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    ALL ABOARD | It’s potpourri time once again, from fish to birds to bats
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    By Jim Freeman • March 19, 2009 8:00 am

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    ALL ABOARD | Destination Imagination: From sea to shining see
    ALL ABOARD | Destination Imagination: From sea to...
    By Jim Freeman • March 10, 2009 5:59 pm

    Last weekend was a gentle reminder that life is grand even if we’ve all lost a few. The first Saturday…

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    ALL ABOARD: The Facts of Life: ’Twas a horse opera by any other name
    ALL ABOARD: The Facts of Life: ’Twas a...
    By Jim Freeman • March 5, 2009 8:00 am

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    ALL ABOARD | Bad News Bear: My life as a juiced up fourth-grader
    ALL ABOARD | Bad News Bear: My life...
    By Jim Freeman • February 24, 2009 6:13 pm

    Now that A-Rod has admitted to the use of steroids to become A-Bod, I feel the need to come clean…

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    ALL ABOARD | Ancient Mariners and other amazing stories of old
    ALL ABOARD | Ancient Mariners and other amazing...
    By Jim Freeman • February 17, 2009 6:30 pm

    Now that the Mariners are in Spring Training, we can all look forward to the Puget Sound’s Hall of Fame…

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    ALL ABOARD | A standing ovation for Whidbey Island: Double wow!
    ALL ABOARD | A standing ovation for Whidbey...
    By Jim Freeman • February 10, 2009 7:26 pm

    To say that living here is heartwarming, even in the winter, would be an understatement. So, without overdoing it, let…

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    ALL ABOARD | Roxy Etherton: Ben Franklin would be proud!
    ALL ABOARD | Roxy Etherton: Ben Franklin would...
    By Jim Freeman • February 3, 2009 7:00 pm

    So how was your Super Bowl weekend? Did your team win? Lose? Do you have a team? We saw a…

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    ALL ABOARD | The grand total of the numbers in this column is 19,732.7
    ALL ABOARD | The grand total of the...
    By Jim Freeman • January 27, 2009 5:17 pm

    One of the joys of the New Year is getting my new calendar ready. First, I transfer all the birthdays….

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    ALL ABOARD | The shape of things to come is here, there and everywhere
    ALL ABOARD | The shape of things to...
    By Jim Freeman • January 6, 2009 7:12 pm

    As the soon to be 44th President of the United States stated in his acceptance speech last summer in Denver,…

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    ALL ABOARD | Slipping into the New Year
    ALL ABOARD | Slipping into the New Year
    By Jim Freeman • December 29, 2008 4:35 pm

    Given that this is my last published column of calendar year 2008, I feel pressure to make this entry really…

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    ALL ABOARD | Dean Martin, The Lone Ranger and Denny’s Grand Slam
    ALL ABOARD | Dean Martin, The Lone Ranger...
    By Jim Freeman • December 25, 2008 8:00 am

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    ALL ABOARD | Phobia, oh phobia, where art thou oh phobia?
    ALL ABOARD | Phobia, oh phobia, where art...
    By Jim Freeman • December 16, 2008 7:34 pm

    I don’t know about you, but I’ve been a tad down lately. Since our folks have been gone, the holidays…

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    ALL ABOARD | Dishing dirt with Charlie and Leon, who needs a dish?
    ALL ABOARD | Dishing dirt with Charlie and...
    By Jim Freeman • December 9, 2008 6:57 pm

    While sitting around the caboose the other afternoon, instead of enjoying our splendidly sporadic December sunshine, it occurred to me,…

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