50 years ago (1964)
Jerry Milton Reed, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon C. Reed, 3801 Wetmore Ave., was one of 30 Peace Corps volunteers who left yesterday for Chile after a short leave home. They would join 80 other volunteers already at work in that country in physical education and community development.
Suzanne Engebretsen and Pete Kirchgessner left the Granite Falls High School building for the last time as students last Friday evening. She was valedictorian and he was salutatorian of their class, and as such were the principal speakers at Commencement exercises.
25 years ago (1989)
A 381-unit apartment complex planned for an undeveloped site north of SE Everett Mall Way received unanimous approval by the Everett City Council. The project site, a wooded area adjacent to Cypress Lawn Cemetery and the Top Foods shopping center, was originally slated for commercial development, city planner Gerry Ervine said.
Huck Finn never had it so good! The Snohomish River Queen offered three hour Delta Wetland tours on the Snohomish River and its connected sloughs for just $19.95. Tours departed from the Everett Marina Village.
By Jack O’Donnell from Herald archives at the Everett Public Library.
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