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Herald columnist Julie Muhlstein (left) and Elizabeth Reed, of Snohomish, share something humorous during an interview at Reed’s Snohomish High School Class of 1942 reunion in September 2016. Muhlstein is marking 20 years as a columnist, with about 3,000 of them published in The Herald. Counting her early days as a reporter and editor, she has been with The Herald for 36 years. (Dan Bates / Herald file)

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3,000 stories in 20 years: Here are some of my favorites

As a Daily Herald columnist, I’ve met remarkable people and learned much since 1997.

Everett Gospel Mission CEO Sylvia Anderson receives award

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Everett Gospel Mission CEO Sylvia Anderson receives award

Fundraising event helps patients and residents at Bethany of the Northwest’s Everett area facilities.

A wobbly calf grows into a 1,800-pound Lake Stevens behemoth

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A wobbly calf grows into a 1,800-pound Lake Stevens behemoth

A shaggy and sometimes cranky bison is the last of his herd. He lives amid encroaching suburbia.

Korean War veteran Gerald Rogers, 85, of Everett, flies American flags outside his condominium in south Everett. Rogers recently took an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Honor Flights treat veterans to trip to Washington, D.C.

Everett’s Gerald Rogers, who served in the Korean War, recently returned from a guided tour.

Dremond Stidwell, 44, delivers a speech during the EvCC Aviation Maintenance Technology School’s 50-year anniversay celebration Wednesday at Paine Field. Stidwell, who moved here from Atlanta for this opportunity, is a full-time student in the program and is already working in the industry. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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EvCC’s aviation maintenance school celebrates 50 years

The school has trained hundreds of skilled technicians for well-paying jobs.

Deborah Parker, former vice chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes Board of Directors, speaks during a healing event at the Hibulb Cultural Center in 2013. Parker is among recipients of the 2017 KSER Voice of the Community Awards. (Genna Martin / Former Herald Staff Photographer)

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KSER-FM celebrates this year’s Voice of the Community Awards

Nominations came from listeners, station volunteers and board members.

In Marysville, a 48-year-old man, who says people will know him as “Houston,” pulls his signs from his backpack and talks to The Herald about surviving homelessness. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Mayors: Stop giving to Arlington and Marysville panhandlers

Instead, people should donate to charities and nonprofits that help homeless people, they say.

Burial of young drowning victim stalled by funeral costs

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Burial of young drowning victim stalled by funeral costs

Chance Van Valkenburgh died after getting caught in weeds while swimming in Marysville.

Carolyn Hetherwick Goza, a member of Everett’s First Presbyterian Church, models a period dress at the church that would have been appropriate Sunday garb in 1892. Goza will perform an historical skit at Sunday’s “Celebrating God’s Love” concert, an event at First Presbyterian marking the 125th anniversaries of five Everett churches. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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These Everett churches were born in a time of lawlessness

All started the same year, they will mark their 125th anniversaries with a joint concert.

Abby Beauchamp, who was born with a facial condition that has brought her negative attention for much of her life, is introduced to a room filled with three classes of fifth-graders at Hillcrest Elementary School in Lake Stevens, Friday. The kids are reading the book “Wonder,” which is about a child with a similar condition. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Marysville alumna asks students to not judge others’ looks

The elementary students read ‘Wonder,’ about a boy who looks different — a story she empathizes with.

Kayden Blanco, 4, looks up at dog handler Lisa Akin, who holds 11-year-old yellow Lab mix Risa on her lap. Akin was helping the boy read a book. Carmen, a 12-year-old black Lab mix wearing a hot pink party hat, watches politely as Kayden shares the book “A Duck on a Bike” with both dogs and Akin. Carmen and Risa retired Tuesday with a party at the Mukilteo Library. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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These old library dogs are ready for a new trick — retirement

After years of patiently listening to young readers, Carmen and Risa probably have heard enough.

Arlington’s Dave Allbee, a longtime drummer with the band Love Handles, died in May at age 63. (Courtesy of Phil Mitchell)

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He played many roles, but drumming was his passion

David Andrew Allbee, a musician with a local band called the Love Handles, died May 17.

Along with a few friends, student residents at Cedar Hall roast marshmallows, play Ping-Pong and talk around a fire in a secure open-air interior courtyard. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Close and comfy residence hall ‘changes whole culture’ of EvCC

The college calls it student housing, but Cedar Hall looks like a house of dreams.

Alliance confronts race, climate, social issues

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Alliance confronts race, climate, social issues

Communities of Color Coalition-350 Everett alliance to key on social issues, climate change

Jim Mathis, the Vietnam veteran whose Marysville garden was recently featured in The Herald, died Wednesday. Mathis, who suffered from PTSD and cancer, found solace in his beautiful garden. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Vietnam veteran Jim Mathis found peace in his garden

The Marysville man who served two tours died Wednesday after suffering from cancer and PTSD.

Barbara Jean Nichols, a graduate of Everett General Hospital School of Nursing, helped build Boeing warplanes during World War II and served as a nurse in the Korean War and in Vietnam. Now 95, she is featured in a Legacy Washington exhibit in Olympia. (Brian Zylstra / Office of Secretary of State)

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Army nurse from Everett has vivid memories of ‘forgotten war’

Barbara Jean Nichols, 95, served near the front lines in Korea and Vietnam, and in Germany.

Fluke Corp.’s Susan Israel (center) assists with other Fluke employees including William Nelson (left) and Allyce Barry (right), in efforts to load 260 new-mom kits into vehicles outside the company Friday morning. Workers volunteered with United Way’s Day of Caring. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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United Way Day of Caring effort focuses on babies, moms

Fluke employees created 260 new-mom kits to be distributed.

John Wolcott, a longtime Herald business editor and writer, died Aug. 31 at age 77. Wolcott was also the founding editor of The Herald Business Journal. (Herald File)

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John Wolcott, Herald Business Journal’s founding editor, dies

He was devoted to family and lived his faith aiding pregnant women and new moms.

Nonprofit’s annual fundraiser already has $50K donor

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Nonprofit’s annual fundraiser already has $50K donor

For people working to overcome addiction, the Everett Recovery Cafe is a place to heal. In a cozy,…

Monroe’s Ethan Medlin (right) and his roommate, Sahil Lauji, of Atlanta, take time for a picture outside Thayer Hall, a freshman dormitory at Harvard University. Medlin, whose family was homeless for a time, has a full-ride scholarship at Harvard. (Courtesy of Ethan Medlin)

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Monroe High grad who spent time homeless now a Harvard student

There’s a 2003 TV movie called “Homeless to Harvard,” based on the true story of a girl from…