Aspire Middle School dance teacher Chris Traber works with her afternoon class recently on a variety of dances, including the Bavarian polka. Aspire Middle School dance teacher Chris Traber works with her afternoon class recently on a variety of dances, including the Bavarian polka.

Like other schools, with dancing

LACEY – At Aspire Middle School, the district’s first magnet middle school, there are kids dancing in the classroom – but other than that, it’s a lot like North Thurston’s three other middle schools, says its principal, Monica Sweet.

Crowds pack the lower bowl on opening day at Crystal Mountain on Dec. 13, 2008, as snow machines made fresh powder and Mother Nature promised to deliver more of her own. Crystal will open Wednesday. Crowds pack the lower bowl on opening day at Crystal Mountain on Dec. 13, 2008, as snow machines made fresh powder and Mother Nature promised to deliver more of her own. Crystal will open Wednesday.

Crystal, other ski areas ready to open

If you don’t have plans for Veterans Day, you can add skiing and snowboarding to your list of options.

Phillippe Aumont, who has impressed the Mariners with the movement on his pitches, played for Canada at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Phillippe Aumont, who has impressed the Mariners with the movement on his pitches, played for Canada at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Help on way for Mariners?

For a team that won 85 games and believes it can contend in 2010, the Seattle Mariners have as many holes to fill as any team in baseball – uncertainties at third base, left field and catcher, for starters.

A mural commemorating the Centralia Tragedy of 1919 is on the front of Centralia Square, which faces Centralia’s Washington Park. A mural commemorating the Centralia Tragedy of 1919 is on the front of Centralia Square, which faces Centralia’s Washington Park.

Truth of the Tragedy

In Centralia’s Washington Park stands a statue commemorating the Nov. 11, 1919, deaths of four American Legionnaires who died “on peaceful parade.”

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