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Penn Cove fest features NW tribe canoe races
Canoe races have always been the centerpiece of the Penn Cove Water Festival and Saturday's event is no exception.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Entertainment
Terrace woman organizes a congress of women’s voices
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE -- Sharon Riegie Maynard has wisdom that only comes with age.The 70-year-old Mountlake Terrace woman has learned that she can get much further by keeping her ears and eyes open, and that gives her a bigger voice.
Date: 03/23/2012 | Local News
Camano church’s Selah service a time for reflection
CAMANO ISLAND -- Scattered throughout the Psalms of the Bible, one finds the word "Selah."Most likely, it was a musical term that called for a rest or a pause in those Old Testament songs of praise, said Jeff Johnson of Camano Island.
Date: 03/17/2012 | Local News
Pioneer Craft Show turns back clock in Monroe
Families visiting the Pioneer Craft Show will take a step back in time and see first hand how to load a pre-1840 firearm, how to spin a wool blanket and the many kinds of things blacksmiths made back in the day.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Entertainment
Wedding show now at Tulalip Resort
Unless you got up when your paper hit your porch this morning, you may not make it to the Tulalip Casino in time to get a beautiful bargain wedding gown.But you've still got all weekend to bask in the fantasies of being a bride.
Date: 01/14/2012 | Life
Catching up with the Scottish clan and remembering past goodbyes
As I get ready to leave The Herald on Dec. 30, I wonder if I will cry on my way out the door.I know the departure of one former reporter, Christina Harper, was my soggiest moment at The Herald. I am saving my pennies to someday visit her in Scotland.
Date: 12/21/2011 | Local News
Seniors' charitable work ends up in thief's pocket
When you think you've heard it all, regarding thefts from Boy Scouts, soccer clubs and the like, along comes a thief who steals from a bunch of senior citizens.Some creep stole the receipts from the Snohomish Senior Center's Dec. 3 Saturday breakfast.
Date: 12/13/2011 | Local News
Rent a Christmas tree now and help salmon later
Here is a green way to be green. Rent your Christmas tree.Adopt a Stream Foundation has 200 trees for rent at the Northwest Stream Center at McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE in Everett.
Date: 11/29/2011 | Local News
Find your Christmas tree
Where to go for fresh-cut trees in Snohomish County
Date: 11/26/2011 | Life
Herald readers share their Thanksgiving memories, funny and touching
Thanksgiving is a time of year when folks gather around tables and share stories. I asked readers to tell me what they might be talking about Thursday at their house. They told me about poignant memories and silly times.
Date: 11/23/2011 | Local News
Public dances
Ballroom dance: 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays, Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell; dance lessons and dancing with a live band; $4 members, $8 nonmembers; 425-487-2441; www.northshoreseniorcenter.org.
Date: 10/07/2011 | Entertainment
Everett Jews cast away sins with ‘tashlich’ ceremony
EVERETT -- The Hebrew word "tashlich" means "to cast away."Members of Temple Beth Or, a Reform synagogue in Everett, came to the 10th Street boat launch Thursday afternoon to cast away their sins, errors and transgressions.
Date: 10/01/2011 | Local News
Darrington’s Sauk-Suiattle Tribe welcomes first dugout canoe in generations
DARRINGTON -- For the first time in generations, the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe has a new shovel-nose dugout river canoe.The cedar canoe was delivered to the tribe Sept. 17 by Lummi tribal artist and Salish cultural scholar Felix Solomon, who had been commissioned to carve the canoe.
Date: 09/23/2011 | Local News
Camano author’s book helping veterans with memory loss reconnect
Dan Koffman, 61, an artist, designer and marketer who lives on Camano Island, was featured in a story by Gale Fiege Aug. 24, "Picture book can jog veterans' memories."
Date: 09/16/2011 | Local News
Muslims end Ramadan in Terrace on Eid al-Fitr
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE -- Iftikhar Beg knelt in prayer Wednesday morning, joining hundreds of other Muslims for a sermon marking Eid al-Fitr.
Date: 09/03/2011 | Local News
Freeborn Lutheran Church in Stanwood marks 111 years
STANWOOD -- When Freeborn Lutheran Church first held services in the early 1900s, some Norwegian pioneers, with children in tow, had to walk for miles to get to church.It's history now, but it hasn't been forgotten.
Date: 08/20/2011 | Local News
Fun by the ton at the fair
How many hogs, horses and blue ribbons to expect in Monroe
Date: 08/18/2011 | Need to Know
Wedding book from 1955 is back in family hands
For their wedding, Patricia and Patrick Smith received a crystal goblet from Evie and Abbie Boehmen.It was gift for the high school sweethearts who married in Everett on Sept. 17, 1955, then toasted at a reception in the Monte Cristo Hotel ballroom.
Date: 08/08/2011 | Local News
Lynnwood students dance to Hawaii's hula heritage
LYNNWOOD -- Hula dancing weaves Hawaiian culture and heritage into a smooth, choreographed dance, says hula instructor Leila Fernandez.The dance is graceful and loving, Fernandez said, and the rhythm of the Hawaiian language makes it feel like you're listening to people speak in song.
Date: 08/08/2011 | Local News
Coast Salish tribes gather
78 canoes arrive in Swinomish, part of annual journey (video)
Date: 07/26/2011 | Local News
'Junk in the trunk' event delivered the goods
"Junk in the Trunk" was not all that.
Date: 07/22/2011 | Local News
Community club is home to the heart of Arlington
Boys were sent off to war after parties at the Arlington Heights Community Club.Men returned from war, to open arms at the clubhouse. It's located about five miles northeast of downtown Arlington.
Date: 07/13/2011 | Local News
Fourth of July fun
Here's where to find all the fireworks and parades
Date: 07/04/2011 | Entertainment
Fourth of July fun
Here's where to find all the fireworks and parades
Date: 07/01/2011 | Entertainment
Lynnwood’s arts official is a lifelong student of calligraphy
LYNNWOOD -- Practicing Chinese calligraphy is more than a pastime for Frederic Wong -- it is a connection to his culture, his family and an expression of his spirit.
Date: 06/13/2011 | Local News
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