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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Once upon a time when snow always meant...
    By Robert Whale • December 2, 2022 1:30 pm

    Snowfall meant many things to our parents: shovel the walkway, put the chains on. To them, concern for the thousand…

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Tree lighting in Auburn | Cartoon by Frank...
    December 2, 2022 12:30 pm

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Vital political lesson meets one of dad’s favorite...
    By Robert Whale • November 25, 2022 1:30 am

    As we all know by now, the recent midterm elections did not go as the polls, pundits and prognosticators had…

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Thanksgiving and the Whale kitchen’s eternal warmth |...
    By Robert Whale • November 20, 2022 5:30 am

    Looking today at the North Auburn home in which I grew up fills me with wonder.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The ‘ignoranting’ of Americans in the age of...
    By Robert Whale • November 12, 2022 5:30 am

    Many sweeping generalizations stalk our land today, making no distinctions between diverse people and institutions, but lumping them into one…

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    Honoring fallen heroes goes beyond lowering flags to...
    By Don C. Brunell • November 11, 2022 2:25 pm

    Lowering our flags to half-staff is a solemn act that recognizes our fallen heroes, whether they be men and women…

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Thank you for your service | Cartoon
    November 11, 2022 2:00 pm

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Hatred is a paltry justification for another civil...
    By Robert Whale • November 4, 2022 5:30 am

    War is coming.

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Political commercial overload | Cartoon
    November 4, 2022 5:30 am

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Keith Livingston is a retired municipal management professional, lifelong artist and Federal Way resident. He can be reached at keithlivingstondesign@gmail.com.
    Are South King County’s poverty problems here to...
    By Keith Livingston • October 29, 2022 5:30 am

    What does success look like?

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Ode to old John Kirner and the memories...
    By Robert Whale • October 29, 2022 5:30 am

    I want to tell you a thing or two about an old friend.

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The cost we pay for having a marketplace...
    By Robert Whale • October 21, 2022 10:40 am

    Ah, the internet, the internet, let us count the many blessings of the internet.

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Cartoon: What a difference four dry months make
    October 21, 2022 1:30 am

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    When weird fascinations collide with the power of...
    By Robert Whale • October 14, 2022 5:30 am

    I must have been about 9 years old when I started to do this weird thing.

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Mariners and the rally shoes | Cartoon
    October 13, 2022 4:10 pm

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    Lessons learned from an equal opportunity hater |...
    By Robert Whale • October 7, 2022 10:30 am

    Years ago I came across a story about an old man who claimed to be a member of a circle…

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    Cartoon by Frank Shiers
    Coughing in King County | Shiers
    September 30, 2022 11:50 am

    Cartoon by Frank Shiers

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    Robert Whale can be reached at rwhale@soundpublishing.com.
    The long and winding road toward finding who...
    By Robert Whale • September 30, 2022 11:30 am

    Since I was 12, words have been my thing — texts of all sorts in tongues old and new, I…

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    Community members, family and loved ones are key to addiction treatment
    Community members, family and loved ones are key...
    September 28, 2022 2:40 pm

    Guest column by Patrick Evans and Lisa Rogers, Sound behavioral healthcare

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    Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He is a former president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and lives in Vancouver. Contact thebrunells@msn.com.
    The truth about trash as an important source...
    By Don C. Brunell • September 24, 2022 5:45 am

    If you live in Spokane, you know about its waste-to-energy facility, which burns up to 800 tons of solid waste…

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