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Aviation Day: Close-up access to past, present

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Xander Roberts, 6, plays make-believe in a B-25 bomber Saturday at Paine Field's Aviation Day. He was the first in line after the plane landed in Everett. As a kick-off to air-show season, Aviation Day attendees viewed historic aircraft and also got close-up views of the latest big widebody jets in flight.

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Teaching artists Daemond Arrindell and Carter Rodriquez helped eight inmates at Monroe Correctional Facility produce this original play through writing and theatre workshops at the prison for Engaged Theatre, a program by Freehold Theatre of Seattle.