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Boost metabolism, maybe shed a few pounds

Men and women looking to shed a few pounds and keep those pounds off often look for ways…

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Finding the Lego by Maryann Corbett | Ted Kooser

No ideas but in things, said one of my favorite poets, William Carlos Williams, and here’s a fine…

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Enumclaw Art on Cole | Street Fair

The city of Enumclaw is encouraging participation in the new Art on Cole section of Enumclaw’s successful Street…

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Steelhead ‘recycling’ to begin next week on the Cowlitz River | Fish and Wildlife

Anglers will get a second chance to catch up to 1,600 hatchery-reared summer steelhead moving through the Cowlitz…

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A lane of Yellow led the eye (1650) by Emily Dickinson | Poets.org

Emily Dickinson authored nearly 1,800 poems during her lifetime.

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Sparklers by Barbara Crooker | Ted Kooser

I’m especially fond of sparklers because they were among the very few fireworks we could obtain in Iowa…

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Family Scavenger Hunt | Pierce County Parks

Sign up for this fun event held on Tuesday, July 22 from 6:30-8:30pm

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Lower Grande Ronde River to re-open July 5 for spring chinook fishing | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

The lower Grande Ronde River will re-open for an additional three days of fishing for spring chinook salmon…

The Prime Time group included

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Green River Community College Prime Time program at Anderson Garden in Enumclaw

Enumclaw’s Anderson Garden was host to 15 Green River Community College Prime Time students last week.

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Fourth of July is time to consider ultimate allegiance | Church Corner

There will be lots of celebrating red, white and blue this week, as there ought to be. We…

Editorial cartoon by Frank Shiers

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The Fourth of July, then and now | Editorial Cartoon by Frank Shiers, Jr.

This week's editorial cartoon by Frank Shiers, Jr. analyzes the differences between how Independence Day used to be…

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In Memoriam, poem by Leo Dangel | Ted Kooser

The poems of Leo Dangel are known for their clarity and artful understatement. Here he humbly honors the…

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To Shakespeare, by Frances Anne Kemble | Poets.org

Frances Anne Kemble was born on November 27, 1809.