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

Much more inside!
Page 1: White Christmas season for the Sky Valley / Monroe gets the spirit / Holiday drawing first place winner
Page 2 : Around The Valley / Flashback / Monroe considers options for transportation fixes following ballot defeat / CT adjusts schedule for the holidays / Boy Scouts will hold Pinewood Derby / Classic movie is "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Page 3: Second Monroe family displaced by house fire / Old city hall building turns 100 / Monroe soldier brings Christmas to Iraq / Accused eco-terrorist gets six months time served / Good Deeds
Page 4: Professional Directory / Church Directory / Find It Fast Directory
Page 5: Holiday drawings
Page 6: Holiday drawaings
Page 7: Holiday drawings
Page 8: Holiday drawings
Page 9: Editor's Notebook: "At Last, a Snow Day" / Featured Charity / People / Make a special treat for your feathered friends outdoors / Letters / Special Report: "Storm in the Valley
Page 10: The Valley News: Robin Shaw appointed to Sultan planning board / Gold Bar family without power until meter is replaced / The Penny Pincher / Classified ads / Legal notices
Page 11: People / Good Deeds / Featured Charity / Soul Food: "Secret Identity" / 'Tis the season for food poisoning
Page 12: Explosion gets ball rolling in 2009 / Sign-ups for Sky Valley Little League / Explosion to hold open team tryouts

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Publishers Association awards for 2007-8!

It's a White Christmas Season
for the Sky Valley

This is a year for the record books. The snow that began as a few flakes Wednesday afternoon turned into a series of snowstorms and high winds that dumped about two feet of snow in the Monroe area, caused eight-foot drifts in Sultan and when paired with high winds knocked power out to about 1,600. Read story

Monroe soldier
brings
Christmas
to Iraq
Although there is a
lot of tension between
Iraqis and Americans
in Iraq, in one remote
province, they get
along pretty well. In
fact, in the rural and
poor Diyala province
of Iraq, women clad in floor length burqas beamed at camouflage clad soldiers in the weeks after Thanksgiving. For their children, who love soccer but can't usually afford the equipment to play soccer, were given gifts of soccer balls and candy by those soldiers. Read story

Monroe Gets the Spirit
Heavy snow lent the perfect touch to the holiday decorations at houses like this one in the Fryelands (below). Throughout Monroe, houses were in full holiday regalia, often with the recent additions of a snowman or two. Photo by Dan Armstrong