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Today’s edition · Sat., Nov. 7

Lacey butcher matches donated meat packs Sunday; high-speed rail survey closes Nov. 13

Plus, a Brewers World Series champ from Capital High and Tumwater's four-day work week.

The Daily Olympia team2 stories16 sources6 min read

LaceyTop story

Gibson's Custom Meats in Lacey will match every donated meat pack on Sunday

Each pack holds 5 pounds of meat

Sources: The Jolt News, ThurstonTalk

View as table
AmountShare
Ground beef2 lb40%
Boneless chicken breast2 lb40%
Pork breakfast sausage1 lb20%

If you've been meaning to give to a food drive, Sunday is a good one to pick. Gibson's Custom Meats in Lacey will match every community essential pack bought for donation at its "Pay It Forward" event, marking the program's first year.

Each pack is 5 pounds of staple proteins. The shop recently raised its price because of rising wholesale meat costs.

  • When: Sun., Nov. 8, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Where: 7912 Martin Way E, Lacey
  • Match: 1-for-1 on every pack bought for donation
  • Price: $19 a pack, up from $16.99

Over the past 12 months, the program has donated more than 2,200 packs to local families facing food insecurity.

“With our 1-for-1 match, every single contribution will go twice as far in putting high-quality, fresh meals on the tables of neighbors who need it most.”

Chris Calloway, Gibson's head butcher

Pay It Forward by the numbers

2,200+
packs donated over the past 12 months
6
local families helped every day, on average
$19
a pack, up from $16.99

Sources: The Jolt News, ThurstonTalk

Transportation

WSDOT wants your thoughts on high-speed rail along I-5 by Fri., Nov. 13

If you have thoughts on how the region should get around in the decades ahead, wants them. The Washington State Department of Transportation is asking for public input on a possible high-speed rail line shadowing I-5 from British Columbia to Portland. The survey is brief and has room for written comments.

The proposal is being studied through 2028. It would not replace , which shares tracks with freight trains, and high-speed trains would likely need new dedicated tracks. It runs alongside WSDOT's I-5 Master Plan, a roadmap for I-5 investments through 2050.

WSDOT's high-speed rail estimates run from low to high

1.7MAnnual riders3.1M
$160MAnnual revenue$250M
160 mphTrain speed250 mph

Source: KIRO 7 News Seattle

  • Survey closes: Fri., Nov. 13
  • Travel time: could drop to about an hour, from three-hour-plus
  • State match: $5.5 million from the Legislature

“The focus for us is ensuring that we do this together, that we want our communities to be part of the effort.”

Ben Tripousis, program administrator for Cascadia High-Speed Rail and I-5 improvement program

The high-speed rail study stretches to 2028

  1. Dec. 2024Federal Railroad Administration awards $500,000 of a $49.7 million grant for a service development plan.
  2. Nov. 13The WSDOT high-speed rail survey closes.
  3. 2028 is being studied through 2028.
  4. 2050WSDOT projects the region will add about 3.4 million people by then.

Source: KIRO 7 News Seattle

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News Notes

Girls soccer

Onalaska and Toledo meet for the District 4 2B/1B girls soccer title today at noon at Tenino High School. Onalaska beat Napavine 3-0 and Toledo beat Adna 7-0 in Thursday's semifinals. Adna and Napavine play at 10 a.m. for third place, and the winner goes to state. Onalaska and Napavine had played to a low-scoring draw just over two weeks earlier. Eli Sports NetworkThe Daily Chronicle

Onalaska and Toledo play for the District 4 title Saturday

District 4 2B/1B girls soccer tournament

Semifinals

Final

OnalaskaONA3
NapavineNAP0
ToledoTOL7
AdnaADN0
OnalaskaONA
ToledoTOL

Sat., 12 p.m., at Tenino HS

Sources: Eli Sports Network, The Daily Chronicle

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RoundGameResult
SemifinalsOnalaska vs. NapavineOnalaska 3–0
SemifinalsToledo vs. AdnaToledo 7–0
FinalOnalaska vs. ToledoSat., 12 p.m., at Tenino HS

Tumwater

Twenty-eight of 133 non-union Tumwater city employees, or about 21%, accepted a four-day work week that begins in January. They will forgo cost-of-living raises for at least two years. KIRO 7 News Seattle

Costco

The Tumwater City Council authorized Mayor Leatta Dahlhoff to sign a development agreement with Costco for a new warehouse on Tumwater Boulevard west of I-5. It would replace the Littlerock Road warehouse and include a fueling station, a car wash and several out-lots. The Jolt News

Parade

The is welcoming back the Jinglebell Parade on Sun., Nov. 29, at 2 p.m., after seven years away, and registration closes Mon., Nov. 9. It begins at Cherry Street and winds through downtown before a tree lighting at Sylvester Park, and throwing anything along the route is prohibited. The Jolt News

Brewers

Spencer Allen, a 1996 Capital High School graduate, is the first CHS product to win a World Series. The Brewers' first base coach helped Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays in five games on Oct. 28 for the team's first title. The Daily Chronicle

Home

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Around Washington

Hood Canal

A state panel postponed until May its consideration of a proposal to rename Hood Canal "Salish Fjord" after tribal leaders raised objections. The Committee on Geographic Names did back a Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe proposal to name a small island near Port Townsend Duck Net Island. My Clallam County

Air taxi

SeaPort Airlines will fly between Spokane's Felts Field and Olympia Regional Airport starting Jan. 8, on Friday and Sunday afternoons. One-way fares start at $279 for the one-hour flight. Washington State Standard

$279starting one-way fare, Spokane to Olympia

Flights start Jan. 8, the Friday before the legislative session begins, and take about an hour.

Source: Washington State Standard

Foster care

Providers of DCYF's Family Time visits say stagnant pay is driving turnover that threatens timely court-ordered contact. The service supported roughly 3,800 children and more than 150,000 visits in fiscal year 2025. Source ONE News

Port Townsend

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Anne Egeler on Friday denied Port Townsend's request for a stay after the found the city violated state law with its comprehensive plan. She called the city's briefing "scant in terms of legal analysis." Peninsula Daily News

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The Wrap

Cheesecake on a stick has a new plan. The Nom Nom Stop, a five-year-old Lacey-based sweets business, won't renew its College Street storefront lease and will go mobile after the end of the year. It's launching three food trucks, and the last truck will serve espresso, coffee and specialty drinks. Sweet things on wheels.

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  4. Tues., Nov. 3Tumwater weighs $100,000 emergency push to save its 400-year-old oak
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Daily Olympiato me · Sat., Nov. 76:00 a.m.

Lacey butcher matches donated meat packs Sunday; high-speed rail survey closes Nov. 13

Plus, a Brewers World Series champ from Capital High and Tumwater's four-day work week.

The TLDR

  1. Gibson's in Lacey matches every donated meat pack Sunday
  2. WSDOT's high-speed rail survey closes Fri., Nov. 13
  3. Onalaska and Toledo play for the District 4 soccer title
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