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Editor’s Notebook: Losing Sean and Ryan
By Polly Keary, Editor When I met Sean Peters, he was a teenager, and dreamed of racing in NASCAR. He was off to a credible start. I was writing about…
Guest Editorial: Coal – It’s not Black and White
By Peg Ferm I’m just curious about coal – natural for the daughter of a coal geologist. Ironically, I also care deeply about the environment, and I know burning coal…
Guest opinion: Access to nutritious food a growing concern for the nation’s seniors
By Holly Glen Gearhart We lose a few things as we age, but sufficient food should not be one of them, not in a nation of abundance like ours. Look…
Editor’s Notebook: TL;DR
By Polly Keary In internet shorthand, tl;dr stands for too long; didn’t read. It’s often posted in the comments section of blog posts that impatient readers skipped. This week’s story…
Intersection changes are a mess
Attention: Editor I travel daily from Old Owen Road across Highway 2 onto Main Street and then back later. I watched for two or three months as work was done…
Guest Column: Dental health important for dogs and cats, too
By Shawn Buchholz You’ve been gone for hours; your beloved pooch is so excited to see you that he attempts to cover your whole face with kisses… but wait, what…
Editor’s Notebook: Fumbling in the dark
By Polly Keary In the Sky Valley, the subject of bullying rose to a fever pitch last week when a young person in the valley attempted suicide, very nearly successfully,…
Hospital merge is a good thing
To The Editor: We have some comments on the changeover at Valley General Hospital, Monroe. The hospital has now merged and is now a part of the Evergreen Health Care…
Support VGH’s long-term success
To the Editor, Valley General Hospital, like many hospitals throughout the state, is going through difficult economic times. The recent affiliation with Evergreen Health, Kirkland, WA, along with passing the…
Editor’s Notebook: 2013 at the Monitor
Looking back at 2012, we made a lot of changes at the paper. I like the changes, too, mostly. For one thing, we got a lot more writers involved. Writers…
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