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Many students and vol-unteers didn’t relax on their Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but instead went out to help the community during United Way’s MLK Day of Service.

The day is meant for peo-ple to take Martin Luther King Jr.’s life mission and teachings to heart through community service.

The United Way of Sno-homish County partners with various organiza-tions including Catholic Community Services, the YMCA, UPS and others to run the program.

The partnership orga-nizes numerous projects

throughout the county for teen volunteers to choose from, all led by adult vol-unteers. “We all believe that serving the community is paramount,” said Sara Haner, communications and events manager of the United Way of Snohomish County.

This is the sixth year of the program in Snohomish County.

“It’s just a lot of people following what Dr. King did and giving back to their community with service,” said Dell Deierling, director of the Marysville Commu-nity Food Bank.

His food bank was one of the projects that received volunteer help during the day.

“You can sure feel it in here. We have way more volunteers than even during

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Arlington’s State of the City about stronger finances, upcoming projects

Arlington is a stronger financial position and hopes to move forward with develop-ment, transportation and recreation proj-ects this year, according to Arlington’s new city administrator Paul Ellis.

Ellis, formerly the city’s economic and community development director, talked about the city’s plans for the upcoming year when he delivered the State of the City ad-dress on Jan. 13.

The city is in a state of flux currently with the long-time finance director Jim Chase and nine-year city administrator Allen Johnson retiring last year, said Ellis.

The finance director position is currently being filled with an interim replacement, but Ellis hopes to hire for the position soon.

Ellis was promoted to the city adminis-trator position and discussed the city’s cur-rent situation during his State of the City.

Stronger FinancesThe levy lid lift that voters approved last

spring has helped turn around the city’s fi-nancial situation, said Ellis.

“That allowed the city to start correct-ing its course in regard to financial stability. We, like everybody else, were hit pretty hard with the downturn in the economy,” he said.

The city’s reserve fund, the amount set aside in case of emergencies, is currently much lower than is required by the city’s ordinance.

Ellis expects the city to be at 50 percent of the required funds by the end of 2015 and to be all the way there in 2019.

The city has also put an equipment re-

placement plan in place.“Each department that has equipment

is putting money from their funds into that fund, so by the time that equipment needs to be replaced we have the money,” said El-lis.

Recreation OptionsHaller Park improvements were the big-

gest boon for the city last year, which were paid for by the Arlington Rotary and local businesses and individuals.

The new playground brought more peo-ple to the park, which had fallen into disuse, said Ellis.

“The thing that happened was we were able to start reclaiming that park. The equip-ment was old and people didn’t use the park


PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON

Paul Ellis, Arlington’s new city adminis-trator, delivers the 2015 State of the City address at the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce’s Jan. 13 meeting.

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Holly Otterson, left, picks out food at the Marysville Community Food Bank while being helped out by volunteer Gabriela Valadez during the United Way’s MLK Day of Service on Jan. 19.

United Way’s MLK Day of Service organizes numerous projects in Snohomish County

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that much and people didn’t feel safe there. Well, it’s completely changed since that new equipment went in,” said Ellis.

A live-action camera that displays what’s going at the park was also installed and is available on the city’s website. That program has received positive feedback and they are looking to ex-pand it to other parks, he said.

For 2015, preliminary talks have begun to con-struct a regional library for the Smokey Point/Lake-wood area, said Ellis.

“Arlington’s library is small and doesn’t accom-modate our whole commu-nity now as it’s grown,” he said.

Marysville has similar problems and a library in south Arlington could help fulfill that region’s needs.

Manufacturing Industrial Center

Marysville and Arling-ton continue to work to-gether to make the indus-trial property around the airport and the north side of Marysville into an indus-trial center.

“For the last 40 years Arlington has had a very strong manufacturing com-munity and a very strong job development,” said Ellis.

At 1.8 jobs per house-hold last year the city has a very strong job base, he said.

The city hopes to bring

more industry with the large amount of land locat-ed near I-5 and has worked with Marysville to align roadways and improve traf-fic flow to accommodate growth in the area.

The city hopes to receive a manufacturing industrial designation by the state this year and plans to work toward that because of the funds to which that brings access.

“That’s kind of the im-portant one, because with being designated as a man-ufacturing industrial cen-ter there are pots of money that are only eligible to go to those areas,” said Ellis.

Transportation Projects

SR 531 (a.k.a. 172nd Street) is receiving more money from the state to continue design work for improvements.

Ellis hopes having de-signs will make the project attractive for grants and lawmakers.

The Transportation Ben-efit District, approved in 2013, has begun repairing roads in the city and will continue working on recon-struction projects for the city’s roads, said Ellis.

Parking at the Util-ity/Administration building will be expanded this year, which will also help parking at Haller Park, said Ellis.

The city plans to recon-struct the Arlington Valley Road and make improve-ments to Smokey Point Boulevard and Smokey Point neighborhoods.

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the holiday times,” he said.One volunteer, Lucas

Fantin, said he hears all about various projects be-cause his mother works at United Way, and decided to help the local food bank this year.

“I wanted to help give back to the community,” he said. Fantin was one of many volunteers there who helped guide shoppers through the building.

Deierling commented that “hunger doesn’t take a holiday” so the help is ap-preciated. Although some people do assume the food bank will be closed on holi-days like this, he added, which unfortunately causes less traffic on days when more volunteers are there.

Beyond the food bank, volunteers were also at nu-merous Snohomish Coun-ty locations.

In Marysville, students helped clean up the Jen-nings Park playground while spreading new bark for the area, and helped at Quilceda Community Ser-vices with yard work and

other projects to clean up the area.

Students from the Marysville Goodwill Youth Aerospace Program also helped to prepare Hope-works for the start of con-struction of its new facil-ity in downtown Everett as well.

Deierling said he is thankful for all the help and hopes the day instills in kids the need to help others.

“I’m super appreciative of all the kids that are here to help. It’s encouraging to see all the youth volun-teering these days, more than when I was a kid. The youth today really seem to care,” he said.

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The All Breed Equine Horse Res-Q in Marysville is wading through tough financial times and hopes that it can receive the com-munity’s support.

The rescue takes in horses that have had health problems, been abused or are just in need of a home.

“This is something that’s really needed,” said volun-teer Pat Patrick.

“When police find a horse that has been ne-glected or starved they bring them here and we’ve successfully rehabilitated them and found them a new home. This is place for hors-es with nowhere else to go,” said Suzette Acey, who has been a volunteer for seven years.

Volunteer Sharon Peck said public entities current-ly don’t have enough fund-ing to support animals, so it’s up to people.

“Snohomish County can’t fulfill that need. They have animal welfare but not nearly enough to for the en-tire county, so it’s up to indi-viduals to come together to meet that need,” she said.

Currently the rescue houses 17 horses, includ-ing descendants of Seabis-cuit and Secretariat and one horse that worked at the Grand Canyon. The horses

come from all over the state.President of the rescue,

Dale Squeglia, took over the organization six years ago when the previous owner passed away. At the time the rescue was overcrowded and too many horses were going hungry.

Squeglia didn’t even know if she would take the job at first, considering the amount of work that would have to be put into the place. She now gets compli-ments about how well the horses are kept now though, she said.

“Dale [Squeglia]’s done a marvelous job of turn-ing the place around. She always does the things that need to get done and re-ally knows her stuff when it comes to horses,” said Acey.

Volunteers of all ages come to the horse rescue for a variety of reasons.

“I miss being around horses. I used to be around them all the time when I raised them, but not any-more and I miss that,” said Patrick.

Acey said that it provides a responsible environment for teenagers as well.

“For a lot of teenagers this will be their first work experience. They learn a lot about accountability and how to take care of the horses … teenagers come and they’re passionate and this is a good place for them to do that,” she said.

Squeglia said many of the teenagers and kids vol-unteer just because they want to interact with horses and many enjoy the time they spend at the rescue.

The rescue used to keep around 24 horses in their pastures, but they are down to 17 recently.

“I’d like to take more, because I’ve had the calls lately but I can’t. I can’t do it because I have to be a little bit wiser with my space. Unfortunately you just have to keep saying ‘no’. I’d like to say ‘yes,’ but I still have to feed them after they get dropped off,” said Squeglia.

Most of the horses will be at the rescue for life be-cause of health problems, and keeping horses in good condition is very expensive, said Peck.

The biggest costs for the rescue are the grain and hay costs, and the veterinarian bills, said Squeglia.

She said that donors are needed and volunteers are needed, especially if they can help move the rescue’s website, which they are in the process of doing.

Donors are the biggest concern, as Squeglia wants to continue feeding the horses, but its difficult when she has to dip into her own money.

Peck said the horse res-cue is constantly in “fund-raising mode,” which is a problem because she would like volunteers to have more time to look after the horses and improve the facilities.

Continuous donors would help the rescue a lot, said Squeglia, even if they can only give a small amount each month. “Peo-ple won’t send us $25 be-cause they don’t think stuff like that helps, but it does,” she said.

Peck said she is grate-ful to individual donors, but “what we really need is a sustaining corporate or business sponsorship,” she said.

The organization is a registered non-profit char-ity organization. For more information about the All Breed Equine Horse Res-Q or information about do-nating go to their website at or call 425-263-6390.

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GIRLS BASKETBALLJan. 21 Oak Harbor AwayJan. 23 Stanwood Home

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Marysville Getchell ChargersBOYS BASKETBALL

Jan. 22 Arlington HomeJan. 27 Everett Away

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Jan. 22 Stanwood AwayJan. 27 Arlington Away

Lakewood HS CougarsBOYS BASKETBALL

Jan. 23 Kings AwayJan. 27 Cedarcrest Home

Arlington HS EaglesBOYS BASKETBALL

Jan. 22 Marysville Getchell AwayJan. 27 Marysville-Pilchuck Home

GIRLS BASKETBALLJan. 21 Stanwood HomeJan. 23 Arlington Away

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WRESTLINGJan. 22 South Whidbey Away

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Arlington girls leading 3A Wesco NorthThe Arlington girls picked up two

league wins last week, trouncing Oak Harbor by 53 points and beating rival Stanwood on the road by 15.

The two wins improve the Eagles’ overall record to 11-2, and push their league tally to 3-0. The victory over the Spartans, in particular, gives Arlington reasons to be excited for this season.

Stanwood (3-1, 11-3) is expected to be a top contender in the 3A North

division, and Arlington knows each game with them is a key matchup. With the rest of the league watching, the Eagles managed to dispatch the Spartans with relative ease last week on the road.

Jessica Ludwig, one of the squad’s two seniors, led the team in scoring with 20 points. She took a much big-ger-than-expected role in the contest when starting forward Jayla Russ com-mitted two fouls in the game’s first 30 seconds.

Ludwig performed admirably in

Russ’ stead. Stanwood had climbed back from a six-point deficit to threat-en Arlington mid-way through the third quarter, but Ludwig scored 11 points over the next seven minutes to put the game out of reach for the Spar-tans.

She was also tasked with defending Stanwood’s top scorer; Ludwig held her scoreless in the fourth quarter.

Ludwig was Arlington’s only scorer in double-digits in the game against Stanwood. Gracie Castaneda, Serafina Balderas, and Sevi Bielser each added eight points.

The scoring was much more evenly distributed earlier last week against Oak Harbor. Castaneda scored a game-high 10 points, while Olivia Larson and Peyton Brown each add-ed nine. Each member of Arlington’s 12-person roster managed to notch at least a point against Oak Harbor.

The Eagles jumped out to a fast lead over the Wildcats last Wednesday, and took a 17-2 lead into the first quarter break. Arlington took advantage of early Oak Harbor miscues, and the fact that over half of the Wildcat’s pos-sessions ended in a turnover.

Arlington will visit Everett (2-1, 6-7) on Jan. 21 as they continue their league schedule, and will next be home on Jan. 23 against Marysville Getchell (1-2, 7-6).

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Arlington’s Emma Janousek (No. 21) passes to a team-mate last week against Oak Harbor. The Eagles won, 64-11.


Arlington’s Jayla Russ (No. 31) prepares for the opening tip last week against Oak Harbor.


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Wednesday, January 21Sunrise 7:49 am • Sunset 4:51 pm6:06 am High Tide 12.37 ft12:00 pm Low Tide 5.12 ft4:48 pm High Tide 10.77 ft

Thursday, January 22Sunrise 7:48 am • Sunset 4:53 pm12:00 am Low Tide -1.66 ft6:42 am High Tide 12.60 ft12:49 pm Low Tide 4.39 ft5:44 pm High Tide 10.50 ft

Friday, January 23Sunrise 7:47 am • Sunset 4:54 pm12:44 am Low Tide -0.99 ft7:19 am High Tide 12.68 ft1:39 pm Low Tide 3.65 ft6:45 pm High Tide 10.04 ft

Saturday, January 24Sunrise 7:46 am • Sunset 4:56 pm1:30 am Low Tide 0.04 ft7:58 am High Tide 12.59 ft2:33 pm Low Tide 2.94 ft7:51 pm High Tide 9.45 ft

Sunday, January 25Sunrise 7:45 am • Sunset 4:57 pm2:18 am Low Tide 1.33 ft8:40 am High Tide 12.35 ft3:31 pm Low Tide 2.29 ft9:06 pm High Tide 8.87 ft

Monday, January 26First Quarter MoonSunrise 7:44 am • Sunset 4:59 pm3:10 am Low Tide 2.76 ft9:24 am High Tide 11.98 ft4:34 pm Low Tide 1.72 ft10:33 pm High Tide 8.53 ft

Tuesday, January 27Sunrise 7:42 am • Sunset 5:00 pm4:08 am Low Tide 4.16 ft10:12 am High Tide 11.52 ft5:40 pm Low Tide 1.19 ft

ARLINGTONBoys basketball: The Eagles split two contests last week,

winning on the road against Oak Harbor but falling to league rival Stanwood in the annual Stilly Cup by a final score of 79-62. Arlington hosted Everett on Jan. 20 and will visit Marysville Getchell on Jan. 22.

Wrestling: Marysville-Pilchuck Premier Tournament, Jan. 17 | 6th, 126. 113-5. Danny Herrera; 120—2. Chris-tian Evanger; 126—1. Gavin Rork; 132—2. Jeremy Ny-gard; 195—5. Colton Ferro; 285—5. Tristan Emery.

MARYSVILLE GETCHELL Girls basketball: The Chargers won their lone contest

last week, beating Oak Harbor at home by a score of 45-35. Getchell will host Stanwood on Jan. 21 and visit Ar-lington on Jan. 23.

GRACE ACADEMYBoys basketball: The Eagles won three games last week

to improve its record to 12-4 overall and 8-3 within the league. Grace beat Lopez and Highland Christian at home and topped Tulalip Heritage on the road. The Eagles vis-ited unbeaten Lummi Nation on Jan. 20.

Girls basketball: Grace fell to Lopez at home last week,

but followed that up with two wins over Highland Chris-tian and Tulalip Heritage to improve its record to 11-5 and a league-best 10-3 within the division. The Eagles visited Lummi Nation on Jan. 20.

LAKEWOOD Girls basketball: The Cougars improved to 6-2 within

the league with two wins last week over South Whidbey and Granite Falls at home. Lakewood visited Archbishop Murphy on Jan. 20 and will host Kings on Jan. 23.

Wrestling: Marysville-Pilchuck Premier Tournament, Jan. 17 | 17th, 14.5. 182—5. Gage Gilbertson.

MARYSVILLE-PILCHUCKBoys basketball: The Tommies picked up two five-point

victories last week, edging Getchell at home and Everett on the road. Pilchuck hosted Oak Harbor on Jan. 20 and will visit Stanwood on Jan. 22.

Girls basketball: Pilchuck fell to Everett in the week’s only contest that wasn’t rescheduled, and will visit Oak Harbor on Jan. 21 and host Stanwood on Jan. 23.

Wrestling: Marysville-Pilchuck Premier Tournament, Jan. 17 | 2nd: MP, 170. 106—3. Cole Daurie; 113—3. Sam Foss; 145—3. Ryan Daurie; 160—2. Keith Pablo; 170—1. Killian Page; 182—1. Drew Hatch, 5. Tim Barton; 220—3.Austin Brown.


Chargers searching for first league winThe Marysville Getchell

boys basketball team has yet to notch its first league win this season.

It’s not from lack of try-ing; the team has come close in each of its three league contests this season, but have yet to come out ahead.

The Chargers dropped two on the road last week, losing to Marysville-Pil-chuck (3-0, 9-2) by five points and losing to Oak Harbor (1-2, 2-10) by a final score of 70-62.

Against the cross-town rivals Tomahawks, Getchell proved worthy adversaries early in the game, and in the final few minutes. But in the middle quarters the Chargers allowed Pilchuck to build a considerable lead.

Getchell took advan-tage of early Tommie foul trouble to keep pace with Pilchuck’s highly-potent of-

fense, and the scoreboard was tied with one minute remaining in the opening quarter. But a Pilchuck run to end the quarter gave the Tomahawks an eight-point lead at the first break, which they extended in the second as they finally managed to grab control of the game.

In the final moments of the second quarter Pil-chuck’s Bryce Juneau, Josh Bevan, and Bryce Vitcov-ich each made three-point-ers, and Nate Heckendorf grabbed two steals. In a very high-scoring game, Pilchuck had a 64-51 half-time lead.

Getchell gave their rivals a run for their money late in fourth quarter, however. A 16-point Pilchuck lead shriveled into a 10-point lead with two minutes left, which further shrank into a five-point lead in the final minute.

Getchell’s senior Steven Pavilando missed two free

throws, and the final ticks wore off the clock. The Chargers lost, 74-69.

The opponents won’t get easier for Getchell go-

ing forward. This week the Chargers will face Stan-wood (3-0, 8-4) on the road on Jan. 20 and Arlington (1-2, 9-4) at home on Jan. 22.


Lakewood boys win sixth annual CatfightLakewood High School was

packed to capacity last Friday, with fans of both Granite Falls and Lakewood, cheerleaders of both teams, and bands of both teams trying to be the loudest. After the final buzzer, though, for the sec-ond time in its six-year history, the Catfight trophy belongs to Lakewood.

The Cougars were firing on all cylinders last Friday, and held off a late rally from Granite Falls to win 77-67 to earn their second straight Catfight trophy.

The key to the Cougar’s success was all-around solid play. On both

offense and defense, Lakewood turned in impressive performanc-es. The team combined to hit eight three-point field goals, and main-tained a healthy lead for much of the contest.

Granite Falls won the battle of the two schools each year from 2010 through 2013, but Lakewood has claimed the Catfight crown for the second consecutive year. The two schools have a rich history with each other, and with nine se-niors on the court at opening tip last Friday, each roster is packed with the experience of many ri-valry games.

Paul Coleman led the Cou-gars in scoring, and he finished

the night with 25 points. His soft touch from behind the arc and his powerful presence under the hoop affording him no shortage of scor-ing opportunities. In the last min-ute of the opening quarter Cole-man scored six points on three straight possessions to push a slim Lakewood lead into a much more comfortable 13-point margin.

The Tigers pulled to within four points early in the second quarter, but Lakewood responded with a 15-0 run to give them an-other solid lead.

Many of Coleman’s points came by way of senior Chance Schuel-ler’s quick thinking and excellent passing. The six-foot-three post

is an integral part of Lakewood’s offense, receiving passes from the guards and deftly feeding his tall teammates with slick back-door bounce passes.

Even when a play would break down, it was often Schueller who fought for the ball and threading the needle to find an open team-mate.

The always-reliable Ryan Al-ford added 16 points, but his most valuable contribution might have been his steady hand from the free throw line late in the game.

Granite Falls had managed to narrow the gap from 19 points to ten, and were intentionally fouling the Cougars in the final seconds

because Lakewood had missed several free throws earlier in the game. But Alford hit five of his six charity shots to seal the Cougars’ win.

With the win, Lakewood’s re-cord improves to 8-6 overall and 3-5 in league play. After dropping its first four Cascade Conference contests early in the season, in-cluding one to Granite Falls, the Cougars have won three of their last four, and have six games left on their schedule.

Lakewood hosted Archbishop Murphy on Jan. 20, and will visit Kings on Jan. 23 as they battle for position within the Cascade Con-ference.



Marysville Getchell’s Deyon Robertson (No. 45) takes the ball to the basket last week against Marysville-Pil-chuck.


Marysville Getchell’s Chase Roskelley (No. 31) waits for the play to develop last week against Marysville-Pilchuck.

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M-PHS receives 3 bomb threatsMarysville-Pilchuck High School

received three bomb threats in two days last week, bringing back tough memories for the high school’s stu-dents.

“Each one of these calls is being evaluated separately and the Marys-ville Police Department is assessing the risk of each one,” said the district’s recovery director Mary Schoenfeldt.

On Jan. 14, at approximately 1:45 p.m., Marysville-Pilchuck High School staff received a call that sounded ro-botic and delivered a bomb threat.

The campus was completely closed down and evacuated by the Marysville Police Department soon after. Because that threat came in near the end of the school day students were allowed to go home.

Marysville Police Department per-formed multiple sweeps of the campus that evening and brought in bomb de-tection dogs to investigate. No bombs were found at the high school.

The following morning, on Jan. 15, two more bomb threats came into the school.

One call received on 7:45 a.m. used a similar robotic or electronic voice that the previous call had used.

That threat was directed specifi-cally at law enforcement though, not students and staff.

The next call, which came in just before 11 a.m., claimed that there were

three metric tons of TNT in a parked truck on the campus, along with a 10-member team of Russian gunmen in the area.

The Marysville Police Department determined that the second and third calls were hoaxes.

The school district did not evacu-ate for the second or third threats on Jan. 15.

“We chose not to alarm our staff or students with another evacuation,” said Schoenfeldt.

Schoenfeldt is a nationally recog-nized trauma expert who was recently hired by the district to help M-PHS students recover from the school’s Oct. 24 school shooting.

The bomb threat will likely set back the student’s healing process from the shooting, she said.

“We did have kids that were fright-ened to come back to school on Thurs-day and Friday, and it wasn’t because they feared there was a bomb on cam-pus, but being evacuated and going through all those motions again is go-ing to bring up those memories,” said Schoenfeldt.

Because these students have been through that trauma recently, they are unfortunately still hypersensitive to those memories, she said.

“As humans I think we all have a wish that everything would heal quickly, but that just isn’t the case most of the time,” said Schoenfeldt.

Parents are worried about the dis-

traction that this has caused as well, said Schoenfeldt. “My sense is that parents are worried more about the disruption in their students lives than the possibility of a bomb,” she said.

Schoendfeldt also praised the staff at the school for continuing to work with the students, despite the fact that moving forward for some is making them weary.

“They’re doing a great job, but also weary from these situations. They’re concerned about the kids and grades which are coming up soon, and this has just made this more difficult,” she said.

Anyone with information regard-ing the threats is asked to contact the Marysville Police Department’s detec-tives at 360-363-8350.


AHS helps raise money for ACS

Arlington High School will host its sixth “Coaches vs. Cancer: Shooting for a Cure” night on Jan. 30.

The Arlington boys basketball team will play against the Oak Harbor High School Wildcats at 7 p.m. for the annual game.

This year an online auc-tion that is currently open for bids will be the major fundraising component.

The auction is at w w w. 3 2 au c t i ons . c om /coachesvscancer.

All bidding will be final on Feb. 1, 2015.

Items include a five days and four nights stay in Can-cun, a ride to school from an Arlington fire engine, a Richard Sherman auto-graphed (laser-printed) football, four production passes for a Wheel of For-tune taping and a two-night stay in Reno, among many other items.

The “Coaches vs. Can-cer” program started as a college tournament with a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the National Associa-

tion of Basketball Coaches in 1995.

Eventually the idea spread to schools, said Re-lay for Life specialist and Arlington resident Jennifer Holocker, who is helping to run the event.

This will be the sixth year Arlington has held their own game to raise funds and awareness for the American Cancer Society.

“The coaches like it be-cause it’s a good way for the team to give back to their community and think about

more than just basketball,” said Holocker.

Holocker said the game is one of the most popular games of the year for the Arlington basketball team.

“It’s a game that the com-munity really comes out for. It’s cool that the commu-nity and the teams come together so much for this,” she said.

The team plans to sell T-shirts and other items at the game to raise funds and, if the game is like previous years, pink will be every-

where in the stands in sup-port of cancer awareness.

The game is a great time to bring awareness for can-cer screening and other awareness campaigns, said Holocker.

“The team also often brings in guests who have survived cancer or had it af-fect their lives to be honor-ary coaches for the game,” said Holocker.

For more events sup-ported the American Can-cer Society visit www.relay-forlife.org/arlingtonwa.


FILE PHOTO

The Arlington High School student section and cheerleaders, decked out in pink gear, at the “Coaches vs. Cancer” night last year on Feb. 4, 2014.

The sixth ‘Coaches vs. Cancer’ night for Arlington basketball is slated for Jan. 30 against Oak Harbor

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As humans I think we all have a wish that everything would heal quickly, but that just isn’t the case most of the time.

Mary Schoenfeldt______”


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Marysville gets federal funds for streets

Marysville’s intersections will be seeing some safety improvements next year because of transportation safety money coming from the federal government.

The city received $422,000 in federal grant money to improve driver safety on its roads earlier this month.

Those funds come from the Highway Safety Im-provement Program, a fed-eral program meant to im-prove local transportation safety.

The Washington State Department of Transporta-tion received $48 million from the federal program and selected numerous city and county projects to im-prove, including many pro-posed Marysville projects.

The state department awarded the funds in ac-cordance with their “Target Zero” plan, which is meant to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries in the state to zero by 2030.

The major changes for the city’s streets are the left turns at six major intersec-tions which will become clearer to drivers with yel-low flashing left signals in-stead of their current con-figuration.

“Countless studies have show that people have a bet-ter understanding of a flash-ing left arrow than the solid green ball on a streetlight. If someone’s confused about a solid green ball they tend to think they have the right of way and move forward, which frequently results in collisions. If someone’s con-fused about the flashing left arrow they tend to stay put,” Jesse Hannahs, a traffic en-

gineer for the city, said.Two intersections on

Fourth Street, two more in-tersections on Grove Street, 100th Street and 51st Av-enue and 88th Street and 36th Avenue will all be re-ceiving the improvements.

The flashing left arrow is also more customizable.

City engineers can change the way it operates through the day, account-ing for heavy traffic times, which have been especially problematic around school intersections when parents come to pick up their chil-dren, said Hannahs.

They can also better ac-count for turning into rail-road tracks, so no one turns left into an train, he said.

Two intersections are re-ceiving reflective borders to their streetlights.

The reflective border has already been installed on many intersections in the city in recent years because it helps drivers see the lights from further away, espe-cially in the “rare instances where you have a signal that’s dark,” said Hannahs.

Drivers’ eyes are also drawn more toward the lights with the reflective border.

The way railroad opera-tions and intersections con-nect will also be receiving improvements.

These changes won’t meaningfully change the way railroad operations in the city work though, said Hannahs.

The improvements are mainly meant to enable bet-ter service in the future that railroad companies have been pushing for, he said.

Hannahs said that the city hopes to finish the de-sign work for these safety projects by the end of the year, construction to begin around spring of next year and construction to finish around fall or early winter next year.


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Chamber, DABA install officers, boards

The officers and board members for the Arlington chamber and the Down-town Arlington Business Association for 2015 were installed during the cham-ber’s Jan. 13 meeting.

The two organizations are meant to support local businesses in Arlington.

“We bring value to small businesses and one of the only voices in Olympia for them,” said Julie Morse, this year’s Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Com-merce president and a man-ager at Arlington’s Opus Bank.

Morse wants to get off to a good start and said she already has some ideas she wants to implement to of-fer some new programs that will help the chamber’s members.

She also said she was ex-cited to work with the new board members.

“This year we spent extra time looking for our board and assembling what should be a good group of people who will do an exceptional job at this,” she said.

Mike Britt, owner of Britt Sports Cards, returns as president of DABA.

DABA will retain all of

its board members and of-ficers from last year.

“That’s a sign of good health that I didn’t have to go out and solicit anyone for these positions,” Britt said.

Britt said the board is impressive and he’s happy he doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel from last year, which he considers a suc-cess for the association.

In the first half of the year DABA rebuilt itself as a new stripped down organization and made their board more transparent, disciplined and approachable, he said.

The association also had to get running to put on community events in the downtown.

“When we took over in January, no one was work-ing the Arlington Street Fair or the downtown car show. Nobody was in place for those things,” Britt said.

The group only had two months to prepare for their car show, but Britt said it still went well and filled up N Olympic Avenue. With more preparation and de-velopment this year he hopes for improved results.

This year DABA mem-bers also want to help with the Eagle Festival and plan to take over the kid’s carni-val.

In early August the asso-ciation also offered exclusive membership, which Britt at-tributes to the growth they have seen, going from 20 members in summer to 80 members now.

“By the end of 2015, when my term as president comes to an end, I’d like for someone to stand up and want this position, and I think we can get there,” said Britt.

Both Morse and Britt hope to improve the mem-bership and attendance of their organizations.

“I’d like to see every single business in the down-

town area in DABA. And I know that’s somewhat of a huge statement,” said Britt.

Morse points out that membership has decreased for the past two years, which is a trend that many chambers are seeing across the state.

“The chamber really cares about our community, and if we get more commu-nity members here we can run more events and pro-grams for our community,” she said.

Britt agrees that mem-bership and participation are an important part of building the organization.

“Members have to come to meetings, because that’s where these ideas start,” he said, “and it just takes one good idea to draw thou-sands into the town.”

Meetings at DABA have established an open atmo-sphere for anyone to bring forward their advice, com-ments or criticism, said Britt.

“We still need their pres-ence there if we want to hear their input though,” he said.

More information on the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce at www.arlington-smokey-pointchamber.com. More information on DABA can be found at arlingtonwa.org.



The 2015 officers and board for the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce, from left, treasurer Sid Logan, board member Jennifer Holocker, board member Dan Bliven, board member Vanessa Pawley, board member Dale Leach, vice-president Carrie Byrum, past-president Kristen Granroth and president Julie Morse.


The 2015 officers and board for the Downtown Arlington Business Association, from left, board member Zeph Regland, board member Jeff Phebus, vice president Brian Bovee, secretary Dana Fowler, treasurer Mary Andersen and president Mike Britt.

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After discussion at the Jan. 12 workshop meeting, Arlington City Council was expected to approve at this week’s council meeting (on Tuesday due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day) cre-ating a deputy chief posi-tion for Arlington Police Department, at the same time eliminating two com-mander positions. Phase I of a reorganization of the department includes a new patrol officer position and an administrative assistant, in a proposal presented by Public Safety Director Bruce Stedman.

The reorganization of the police department is the result of a study approved by council last January by Matrix Consulting Group on management, staffing, and operational issues of Arlington Police Depart-ment. Soon after the Ma-trix study was completed in May 15 the police chief left and a temporary public safety director position was filled by Bruce Stedman, then fire chief.

Stedman told council last week that the two com-manders are applying for the assistant chief position, but neither one wants an open detective position.

Council also discussed last Monday a professional service agreement with The Prothman Company to search for a new finance di-rector to replace Jim Chase who retired in September.

The company completed several hiring searches for the city, including city ad-ministrator Allen Johnson, who retired at the end of 2014 and Stedman as fire chief.

Staff said that Prothman’s fee was half that of another proposal, and they made a special request to have Pro-thman’s senior consultant, Mary Swenson, a former administrator for the city of Marysville, lead the process.

Since Chase’s retirement, Roxanne Guenzler has been serving as interim finance director.

Study on water and sewer utility fees

Council seemed agree-able to a contract with the FCS Group for a detailed analysis of the city’s water and sewer utility connec-tion fees and rates, a pro-posal from Public Works director Jim Kelly .

“The current rate struc-ture is not flexible enough to be friendly to new devel-opment,” Kelly said at the Jan. 12 workshop meeting.

The cost of $75,985 will be slightly compensated by eliminating another $18,000 study that was bud-geted for 2015.

Council members Mari-lyn Oertle and Debora Nel-son both had questions.

“We need to know (if our rates) are deterring eco-nomic growth,” Oertle said. “Why is all the development going to Marysville? Are they offering a better deal?”

Marysville provides wa-ter to the bulk of Smokey

Point, north to 188th Street and east to 43rd Avenue.

Nelson asked about the longevity of the study.

“It should provide a 10-year model,” Kelly said.

Current rates are based on major improvement to the wastewater treatment plant in 2001, when sewer connection fees and utility rates were adjusted to pro-portion costs appropriately.

Since then the economy has changed, some water debt obligations have re-tired, and other sewer debt obligations will soon retire, Kelly explained in docu-ments.

(The study) will ensure that connection fees and rates will provide both a vi-able financial future for the water and sewer utilities and a fair fee for our cus-tomers, he added.

An amendment to busi-ness licenses and especially towing business licenses was proposed by Young to reflect an expiration and re-newal date consistent with the business license, with some changes to the pro-cess.

The change involves a late payment penalty, which “shall be added to the li-cense fee” replacing a fee for each monthly delinquency to business license renew-als.

“The business license process is not customer friendly,” Young said. “We need an enforcement tool.”

Out of 771 business li-censes, only 443 renewed this year, he said.

Plumbing codes A concept that was first

presented for consideration last fall, the director of com-munity development, who issues building permits, is now seeking approval from council to change the city’s plumbing codes.

“It’s confusing,” Young said, while explaining that the current plumbing code, Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), is published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechani-cal Officials (IAPMO) and is not affiliated with the In-ternational Code Council (ICC), which publishes all of the other building codes in the state.

The International Plumbing Code (IPC), on the other hand, is published by ICC and therefore, inte-grates into the other code documents.

The 2015 IPC regulates lead-free plumbing fix-tures, which is a federal and state requirement. It also regulates sewers on private property, but ironically, the state of Washington has not yet adopted the UPC.

The UPC is a standalone document and is drasti-cally modified by the State Building Code Council, which causes difficulties with design options, Young said. State law also limits the city’s ability to adopt alternative codes for single family and small multi-fam-ily, so Young recommended adopting the IPC to be used along with the UPC until the state takes action to co-ordinate.

Other city business• The city’s contract with

Feldman & Lee for public defender services expired last Feb. 28, 2014, and they have recently completed negotiations on a successor agreement, covering from Jan. 1, 2015 through Dec. 31, 2016.

Feldman & Lee has served as the city’s public defender since 2007.

The cost for public de-fender services is $12,000 per month for about 450 cases in a year.

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United Way of Snohom-ish County is once again offering free tax prepara-tion at Goodwill’s Marys-ville Job Training and Edu-cation Center.

Volunteer tax preparers will be available Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-8 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The free service began on Jan. 20 and runs through April 14.

Last year, trained vol-unteers prepared 3,489 tax returns and helped fami-lies claim upwards of $5.8 million in federal refunds, including $1.9 million in Earned Income Tax Cred-its. In all, United Way vol-unteers saved customers an estimated $557,000 in tax preparation fees.

Since 2007, United Way volunteers have prepared over 15,000 tax returns throughout Snohomish County and have helped Snohomish County work-ing families claim $26.1 million in refunds.

This free service is available for households earning $53,000 or less; taxpayers with rental, roy-alty, partnership income or who are business owners.

United Way will also provide assistance with purchasing U.S. Savings Bonds, applying for state/federal benefits, electronic filing, college education credits, child tax credits and applying for health in-surance.

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Although no appoint-ment is necessary, taxpay-ers must bring a picture ID; social security card or tax identification number for everyone on the re-turn; W2s or other income statements from all em-ployers; any 1099 forms; the name, address and tax ID number for your child care provider; records of student loan payments; re-cord of payments for edu-cational expenses such as college tuition; mortgage interest and property tax statements; a bank account number to receive your re-fund via direct deposit; last year’s tax return – if you have it; and, if you’re filing jointly, both spouses are re-quired to be present to file electronically.Locations and Hours

The free tax preparation will be provided at Good-will’s Marysville Job Train-ing and Education Center, 9315 State Avenue, Marys-ville, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 - 8 p.m.; and Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Free tax preparation, encouraging people to pur-chase U.S. Savings Bonds and financial education programs are part of Unit-ed Way’s overall effort to help Snohomish County families achieve and main-tain financial stability.

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The musical, Mary Pop-pins, playing now through Feb. 8, at the Everett Per-forming Arts Center (2710 Wetmore Ave.) is a definite “must see.”

This production is a combination of the 1964 Disney movie, and a stage version written by Cam-eron Macintosh and Julian Fellowes (Downton Ab-bey). Most of us, having seen “Saving Mr. Banks,” know that P.L. Travers, au-thor of the Mary Poppins books, resisted Disney for years, and was ultimately unhappy with the result-ing movie. Macintosh and Fellowes, however, had her blessing for the stage pro-duction.

The result is a master-ful blending of movie and stage version. The charac-ters on stage are so richly drawn that the audience soon gets caught up with them, and with the story ... and viewers will not waste time comparing the pro-duction to the movie. The story concerns the Banks family during the years prior to World War 1 in London, and their need for a nanny. George, the father, is a bank employ-ee; Winifred, the mother manages the household; and Jane and Michael are their children ... who often cause havoc and have ‘run off ’ several nannies. The household also includes a cook, and a butler. Enter Mary Poppins, who is a friend of the neighborhood chimney sweep, Bert, and the magic begins.

The sets are wonderful, and the changing of scenes happens seamlessly, as the audience focuses on the ac-tion on stage. The costum-ing is exceptional, and the musical numbers — cho-reography, songs and or-chestration — are flawless, complete with Mary flying, and Bert walking up the walls and on the ceiling in an incredible tap number with the company of chim-ney sweeps.

There is not a weak link in the cast or ensemble. Cayman Ilika, does Mary Poppins proud. She grew up in the Seattle area and has appeared on almost all of the local area’s theater stages. Greg McCormick Allen, who plays Bert, is also a local. Mae Corley as Jane, and Jaryn Lasen-tia, as Michael, products of

Village Theater Kidstage, were delightful to watch, as were Andrew McGinn, as George Banks, and Christine Marie Brown, as Winifred. Laura Kenny, the cook and Erik Gratton who plays the butler, both have excellent comedic timing and expression. Two other notable cast members — Connie Corrick, as the impoverished bird lady, and Nicole Beerman as the wonderful Mrs. Corry. The entire cast is professional and engaging, and the au-dience is swept along with them on this adventure.

This production is not just for children, or for those of us who saw the Disney movie as children ... it is a performance that all will love.

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Arlington Library offering a variety of February activities

The Arlington Library is offering a variety of activities for kids and adults.

Children and FamiliesReady Reader - Baby StorytimeSilly stories, happy songs, rhymes

and activities for newborns through 18 months. Playtime follows. Care-giver required. Meets Tuesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24. Storytime begins at 9:30 a.m. Ready Reader - Toddler Storytime

Jump and bounce into a magical world of stories, music and move-ments that nurture the desire to read in toddlers. For ages 18 months to 3 years. Caregiver required. Meets on Mondays, Feb. 2, 9 and 23. Storytime begins at 10:30 a.m. Ready Reader - Preschool Storytime

Let imaginations run wild with fun books, sing-along songs and cre-ative activities that prepare young minds for the adventures of reading. For ages 3 to 5 years. Meets Wednes-days, Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25. Storytime begins at 10:30 a.m.Homeschool Fridays: Optical Illusions

Discover the science behind these brain-bending images and put it to use as you create your very own original piece of optical art. For school-age children. Meets Friday, Feb. 20, begin-ning at 9:30 a.m.Waggin’ Tales

Read a tale or two with Arling-ton’s best listeners, registered therapy dogs Gus and Mason. Reading aloud to a caring canine partner helps kids strengthen reading skills and improve reading confidence. For independent readers. Supported by Pet Partners. Meets on Saturday, Feb. 28, beginning at 11 a.m.

TeensIn My Opinion...You have an opinion, and we want

to hear it. Tell us what you like — or don’t like — about books, mov-ies, fandoms and even the library. Snacks and drinks provided. Meets on Wednesday, Feb. 11, beginning at 3 p.m.After School Gaming: Xbox with Kinect

Get your game on at the library. Challenge your friends and show off your skills on the Xbox with Kinect. Meets on Thursday, Feb. 19, 3 – 4:30 p.m.Now Showing: A Movie

School’s out early. Join us for the story of a vengeful fairy who is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child may be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land. Meets on Wednesday, Feb. 25, noon - 2:30 p.m.

AdultsArlington Library Book Group

Loved it? Hated it? Come and share. Join the book group and dis-cuss “A Thousand Pardons” by Jona-than Dee. Newcomers always wel-come. Meets on, Tuesday, Feb. 10, beginning at 7 p.m.

Friends of the Library MeetingGuests and new members are al-

ways welcome. Friends are the gen-erous folks who help raise funds for library programs for children, teens and adults as well as performing a variety of volunteer activities. The meeting will be held in the Stillagua-mish Conference Room at 154 W. Cox Ave., Wednesday, Feb. 11, begin-ning at 3:30 p.m.

Learn for Life: Tracing Your Family’s Roots With Ancestry Library Edition

Interested in researching your family history? Learn the basics of genealogical research using Ancestry Library Edition as one of your online genealogy tools. Basic computer skills required. Seating is limited, please preregister. Meets on Saturday, Feb. 28, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

For more information about any of these activities, call 360-435-3033, or visit the website atwww.sno-isle.org/locations/arlington. The Arling-ton Library is located at 135 N. Wash-ington Ave., in Arlington.

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Letter tothe editor LEGAL NOTICES

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASH-INGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: SHIRLEY F. HOLZ, /Deceased, NO. 15-4-00028-0, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any other-wise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serv-ing on or mailing to the personal rep-resentative or the personal represen-tative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representa-tive served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months af-ter the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: January 14, 2015

Pamela K. Crosby, Personal Rep-resentative

Attorney for Personal Represen-tative: David E. Duskin, WSBA #5598

Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Ar-lington, WA 98223

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 15-4-00028-0

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASH-INGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ANNA MARIE YORK, Deceased, NO. 12-4-00404-3 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS; RCW 11.40.030

The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any other-wise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal represen-tative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the origi-nal of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were com-menced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is ef-fective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: January 14, 2015

Jaci R. York Wilson, Personal Representative

Attorney for Personal Represen-tative: David E. Duskin, WSBA #5598

Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street Arling-ton, WA 98223

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 12-4-00404-3

LEGAL NOTICES&

RAVE

weekly puzzleCLUES ACROSS 1. Contradicted 7. The Donald’s Marla 13. Mediterranean sand-

storm 14. Shoulder adornment 16. Earth crust’s 5th ele-

ment 17. Rainbow prize 19. NCIS star’s initials 20. Mischa __, violinist 22. Constitution Hall org. 23. More dried-up 25. First on moon 26. Braid 28. 11% of Guinea popu-

lation 29. Sea eagle 30. Scottish variant of

“to” 31. A border for a picture 33. Belonging to a thing 34. On top 36. Automobile hood

(Brit.) 38. Skewered Thai dish 40. Clamors 41. Eggs cooked until just

set 43. Flat 44. 13th Hebrew letter 45. Short poking stroke 47. Japanese classical the-

ater

48. 007’s creator 51. Romanian Mures

river city 53. Music term for silence 55. A crane 56. Ringworm 58. Romanian money 59. True frog 60. Integrated circuit 61. “Highway Patrol’s”

Crawford 64. Point midway be-

tween S and E 65. On a whim 67. Protagonist 69. Quantity with only

magnitude 70. Oversights CLUES DOWN 1. One who operates a

dial 2. Trauma center 3. Prickly pear pads 4. Fashion superstar 5. Shock treatment 6. Mindless drawing 7. AKA migraine 8. Military mailbox 9. Buddies 10. Heavy tranquilizers

(slang) 11. Raised railroad track 12. School session 13. Picture

15. Stabs 18. Supervises flying 21. Early American mili-

tiaman 24. Downfall 26. Cooking vessel 27. Check 30. In a way, manipu-

lated 32. Sacred book of Juda-

ism 35. Chum 37. Negating word 38. Relating to the body 39. W. hemisphere conti-

nents 42. Make lacework 43. Witty remark 46. More hairless 47. Relating to a nerve 49. Originates 50. Consumer advocate

Ralph 52. Actress Winger 54. Center for Excellence

in Education (abbr.) 55. Japanese brews 57. Fleshy seed covering 59. Canadian law enforc-

ers 62. So. Am. wood sorrel 63. Actress Lupino 66. Personal computer 68. Do over prefix

RANT: Please stop littering. Teach your children littering is wrong. Whether it’s candy wrappers dropped at the school bus stops or the drivers who carelessly toss their coffee cups, bottles, cans, fast food garbage or other trash out their windows onto the side of the road. Some people even leave dirty diapers in school parking lots. Save your trash until you get to a trash can. I chal-lenge people to find a road in the North County that doesn’t have some sort of trash on it. Please help get the word out to stop litter-ing. Thank you.

RAVE: The amazing service and punctuality of Hilton Phar-macy - they are aces on Fourth.

RAVE: Sunday proved all the pointing to the heavens by the Seahawks finally paid off in Devine intervention Sunday against the poor Packers.

RANT: Railroad trains. Do I have to say any more?

RAVE: New Year’s resolutions seem to be working, I have no-ticed many courteous drivers.

RANT: So many people are saying “like” as if it is a word to introduce a thought. Ridiculous.

Support the ASD transportation levyI have three children in the Arlington School Dis-

trict. My kids have been riding the school bus for several years now, to school, as well as on field trips and to sports events. And I must say our buses are extremely old. Twenty-eight years old for a bus is an-cient. That means high mileage, lots of repairs, and no more parts available for some of the repairs.

The School District has waited so long to replace these buses, by just repairing the broken ones over and over. However, after reviewing the numbers, it is clear that this is an expensive route for the district. Knowing this, the $6.60 a month (based on the me-dian home price in Arlington) they need for just the two year levy, doesn’t sound so bad. And I did verify that this is only a two-year levy and that’s it! There will be no request in two years to continue it. In years 1-2 they would buy the new buses with the levy dol-lars, and in years 1-12 they would receive reimburse-ments from the state. So by year 13 they can purchase new buses with the accrued reimbursements saved up.

I truly see the value in this levy and the fact that the school district will get 26 new buses and that cov-ers half their fleet.

I would like our children to be safer on the district buses. Our kids deserve better.

I urge you to vote yes on the Feb. 10th ballot.Jesica SticklesArlington

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Twitter: @ncoutlook Obituaries

Sandra L. Burgard

Sandra B u r g a r d p a s s e d away on January 9, 2015.

S a n d y was born

in Jamestown, North Da-kota.

In 2004, Sandy was hired at Angel of The Winds Casino as an Ex-ecutive Assistant to the General Manager and Directors.

Sandy is survived by her husband, Jim Doyle, sister Julie Andersen, brother Howard Stone, and brother Craig Stone.

Sandy is also survived one grandchild.

Sandy was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Donna Stone; her son, Chad and her niece, Devin.

A viewing was held on Jan. 16 in Arlington.

Eric “Jimmy” Dix

E r i c “Ji m my ” Dix, age 22, passed away Jan-uary 1, 2015.

B o r n June 13, 1992 in Everett, Wash. to Douglas and Kim Dix, he grew up in Oso.

He graduated from Arlington High School where he part of the cross-country team, wrestling team, and AHS drama.

He had been a vol-unteer firefighter for the Oso Fire Department.

He is survived by his parents, Douglas and Kim Dix.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held on January 31, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at the Lynda Byrnes Performing Arts Center.

Bonnie Jean Fitch

Bonnie Jean Fitch (Mathews), 85 of Bothell, Wash., passed away on December 8, 2014.

A celebration of her life will be held at Smokey Point Com-munity Church, 17721 Smokey Point Blvd., Ar-lington, on Friday, Janu-ary 16, 2015 at 11 a.m.

Chad A. Fitzhugh

C h a d Fitzhugh 46, of Ar-l i n g t o n , W a s h . p a s s e d away un-e x p e c t -

edly in his home, January 10, 2015.

He was born May 1, 1968.

Throughout high school, he worked at the family business, and later excelled at several of his own business ventures, and then moved on to start his career at Boeing, where he had worked for the past 25 years.

He was a very dedicat-ed employee and looked forward to retiring in an-other 5 years.

His generosity, loyalty and love toward his fami-ly was immeasurable and incomparable.

Jack E. Frets

J a c k p a s s e d away at h o m e in Ar-l i n g t o n , Wash. on J a n u a r y

13, 2015. He was born in Burl-

ington, Wash., March 30, 1924.

Jack earned his degree with honors in 1952 from

WSC in architectural en-gineering.

He put his engineering skills to good use survey-ing roads in Skagit Coun-ty, then later as resident engineer for the con-struction of the award winning Rainbow Bridge in La Conner, Wash.

Jack is survived by his loving wife, Mary Helen; his children, Merilee, Ar-chie, Tom and Janet.

Marjorie Mae Garka

Marjorie Mae Garka Marjorie Mae Garka, 72, passed away January 11, 2015 in Marysville, Washington.

A private family ser-vice will be held in her honor.

Johanna “Jean” Marion Slaby Glab

Johan-na “Jean” M a r i o n S l a b y Glab, 103 of Marys-v i l l e p a s s e d

away January 11, 2015. She was born February

20, 1911 in Chicago. Jean was a long-stand-

ing member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Marysville.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Anton S. Glab.

She was also preced-ed in death by her son, David Zachery; and her siblings, Frank Slade, Marion Slaby Anderson, Christine Slaby Weiss, Ceil Slaby Para, and Jo-seph Slaby.

A visitation was held on Jan. 17 in Marysville.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Evelyn Meyers Graham

Evelyn Meyers Gra-ham born March 27, 1938 at San Anna, Calif. county hospital.

She passed away in her sleep at home in Sedro Woolley, Wash. on Janu-ary 13, 2015.

She leaves behind her mother, Bernice Burchett; her daughters, Carolyn Hoerner, Patricia Joyce and Tammy Goshorn; her sons, Audie Akers and Donald Yerkes.

Viewing will be Mon-day the 19th of January, 2015, 3803 132 PL. NE, Marysville, WA 98271 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. She will be buried at the Ar-lington Cemetery in Ar-lington, Wash.

Lauree K. Green

R e e (L auree) K a t h e r -ine Green, 82, passed away De-c e m b e r 5, 2014 at

her home in Darrington. She was born on June

11, 1932 in Seattle to Ma-mie and Lawrence (Jim) Wise.

She married Edwin Green in 1949 in Arling-ton.

She will be remem-bered for her many years of driving bus for the Darrington School Dis-trict.

Ree is survived by her sister, Elsie Green and her grandchildren, Ran-di, Cami, Kristi, Tony, and Sabrina.

A memorial dinner will be held at the Dar-rington Community Center, January 24, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.

Nancy Gribble

Nanc y G r i b b l e , 86, born in Hol-l y w o o d , Calif. on A u g u s t 26, 1928,

passed away on January 9, 2015.

She was an RN at Providence Hospital in CCU, ICU & IV Therapy retiring in 1995.

She is survived by her husband, Mert whom she met at Beverly Hills High School.

They moved to Marys-ville in 1967.

A celebration of life will be held on Sun-day, January 25, 2015 at Marysville United Meth-odist Church at 2:00 p.m.

Sharon Hanson

Sharon Rose Hanson went to be with the Lord the 9th of January, 2015.

Sharon was born in Ketchikan, Alaska on January 19, 1937 and was preceded in death by her parents; one sister; and three brothers.

She leaves behind her companion of 37 years, Terry Kersaan.

Sharon was a former City Council Member in Stanwood. She was a member of the Cas-cade Christian Reformed Church in Marysville, where a memorial service will be held on the Jan. 24 at 11 a.m.

David Earl Jarnigan

D a v i d “ D a v e ” Earl Jarni-gan of M a r y s -v i l l e , Washing-ton passed

away on January 8, 2015. He was born on March

9, 1960 and was the el-dest of two children born to Leonard and Beverly Jarnigan.

Dave is survived by his wife of 24 years, Cheryl Jarnigan.

Dave was preceded in death by his dad, step-mom (Dody), and mom.

A celebration of Dave’s life was held on Jan. 17.

Paul Arthur Phillips

P a u l A r t h u r P h i l l i p s Mr. Paul A r t h u r Phillips, a long-time resident of

Marysville, died Monday, January 12, 2015 from ac-cidental drowning while fishing on the Chehalis River.

Paul is survived by

his wife, Donna Phillips; his daughters, Kimberly Brace, Marcella Skorstad, Alissa Vetma; sons, Paul Phillips II, and Nolan Phillips; plus 12 grand-children and one great grandchild.

Services were held on Jan. 17 in Marysville.

Harriett Snyder

Harriett Snyder of Marysville passed away January 1, 2015.

Harriett was born in Mason County, Chelan, Wash.

She is survived by her son, Mike Snyder and daughter-in-law, Ginger; grandchildren, Michael, Michelle and Mathew; great grandkids, Damian, Devin, Exavier, Nevaeh and Faith.

Graveside services will be held January 21, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. at Wood-lawn Cemetery in Sno-homish.

Leroy H. Webber

L e r o y H. Web-ber, 82, of Black-foot, Ida-ho passed away on January 9,

2015. Leroy was born on

June 6, 1933 to Hubert and Martha Webber.

In 1963 he married Nancy Kay Stocking and they had four children together. They moved to Arlington, Washington in 1970 and lived there until Leroy retired in 1993 and they moved to Blackfoot, Idaho.

Leroy is survived by his wife of 52 years, Nan-cy K. Webber; sons, Ken-neth Webber and Lee Webber; daughter, Karen Babcock.

Joan Macker Zavis

J o a n Z a v i s p a s s e d away De-c e m b e r 16, 2014 in Niceville, Florida.

She was born April 12, 1938 in Grafton, Massa-chusetts and had lived in Arlington, Washington for the past 36 years.

She is survived by her significant other, Butch Phelps; daughter, Han-nah Moore; twin broth-er, John and older sister, Carolyn.

Joan loved teaching at Marysville and Cedar-crest Middle School.

A memorial was held on Jan. 17 in Arlington.

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JAN. 21 – JAN. 27MLK Celebration: Arling-ton’s United Church hosts this video viewing and dis-cussion of the Civil Rights Movement’s march from Selma to Montgomery, AL on Jan. 21. This historic event led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Evening starts with a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. All are welcome. Church at 338 N MacLeod Avenue, Ar-lington. For more informa-tion call the church at 360-435-3259.

Apologetics – Egyptian Chronology: “Egyptian Chronology and the Bible” will be discussed at the next meeting of the Apologet-ics Forum of Snohomish County on Jan. 23. Geolo-gist Patrick Nurre will give the lecture. Meeting at the Atonement Free Luther-an Church at 6905 172nd Street, Arlington. Begins at

7 p.m. More details at apol-ogeticsforum.org.

Natural Well Being: This class on using natural oils for healing purposes is being offered by Marysville Parks and Recreation on Jan. 22. Learn effective, affordable ways to treat yourself and your loved ones naturally. For adults age 18 and older. From 6:35 p.m. to 8:35 p.m. Cost is $15. Located at the Jennings Park Barn at 6915 Armar Road. To register visit marysvillewa.gov or call 360-363-8400.

Engineering Mystery Bag Challenge: If your child wants to be an engineer for an afternoon come to the Arlington Library on Jan. 26. Working indepen-dently or with friends, chil-dren can use their building skills and components from the mystery bag to solve an engineering challenge. For school-age children. Sup-

ported by Friends of the Ar-lington Library. Begins at 2 p.m. For more information call 360-435-3033.

COMING EVENTSStart Your Own Small Business Workshop: Marysville Parks and Rec-reation is offering this one-day workshop for those interested in starting their own small business on Jan. 28. Learn about business li-censes, start-up paperwork, step-by-step direction, good business practices, account-ing, non-profits, marketing and more. Time for ques-tions will be included. Cost is $40. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jennings Park Barn, 6915 Armar Road. For reg-istration details call 360-363-8450 or register online at marysvillewa.gov.

Arlington State of the District: Arlington School District Superintendent Kristine McDuffy presents the 7th annual State of the District address on Jan. 29. McDuffy will provide a re-port on current student learning in the district, fa-cilities, stewardship activi-ties and about the district’s “North Star” plan. Presenta-tion at the library of Pioneer Elementary, 8213 Eaglefield Drive, at 6 p.m.

Festival Art and Poetry Contests: The Arlington-Stillaguamish Eagle Festival is holding art, photography and haiku contests and win-ners will be displayed at the Feb. 7 festival. Enter your eagle photography, nature-themed art or nature-theme haikus at arlingtonwa.gov/

eaglefest. Cash prizes of $100 for photography and art and $50 for haikus will be given out. More infor-mation at arlingtonwa.gov or by calling 360-403-3448.

Valentine’s Day High Tea: Join the Stillaguamish Se-nior Center for High Tea and Talk with Eleanor Roosevelt on Feb. 14. Sto-ryteller Debbie Dimitre in-vites you into the world of Eleanor Roosevelt and the highs and lows of Eleanor’s life. Bring your sweetheart or a friend. Event at the se-nior center, 18308 Smokey Point Boulevard Arlington. From 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the front desk of the center or by calling 360-363-4551 ex-tension 234.

New Year Fitness and Health: Marysville Parks and Recreation is offering a variety of classes to improve your health this January. Classes available include Kettlebell, Yoga, Aerobics, Belly Dance, Zumba and a variety of running classes. Prices range from $15 to $150. For complete details visit marysvillewa.gov/ac-tivitiesguide. Register on the city website or call 360-363-8400 for more informa-tion.

Vendors Wanted: Down-town Arlington’s annual Street Fair is July 10 to 12. The festival is accept-ing applications for artists, craftspeople, food ven-dors and local producers of farm products and flow-ers. A 10x10 booth for all 3 days is $100 for handcrafted and home-grown produce and flowers, $150 for com-mericial and $200 for food vendors. Applications can be found at arlingtonwa.org or you can e-mail [email protected] for more information. Dead-line for applications is June 30th, 2014.

ONGOING EVENTSCommunity Prayer Group: Join this community prayer

group to pray for our local communities. Last Sunday of every month at 12:45 p.m. at the Legion Park Gazebo in downtown Arlington. Call Vicki, 425-330-0585, or Kim, 425-210-7573, for more information.

Arlington Arts Council meetings: The Arlington Arts Council meets the sec-ond Tuesday of the month in the Community Room of the Boys & Girls, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington. The regular meeting starts at 6 p.m. and is preceded by a free presentation regard-ing some aspect of art at 5 p.m. The public is invited to attend the presentation and the regular meeting. For more information call 360-403-1011.

Providence Everett Toast-masters Meetings: This is an open club and is not limited to employees of Providence Regional Medical Center. Guests and new members are always welcome. Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday of ev-ery month from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Baker Room of the Medical Office Build-ing, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. For more information call 425-418-5646.

Al-Anon Meetings: A va-riety of local weekly Al-Anon meetings are avail-able around Marysville and Arlington. The Serenity Sta-tion AFG meets on Mon-days from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church at 730 E Highland, Arlington. The Arlington AFG meets on Tuesdays from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Immaculate Concep-tion Church at 1200 5th St., Arlington. The Friday Solu-tions AFG meets on Fridays from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Alpine Recovery Center at 16404 Smokey Pt. Blvd, Marysville.

Jam Session for People with Disabilities: Youth and adults of all abilities are invited to Village Music and Arts Friday jam sessions

featuring live music by Jon Dalgarn and Voices of the Village. Bring your own instrument or use theirs. Sessions are every Friday, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 338 North McLeod, Arlington, WA. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Call Michelle at 360-653-7752 ext. 14 for more informa-tion or to sign up for the jam session.

Caregiver Support Group: The Ken Baxter Commu-nity Center is offering an ongoing caregiver support group to help those who are dealing with the challenges of unpaid care giving. Meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and is facilitat-ed by a trained family care giver specialist. Located at 514 Delta Ave in Marysville. For more information call 360-363-8450.

Youthville Volunteers: Youthville Washington, a local non-profit that focuses on improving the quality of life of vulnerable children, is seeking volunteers for their Marysville location. Con-tact Joan Hill, development coordinator, for more infor-mation at 425-246-3586 or [email protected]. Go to www.youthville.org for more information.

Low-Cost Acupuncture: Experience the health ben-efits of acupuncture every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Stillaguamish Senior Center. Find re-lief from aches, pains and chronic health conditions. Due to a Tulalip Tribes grant, this treatment costs only $15 ($10 for mem-bers). Anyone over 18 wel-come. Call 360-653-4551 to schedule an appointment or for more information. For more information contact Cole Alexander at [email protected].

Ceramics at Stillaguamish: Ceramics Classes will be held at the Stillaguamish Senior Center on Wednes-day afternoons from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Anyone over 18 who is interested in ceram-ics as well as trading books, magazines, recipes or visit-ing is welcome to try out the class. Potluck lunches are planned near the holidays. Contact the Stillaguamish Senior Center at 360-653-4551 and/or Betty Barrett at 360-629-2768.

Tutors Over 55 Wanted: The Retired and Senior Vol-unteer Program (RSVP), sponsored by Catholic Community Services, seeks people age 55 and over for a variety of volunteer op-portunities including those who want to help as tutors, mentors or coaches. There are schools available all over the county. Times and days of the week vary. For more information please e-mail John McAlpine at [email protected] or call 1-888-240-8572.


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I am con-stantly amazed at the number of attendees that come to our pruning classes no matter what time of year we offer them. Of all the classes we teach this is by far the most popu-lar one so for those of you that weren’t able to attend on the 10th you have one more chance this Saturday the 24th.

If you’ve got questions about how and when to prune your rhodie that now blocks the living room window, or your apple trees that are loaded with water sprouts, or the wisteria vine that has engulfed the arbor you so carefully constructed for it, or your hydrangeas that never seem to bloom, this is the class for you.

The real secret to proper pruning is in understand-ing how a plant will react to the cut you make on a branch. “Where” you make that cut and to a lesser de-gree “when” will determine how the plant will respond. There are only two kinds of cuts in the pruning world: thinning cuts and heading back cuts. Understand how a plant responds to these cuts and you’ve got pruning figured out. It’s that simple.

A heading back cut is where you cut off the end of a branch or stem. Doing this causes lots of new branch-ing and regrowth right be-low that cut. When you shear a hedge you are essen-tially making heading back cuts. These kinds of cuts are perfect for plants where you want lots of dense, bushy growth. Unfortunately, heading back cuts destroy the natural branching pat-terns of plants and can ulti-mately leave you with a yard full of green meat balls.

A thinning cut is where you completely remove a branch down to where an-other branch is growing. Thinning cuts are much less traumatic and don’t cause the rampant regrowth that

heading back cuts do. Your goal with thinning cuts is to remove selective limbs to open up the plant and let in some light, en-hance the form, or gently reshape the

plant. In addition to knowing

where to prune, knowing when to prune is also im-portant. You can do what I call light pruning almost any time of the year. But if you have flowering plants like rhodies and azaleas or winter blooming heather or summer blooming roses and hydrangeas then tim-ing is everything. Prune at the wrong time and guess what? You may not get any flowers.

Generally speaking, if a plant blooms early in the spring before it starts grow-ing new foliage then you should prune it right after it finishes blooming. Then it has the rest of the year to produce new flowers for the following season. Never prune it in the late summer or fall because you will be removing potential flower buds.

If on the other hand your plant blooms in the summer on the ends of the new growth then you can prune it at the beginning of the season. Roses are a clas-sic example of this kind of plant. We prune them hard in the spring which stimu-lates lots of new growth which in turn produces lots of new flowers at the ends of that new growth.

I like to remind stu-dents that you will rarely kill a plant by pruning it (of course you might disfigure it for life but that is more of a marital conflict issue). And like all rules in life, there are always exceptions. Come to the class and find out what they are!

Steve Smith is owner of Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville and can be reached online at [email protected].

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“The Big Game” Risotto Ball makes about 32 Risotto balls

Note from the Chef Perry:This recipe is taking me

back to my Italian roots. The real name is Arancini, risotto rice balls, and they are so easy to prepare. It’s a fun anytime snack to eat with your hands and a great munchie during the BIG Game! I remember my Mother making them for us as an after school snack during the winter. They could be prepared ahead of time ... just take them from the refrigerator and fry them when you are ready. Serve them with your favorite warm marina-ra sauce or Mexican style salsa for dipping. Go easy ... Go Hawks!

Risotto3 tablespoons butter or olive oil1 cup onion (yellow or white), finely diced or chopped4 cloves of garlic or 3 tablespoons, finely chopped or

smashed2 cups of Arborio rice (can find it at any grocery store)1 cup of white wine (any)1 quart and 1 cup chicken or vegetable canned broth¼ cup parmesan cheese, finely grated or finely shredded1 teaspoon salt, to taste (depending on how much salt is

in the broth)½ teaspoon black pepper, regular table grind

3/4 pound mozzarella slice cut into ½” cubes , you will need 32 cubes

6 eggs, beaten1 quart or 1/2 pound Panko (Japanese bread crumbs) or

bread crumbs, plain or seasoned 1 quart of oil for frying

In a medium size pot, melt butter or warm olive oil and add onions and garlic. Cook until both are soft and translu-cent. Add Arborio rice and stir. Add white wine and simmer for 3 minutes. Add stock until it covers about 1” over the top of the rice. Bring to a simmer, stirring frequently. When the rice has absorbed the broth and the top looks dry, add more stock. Repeat process, adding stock until the Arborio rice is soft and tender. Stir frequently. It may take 20-25 minutes or more to complete the process. Add parmesan cheese, salt (to taste, if needed) and pepper. Incorporate well. The final mixture needs to be dry enough in order to form rice balls. Try making one and if it forms into a solid ball in your hands, it’s done. Once the risotto is soft and dry, place on a sheet pan in a ½ inch thick layer to cool at room temperature. Now it’s ready to roll it into balls.

Prepare 32 “ping pong” sized balls, insert cube of moz-

zarella cheese into the center of each rice ball and re shape. Make sure to enrobe the cheese cube with the rice. Once all of the rice is rolled, dunk each one in the egg mixture and evenly coat with bread crumbs. Place on a sheet pan so they are not touching (keep separated). Chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour or up to three days.

At serving time, warm up a favorite dipping sauce. Pour a quart of oil into a medium size sauce pan and heat on me-dium until about 350 degrees. With a large slotted spoon, lower each ball in the hot oil and cook until they are brown. Making sure the cheese has melted inside each one. At this point, you may just have the tough job of tasting one ... qual-ity control! If they are getting too brown without the cheese melting, try lowering the oil temperature. Another option is to quickly brown them and reserve on a baking sheet pan until done. To finish the rice balls, place the pan in a 350 de-gree oven for 5 minutes to melt the cheese. This is good way of preparing them ahead of time. Either way, place on a dry paper towel and transfer to a serving platter with your favor-ite marinara or warm salsa.

Enjoy!

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