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I’ve been paying close attention to the sheriff’s race and decided to put a Tracy Murphy sign in my yard. I believe Lewis County will be a better place to live and work with him in that office.

Murphy has solid connections in the law enforcement world and a long record of actual street-level work. What stands out to me is the focus on real change through better leadership, especially around the drug problem and how the office operates day to day.

Gabriel Frase is a good man and clearly capable. I don’t have anything personal against him. But at the end of the day I think we end up with more of the same if he wins. Murphy represents a different direction, and that’s what I’m voting for.

Curious what other locals are thinking.

Hi everyone! I have a feral cat in my shed. She has a litter of kittens, there’s 4, with her that look about 6 weeks old. I am trying to get her an appointment to get spayed but everyone is full or booked. I have checked everything I can think of and now I’m resorting to Reddit…. Does anyone know of somewhere (doesn’t have to be super local) that currently has opening for spaying a feral mom?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I’m at a loss.

Whole new meaning to Honey-Bucket...

Howdy South End! JR Berard here — PNW born and raised, professionally unserious, and thrilled to be crawling back into your neighborhood (Chehalis) on Saturday, September 26th.
 
Soapbox (formerly Cornercopia) Comedy Club has been quietly building something great down here, and I'm not about to let them do it without me showing up and making it weird. Come laugh, bring a friend and heckle responsibly (or don't, I've survived worse) — let's hang out on the 26th.
 
Venue: Soapbox Comedy Club:
289 Northwest Chehalis Avenue
Chehalis, WA 98532
 
Date: Saturday, September 26  - 8 PM
 
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jr-berard-headlines-tickets-1997614616091?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
 
Use the promo code: payatthedoor to save on fees and pay when you get there.

Hi friends!

The campaign to save the Timberland Regional Library system is feeling the time pressure. Ballots go out Oct 8 and some folk are already voting (overseas/military/etc), which gives us less than a month to get out the good word.

The most valuable way to do that? Everybody's least favorite activity: door knocking! It can be fun, it can be rewarding, but it's also walking door to door in specific areas raising awareness. This is a CRITICAL time to be diving in with only 7 weekends until the election November 3rd.

TO THAT END: if you feel like supporting your library in an immediately valuable way, we've got a sign up sheet for folks to register their interest: CANVASSING SIGN UP SHEET

We are also running some BRIEF and ONLINE canvassing trainings so volunteers don't feel rudderless; that information can be found on the Yes4Libraries website: Yes4Libraries

I know y'all are as tired of reading these posts as we are of making them. The finish line is fast approaching and the stakes are existential, so if you feel like making a difference in your community this is an incredible way to show up. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT THUS FAR!

Howdy South End! JR Berard here — PNW born and raised, professionally unserious, and thrilled to be crawling back into your neighborhood (Chehalis) on Saturday, September 26th.
 
Cornercopia Comedy Club has been quietly building something great down here, and I'm not about to let them do it without me showing up and making it weird. Come laugh, bring a friend and heckle responsibly (or don't, I've survived worse) — let's hang out on the 26th.
 
Venue: Cornercopia Comedy Club:
289 Northwest Chehalis Avenue
Chehalis, WA 98532
 
Date: Saturday, September 26  - 8 PM
 
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jr-berard-headlines-tickets-1997614616091?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
 
Use the promo code: payatthedoor to save on fees and pay when you get there.

Howdy South End! JR Berard here — PNW born and raised, professionally unserious, and thrilled to be crawling back into your neighborhood (Chehalis) on Saturday, September 26th.
 
Cornercopia Comedy Club has been quietly building something great down here, and I'm not about to let them do it without me showing up and making it weird. Come laugh, bring a friend and heckle responsibly (or don't, I've survived worse) — let's hang out on the 26th.
 
Venue: Cornercopia Comedy Club:
289 Northwest Chehalis Avenue
Chehalis, WA 98532
 
Date: Saturday, September 26  - 8 PM
 
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jr-berard-headlines-tickets-1997614616091?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
 
Use the promo code: payatthedoor to save on fees and pay when you get there.

Looking for a season rental in Packwood this winter. 12/15-3/31. Family of four from Portland.

Thx

"After learning he couldn’t simply limit the number of stores, Swope’s next best approach was to exclude every zoned area except one, leaving Packwood as the only legally zoned spot.

County staff informed him that they could simply “provide a map” specifically marking allowed locations, instead of using pre-existing zoning. Swope agreed to staff’s suggestion to “strike the zoning allowance and state explicitly within the Packwood urban growth area.”

Commissioner Pollock pointed out they’d be “creating an exclusive market zone.”

Swope replied, “which is fine.” And that was that.

This is actually pretty shocking, coming from a board of commissioners that purports to prefer deregulation and claims to reject picking winners and losers.

The decision was narrow and prescriptive, and a drastic cut-down from the Planning Commission’s recommendation, which included small zones near freeways and commercial areas."

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"The ordinance also prohibits cannabis production and processing everywhere. And it turns out, the RCW governing the requirements to get our share of the tax revenue is pretty explicit:

The tax “may only be distributed to jurisdictions that do not prohibit the siting of any state licensed cannabis producer, processor, or retailer.”

You see that second to last word? “Or.” On the face of the statute, that appears to make Lewis County ineligible for the 3.5% per-capita distribution."

"The bottom line here is that holy crap did Democrats overperform in Southwest Washington"

Just here to support any discussions or questions related to Chehalis High School class of 1988.

We are planning the 40 year reunion

Email to: WFWest1988@gmail.com

I was thrifting today and found a painting signed by "Joy Campbell", which brought me to a shallow rabbit hole of a web search with a bunch of really fun/cute paintings. It seems like she's got a history of doing greeting card art as well as commissioned paintings of pets. In my searching I wasn't able to find the painting I saw at the thrift store.

There's basically no bios of her online, but the scant few I did find said that she's from Winlock Washington- although the other short bio I found for her mentions her early days of work were spent in California, specifically as a portrait artist at Knott's Berry Farms.

It's probably a long shot posting in here but her old personal email address from her site is no longer active and I'm not sure if her website's contact forum is actually still active or not.

We've gotten him water. Collar but no tags.

Hey folks, I'm new to town and looking for some delicious food spots 😋 drop your favorite restaurants in the comments!

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