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Page 2: Calendar / Flashback / Obituary / New Briefs
Page 3: Sultan Comp Plan amendments will be focus of open house / Large crowds attend Night Out in Gold Bar / Monroe man becomes 50th fatality on Highway 2
Page 4: Church, Professional, and Find It Fast Directories
Page 5: Editor's Notebook: "Getting the drift" / Letters / Monroe author's book details adventures for curious explorers / Fronderosa Frolic draws fern lovers from near and far
Page 6: Index Art fstival features wide array of local and folk art / Church to hold third annuanl inernational celebration / Highway memorial signs free on U.S. 2 /Classified ads / Legal Notices / Statewide Classified Ads
Page 7: Election '08: Four candidates square off for 2nd Dist. Representative seat
Page 8: Monroe consultant can help clients find real success
Page 9: Police Reports / Cops work to wipe out graffiti in Sultan / Monroe council: panhandlers must play nice / Ole Carlson reads at Sultan library / Maltby church to sponsor concert
Page 10: Sultan Ed Foundation Golf Classic / Explosion announces all-stars / Local swimmer makes big splash

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Motel manager's killer gets 27 months
Although the prosecution sought more, by the terms of the law, a man who killed another with a single punch during an argument at a Monroe motel in February was only required to serve 27 months in prison, a judge ruled Thursday. Jesse Allyn Bullington, 30, bowed his head and sobbed for several moments as he listened.. Read story

Monroe teen remembers for love of racing
BRAAAAAAP! It’s the sound of a dirt bike opened full throttle. It was the favorite sound of Troy Boggs, 19, of Monroe. It showed up on his Myspace page and in the pages of his illustrated senior portfolio, a final project for his graduating class at Monroe High School. Read Story

ART O’NEILL of Kent urges his 1960 John Deere Model 435-D on in the Tractor Pull Event at the Annual Antique Tractor Show and Threshing Bee in the Tualco Valley near Monroe Saturday. The object is to pull the weighted “skid” the farthest. The trick is that the white object on the skid is a weight that moves forward, transferring more weight to the front of the skid and increasing the resistance for the tractor. O‘Neill scored second in class with a “Full Pull” of 256 feet. Photo by Jim Scolman

Rave draws kids to library
KIDS IN MONROE don‘t let the setting slow them down at a rave held Friday at the Monroe Library. The rave, dubbed “Illiterate” by the teens who helped organize it, was part of a program to get youth involved in the library, and three local DJs played music while kids waved or wore glowsticks and danced. Photo by Jim Scolman
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