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Retirement delayed for interim job
Eatonville School District superintendent Rich Stewart put his retirement plans on hold last week by accepting an appointment to be interim superintendent of Chimacum School District. Officials in the Chimacum…
Fastpitch honors for Cruisers, Braves
Four local high school fastpitch players, headed by Nisqually League Most Valuable Player K.K. Voss of Eatonville, were named to the first teams of the respective all-league teams for the…
Business and union challenges
As always, I enjoy the editorials from Don C. Brunell and Adele Ferguson. I am sorry that the Teen Focus column is begin discontinued. In response to the gentleman of…
Cruisers in Washington-Idaho hoops showcase
Two members of Eatonville High School’s 2012-13 girls basketball team and their coach will participate in a two-state all-star game Saturday. Hailey Latherow, who graduated this month, and KK Voss,…
Cancer-stricken black bear euthanized
A black bear at Northwest Trek that had terminal cancer for nearly two years was euthanized last week. The 22-year-old female bear suffered from a mammary gland tumor, first diagnosed…
Ranger was ‘desensitized’ to danger
By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch A Mount Rainier National Park ranger fell to his death last year while helping rescue mountain climbers because he’d become “desensitized” to the dangers in…
Graduates: Enjoy high school, because it goes quickly
By Shannon Hirska Contributing writer An unprecedented total of five students earned the title of valedictorian at Eatonville High School for the class of 2013. Josh Bennett, Zach Fairhart, Ryan…
Allergy season in full bloom
By Lawrence Larson Contributing writer Every year, when the buds begin to sprout on the flowering pear tree outside my office, people soon show up inside my office with runny…
Ticks are unfortunate part of the outdoors
HOOK AND FUR By Bob Brown Unlike the northeastern, mid-Atlantic and north central states, Washington is not inundated with ticks and has relatively few cases of tick-borne disease. But each…
Soccer camp slated for Sprinker
Pierce County Parks and Recreation will host a one-week soccer camp at Sprinker Recreation Center June 24-28 for boys and girls 6 to 17 years old. Heading the camp is…
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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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