Local News

<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, March 19, 2009 Milestones C.L. Miller Les Miller will celebrate his 100th birthday with a celebration for family and friends from 1 to 4 p.m. March 28 at Northshore Senior Center in Bothell. Les moved to the Skykomish Valley when he retired from work as a field service engineer with AiResearch Manufacturing. During World War II he helped build the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. In 1972, Les and his wife Dorothy settled on two acres in Startup and began their membership at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Sultan. Les moved to Sultan in 2000 when Dorothy died. The couple had been married for 68 years. He lives at Monroe Merrill Gardens with his second wife, Lois Carpenter Miller. Les's family includes 20 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. Cliff Bromling Clifford Monroe Bromling will celebrate his 101st birthday with friends and family on March 21 at his assisted living residence in Colfax. Cliff was born in 1908 in Madison Lake, Minn. He moved to Spokane as a young boy and later attended Whitworth College, where he met and married his college sweetheart, Maxine Alexander. Cliff and Maxine moved to Everett in 1945 and in 1959 built their dream house on Goat Trail Road in Mukilteo. Cliff's son, David, also celebrates his birthday on March 21, as did Cliff's father, Edmund Morris Bromling. One defining moment in Cliff's life was the Depression, which hit before he graduated from college. He says that jobs were hard to get and people had to count pennies. No one could just go to the movies anytime they wanted. He took a job as an inspector for the Department of Social Services. He visited the homes of poor families to make sure they had enough food and warm bedding. Cliff taught mechanical drawing in Everett schools and was supervisor of Everett School District's Industrial Arts Department when he retired in 1973. He started the driver's education program in Everett and managed the popular youth dance club, the Gulls Nest. He was a beekeeper who sold honey at local flea markets and raised chickens, peacocks and homing pigeons. His roses are still close to his heart. Cliff says the days come and go and that he feels just as good today as he did yesterday For information on Free Milestone announcements in Thursdays Herald, call Christina Harper at 425-339-3491 or e-mail harper@heraldnet.com. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

1. Shot ends search for man sought in killing of Seattle police officer 2. Thousands honor slain Seattle police officer Timothy Brenton 3. No charge will be filed in death of Everett pedestrian 4. Rain, thunderstorms forecast for lowlands 5. Bothell steamrolls Stanwood 6. PREP FOOTBALL/SWIMMING ROUNDUP: Halfback pass for touchdown sparks Sultan win 7. More jibba-jabba 8. Obama OK's homebuyer tax credit 9. Suspect identified in Seattle police killing 10. Dana nibbles into Somers’ lead 2 - Top 10 Stories Most Talked about 3 - Top 10 Stories Most Emailed

• Gough on track to keep job • Jazz vocalist headlines NPAC • Mountlake Terrace makes football history • Tax revenue sagging, city budgets lagging • ‘Touch of Magic' show opens at Gallery North • Jackson repeats as South champs • Holiday Bazaars Calendar • Meadowdale storms back to grab title • Edmonds moves to Fire District 1 • Boeing will build, flight test and deliver 787s in South Carolina to spe ... • Snohomish County EDC promoting job growth in key industry clusters • $4 million grant to advance brain tumor research has Everett links • Providence medical center construction tops off its 12-story steel frame ... • Tulalip affordable housing project to be financed by KeyBank, Raymond Ja ... • Arlington's Lak of Ink has a growing following for Luke Kooyman's creati ... • Bank of the Northwest formed • Cascade Bank earns $1.6 million