50 years ago (1964)
Sharon Marie Petersen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Petersen, 4411 Rucker Ave., graduated this spring from Central Washington State College with a 4.0 grade-point average. This fall she would teach speech therapy in the Lake Washington School District.
Purchase of more than three and a half acres of land for a new regional library district building near Marysville was announced by the Snohomish-Island County Regional Library Board. Board Chairman Edwin Jones, of Stanwood, said that long-range plans called for a regional library building to replace the facilities now in Everett.
25 years ago (1989)
The Herald began a series on the Everett water supply. The supply originated in the Sultan Basin above Spada Lake, was treated in Lake Chaplain and piped to Everett. Other water districts served by Everett were PUD, Mukilteo, Snohomish, Swans Trail, Three Lakes, Dutch Hill, Roosevelt, Monroe, Highland, Silver Lake, Lynnwood, Alderwood, Mountlake Terrace and Cross Valley.
The Herald open house was a contemporary rambler, built by Hoffman Homes and marketed by McPherson’s Realtors. It was located just south of Cascade High School at 1105 84th St. S.E. The selling price was $84,500.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library
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