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By Dennis Box
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Editor
he New Year always rings in hopes and dreams for the upcoming year, and a period of reminiscing over the past 12
months. Looking back at the top stories of 2013, there is a compelling mix of sports, crime, elections won and lost and perfect seasons. Beginning with 10 and counting down, here are the Courier-Herald’s top 10 stories of 2013.
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Nov. 27 - Suspects arrested for Bonney Lake High School bomb
Two juvenile suspects were arrested the
afternoon of Nov. 20 for allegedly making a bomb threat at Bonney Lake High School. Students and staff were evacuated the morning before when the note was discovered. It was the third bomb threat to hit the school in the last two years, one of which took place less than three months earlier.
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Nov. 20 – Living a Jacoby Miles miracle
Nov. 16 was a day for a Team Jacoby miracle. Despite the chilly weather, a large gathering came together at Lowe’s in Bonney Lake to run a 5k as a fundraising event for 16-year-old Jacoby Miles, who suffered a spinal injury last year during a gymnastics practice at Roach Gymnastics. “This is awesome,” Jacoby said of the fun run Saturday. “This is amazing that
all these people came out.” The Gift for Jacoby 5k Fun Run was organized by Melanie Roach, owner of Roach Gymnastics, to raise money for the ongoing medical treatment and therapy for the Puyallup High student. Roach said $15,000 was raised, which will help pay for five months of physical therapy.
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May 22 – Sumner motel murder suspect arrested in Georgia
The alleged murderer of a California construction worker found slain outside the Sumner Motor Inn in December was arrested in Georgia Wednesday by Dekalb County Sheriff ’s deputies. Quentin Lorenzo Simmons, 29, was detained in his motel room shortly after
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