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4 weeks ago | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
Admittedly, I made a mistake. It was just a few weeks ago and I broke my own rule against reading any news other than what is local. I love knowing what’s going on right here where I live. After all, many of the people and places and events that are being discussed are near and dear to my heart. National and international news? Not so much.
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1 month ago | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
I first became aware that education and democracy were intertwined in my eighth-grade civics class at E Street Grammar School in San Rafael, California. Though it was more than 75 years ago, I well remember our teacher Miss Timothy with her piercing blue eyes and scary black mustache. She was a force to be reckoned with as my friend Elsa learned when she was caught chewing bubble gum in class and had to wear that pink blob on her nose until the bell rang her reprieve.
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2 months ago | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
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2 months ago | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
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2 months ago | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
My introduction to poetry — not counting, of course, jump rope rhymes and Valentine sentiments — was in 1945. I was in fifth grade at Lincoln School in Alameda. Our assignment was to memorize the poem “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer. I did my homework, memorized the poem (which I thought was a little dorky) and clearly remember what I learned from the experience: that Joyce could be a man’s name.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
As long as I can remember, and probably as long as my mother and even her parents could remember, Holman Road marked the southern “boundary” of Ilwaco. The only question anyone ever had about it was whether it was named for James Duval Holman, who platted Ilwaco or for his son, Frederick Van Voorhies Holman, who was the first white baby to be born in Pacific County. Either way, it was named after a remarkable man. kAm}@H[ @7 4@FCD6[ E92E @=5 C@25 E92E 4C@DD6D $2?5C:586 2?5 9625D @?
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
chinookobserver.com | Sydney Stevens
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