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MVPD, school crossing guard give tips to keep kids safe at intersections

November 12, 2009 - 01:55 PM | posted in Grapevine

Lori Valgardson has been working as a crossing guard for the Mount Vernon School District off and on for about nine years. By now she’s probably seen it all.

Crossing guards help students…
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Wash. wants you in the holiday ‘spirit’

October 16, 2009 - 12:50 PM | posted in Grapevine

This just in...

The state Liquor Control Board has a strategy for offsetting the budget deficit. It’s opening special liquor gift shops in four different malls (but not ours) just in…
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Plenty of customers at Skagit’s only bikini barista stand

October 15, 2009 - 01:59 PM | posted in Grapevine

Business is good at the Foxy Lady Latte "bikini barista" stand on Old Highway 99 near Cook Road north of Burlington.

"Every day on my shift alone I get 10 new customers in addition to my regulars,"…
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Skateboarding has no age limit in La Conner

October 14, 2009 - 05:49 PM | posted in Grapevine

Photo by Ayla Smith of http://www.redaisy.com

B.J. Carol avoided the sheriff's blotter when posing for a photo near the La Conner Senior Center…
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BMW Oracle Racing ships mystery parts

October 12, 2009 - 09:52 AM | posted in Grapevine

Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget / BMW ORACLE Racing

Wondering what was inside the huge shrink-wrapped packages shipped out of Anacortes this weekend? Well, I can only call them "components."…
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Cold or flu?

September 29, 2009 - 04:15 PM | posted in Grapevine

You feel really bad. It must be the flu, right? Maybe.

Cold and flu are caused by viruses with similar symptoms, but the flu is usually worse — much worse. If you’ve never had…
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What makes a scary movie?

September 25, 2009 - 02:58 PM | posted in Grapevine

“The scariest movie,” someone recently told me while discussing Halloween flicks in front of some DVDs at a local retail store, “is definitely ‘The Shining.’”

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The answer to the ‘right’ question

September 25, 2009 - 02:15 PM | posted in Grapevine

I followed the advice of DOT’s “Traffic Team” and asked Washington State Patrol the traffic question I mentioned before:

Trooper Keith Leary got back to me right away and…
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Asking the ‘right’ question

September 24, 2009 - 06:04 PM | posted in Grapevine

Does anyone in Washington know what the sign pictured above means?

That question was inspired by the Department of Transportation’s new “Ask the Traffic Team”…
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Pennies on soda pop

September 18, 2009 - 04:59 AM | posted in Grapevine

A proposal in the New England Journal of Medicine calls for putting a 1-cent tax on soda.

The thinking is that an extra tax might lead some people to drink less soda, which could help in the…
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Pool cue makes stabbing victim’s day

September 04, 2009 - 03:24 PM | posted in Grapevine

On the crime beat, I usually encounter random acts of malice, not kindness. But that changed last week with a pool cue.

It began when I met Joshua Reid.

He was in court the…
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New girl’s take on Skagit County

September 03, 2009 - 04:11 PM | posted in Grapevine

As the new girl in town and to the Skagit Publishing staff, I'm still trying to get a take on this wildly diverse region. After deciding there was no way to effectively "sum up" Skagit County from inside…
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S-W teachers eager to return to class

September 02, 2009 - 10:04 AM | posted in Grapevine

The Sedro-Woolley Education Association strike could be over as early as this afternoon, but you won't see teachers picketing around neighborhood schools.

That's because union and Sedro-Woolley…
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Dispelling a rumor about the North Cascades Highway

September 01, 2009 - 03:33 PM | posted in Grapevine

This message came in from the Washington State Department of Transportation, asking that we spread the word. So here it is:

"There's a rumor afoot that the NCH will be closed for two weeks,…
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Possible S-WSD teachers strike could impact graduating seniors

September 01, 2009 - 02:32 PM | posted in Grapevine

When the result of the Sedro-Woolley Education Association strike vote was announced Monday at 7:52 p.m., there was a collective gasp in the Sedro-Woolley High School auditorium.

Some teachers…
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Movie star chats with locals

August 27, 2009 - 05:00 PM | posted in Grapevine

While the movie crew pushed away the local newspaper reporter during filming of “The Details” Tuesday on the Dalles Bridge near Concrete, several residents told the Skagit Valley Herald Tobey…
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Glenn Beck’s ‘people’ in town?

August 27, 2009 - 12:45 PM | posted in Grapevine

Coffee shops are still the best place for small-town rumors. As I was waiting for my late-morning latte at "Same Ol' Grind" earlier, I overheard one barista nudge up to another and ask if she heard that…
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