Referendum 74 Referendum 74 offers Washington voters a chance to expand civil rights to same-sex couples. In February, after receiving crucial support from the state House of Representatives and state Senate, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed landmark legislation to legalize same-sex marriage. Opponents petitioned to put the measure before voters on the November ballot. Washington already…
Month: October 2012
Valley author Victoria Bastedo publishes her first romance novel
For her first romance novel, Snoqualmie writer Victoria Bastedo flew without a net. To Greece, no less. Bastedo, a fantasy novelist until “Dear Miklos” was published in August, decided to write her first lovey-dovey story not knowing where it would end. Not only that, but she based the story in Greece, circa 1975. “I wanted…