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Scraping together a down payment for a home is one of the biggest obstacles mentioned by first time home buyers as the reason they can’t purchase a home, but it doesn’t have to be. You can get...

Last summer the fire district began the process of evaluating plans to upgrade the fire stations in the Suncrest and Loon Lake areas. It was obvious that the current facilities were inadequate but in...

Lakeside High School Senior Celebration Interviews are coming in March and April. Adult community and business members are needed to volunteer for our interview panels. Panel members are an integral part of the success of our Senior Celebration. If...

The next S.C.C.A.T. meeting will be March 6th at 7:00 p.m. in the library at Lakeside High School. The sheriff’s department will be at Lakeside C.O.P. Shop to issue concealed weapons permits on...

This is the season of snow and rain. Have you ever asked yourself where does the rain and the snowmelt go? Some of this water seeps into the ground and helps to replenish the groundwater. Some of it flows across the land in what we call runoff. Runof...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has stated that the average person unknowingly wastes up to 30 gallons of water each day. How well do you understand how you are using your own water? The following test will help you answer that question. 1....

The Lakeside Wrestlers headed to Tacoma last weekend to compete in the WIAA State Wrestling Tournament. Lakeside placed fourth in the Regional Tournament in Colville, on February 11th, while qualifying eight wresters to compete in Tacoma at State....

Nine Mile Falls resident Amy Holtorf turned an experiment into a home business that she loves. Ten years ago, Holtorf picked up a magazine one morning and discovered an article on cake baking. “I...

One of the best ways to help prevent a crash is to increase your following distance. The recommendation is one second for each mile-per-hour when you are traveling on a dry road. In the wintertime,...

The Williams Valley Grange honored members of the local emergency services community on February 11th with a spaghetti dinner. Members of Fire District 1 and Deer Park Ambulance were on hand. The Grange had a small band playing while Grange members...

The Clayton Community Fair Royalty is out and about in the community again. Queen Kelli, Princess Naomi and Princess Rebecca went to the Williams Valley Grange on Feb 11th to help serve an appreciation spaghetti dinner to the local volunteer firemen...

As you may know, the Nine Mile Falls School levy passed by a very narrow margin. The final count passed the levy with a 51.44% YES vote. I am sure the recent increase in property taxes and the ever de...

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Of the four GOP presidential hopefuls, only Ron Paul has tackled one of the most important issues of our time: sound money. His book, End the Fed, chronicles the devastating results of letting the secretive and unconstitutional Federal Reserve...

As a Parks & Recreation District Commissioner, I had a personal interest in seeing the levy for park funds pass. It would have enabled the P&RD to start construction on the basic needs to establish a park for all of our use. But the good people of...

A memorial service was held Friday, February 17th 2012 at 1:15 in the afternoon at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery, 21702 W. Espanola Rd., Medical Lake, WA . Reception followed for friends and...

Ron died February 12th, 2012, in a sudden accident at his home in Nine Mile Falls, WA. Ron was born September 18th, 1957 in Seattle, WA to Leigh and Penny Haight. He graduated from Woodway High...