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“I love jumping into icy cold water in January,” said nobody. That’s what I thought, anyway.
However, a group of brave volunteers will plunge into Mayfield Lake on Jan. 27 to …
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By Peter Abbarno
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12/20/23
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I read an interesting question posed by a columnist a while back asking how long before artificial intelligence (AI) would be smarter than humans.
I’ll admit, I don’t fully …
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By John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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12/20/23
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“Life seems to go without effort when I am filled with music,” George Eliot once said.
Every year around this time, my mom and dad would bring out our Christmas albums.
I …
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12/20/23
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Kudos to Centralia College once again.
Recently, an addition was made to an already fine facility (see the story about the new batting cages in the Thursday, Nov. 30 edition). The college has …
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12/18/23
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On July 13, both The Chronicle and The Nisqually Valley News published a letter of mine concerning commercial airport development. The letter raised the possibility of converting McChord Field at …
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12/18/23
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There is no historical precedent for someone to be a “dictator on day one” only. Everyone who has been a dictator on day one has been a dictator on day two, three … every day …
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12/18/23
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A woman in Washington, D.C., emailed me last week about the heart-rending column I wrote about my niece’s stillborn baby.
Elizabeth “Liz” O’Donnell’s baby, Aaliyah, …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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12/18/23
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Does anyone else feel a little snowed in by Christmas season events?
I try to say “Yule see me there” to just about everything in December, but there are simply too many …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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12/15/23
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The Evergreen State has always been one of the safer places to live, work and raise a family in America, going back at least as far as 1960.
Tragically, as of 2022, that’s no longer …
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12/15/23
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Dear East Lewis County community,
We are writing today with immense gratitude and joy to share a monumental achievement that we have accomplished together. It brings me immense pleasure to …
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12/13/23
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Let’s talk about the “ welfare check” for which Jim Howe blindly praised the Centralia police and the Lewis County 911 center in a letter to the editor published in Tuesday’s …
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12/13/23
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People of my generation and a bit younger probably remember Aesop's fable “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.” The moral it taught was that living in poverty with security is better …
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Commentary by Maureen Harkcom
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12/13/23
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In Beasley Coliseum in Pullman on Saturday, a fan group of 16 applauded loudly when our new son-in-law stood along with other first-generation college graduates.
Chase Conaway, a 2019 W.F. West …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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12/11/23
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Last evening, at midnight, I was awakened by a loud pounding on my bedroom window.
I looked out but didn't see anyone, so I slipped on my robe and went into my living room where I observed a …
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12/11/23
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I was slowed by what appears to be a good-old-fashioned common cold this first week of December, and this morning I found my 61-year-old self writing a letter to Santa. I would like to share it with …
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12/11/23
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It is that time of year when people put up their outside holiday lights and displays. Judging from our neighborhood, they are decorating more than usual.
In our country, 90 percent of …
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By Don Brunell
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12/8/23
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On Tuesday down in Olympia, in a hearing about the crime surge that swamped America during the pandemic, the committee chairman said he had one big question.
"I want to frame this around what …
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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12/7/23
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After a long run of strong spending, there are signs that consumers are beginning to slow down the pace of purchasing just a bit.
U.S. retail sales fell 0.1% in October, the first decline …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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12/6/23
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Given the deep concerns I personally experienced earlier this year when watching local police stand back as a group of self-professed neo-Nazi agitators attempted to incite a riot at local Pride …
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12/6/23
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Has Richard DeBolt’s Economic Alliance of Lewis County placed a “for sale cheap” sign on Lewis County and its tax and electric ratepayers?
DeBolt’s Alliance supports …
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12/6/23
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