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Even watching Orting's Little League (OAA) is a thing of Beauty when you live in the Little City of Orting.

Orting, Washington is located about 10 minutes South of Sumner, Wa and just east of Puyallup. We have that "Small Town Appeal", yet are close to shopping and Highways. We've got newer schools and great community of friendly folks.

Well, Orting isn't so little anymore. I remember when we were excited to get the first stop light! That was years ago, but it still hasn't lost it's beauty. There have been many changes since I first moved to this great town. It has always retained that "Hometown" feel.

You have to appreciate when you can be watching your child playing little league in the Orting Valley and you get lost in the beauty around you.

We were playing at the Lyon's Club fields, right below "The Buttes" neighborhood. A light rain had started and the parents were complaining a bit.. until we saw it. This incredible Rainbow that was so clear and colorful we all took pause and realized how lucky we were to be a part of this great community.

I wish I could share the feeling that we all had, but the best I can do is to show you a couple pictures.

Orting is a wonderful community of folks that care. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

If you'd like to live in Orting or see what it has to offer;
or Any of the nearby cities (Puyallup, Sumner, Bonney Lake, Enumclaw, Buckley, South Prairie, Graham) please contact me and let me give you a bit of Orting's Home Town Hospitality!

Julie O'Brien
www.JulieKnowsHomes.com
253-312-7811 (call or text)
JulieKnowsHomes@Live.com

Feel free to add any pictures you may have of Orting to this blog!

If you missed the Cascade Jr High vs Olympic Jr High Softball game in Auburn, WA.... You missed a seriously good time! We are all Alumni from Auburn High School about 1986 - 1988.

It all started on Facebook with a few old friends trash talking about the Jr High Schools in Auburn that they had gone too. Apparently, it blew up into a full on Old Folks Baseball game. Robby Akau was the "get it together" guy. He talked me into going and I am glad he did.

We all met down at West Auburn High School on Saturday, May 9th. It was supposed to be 1:00 - 4:00 and well... We started playing about 1:45 maybe? There were people there I hadn't seen in years. There were some folks I had never met (or don't remember) before and no one seemed to care. We got lucky because the day was gorgeous.

From what I could gather, there were a lot of 1988, 1987 and 1986 (that's me) Auburn High School Graduates. A few had been playing ball on teams, but most were just going out for the fun of it. And we got Fun!

IN PHOTO: (Shawna Inch, Ron Hunter, Lisa Sims-Gutierrez, Julie O'Brien (ME), Natalie Holman Drllevich, Tricia Corsaletti-Bradley, Jennifer Nygard Ruscher, Chuck Michalek, Marcy Savage, John Jorgensen, Robby Akau, Dan P-Weed, Joey Haugen Tillotson, Kelly Yarnell, Deanna Berry-Vandecar.)

So we played for hours. Cascade only had 9 members, but we were not giving in! Olympic was up (they had some "ringers" and used much younger family members) and we kept fighting. I think it was when we finally caught up to them.... 23 to 23 when someone screamed "last inning". Thank goodness. My body was about to give up if they hadn't called it.

We fought and fought, but in the end it was the Olympic Jr High Cougars that rang through. We Spartans put up a good fight tho'.

My body hurts, legs not moving well and found muscles I hadn't seen in a while.. but I would do it again and hope to soon.

Thanks to everyone that made it a great day and wonderful time!

Julie O'Brien