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The Production of Meaning

The supposed tunnels in Hewitt Lake leading to the Sound interested me, and in the course of investigation I ran across the following. This is from the Daily Olympian, Dec. 26, 1976:

H-Hewitt Lake---
H-Haunted Or Not?

By Dorris Hensel

When the winter mist snags the fir tops and obscures the far shores of Thurston County lakes in ghostly vapors, it takes only a small stretch of the imagination to see shadows of the things that were, when deer came to drink at water's edge and a stalking cougar padded near.

At such times, before the fog lifts and we see the houses which now cram the perimeters, some lakes seem almost haunted. One, Hewitt Lake, located southeast of Tumwater, was once believed to be obsessed [note-- perhaps she meant "possessed"].

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Military shipments are being run through the Port of Grays Harbor, Aberdeen. The Daily World has the story: Military equipment continues to arrive.

Read The Rambling Taoists for commentary and research. Trey lives in Aberdeen and is blogging about these shipments.

Free speech ain't what it used to be. I stopped by the local police department yesterday to find out where our fine law enforcement people plan to ALLOW protesters to exercise our cherished first amendment rights. They are providing us with a freshly mowed field. What do they think we are? Grazing cattle?

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