50 years ago (1961)

Linda Keefe of Everett High School when asked “If I Were Editor…” said the three primary responsibilities were honest reporting, proper news selection and writing objectivity. Her counterpart at Cascade High, Sue Hutchinson, stated that most important was printing the news promptly and accurately.

Andy Dick, a Canadian Indian who lived near Arlington, figured he might have the perfect cure for frustration, although it wouldn’t be found in medical books. His carving tools were the perfect answer to mental turmoil; he used them to carve canoes out of cedar.

25 years ago (1986)

A strange-looking flatbed truck with a yellow cask was cruising the streets of Everett and Marysville in an attempt to educate voters about the dangers of transporting nuclear waste on state highways. It was done to tell the federal government that Washingtonians didn’t want a national nuclear dump site at Hanford.

Members of the Stillaguamish Indian Tribe were celebrating the 10th anniversary of the federal government’s recognition of their tribal status. Festivities included barbecued salmon, tribal doctor Kenny Moses of Darrington singing the welcome song and a traditional round drum and dancing ceremony.

By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library