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Saturday, Viking Hall, 1331 Pioneer Highway, Silvana.
Monroe United Methodist Church, Heavenly Craft Bazaar, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, 342 Lewis St., Monroe. Goodies available all day.
Friends of Forgotten Creek fall planting work party, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. Meet at the north entrance on Bond Street and Kromer Avenue, Everett, across from the old train depot garden. Bring a shovel, gloves. Treats provided.
Lost Lake annual Bazaar and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 1469 Lake Drive, Camano Island. Lunch, raffle. Call 360-387-8278
Mariner Village mobile home park bazaar and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 815 124th St. SW, Everett. Call 425-423-0418. Proceeds to tenants group's philanthropic causes and special events.
Vermilion River levels dropping; muddy mess left behind
He knew he had a lot of work ahead of him. After the water was pumped out, attention would turn to drying out the furnace and other equipment so the utilities could be restored.“Right now we've got to wait until we get her pumped out," Weber said. “It's going to take a long time to drain out."Then there would be the piles or ruined belongings, such as stored clothes, to deal with.“Everything down there is junk," he said. “It's floating around right now."Similar stories unfolded Friday across Pontiac as the Vermilion River receded from what may have been a record flood, leaving a muddy mess in its wake. As the water drained away, people moved in to clean up, assess damage and brace for the work ahead.At Washington Elementary School, meanwhile, district employees and volunteers hauled debris by the cartload to a commercial trash bin outside.
Councilman MikeK Recalls Knievel Action Figure
Top: Young MikeK playing with Evel Knievel action figure; bottom: MikeK receives inspiration from his childhood friends before leaving for a Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting. I had a classic Evel Knievel motorcycle riding action figure when I was a kid. The stunts my brothers and I would stage for that motorcycle toy were legendary (riding out a second story window, chasing the dog around the house without getting chewed to ribbons, you name it). RIP Evel. I wonder what happened to Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man who played the role of Evel's arch-nemesis in the boyhood action figure wars?/Councilman MikeK. Question: What was your favorite action figure/doll when you were little? .
June 2006
And parents, who do not qualify for financial aid and have little tuition reserve, are often left with $50,000 or more in debt for each graduate. Ante up the cost of three or four kids and the sum gives new meaning to the term: mid life crisis. There is no relief in sight for the next generation. With the outlay of a college education expected to increase at five percent a year, the average annual cost of a private college in 15 years is pegged at $51,664. Factor five percent a year to the already nose bleed cost of sending a child to Harvard, MIT, Boston College or Boston University, and you’re bracing for an annual expense of $90,000 by 2017. "(Higher) education is at a crisis point, the result of uncontrolled cost increases over the past 20 years that have greatly exceeded the rate of inflation or annual consumer price indexes," the Houston Chronicle observes in an editorial.
2007 Quill Award Winners
Al Roker and Ann Curry announced this year's Quill Book Award winners on The Today Show. Click here to watch Today's Al Roker and Ann Curry announce the Quill Award winners of the fiction, history, romance and children's chapter book.
Nominees in popular categories from romance to biography to graphic novels were announced at Book Expo America on June 2. Click here to watch the announcement.
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