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Muckleshoot Indian Tribe buys White River forest
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White River’s Cyruss Stenson breaks a tackle and into the open Friday at Orting in the game against the Cardinals. Story on page 7. Photo by Dennis Box
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numclaw native Keith Ross is the head football coach for the Sumner Spartans, and for the first time ever, he has coached his team to a perfect season. “It is hard to go undefeated during a whole season,” Ross said. “Many things have to fall into place.” Ross graduated from Enumclaw High School in 1985 where he played football, basketball and soccer. After graduating from high school, he went on to be a fouryear starter and All-American linebacker
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at Central Washington University. Before returning to the west side of the mountains to teach and coach, Ross was on the Central football staff as a linebacker coach from 1995-98. Coaching the Spartans allowed Ross to be on the opposing side of the field from his coaching hero Mike Ernaga, who coached the Hornets before retiring after the 2007-08 school year. Ross’ influence in the school is unmistakable and apparent, assistant coach and
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Sumner coach Keith Ross celebrates with his team after winning the 2013 Sunset Bowl. Photo by Vince Miller
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The forecast for Wednesday calls for mostly sunny skies with a high to 44 and lows to 32. Thursday continues with mostly sunny with chilly temperatures around 46. Friday calls for partly cloudy with clouds forming at night. Saturday is mostly cloudy with rain Sunday.
The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe will be the new owner of the White River Forest near Enumclaw. According to reports, the tribe purchased 96,307 acres from Hancock Natural Resource Group for about $313 million. The White River Forest includes about 86,501 acres. The entire acquisition spans King, Pierce and Lewis counties. A release from the tribe stated the transaction closed Nov. 5. “This acquisition is another important step toward the tribe’s goals of increasing our land base, reacquiring
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