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My wife and I returned recently from a trip to the United Kingdom. The British people were welcoming, helpful and very accommodating, not at all like some other countries we have visited that seemed …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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6/19/23
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Scott Beason has worked on and around the ice of Mount Rainier for nearly two decades. When I asked if he could see it changing in that time, he gave a kind of rueful laugh.
"Lately we've had …
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/17/23
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The past few months have seen milestones flying by as our firstborn son graduates from high school. That beautifully bittersweet trip culminated last Saturday for us with a really wonderful …
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6/17/23
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We hear about the “true meaning of Christmas” every December. Why don’t we hear about the “true meaning of Father’s Day” every June?
The first official …
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By Peter Abbarno
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6/16/23
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Four years in a row, including the class of 2023 this month, every Chehalis senior at W.F. West High School, 100%, has graduated already having been admitted to a post-high school credential program. …
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By The Chehalis School Board
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6/16/23
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It's time to dig out an old column, if only to demonstrate how old problems seem to remain problems for a long time.
This one was first published on April 22, 2009, with the memory of …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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6/14/23
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The "nothing matters" theory of politics is on my mind again today. It wasn't put there just by the tumultuous events in national politics, but by a local poll.
The theory says we live in an age …
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/14/23
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I am proud to live in a community where, despite individual political or social views, we can welcome those who appreciate our personal differences and promote kindness, respect and hope.
But …
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By Sean Swope / Lewis County commissioner
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6/13/23
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As former Timberland Regional Library (TRL) trustees, we are alarmed and disappointed with the recent news that TRL’s administration wants to move the Amanda Park library building from …
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6/12/23
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At the Portland Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade Saturday, a gigantic display of Rosie the Riveter flexing her arm adorned a float carrying the grand marshals — more than a dozen of …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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6/12/23
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This year, the Washington Legislature passed a controversial bill that will allow runaways to evade their parents and stay under state custody if the children are looking for abortions or sex change …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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6/9/23
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Despite the lingering pain in my knees and back, plus the contact reminder from my son that he ran all 19 miles and “beat me,” I have only great feelings and memories of this year’s …
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By Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia
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6/8/23
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I knew there was something in the air, something lacking to which I should have been responding.
Deep thoughts into the matter brought out the fact that, this year, my mailbox hasn't …
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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6/7/23
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Brace yourself. Your paycheck in July will probably be a little smaller.
That’s when the state will begin collecting premium payments for its long-term care insurance program, …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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6/7/23
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The past few years have seen changes at a rate that statistically makes many of our heads spin, and in my opinion, rightly so.
First, it was boys and men in the girls’ bathroom. …
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By John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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6/7/23
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Although I’m not a fan of our sue-happy culture, I don’t blame the family of Aron Christensen for filing a $20 million claim against Lewis County after the August shooting of the …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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6/5/23
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Americans have always had a fascination with the mafia.
Just recall the popularity of the movie “The Godfather” and the television series, “The Sopranos.”
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6/5/23
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Democratic Party politics around here, which is to say all politics of late, has been a bit like the old Soviet Politburo. You wait your turn for this post or that, and then the whole party gets in …
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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6/3/23
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It’s been a noteworthy week on the Willapa Hills Trail, Lewis County’s increasingly impressive pathway from Chehalis to all points west.
It began when my friend Chris Brewer, …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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6/2/23
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The deal reached between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to increase our nation’s debt limit was a welcome compromise.
It appears to avert our nation’s …
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By Don Brunell
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5/31/23
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