Directing and writing movies easier than real life | Editorial
Robert Rossen hooked me for a couple of hours Sunday.
Considering religious tolerance | Wally's World
I suspect they’ve visited nearly all of you at one time or another, usually late on a Saturday morning. They knock on your door, wearing semi-formal attire, looking quite respectable and happy, and confidently carrying their Bibles.
Millenials learning to sail their ship
I can only speak from my own experience, but I learned a lot in the time between graduation and my first real paycheck.
Troubles too numerous to count | WALLY'S WORLD
My friends, we face a host of problems, any one of which could be absolutely catastrophic and a threat to our very existence.
Feds, state let issue of mental illness slide to cities | RICH ELFERS
Enumclaw and Buckley mayors relate how King and Pierce counties have dumped the problem of the homeless mentally ill on the cities—with no funding to handle it.
Revenge brings out worst in us | Rich Elfers
In 1915, during World War I, Imperial Germany made a fateful decision that has rippled down to us in the recent Boston Marathon bombings. Kaiser Wilhelm, in desperation over the British naval blockade of Germany, ordered a German U-boat to sink the British ocean liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Of the 1,119 passengers who died, 114 were Americans.
World War II veterans were greatest generation, indeed | WALLY'S WORLD
World War II was probably the most catastrophic and heinous war in the entire history of man. Though lasted just five years, the carnage slaughtered 60 million to 70 million people and God only knows how many more were physically and mentally scarred for life.
An afterlife notion that rings a bell | OUR CORNER
I had a vision about the my job in the afterlife. I am not big on visions since I am very nearsighted, but forced yardwork causes these events for me.
North Korea strategy is failing | RICH ELFERS
Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, North Korea has used a strategy of “ferocious, weak, and crazy” to stay in power.
Creativity essential to make Enumclaw Expo Center a success
On Oct. 30, 2006, the King County Council deeded the Enumclaw Fairgrounds to the city of Enumclaw. King County had been losing money on the property and was looking for a way to get the monkey off their back. It was sucking money from the county and the County Council wanted to find a way to end the hemorrhaging.
Enumclaw protected against sprawl | Rich Elfers
Think about what you feel as you drive east on state Route 410 and head up the hill above the fieldhouse and the golf course. Look off to your right (south) and you see a beautiful forest with thousands of trees. Hancock Timber owns that property.
