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Prayer is not a magical formula
The recession, terrorism, war, moral decay. Our complex lives are filled with challenging issues and concerns. It's easy to become fearful, anxious and stressed. How are Americans managing their anxiety and stress? Full Story
09/09/09 on 90
Brian Charnock and Paul Wagner, firefighters with North County Fire and EMS drove Engine 90 with passengers Grace and James Watson and Ace and Leticia Hiatt, of Lake Howard, who got a ride to school on 9/9/09 after winning the raffle at the Warm Beach Summer Fest. Vicky and Rick Bligh of Arlington bought the winning ticket. Full Story
Scavenger Hunt winner
Theresa Walyor accepts "Scavenger Hunt" by Robert Paczkowski after winning the raffle of the 14th annual Roaming Artists Art Show. Walyor and her childhood friend Megan Moyer were returning from the Camano Transfer Station when they saw the signs for an art show and decided to drop in. Full Story
Driving a million miles
David Samii was honored last week by Community Transit for driving a million miles. The Camano Island resident started training to be coach operator on the same day as Muriel Cort in Aug. 1995 and they both reached a million miles 14 years later. Full Story
News Files
EARLY HISTORY Elizabeth Funk was born in Oltenbaugh, Switzerland Sept. 1879, and later lived at Warm Beach for 30 years. Alice Hogan of Maine came to visit her brothers, John and Walter, loggers on Camano; their mother joined them the next year. Full Story
Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation distributes more cash
Community grants from the Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation were accepted recently by Larry Weston and Celia Hartley, at left, of Safe Harbor Free Clinic; Rob Buchanan and Mike Pilcher of Support 99; David Menard of Stanwood-Camano Library; Pearl Schaar and Doris Platis of Design Stanwood. Full Story
Community Focus
BRANDQUERY, LLC has received Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certification from the Washington State Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE). Certification was granted following an in-depth application process followed by a site visit and interview. Full Story
Vets' Scuttlebutt
Former G.I. Group 8 or Priority Group 8 has been invited back to Veterans Administration (Not Section 8). Jerry and I only have so much space to explain so here's the skinny. These veterans, some 266,000 or more, are middle income without service connected health conditions for entry into the system. Full Story
Local teacher to help create Thai school for at-risk kids
It was a dream that Michelle Brekhus didn't even know she had. Brekhus, formerly of Stanwood, is scheduled to depart for Thailand on Oct. 20, where she will help set up a school for elementaryage children who are in danger of being sold into sexual slavery. Full Story
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