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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
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Posted by Cole Cosgrove @ 05:04:35 pm

I hate cutting and pasting news releases, but this seemed interesting and might save us all some money:

Tacoma Art Museum offers free admission to Bank of America credit, check and ATM cardholders on the first Saturday and Sunday of every month. The offer is valid through May 2009.

Categories: Art!
Posted by Cole Cosgrove @ 11:28:51 am

I was sad to hear that Stadium High School grad Irv Robbins died this week. That's Robbins, as in Baskin-Robbins, as Kelly once wrote.

As one reader pointed out, isn't it true that all good things come from Tacoma?

"We sell fun, not just ice cream," Robbins once said.

Since that's his outlook on life, then we hope he wouldn't mind our lingering thoughts about what comes next for this True Gritizen:

• There should be 31 pallbearers.
• His casket should be made of waffle cone, with a cherry on top.
• His headstone should look something like this ...

In honor of its namesake, Baskin-Robbins says "ice cream lovers across the globe are asked to keep Irv and his family in their thoughts and prayers and honor his memory with 31 seconds of silence on Friday, May 9, 2008, at 3:31 p.m. local time."

Categories: History lesson
Posted by Cole Cosgrove @ 10:43:31 am

Stimulus-Response: Here's a more accurate depiction of what we're buying with our stimulating checks.

Categories: Observed