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Sound Neighbors Episode 1: Two Sides, One Community · Sound Neighbors Podcast

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  Tyler: Welcome to the Sound Neighbors Podcast, episode 1.
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  Tyler: This is our Sunday edition for South Bay and Johnson Point.
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  Tyler: I'm Tyler.
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  Jean: And I'm Jean.
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  Jean: This is our week ahead show, so grab your calendar.
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  Jean: Everything we mention is on the town square calendar at soundneighbors.com.
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  Tyler: In this episode, a quick look back, a packed week of concerts.
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  Tyler: A salmon bar crawl, and a haunted history walk.
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  Tyler: And two measures on your ballot, where Jean and I are going to take opposite sides.
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  Tyler: Let's get into it.
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  Jean: First, the week in about a minute.
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  Jean: Ballots went out Thursday, more than 205,000 of them across Thurston County.
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  Tyler: Near Johnson Point, deputies arrested two men after the same home was burglarized twice.
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  Tyler: The second time, security cameras the homeowner had just installed caught two vehicles and a suspect.
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  Tyler: And deputies recovered about $33,000 in stolen property.
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  Jean: Olympia approved a $17.7 million contract to build the first phase of Jolene Unsulled Community Park on Yellm Highway.
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  Jean: And flu activity in the county is low right now.
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  Tyler: The thing that stuck with me all week is that burglary.
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  Tyler: The cameras only went up after the first break-in.
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  Jean: And that footage basically handed deputies the case.
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  Jean: It doesn't have to be fancy either.
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  Jean: A doorbell camera, a motion light, and actually locking the shed.
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  Tyler: Out on the point, a lot of us still leave stuff open.
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  Tyler: I'm including myself in that.
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  Jean: Me too.
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  Jean: OK, this week I'm locking the shed.
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  Jean: Now the calendar.
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  Jean: Monday is Indigenous Peoples Day.
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  Jean: Olympia and the Squaxon Island Tribe are hosting a free celebration at Squaxon Park on East Bay Drive,
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  Jean: from 1130 to 230.
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  Jean: Tribal members will dance, sing, speak, and share stories.
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  Jean: Parking is limited, so there's a free shuttle every 30 minutes starting at 11
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  Jean: from the farmer's market lot.
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  Tyler: That's a great one for kids.
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  Tyler: And honestly, the shuttle is the way to go.
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  Tyler: Squaxon Park parking on the nice day is rough.
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  Jean: Agreed.
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  Jean: Organizers are also asking people to walk, bike, carpool, or take transit if they can.
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  Tyler: Monday night, the Timberline Choir performs at 7 at the Koval Center in Lacey
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  Tyler: on 6th Avenue Northeast.
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  Tyler: It's the first of three straight nights of school music there.
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  Jean: Love that.
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  Jean: Drivers, one more Monday note.
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  Jean: Concrete work on I-5 between Lacey and DuPont is expected to move to the southbound lanes.
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  Jean: Ramp closures run about 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Wednesday,
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  Jean: and longer Thursday and Friday nights.
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  Jean: The Marvin Road on ramp and both Martin Way East exits are on the list,
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  Jean: and the speed limit drops to 45 in the work zone.
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  Tyler: And speed cameras may be on, so if you're heading soft late,
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  Tyler: give yourself time and ease off the gas.
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  Tyler: Tuesday, the North Thurston High Orchestra plays at 7 at the Koval Center.
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  Tyler: The North Thurston School Board meets from 6 to 8 at Evergreen Forest Elementary on Marvin Road,
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  Tyler: with public comment open.
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  Tyler: And the Port of Olympia Commission meets at 4.
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  Jean: For the sports fans, Timberline Volleyball is 9 and 0, and they play at Peninsula on Tuesday.
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  Jean: Last week, they beat North Thurston for the first time since 2017,
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  Jean: and Kinley Smith had 39 kills.
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  OK.
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  Tyler: Quick time out for anyone who doesn't follow Volleyball.
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  Tyler: What's the kill?
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  Jean: A kill is an attack, usually a hard spike that the other team can't return,
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  Jean: so it wins the point right there.
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  Tyler: So 39 kills means she ended 39 rallies by herself.
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  Jean: Pretty much.
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  Jean: That's a big night by anyone's standard.
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  Tyler: Then I'll be watching Tuesday's score.
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  Jean: Wednesday night at 7, the Washington Center has Abra Kadabra, an Abba tribute show.
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  Jean: Tickets run $57 to $77.
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  Jean: If you'd rather stay close and free, the Aspire Choir has an informants at the Koval Center.
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  Jean: Also at 7, and St. Michael Parrish holds its weekly Wednesdays at the Well Series.
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  Tyler: I respect anyone who sings along to Mamma Mia with a few hundred strangers on a Wednesday.
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  Jean: Count me in.
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  Tyler: Wednesday is also an election date.
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  Tyler: The county's main voting center at the Elections Division in Tumwater opens October 14th.
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  Tyler: That's where you can vote in person, get a replacement ballot, or register.
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  Tyler: Weekday hours are 8 to 430.
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  Jean: And Thursday is the day to check your mailbox.
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  Jean: If your ballot hasn't arrived by Thursday, October 15th, call elections at 360.
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  786-5408.
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  Tyler: That's 360-786-5408.
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  Tyler: Thursday also kicks off the weekend run of live music at the farmer's market on Capitol Way.
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  Tyler: 11 to 2, Thursday through Sunday.
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  Jean: Quick note before the ballot talk.
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  Jean: Soundneighbors is free, and it runs on value for value.
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  Jean: If this calendar saves you some time, you can give back.
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  Jean: Just email hello at soundneighbors.com.
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  Jean: More on that at the end.
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  Tyler: Okay, the ballot.
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  Tyler: Here's the first measure.
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  Tyler: Straight.
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  Tyler: Lacy Fire District 3's Proposition 1 would let the district issue up to $98.3 million in bonds.
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  Tyler: The money would pay for a relocated station 32, a new station 36 in Hawks Prairie, North
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  Tyler: of I-5, a regional live fire training facility, and a logistics warehouse.
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  Tyler: The district estimates the cost at 22 to 25 cents per thousand dollars of assessed value.
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  Tyler: On a $500,000 home, that's about $8 to $11 a month.
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  Jean: So we said we'd take sides.
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  Jean: Tyler, you're for it?
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  Tyler: I'm leaning yes.
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  Tyler: Hawks Prairie has grown a lot, and a new station North of I-5 means a station where the people
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  Tyler: are.
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  Tyler: For roughly $8 to $11 a month on a typical home, that seems like a reasonable price for faster
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  Tyler: help on the worst day of someone's life.
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  Jean: That's a fair point.
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  Jean: And I don't disagree about the station.
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  Jean: My hesitation is the total.
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  Jean: $98 million is a lot of money.
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  Jean: And it's not just stations.
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  Jean: It also covers a training facility and a warehouse, and I'd want to understand why those need
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  Jean: to be in the same bond.
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  Tyler: That's reasonable.
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  Tyler: My take is firefighters have to train somewhere, and equipment has to be stored somewhere.
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  Tyler: But I get wanting to see the case for each piece.
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  Jean: And it's not the only thing on the ballot asking for money.
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  Jean: $8 to $11 a month adds up when you stack it with other measures.
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  Tyler: That's true.
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  Tyler: I think we both agree the new station makes sense, and we land in different places on
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  Tyler: the full package.
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  Jean: Exactly.
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  Jean: And I'd say read the district's project list in cost estimates, they're linked in our
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  Jean: story.
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  Jean: And decide for yourself.
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  Jean: The second measure, straight, Timberland Regional Libraries Proposition 1 is a levy lid lift.
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  Jean: If it passes, the library's property tax rate goes from $0.22 to $0.35 per $1,000 of
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  Jean: assessed value.
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  Jean: The library estimates Thurston County homeowners would pay about $69 more a year.
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  Jean: And the city says it would raise about $14 million in the first year.
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  Jean: The money would restore staffing, extend hours, cut wait times on popular titles, and catch
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  Jean: up on deferred maintenance.
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  Jean: The 29 library system faces a $3.8 million shortfall.
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  Jean: The Olympia City Council voted to support it.
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  Tyler: And this time we flip, junior for this one.
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  Jean: I am.
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  Jean: $69 a year is less than $6 a month.
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  Jean: For that, you get libraries open more hours, more staff, and shorter wait lists.
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  Jean: And with a $3.8 million gap, the alternative is probably fewer hours, not more.
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  Tyler: I hear that.
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  Tyler: And I love the library.
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  Tyler: My concern is the size of the jump.
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  Tyler: Going from $0.22 to $0.35 is a rate increase of almost 60%.
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  Tyler: That's a big step in one go.
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  Jean: That's a fair way to look at it.
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  Jean: In dollars, it's modest.
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  Jean: As a percentage, it's big.
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  Jean: But with our true.
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  Tyler: Right.
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  Tyler: And it lands on the same ballot as the fire bond.
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  Tyler: So for some families, it's the total that matters.
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  Jean: Which is the same point I made about the fire bond, so I can't really argue with you
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  Jean: there.
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  Tyler: There you go.
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  Tyler: I'd say we both want the library's healthy.
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  Tyler: We just weigh the cost a little differently.
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  Jean: And that's okay.
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  Jean: That's what the ballot's for.
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  Tyler: Back to the fun stuff.
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  Tyler: Friday, you've got three options.
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  Tyler: The Puget Sound Esterium is hosting a salmon-themed bar crawl called Swim Sip Survive.
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  Tyler: Starting at 5.30 at 309 State Avenue Northeast.
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  Tyler: There's an Olympia history in Haunted Walking Tour at 6, and comedian Gary Gohman is at
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  Tyler: the Capitol Theater at 8.
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  Jean: Salmon, ghosts, or stand-up.
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  Jean: I love that's an actual choice.
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  Tyler: I do the Haunted Walk.
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  Tyler: Bring a jacket.
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  Jean: Saturday night, the Washington Center has the happiest concert on Earth, a Disney tribute
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  Jean: benefit at 7, and the Krypton 4th Avenue has Fern Spores with OK Tiger and Fox & Bones
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  Jean: at 8.
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  Jean: Tickets are $12.
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  Tyler: Harlequin Productions has Sanctuary City in Our Town running at the State Theater through
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  Tyler: the 25th, Showtime's Vary, and next Sunday, the 18th, the Olympia Film Society Kids Club
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  Tyler: movie is at the Capitol Theater at 1, free for kids $12 and under.
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  Jean: Movie than a market lunch.
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  Jean: That's a solid Sunday.
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  Jean: And the Bulletin Board always says it, confirm with the organizer before you go.
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  Jean: One more item where you might hear two sides.
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  Jean: City of Olympia staff are proposing utility rate increases, 4.5% for drinking water, 6.5
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  Jean: for waste, 8.7 for stormwater, and 9.5 for wastewater.
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  Jean: That's about $19.51 more on the average bi-monthly bill, or roughly 5.5% overall.
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  Jean: The public hearing is October 27th.
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  Jean: This only applies to City of Olympia utility customers.
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  Tyler: I'll take the skeptical side on this one.
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  Tyler: 1950 every two months is real money for a lot of households, especially on top of everything
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  Tyler: else on the ballot.
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  Jean: That's fair.
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  Jean: I'd push back a little though.
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  Jean: Water, sewer, and stormwater systems are expensive to keep running, and the overall increase is
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  Jean: about 5.5%.
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  Jean: I'd want to hear the city's reasons that the hearing before saying no.
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  Tyler: That's reasonable.
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  Tyler: I'd want to hear them too.
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  Tyler: Maybe the takeaway is the same either way.
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  Tyler: Show up on the 27th or ascend to comment.
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  Jean: Agreed.
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  Jean: And thanks for keeping it friendly partner.
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  Tyler: Always.
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  Tyler: A few dates further out.
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  Tyler: On October 20th, the County Commissioners take public comment at 3.30 at the courthouse
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  Tyler: atrium on a proposed Thurston Conservation District rates and charges system.
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  Tyler: The same evening, Timberline High hosts a military family game night with crafts, 5.30 to 7.
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  Jean: The Chinook Middle School band plays on the 22nd.
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  Jean: The Nisqually Reach Nature Center has an illustrated nature journal workshop on the 25th.
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