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Scenes from Navy Day at the Capitol

Scenes from Navy Day at the Capitol

Members of the naval color guard who participated in the flag ceremonies in the House and Senate stand in Secretary Wyman’s office.   An annual highlight around here is Navy Day, in which naval officers and other members of that military branch are recognized by the Legislature and tour the Capitol Campus. During the noon hour, the Pacific Northwest Navy Band performed a stirring concert in the Legislative Building Rotunda. Later, several officers at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island were…

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The Historic Background of the Oso Mudslide

The Historic Background of the Oso Mudslide

  The story of the Oso mudslide is being followed around the nation.  What many people don’t realize however is that this area was hit by a similar mud slide in 1951, thankfully non-fatal.  The pictures accompanying this post show an aerial view of the recent mudslide which is slightly to the west of the 1951 slide, the area of the slide in 1949 and a plan of where the 1949 Hazel slide occurred . (The two early pictures are…

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