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RIP, Ken Schram: Seattle’s Champion for Preventing Violence Against Women

May 29, 2014by Anne Caroline Drake 1 Comment

I’ve always been a grumpy old bastard. I’ve been one fortunate sonofabitch. – Ken Schram Seattle lost a legend this afternoon.  Ken Schram was a news commentator for KOMO, Seattle’s […]

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YWCA’s Week Without Violence™ Campaign: 10/14 – 10/20/13

October 14, 2013by Anne Caroline Drake 2 Comments

Please join me in celebrating the YWCA’s Blog Carnival this week. If you don’t have a blog, please spread the word via social media.  Let’s celebrate everyone ~ including us […]

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Bravo, Bill Iffrig! Home Town Hero Got Knocked Down and Kept Running in Boston

April 16, 2013by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Not many old guys are as fast as me. It was only 5 feet away from me. I’ll tell you, that scared me. – Bill Iffrig Bill Iffrig is 78 […]

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Ed Troyer’s Son Zachary Charged with Statutory Rape

April 27, 2012by Anne Caroline Drake 10 Comments

On April 26, 2003, Tacoma (WA) Chief of Police David Brame shot his estranged wife Crystal Judson Brame in front of their young children in a Gig Harbor, WA shopping […]

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JBLM Lt. Col. Robert E. Underwood Arrested for Threatening to Hire a Hit on His Estranged Wife and His Boss

March 14, 2012by Anne Caroline Drake 5 Comments

I don’t have a Ph.D. in Psychology, but I’m fairly certain the medical brass at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Tacoma, WA couldn’t or wouldn’t recognize PTSD if it bit them in […]

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Josh Powell: Why the Courts and Press Need to Wake Up About PAS Fathers

February 6, 2012by Anne Caroline Drake 18 Comments

What do parents at Carson Elementary School tell their children about the double-murder-suicide of Charlie (age 7) and Braden (age 5) Powell by their father Josh Powell? Charlie and Braden’s […]

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Bravo: Barbara Thompson Gets Justice for Ronda Reynolds

October 20, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 26 Comments

Barbara Thompson after coroner’s jury verdict I think if you just keep hanging in there and keep working at it, you’ll finally get the end result that is true justice. […]

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Third Deadly Case of Domestic Violence in Pierce County, WA in Less than a Week

April 5, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Three more people are dead today due to domestic violence in Pierce County, WA.  Where the hell are the mainstream media’s investigative reporters?  How many dead bodies have to pile […]

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Three Cases of Domestic Violence in Pierce County, WA in One Weekend

April 4, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 4 Comments

Why did I watch the news tonight (Sunday)?  I had such a pleasant day. For a moment, I thought the reporters couldn’t get their facts straight.  Even I couldn’t fathom […]

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