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    Tacoma resident Dan Borba with his inventions.  Borba manufactures barrels to harvest rainwater. (Photo by Todd Matthews)
    Pennies From Heaven: Rainwater harvesting an environmental (and...
    By Todd Matthews • November 30, 2004 12:00 am

    For Tacoma resident Dan Borba, his greatest idea literally fell out of the sky. Five years ago, while thinking of…

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    Safe Streets honors community volunteer leaders
    Safe Streets honors community volunteer leaders
    By Brett Davis • October 3, 2002 12:00 am

    Five Tacoma crime fighting ‘Superstars’ are recognized at the organization’s fundraising luncheon.

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    Transloading soy flakes facility opens in Tacoma
    Transloading soy flakes facility opens in Tacoma
    August 21, 2002 12:00 am

    MacMillan-Piper cuts the ribbon on the $330,000 facility.

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    This week in Dana Greenlee's Net Views: A Q&A profile ~ 'I'll trade you Web design for an airline ticket'
    This week in Dana Greenlee's Net Views: A...
    By Dana Greenlee • August 17, 2001 12:00 am

    In the beginning, there was barter, the cashless trading of goods and services. A farmer traded corn with a neighbor,…

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    “I’ll trade you Web design for an airline ticket”
    “I’ll trade you Web design for an airline...
    By Dana Greenlee • August 16, 2001 12:00 am

    A cashless society? Columnist Dana Greenlee looks at bartering on the Internet.

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    E-business – as usual in Tacoma
    E-business – as usual in Tacoma
    By Bonnie West • August 28, 2000 12:00 am

    “It was business as usual – e-Business that is, when Gov. Gary Locke came to downtown Tacoma last Thursday to…

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