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Cole Cosgrove Cole Cosgrove
... was here. You can reach him at cole.cosgrove@thenewstribune.com.

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Kelly Davenport Kelly Davenport
My life in T-shirts: Ask Me About My Cat - Legalize Frostitution - Death Before Decaf. You get the idea. I enjoy lint-rolling, bons mots, magazine launch parties (if I was invited), paying too much for groceries, and the occasional semicolon. I'm a copy editor at The News Tribune, but I won't correct your grammar at the bar. Contact me at kelly.davenport@thenewstribune.com.

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Laura Gentry Laura Gentry
...lives in Seattle (so you don’t have to) with her cat Peanut Zeta-Jones. The self-proclaimed “Webmeister” of TheNewsTribune.com, Laura spends her spare time driving on I-5, sifting through estate sales, writing songs about Miss Zeta-Jones and wishing she was somewhere else regardless of where she is. You can reach her at laura.gentry@thenewstribune.com, but it’s in your best interest not to.

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Niki Sullivan Niki Sullivan
...is a political reporter for The News Tribune. She likes sunshine, soup and puppies. Beyond that, it gets dicey. Contact Niki at niki.sullivan@thenewstribune.com.

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Brian Everstine Brian Everstine
...has a debilitating fear of children, horses, sauerkraut and mustaches, but an irrational affection for generic cereal. A recent college graduate (WSU) from Spokane, he is a news reporter for The News Tribune who is still adjusting to life on this side of the mountains. Contact Brian at brian.everstine@thenewstribune.com.

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You'll like Tacoma
Friday, October 5th, 2007
Posted by Niki Sullivan @ 09:45:51 am

Businessmen are a creative bunch. Ordinarily, I wouldn't post about the slick ways they drum up biz, but this week brought two new and interesting approaches that I think you'd like.

The first occurred earlier this week at the RV show at the Tacoma Dome. If you have time, check out the video.

If not, here's the Cliff's Notes: The very excited Thomas Chelone promises that the purchase of an RV comes standard with "professional people to service you as you go down the road for years to come.”

The second example is slightly more touching -- figuratively, at least. This morning from 7:30 to 9 a.m., Lincoln Kopetski, who works as a financial adviser, paid for the coffee orders of everyone who walked into Origin 23 (nee Firehouse Coffee).

All told, he bought 80 cups, and he says he plans to do it again. (And invite us, naturally.)

The barista who answered the phone said Lincoln was "paying it forward." Not sure if pun is intended.

Categories: Drinking, Miscellany