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droughtTips and tricks for draught-resistant gardens | The Compleat Home Gardener

Want to save on your water bill? Try some of these perennials and groundcovers.

Guests got to hold fins and jaws of thresher and sixgill sharks. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Shark in the Park celebrates local sixgills

The 2nd annual Shark in the Park community festival took place over the weekend in Des Moines, complete…

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Alexander’s Castle, the oldest building on the Fort Warden grounds, is now available for rent. It was built in 1883 by a local minister for a prospective bride.

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March on down to Fort Worden for great camping | Hiking the Evergreen State

The 434-acre park offers the best of forest and beach.

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July is all about red, white, and bloom – so don’t forget to fertilize | The Complete Home Gardener

But don’t fertilize your lawn before leaving on vacation.

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Dr. Mark Seaburb giving an exam to Taylor Maloney, a new patient and employee.

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Enumclaw Vision Clinic’s Dr. Seaburg hangs up his glasses after 48 years

After nearly five decades of optometry, Mark Seaburg has treated generations of patients and won nine “Best Of”…

The Paradise Inn and Mount Rainier viewed from the Paradise Valley Road on June 12. Photo courtesy NPS

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Planning an Independence Day trip to Rainier? Here are some tips

The National Park is fee-free July 3 - 5.

The Gateway Concert Band hosted its annual “Name Those Tunes” concert last month, both at Rotary Park in Enumclaw and in Bonney Lake. Courtesy photo

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Gateway Concert Band hosts “The Adventure Never Ends” series

The free concert is scheduled for Aug. 10 and 17 at Enumclaw’s Rotary Centennial Park.

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Patriot essay winners to be Grand Marshals in Independence Day parade

Read what Ethan Cahett, Jude Schierenbeck, Abhigna Mandava, and Jaxon Shelton have to say about what makes America…

Marianne Binetti, “The Compleat Home Gardener”

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Discounts and a deciduous disaster | The Compleat Home Gardener

Also, tips on gravel gardens for a lower water bill.

Pictured is Ron Moulden and many of the recipients of the Finn Hall Scholarship funds. Photo courtesy of Meagan Rhodes

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White River HS celebrates scholarship recipients

Forty seniors from the class of 2026 received more than $108,000 in scholarships this year.

Marianne Binetti, “The Compleat Home Gardener”

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Fertilize fast or fertilize slow? The pros and cons | The Compleat Home Gardener

Also, some tips for keeping pesky voles and crows away from your seeds.

Marianne Binetti, “The Compleat Home Gardener”

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Looking for less lawn to mow? Here are some easy options | The Compleat Home Gardener

Maybe it’s thyme to think a little outside the box.

Kylee Raihl-Partridge, Glacier Middle School

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Buckley Kiwanis presents May Students of the Month

White River High’s Sofia Gomez and Thunder Mountain Middle School’s Kylee Raihl-Partridge made May’s list.