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Feast your eyes and ears on Art Festival
Art and entertainment in the park is back again. For the 41st year, the Eatonvlle Lions Club will present its Art Festival this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Glacier View…
Political Buzz
Aug. 7 – election day – is the deadline for voting in the primary election. The Pierce County auditor’s elections department mailed ballots July 20 to registered voters, who can…
New assistant superintendent going coast to coast
Tracy Swartout, a 12-year veteran of the National Park Service, will go all the way across the continental U.S. for her next assignment. Swartout, the superintendent at Congaree National Park…
New member for Graham land-use panel
David Friscia has been named to the Graham Advisory Commission, a citizens’ group that makes recommendations Pierce County government officials on land-use issues. His appointment was ratified by the County…
Connie Hellyer, a Northwest Trek inspiration, dies at 97
Connie Hellyer, who with her husband donated land that became the Northwest Trek wildlife park, died Friday. She was 97. Hellyer, who lived in recent years in Puyallup and Tacoma,…
Crash claims driver’s life
An Eatonville man died after the pickup truck he was driving struck a tree Sunday on State Route 7. The State Patrol identified the motorist as Douglas S. Chappel, 40.…
Three days for junior football signups
Eatonville Junior Cruisers football players can register for the upcoming season and receive their gear July 30-31 and Aug. 1. Signups on any of the three days are scheduled for…
Free-roaming house cats are tough on wildlife
HOOK AND FUR By Bob Brown While humans are one of the greatest threats to wildlife, they are also responsible for another devastating threat to wild animal populations: The domestic…
Dreaded moths appear contained
Gypsy moth fighters think they’ve won two battles in Pierce County but are continuing the war against the insect the tree-wrecking insect. The state Department of Agriculture on June 21…
If you’re 18 to 35, here’s why you should vote
By Terri Baker The League of Women Voters, in concert with NAACP, is focusing on increasing the turnout of the 18 to 35-year-old voter this year. Carol Mitchell of TV…
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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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