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    Articles by Mark Klaas
    Auburn water rescue personnel responded to flooded city streets in Pacific. Residents are trying to mop up from floodwaters that seeped into the area late Thursday
    Pacific begins to mop up mess; community meeting...
    By Mark Klaas • January 9, 2009 12:22 pm

    As Pacific attempts to mop up from widespread flooding, city and county officials have planned a community meeting to help…

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    Members of Teamsters Local 763
    Strike continues as sides try to settle labor...
    By Mark Klaas • January 8, 2009 3:46 pm

    The lengthy strike between Teamsters and the Oak Harbor Freight Lines Inc. continues, but a settlement could be coming soon….

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    Robert and Nataliya Worthington
    Couple’s business prepares to blossom for the big...
    By Mark Klaas • January 3, 2009 10:00 am

    Admirers might consider it a mirage, but for an Auburn couple it is indeed real.

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    Absence of Oak Harbor Freight Lines strikers prompts question — is it over?
    Absence of Oak Harbor Freight Lines strikers prompts...
    By Mark Klaas • January 2, 2009 3:13 pm

    Could a nasty strike between hundreds of union workers at Oak Harbor Freight Lines Inc. and the Auburn-based company be headed toward a settlement?
    The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that the union’s initial charges of unfair labor practices by the company have merit and that the strike by the Teamsters is an unfair labor practice strike, Al Hobart, vice president of the western region of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, said in a message posted on the Teamster’s Web site this week.

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    Storm-affected businesses can pursue some relief
    Storm-affected businesses can pursue some relief
    By Mark Klaas • January 2, 2009 3:05 pm

    Downtrodden local businesses, whose already sagging sales may have taken a further whipping in the December storms, can ask for…

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    Weather-battered local businesses can pursue relief
    Weather-battered local businesses can pursue relief
    By Mark Klaas • December 31, 2008 7:38 pm

    Downtrodden local businesses, whose already sagging sales may have taken a further whipping in the December storms, can ask for…

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    2008: For many, a bumpy, painful year to forget
    2008: For many, a bumpy, painful year to...
    By Mark Klaas • December 26, 2008 8:39 pm

    A down-on-his-luck man in tattered clothes stood outside an Auburn grocery store, helpless against the frigid night, holding out a feeble hand.

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    Facing the truth, and the music about auto crisis
    Facing the truth, and the music about auto...
    By Mark Klaas • December 19, 2008 4:11 pm

    Way Scarff is no activist, just a concerned businessman who understands “Main Street,” the automobile industry and how important a long-standing family-held dealership can be to a tight-knit community.

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    Ashley Francis
    Skies clear but frigid temperatures, icy spots remain
    By Mark Klaas • December 19, 2008 3:54 pm

    Auburn, covered in a blanket of snow on Thursday, awoke to sunshine, freezing temperatures and slick roads Friday. And the…

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    ‘Bleau Room’ campaign is under way
    ‘Bleau Room’ campaign is under way
    By Mark Klaas • December 16, 2008 3:00 pm

    Friends of the late Shiloh Drott have established an online donation Web site – giveforward.org – to help rebuild the east room of the Pacific community and recreation center.

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    Auburn’s Mike Jasper sits in front of a mural that adorns the interior of his new restaurant
    Chicago Willy’s in Auburn heralds return of restaurateur
    By Mark Klaas • December 15, 2008 11:52 pm

    At first glance, Mike Jasper might appear to be all meat and potatoes.
    But every now and then, the Auburn businessman likes to sprinkle some new spice on his life.
    These days, Jasper dares to be different as he returns to the only workplace he has ever known – a busy restaurant.
    “It’s all I know,” Jasper said during a break behind the counter of his new eatery, Chicago Willy’s, off Auburn Way North. “I enjoy this. It’s good to be back.”

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    Scott and Cat Eidness look on as crews install the new front door to their West Hill home on Tuesday.
    Ugly no more: New front door graces contest...
    By Mark Klaas • December 13, 2008 12:00 am

    Cat Eidness beamed as she glanced at her new Fiberglas front door.

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    Gilbert, Auburn students to deliver holiday choral showcase
    Gilbert, Auburn students to deliver holiday choral showcase
    By Mark Klaas • December 12, 2008 4:04 pm

    Kandy Gilbert likes a good show. Auburn High School’s choral instructor has assembled a five-choir holiday program lineup for the…

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    David Lee shares plenty of time with one of his family’s rescue dogs
    Maintaining hope for a man and his paw...
    By Mark Klaas • December 12, 2008 2:29 pm

    It is a symbiotic relationship that is obvious to see: a struggling young man sharing love and companionship with a few furry friends.

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    Jim Harkey's dream has come true with the release of his first book
    Accidental author: Man’s speedy reindeer comes to the...
    By Mark Klaas • December 9, 2008 8:27 pm

    It arrived on a whim, the distillation of a dream that eventually spilled over onto the pages of a children’s…

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    Paul Glasoe’s ‘Yakima Magic’ features the many fall colors of the scenic river.
    Glasoe’s watercolor artistry attracts People’s Choice Award
    By Mark Klaas • December 6, 2008 5:00 pm

    Paul Glasoe is an avid outdoorsman who appreciates great scenery and an inviting stream to cast his fly rod.

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    Members of Teamsters Union Local 763 picket outside the Oak Harbor Freight Lines’ yard. The strike has stretched nearly 11 weeks for truckers.
    Painful strike, trying time for a company divided
    By Mark Klaas • December 5, 2008 2:24 pm

    For Erich Schmidt and fellow striking truckers, it is difficult to watch: strangers doing their work.

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    Auburn’s Don Davis practices his marksmanship daily as a state champion horseshoe pitcher.
    Great fit for ’shoes: Love for the game...
    By Mark Klaas • November 21, 2008 4:00 pm

    With a simple flick of his right wrist, Don Davis makes it look easy.

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    Adam Owen
    Pacific tries to cope with a terrible tragedy
    By Mark Klaas • November 20, 2008 3:52 pm

    A terrible tragedy, a sudden loss of a young life, can shake any community. But in the hamlet of Pacific,…

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    Good news comes from faith-filled club
    Good news comes from faith-filled club
    By Mark Klaas • November 13, 2008 5:15 pm

    Church and state might have their differences, but both are cooperating and sharing the same roof these days. To wit,…

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