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School safety subject of public meeting
Eatonville School District officials will host a public meeting Feb. 19 to update the community on efforts to keep schools and students safe. The meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at…
Enough squeezing of voters on ballot deadlines
Pat Jenkins Dispatch editor If you’re like me and you’re a little tired of being told when you must vote, potential new state legislation could further chafe your sense of…
Clifford Ira Hurley
Cliff Hurley died suddenly on Feb. 2, 2013 on a hiking trail at Quinault Lake at the age of 82. Cliff was born Sept. 22, 1930 in Raymond, Wash. He…
New assessor-treasurer trying to lift moods
By Pat Jenkins The Dispatch As elected officeholders in Pierce County go, the assessor-treasurer is usually the least noticed. Except when tax statements are being distributed to property owners, the…
All-Nisqually mat squad includes Cruisers
Seven of Eatonville High School’s grapplers were named to the All-Nisqually League team for the 2012-13 season. They include Austin Hayes at 113 pounds, A.J. Eversaul (120), Oscar Trinidad (132),…
13-year-old student arrested after alleged threats
An Eatonville Middle School student was arrested last Friday on suspicion of threatening other students with violence. The student, a 13-year-old boy in the eighth grade, compiled a “kill and…
Agency’s new director gets answer to ‘prayer’
By Ruth Ferris Contributing writer As the long-term director of the Eatonville Family Agency was retiring, the need for its services was continuing to climb. The agency had given out…
2,254 apartments, 433 houses part of smoke-free program
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department has 122 reasons to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its Smoke-Free Housing Pierce County program. Thea’s Landing was the 122nd property to join the department’s registry…
Six Eagles, seven Cruisers in Mat Classic
Mat Classic XV, the holy grail of high school wrestling’s 2012-13 high school wrestling season, will include strong representation from the Graham-Kapowsin Eagles and the Eatonville Cruisers. Graham-Kapowsin will have…
Ohop Lake may open to year-round fishing
HOOK AND FUR By Bob Brown Next month, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider adopting proposed sport fishing rule changes to the 2013-14 fishing season. There are 70…
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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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