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Scene in Edmonds: Mayor greets Sister City visitors

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Mayor Earling greets the delegation at City Hall. (Photos by Larry Vogel)

A delegation of 15 students accompanied by four adults from Edmonds’ Sister City — Hekinan, Japan — arrived in Edmonds Thursday. Despite considerable jet lag, the group rose early on Friday to be greeted by Mayor Earling at City Hall.

Earling got an overwhelming response to his offer to sit in the Mayor's chair, with each student, chaperones, and other staff taking the opportunity. One of the first to jump in was Megumi Nagura. — Earling got an overwhelming response to his offer to sit in the Mayor’s chair, with each student, chaperones, and other staff taking the opportunity. One of the first to jump in was Megumi Nagura.

Look for them around town over the next several days, and especially during Tuesday’s celebration of the 125th year since Edmonds, formerly George Brackett’s lumber camp, became an official “village fourth class” of Snohomish County.

The Hekinan delegation poses for a group portrait with the mayor.

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Denise Wechsler August 8, 2015 At 8:31 am

How nice, especially to be here for our 125th bday. Can I assume that we also send delegations to Japan? How would I find out information about that, who knows? Thank you.

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Alicia Crank August 8, 2015 At 9:35 am

Denise, we sent our delegation a few weeks ago, now it’s their turn. You can check out the ESCC Faceebook page to see all of their adventures here (and what our delegation did last month): https://www.facebook.com/EdmondsSisterCityCommission?fref=ts

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