Publication: HeraldNet

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Thanks to carriers, citizens for donations

We want to offer a huge "thank you" to the generous citizens of Monroe and to our dedicated letter carriers from the Postal Service. On May 11, the Sky Valley Food Bank was the recipient of 9,254 pounds of non-perishable food collected from mailboxes ... [Published HeraldNet - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Food Bank, Donations, Postal Worker

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Thanks to all who voted for hospital

After the approval of the Valley General Hospital levy increase, The Herald failed to note that the Snohomish and Maltby areas are in the hospital district. It's understandable to know why these areas would oppose the increase due to their not using the ... [Published HeraldNet - 4 hours ago]

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Saying goodbye to classroom seat time ...

In 1993, the Carnegie Foundation's then-president, Ernest Boyer, pointed out the dysfunctional impact of the traditional Carnegie Unit in that it tended to fragment the learning experience and emphasize seat time over the development of real competencies. ... [Published HeraldNet - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Disability, Competent, Special Education, Marysville Pilchuck High School, Jim Strickland

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

School Services

Sheriff's schools unit highly endorsed

The highest priority of our education system is the safety, security and success of all students. Our children need to learn without fear and parents must have the assurance that school safety programs will do everything possible so that each child will ... [Published HeraldNet - 4 hours ago]

Entities: School Services, Centennial Middle School, Scott Parker, Snohomish County

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Family especially grateful this year

This year my family held its fourth annual Carbajal Family Blood Drive, in memory of our brother Elliot Carbajal. Normally, my Dad would be writing this letter, telling everyone how proud he is of his family and community. This year though, he passed ... [Published HeraldNet - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Donations, Food Bank, Kidney, Hugo Swire

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Chick-fil-A

Restaurant calorie rules on hold

Posting calories would cost grocers about $1 billion in the first year, attorney says.Orlando Sentinel< > George Skene / Orlando SentinelThis Chick-fil-A in Orlando has menus with caloric values.Sign up for Weekly business newsSee sample | More ... [Published HeraldNet - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Calorie, Grocer, Nutrition, Chick-fil-A

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Pearl Harbor survivor to speak Sunday at Everett church

Ray Wans, 89, was aboard the USS Curtiss on Dec. 7, 1941, and will talk about his experience on Sunday in Everett.< > Herald file photo, 2011Ray Wans, 89, of Everett was stationed aboard the seaplane tender USS Curtiss on Dec. 7, 1941, during the ... [Published HeraldNet - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Pallor, USS Curtiss (AV-4), World War II, Bomb

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Walk on San Juan ferries, then take bus to save money, time

Visitors to the San Juan Islands can save time and money this summer by walking on the ferries to Friday Harbor or Orcas Island and then hopping buses to tour the islands.The Scenic Byway Explorer buses run through Sept. 2 on San Juan Island, and June ... [Published HeraldNet - 7 hours ago]

Entities: San Juan (Puerto Rico), Ferry, Rosario

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Workshops teach kids woodworking, tool skills

Kids can have a zoomin' good time at the library building a little race car to take home.The Everett Public Library and Home Depot are offering an opportunity for kids ages 5 to 12 to learn basic woodworking skills and how to handle tools safely at two ... [Published HeraldNet - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Carpentry, Home Depot Inc

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Explore five of Seattle's free, family-friendly attractions

Want to get out of town, but not too far? Here are five free things to do in our neighbor to the south:Pike Place MarketThere are few landmarks that invoke Seattle as much as the glowing red letters of Pike Place Market. Sure, it's a tourist mecca, but ... [Published HeraldNet - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Seattle, Steel, Hiram M. Chittenden

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 2 reports

Power surge keeps Hawks' season alive

Hawks belt eight home runs and go 2-1 to advance to consolation quarterfinals.< > Genna Martin / The HeraldMountlake Terrace head coach Shannon Rasmussen congratulates Hannah Wilcox as she rounds third base after hitting a home run in the seventh ... [Published HeraldNet - 8 hours ago]

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Everyone safe after bridge over Skagit River collapses

Fall of I-5 bridge span under investigation; major traffic disruption expected< > Jennifer Buchanan / The HeraldRescuers work in the water after the Interstate 5 bridge collapsed over the Skagit River in Mount Vernon on Thursday.Jennifer Buchanan ... [Published HeraldNet - May 24 2013]

Entities: Mount Vernon (Washington, United States), Snohomish County, GEO Group Inc, Database

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...Boyer stated, "I am convinced the time has come once and for all to bury the old Carnegie Unit. Further, since the foundation I now head created this academic measurement a century ago, I feel authorized this morning to officially declare the Carnegie Unit obsolete."

Saying goodbye to classroom seat time ... [Published HeraldNet - 4 hours ago]

"Increasingly, people are picking up prepared dinners, sandwiches, salads and bakery items at grocers or convenience stores in place of takeout at restaurants" said Margo Wootan, the Center for Science in the PublicPublic Interest's nutrition-policy director. "So it's only fair, businesswise."

Restaurant calorie rules on hold [Published HeraldNet - 6 hours ago]

"It's up to these young people to defend our country" he said

Pearl Harbor survivor to speak Sunday at Everett church [Published HeraldNet - 7 hours ago]

"I was talking to Mikayla and I said, 'You're going to try to get my record aren't you?'" Tastad said. "She's like, 'I think I might try to.' They'll break all my records, but I was the first freshman at Lynnwood to win a state title. So I have that. But the two of them have just been really fun to watch."

Pair of freshman lead Lynnwood track team [Published HeraldNet - 8 hours ago]

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