The Monroe Monitor & Valley News, Monroe, Washington, The Voice of the Sky Valley Since 1899

Much more inside!
Page 1: Sultan basketball team goes to State / Coast to Coast Hardware closes doors / Police hope someone still holds card in cold case
Page 2: Around The Valley / Flashback / News Briefs
Page 3: School district tightens budget belt / Monroe man turns 100 /
Page 4: New Business / Obituary / Find It Fast Directory
Page 5: Editor's Notebook: "Dispatch from Nicaragua " / Births / Letters / Obituaries / Valley Church Directory / Professional Directory / Dance the night away at SHS Jazz Dinner Club
Page 6: The Valley News:May Creek Bridge work continues / Sultan hopes to use theatre to discourage cyber-bullying / The Penny Pincher / Classified ads / Legal notices
Page 7: Minor league football team seeks players / Monroe Police Reports
Page 8: Explosion gets new GM, may start women's team / Turks power over Raiders in final home game / Trapshooters talk field trip to Sequim / Canyon Creek earns Better Workplace Safety award

For first time since 1961, Turk basketball team goes to State
For the first time in 48 years, Sultan High School’s boys basketball team is headed to State. An emotional crowd swept onto the court following the 57-53 overtime victory of the Turks over the Archbishop Murphy Wildcats at the district playoffs in Bellingham Wednesday night. It was the first time since 1961 that the Sultan Turks have survived the district tournament.
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Coast to Coast Hardware closes doors
Lucy Kelly has brought Coast to Coast Hardware through some tough times in the 20 years she owned it. In 1993, for instance, the store, then located at the corner of Lewis and Main Streets, burned to the ground. Kelly brought the store back, putting it at the west end of town near the high school and developing a loyal customer base.
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Police hope someone still holds card in cold case
It's been 16 years since police found the remains of the woman near High Bridge Road, but the police are still looking for clues.Sun Nyo “Julie” Lee, 36, went missing from Bothell in 1990, and parts of her body were found eight months later.
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