By Lynn Thompson, Seattle Times Oct. 24--Highlights of the past year? Well, the Rose Garden introduction by President Bush and first lady Laura Bush in April has to rank near the top. The NASA space camp with the other state teachers of the year was amazing.

By Lynn Thompson, Seattle Times Nov. 22--The third-grade voices are as radiant as the flame they sing about: "Light one candle on a long winter's night ...

By Steve Lyttle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Mar. 9--A Caldwell County driver was killed late Wednesday night in a single-car accident near Granite Falls. The victim, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol, was Justin Reynolds, 23, of Granite Falls.