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The Chronicle - Centralia
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In loving memory of Floyd Thompson: 1930-2024
Floyd passed away on April 23, 2024 at the age of 93 at home in the arms of his wife and stepdaughter, Tabatha, by his side. Floyd was born in a farmhouse in Kenmore, North Dakota, on July 10, 1930 to Linese Kahle and Edward Thompsen. He enlisted into the Navy in February of 1950. He served in the Korean War on the USS H.W. Tucker. He received several medals while serving his country. He was honorably discharged in November 1953. He went on to college and received his teaching degree. He taught for Rochester School District and then Green Hill Academic School for incarcerated youth. He retired in June 1991 after 30 years of teaching. He was a member of the Elks Lodge, VFW, Rotary Club and Moose Lodge. He loved traveling, gardening, fishing and being on his boat named Get-Er-Done! He is preceded in death by his parents, Linese and Edward Thompsen; spouses Glenda Louden and Leona Brown-Thompson; sister Mickey; brothers Walter, Cliff, Ray and Lester; and stepson Charles May. He is survived by wife Mary (May) Thompson; sister Lucella VanOverbeke; daughters Erica Thompson and Margo (Jon) Neel; sons Richard (Carla), Robert (Lina), Thomas (Tracy) Thompson; stepchildren Tabatha Fenton, Kyle (Amanda); and Steven (Tracey) May; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, step-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held on September 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Grace Lutheran Church in Port Townsend, WA. |
Portland Business News
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Five Things to Know This Week: Oregon's fastest-growing company and Kroger-Albertsons merger
Kroger-Albertsons merger testimony wraps up and Portland restaurants earn plaudits.
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Japanese restaurant Takibi reopens on Portland's Northwest 23rd Avenue
Takibi, which is attached to the Portland flagship store of Snow Peak, reopened with a revamped menu and plans to open a ramen cart.
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The Private 100 Companies grew revenue by $6 billion since 2021
Take a look under the hood to see what kind of engine powered the fastest-growing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington this year.
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Columbian Newspaper
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Nominees for The Columbian 2024 Week 2 high school football player of the week
Here are the nominees for The Columbian 2024-25 Week 2 high school football player of the week. |
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Is state cutting down its ‘legacy’?: Conservationists want to curb the logging of old-growth trees
Sherwood State Forest in Washington’s Mason County escaped the industrial clear-cutting that transformed much of the Northwest last century. |
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For big businesses, tapping into grid in Clark County is tough
Large, energy-intensive businesses like data centers are driving demand for electricity across the Northwest. |
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They made a movie about Trump, then few studios were interested in ‘The Apprentice’ film
NEW YORK — Hard as it may be to believe, there aren’t a lot of Hollywood agents clamoring for their star clients to take the role of one of the polarizing political figures of the 21st century. |
Washington State News
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Boeing Strike Enters Fourth Day As Fresh Talks Loom
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A strike by more than 30,000 Boeing workers who build planes in factories on the US west coast stretched into its fourth day on Sept 16, with company and union negotiators due to resume talks over a labor contract on Sept 17. - Other Media news - The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), Boeing's largest union, last week overwhelmingly voted down a contra |
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Boeing workers to go on strike after refusing to accept pay deal
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: Nearly 33,000 workers stepped off Boeing's assembly line on September 12 at its factories near Seattle and elsewhere after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25 percent over four years. The strike started one minute after midnight PDT, less than three hours after the local branch of the International Associati |
