tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48812651555915800722012-01-12T11:45:18.150-08:00Our mission is to inform, educate, entertain, connect and inspire a diverse group of consumers across the Enumclaw Plateau and surrounding area on issues affecting their daily lives with an emphasis on social and environmental responsibility.Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-42714072196539035052011-04-20T18:52:00.000-07:002011-04-20T19:05:21.720-07:00

Open your eyes to the beautifully mundane; introduce yourself.Sidelines are for those with regrets; you are not one of these people.Find comfort in the fact that catty judgments and petty confrontations are clearly exposed as such; you are not blind.Keep climbing with those around you; together, you form a company rooted in history and reciprocity.Fill your lungs with the smell of this era;

Travis Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753533407389900762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-35649358443385421632010-06-07T10:36:00.000-07:002010-06-07T10:39:05.324-07:00

The Harkness annexation proposal has spurred another resident further out in the growth boundary "Oseola" to start yet another petition for annexation. The area is mostly wetlands and down hill from the sewer treatment plant. It will require a very expensive pumping station (think millions and millions of dollars) to pump the sewer of new developments to the treatment facility on Semanski and 410

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-23394151376135345712009-09-10T14:43:00.000-07:002009-09-10T14:48:50.643-07:00

by R. S. Gaylord June 5, 2009It is hard to stay home on the rangeWhen the deer and the antelope’s gone.Now days you’ll hear all discouraging wordsAnd my eyes are cloudy all day.I’m leaving the range for cities so evilWillie Nelson found pitfalls real.My life on the range faces massive changeIt’s no longer there to enjoy.Urban expansion it’s called, these terrible daysPushing ranchers away by

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-1693796019540921592009-09-09T23:08:00.000-07:002009-09-10T00:17:10.221-07:00

The Business Mind: age 6 to 60.by Jean HoilandToday I attended a business summit sponsored by the city of Enumclaw, Chamber of Commerce and Green River Small Business Center. I didn't really have any expectations, it's that yoga thing of non attachment I guess. I was neither late nor overly early, I got there on time. The first thing I noticed and my words verbatim to my breakout group "what a

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-10597897274109567902009-09-08T11:44:00.000-07:002009-09-08T23:08:04.038-07:00

A College Savings Journey by Jean HoilandMy son Brennan (6 years old) and I were busy this summer manifesting college credits, and following through with the plans described in the Roomanski Tale of veggies door to door. Three months from the original posting of our garden story the veggies are growing out our ears. We started with bags of spinach and progressed to a cart filled with kale,

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-3252765860422638272009-06-16T13:01:00.000-07:002009-06-17T13:44:35.540-07:00

The seeds were planted as my sister and I took over our father's gardens for a few weekends late last fall. Our goal, prepare the gardens for winter. I say gardens because there are two rather large areas that total anywhere from 4-5,000 square feet. We have two pear trees, two plum trees, three or four apple trees, two varieties of raspberries and blueberries.We began digging things up that

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-10280223821329402142009-06-08T13:47:00.000-07:002009-06-08T13:52:06.735-07:00

I try to stay informed, up to date and educated about what's going on in my home town. Like many of you I don't make it to many city council meetings and only occasionally find time to watch the meeting via Internet. Let's face it life is hectic, busy and sometimes overwhelming. After all we have council members and committees to take care of all that as well as a mayor and city staff. At least

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-59087911263991436412009-03-19T12:34:00.001-07:002009-03-19T13:06:30.955-07:00

Today I went to the Enumclaw library to vote for King Conservation Districtor supervisor. Lisa Parsons from http://www.mgrc.org/ asked me to get the information to as many people as I could. KCD is a very important organization working with virtually all municipalities within King County with the exception of a few. Enumclaw is one of those exceptions, along with Federal Way, Skykomish, Milton

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-82378594457329735352008-11-30T22:04:00.000-08:002008-11-30T22:07:17.530-08:00

In this time of political tension with the changing of the guard in the American Presidency I feel a great desire to set it aside and consider what really matters; Wealth. Financial experts would claim that the true definition of wealth is " having sufficiant assets that would sustain you indefinately at your current lifestyle". Nice, but...Let's bring it a little closer to our humble real lives.

Brian M Dotsonnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-6926383278743084092008-10-29T21:55:00.000-07:002008-10-29T22:21:28.770-07:00

I thought I'd share a few Buckley businesses I dropped by this morning. I had a meeting to tour Cascadia (future review) which got cancelled and so I had some time to drop by The Hometown Restaurant for breakfast. I'd heard they sunk a ton of money into the renovation and I was pleasantly surprised by the transformation. They reopened in June after 6 months of construction. Not just

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-83904767545988138622008-10-29T14:38:00.000-07:002008-10-29T21:52:24.793-07:00

It seems that my last email caused a ripple of discomfort for some of our readers. I assure you that was not my intent. Nor do I plan on using this blog or the Mindful Intent magazine as a political forum. I must however admit that I am indeed skewed towards the liberal viewpoint. I own a yoga studio and I'm starting a GREEN magazine, of course my beliefs are a bit skewed. I loved reading

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-39382550986327192952008-10-20T17:21:00.000-07:002008-10-20T22:23:12.145-07:00

For the past few weeks I have been submitting articles to the Enumclaw Courier-Herald, in large part because of my interest in the 2008 elections, and the recent conservatism I have encountered since returning from my first year of college at the Art Institute of Seattle. It is not that I was under the impression that Enumclaw was the twin sister of the Emerald City in the way of political

Travis Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02753533407389900762noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-23569226482489402592008-09-09T13:53:00.000-07:002008-09-09T14:55:36.727-07:00

What is National Park(ing) Day you may ask, and that's just what I was wondering when it came through an email today. I was intrigued so I linked through to the 'Conserving Land for People' website. Essentially the goal is to celebrate parks in cities and promote the need for more parks by creating temporary public parks in public parking spaces. National Park(ing) Day is Friday, September 19,

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-59132918419244600152008-06-15T17:55:00.001-07:002008-06-15T17:55:51.591-07:00

I found this in the news section of the King County website.

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16286821444746693298noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-4740416785606486792008-06-11T11:52:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:55:11.766-07:00

We should compile a list of questions for the city council and Nestle. I for one want to see if there has been a comprehensive ground water study done to measure the impacts of private wells and municipal water withdrawal on groundwater supply. In other areas including Covington and Ravensdale wells have run dry from over allocation of ground water. What happens to the future of our water

Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16286821444746693298noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-80297146616784949262008-06-11T11:45:00.000-07:002008-06-11T12:23:39.760-07:00

There is an adhoc committee being formed to gather information about Nestle Water.The only council members to adamantly say they were against continuing negotiations were Liz Reynolds and Jim Hogan. The others all said they would like more information in order to best represent the public. I don't know about you but I've yet to speak with anyone who is for this.Michael Innis will chair the

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-64767877789094758372008-06-06T13:31:00.000-07:002008-06-06T13:36:14.513-07:00

This was forwarded to me by John and Doreen Anderson regarding some missing Council Minutes with information about the water bottling. I'm having a hard time finding anyone who supports Nestle coming to town. I want to know what you think.June 5Doreen noticed that the Council minutes posted online stopped with the February 25, 2008 meeting. I inquired about this in the city clerk’s office

Jean Hoilandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04188891168091805399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4881265155591580072.post-59215447945143701082008-06-03T14:31:00.000-07:002008-06-03T15:01:12.230-07:00

Are Enumclaw city administrators considering selling our spring water to Nestle Water North America? I wasn't the only one concerned about this bit of news to come out in last weeks Courier Herald. The court house was full last night for the first in what is likely to be a series of public forums to discuss the pro's of selling our precious spring water.To me spring water is a precious commodity.

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