-grade flag football and girls volleyball teams. The cost is $40 per child, and the deadline for registering is Sept. 1. Online…
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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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