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Even occasional readers of this column will have noted my endless enthusiasm for civic involvement. I’ll never tire of singing the praises of working alongside like-minded folks to improve your …
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By Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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1/5/24
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Aesop’s fable warns against killing the goose laying golden eggs. The tale’s origins date to 600 B.C. and tell of the greedy farmer who foolishly killed the prized goose to get to the …
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By Don Brunell
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1/5/24
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People are looking all the time.
In fact, we as humans never stop looking. Some are looking for love. Some are looking for healing. Some are looking for peace. Some are looking for joy. …
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By Richard Stride / For The Chronicle
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1/5/24
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There are few better investments in our community than our children’s education.
We are less than a month away from Centralia citizens having the opportunity to vote on a replacement levy …
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By Peter Abbarno
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1/3/24
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I, for one, am not really sorry to see 2023 go.
There has been a lot to digest in the past year, and I remain hopeful we’ve digested almost all that could possibly come up. It seems …
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Commentary by John McCroskey / For The Chronicle
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1/3/24
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As lawmakers begin the 2024 Washington legislative session on Jan. 8, the state’s employer community remains on edge. The economy has proven remarkably resilient through years of extraordinary …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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1/3/24
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Tomorrow marks a birthday celebration, the date when a well-known Upper Cowlitz woman was born beside the banks of the Cowlitz River near present-day Randle about 170 years ago.
Official Yakama …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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1/1/24
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The 2024 special session of the Washington Legislature starts in a little over a week, and from the looks of the state Republican Party's to-do list, it'll be a busy 60 days.
GOP senators …
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By The Yakima Herald-Republic Editorial Board (TNS)
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12/31/23
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“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
- Fred Rogers
Twice in the past week, beloved people of strength and character in my life have confided to …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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12/29/23
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A few years back, a bumper sticker with a blunt message enjoyed some fleeting popularity in a few of the Northwest's outer reaches:
"We don't give a damn how they did it in California."
And …
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By The Yakima Herald-Republic Editorial Board (TNS)
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12/24/23
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You might consider her a Christmas elf — at least a woman with a spirit of giving.
Every year, Charlene Scott crotchets 100 colorful caps using donated yarn and gives them away in the …
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By Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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12/23/23
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Walking down Centralia College Boulevard on a recent Saturday evening, through the floats lined up ahead of the Centralia Lighted Tractor Parade, I had an amazing moment.
To the left, I could …
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By Bob Mohbacher / Centralia College president
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12/23/23
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In the 1990s, “things go better with Coca Cola” was the catchy slogan that dairy farmers dreaded.
At the time, milk producers were in a head-to-head battle with soft drink giants and …
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By Don Brunell
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12/23/23
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Seven years ago, I was certain I’d never live in Lewis County again.
Certainty, I’d learn, is fickle at age 18.
On March 15, 2021, 10 days after my 23rd birthday, I entered the …
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By Isabel Vander Stoep / For The Chronicle
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12/22/23
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Traditions are a mysterious thing.
Some are created and passed down with great fanfare and solemnity. But others are born quietly and enter our lives unnoticed. After just a little repetition, …
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Commentary by Brian Mittge / For The Chronicle
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12/22/23
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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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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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