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Much more inside!
Page A2: Aroung The Valley / Flashback /News Briefs
Page A3: Sultan rescuers save Lousiana pets from Gustav / Learn about gangs / September classic movie is "The Sting"
Page A4: Gun range (con't from page 1)
Page A5: Editor's Notebook / Obituaries / Letter
Page A6: Chamber holds "golf partee" / Speedway results / Bearcats beat Shorewood / Kiwanis Classic is Sunday / Maltby Stallion tryouts
Page B1: Horse boarder pleads guilty to animal cruelty / Former Sultan coach writes a book about amazing kids / Monroe artist Genevieve Tuck dies at age 100 / Monroe teen improves following head injury from stunt / Resource fair planned at Monroe Library
Page B2: Fall Home and Garden: Home decor twists...one part nature with a twist / Magic in the garden
Page B3: Fall Home and Garden: Why it's important to winterize your home / Tips for designing the perfect dorm room on a budget
Page B4: Classified Ads / Legal Notices / Correction
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Vol.118, No. 37, September 9, 2008
The Voice of The Sky Valley Since 1899
Monroe Council divided over mayor's role
The Monroe council was divided Aug. 26 on whether the role of the mayor should be as chief executive, as it is now, or as symbolic figurehead, as it is in some other cities. At issue is whether the role of mayor should be a political position, when the mayor has so much power over the information the council receives, said council member Tony Balk. Read story
Monroe voters to decide on paying to fix city's worst traffic spots
Monroe voters know traffic is frustrating sometimes, especially in certain spots such as the intersection of 179th Avenue and Main Street. In November, they will have the chance to decide whether traffic is frustrating enough to merit spending just shy of $7.2 million to fix eight of the worst spots.
“All of these projects would be hugely important to the city,” said Monroe Mayor Donnetta Walser. “We want to get it done in the next two years.”
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Index gun range supporters don't get a shot
Never were so many people eager to get shot at, and so disappointed when it didn't happen. Lined up at the far edge of a gun range Thursday morning, the sheriff, along with the former sheriff, two state representatives, a city councilman and several political candidates waited for trigger men to fire shotguns toward them. They were there to discover how far the pellets from the guns would travel; did they stay on the range itself, or did they fall as far as the BNSF tracks at the far end of the field, through a thicket of trees? Read story
