Provided by: Simon Moya-Smith

Restaurant licensing costs go up by a third Local restaurant owners and other retail food vendors will pay 60 percent more for their annual licensing fees as of July 1, according to a June 26 Jefferson County press release. Dr. Jim Dale, director of environmental health services at Jefferson County, said that the increase in fees will help cover the county's pu...
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Provided by: Simon Moya-Smith

Approximately 4,500 meals are provided weekly to kids across Jefferson County through a United States Department of Agriculture food and nutrition services campaign titled the Summer Food Service Program, according to Holly Camp, administrator for food service operations for Jefferson County. The federally funded, summer season program provides children up to the ag...
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Provided by: SWARM Rugby

Attention all girls between the ages of 13 and 18. Are you interested in trying something new, making new friends and playing a true integrated team sport? The Southwest Area Youth Rugby (SWARM) girls' rugby team is looking for new recruits for the upcoming high school fall season. You do not need to have prior rugby knowledge or experience to play the sport. Cert...
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Provided by: Eric Bakke

If the sculptures dotting the Evergreen landscape appear a bit cleaner and more robust you can thank a local group of well-intentioned kids. Forty-three sixth graders from the Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen lent a helping hand and a little elbow grease April 22 as they participated in a spring cleaning of ten Art for the Mountain Community sculptures sprinkled thro...
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Provided by: Susan McDonald

Lexie Maladrewicz , age 13, and Craig Fowler , age 18, of the Evergreen Hurricanes Swim Team, have recently returned from competition at the Speedo Western Sectional Swim Meet in Federal Way, Washington. The Swim Meet, held March 11-15, was hosted by the Tacoma Washington Swim Team and Salmon Bay Aquatics at a world class facility previously the site of Goodwill ga...
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