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Sultan man found dead in home
A 49-year-old Sultan man was found dead in his home on Thursday, June 26, and detectives are investigating the incident as a suspicious death. The man lived in the 12800 block of 311th Avenue S.E. with an unrelated woman and her mother, according to Rebecca Hover, the public information officer for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. Read Story
Much more inside!
Page A2: Calendar, News Briefs, Flashback, Roads Update
Page A3: School news, Train-related gridlock may ease
Page A4: Editor's notebook / U.S. 2 crash injures 6 / Letters / Murphy and Lotzgesell to leave school district / Explosion coaches stay
Page A5: Health and Beauty
Page A6: Homes for Sale
Page B1: Jazz Walk in Monroe / North Kelsey may have buyer / 90-year resident dies / Monroe budge shortfall
Page B2: Superior Court Judge candidates / Find It Fast Directory
Page B3: Classified ads / Good Deeds
Page B4: Explosion season ends / Speedway results / Boys and Girls club sports camps / Sultan sports field turns 10
Winner of 14 Washington Newspaper
Publishers Association awards for 2007!
Vol.118, No. 27, July 1, 2008
The Voice of The Sky Valley Since 1899
Mmmm... Tasty!
NATHAN SHERMAN, 9, of Monroe, tries a new snack at the Monroe Library on Wednesday. The boy attended a demonstration there by David George Gordon, also known as “The Bug Chef.” Gordon is a Port Townsend bug-cooking expert who has prepared bugs for such celebrities as Conan O’Brien. As kids looked on, an ABC News camera crew filmed the Monroe demonstration for an upcoming segment on “Nightline.” PHOTO BY DAN ARMSTRONG
Summer fun: Plenty to do and see in every community this summer
It’s here! Summer, and all the outdoor activities that go with it, are in full swing. That means the big town celebrations, like Sultan’s Shindig, 25 years old this year and Gold Bar’s newly revived Gold Dust Days. Monroe will not have a Summerfest this year, but will instead have the annual three-on-three basketball tournament, which will return to the downtown. Here is your summer schedule of Sky Valley Events. Read Story
Garden that fed low income nearly withered for lack of support
By POLLY KEARY EDITOR
A garden that feeds many low-income residents itself nearly withered for lack of attention this year. But now the Julia V. Morris Memorial Garden, located outside the Sky Valley Food Bank on Village Way, is once again green and lush with growth, thanks to its last minute adoption by Monroe Master Gardener Monica Novini. Read story
