Families explore local agriculture during Farm Tour Weekend
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON Marcquell Napeahi, right, picks up a T-shirt and other items at a table being staffed by Gina Skin ner, a worker with Tulalip Family Services Department, during a Tulalip Pride event on Aug. 13. See SUMMER on page 5
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Tulalip Pride brings together local LGBT community
LGBT Tulalip Tribal members and their allies came together on Aug. 13 for the area’s first official Pride gathering. Food was served and music played out side the Don Hatch Community Center during the Tulalip Pride event. “I think it’s really cool. I feel whole right now, even if it’s just a small area, it’s cool to see it out here,” said Marcquell Napeahi, child of a Tulalip Tribal member and part of the LGBT community “I’m overwhelmed withCommunityhappiness."members came out to rec ognize their LGBT community members. “We’re here to celebrate our two-spirit community and our gay, lesbian and trans gender community,” said Lou Ann Carter, a Tulalip Tribal and part of the LGBT com munity.‘Two-spirit’ is a catchall term for the var ious Native historical traditions regarding gender, many of which included individu als outside of the traditional western gender binary.The Pride gathering was originally scheduled for last year but was delayed due to COVID.Thisisthe first year that the event was held.“One year we did a walk and that was cool, but it’s been a couple of years since an event like that,” said Carter. Antonia Ramos is a Tulalip Tribal mem
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Local families visited various local farms during the Arlington Farm Tour Weekend Aug. 11-14. More than a dozen farms in the Stillaguamish Val ley area participated in the event and encouraged peo ple to come visit their loca tions during the weekend. Farms hosted family ac tivities as well as their nor mal sales and u-pick hours. A fun run hosted by Hazel Blue Acres and the Arlington Runners Club helped to raise funds for an agricultural scholarship and took runners through some of the farms of the Silvana area.“So far it is going pretty good,” said Diane Krieg, ex ecutive director of the Stilly By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
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PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON Dante Rodriguez, right, and Gina Calleja pick out some blueberries at the Hazel Blue Acres farm on Aug. 12.See FARM on page 2
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON Rebecca Dills, right, and Anthony Dills, center, play one of the activities available at the So Long Summer event in Arlington with help from Jason Hauff, community outreach representa tive at United Healthcare Community Fund on Aug. 13.
Students received free backpacks and families met with community organiza tions as part of the So Long Summer end-of-summer celebration in Arlington on Aug.The13.event was organized by the Arlington Commu nity Resource Center to support local families. “We are putting on a back-to-school celebration and resource fair for the community,” said Caroline Neal, operations director of community resource cen ters for Volunteers of Amer ica of Western Washington and one of the organizers of the event.
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A wide variety of farms came together for the event, from the Hogstead Farm to the Pretty Flower Farm in Arlington.“It’safun way to bring farms together and bring people out to the farms,” saidThereFuentes.used to be a farm tour event in the area, how ever it is no longer held. Krieg said farmers like the idea of a new event to bring people out. The chamber also hopes to encourage people to ex plore the area and the Farm Tour Weekend is one way to do “Wethat. get people coming in to the visitors center who have always driven past Arlington and never come here,” said Krieg. The event is also meant to highlight all of the farms that help their community by growing food. “People know that it is important to support local resources for food, so the more they can discover the resources around them, the more it helps us,” said Fuen tes. “People don’t have to drive down this long road to find us so we’re really thankful that they do." Krieg said farmers often help out their community, such as the new owner ship for Grandview Family Farm.“They made a decision to make it their mission to feed as many local families as possible,” she said. “The last couple of years has shown us the importance of getting produce locally." Fuentes said she appreci ated the work that went into organizing the event. “I’m thankful for the Chamber of Commerce for organizing this,” she said.
FARM Continued from page 1 ber who works as a therapist for the Tribes and also came out to support her LGBT sister. She said she was glad a Pride gath ering was being held in the area. “Traditionally for Tulalip, we gath er for everything and I think that was what was so difficult with COVID,” she said. “It’s really important for us as Indigenous people to have those gath ering, so this [Pride gathering] just makes sense. It’s important to dance and sing for that like we would with any other part of Native life.” Participants at the event enjoyed helping support a Pride event in Tulalip.“I’ve never been a part of some thing like this before,” said Napeahi. “I feel like it’s something that people need to be more aware of out here, but worldwide too, of course.” They also hoped to show encour agement to local youth who may be dealing with issues around their sexu ality or gender. “We want to spread awareness and be there to support those who need it,” said“EverybodyNapeahi. here is important,” said Carter.Representatives from various Tulalip departments also came out to support the event. Ramos said she was glad to see the departments “come together to show that it doesn’t matter who you love or how you present yourself, there’s a place here for everyone.” “If nothing else they are making those connections with people in the future if they ever feel alienated or alone,” she added. She encouraged local Native resi dents to talk with Tulalip therapists if they are struggling with parts of their own“Thisidentity.event is really important be cause some people don’t really know where to go or how to explore their sexuality,” said Ramos. “Come find me, even if it’s just to talk.”
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The event is meant to help people explore local agriculture.“Peoplecome to the Ar lington Farmers Market and always ask us how far the produce comes compared to the grocery store,” said Krieg. “This is a great way to introduce everyone in Arlington to the farms we have around them."
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ASD board approves 2022-23 budget
The Arlington School Board ap proved a budget for the 2022-23 school year that will maintain the current levels of teachers and pro grams this year while the district prepares for future reductions.
The budget was approved dur ing the Aug. 8 school board meet ing in a 2-1 vote. Two board mem bers were not able to attend the meeting.School board director Michael Ray attempted a motion to postpone the vote until a later meeting when the other two board members could be there, however he did not have any support for the motion. He proceeded to be the sole ‘no’ vote for the Certificatedbudget.and classified staff for the district increased to 605 employees last year, which is what the district plans to keep this year. “We’re staying the course with the programs and courses we have had at higher staffing levels,” said Gina Zeutenhorst, executive director of financial services at the district. Staff increased last year due to increasing needs related to the pandemic.“Thatis part of our intentional move because of what we have been experiencing with the pan demic,” said Zeutenhorst. A 7.5 percent salary increase is also part of the budget, per union agreements, said Zeutenhorst. The district is estimating an enrollment of 5,500 students next year. Last year they budgeted for 5,265 students and ended up with 5,247“So,students.veryclose to our budget ed enrollment number, which is great,” said Zeutenhorst. While the school district’s edu cational levels remain steady for this upcoming year, the future is lessWashingtoncertain. state’s funding model changed due to the Mc Cleary decision, a state Supreme Court case which said that the state was failing in its constitutional duty to fully fund education. While there was an initial in crease in funds, that money has been decreasing year over year, said Zeutenhorst.“TheMcCleary decision created for many a balloon in our fund bal ance and we have been working to ward spending that down over the course of years,” she said. The district’s finance officials are projecting a budget cut of $4.5 million next year if nothing is changed.“We’re going to start working on that now to get in a better spot coming into the next fiscal year,” said Zeutenhorst. “We’re going to need to take more drastic action to change the trend of our expen ditures."Thedistrict opted to lower their reserve fund rather than reduce teachers and educational programs thisUnderyear. the school board’s policy they are supposed to maintain one month’s operating expenses as a re serve, which amounts to about $8 million.Zeutenhorst said that one of the budget priorities for the district has always been to be flexible in times of emergency.“Itisquitepossible we would be going into fund balance this com ing year, considering the pandemic as an emergency where it might be an appropriate time to dip into the fund balance,” she said. With the approved budget, the projected ending fund balance will be around $4 million, although in many years the district spends less than their full amount budgeted. Many other school districts are finding themselves in similar positions. “Some districts have also in dicated a concern with funding balance needing to go down,” said Zeutenhorst. “Other districts are already making those reductions and may already have done some this year or last year, which means they impacted the classroom dur ing a really tough time to do that.” There are some mitigating fac tors that could change the situa tion, including if Washington state changes their funding model. Arlington School District of ficials will still need to begin plan ning under the assumption that no changes are coming though. “We have to set that groundwork before the legislature does what they’re doing,” said Zeutenhorst. She said district officials plan to look fully at the various programs over the next year. “We’re going to evaluate pro grams more deeply to prioritize ar eas where we could reduce spend ing,” said Zeutenhorst. “We want to work with our leadership team, work with our community and come to those decisions together.”
Students not eligible for free or reduced-price meals will likely have to pay for food at schools again start ing at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year. Districts such as the Ar lington School District are losing their U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture waivers that allowed them to pay for those meals for all students. Some districts that qual ify, such as the Marysville School District, are attempt ing to apply for grant fund ing to extend those free meals, although they do not yet know if they will receive that funding, according to Jodi Runyon, director of communications, engage ment and outreach at the Marysville School District. The waiver program be gan toward the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This was a federal pro gram that was provided to school districts during the last couple of years,” said Gary Sabol, director of com munications at the Arling ton School District. The program began as a response to distance and hybrid learning that all dis tricts used to ensure safety during the pandemic. “It was to provide all of our families with food dur ing a time of insecurity,” said Sabol. “Now that waiver from the USDA is ending.” The program was meant to provide some additional support to families. “It did help the families. I think it was just one less thing for them to worry about during that time,” said Sabol.He said that as students moved to distance learning families had to make a lot of adjustments. “Even last year, there was some uncertainty, so it was good to have the program then too,” he said. Families in need have time to apply for free or re duced meals at schools. “We will still provide free and reduced meals for those families that apply for that,” saidInSabol.Washington state, re duced meals use to have a co-pay, but due to changes in state policy families will no longer have to pay that. Applications are available at asd.wednet.edu under the Quick Links section. Paper copies of the applications are available at school offices. “We want to make sure that any family in need ap plies for free or reduced meals before the school year begins,” said Sabol. “We rec ommend first filling out an application." The application also has information about the free and reduced meal program. Anyone with further questions can call the dis trict’s child nutrition depart ment at 360-618-6237. By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
Nathan Carlson, right, grabs a couple of scoops of cookie dough for brother Brady Carlson, center, and mother Chelsea Carlson during a fundraising for the Grove Elementary PTA on Aug. 11.
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The Grove Elementary PTA continued to raise funds for Grove’s Back-toSchool night slated for later this August during their Sugar and Spoon Spirit Day. The local food truck came out to provide ice cream and cookie dough at the Marysville elementary school on Aug. 11. “Today we are doing a Spirit Day fundraiser so Sugar and Spoon is here at our school raising money for us,” said Chelsea Carl son, president of the Grove Elementary PTA. The local PTA has been working this summer to help improve the Back-toSchool night at the school. “Over the summer, since we were out of school, we did multiple different fun draisers to raise funds for Back-to-School night which is in two weeks,” said Carlson. The Back-to-School night is meant to welcome students back to the school after their summer break. “We are doing a goodie bag for each child, a special event for the staff and then a T-shirt for all students and staff,” said Carlson. The T-shirt being pro vided by the PTA will fea ture the school’s tiger mas cot, which students will be encouraged to wear during ‘Tiger Tuesdays.’ “I think it’s important to be equitable for all of our staff and students to all have something the same and be ing recognized for coming back to school,” said Carl son.Fundraising for the night will continue later this month on Aug. 18. “We have a Spirit Night at Red Robin so a certain percentage of money will be coming back to us,” said Carlson. “That is our last one for the summer." The PTA plans to con tinue with events over the coming months for more projects as “Throughoutwell. the school year we’ll have a lot of fund raisers and are always open to new ones to find different ways to benefit the school,” saidLastCarlson.yearthe PTA at the school held two big fund raisers to help raise money for playground improve ments at the school which will implement new fea tures, including sensoryrelated equipment meant to be inclusive for all kids. “Not just for kids who have autism or something similar, but all kids,” said Carlson.Those new features will include a Gaga Ball pit, which is a sport played in an octagonal pit that is a friendlier form of dodge ball.Local nonprofit organi zation Leah’s Dream Foun dation is also funding some inclusive equipment in ad dition to what Grove El ementary PTA has funded. “We’re working with the district on getting that done,” said Carlson. “Hope fully we get them installed fairly soon.”
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As summer break comes to an end families can get free clothes at Smokey Point Community Church’s Back-to-School Festival on Aug. 19 and 20. The event will be at the church at 17721 Smokey Point Blvd, Arlington, and be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 19, and 9 a.m. to noon, or while supplies last, on Aug. 20. “We have gently-used clothing from infant age all the way to high school,” said Bri Carroll, one of the main organizers of the event.There will also be free children’s books as part of theSomeevent. school supplies will be available, but fami lies shouldn’t expect those supplies to last long during the“Thisevent. event is more about clothing and that’s mainly what we’ll be pro viding,” said Carroll. Families do not need to register and can simply show up to receive free clothes at the event.
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The church continues the event each year because there are a lot of families that need the support. “Based on the outpour ing of people that come to the event every year I would say there is a big need in the community for something like this,” said Carroll. “Clothing is not cheap, even if you’re buying themCarrollused."said she enjoys supporting kids and help ing to ensure that items are not thrown away. “I love helping to orga nize this. I’m a big fan of things not getting wasted,” sheShesaid.enjoys getting to watch many of the kids who are glad to have the chance to get clothes be fore they go to school. “Some of the kids leave wearing their new clothes,” sheSmokeysaid. Point Com munity Church started the event because they wanted to support local students. “We don’t want to reinvent the wheel though,” said Carroll, who added they were looking for the areas they could help with in back-to-school events. “Clothing was the one area that was really lack ing,” she said. More information about Smokey Point Com munity Church is available at spcc.tv.
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“No documentation is needed,” said Carroll. “You don’t even need to live here and we have people as far away as Skagit County come,” she added. The annual event is put on by the church to sup port local children. “It was really successful last year,” said Carroll, who added they had around 500 to 700 visitors at the 2021 event.“We had a good amount of people coming and go ing,” she said.
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One of the community booths at the first Smokey Point Community Block Party
Last year was the first year of the event and Knopp said it went well. “We had a lot of vendors come out and many of them were providing some free activity for the community,” she“Peoplesaid. came out and had some fun and got to know each other,” as well as learning about the various organizations in the com munity, she said. She encourages people to come down to this year’s event.“It’s going to be a fun time,” she said.
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School supplies were provided to families that stopped by the event. About 200 people pre-registered to receive“We’resupplies.providing back packs, school supplies and formula for the families,” saidMoreNeal. than 600 back packs were given out during last year’s events in total. “We’re hoping to beat that this year,” said Neal. Many local organiza tions also came out to meet with the community, in cluding Stilly Valley Health Connections, Kids’ Kloset, Cocoon House, Domestic Violence Services of Sno homish County and some local“Eachchurches.booth is set up for a game or giveaway for the kids as well,” said Neal. Parents were able to learn more about local ser vices at the event. “I think it’s really great,” said parent Tonya Dills. “I like that there are a lot of resources available to all the families and that they put themselves out there." Jeff Kelly said his first impressions of the event was that it was good for families.“Ithink it’s real helpful for everyone that’s coming in here,” he said. The Arlington Commu nity Resource Center puts on the event to support lo cal students and to give peo ple information about their own“Wecenter.put this on to bring community awareness that we’re out here and here to help. We’re all about ser vice,” said Neal. “Maybe they need help finding for mula and we can help with that, or maybe it is about finding a job and we can help with that." The center is located at 3210 Smokey Point Dr. #103, Arlington and helps community members in need with a variety of ser vices.“Community resource centers are vital for every community,” said Neal. Many families came out to the event to receive sup plies and talk with represen tatives from local organiza tions.“It’s going great. We’re excited to see families back out after the pandemic and it’s great to connect with people in the community who may not know we’re here,” said Neal. “This is something we used to do as the Arlington Community Resource Center but during COVID we paused every thing."They were able to hold the event last year and plan to have an end-of-summer event in the area annually. “Volunteers of America is always going to show up for the Arlington com munity for back-to-school events,” said Neal. She also wanted to thank the Arlington Community Resource Center workers who helped to support the event.“I have a small staff in Arlington with just four people and a regular volun teer and they did show up here for the community on a Saturday,” said Neal.
Community organiza tions and family fun will come together for the 2nd annual Smokey Point Com munity Block Party this week.The event is scheduled for Aug. 21, from noon to 4 p.m., and is free. It will be held at the Village Commu nity Services office at 3210 Smokey Point Drive. The local nonprofit that provides opportunities for local adults with develop ment disabilities is also or ganizing the event. “This is a low-cost, family friendly event where people can come out to meet their neighbors,” said Larissa Knopp, Village Community Services’ resource develop ment coordinator and main organizer for the event. Live entertainment and a bouncy house will be avail able for community mem bers to Voicesenjoy.ofthe Village, an ensemble band and one of Village Community Ser vices’ bigger programs, will perform at the event from noon to 2 p.m. Food will be available for purchase through Ryan’s REZ-ipes food truck. “We have vendors com ing out, such as commu nity resource organizations or small businesses,” said Knopp.Community partners include LIFEChurch360, USTA Martial Arts, Time less Treasures, Paparazzi and Studio Fifty One. In addition to being a block party for the com munity, Village Community Services wanted the event to be a way to connect with locals.“We wanted to have a summer event and make it something where we could introduce ourselves to the community without it nec essarily being a fundraiser,” saidTheKnopp.organization pro vides a variety of services for adults with develop ment disabilities and Knopp hopes people who attend the event will learn more about them or eventually become supporters of the nonprofit organization. “There are a lot of people that don’t know who we are,” she said. “And this is also a way for other orga nizations to get their name out there as well.” Knopp also hopes that the event begins to build community around Smokey Point, which is in a space between Marysville and Ar lington.“Smokey Point is in a weird place,” said Knopp. “Parts of it are part of Ar lington and portions are part of Marysville, but it does feel a little disconnect ed from those two cities.”
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the love of aviation,” Morri son said. It's an opportuni ty for youth to experience flying in a small airplane. The flight lasts between 15 and 20 Overminutes.thepast30 years, the Experimental Aviation As sociation has provided flights to more than 2.3 million chil dren.In its second year, Skyfest replaced Arlington’s annual Fly-In, which stopped due to theSouthampandemic.said the Sky fest sold out in 2021, bring ing in around 12,000 visi tors.He said between 13,000 and 15,000 people are ex pected over the weekend. Tolbert said visitors were surveyed in 2021 and orga nizers found that 60 per cent of the people attended Skyfest for the first time. She added Skyfest was ap pealing to a new group of people and organizers were intrigued by that. “People really loved the format,” Tolbert said. For more information, go to fest.com.www.arlingtonsky
Get a first-hand look at World War II-era aircraft that will be on display this weekend at the Arlington Airport.Theaircraft are one of the highlights of Arlington Skyfest, part of a weekend celebration to aviation that takes place Aug. 19 through Aug. 21. Visitors will have a chance to examine a B-17, P-51, B-25 and an F4-U. For more information, go to www.arlingtonskyfest. com.“It’s a rare opportunity to see these kinds of aircraft at the Arlington Airport,” said Barb Tolbert, volun teer executive director for Skyfest and the mayor of Arlington.Festivities start Friday when campers show up and conclude on Sunday with the airport’s Commu nity Fun Day. “It’s really more com munity focused, said Ran dal Southam, vice president for Skyfest. “It’s a day of fun for the Skyfestcommunity.”onSaturday in cludes an evening airshow, evening balloon glow and an evening drone show. Southam encourages pho tographers to bring their cameras for the balloon glow because of the flames and light the show offers Southam said space is available for around 300 campers and the 2022 Sky fest marks the first time since 2019 camping has been allowed at the festival. The Airport’s commu nity fun day on Sunday includes free introductory flights for youth, as well as flyovers, helicopter tours, bouncy house and flight simulators, according to the event web page at 84tionfortheMorrison,ingthedrenchildrenputsday.arlingtonwa.gov/airportwww.Theintroductoryflightasmileontheyoungerwhileolderchilpaymoreattentiontopilotswhoareoperattheplane,saidRichardwhocoordinatesYoungEaglesprogramtheExperimentalAviaAssociationChapterinSnohomish.“Theideaistoinspire
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She said most of the artists ac cepted into fresh paint have experience participating in other art shows. “It gives them tremen dous exposure to people who really want to buy art,” Thomas said, adding it is one of the ways the festival helpsArtistsartists.will display their work in booths on Hoyt Av enue in front of the Schack Art Center and on Hewitt Avenue.Hailey Starr, an Arling ton based artist, ventured to the Schack Art Center for creative help when she started creating art. After five years of devel oping her silver and enamel jewelry, it turned into a fulltime business, known as Wanderling Creations, in 2021. She is also participat ing in the Fresh Paint Festi val for Working Artist. “I go with no expecta tions, actually. I show up and do my best,” Starr said. She likes seeing other cre atives and what they are bringing to the festival. “My body or work is primarily made through a kiln,” Starr said. “I’d always been into making jewelry since I was a kid.” The 2022 festival will be her first time participating in the juried art show. “It’s a good show that draws a lot of people,” said Rod Sylvester, a Marysville painter who is participat ing in Fresh Paint. He pro duces oil paintings with a pallet knife. He does plein air painting and parks are a common theme. “Green Lake is one of my favorite scenes.”While he got into Fresh Paint in 2020, the pandemic prompted the festival’s cancel lation that year. He was accept ed again in Sylvester2021.isspending the weekend producing miniature 8x6-inch paintings. “It’s smaller and you can see the results quicker,” he said. Thomas listed some of the highlights of Fresh Paint. Artist Yuming Zhu will give a giant sumi brush demonstration from noon to 2 p.m. on Aug. 20 and the festival will feature 10 em bellished and blinged out “artArtistcars.” Shannon Danks will produce a commu nity mosaic and Paws with Cause will produce pet por traits. Festival goers will help paint a Fresh Paint can vas during the festival. “We just have a lot of things going on,” Thomas said adding that CoCo Jones will deejay the event and there will be a lot of food trucks available. In previous years, Fresh Paint used to take place at the Everett Marina. Plans changed this year. Having the festival on Hoyt and Hewitt provides easier ac cess to the Schack Art Cen ter.“All in all, it’s really ben eficial to the Schack to have it in front of our building,” Thomas said. The Float Find, which used to take place on Jet ty Island, will change in 2022. Instead, it will be a multi-week challenge to get placed into a drawing for a float. People will take a photo of themselves in front of a piece of public art in Everett and Snohom ish County and submit photo to #floatfind2022 and #GACNW2022.Thomassaid that a fee was recently instituted to travel the ferry to Jetty Is land and the boat had lim ited capacity where organiz ers didn’t feel it was fair to participants.“Thisallows us to be way more inclusive and that’s our goal,” Thomas said. The Fresh Paint Fes tival for Working artists goes from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 20 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 21. For more information about Fresh Paint and the Float Find, go to fresh-paint.www.schack.org/events/ By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
Hailey Starr produces jewelry from her studio in Arlington. She is one of the more than 100 artists participating in the Fresh Paint Festival of Artists at Work that takes place Aug. 20 and 21 at the Schack Art Center in Everett.
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Treaty tribes have been working for decades to get federal support for our es sential wildlife programs. We’re counting on the U.S. Senate to pass the Re covering America’s Wild life Act (RAWA) to finally make it happen. The time is right. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill in June with rare bipar tisanThesupport.federal government has a trust and fiduciary re sponsibility to protect our fish and wildlife for future generations and to make sure that tribes have the ca pacity to manage all aspects of our wildlife programs. And yet, despite our treatyprotected rights, previous legislation left tribes out of the equation, directing funding only to states. RAWA would provide long-term and dedicated resources to both tribal and state law enforcement, fish and wildlife programs, hab itat management and other conservation and recovery efforts. When tribes are at the table, everyone benefits. We are the original caretak ers of the land. The proposed legislation would provide $97.5 mil lion to tribes and $1.3 bil lion to states to co-manage species of greatest need. Tribal natural resources managers will be able to determine which species those are and what actions are needed to protect, re store and enhance them. At least 15 percent of the money would be spent on species already listed under the Endangered Species Act or considered threatened or endangered under tribal law. We could invest this in their recovery and eventual delisting. In addition, we’ll be able to take action to protect other species before they become threatened or endangered. This will save us effort and money in the longTribesterm.shouldn’t have to piecemeal together funding to protect threatened spe cies across tribal lands. We know that 12,000 species are in need of conserva tion actions in this coun try. Because of insufficient funding, natural resources managers have to limit their focus to conserve just a few species of concern, while many others deteriorate in numbers. RAWA could help all of us reintroduce imperiled species, restore lost habitat and fight inva sive species such as Euro pean green crab. Tribal wildlife manag ers have an additional role that also lacks sufficient funding. We have a treatyprotected right to manage the wildlife we hunt and the plants we gather for spiritu al and traditional purposes. Right now, there are more programs for invasive, en dangered and nongame species than there are for tribes to manage animals we harvest for cultural and sub sistence use. RAWA could help fill that funding gap. The bill was introduced by Rep. Debbie Dingell (DMI) and co-sponsored by all the House Democrats from the state of Washing ton. When it passed the U.S. House of Representatives in June, it received 231 votes, including 16 from Republi cans.The Senate needs to bring this bill to a vote as soon as possible. This bi partisan support gives us the opportunity now to take action to reduce the num ber of species in decline and prevent their listing un der the Endangered Species Act. RAWA finally will give tribes access to our share of the funding we need to manage wildlife. Being Frank is a column written by Chairman Ed Johnstone of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commis sion. As a statement from the NWIFC chairman, the column represents the natu ral resources management concerns of the treaty Indian tribes in western Washing ton.
August 17, 2022 - August 23, 2022 NORTH COUNTY OUTLOOK10 www.northcountyoutlook.comOpinion utlook Real People. Real Life. North County Outlook is published every Wednesday and mailed direct to households and businesses in Marysville, Arlington, Smokey Point, Tulalip and Quil Ceda Village. Letters to the editor, community news and story ideas may be e-mailed to editor@northcountyoutlook.com, or sent to the mailing address below. The Publisher reserves the right to edit material for content, grammar, taste, style or length, and all submitted items are published at the sole discretion of the Publisher. P.O. Box 39 • Marysville, WA 98270 1331 State Ave. #A • Marysville, WA (360) 659-1100 • Fax (360) 658-7536 www.northcountyoutlook.com News Deadline: Friday 5PM before publication editor@northcountyoutlook.com Ad Deadline: Thursday publication,before4PM sue@northcountyoutlook.com Printing and Direct Mail Services provided by Skagit Publishing Member NewspaperWashingtonPublishersAssociation Publisher Sue Stevenson Editor Scott Frank Staff Writers Christopher Andersson, Nathan Whalen Display Ad Sales Carole Estenson, Leslie Buell Graphic Design Christina Poisal Office Manager Leah Hughes-Anderson Contributing Writers Steve Smith Our FavOrite QuOtes Submitted by North County Outlook editor Scott Frank. & RAVE "The ones who notice the storms in your eyes, the silence ion your voice and the heaviness in your heart are the ones you need to let in." Author — Steve Maraboli CLUES ACROSS 1. Influential Swedish, Bel gian clan 6. Swiss river 9. Nocturnal S. American 13.rodentLike coagulated milk 14. Lima is its capital 15. Lying down 16. Jai __, sport 17. Egyptian statesman 18. Napoleon Dynamite’s 48.46.45.U.S.44.41.39.38.36.33.31.29.28.25.24.23.22.21.19.uncleRenovatedChadiclanguage18-yearperiodBeveragecontainerNaturallogarithmThe“mecca”ofbasketballAwaytodarkenMackerelsActorPittPlacestobuyseafoodTruefirsNeitherFencingswordItalianpastasIslandnationclosetotheBegetsResemblesapouch__student,learnshealing 49. Sodium 51. Indicates position 52. The world has one 54. Partner to pains 56. Photographer 60. Chew the fat 61. Culture of the British Iron Age 62. Weaverbird 63. Advice or counsel 64. Asian nation 65. Brought on board 66. German river 67. Airborne (abbr.) 68. Leaf-footed bug genus CLUES DOWN 1. Mark left behind 2. Cry weakly 3. Ancient region in modern 5.4.SyriaFarewellBluegrass state 6. Genus of mosquitoes 7. S. Israeli city 8. You can get stuck in one 9. One who mistrusts others 10.unjustifiablyFirstmonth of ancient Hebrew calendar 11. Tigers legend Fielder 12. Make more attractive 14. Horses 17. Slight projection in type 20.facesMale parent 21. Jack and Jill are two 23. After B 25. Licensed for Wall Street 26. Missile with about 600mile range 27. Goddesses 29. A day kids love 30. Oily secretion 32. One-tenth of a meter 34. A father’s male child 35. One point east of south 37.eastSilk garments 40. Cool! 42. The color of anger 43. Trade profession 47. It can get you around 49. Mother-of-pearl 50. Hurt 52. Legendary slugger Hank 53. Polio vaccine developer 55. Incline from vertical 56. Sea creature 57. Actress Kate 58. Affirmative votes 59. Nothing 61. Pie _ __ mode 65. Expresses surprise Weekly Puzzle
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RAVE: Thank you to everyone who came out to the Sugar and Spoon Spirit Day to help the Grove Elementary PTA raise funds for Grove Elementary's Backto-School night. It is a great way to support the students.
RAVE: A big thank you to everyone who donated to the Salvation Army's school supply drive in Marysville. Those donations will benefit so many children in our community and help them have a great start to the school year.
RAVE: I'm really looking forward to Arlington's Skyfest that will be happening this weekend, Aug. 19-21. There will be a wide variety of aircraft on display, includ ing some from WWII, as well as a large number of activities and displays for the entire family. It's a great way to enjoy the weekend.
More than 30 people participated in a disc golf tournament Aug. 13 to raise money to provide Christmas presents for children in need worldwide.TheShoebox Invitational, which took place at the Twin Rivers Park near Arlington, benefited Operation Christ mas Child which provides shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies and personal care items to children in need. “It’s bringing Christmas presents for disadvantaged kids,” said Ed Garcia, a member at Calvary Arling ton who organized the tour nament. “It’s something near and dear to my and my wife’s heart.”He said most of the par ticipants weren’t members of the church and the benefit struck a chord and resonated withOperationparticipants. Christmas Child is operated by Samari tans Purse, which is a non denominational evangelical Christian organization pro viding spiritual and physi cal aid to people around the world, according to the orga nization’s mission statement at course.”werewerewell,”www.samaritanspurse.org.“IfeellikeitwentreallyGarciasaid.“TheremorethanafewwhofamiliarwiththatThetournamentwas
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a two-person “best disc” scramble format. Twin Rivers Park offers an 18-hole course with a combination of woods and open space. “It’s a nice mix,” GarciaWhilesaid.the tournament had a number of skilled players, Garcia estimated that around 20 percent of the roster had never played disc golf. He has been playing the sport for a little more than a year.The disc golf tournament replaced a golf tournament that used to take place for 21 years at what was then Kayak Point Golf Course, Garcia said. However, a combina tion of the golf course shut ting down and COVID-19 pandemic, prompted the development of the disc golf event. “So far the response has been positive,” Garcia said of the event. By Nathan Whalen christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WENDY SMITH, De ceased. NO. 22-4-01595-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030) THE CO-PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES NAMED BELOW have been appointed as co-personal representatives of this es tate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the co-personal representatives or the co-personal representatives’ 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 pro ceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the co-personal rep resentatives 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 effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate as DATEsets. OF FIRST PUBLICATION: August 17, Co-Personal2022. Representative: Kurt Fritz Co-Personal Representative: Holly Smith Attorney for Personal Representative: Bradley E. Neunzig, WSBA #22365 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA Court98223of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 22-4-01595-31. LEGAL NOTICE Shop Local Support businesses in our community I’m packing ahead so that everything’s ready.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SPOKANE COUNTY In the Matter of the Estate of: MARGRETTA HILLMAN STANTON, Deceased, No. 22401578-32, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, (RCW The11.40.030)Co-Personal Representatives named below have been appointed as Co-Per sonal Representatives of this estate. Any person having a claim against the De cedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise appli cable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Co-Personal Representatives or the Co-Personal Representatives’ 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 pro ceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the Co-Personal Rep resentatives 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 11.40.060. This bar is ef fective as to claims against both the Decedent’s probate and non-probate Dateassets.of First Publication: August 10, Co-Personal2022. Representatives: WASHING TON TRUST BANK and Peter Stanton Attorney for Personal Representative: Se anna M. Bodholt, WSBA #22389 Address for Mailing Notice: c/o Randall | Danskin, P.S., 601 W. Riverside Ave., Ste. 1500, Spokane, WA 99201
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A New School Year! I’m so excited about going back to school. Each time classes start it’s a new beginning for everyone. I’m going to study a little extra and finish all of my work. Welcometoanewyear! People at School Join in the fun makeandnew: School Bus STOP COLORED PENCILS 1 2 3 4 5 6 HCAOC LAPCNRPIIC A F E T E I A W O R K E R U S T O D I A B U S D R V E R T E C H E R Items for School GNHTOLCI RESARE KOOBTXETSETONYKCTSIRENEPRAHSLCNEPIXOBHCNULKOOBETON G Y M L O T H E S W A T E R B T T L W A T C N S H I G H I H T F A I A L T S U E U S R U T E B C P A C H A N D S A I I Z E R H O E SC A L C U L A T O U L E R
PHOTO BY NATHAN WHALEN Teams competing in the high school women’s elite division compete in the 3on3X tournament held Aug. 13 and Aug. 14 at the Arlington Airport.
Hundreds play hoops at Arlington A runway at the Arlington Air port was the home to dozens of three-on-three basketball games Aug. 13 and Aug. 14. Basketball players from thirdgraders through adults competed in the 11th annual 3on3X tournament. “We had a good competitive day,” said Jeff Bryson, volunteer who helped organize the tournament. He said 160 teams competed in the tournament, which was more than the 148 teams that competed in 2021. The 3on3X tournament was canceled in 2020. The number of teams participat ing is fewer than before the pandemic. “One hundred eighty seems to be our sweet spot,” Bryson said. He noted that a similar three-on-three tournament took place the same weekend near Golden Gardens in Ballard, which probably drew some of the Seattle teams that would compete in Arlington. He didn’t have results available. Results will be posted online in the next two weeks at www.3on3x.com. The 3on3X had 23 different divi sions. Bryson noted an adult wom en’s division was combined with a high school division because the adults had two teams sign up. He said it was a competitive division and a winner was crowned for best high school and adult team in the combined division. Teams have four players, play to 20 points and games end after 25 minutes. Visitors could also spend the weekend camping at the airport. He estimated there were around 2,000 to 3,000 people at the airport between players and spectators over the weekend. Bryson said Rain City Athletics organized a half-court shot contest where people paid for a shot and someone won $285. Arlington wasn’t the only place this summer to host a three-onthree basketball tournament. Ever ett hosted a tournament with the same format in July. Nathan Whalen
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modernMostfordenaBalm,knowncommonlyMonarda,asBeehasbeenpopulargarperennialmanyyears.ofthehybrids come from two species native to the eastern United States. Today’s cultivars come in a range of colors, includ ing white, red, purple, and many shades in between. Sizes also vary greatly from dwarf selections just 12” tall to cultivars over four feet. However, there is one significant problem with Bee Balm, and that is its tendency to develop pow dery mildew. That’s always been reason enough for me not to grow them in my garden. This is not the case any more!Bee Balms have many good qualities beyond their colorful flowers, which attract a whole host of pol linators including hum mingbirds, butterflies, and all sorts of insects. They also can be used to make herbal tea and to sooth bee stings, hence the name Bee Balm. They hail from the mint family and for any gardener worth their salt, they will immediately recognize that Bee Balm is a spreader. Just like mint, Bee Balm can take over an area in the garden if not tended to every few years. Their roots (actually the spreading parts are what we call rhizomes) are all near the surface, so they are very easy to removeeither in spring when they start growing or even in fall before they go dormant. Dividing a clump every few years will keep it in a vigorous and healthy state, while also resulting in many more flowers being produced.Getting back to the mil dew issue… For many years I have trialed various new Monarda introductions that claimed to be mildew resistant, but ultimately, they have all ended up on the compost pile. Any time we have warm days and cool nights, dew will often form in our gardens and when there is dew, there will almost always be some degree of mildew. Whether it’s on Roses or Hydrangeas or Exbury Azaleas, the only way to prevent it is to plant resistant varieties or pro actively apply some sort of either natural or synthetic fungicide weekly while the weather is conducive to the disease. Obviously, resis tant varieties are the easiest way to go and that is where ‘Bee-You’ Bee Balm comes into the picture. The breeding company of AB-Cultivars out of the Netherlands has recently introduced the ‘Bee-You’ series of Bee Balms to the world market and they are available in garden cen ters this time of year. The first thing you will notice is that the plants are short and stocky with lots of dark green leaves. They only grow 15 to 18 inches tall in the garden and will form a tidy clump 12 to 15 inches wide. There are 7 to 8 se lected color variations, of which we are stocking the following three at the nurs ery: Bee-You Bee Merry: Deep magenta buds open to show-stopping, rosy cor al-pink blooms. Bee-You Bee Happy: Showy cerise-red blooms on stiff, upright stems. Bee-You Bee Free: Deep maroon buds that open to show-stopping, electric violet-purple blooms. All Bee Balms prefer to grow in full sun with con sistently moist soil. Ac cording to Monrovia Nurs ery they make great com panions to Daylily (Hem erocallis), Phlox, Turtle head (Chelone), Catmint (Nepeta), and Iris. The flowers are good for cutting and the plants will natural ize easily, as well as being quite happy in a planted container. And don’t forget the foliage can be used for making herbal teas. In oth er words, this is a perennial that has many useful quali ties and deserves a spot in our landscapes. This is the month to plunge a few of these new beauties into the garden! Steve Smith repre sents Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville and can be reached at ery@msn.com.sunnysidenurs Balms are a popular perennial By Steve Smith
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