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This photo of Shane Lynch at age 13 was taken July 3, 1999, the day he suffered a devastating head injury when he was struck by a mortar shell-type firework. He died 13 days later without regaining consciousness. His mother, Glenda Lynch, of Lake Stevens, shares his story in hopes of preventing similar tragedies. (Courtesy Glenda Lynch)

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Glenda Lynch has a vital message about fireworks

The smoke has cleared, big booms are less frequent, and dogs have come out of hiding. Yet for…

Alex Frazier (left) cuts the hair of Cody Phillips while David Hutton does Lohti Hevly’s hair during last year’s Project Homeless Connect. The two were volunteering from Paroba College of Cosmetology in Everett. This year’s event is scheduled for 9 a.m.-2 p.m. July 20 at Evergreen Middle School in Everett. (Dan Bates/The Herald)

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At Project Homeless Connect, neighbors help neighbors

Cookies are no cure for homelessness, but the sweet treats deliver a message: Someone cares. With the annual…

Sitting near the base of the Upper Town Wall in Index, the 1899 Bush House is looking more and more like the hotel it once was thanks to co-owners Blair and Kathy Corson, who are doing the restoration. The Bush House is also being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Couple faithfully renovating historic 1899 Bush House in Index

The Bush House stands, at age 118 a proud survivor, below the majestic granite of the Upper Town…

George Noory, host of the “Coast to Coast AM” radio program, will present a live show at the Historic Everett Theatre July 29.

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‘Coast to Coast’ host brings talk of aliens, UFOs to Everett

Here’s an admission: I listen to George Noory. It’s not every night. As a bit of an insomniac,…

Phoenix Benner, left, Adair and Tiko Gearhart and son, Micah, 6, get together Monday in Marysville. Benner and others started the SnoHomo Pride Festival, a first-ever local event for LGBTQ people and their friends, families and allies. The free, family-friendly event will be held July 23 at Everett’s American Legion Park. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Pride goes countywide: First LGBTQ festival planned

For decades, Phoenix Benner has joined the crowds in the Seattle Pride Parade, which last weekend marked its…

Ron Williams, 84, visits friends on his twice-daily walks

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Ron Williams, 84, visits friends on his twice-daily walks

Ron Williams suits up, in jeans and a Seahawks sweatshirt. At 7:30 a.m., he tightens the laces of…

Recent AIM High School graduate Dakota Mowry, 18, talks with her mom, Crystal Scholl, at the family home in Snohomish Wednesday. Scholl was pregnant when she started at AIM, and baby Dakota, born in 1999, was cared for at the school’s child-care center. Scholl graduated from AIM in 2000. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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2 generations, 2 success stories rooted in AIM High School

Crystal Scholl was 17, pregnant and determined when she started at AIM High School. Once her daughter was…

Sue Brauch, (left) a bartender for more than 50 years, is joined and celebrated by friends and colleagues Monday at Patty’s Eggnest, the longtime Chuckwagon Inn, on Evergreen. Behind Brauch at left is new bartender Tricia Flood, her mother and customer Linda Flood, restaurant manager Pam Gahan, and loyal customer Dwight Jeffries. Brauch, 76, is retiring this week after 13 years behind the bar at the Everett lounge and restaurant. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Last call: Bartender retiring after more than 50 years on job

Sue Brauch entered the workforce 60 years ago, at 15, behind the counter of a Kress store soda…

In their basement playroom Thursday morning, Alex Clawson, 32, communicates firmly and thoughtfully with his eldest son, Willem, 4 while son Atley, 3 (left) plays with 20-month-old daughter Seirsha, who is wearing a Spider-Man cape. Clawson’s wife and the children’s mother, Amy Clawson, 33, as well as newborn daughter Elayda, died May 21 after Amy suffered heart failure. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Carrying forward on Father’s Day after a devastating loss

Three little redheaded superheroes climbed on their dad. They tussled over which one got to wear the Hulk…

Marysville grad at US Capitol reflects on racist hate mail

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Marysville grad at US Capitol reflects on racist hate mail

Six years after reigning as Marysville Strawberry Festival queen, Louie Vital is walking the halls of Congress.

Kristina Jorgensen, pictured in 2016 after becoming a Housing Hope board member, spoke at Monday’s United Way of Snohomish County Spirit Summit. A mother who has overcome addiction and homelessness, Jorgensen graduated Sunday from Shoreline Community College. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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United Way summit recognizes people, organizations

Kristina Jorgensen graduated Sunday from Shoreline Community College. She now plans to attend Seattle University and perhaps law…

Monroe High School graduating seniors, including Ethan Medlin (left) and classmate Dawson Eifert face a gauntlet at Chain Lake Elementary School in their graduation gowns Friday, for all the young students to see. Medlin,18, who attended Chain Lake Elementary not so long ago, has been granted a full-ride scholarship to Harvard. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Seniors share graduation joy with elementary school visits

A day before graduating from Monroe High School, Ethan Medlin walked back in time. When he leaves for…

Ed Stocker, a lifelong farmer in the Snohomish Valley, died June 1 at age 90. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

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Ed Stocker, Snohomish Valley’s ‘Corn King,’ dies at 90

Ed Stocker was a lifelong farmer, a Snohomish Valley institution dubbed the “Corn King,” and a community-minded man.…

Betty Cobbs, principal of Everett’s Woodside Elementary School, with her husband Zebedee Cobbs at a Western Washington University celebration in May. The Woodside principal was among WWU’s 2017 Distinguished Alumni & Recognition Award recipients. She received the Woodring College of Education Alumni Award. (Courtesy Everett School District)

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Principal Cobbs honored for 44 years of service to schools

Gas cost about 40 cents a gallon. The World Trade Center opened in New York. And the last…

Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Janice Ellis is back on the job after injuring her back during a Rotary trip to the Dominican Republic in April.

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An injury abroad brings together a cadre of caregivers

For students who visited the Dominican Republic with Rotary Club of Everett members, spring break was a fun…

Marjorie Sims, managing director of Ascend at the Aspen Institute, will speak at United Way of Snohomish County’s Spirit Summit on June 12.

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Local United Way adopts two-generation approach to helping

At its first-ever Spirit Summit, United Way of Snohomish County aims to start a conversation about serving whole…

The Sherman Church, surrounded by farm country in Eastern Washington’s Lincoln County, is next to the small Sherman Cemetery where Julie Muhlstein’s grandmother is buried. The old church still holds a Memorial Day service and gathering every year. (The Wilbur Register photo)

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On Decoration Day, the past becomes present

My grandmother called it Decoration Day, not Memorial Day. When I was small, it was observed every May…

Everett native Alexis Arrabito and her partner, Ian Plagmann, in London on March 21, the day before a terrorist attack in the vicinity of the Palace of Westminster. In the background is the Palace of Westminster, which houses the British Parliament. (Courtesy of Alexis Arrabito)

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Terrorism in London doesn’t put crimp in their travel plans

The Union Jack flies at half staff in a photo of the Palace of Westminster, home of Britain’s…

Everett’s E.A. Nord Co., which grew to become the world’s largest maker of paneled wood doors, as it looked in 1929 at 2202 Hewitt Ave. Bob Nord, longtime chairman and president of the company, died May 3. His father, Eric A. Nord, founded the company in 1924. It later moved to 300 W. Marine View Drive. (Everett Public Library photo, J.A. Juleen Collection)

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Robert Nord, longtime CEO of Everett door company, dies

Robert Nord was the scion of a family whose business was once among Everett’s biggest employers. By the…

Susan Russell, the Arts Council of Snohomish County’s first Artist of the Year in 1992, at work in Everett in 2010. Russell, who taught art for many years at Snohomish High School and in Marysville and Lake Stevens, died May 14 at her home in Portland, Oregon, after a long battle with cancer. (Michael O’Leary)

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Susan Russell remembered as a visionary artist, role model

Susan Russell was an acclaimed artist and longtime Snohomish High School art teacher. She was a wife, mother,…