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Kla Ha Ya Days delights yet again




Keeping her eye on the competition, a young participant in the watermelon eating event glances at a competitor. The watermelon event was just one of the many events competition at this year’s Kla Ha Ya Days celebration in Snohomish on Saturday, July 21. The annual event which attracts visitors from all over the state, and featured the traditional parade, eating competitions and an appearance from the Dino Crew Northwest’s animatronic dinosaurs, along with a carnival and circus.

 


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Effort to stamp out plastic straws begins in Snohomish

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Rivers not yet ready for swimming during this summer

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Guns being found in all sorts of places in Everett

 

  

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