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Locked Out
More details emerge in motel slaying

by POLLY KEARY, EDITOR


Charges of manslaughter have been filed against a Monroe man accused of killing a Monroe motel manager during an altercation early in the morning of Feb. 28.
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Just ahead of a March 14 deadline, Snohomish County prosecutors filed charges on five counts of cruelty to animals in the first degree against Jean Marie Elledge, 56, of Monroe, for allegedly allowing horses to starve to death on her property and other acts of neglect.
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After a lengthy process of seeking a new football coach, Monroe High School will hire a man with more than 15 years of college football coaching experience to lead the Bearcats in their 2008 season. Dave Telford graduated from Stanwood High in 1984 where he had played football, and he continued his career into college.
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Why the average Sky Valley family can't afford a house; what may change

by POLLY KEARY, EDITOR


Tamara Wilson* is finally buying a home. At 29, she finally has a steady job as a retail clerk, and her boyfriend is working extra hours as a welder. Eager to leave her low-income apartment, which she said wasn't a good environment for her kids, she started looking for a place for her small family of four in October.

"I wanted three bedrooms and a yard," she said. "I had my heart set on that." She found that there wasn't much. Months went by, and in January she was still looking.
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Locked Out: Sky Valley Housing

More details emerge in motel slaying


New football coach has extensive history

Woman charged in animal cruelty

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• Editor's Notebook: "Work Doesn't Cut It" Page 5
• Remembering 30 years at Evergreen Speedway Page 3
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• Carving out a legacy
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Vol.118, No. 13, March 25, 2008
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