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    Articles by Wally DuChateau
    WALLY’S WORLD: Community could saddle up to a western
    WALLY’S WORLD: Community could saddle up to a...
    By Wally DuChateau • September 13, 2010 4:04 pm

    Gene Groesbeck was Enumclaw’s premier movie tycoon from the early days of motion pictures until the mid-1950s.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Neither party willing to deal with sick economy
    WALLY’S WORLD: Neither party willing to deal with...
    By Wally DuChateau • September 7, 2010 3:22 pm

    Well gang, in the last year it has become quite apparent our economy is more screwed up than anyone suspected and there’s no quick fix on the horizon.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Beating summer heat was cool at Pete’s Pool
    WALLY’S WORLD: Beating summer heat was cool at...
    By Wally DuChateau • August 30, 2010 3:19 pm

    In the last three or four years, I’ve written a few columns on Pete’s Pool and there’s surely no need to repeat myself.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Hits from Jolson to Pearl Jam
    WALLY’S WORLD: Hits from Jolson to Pearl Jam
    By Wally DuChateau • August 23, 2010 5:26 pm

    Occasionally, some of you ask about my tastes in popular music.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Determining ‘popular’ is a diluted process
    WALLY’S WORLD: Determining ‘popular’ is a diluted process
    By Wally DuChateau • August 9, 2010 3:08 pm

    Last week we examined the mass media – a monopolistic fusion of New York publishers, Hollywood studios and Madison Avenue ad agencies – that controlled and dominated movies, music and the literary field during the last century.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Digital age has reduced power of the mass media
    WALLY’S WORLD: Digital age has reduced power of...
    By Wally DuChateau • August 2, 2010 5:57 pm

    Once upon a time many years ago, a few major Hollywood studios – MGM, Warner Brothers, Paramount, etc. – controlled…

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Concept of death gets more real as we get older
    WALLY’S WORLD: Concept of death gets more real...
    By Wally DuChateau • July 26, 2010 3:08 pm

    Well, you know what they say about the certainties in life: there are only two, death and taxes.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Numbers are just too big to comprehend
    WALLY’S WORLD: Numbers are just too big to...
    By Wally DuChateau • July 19, 2010 5:23 pm

    Continued from last week. My previous column dealt with astronomy and the universe. Mainly, it described the gigantic numbers and…

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Stars provide answers, but plenty of questions
    WALLY’S WORLD: Stars provide answers, but plenty of...
    By Wally DuChateau • July 12, 2010 2:56 pm

    I’ve always been quite fascinated by astronomy and/or cosmology. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but cosmology can sometimes imply a bit more speculation and philosophy than astronomy.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Downtown Enumclaw shows signs of life
    WALLY’S WORLD: Downtown Enumclaw shows signs of life
    By Wally DuChateau • June 28, 2010 3:48 pm

    If you’re a summer tourist just passing through Enumclaw for the first time, your impressions of the town might be a bit negative, especially if you’re driving north on Cole Street.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: When it’s tough, CEOs earn the bucks
    WALLY’S WORLD: When it’s tough, CEOs earn the...
    By Wally DuChateau • June 21, 2010 4:20 pm

    Throughout my childhood and youthful adult years, I always was told presidents and chairmen of major, international corporations like General Electric and Bank of America received huge salaries because of the enormous responsibilities they carried.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Buckley mayor prepared for some growth
    WALLY’S WORLD: Buckley mayor prepared for some growth
    By Wally DuChateau • June 14, 2010 5:53 pm

    Having written columns on Black Diamond Mayor Becky Olness and Enumclaw mayor Liz Reynolds, it only seems appropriate one should be offered on Buckley Mayor Pat Johnson.

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    WALLY’S WORLD: Buckley mayor presiding over town poised for growth
    WALLY’S WORLD: Buckley mayor presiding over town poised...
    By Wally DuChateau • June 10, 2010 2:56 pm

    Having written columns on Black Diamond Mayor Becky Olness and Enumclaw mayor Liz Reynolds, it only seems appropriate one should be offered on Buckley Mayor Pat Johnson. Last week we sat down over lattés in the Main Street Coffee Shop.

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