Julie
writes about life in Snohomish County. Her columns run three
times each week in The Herald.
Sex offender notices raise bigger questions He drove a Mercedes-Benz. He owned an apartment building. Running errands, he dressed in a crisp shirt, jacket and tie. [More] July 20 Sisters bond despite ship mishap Way back when, The Four Preps had a big hit singing "Twenty-six miles across the sea, Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me." [More] July 16 Life as a teen mom is hard work, no glamour Jamie Lynn Spears, 17-year-old kid sister of Britney Spears, is the current cover girl on OK! magazine, along with her 3-week-old daughter, Maddie Briann. [More] July 13 11-year-old Everett girl keeps tabs on all the neighborhood news There I was, notebook in hand, midway through an interview with Drew Williams. She suddenly sat up a bit straighter, then turned the tables on me. "I have a few questions to ask you," she said. [More] July 11 Looking back on a sunny 787 day You readers know I'm not big on numbers. On Tuesday -- 7/8/08 -- some numbers were hard to ignore, even for me. [More] July 9
Stanwood sisters make a little history of their own Stanwood sisters Amy and Audrey Christianson have matching blue T-shirts that say "History Is Not For Wimps." For them, a better slogan might be "History Is For Winners." [More] June 29