Motels Fade as Highway Strips Shake Up Local Lot
Rose Motel owner Tosaya and Court of Monte Cristo face offers to sell as Interstate 5 and nearby shops draw traffic to larger hotels. The older motels, once thriving in the 1940s and 50s, now serve low income travelers amid rising redevelopment and retail growth.
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Rose
St. Frances
Court of Monte Cristo
South County
Lynnwood
Mike Caldwell
Caldwell
Snohomish County
Golden West
Edmonds
Tosaya
Highway 99
Fu-ying Huang
Huang
Tosuya
Lung disease support group meets monthly at Providence Everett
A support group for people with chronic obstructive lung diseases such as asthma bronchitis and emphysema meets monthly at Providence Hospital in Everett. The group is free and allows members to share experiences and insights into living with a chronic lung disease. To register or get more information call 258 7387.
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Providence Hospital
Everett
Port defends computer purchase at Edmonds port meeting
The Port of Edmonds approved a 17000 contract for a computer system from Integrated Systems owned by the son of Commissioner Roger Stubbs. The 2-1 vote followed legal advice from Port Attorney Richard Cole. Integrated Systems bid lowest, offering three terminals two printers and a data base and word processing program plus a guest moorage tracking feature.
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Edmonds
Roger Stubbs
Stubbs
John Dodge
Babe Bucklin
Richard Cole
Cole
Integrated Systems
Edward Stubbs
Mike Valiga
Valiga
Commission
Emission standards urged to curb wood stove smoke
Edmonds residents organize Citizens Against Woodstove Fumes to push Washington lawmakers toward state emission rules for woodburning devices. The group cites health risks from woodsmoke and supports federal measures, with a two tier plan for manufacturing and retail standards by 1990.
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James Bush
Joan Swift
Seattle
Swift
CAWF
Edmonds
Washington State
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Washington
Dan Grimm
D-Puyallup
Holiday baskets aid two poverty layers in South County
Community leaders describe two levels of poverty, traditional and new, and thank donors who support holiday baskets. Volunteers like Vanderpool recount gratitude for help received and given. The program relies on civic clubs churches and businesses with K Mart running an angel tree. Christmas plans include dinners toys and gifts for families in need.
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South County
Kimes
Vanderpool
Jean
The
American Legion
Lions Club
4-H Club
Kmart
Santa Claus
Basket Bureau
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Joy Miller
Howell Way
Eamon
State Department of Ecology
State House of Representatives
Nancy Rust
Shoreline
Donna Larson
Naydene Maykut
Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency
Maykut
Bruce Streckenbach
Gene Juarez
Edmonds Way
Jae A. Bayless
100Th Ave. West
Westgate
Cen-Ventiss
Thatovi
Bey
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