Cathcart News

Bob Cathcart of Silverdale has been elected president of the Bremerton Symphony Association executive committee for 2009-10. Cathcart assumed the president's duties July 1. Other officers elected at a June 16 meeting included: Joan Soriano, first vice president; Andrea Spencer, second vice president; Steve Politakis, treasurer; and Dr.

"American Passage: The History of Ellis Island" , by Vincent J. Cannato: They used to hang pirates on a small island in New York harbor, near where the Statue of Liberty now stands.

Snohomish County's plan to dry and store canola seed for biodiesel production is chugging along, despite a tanking alternative-fuels market.

Snohomish County is going ahead with plans to produce biodiesel despite lower fuel prices.

Monroe's Valley General Hospital, facing economic hard times and internal tension, will change leadership and ask taxpayers for money to bring new doctors and a new clinic, following announcements made last week.

Valley General Hospital's chief executive for the past nine years announced Wednesday that he is leaving in July.

392 Girl Scouts give $1,000, food to food bank Members of Girl Scout Troop No. 392 recently collected two pickup loads of food and roughly $1,000 for families in the Cathcart community.