By James Young Part 1 of this series was about love and good feelings for native plants. In part 2, hold on to your garden pants, there’s going to be a bit of a native plant smackdown. In this article, the unwarranted hype surrounding planting natives will be body-slammed in a gardener-on-gardener slugfest. When it’s [...]
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By Lara Alexander What’s coming in food? Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe has plans to open its doors in Edmonds. Panera Bread has submitted a conditional use permit application to the City of Edmonds for a new building on the current site of Barlee’s Restaurant at 7929 Ballinger Way. The plans include a drive- thru and outdoor [...]
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Edmonds-Woodway High School girls basketball coach Duane Hodges will be in Portland this weekend to coach some of Washington states best girls basketball players during the annual Washington-vs.-Oregon Northwest Shootout. Held at the Chiles Center on the University of Portland campus, the Northwest Shootout features high school seniors from Oregon facing off seniors from Washington in [...]
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Susan Moss, founder of All the Best Pet Care, is teaching a class on making your dogs food at home from 7:30-9:30 p.m. tonight at the new Edmonds store, 9803 Edmonds Way (next to PCC Natural Markets). Learn how to make nutritious food at home using ordinary ingredients—meats, poultry, fruits and vegetables, optional grains and [...]
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Craig Campbell, president of Campbell/Nelson Volkswagen & Nissan in Edmonds, is one of the presenters at the “Bottom Billions/Bottom Line” conference at Seattle Pacific University on April 1-2. The topic of the conference is to explore the role of businesses in helping eradicate global poverty —and to hear from CEOs who are incorporating business practices [...]
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Congratulations to My Edmonds News columnist Michael Schindler, who has been named by ParentMap magazine as a 2011 Superhero for Washington Families. The announcement appears in the monthly magazines April issue. Schindler, a Navy veteran who writes the weekly Edmonds Military Wire, was honored for his work with Operation Military Family, an Edmonds-based organization he founded to strengthen [...]
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The Phoenix Theatre is presenting "Drinking Alone," a romantic comedy set in the midst of a dysfunctional family reunion," starting this Friday, April 1 and on Fridays-Sundays until April 23 in Firdale Village. In this fast-paced Norm Foster play, directed by Rick Wright, Joe Todd hires Renee Duchene to pose as his fiancé for an [...]
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By David Kaufer I was reminded earlier today that you just never know what kind of impact youll have on anothers life. When I graduated from the University of Oregon in 1987, I was very much the idealistic young adult, ready to take on the world and make changes where I thought I could. I [...]
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BOYS SOCCER Snohomish 1, E-W 0 Snohomish scored in the 28th minute and the Warriors were unable to answer in a Wesco 4A game Wednesday. BOYS GOLF Kamiak 170, Jackson 180, Edmonds-Woodway 188, Cascade 207, Mariner DNQ At Nile G.C., nine holes, par 33 Edmonds-Woodway: Ty Tindall 34, Dylan Merrill 35, Matt Thornton 36, Nick [...]
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Mayor Mike Cooper issued a video message on Wednesday announcing he has sent to the Edmonds City Council a proposed levy plan to go before voters this August. “The time has arrived to allow our voters to decide the future of this city," Cooper said. "After more than two years of talking, the clock has run [...]
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By Harry Gatjens The Regional Fire Authority Planning Committee had its first meeting Tuesday night, and Edmonds Mayor Mike Cooper was elected to chair the group. The Washington State Legislature in 2005 enacted a law that permits municipalities to combine resources and personnel to provide fire and emergency medical services on a regional basis. Representatives of several local municipalities [...]
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Student artists, including home-schooled students, in grades K-12 within the Edmonds School District are invited to submit their art for consideration in the Student Exhibit of the Edmonds Arts Festival, held annually on Fathers Day weekend. Open Class entries will be received and photographed at the Edmonds School District Office, located at 20420 68th Ave. W. [...]
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From our friends at MLTnews comes a crime story that took place Tuesday night at the Lakeside Apartments involving an assist by the Edmonds Police Department.. Mountlake Terrace police units responded along with Lynnwood and Edmonds to assist the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office with the containment, MLTnews said. A county deputy was in a pursuit [...]
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Edmonds Realtor Wayne Purser of 365 Things to Do in Edmonds talks to Helen Wilkerson, artistic director of the Edmonds-based Olympic Ballet School and Theatre. The ballet school has several classes to chose from, including Dance for the Young Child, The Art & Practice of Classical Ballet and Teen & Adult Ballet. Olympic Ballet will be [...]
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SOFTBALL E-W 2, Cascade 1 Cascade outhit the Warriors 5-2 but E-Ws Katelyn Lafferty allowed just one run and struck out six in earning the 4A Wesco South win. Mia Webster scored the game-winning run in the sixth. BASEBALL Glacier Peak 14, Meadowdale 6 Meadowdales Tyler Ackerman went 2-for-4, including a solo home run, in [...]
By Quint Turner The Lady Mavs softball team mounted a comeback to maintain its perfect 7-0 record, beating Glacier Peak 12-8 Thursday. Down 8-6 in the bottom of the sixth, the Mavs finally got their offense in gear as they batted around. A leadoff single from Meadowdales Ashley Luberts led to an RBI double by [...]
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(The following story is used with permission of our online news partner The Seattle Times. Additional photos as well as a video can be found here.) By Erik Lacitis Seattle Times staff reporter Why should it be any surprise that the nations biggest club of guys like Al Swackhammer is in the Pacific Northwest? Visiting [...]
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Edmonds City Councilmember DJ Wilson has formally announced his bid for re-election to a second term. “I am excited for the campaign to begin,” Wilson said. "I have already started fundraising, and will start doorbelling here in April.” Wilson said he has already collected a list of prominent endorsements, including Congressman Jay Inslee, Edmonds Mayor [...]
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Each month, Edmonds-area high schools select two students of the month to be recognized for their accomplishments and achievements. Congratulations to the following students chosen for March: Edmonds-Woodway High Student Name: Savannah Broadlick Mothers Name: Martha Pilcher Fathers Name: Jim Broadlick GPA: 3.66 ASB: ASB Senator for three years, ASB Senior Class Secretary Athletics: Cross [...]
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The 7th Annual Seattle-Kobe Female Jazz Vocalist from the high school level is Kelila Gottlieb from Edmonds-Woodway High School. Gottlieb auditioned March 21 at Jazz Alley in Seattle and was selected as the high school vocalist by the Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association. She and the adult female jazz vocalist from the greater Seattle area will receive [...]
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Three College Place Middls School students have been named finalists in the "Letters about Literature" writing contest sponsored by the Library of Congress. The students wrote letters to authors whose books have had an impact on their lives, describing their connections to the authors work and how it has affected them. Nationwide, nearly 70,000 students from [...]
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GIRLS TENNIS Everett 5, Meadowdale 2 Singles: Josie Dow (M) d. Rosie Ellison, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Katie Stewart (E) d. Isabel Reeb, 6-4, 6-3; Anna Lauritzen (E) d. Vanessa Woo, 6-0, 6-0; Tierney Bagley (E) d. Breanna Sankey, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles: Holly Russell-Alysia Noriega (E) d. Kayleigh Barrett-Tess Helber 6-0, 6-0; Ruby Galen-Keito Omokawa (E) [...]
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By Laura Spehar Did you turn out the lights on Saturday in honor of Earth Hour? Around the world, it is estimated that over a billion people from 134 countries participated in the fifth annual event. It was New Brunswicks most successful Earth Hour to date, according to NB Power. Electricity consumption decreased by 24 [...]
American Brewing Company recently opened its doors to the Edmonds community, and University of Washington journalism student Allison Barrett developed the following multimedia presentation through an internship project for My Edmonds News. While American Brewing Company may be new, head brewmeister Skip Madsen has a long history of crafting beers in the Pacific Northwest. His [...]
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The deadline has been extended to April 7 for the Snohomish County Youth Challenge Awards presented by the Lynnwood Rotary Club. Its your opportunity to ensure that young people who are achieving personal success beyond academics and sports get the credit they deserve. Nominate a 7th-12th grade Snohomish County youth for community service, courage, creativity, [...]
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Edmonds Realtor Wayne Purser, creator of 365 Things to Do in Edmonds profiles The Resident Cheesemonger and proprietor (and Edmonds City Council President) Strom Peterson. Located at 405 Main St., The Resident Cheesemonger offers more than 100 cheeses from the United States, France, Italy, Spain, England, and its selection is one of the most extensive in the Seattle [...]
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Since this Tuesday is the fifth one in March, the Edmonds City Council will not meet this week. However, those who want their government-watching fix can attend the first organizational meeting of the Regional Fire Authority Planning Committee, which meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Halls Brackett Room, 121 5th Ave. N. Representatives from [...]
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