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Courtesy photo All three of Jamie McGillen’s books can be bought or ordered at The Sequel in Enumclaw.

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Society, love, and mountaineering: Looking inside The Rainier Series

Enumclaw author Jamie McGillen pens novel about 19th century women aiming to summit Mt. Rainier.

Photo by Ray Miller-Still More than 500 Enumclaw-area children received toys from last year’s Holiday Helping Hands event.

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Holiday Helping Hands toy drive ends Dec. 17

There’s still time to bring cheer to local kids

The Enumclaw School District and its board of directors say they must follow the statewide mask mandate or risk losing three-quarters of its funding. Pictured is a student from Sunrise Elementary. Photo courtesy Enumclaw School District

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Parents want local school boards to stand against mask mandate

But any meaningful action would result in major loss of state funding.

One of the highlights of Holiday Fantasy has been outright donations to a worthy cause. Here, attendees show their support during the 2018 event. This year, the event will be holding a virtual auction over four days while having the dinner at the Enumclaw Thunder Dome museum. Photo by Kevin Hanson

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Holiday Fantasy online auction begins; dinner at Thunder Dome sold out

Bidding is open through Friday at 7 p.m.

So many people wanted to attend the Nov. 22 school board meeting that the venue had to change from the high school library to the auditoriu. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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Racial slur repeated at school board meeting

It appears two rogue Zoom users briefly interrupted the meeting with a recording of the “n” word.

Neely Mansion celebrated its 125th birthday in June 2019. For more information about the historic home, head to neelymansion.org. Courtesy photo

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Free holiday photo shoot at Neely Mansion

The photoshoot will take place this Saturday, Dec. 4.

Santa's route through Enumclaw

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Santa plans his routes through Enumclaw, Buckley

Between Dec. 5 and 18th, check out when Santa will be arriving in your neighborhood this year.

Photos by Ray Miller-Still Last year’s inaugural Hometown Holiday event was a huge success, as thousands of people drove through the Enumclaw Expo Center’s grounds to enjoy a mix of static, lit-up displays and live performances.

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Hometown Holiday ‘parade-in-place’ returns to Enumclaw

The parade-in-reverse runs Dec. 10 through the 12th.

Dr. Rick Molen, left, weighing candy brought in by more than 482 participants in this year's candy buy-back at Molen Orthodontists. Courtesy photo

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Buy-back bonanza at Molen Orthodontics

A literal ton of candy was turned into cash this year.

The Black Diamond City Council chambers

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Black Diamond residents feel unheard: ‘You’re supposed to live to the public opinion’

Some residents said they wanted to see solidarity with those concerned about the county mandate.

The Eumclaw City Council's agenda bill introducing Ordinance 2719, implementing a multi-family tax exemption program for multi-family developments inside city limits.

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Enumclaw council gives tax break to eligible multi-family housing developments

Additionally, solid waste rates will be increasing starting January 2022.

Photos by Ray Miller-Still The young and old alike honored and celebrated their local veterans during Veterans Day by donating money to the Enumclaw VFW Post 1949. In past years, due to COVID, donations to the post have lagged, and the VFW hoped this year more money would be donated to go toward various programs that help out veterans with medical bills, emergency relocation costs, and other challenges they may face. Pictured at the local QFC is Barb Kindvarter and the Short family. Meanwhile, at the Buckley Federation of Eagles No. 1387, an annual display for Veterans Day has been constructed by Helen Whitehouse for locals to learn about anything and everything there is to know about veterans, from honoring local members of the Eagles Club and recognizing the military’s most decorated heroes to a list of entertainers and sports figures involved with the armed forces and “The Old Man and a Bucket of Shrimp,” the true story of Eddie Rickenbacker’s survival at sea. The display is available for the public to view, and will remain up for a while longer

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Honoring those who served

Photos from Veterans Day events across the Plateau.

Editor Ray Miller-Still

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