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    Articles by Jenna VanHoof
    Leaving home stirs range of emotions | Reflections from Jenna VanHoof
    Leaving home stirs range of emotions | Reflections...
    By Jenna VanHoof • January 14, 2014 8:35 pm

    Know the feeling in your stomach when you do not want to go on the roller coaster with the big drop and upside down twist at the county fair? Or somewhere scary when you were young? Or maybe even now, who knows. That is the feeling I got when moving out. Just plain nervous and scared.

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    Growing up is hard to do | Reflections by Jenna
    Growing up is hard to do | Reflections...
    By Jenna VanHoof • January 13, 2014 6:09 pm

    Do you know the feeling in your stomach when you do not want to go on that roller coaster with the big drop and upside down twist in the county fair? Or somewhere scary when you were young? Or maybe even now, who knows. That is the feeling I got when moving out. Just plain nervous and scared.

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    Enumclaw among charter hopefuls | Jerry Cornfield
    Enumclaw among charter hopefuls | Jerry Cornfield
    By Jenna VanHoof • November 7, 2013 5:28 pm

    We learned last week where Washington’s first charter schools may open in 2014 and who may operate them.

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    A brief history of Halloween | Reflections by Jenna
    A brief history of Halloween | Reflections by...
    By Jenna VanHoof • October 29, 2013 2:42 pm

    Candy, jack-o-lanterns, and downtown Enumclaw’s trick or treating on Cole Street. Little kids dress up as goblins, witches, vampires, and ghouls with smiles on their faces and the store owners dress up to give out candy. They say the usual “Happy Halloween” and “Don’t you look scary” or sometimes “Cute!” for the little princesses. Where did this holiday originate from? Who started it?

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    Music is a light in the darkness | Reflections by Jenna
    Music is a light in the darkness |...
    By Jenna VanHoof • September 23, 2013 5:11 pm

    Hear that beat? Feel it in your soul. Hear that rhythm? Feel it in your heart. That is a song that your heart and soul knows. A song that evokes a memory inside you. Maybe from your childhood or teen years, but wherever it comes from, it connects with you.

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    Moms helped moms at Enumclaw City Hall session
    Moms helped moms at Enumclaw City Hall session
    By Jenna VanHoof • August 5, 2013 4:30 pm

    Kim Lauk hosted a community event Friday called “Mommy’s Helping Mommy’s” for expecting, newly nursing and mothers of all kinds.

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