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Thursday, February 2, 2012 -- 1:20 pm Tax Defier/Preparer Sentenced to Prison WebCPA - A previously convicted felon and long-time tax defier who also worked as a tax preparer was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.Read more...
Thursday, February 2, 2012 -- 12:56 am Plant your bulbs right to avoid spring no-shows The Macon Telegraph - Flower bulbs are a forgiving bunch. They can be buried upside down, stomped on or ignored, yet most will bloom for several seasons.Read more...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 -- 8:47 pm Washington accountant sentenced to prison for 'crusade' against IRS Seattle Post-Intelligencer - UPDATE: Having pleaded guilty to tax fraud, Mount Vernon accountant Timothy Garrison was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday by U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez.Read more...
Friday, January 20, 2012 -- 3:43 pm Slow thaw begins after Puget Sound's deep freeze KING-TV Seattle - Temperatures are gradually warming in the Puget Sound region, but the snow and ice related problems continue to plague the region, with hundreds of thousands of homes without power, closed or delayed classes in nearly all school districts, and major roads closed or just dangerous to drive.Read more...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 -- 11:50 am Whatcom County schools closed due to bad weather; WWU open on schedule Bellingham Herald - Public and private schools in Whatcom County are closed Wednesday, Jan. 18 due to bad weather and poor road conditions, but Western Washington University will open on time, officials said this morning.Read more...
Monday, January 16, 2012 -- 3:55 am Teach, not preach Nurse.com - Colleen Williams, RN, MS, knows it takes more than a lecture to educate children about the dangers of smoking, alcohol and drugs.Read more...
Sunday, January 15, 2012 -- 12:52 pm Washington Boys Basketball How Fared Associated Press - Class 4A 1 Bellarmine Prep 12-1 beat Shelton 72-16 beat Central Kitsap 47-35 2 Davis 12-2 beat Moses Lake 63-52 beat Richland 90-71 beat Wenatchee 68-58 3 Skyline 13-3 beat Garfield 51-49 beat Roosevelt 41-36 beat Eastlake 70-61 4 Lewis and Clark 9-4 beat North Central 65-56 lost to Ferris 57-42 loRead more...
Sunday, January 15, 2012 -- 8:07 am On the road for Jan. 15: Crab Fest The News Tribune - What you'll get: A whole Dungeness crab, herb-roasted potatoes, green salad, foccacia bread and strawberry shortcake.Read more...
Sunday, January 15, 2012 -- 1:58 am Bulbs ready to plant Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Flower bulbs are a forgiving bunch. They can be buried upside down, stomped on or ignored, yet most will bloom for several seasons.Read more...
Thursday, January 12, 2012 -- 3:30 am Plant bulbs carefully to avoid spring no-shows Times-Standard - Flower bulbs are a forgiving bunch. They can be buried upside down, stomped on or ignored, yet most will bloom for several seasons.Read more...
Friday, January 6, 2012 -- 4:03 am Turn bulbs into beautiful blooms The Clarion-Ledger - The Hortus Bulborum in Limmen village, The Netherlands, is the only museum garden in the world where you can find more than 3,700 different tulips, hyacinth, daffodil and other bulb cultivars in bloom.Read more...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012 -- 6:22 pm Whidbey artist hones skills in old fashioned bookbindery South Whidbey Record - In this, the 21st century, Paul McClintock specializes in the craft of 18th century bookbinding in which he actually folds each page of a book, pierces holes in every one of the folds and hand stitches the pages together.Read more...