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Plateau haunts scare up ghost hunters By Ray Still
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f you’re looking for a frightfully good time this Halloween, there are many attractions on the Plateau that would be more than willing to scare the pants off of you. Farm Fresh Produce, Thomasson Family Farm and the Fright Factory are some good Halloween haunts, and Maris Farms works hard every year to bring you the best scares with its haunted forest and monster safari. But at the end of the night, that psycho clown that chased you and your friends through the corn maze with a chainsaw
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isn’t some undead apparition – it’s an actor with a red rubber nose. So where on the Plateau can you see some real ghosts?
AGHOST
Ross Allison, the president of Advanced Ghost Hunters of Seattle and Tacoma (AGHOST) and the owner of the Spooked in Seattle Ghost Tours, has investigated several places on the Plateau for ghosts. In fact, it was in Buckley where AGHOST investigated its first cemetery. Presently, Allison tours around the country, giving
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The forecast for today, Wednesday, calls for showers, primarily before 11 a.m. and again in the evening hours. Rain sticks around through Sunday, with daytime high temperatures in the mid-50s and nighttime lows in the mid- to upper 50s.
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Isaac Wadleigh, 4, checks out Bonney Lake Officer Nate Alvord’s badge at the Red Robin Tip-A-Cop event for Special Olympics Saturday. Officers collected tip envelops from patrons with all proceeds going to Special Olympics. Officer Daron Wolschleger said the event was very successful. Susan Root, a Special Olympics coordinator at White River High School, said Tip-A Cop provides funds and raises awareness for the programs offered on the Plateau. Photo by Dennis Box
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DM Disposal to recycle old garbage bins By Ray Still
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AGHOST investigators in Buckley Cemetery investigate strange EMF readings and snap a photograph of ectoplasm. Photo courtesy of Ross Allison
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Residents of Bonney Lake will see a change to their garbage service in the month of November. DM Disposal will begin using automated garbage collection instead of manual labor, using a mechanical arm to lift up garbage bins and to deposit trash in the truck. Mark Gingrich, a district manager of DM Disposal, said the mechanical arm will make trash collecting more efficient and cleaner than using manual labor. “As for routes going faster, it will take the same amount of time,” Gingrich said. “But the routes have two workers on them, and now we only need the driver.” Even though routes will have one less worker on them, no employees are being laid off, Gingrich said. Instead, “they will be absorbed into other work areas.” With this change in service, DM Disposal is requiring Bonney Lake residents to upgrade their garbage bins, free of charge. “With the wind we get in Pierce County, garbage cans would get blown over or the tops would get blown off,” Gingrich explained. “The new bins are heavier, and the lids are attached” to prevent garbage from spilling.
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