With the Seattle Mariners just one game out of first place in the American League west, my mind has turned to America’s pastime.
Do you love baseball? Many Americans do. In fact, …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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8/25/23
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News of the police raid at the Marion County Record in Kansas on Aug. 11 ignited outrage across the nation. Similarly newsworthy was the announcement by the county’s top prosecutor days later …
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By Mary Coltrane and Dee Anne Finken / League of Women Voters of Washington
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8/25/23
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Letter to the editor: Commissioners thankful for those who helped pull off Southwest Washington Fair
The 2023 Southwest Washington Fair has drawn to a close, and what a remarkable event it was. We’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who made this year’s fair a resounding …
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8/25/23
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Sadly, Chronicle writer Isabel Vander Stoep sees fit to celebrate the abusive “mutton busting” event at the recent Southwest Washington Fair Rodeo (“No children or sheep harmed in …
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8/25/23
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Why are you promoting cruelty to animals and abuse of children? Your recent article on mutton busting at a rodeo is amoral.]
The description of the event and the language itself does not reflect …
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8/25/23
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There's a faction of Lewis County Republicans who believe that they are the arbitrators of what is and isn't an acceptable and good Republican. This faction of Republicans are very likely …
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8/25/23
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This is in response to the letter to the editor titled “Commissioner Pollock tied innocent Republicans to white supremacists,” by Erin Volz.
The Republican Party of today is …
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8/25/23
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For all of us Republicans that lived through the primary of 2022 here in Washington’s Third Congressional District, we validated to the Democrats what they already knew — we do not unify …
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8/25/23
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My heart aches when I hear the daily terrible news about Maui and the rising death tolls.
As a former, now retired emergency manager with over 30 years’ experience, both in the …
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8/25/23
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This column came from the file cabinet and was printed on March 11, 2009. I think it's still good today, especially considering the upcoming political debates and 2024 elections.
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By Bill Moeller / For The Chronicle
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8/23/23
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“Working 9 to 5” is a Dolly Parton phrase not often uttered by volunteers, board members and employees of nonprofits in our community. That’s because, when you focus your efforts on …
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By Peter Abbarno
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8/23/23
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The fate of our homes, businesses, jobs and security of many families lay in the hands of a single, unknown, undisclosed person in the City of Centralia.
Since the nearly 1 …
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8/23/23
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As I watch what’s happening in the world, in America and in Lewis County, I am becoming more and more concerned that we are entering an era of supreme suppression of our freedoms, our liberty …
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8/23/23
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez recently voted with every Democrat against a bill to fully fund the Veterans Administration, making it clear that she is comfortable with denying wounded U.S. …
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8/23/23
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By now, you would think that Chronicle Publisher Chad Taylor would have learned that when Commissioner Sean Swope or Republican Chair Brandon Svenson come to him in a dither about some dastardly …
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8/23/23
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I have no problem with the policy at Lewis County Senior Centers of no prayers from the podium or to the entire attendance in the room.
Private prayers spoken to oneself or in the moment of …
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8/23/23
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Chronicle columnist Richard Stride’s recent commentary talks about the environmental damage of a single catastrophic event that happened several years ago. This magnitude of damage …
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8/23/23
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A major part of my obligation as a Lewis County Public Utility District commissioner is to protect ratepayers from unnecessary electric rate increases.
All our ratepayers need to be aware …
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8/23/23
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Please understand that the Twin Cities Senior Center (and all county senior centers) needs to be inclusive of all of the many varieties of American people who represent Lewis County.
This …
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8/23/23
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Chronicle columnist Julie McDonald’s hit piece on Joe Kent — a three-part commentary published on the Opinion page — is a disgrace. She interjected her bias into the commentary when …
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8/23/23
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