From Olympia Memes: It struck me about a year ago that depending on where were socially or geographically in Olympia, you saw Olympia differently. You could see it as “the hippest town in the West,” the home of progressive politics, or just a town full of boring state workers. This made me think then think…
Month: May 2013
The devil and soccer rivals (Olyblogosphere for May 27, 2013)
1. Remember the time in the mid-90s that a Thurston deputy sheriff confessed to being a devil worshiper and sexually assaulting his daughters? Then he recanted, but was found guilty anyway? The Olympia Satanist Blog points to a documentary (the entire version is pretty easy to find after a couple of links) on the somewhat…
This is not a waterfall, but a dam. All about Thurston County Dams
By Waponigirl on Flickr. Now, I’m sure you see it clearly now. But, what a lot of people call the upper waterfalls on the Deschutes in Tumwater is actually a derelict dam. It is also (according to my list) the oldest dam in Thurston County by nearly 40 years. There are a surprising number of dams in…
Earl Newell Steele comes to Olympia, 1903
Doan’s Cafe, Olympia, WA 1906 (UW Digital Collections) From a longer piece I’m working on about E.N. Steele, Olympia lawyer, civic leader, oyster booster and treaty rights activist: Earl Newell was born outside of Des Moines, Iowa in 1881. After graduating from State University of Iowa, he made a short tour of the west. Once…
The past and future are right now (Tacoma newspapers and Joint Base Lewis McCord)
A Swarner Communications arts and entertainment (and some news) publication folds back into the mothership, as noted by Mathias: The Weekly Volcano, a alternative newspaper serving the Tacoma, WA and the greater South Sound, including my little city Olympia, folded this week. … With the growth of the JBLM military base, it’ll be interesting to…
May 1, 2000: A look back at my first and only go as an online reporter
Thank you, Internet Archive. You Rock. Olympia Today: May Day Marchers Head to Westside Streets I wrote this piece when I was running the above Olympia Time website. At the time, the site was actually owned by a small web design firm that I approached as part of an independent contact at Evergreen. Ah, the…