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PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON Volunteer Lori Fernandez grabs a couple of backpacks to bring out for students at Grove Com munity Church’s Back-to-School Bash on Aug. 23.

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Hundreds of families received backpacks and school supplies to recognize students returning to class as part of Grove Communi ty Church’s Back-to-School Bash.The event was held on Aug. 23 to provide supplies to any family that attended. This is the second year for the “Weevent.didit last year and that had a much smaller scale,” said Teresa Kerr, out reach lead at Grove Com munity Church. The church provided backpacks and some other giveaways during that event.

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PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON Chris Burnette, Marysville Fire District firefighter, left, and Christie Veley, public education and information specialist with the Marysville Fire District, take some coats to a local family during the school supply distribution event on Aug. 22

“We’reDistrict.outhere today handing out back packs full of school supplies to families that registered,” said Christie Veley, one of the organizers of the initiative and public edu cation and information specialist with the Marysville Fire District.

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Art in Legion Park highlights local artists

Local artists and crafts people got to display their work as part of the annual Art in Legion Park event on Aug. 27 and 28. The event is put on by the Arlington Arts Council in downtown Arlington. Artists are invited to bring their work, show it during the two days and talk with the community who stops by. “Today is nice because we have the farmers market going on so we get a lot of people,” said Sarah Arney, president of the Arlington ArtsSheCouncil.said there was a small amount of rain early

“The Marysville Professional Firefight er’s Union is handing out coats to families that need them as well,” said Veley. More than 500 coats were handed out by members of IAFF Local 3219 during the giveaway.“I’vealways liked the opportunity to come out and pass out coats for the kids,” said Chris Burnette, a firefighter with the Marysville Fire District. “We just want to make sure they’re warm during the school year."This year saw the highest need ever for the annual program. “We had over a thousand families regis ter and that is a record for us, so we know there is a huge need out there,” said Veley.

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The school supply distribution program in Marysville set a record high with more than 1,000 families registered for supplies thisTheyear.program distributed supplies on Aug. 22 to families within the Marysville School

Artist Sally Hudson, left, talks with April Mulcahy at the Art in Legion Park event on Aug. 27.

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utlook Real People. Real Life. hand delivered some more backpacks,” said Kerr. Organizers prepared to give out more for this sum mer’s“Thisevent.year it’s grown sub stantially so we’re giving away 1,000 backpacks,” said Kerr. The turnout was good as many families came out for the Back-to-School Bash. “It just started and I am already amazed by how many people are here,” said Kerr. “The line right now is wrapped around the entire building.”Inaddition to back packs, students received a lunchbox, a water bottle, a snack bag and a free book. “We have a variety of new books that they can pick from,” said Kerr. Students could also get a head check for lice and free haircuts at the event. Volunteer Lori Fernan dez said she was glad to help out the Marysville families at the event. “I like to do outreach for our community, and I have little grandbabies too, so that just makes it extra special to come out here,” she said. Local Gabby Crawley also said she enjoyed the event.“It’s amazing. I love that they’re giving out the school supplies for people and ev erything else,” she said. After receiving free school supplies and hair cuts, families could go up to the field near Grove Com munity Church where local groups were available and free activities such as boun cy houses were being held. “This is the place you call home, so let us show you how your home can love you,” said Kerr. Local organizations such as Camp Fire, the Tulalip Tribes, the Marysville Com munity Food Bank, the Marysville Fire District and nearby clothing banks were at the event to meet with families.Kerr said she expects Grove Community Church will organize the event again next year sometime toward the middle or end of August.“I’m just super excited that we can serve the com munity, and it’s more than just supplies. Our hope and our goal is we can take the burden off the families for a bit and make this a celebra tion for the kids,” said Kerr.

The Marysville Tulalip Salvation Army helps lead the effort with many other local“Weorganizations.dothisto make sure that these kids have the tools to be successful next year,” said Veley. There were a lot of stu dents who needed help this year, she “Theresaid.are a lot of kids in Marysville that may not have the supplies they need. That’s why we work so hard to get donations and ask for the community’s help.” Volunteers said they were glad to come out and help.“Help is really needed in the community right now, as you can tell by all the cars here right now, and so the Salvation Army asked us to come out and help and so that’s what we wanted to do,” said Cristina Badger. Veley said the donation drive went well this year. “The donations always come flooding in at the last minute, but it seems like we got everything that we need,” she said. This year’s distribution also went smoothly. “We’ve moved our loca tion to the school district service center and it’s a little bit bigger of a space and that is helping it go smoothly,” saidVeleyVeley. wanted to rec ognize all the community members who helped with the“Theprogram.community really stepped up to help us pro vide all these backpacks so we really just want to say thank you to all the people that donated and the orga nizations that have helped,” she said. “The Salvation Army led this effort, with Marysville School District, city of Marysville, Marys ville police, Marysville Fire District and the Marysville Professional Firefighter’s Union.”

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This year included a variety of art mediums at the event, including pastels, leatherwork hats and boots, wooden bowls, velvet paintings, jewelry and photographyTheevent is put on to help the Arlington Arts Council fulfill some of their goals.“We’re celebrating the arts and one of the art coun cil’s missions is to support artists and give them an opportunity to show their work, so that’s the purpose of this art show,” said Arney.

“This is my second year and although it’s been about eight years since the last time,” she said. “It’s lovely. I like the venue here.”

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“We already sold an auc tion piece,” said Arney. The council’s next event will be the Halloween Cos tume Contest at Legion Park which is part of the Home town Halloween celebra tions on Oct. 29. “It’s one of my favorite things. Everyone is so cre ative and there’s so many things I don’t recognize be cause they will all be cartoon characters,” said Arney.

PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON Cristina Badger brings over some backpacks to a local fam ily during a school supply distribution event in Marysville on Aug. 22.

The Arlington Arts Council also held auctions and raffle baskets to help raise funds for their efforts, including bringing more public art to the town and holding future events.

This year also brought live music to Legion Park as part of the event. “We have lots of good music. We have Beatles music this evening and bluegrass this after noon,” said Arney.

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SUPPLIES Continued from page 1 in the event this year but that it was going well. “We have some new ven dors and our regular old fa vorites,” said CommunityArney.members get to learn about local art ists as they browse through the work available at the park.“They like coming and looking at the art,” said Arney. Artists also like that in teraction as well. “I enjoy the event,” said artist Sally Hudson, who participated with a booth at this year’s Art in Legion Park. “I like that it brings a sense of community and I like that it offers a variety of arts, not just pictorial arts."

More information on the Arlington Arts Council and their events is available at ar lingtonartscouncil.net.

Local artist Ellen Dale said she was returning to the show this year.

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“Some of our school sites are constrained,” said Lewis. “We try to keep the buses and cars separated as best we can, but that is not always the case."

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Lewis said local school officials are excited about the upcoming year. “We’re looking forward to the start of the school year,” he said.

“We will be entering periods of darkness in the morning and that will be come even more impor tant,” said Lewis. “Kids will cross the street to get to their bus and they may not be as visible as they are rightStudentsnow.” are encouraged to be 10 feet away from the road when waiting at their bus stop in Lakewood, said Sherri Sandquist, transpor tation supervisor for the Lakewood School District. “There are students who walk through some of the side roads to get to their stop as well,” she said, and drivers should be aware of that potential.

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Drivers should be pa tient while students board the bus, said Sandquist. “Bus drivers encourage the students to get seated quickly and we cannot move until they are fully seated,” she Sandquistsaid.said bus driv ers try to be respectful as they can to other drivers. “Our drivers are all taught that we want to be courteous of the other driv ers,” she Studentssaid.should also be aware of their route num ber on the bus. “They should know when to expect they’ll be picked up and when to expect being dropped off,” saidTheLewis.Arlington School District recently sent out letters informing families of what route to use. “At the end of the school day in the first couple of weeks there will inevita bly be students who didn’t know their route number and missed their bus,” said Lewis.The bus number and route number are separate, and the important one for students will be the route number.“The bus number could change if we have to pull the bus for maintenance for example,” said Lewis. Drivers are encouraged to pay attention to school buses for when they stop and to respect the stop paddle when it comes out. “The flashing yellow lights will be a warning that they will be stopping soon,” said Sandquist. “They try their best not to throw it out suddenly and surprise everyone.”Thestop paddle requires drivers going in the same direction as the bus to stop and drivers going in the opposite direction to stop only if it is a two-lane road. When out driving, buses sometimes need to make wide“Onturns.anarrow roadway, when we’re going to make a turn, the bus may some times need to turn onto the oncoming lane,” said Sandquist.Busdrivers always wait to make sure the road is clear, but the Lakewood district still occasionally gets calls about it. “It is something that we have to do to not put the back wheels into a ditch sometimes,” said Sandquist. Sandquist said Lake wood drivers will also try to pull over when they can. “There can be a long line of cars and sometimes there just isn’t anywhere to pull off,” she said. “Buses can only pull off the road when there is a big enough shoulder.”When drivers get to school to drop off their stu dent, they are encouraged to watch out for buses and other foot traffic.

A graphic from the Arlington School District demonstrating where a route number and where a bus number is located. For families the important number will be the route number.

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As school buses return to the roads in the coming weeks, local school officials encourage drivers to re member to be patient and cautious for student safety. The Marysville School District will return to class on Sept. 1, while the Lake wood and Arlington dis tricts return the following week.“The biggest thing is to slow down around buses,” said Brian Lewis, executive director of operations at the Arlington School District. As the area moves into fall and winter visibility will decrease quickly.

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ASD discusses equity plan

Arlington school board members heard the results of their most recent family and student survey during the Aug. 15 study session. The survey was held from May 10 to June 10 earlier this year and showed most parents and students felt the majority of their learn ing needs were being met, although there were some areas for improvement.

The majority of both par ents and students reported that they didn’t need any ad ditional support in specific learning areas. That number increased from last year.

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“Maybe that means that their child got more support this year,” said Sabol. Parents who indicated needing more help said that the areas where more sup port should go is toward math, reading and emotion al/social support.

Arlington School District is planning to implement their second year of equity improvements to the district meant to create a positive environment for all students. School board members heard an update on the plan as it enters its second year during their Aug. 15 study session.“We’re making sure that all our students feel like they belong and are achieving at their highest level,” said Kerri Helgeson, director of equity and student well-being. One of the goals of the plan is to close the academic achievement gap, which is a disparity in achievement be tween marginalized student groups and non-marginalized student groups that is persis tent for most U.S. schools. Helgeson said that each school will continue to look at their data and identify goals for themselves, with on going checks each semester. “We will have continued monthly reviews of atten dance and I see discipline as well,” said Helgeson. Each building will also have a more structured sys tem this “We’reyear.going to be build ing equity teams,” said Hel geson, which will include two facilitators in each building and three in the highThoseschool.facilitators will also help staff train on how best to create a good environ ment for students. The plan also hopes to target school curriculum for improvements.“Thisisthe one of the survey questions we asked, if students see themselves in the curriculum,” said Helge son, who added there were students who don’t. Last year “elementary teachers were trained in Since Time Immemorial,” she said, which is a local his tory unit that focuses on Na tiveForperspectives.thisyear the dis trict is hoping to purchase a broader range of diverse books for the school libraries and encourage diverse faces reflected in the schools. The district hopes to re cruit and retain a diverse and competent staff as well. “We can only hire who applies, so how do we reach out to a broader group and get them to apply in Arling ton?” said Helgeson. She said they will be looking for strategies on how to do that and updating job descriptions to align with the equity plan. The equity plans also calls for continuing to strength relationships with families. Student support advo cates are working at the two high“Hopefullyschools. we can get back to some in-person fam ily nights in our schools,” saidStudentsHelgeson.entering high school also get a ninth grade home“Theyvisit.share and answer questions and establish this connection. They’re doing a lot. Every day they do a lot,” said Arlington School Dis trict Superintendent Chrys Sweeting. “One of the par ents shared with me that this is great and was wondering if we could extend it to 6th grade some year." One of the other goals of the plan is to demonstrate that the district values and respectsTherediversity.willbevarious rec ognitions at schools and the board meetings for events such as Orange T-Shirt Day, a day that raises awareness of the Native boarding schools, or Autism Awareness Week. “This is where it is impor tant to listen to our students and if they feel like they be long,” said Helgeson.

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Students were often con cerned about future classes.

“I was just astounded and impressed at how many stu dents responded to the sur vey,” said school board presi dent Mary Levesque during the Aug. 22 school board meeting. “It was a dramati cally larger Leadershipresponse."atthe high school put in a lot of ef fort this year to encourage students to respond, said Levesque.Someof the results could be skewed because last year’s results came in the middle of pandemic, said Gary Sabol, director of communications with the Arlington School District.“With last year the results come more from committed distance learning or a hybrid model,” he said.

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Around 20 percent of students said they don’t see themselves reflected in the curriculum at the school. Students were also divid ed over whether discipline, rules and expectations were evenly applied for all stu dents.“This is a mixed bag. ‘Agree’ is the strongest but ‘disagree’ and ‘strongly dis agree’ are also very high,” saidTheSabol.latter two options made up about 34 percent of responses.“There’s room for im provement in that area,” said Arlington School Dis trict superintendent Chrys Sweeting.Sheadded that the data is separated by school and sent out to school officials.

“We do share with the principals of the individual buildings so they can know if there are hotspots they need to work on at their school,” said Sweeting. Officials also had con cerns about the survey only being available in English, and Sabol said it is a possi bility to translate it next year for some of their biggest oth er languages, such as Span ish and Russian.

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For students, math was the highest area where ad ditional support was needed and was about double any other category besides the ‘no support needed’ category.

“One of the things I saw in the student survey results is that they were concerned about their success in the next year,” said school board mem ber Erica Knapp at the Aug. 22 school board meeting.

“This was sent out just after the Uvalde shooting so that is pretty positive consid ering the timing of it,” said Sabol.Friday early dismissal proved to be popular with about 90 percent of both parents and students agree ing it was the best day for a shortened school schedule.

High school and middle school students were encour aged to take the survey and the district got a high num ber of respondents this year.

“I think that just shows we need to continue the sup port of them,” she said. “Yes, we’re back in school, but they still have worries.” Parents were somewhat divided on whether schools were improving, with almost 50 percent saying they are improving, while more than 30 percent disagreed “It went up a little bit, but that’s part of why we do these, to see what we need to work on,” said ParentsSabol.and students said they felt their schools were safe. More than 50 percent of students said they felt safe, with around 20 percent dis agreeing or strongly disagree ing and the remaining indi cating that they weren’t sure.

“It was very overwhelm ing that Fridays are the best for early dismissal,” said Levesque.Asmall minority of re spondents preferred Mon day or Wednesday but were eclipsed by those who prefer Friday.Anumber of equity ques tions also focused on wheth er students felt the school environment was welcoming for all Aboutstudents.85percent of par ents felt their child was ac cepted for who they are.

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“There was congestion at that location and certainly the im provements make it much safer for bike and pedestrian move ment,” said Phan. Phan said the city hopes to im prove traffic in the area. “We want to improve the level of service,” he said. Almost the entirety of State Av enue is now five lanes. “We want to provide connec tions so the street will be the same width,” said Phan. Phase one of the current proj ect was the bridge from 100th Street to 104th Street while phase two will widen the final remaining section that is only three lanes. The next phase will focus on that last section of State Avenue between 104th Street and 116th Street.“That is currently being de signed,” said Phan, who added that the design work is nearly complete now. “We’ll be in negotiations to ac quire a couple strips of parcels of land for the project,” he said. That process will likely begin this fall. Washington state’s Transpor tation Improvement Board pro vided $5 million for phase one and will provide $4 million for the second phase. In total the first phase cost $12 million and the second phase is expected to cost around $9 mil lion.“So they contributed almost half of the money,” said Phan. The remainder of the cost is be ing pay for by the city of Marys ville.Construction on the remaining portion is also expected to create traffic delays, although the work will likely be faster and not quite as intrusive.“Theywill have more room to work,” said Phan. “We should be able to complete that in a shorter timeframe as well,” he added. Phan said city officials are pleased with how the bridge has turned“We’reout. pretty happy about phase 1 and we’re looking forward to phase 2 now,” he said.

The area between 100th Street and 104th Street has now been widened to five lanes with the project almost done. “Most of the work is complete now,” said Max Phan, assistant Public Works director with the city of Marysville. “The remaining work is underneath the bridge.”

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RAVE: Thank you to Grove Commu nity Church for putting on its Back-toSchool Bash where they provided school supplies and fun activities to help get kids excited about the start of the new school year. Providing backpacks and supplies to the kids really helps out so many lo cal families. And in addition to the sup plies, there were many fun activities for the kids.

RAVE: Thank you to everyone involved with organizing the school supply distri bution event in Marysville, and thank you to every one who donated to make this such a great success. It was also great to see Marysville firefighters there handing out coats to those who needed them.

RAVE: A big thank you to the Arling ton Arts Council for putting on their an nual Art in Legion Park last weekend. It was wonderful to meet so many local art ists and see they great work they are doing.

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THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NAMED BELOW has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any per son 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 personal representative or the personal representative’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 representative served or mailed the notice to the credi tor 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 assets.

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 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 personal representative or the personal representative’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 proceed ings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thir ty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the credi tor 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 assets.

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“I think we’re looking pretty good,” Marysville Pilchuck football coach Dalton Schwetz said. “We’re trending in the right direction.”

The varsity and junior varsity teams held separate scrimmages on each half of theAfterfield.a season in 2021 where the Tomahawks competed in the 3A state semifinals, they are fielding a younger team for 2022. Marysville Pilchuck lost to Bellevue in the state semifinal game.Schwetz said one starter is return ing on offense and three are return ing on defense. The Tomahawks have around 10 juniors, 18-20 sophomores and two freshman on the squad. “I feel like our team has a chip on their shoulder,” Schwetz said, adding the players want to prove themselves thisSchwetzseason. said Christian Van Natta, a senior who plays linebacker and tight end, is doing a good job providing leadership on the team. “We’re really proud of the way he’s leading these guys,” Schwetz said. Fellow senior Levi Bishel is one of the veterans on the offensive line. “He’s playing some really physical football for us,” Schwetz said. Sophomore Joe Davis played on the freshman team in 2021 and will play running back and safety on varsity for this“Iseason.really want to get my seniors to the playoffs,” Davis said of his team mates. “I have time.”

Black from the Boyd County National Lit tle League in Ashland, Ky., won the softball home run derby, according to news reports.“Ithink all the girls had a tough time adjusting,” Grace’s father, Shane, said of the home run derby. He added it was an excit ing couple of days for Grace to participate in the Little League Home Run Derby as well as represent Arlington and the Stilly Valley Little League.During her time in Wil liamsport, Grace met Jennie Finch who was a member of USA softball team that won gold at the 2004 Olympics and silver at the 2008 Olym pics.“It was really cool meet ing her because she was a gold medalist,” Grace said, adding she got a signed soft ball from Finch. “Honestly, it’s a dream come true.” Shane said Grace re ceived a lot of support from the community. The day before she left for William sport, friends, teammates, and family held a send-off for her at Bill Quake Field.

Friends gathered at a lo cal restaurant to watch the home run derby that was televised on ESPN. “We were really grateful and fortunate to be part of it,” Shane said. Up next for Grace will be playing softball for a travel ing team, the Snohomish Shock, Shane said. By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com

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With the football season quickly approaching, Marysville Pilchuck is fine-tuning its team in preparation for its Sept. 2 opening game.

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Getchell travels to Ever ett Memorial Stadium Sept. 2 to play Cascade. Game starts at 6 p.m. Arlington travels to Kamiak while Lakewood hosts Stanwood. Both games begin at 7 p.m.

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Grace Boekenoogen got to hit home runs on a na tional stage and meet one of her role Gracemodels.,an Arlington resident who plays softball in the Stilly Valley Little League, traveled to William sport, Penn., to compete against seven other girls in the Little League Home Run Derby that took place Aug. 25 during the Little League World Series. In 90 seconds she hit two home runs in the first round of the competition. “I had a lot of fun watch ing the games we got to see,” Grace said. “I didn’t hit as many as I wish I did.”

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COURTESY PHOTO During her visit to Williamsport to compete in the Little League World Series, Grace Boekenoogen, right, met Jennie Finch who was a member of the gold-medal-winning Olym pic softball team.

Marysville Pilchuck quarterback Luke Shoemaker hands off to Kenai Sinaphet during a scrimmage Aug. 26 at Quil Ceda Stadium. Photo by Nathan Whalen.

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Davis, who competed last school year at the state wrestling tournament, said he worked hard in the off-season. Prior to the high school football team scrimmage youth teams took to the field for scrimmage. “We’re really trying to make it a fo cus in being involved in the commu nity and support the kids in the com munity,” Schwetz said. The scrimmage took place one week before the start of the football season.Marysville Pilchuck starts its season with a home game Sept. 2 at Quil Ceda Stadium against Edmonds-Woodway. Game time is 7 p.m. “We’re just going to have some fun,” SchwetzMarysvillesaid.

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The varsity and junior varsity foot ball players donned their uniforms and held a scrimmage Aug. 26 at Quil Ceda Stadium in front of a crowd of around 100 people.

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WATERING: While many plants will “survive” our dry summers all on their own, they will look a whole lot happier and healthier if we give them a nice little drink now and then. Specifically, trees and shrubs that are not cur rently getting water from lawn or flower bed sprin klers will show a whole new lease on life if we give them even one heavy soak ing this time of year. Soak er hoses or drip lines will work best as they typically apply one gallon of water per hour, so leave them on for several hours (or even 24 hours) to get 18 to 24 inches penetration.

PLANT LATE BLOOM ING PERENNIALS: If your garden has finished blooming for the season, you really need to visit the garden center to discover the many options available. Perennials planted now will get established before the winter and take off like a rocket come springtime. This is also a good time to divide any bloomed-out perennials, if you want to spread them around the garden or share them with friends. Don’t forget that any time you plant, always work into the soil some compost and fertilizer.

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ERS:CONTAIN Keep feed ing them with a soluble fertilizer, like Sea-Gro, but plan on changing their plants out in the next 4 to 6 weeks.

BULBS: As crazy as it might sound, this is the month that spring-bloom ing bulbs arrive at the gar den center. Tulips, daffo dils, crocus, hyacinths, and many other minor peren nial bulbs are all available to plant now. Buy them as soon as you see them for the best selection, but wait until it cools down to plant them.

DEADHEADING: For a tidy yard and some re peat blooms, deadhead all flowering plants like roses, annuals, and perennials. If you prefer the wild look, let your plants set some seeds for the birds to feast on during the winter and a few new seedlings in the spring.

n WHISTLING GARDENER A few tips to get the most out of late summer

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LAWNS: Don’t wait for Mother Nature to resur rect your lawn. Help the process along with some supplemental water and a bit of food. September is the perfect month to aer ate, dethatch, reseed or start all over. Working on your lawn now will make a huge difference come springtime.

VEGGIES: As you har vest your summer veggies, work some more compost and fertilizer into the soil before replanting with some fall crops. The Bo tanical Interest Seeds com pany offers 10 varieties of veggies that will mature from seed within 60 days, which is plenty of time for us northwest gardeners. You can also plant trans plants, which speeds the process up a bit too. If you are not going to plant a fall garden, then at least spread a layer of compost over the soil to keep the weeds down.

As we wrap up the end of Au gust, we should for the most part be able to sim ply sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor. Yes, there are still beans to pick, cucumbers to pickle, zuc chini to put on the neigh bor’s front porch when they are at work, flowers to har vest for dining room bou quets and, of course, wa tering. But certainly there is not the intensity of gar dening chores that we face in the spring of the year. That being said, there are a few tasks that will go a long way in improving our gar dens immediately and far into the future. Here are a few things that come to mind.

DISEASES AND IN SECTS: Mildew is inevi table in the fall, but you can delay it with a couple of preventative sprays - if ap plied in the next couple of weeks. Controlling insects now, like Azalea lace bugs and slugs, will keep their populations down come spring.Hopefully these few tasks do not feel over whelming, but instead leave you feeling empow ered to accomplish them in the next few weeks, thus keeping the magic going in your garden and helping you to continue to enjoy this sport we call “garden ing”. It’s good for the body, mind, and soul!

Steve Smith repre sents Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville and can be reached at ery@msn.com.sunnysidenurs

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