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Jerry Wakefield, Managing Editor

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Karen Bierdeman, Community Representative

2009 Letters of the month

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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Gregoire budget coming out early - about Dec. 7-8 11/20

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Fast or slow tempo, Menefee gets his points 11/20

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Letters to the Editor for Nov. 21

• Back up statements with studies
• Religion and hate are oxymorons

Theft of vaccine is disgraceful

• Thumbs down: Theft
• Thumbs up: Donation
• Thumbs down: Poachers
• Thumbs up: Steilacoom

School funding decision was reasonable for state

A unanimous state Supreme Court has upheld variations in the way Washington teachers and school staff are paid.

On the high wire: Balance between pity and understanding

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.

Letters to the Editor for Nov. 20

• Soldier watched birth via Internet
• Baird failed his constituents
• Port is on the wrong cleanup course
• Legislature showed lack of imagination

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YOU WRITE THE CAPTION!

Winner of the cartoon caption content for November, 21

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

HOW IT WORKS: Each Sunday, a captionless cartoon appears on The Olympian’s Web site.

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WE’LL SELECT THE TOP CAPTION: and on Saturday we’ll print the winning caption in both The Olympian and the online opinion page. The winner’s name will be listed.

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