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

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Page 1: Monroe students share their blessings / Monroe businesses struggle to survive the recession
Page 2: Around The Valley / Flashback / Light-Up Monroe is Saturday / County offers free waste disposal for flood victims / City employees plan craft bazaar / U.S. 2 Safety Coalition seeks new members
Page 3: Dog law gets more teeth, but no breed-specific law / Sky Valley holiday season to kick off this weekend
Page 4: Professional Directory / Church Directory / Find It Fast Directory
Page 5: Editor's Notebook: "Thanksgiving history doesn't kill my taste for the holiday" / Monroe Police Reports / Letters / The Penny Pincher / Centennial celebration planned for old Monroe City Hall
Page 6: Monroe Bearcats winter sports schedules
Page 7: Chicken pox outbreak nearly empties Salem Woods Elementary / Monroe Fire District #3 hires six new firefighters / Free community Thanksgiving dinner is Thursday / In Memorium / Classifieds / Legal Notices
Page 8: Sultan Turks winter sports schedules
Page 9: The Valley News: Gold Bar man in intensive care with mysterious ailment / Sultan Winterfest is december 6 / Food Drive will be Dec 13 in Gold Bar / Sultan couple starts Adopt-A-Street program
Page 10: New business / Muñoz earns All-American honor / Monroe police plan annual SAFE campaign / Community invited to Las Posadas fiesta / Help kids with toy drive / Bake sale planned in gold bar

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Gold Bar man in intensive care with mysterious ailment

Cory Zoutte, 38, of Gold Bar, has been on life support at Providence Hospital in Everett for nearly a month, and no one knows why. He was admitted to Valley General Hospital and diagnosed with what appeared to be symptoms of pneumonia on Oct. 27. Read story

Monroe businesses struggle to survive the recession

Survival.

That’s all many Sky Valley retailers are hoping for as the usually-lucrative holiday season approaches. The year has been dismal by any measure. The City of Monroe, which has enjoyed increases in sales tax every year for many years, actually saw a decline in 2008, in spite of the opening of the new Lowe’s Home Improvement store.
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