Family honors anniversary of local soldier’s burial
This Veterans Day, a new flag honors Camano’s own fallen soldier, Major Robert D. Lindenau.
Major. Lindenau died Oct. 20, 2008 from injuries sustained when a rocketpropelled grenade hit his vehicle. He was laid to rest on All Saints’ Day at the Lutheran Cemetery on Camano Island. Full Story
Results are in for the 2009 General Election as 39.66 percent of registered voters in Snohomish County and 58.71 percent of registered voters in Island County cast their ballots.
Across the state, Referendum 71,
known as the “everything but marriage” law, gained approval while voters denied Full Story
Lake Ketchum residents ‘fed up’ with burglars
Editor’s Note: Residents in
the Lake Ketchum area requested
their names not be used for
fear of retaliation from alleged
thieves.
Residents in the Lake Ketchum area took to the streets on Halloween without their usual costumes and bags of candy. Full Story
No peas next year
If you’ve lived in the area long, you know about the pea pack. For two months each summer, combines crawl across fields. The growl of diesel engines signals the harvest and rows replace hours as units of time. Dust and chaff hang in the sunset and the air smells like farming.
Not anymore. Not next summer, anyway. Full Story
In an effort to raise awareness and financial support for water scarcity and sanitation issues in Kenya, Streams of Mercy Water Initiative invites the public to attend a fundraiser dinner this Saturday at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 6 p.m. Full Story
