- Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States of America, succeeding George W. Bush. Born in Honolulu to a white American mother and a Kenyan father, he spent his childhood in Indonesia and Hawaii before attending Harvard Law School and eventually settling in Chicago, where he worked as a community organizer and a college professor before being elected to the state Senate in 1996, and from there to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
- Snoqualmie Wildlife Area (wdfw.wa.gov)
The approximately 2,840 acres of Snoqualmie Wildlife Area consists of six management units located in Snohomish and King counties. The wildlife area is situated within the Snohomish watershed, including the Skykomish and Snohomish rivers, which join to form the Snohomish River. Three of the units, including Stillwater, Cherry Valley, and Crescent Lake, are located near the city of Duvall. The other three units, including the Ebey Island and Spencer Island units and the Corson Wildlife Preserve, are located near the city of Everett.