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The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West: Episode 203: Change
Gorge Life

The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West: Episode 203: Change

  • By Jim Tindall
  • Dec 21, 2022

George Ansbach and Orin Holman may have retired from politics, but they have not fully retired from farming quite yet.

Gorge Life

The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West: Episode 202: Donald’s Western Wear

  • By Jim Tindall
  • Dec 7, 2022

For many decades, the southwest corner of Flicker and Catbird had been home to Donald’s Western Wear, but attrition ended that tradition. Foun…

Gorge Life

The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West: Episode 199: The Contenders

  • Oct 26, 2022

By Jim Tindall

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The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West Episode 191: Orin Harbors Love

  • By Jim Tindall
  • Jul 6, 2022

The Warhaven City Council’s designated state lobbyist was its mayor, and with several terms as its presiding officer, Orin Holman was surely a…

Gorge Life

The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West: Episode 178: Panaceas Debunked

  • By Jim Tindall
  • Jan 5, 2022

Despite a thriving, vibrant economy in Warhaven, social and health issues remained a constant and sent occasional foul winds across the bucoli…

Gorge Life

The City Council: A fictional narrative of rural life in the American West: Episode 173: River Current Power Delivers

  • By Jim Tindall
  • Oct 26, 2021

River Currents Power has been true to its word, to its potential, to the promise of free power to all in Warhaven. The company’s founders have…

Gorge Life

The City Council: A fictional narrative of Rural Life in the American West: Episode 160: Tootie’s Quality Customer Service Training Program

  • By Jim Tindall
  • Apr 28, 2021

The Warhaven City Council Uptown seat opened when Pete Petrovich decided not to run for reelection. Tootie McDaniels ran successfully for the …

Gorge Life

The city council: A Serial Narrative of Rural Life in the American West Episode 152: Remembering a Tootie and Gus Debate

  • By Jim Tindall
  • Jan 13, 2021

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The city council: A Serial Narrative of Rural Life in the American West Episode 147: ‘Hoping, always hoping’: Orin Ponders

  • By Jim Tindall
  • Oct 27, 2020

Mayor Orin Holman sits in the back booth of Brown’s Lunch Counter, back to the door, hoping for invisibility. He stirs his lemon balm tea. His…

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Episode 29: Half Stories of Firewood

  • White Salmon Enterprise
  • Aug 13, 2008

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