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Editorial Board
George Le Masurier, Publisher
Mike Oakland, Editorial Page Editor
Jerry Wakefield, Managing Editor
Peter Stroble, Community Representative
Karen Bierdeman, Community Representative
October: Faith Trimble, Olympia
September: Billie Mazzei, Olympia
August: Jack Havens, Olympia
July: Marilyn Turnbow, Olympia
June: Jerry Farmer, Olympia
May: Nels Hanson, Lacey
April: Dan Nielsen, Olympia
March: Dean Uribe, Olympia
February: Richard Van Wagenen, Olympia
January: David H. Milne, Shelton
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• Back up statements with studies
• Religion and hate are oxymorons
• Thumbs down: Theft
• Thumbs up: Donation
• Thumbs down: Poachers
• Thumbs up: Steilacoom
A unanimous state Supreme Court has upheld variations in the way Washington teachers and school staff are paid.
Life is full of secrets. Some of them make us laugh, like when my seemingly prim-and-proper mother would greet a hotel mattress with a jump rivaled only by a cat after a mouse.
• Soldier watched birth via Internet
• Baird failed his constituents
• Port is on the wrong cleanup course
• Legislature showed lack of imagination
The winner: Steve Pogge, Olympia
Runners up:
I heard they banned this in that other place.
Scott Nye, Lacey
I can remember when smoking used to make you feel cool.
Ron Jennings, Tenino
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