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Cindy Sherwood, owner and operator of French Creek Manor reception hall near Snohomish, prepares a table for a wedding-themed murder mystery dinner on Saturday, Feb. 18. In the past two years, Sherwood has rented out the facility to three same-sex commitment ceremonies.

Washington becomes 7th state to legalize gay marriage
EVERETT - At Bar Myx, Everett’s only gay bar, the owners opened bottles of champagne Monday night to celebrate Washington’s landmark legislation signed into law by Gov. Chris Gregoire earlier that day.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published Feb. 22, 2012

Group forms to inform public, fight wakeboard project
MONROE - A group of residents against a proposed wakeboard park at Lake Tye met last week to see if there is a way to relocate the project to another venue, and to educate the community about the city’s plans for the lake.
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By STEPHANIE KOSONEN
Published Feb. 22, 2012

Levy passes with 56 percent of vote
MONROE - The Monroe School District’s two-year learning levy passed last week with more than 56 percent of the vote.
The levy will collect $15.5 million in 2013 and $16.4 million in 2014. It needed a simple majority to pass.
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By STEPHANIE KOSONEN
Published Feb. 22, 2012

Middle class find it harder to pay for college
EVERETT - The rising price tag of college is pinching the middle class.
“It seems like you have to be really rich or really poor” to afford college, Tiffany McCutcheon said last week.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published Feb. 22, 2012

Destroyers coming to Naval Station Everett
EVERETT - Local leaders are convinced Naval Station Everett’s future is secure with the announcement last week that new ships are coming.
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By MICHAEL WHITNEY
Published Feb. 22, 2012

Police: Girl saved from river may have been assaulted
SNOHOMISH - The teenage girl saved from the Snohomish River earlier this month may have been assaulted, Snohomish Police Chief John Flood told the Tribune last week.
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By STEPHANIE KOSONEN
Published Feb. 22, 2012

Organizers cancel Cinco de Mayo festival for 2012
SNOHOMISH - The Cinco de Mayo festival is not expected to happen this year, as organizers have been unable to find a sponsor to provide insurance for the event.
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By STEPHANIE KOSONEN
Published Feb. 22, 2012

Remembering fallen firefighter REMEMBERING GARY PARKS — Kathy Parks, the widow of Everett firefighter Gary Parks, sets flowers on his memorial site during an event marking the 25th anniversary of his death held at Everett Community College Thursday, Feb. 16. Her daughters Jennifer Parks (center) and Erin Van Ry stand behind their mother as they wait to place their flowers. Parks, who was an 18-year veteran of the Everett Fire Department, died in a fire on Feb. 16, 1987, which destroyed the college’s library. While the fire was determined to have been set by an arsonist, it is still unsolved. Relatives of Parks, along with firefighters and police officers from throughout Snohomish County, filled the college auditorium to listen to former college president Bob Drewel, Everett Fire Chief Murray Gordon, retired Everett fire captain Ken Dammand and Parks' daughter, Erin, speak. At the end of the ceremony, flowers were laid by those attending on a memorial for Parks in the center of the college’s courtyard near where the library stood.

 

 

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