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Weather The forecast today, Wednesday, calls for sunny skies with near freezing highs of 32 and an overnight low of 10. Thursday the high will be 30 with overnight lows to 14. Friday is predicted to be mostly sunny with a high to 33 and a low of 25. Saturday and Sunday will be cloudy with a chance of rain or snow and a high of 39.
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The ManeStage Theatre Company opened in 2008 and for the second time it is performing Snow White. Kayli Higgins, who played Snow White the last time, is reprising her role. Higgins has been acting for about five years now, she said. She has acted in 27 shows and 26 of those have been with ManeStage, she added. She said the first time she performed as Snow White, she was young and didn’t really understand the lines. Now there is “more acting behind it,” Higgins said. “Because I’ve done it before, there is no excuse not to know what to do,” she said. “I am more focused than last time.” For Higgins, acting has been more of a hobby, she said. But she is hoping to pursue it more and make it a career. She said ManeStage is a place where you can go to “feel normal,” Higgins said. And to Bryce Smith, ManeStage is like a second family, he said.
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Snow White played by Kayli HIggins rehearses Friday with Summer Mays who was filling in as an understudy for the dwarf Dippy in ManeStage Theatre Company’s production of Snow White. Photo by Sarah Wehmann
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Historical society seeks museum By Theresa De Lay Staff Writer
The Plateau abounds with historical treasures, such as Sky Stone, the Naches trail and Kelley
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Sumner Police Department is investigating the vandalism of more than 80 headstones at the historic cemetery located on Valley Avenue, according to Communications Director Carmen Palmer. The incident occurred sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning, though an exact time frame has not been released. Cemetery staff immediately began work to restore the damaged headstones. Reports indicate that some were knocked over, while others were transferred to different spots within the cemetery. The city’s public works and parks departments have assisted in restoration efforts, in order to make a larger impact in a shorter amount of time. A similar incident occurred in 2005, in which the perpetrators were sentenced to community service. “I understand that this is an ongoing challenge with any cemetery, but it’s truly disheartening to think that anyone could do this to the memory of so many people and to their fami-
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announced its intentions to obtain a brick and mortar history museum in the near future. The society currently houses artifacts and provides information to the community on a limited basis out of the old Public Works Center in Bonney Lake. The members have attempted to answer questions of historical significance and now, they hope to provide a physi-
cal location for learning The City Council and exploration, Winona approved the purchase of Jacobsen said. 3.25 acres on Rhodes Lake “We believe this infor- Road in September, which mation and our includes a historic activities have home from the benefited the city, Plateau early 1900s. The and the next logiwould History grounds cal step is to open serve perfectly as a small museum a museum with that provides a views of Victor Falls physical location to and a possible connecview some of the artifacts tion to the Fennel Creek that have been donated over the years,” she said. See museum, Page 4
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