Mayor did not tell council the full story before making decsision | ST596: One bus route, two takes on transit

What Mayor (Dave) Enslow did not tell you in his Herald stories Wednesday , is the back story of how he dissolved the Pierce Transit bus and Shuttle service to Sumner :

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5:17 PM May 14, 2012 0

Maintaining Bonney Lake route helps everybody | ST596: One bus route, two takes on transit

A great thing just happened in East Pierce County, thanks to Sound Transit. The transit agency’s Board of Directors voted April 26 to approve our proposal to create a new bus route for people commuting from Bonney Lake, Buckley and Enumclaw to reach the Sumner Sounder Station.

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5:16 PM May 14, 2012 0

Our parks should be appreciated all year round | Letter to the Editor

On Saturday, April 21, I participated in Park Appreciation Day at Midtown Park. Three deserving city of Bonney Lake employees, Mary Barcom, Dana Fugere and H. D. Messinger received the Robert Ceola Memorial Arbor Day Award for their work in our city parks above and beyond their 8 hour a day job.

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2:58 PM April 23, 2012 0

SDA thanks parade float volunteers

How do you thank more than a handful of people who worked effortlessly and tirelessly to create a beautiful award winning float for the 2012 Daffodil Festival Parade? How do you show appreciation for their time and energy when words of thanks hardly seem to be enough?

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11:21 AM April 20, 2012 0

Enumclaw gas stations should be thanked for keeping cash in our wallets

I must really give a big thank you to Enumclaw QFC and Enumclaw Safeway gas stations. They must be giving back to the community and losing money on every gas sale. Those two stations are helping the community greatly, so thank you.

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12:04 PM April 10, 2012 0

Thanks from Boy Scouts 510 to Bonney Lake Albertson's | Letter

Boy Scout Troop 510 had a very successful food drive Saturday March 24 at the Bonney Lake Albertsons. The Troop would like to thank Albertsons and their customers for helping donate 942 pounds in food and a little over $240 in cash to the Bonney Lake Food Bank.

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5:53 PM March 28, 2012 0

Sumner Lions Club thanks Project New Hope auction contributors

Special Thanks to all who contributed to the Sumner Lions Club's success with the March 4 auction. We are able to send seven military families to the weekend retreat through Project New Hope.

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11:26 AM March 22, 2012 0

Don't throw rocks from glass houses | Letter

Just a short note in reference to Ms. Van Veen’s previous letter to the editor (Courier-Herald, March 21).

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2:11 PM March 20, 2012 0

Facts about health myths | Healthy Living

Well-meaning parents or grandparents often tell children not to do something with the warning that a serious health implication could result. Kids often take their elders at their word. But some of these warnings bear more truth than others. Here's the scoop on some of the more common misconceptions.

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9:14 PM March 18, 2012 0

White River School District Choice Program will remain open | Letter

More than 60 parents, along with students from grades 3 through 11, and Choice Program staff members were present at a recent meeting with Deputy Superintendent Janel Keating, Director of Human Resources, Keith Banks, White River Alternative Program principal, Elaine Elliott, and Foothills Elementary principal, Mark Cushman.

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updated 8:09 PM March 17, 2012 0

Export-Import Bank fuels trade and job growth | Brunell's Business View

It started in 1935 with a $3.8 million loan to Cuba for the purchase of U.S. silver ingots. That loan, backed by the U.S. government, was the beginning of the Export-Import Bank. Today, the bank helps finance export sales by thousands of U.S. manufacturers.

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updated 11:50 AM March 15, 2012 0