MARYSVILLE — Asked to talk about themselves, the March Students of the Month for Marysville-Pilchuck High School gave a couple of diverse answers.
TULALIP — The quips and one-liners were almost as common as purple outfits and red hats.
TULALIP — The new Tulalip Hotel is probably the most visible project Tulalip Tribal Chairman Mel Sheldon talked about last week.
MARYSVILLE — With an emphasis on preparing for the upcoming annexation of some 20,000 new residents, Police Chief Rick Smith last week unveiled a detailed “business plan” for his department.
Vanessa Thompson and her dad, Jim Thompson, are busy planning her CD release party which will be in the Baltic Room in Seattle Thursday, April 24. The first half of the event is by invitation only, but it will be opened to the public at 9:30 p.m. Admisssion is $5.
As preparation for this year’s spring play. “Our Town,” students from Arlington High School took a tour of the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum recently. They were escorted through the museum by pioneers Ruth and Harry Yost, who showed them furniture, tools and various equipment the students had never seen before.
Times needs balance
Since I have most of my money in Washington Mutual Bank, every time I see a WaMu headline in the newspapers, I read the article under it very carefully.
Unfortunately, the education debate in Olympia these days is more about tubing the WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning) than about learning and teaching.
“If you saw a fanatical mob pillage and burn a church or synagogue you would not stand silent…”
Change is in the air. In spite of the soggy weather activity is picking up at the Ebey Slough Boat Launch. Coatless children shiver at school bus stops, hoping the clouds will part. Truckers off-load racks of bedding plants and hanging baskets at Freddy’s and Wal-Mart. Given the growth-rate of lawns, it’s a good thing that skiing is on the wane because spring chores can claim all the outdoor time householders have to spare.
A new monthly cabaret variety show starts April 26 at the Mirkwood’s Shire Cafe, 117 E. Division St. The Indigo Gypsy Cabaret is presented by Indigo & Razi Gypsy Cabaret and features belly dancing, music and a variety of dance performers from all over the Pacific Northwest.
A hard-rock, new grunge band called Black Light, comprised of Ty Gaynor, Alex Kay Anthony and Joe Jarvis, has scored a gig in Seattle. They will be performing Sunday, April 27, at El Corazon in an Explore Music Festival that features more than 20 Northwest punk and alternative bands.
