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    Articles by Rudi Alcott
    Eugene Montgomery helps Olympic View Elementary students board an Amtrak train to Portland on May 19.
    Kids earn the right to ride Montgomery’s train...
    By Rudi Alcott • May 24, 2010 4:50 pm

    If there is a better non-profit for kids in the Federal Way area, I am not sure what it is….

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    Why oh why: Questions in need of answers | Rudi Alcott
    Why oh why: Questions in need of answers...
    By Rudi Alcott • December 22, 2009 8:26 pm

    Why oh why. Just a few questions. Maybe some of you have some answers. • Why do tires always go…

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    My two cents – with change to spare | Rudi Alcott
    My two cents – with change to spare...
    By Rudi Alcott • December 15, 2009 5:40 pm

    • I had a constituent ask me about a quotes box where we list a quote of the day by…

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    The meaning of words | Rudi Alcott
    The meaning of words | Rudi Alcott
    By Rudi Alcott • November 23, 2009 1:52 pm

    So what’s in a word? It is said that the American English language has about 1 million words in it,…

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    The natural order of things | Rudi Alcott
    The natural order of things | Rudi Alcott
    By Rudi Alcott • November 12, 2009 10:34 pm

    As I get older, I have thought about my time on this planet coming to a close more often than…

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    Social networking pays off with my kindergarten connection | Rudi Alcott
    Social networking pays off with my kindergarten connection...
    By Rudi Alcott • October 12, 2009 7:02 pm

    The invention of social networking is a game changer. There, I said it. And I am an old guy. At…

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    Celebrate Mother’s Day to infinity and beyond | Rudi Alcott
    Celebrate Mother’s Day to infinity and beyond |...
    By Rudi Alcott • May 5, 2009 1:32 pm

    As we move toward another Mother’s Day on the calendar, shouldn’t this be a day that is celebrated year-round and…

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    Dear Weyerhaeuser: Don’t uproot the bonsai garden | Rudi Alcott
    Dear Weyerhaeuser: Don’t uproot the bonsai garden |...
    By Rudi Alcott • May 1, 2009 1:54 pm

    All it takes is a seed to start a tree, but it may take a community to raise one. Though…

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    Message from the publisher: The Mirror’s new printed look
    Message from the publisher: The Mirror’s new printed...
    By Rudi Alcott • January 26, 2009 10:48 pm

    And so it begins. On Jan. 28, you can hold the first print edition of the new and improved Federal…

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    New Year’s resolutions for the Federal Way Mirror
    New Year’s resolutions for the Federal Way Mirror
    By Rudi Alcott • December 29, 2008 7:30 pm

    Everybody has New Year’s resolutions. Do they get fulfilled? Probably not. I can’t remember one that I ever did. Told…

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    Tangled web we weave: Mirror’s online makeover
    Tangled web we weave: Mirror’s online makeover
    By Rudi Alcott • November 25, 2008 3:00 pm

    Our Web presence. Our new Web look.

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    By Rudi Alcott • November 25, 2008 2:26 pm

    Our Web presence. Our new Web look.

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    Goodbye, Federal Way
    Goodbye, Federal Way
    By Rudi Alcott • March 28, 2008 5:27 pm

    By Stuart Chernis, Mirror publisher

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