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Lacey was originally called Woodland after settlers Isaac and Catherine Wood, who claimed land there in 1853. The small settlements of Woodland and Chambers Creek consolidated into Lacey in the 1950s. Renamed for attorney and developer O.C. Lacey, the city of Lacey was officially incorporated on December 5, 1966.

>>> TODAY'S WORD

beshrew (bi-'shroo) verb transitive - beshrewed, beshrewing, beshrews. Archaic. [Middle English bishrewen : bi-, be- + shrew, wicked person]

To invoke evil upon; curse.

Usage example: "Glenn Beck cannot be disturbed until he has completed his morning blood-letting rituals, Bill O'Reilly-fantasy lucid-dreaming practice, and his daily beshrewing of women."

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The Associated Press Reports On The News Tribune's Web Site: "BORING, Ore. - A Clackamas County sheriff's spokesman says an armed, 87-year-old woman who had reportedly been threatening to shoot a man installing a water line was shocked with a stun gun and died a short time later."

"Granny was too damn fast for us," one of the officers on the scene didn't say. "She was also reaching for her cane. We couldn't risk it."

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