Cell phone use while driving mean $124 ticket
The Washington State Patrol announced recently that it will not offer a grace period when texting while driving and failure to use a hands-free device become primary traffic offenses on June 10.
It is common for the state patrol to offer an educational grace period when a new law requires drivers to change long-standing behavior. Full Story
Scholarships exceed a million dollars since 1962
More than 130 students and their families packed the Stanwood High School Auditorium for scholarship night June 1.
The standing-room only crowd was treated to cheers and tears during the two-hour event: Cheers for the students who received scholarships from a generous communiÅty; tears for lost loved ones, in whose memory many of the scholarships were awarded. Full Story
Suspicious debit card transactions
Stanwood Police report
the following actions last
week:
• Suspicious debit card transactions were reported May 28 at both the 27000 block of 94th Avenue NW and 26600 block of 72nd Avenue NW. The victim stated the card was never out of his possession. Full Story
Students break into high school
Four students were apprehended Monday evening while breaking into the Church Creek campus of Stanwood High School.
Stanwood Police Chief Ty Trenary said the department received the call from Sonitrol, the security system provider, around 5 p.m. Full Story
‘Driving for a Cure’
$155,000 and growing…
The total fundraising amount for the Stanwood Relay for Life held last month continues to rise as post relay contributions have been trickling in.
Sue Thees, co-chair and master of ceremonies for the event, reported 968 participants through the online registration process, but said many more signed up on site. Full Story
Smiles abound
Blade Burden, Kassandra Diaz, Tyler Gacke, Hunter Johnson, Brandon Lueken, Crystal Lueken, Shay McCaughan, Jason Miller and Tawni Oshie tossed their caps high after receiving their diplomas during the Full Story
Is he yours?
A young male orange cat showed up at the door of a Warm Beach family living on Clarence Avenue, off Marine Drive last week. If he belongs to you, call Dar at 652-6887. Full Story
Resource center plans new building
If all goes well, the Stanwood-Camano Community Resource Center will disappear in 2012.
Well, the buildings, anyway.
In its place will stand a new structure — bigger, and more modern, and able to better facilitate the work of its various community programs, like Davis Place, Growing Forward (the community garden) and Morgan’s Tales Used Bookstore. Full Story
34 years of helping students create art
Not many people can lay claim to serving 34 years in the same career.
With the same employer. In the same building.
And the same room.
Bill Walker can. When he retires this month, he will have taught art at Stanwood Middle School for over three decades while the building, the school and the community have grown and evolved around him. Full Story
The winner is....
(Left) Camano Island artist, Molly LeMaster, won first place in the Stanwood/Camano Island Guide cover contest for her watercolor of the beach below Camano Island Inn. Full Story
