Life gets “curiouser and curiouser,” not to mention “scarier and scarier.”
So, we are adjusting to COVID-19. Then there is always Ukraine. Throw in the slaughter of …
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6/8/22
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Harold Kushner, the rabbi, author and teacher who wrote the best seller, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” wrote another book I reread recently.
The book is titled …
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6/6/22
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As I sat in a pew at Westminster Presbyterian Church for a funeral Saturday, I reflected on the season of loss experienced lately with COVID-19 deaths, fractured relationships, mass shootings of …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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6/6/22
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As if polar plunging into frigid Mayfield Lake with the Lewis County Icicle Brigade wasn’t enough, I decided to once again punish my body for a great cause; the Lewis County Law Enforcement …
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By Rep. Peter Abbarno
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6/6/22
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It’s hard to prepare for the future if you’re only checking the rearview mirror.
That’s why the AWB Institute has launched a new tool called FutureCast that provides employers, …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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6/3/22
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If we want our youth to value work then employers must value it as well.
My son’s recent hiring experience at a Chehalis restaurant is an example of how employers are also responsible for …
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6/1/22
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In the Lewis County News’ May 18, 2022, edition, an article was printed and distributed containing inaccuracies and statements which have caused unnecessary confusion. This letter is in …
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6/1/22
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I was in attendance at the Lewis County Republicans meeting on May 2. I listened as Sheriff Rob Snaza spoke to the audience about coming together and unifying the Republican Party. He also spoke …
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6/1/22
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On May 16, the editorial board at The Chronicle published a poorly-researched opinion piece on my campaign ad, which featured the closure of the pulp mill in Camas, Washington.
The article …
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6/1/22
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On Feb. 24, Vladimir Putin attacked the sovereign nation of Ukraine without provocation or laudable intent in full expectation of a cakewalk.
The armed forces of Russia vastly outnumbered …
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6/1/22
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I ended last week’s column with my admission that, in spite of the shots I’d received, I still contracted “the virus.”
Maybe it had been building all along, but I …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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6/1/22
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We are more.
I found this saying by Brian Stevenson, Equal Justice Project, in his book “Just Mercy” (there’s also a film by the same name starring Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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5/30/22
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Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part story. Read the first installment here.
Grace Klijnsma was 25 when she married Pieter “Peter” Andree on July 31, 1953, in …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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5/30/22
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When addressing important environmental issues like salmon recovery or climate change, do real-world data matter? If Shawn Vestal’s recent column in The Spokesman-Review is any indication, the …
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By Todd Myers / Washington Policy Center
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5/27/22
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the world, factory workers were humming along assembling products just after components were delivered. It was called “just-in-time” production. It was …
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5/27/22
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As an education fanboy, I often have opportunities to advise young people about their education options. As an educator at heart, I take these opportunities seriously, and I have given the question …
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By Jami Lund
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5/27/22
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Washington has set itself the goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 15% from 1990 levels. Well, guess what? In 2018, the most recent GHG emissions numbers available from the Department of …
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5/25/22
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I recently retired from Centralia College as a tenured professor of criminal justice on March 18 at age 63. I was privileged to instruct three generations of students over 22 years of unblemished …
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5/25/22
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I got scammed a week or so ago. And it was all because of my vanity.
I’d received an email from someone with a feminine name and I had assumed she was a sensible reader.
The message …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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5/25/22
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Hardly any morning goes by without yet another act of violence or tragedy in this country. That, or another act that makes no sense perpetrated by our own government.
Some of these are on the …
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By John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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5/25/22
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