On Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, Storm Aquatics, our local non-profit competitive swim team hosted a Community Food Drive and Pool Party to help replenish supplies after the holidays at both the Lake Stevens and Snohomish Food Banks. Storm Aquatics members…

With the WAC Championship coming up, there is a lot of buzz going around that the New Mexico State swimming and diving team has a good chance at capturing its first title. The Aggies excelled in the…

PNB’s FAMILY MATINEE SERIES Featuring performances by students of the Pacific Northwest Ballet School March 20 & 26, 2011 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street at Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109 March 20 at 12:00 pm & 3:30 pm…

April 8-17, 2011 Marion Oliver McCaw Hall 321 Mercer Street, Seattle Center Seattle, WA 98109 Music: Felix Mendelssohn Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust Staging: Francia Russell Scenic and Costume Design: Martin…

Lake Stevens Basketball Club’s sixthGrade Purple and sixth Grade Gold teams participated in the annual MLK Tournament in Port Angeles. After both teams defeated all the other teams in their…

The Lake Stevens Viking Wrestlers won their 12th straight, 20 out of 21, 4A NW District Wrestling Championship this past weekend with a score of 360.5 points over second place Marysville-Pilchuck…

Dear Savvy Senior What can you tell me about diabetes and how can a person know if they have it? My sister and her husband, who are ages 65 and 63 were both recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and neither had a clue. Surprised Sister Dear…

“No man is an island entire of itself,” the great John Donne famously wrote. Rather, he said, every person “is a part of the main.” That is, we are all involved with and interconnected to humankind. God, a relational being as…

There is a word and condition I have grown to hate like few others: Cancer. The mere mention of the name produces in me a kind of muted, frustrated resentment, that kind of feeling you get when you hear the name of someone against whom you hold a…

The Everett Clinic has been named one of FORTUNE® Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” The Clinic is extremely excited to have earned a coveted spot on this prestigious list. This year’s “100 Best Companies…

Columbia Bank announces the opening of its 85th retail branch, which opened January 31, 2011, in Everett, Wash. The new branch, located at 11102 Evergreen Way, will be led by Vice President and Branch Manager Marci Miller. The retail branch expands…

Cassidy Ispen Relay For Life. It is something that truly is life changing. You won’t believe it until you have lived it, but it truly is. At first, you think ‘Oh sure! Hang out with…

Lake scores againsy Monroe but couldn’t get enough points to win. Lake Stevens boys closed out regular season Wesco basketball play by splitting home games with Monroe and Marysville. Monroe…

Cool breezes flow from the waters of the Pacific Ocean and offer a slight reprieve from the hot and humid days in the small community of Montericco, Guatemala. The surrounding villages consist of…

Front row – Sydney Peterson, Tori McCann, Andrei Arevalo, Kamran Ali, Chat Watson and Sam Mardock. Back row – Sean Perry, Charlie Hannigan, Austin Carlton, and Chris Neuman (advisor). Lake Stevens…

Suspicious Circumstance, 01/31/11, 8700 blk of 8th Pl NE Officers responded to a possible bomb after a landlord reported his previous tenant, who was recently evicted, left a single package under a lit Christmas tree. He also stated he feared the…

Thanks for community support of Bikes for Tykes Dear Editor, The recently concluded ninth annual Bikes for Tykes program sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lake Stevens was successful again, due in major part to our contributing partners in the…

Using an obscene number of frequent flier miles, we were finally able to book that dream trip to Hawaii. Well, it’s not dreamy in a romantic sort of way, because our kids will be coming with us, but it’s still a dream trip because we…

Major health care legislation became federal law last year. One half of the $1 trillion cost of the legislation will be spent on taxpayer-funded subsidies to purchase health insurance in new state health insurance exchanges. Eligibility for the subsi…

Who wants to deal with dirty laundry? How can you get organized for this common household chore that most of us don’t like to do? Eventually you’re gonna run out of clothes, so you might as well follow a few easy tips to stay on top of…

Since the senseless murder of Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl on January 29, many are left wondering how this could have happened. Is there really just one correct answer? Biendl, of Granite Falls, had been a corrections officer at the Monroe…

This training is designed for non-profit board members. Any non-profit organization can send board members to this training. Workshops on: recruiting a diverse board, ethical leadership, stewardship responsibilities, finances, strategic planning,…

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Several hundred people lined up in three Washington cities this weekend at free clinics to learn more about becoming United States citizens. About 160,000 Washington residents are already in the nation legally and are eligible for…

Nighttime drivers planning to use State Route 520 should plan to take alternate routes across and around Lake Washington next week as crews working for WSDOT continue to install tolling equipment on the SR 520 bridge. This week crews will make the…

A lawsuit is being threatened to force the federal government to do more to protect giant sea turtles along the Pacific coastline. Conservation groups say the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) was asked in 2007 to protect about 70,000 square m…