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    Articles by Shawn Skager
    The legendary Carlos Santana above does what he does best on the guitar – makes it sing. Santana and his band brought their blend of rock
    Santana bares soul at White River Amphitheatre |...
    By Shawn Skager • August 6, 2014 7:34 pm

    From the opening notes of “Galaxy Dance Intro” to the final sustained notes of Carlos Santana’s guitar ringing out, last Friday’s concert at the White River Amphitheatre proved less of a rock show and more of a spiritual gathering for the audience.

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    Spike Addis likes the Indian motorcycle’s many great features. Addis is the head salesman of Indian motorcycles at the newly-opened Indian and Victory dealership on West Valley Highway.
    Indian bikes on the comeback trail at Auburn...
    By Shawn Skager • August 6, 2014 6:19 pm

    Once it was the largest manufacturer of motorcycles in the world.

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    Del Rio Harbor holds off Noosito in the Coca Cola Handicap at Emerald Downs.
    Stablemates Del Rio Harbor, Noosito vie for track...
    By Shawn Skager • July 30, 2014 6:15 pm

    Two of Emerald Downs’ top 3-year-olds, Noosito and Del Rio Harbor, meet in the $65,000 Emerald Downs Derby on Aug. 10.

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    Navigating the White River Amphitheatre
    Navigating the White River Amphitheatre
    By Shawn Skager • July 30, 2014 6:07 pm

    With origins murkier than a malfunctioning stage fog machine at a progressive rock show, ConcertGuy is an enigma.

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    Pacific considers outright ban on pot businesses
    Pacific considers outright ban on pot businesses
    By Shawn Skager • July 30, 2014 5:48 pm

    The Pacific City Council voted on Monday to move a trio of ordinances intended to govern medical and recreational marijuana business within the city on to the planning commission for review.

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    The City of Pacific welcomes 100-mile runners from Always Brothers.
    Pacific chips in for Always Brothers
    By Shawn Skager • July 30, 2014 5:33 pm

    Pacific residents welcomed a handful of Marines, members of the Always Brothers 100-Mile Run, at City Hall at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

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    Journey frontman Arnel Pineda in action at the White River Amphitheatre.
    Journey, Steve Miller Band keeps on rockin’ ’em...
    By Shawn Skager • July 23, 2014 7:32 pm

    Nearly 20,000 brave rockers toughed out brutal event traffic to be at this past Saturday’s Journey and Steve Miller Band show, getting a lesson in how to rock from a band that started more than 40-years ago and a 70-year-old guitar god.

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    Pacific Council to consider trio of pot ordinances
    Pacific Council to consider trio of pot ordinances
    By Shawn Skager • July 23, 2014 7:25 pm

    At its regularly scheduled meeting Monday night at City Hall, the Pacific City Council takes the next step in the task of sorting out what the heck to do with all those marijuana stores.

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    One of the shoes from the White River Valley Museum's Sole Obsession exhibit.
    ‘Sole Obsession’ at White River Valley Museum spotlights...
    By Shawn Skager • July 23, 2014 7:23 pm

    Fashionistas and shoe lovers listen up, the White River Valley Museum has an exhibit for you.

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    The Auburn Little League Juniors Dynamite softball team took the state championship by sweeping four tournament games. The Dynamite advance to the Western Regional
    Auburn Little League Juniors Softball Dynamite nab state...
    By Shawn Skager • July 21, 2014 12:14 pm

    The Auburn Little League Juniors Dynamite won the Washington State Juniors softball title this past week, earning a trip to the Western Regional.

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    Pacific ponders ordinances on marijuana businesses
    Pacific ponders ordinances on marijuana businesses
    By Shawn Skager • July 16, 2014 7:57 pm

    The Pacific City Council on July 9 heard what residents had to say about a trio of possible City ordinances that would regulate recreational and medical marijuana businesses within city limits.

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    Swiftly on the trail: Lakeland Hill’s Mark Casey is training to compete in the Ironman Lake Placid (N.Y.) on July 27. He races in honor of his brother
    Auburn triathlete competes for his cancer-stricken brother, and...
    By Shawn Skager • July 16, 2014 5:55 pm

    Immediately after learning his older brother, Alan, had cancer, Mark Casey knew he had to help.

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    The Emerald Downs parking lot was a 3-on-3 basketball showcase last year
    EmD3on3 tips off Aug. 9-10
    By Shawn Skager • July 16, 2014 5:23 pm

    With a July 27 deadline looming for teams to register for the second annual EmD3on3 basketball tournament Aug. 9-10 at Emerald Downs, time is running short for competitors.

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    Pacific Councilmember Stacy May Knudtson.
    Pacific hosts public hearing for marijuana ordinance July...
    By Shawn Skager • July 9, 2014 6:28 pm

    Like it or not, legal marijuana is here. This past Tuesday retail pot stores throughout Washington threw open their doors and began doling out the first sacks of legal smoke since the Marijuana Tax Act criminalized cannabis in 1937.

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    Katie Garberding
    Pacific supports benefit run for fallen warriors
    By Shawn Skager • July 9, 2014 6:27 pm

    On Aug. 11, 2011, a group of Marines ran 100 miles – from Thurmont, Md., to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia – to honor a comrade, Capt. Tyler B. Swisher, and to raise funds for his family.

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    Tyler Peretti in action for the Central College Dutch.
    Auburn Mountainview grad Peretti wraps up collegiate wrestling...
    By Shawn Skager • July 9, 2014 6:22 pm

    The highlight came just a few matches into wrestler Tyler Peretti’s senior season at Central College in Pella, Iowa.

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    Auburn's Cam Christian will be honored by having his jersey retired by the Okotoks Dawgs minor league baseball team.
    Cam Christian’s jersey to be retired by Okotoks...
    By Shawn Skager • July 2, 2014 7:28 pm

    Before the Okatoks Dawgs take on the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada on July 5, the team will retire jersey No. 17 in honor of 2008 Dawgs outfielder and Auburn native Cam Christian.

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    KISS frontman Paul Stanley onstage at the White River Amphitheatre.
    KISS, Def Leppard light up White River Amphitheatre
    By Shawn Skager • July 2, 2014 7:26 pm

    AS double-bills go, it doesn’t get more heavyweight than last Sunday’s KISS and Def Leppard show at the White River Amphitheatre.
    Although Auburn was just the fourth stop on the multi-platinum selling tandem’s 42-date Heroes Summer 2014 tour, both bands appeared to be in mid-tour form, firing on all cylinders.

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    Miss May I from Troy
    Seventh annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival comes...
    By Shawn Skager • July 2, 2014 7:24 pm

    The seventh annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival sweeps into Auburn’s White River Amphitheatre on July 8, bringing with it 20 of the most extreme, heavy metal bands around.

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    Thomas Ostrander is the new Auburn Mountainview boys basketball head coach.
    Thomas Ostrander takes over Lion boys hoop
    By Shawn Skager • July 2, 2014 7:22 pm

    Success has eluded the Auburn Mountainview boys basketball team.
    In the eight years that have elapsed since the school’s 2005 opening, the Lion boys have yet to enjoy a berth in the 3A Washington State Boys Basketball tourney.

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