October 5, 2022 North County Outlook

Tulalip remembers tragedy of Native boarding schools

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Tulalip community members gathered to re member the tragedy of the residential boarding schools on Sept. 30.

The day is also known as ‘Orange Shirt Day’ and is a day of recognition meant to acknowledge the harm caused by Native boarding schools.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries there were hundreds of boarding schools in the U.S. that Na tive children were forced to attend.

“Imagine being told ev erything about you and what you do is wrong. How long your hair is isn’t right,” said Faith Valencia, chair woman of the Tulalip Youth Council, during Tulalip

MSD engages locals at community building circle

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Community members have begun to get together with Marysville School Dis trict staff to engage in ‘com munity building circles.’

The first community building circle was held at Shoultes Elementary on Sept. 29 and three more will

be held in October.

They are meant to pro vide a place where partici pants can talk about what they like about the school community, and issues that are on their mind as well.

Officials hope it allows parents and staff members

Local candidates speak at forum

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Candidates for county prosecuting at torney, state representative and state sena tor discussed themselves and policy during a recent candidate forum on Sept. 30.

The Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce hosted candidates for county prosecuting attorney, and for 38th Legisla tive District seats, which covers Marysville, Tulalip and parts of Everett.

Many races will be decided at the state and federal level during the Nov. 8 general election.

Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney

The county prosecuting attorney’s office is responsible for prosecuting felonies and misdemeanors that are referred to its court.

Democrat Jason Cummings will face Republican Brett Rogers to fill the position that is currently being held by Adam Cor nell.

Cummings has spent the last 24 years in the prosecuting attorney’s office.

He said the office prioritizes the prose cution of the most serious crimes, including violent crimes, homicides, crimes against children and sex crimes.

“When we get down to other crimes, if we don’t have those resources it’s regrettable that they’re going to sit on the back burner,” he said. “The resources at the prosecutor’s office are thin, and we’ll continue to fight hard for them.”

Cummings noted that the judge ulti

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Tulalip community members take part in traditional singing and drumming during an event to remember the abuses of Native boarding schools on Sept. 30.

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Candidates for the 38th Legislative District Pos. 1 seat, Democrat Julio Cortes, left, and Re publican Gary Kemp talk during a candidate forum from the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 30.

PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON Marysville graduate Austin Ha, right, talks with Lori Knud son, Marysville School District executive director of elemen tary education, during one of the district’s community build ing circles on Sept. 29.

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“Indian boarding schools were founded to

of life."

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Children often received physical abuse and/or ne glect at the schools. Esti mates of the number of chil dren that died goes as high as 40,000.

“Basically, every school had a cemetery,” said Faith Valencia.

A full investigation of the schools has yet to be done.

“Not all of our children have been found yet,” said Arielle Valencia, seventh grade representative on the Tulalip Youth Council. “We are part of the one of the biggest genocides in his tory, yet it is not spoken of."

For many Tulalip of ficials, the history of the boarding schools is some thing their families have had direct experience with.

Tulalip Tribal board member Debbie Posey

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said her grandmother lost her brother at a boarding school.

“When my grandmother got on the tribal council in 1936 she would talk about how they would pool their money and their change so that they could write letters to Washington D.C. asking for help for our people,” said Posey. “We’ve come so far and we’re so grateful."

Tulalip Tribal Chair woman Teri Gobin ad dressed the Tulalip commu nity during the event.

“Every one of you has ancestors that were involved with or actually lived in one of the boarding schools,” she said.

Gobin has listened to stories from Tulalip elders about the abuses of the boarding school system.

“Can you imagine today what it would be like to have someone come and take your kid away,” said Gobin. “It breaks your heart to see what they went through."

Collected photos and

to attend.

an opportunity to share their stories and perspectives.

“I think the first event went fan tastic,” said Zachary Robbins, super intendent of the Marysville School District. “I’m very happy that all these wonderful people came out to partici pate in our community building circle because together community becomes stronger."

The community building circles are meant to provide an environment where discussions can happen in a safe and supportive place.

There are three more community building circle events scheduled and parents, guardians and staff are invited

documents were on display at the Tulalip Gathering Hall during their event.

“They should not be for gotten, and I’m so glad that people are here today and seeing these pictures and what they went through,” said Gobin.

Kyla Fryberg, Chair woman of the Jr. Council, said many survivors and family of survivors are still a part of Native communities.

The next event will be held at Cedar crest Middle School at 6400 88th St. NE, Marysville, on Oct. 6 at 8 a.m.

Another circle that same day will be at Allen Creek Elementary School at 6505 60th Dr. NE, Marysville, at 4 p.m.

Finally, an event at Marysville Pil chuck High School at 5611 108th St. NE, Marysville. is on Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m.

The Shoultes Elementary event ranged in discussion from how to en courage parents to volunteer more, to the need to highlight and celebrate the diversity that currently exists in Marys ville schools.

Community members said they liked the opportunity for open discussion.

“I think they are helpful. When people come and speak, have some thing to say and are open minded,

“Our survivors today still deal with family struggles with depression, suicide, substance abuse, trust issues and many more things,” she said.

Fryberg was appreciative of the dedication of those who continued to keep tra ditions alive even through the boarding school system.

“We’re very thankful for them for keeping our cul ture alive,” she said.

then I think these are good,” said par ticipant and Marysville teacher Mad eleine Krell.

Marysville graduate Austin Ha also said the event was a good way to bring together community members.

“I appreciate that it brings the com munity into the schools, and I think that it provides a lot more direct trans parency between the community and the district and I really appreciate that,” he said.

The event was started by the district as a means to bring people together.

“We wanted to start the community building circles so that we could give ourselves and the community an op portunity to just talk and understand what the community needs to do to improve itself,” said Robbins. “We want to bring people together."

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Tulalip community members take part in traditional singing and drumming during an event to remember the abuses of Native boarding schools on Sept. 30.

Eviation holds first test flight for electric plane

The local company hopes to bring a passenger electric plane to market before the end of the decade

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

An electric-based air plane, from Arlington busi ness Eviation, took to the air for the first time on Sept. 27.

The plane, named Alice, has the potential to carry nine passengers.

“The mood at Eviation today is electric,” said Greg ory Davis, Eviation presi dent and interim CEO. “It’s been a hectic morning, in a good way."

It is likely the first time an electric airplane has been flown and was able to go 149 knots at a height of 3,500 feet.

“We were able to witness history in the making,” said Davis.

The test flight, from Washington’s Grant County International Airport, went well, although Davis said of ficials have to analyze all of the data that came out of the eight-minute flight.

“The best thing for a first flight is no surprises, and in that regard it was a good test,” he said. “We’ve accu mulated literally terabytes of data monitoring hun dreds of parameters.”

The test flight was for in ternal examinations of how the technology is working.

“The point is to validate our technology,” said Davis.

The Eviation model is still likely far away from be ing manufactured and deliv ered to become a passenger and cargo plane available for customers.

Davis said they are hop ing to begin delivery of the first planes by 2027, although there are a lot of variables that could move that dead line further into the future.

The plane would still need to pass FAA certifica tion, something the compa ny hopes to begin the pro cess of in the next couple of years.

“Instead of our determi nation of what we need … it is about going through the certification process with the FAA for the model that is going to go under pro duction,” said Davis.

Those tests require hun dreds of hours of flight time with data recording as well.

The biggest unknown for the company right now is

how battery technology will advance in the coming years.

“We need the battery technology to mature for this aircraft to be satisfac tory for our market needs,” said Davis.

Their current timelines are a projection that as sumes batteries will contin ue to improve in the coming years, but Davis said that is not a certainty.

“We really do need the industry to boost the en ergy density at the cell level or the unit level,” said Davis.

“The indications are that the market is driving that technology,” and that there are potential advancements being made currently, he added.

For electric airplanes to be viable, a lot of charging infrastructure would have to be built.

“We are working with in dustry partners to see how we can get ground-based infrastructure for charging,”

said Davis. “It’s a much dif ferent challenge from figur ing how to electrify a road network."

In some ways, it is eas ier, he said, because there is only a limited number

of airports in the country compared with road net works which span a much greater area of the land.

The local company said they are planning to retain their base of operations in

Arlington.

“Right now we are ab solutely looking at main taining Snohomish and Ar lington in our development phase,” said Davis.

As the company begins

to move toward production they are also considering the county for their other needs.

“We’re still looking in the area for our manufacturing center,” said Davis.

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An electric-based airplane from Arlington business Eviation takes flight on Sept. 27.

Mental health pilot program completes first year in Arlington

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

People in Arlington ex periencing a mental health crisis have had more sup port over the last year thanks to the Mobile Inte grated Health Program.

The program is from the Center for Justice So cial Work, an organization based in Arlington that advocates for increased access to mental health re sources.

Social workers from the organization respond to referrals from emergency services during situations likely caused by mental health issues.

The program started in September 2021 and is funded for another year after that as a pilot from the state legislature with a $750,000 allocation.

Kaitlyn Goubeau, CEO for the Center for Justice Social Work, said the pro gram has helped a lot of people in the community in its first year.

She gave the example of one individual who has re ceived support to improve their life.

“We had a referral for incidents from a young adult … they had recently had a psychotic break,” said Goubeau.

This individual had pos sible symptoms since child hood but this was the first time they became severe, and they had a substance use disorder.

“That is very difficult for someone to manage on their own,” said Goubeau, and family members can be equally ill-equipped to support loved ones.

“This individual had called 911 multiple times a day,” said Goubeau. Some times that could be more than 10 times in a day, tak ing up emergency response resources.

The program collabo rated with family members and law enforcement about the types of support needed and helped better connect the individual with their psychological provider.

Eventually, they were able to get into a treat ment program for their substance use disorder as well.

“We’re really bringing the village around this person to help them,” said Goubeau. “Now they are stable on medication and they are no longer using substances."

During the program’s first year they have served almost 200 clients and pro vided nearly 2,000 services of de-escalation, crisis in tervention and/or brief therapeutic intervention.

“The first year went re ally well,” said Goubeau. “We did a lot of the upfront work to build the processes so that we can collaborate with our partners."

The work is separate from police and emergen

cy responders, but those agencies are often involved in identifying community members who could be helped.

They have also been get ting the word out that their services are voluntary.

“We’re not an exten sion of police or other first responders,” so individu als are not required to use the program if they do not want to, said Goubeau.

She has been happy with the results so far which have decreased the number of people put into local jails for mental health crises.

“We want to get to the problem before it becomes a criminal issue,” said Gou beau.

The Center for Justice Social Work said there has been a 90 percent decrease in client transport to local jails and a 58.5 percent de crease in client transports to local hospitals.

One of the major advan tages of the program has also been social workers' ability to work with fami lies compared to mental health services provided by health insurance.

“With health insurance, they’re really providing ser vices to that one individual so that is who they have to focus their attention on,” said Goubeau. “We have the funding where we don’t have to rely on health in surance funds."

Partnering with fam ily members to help has helped the program’s cli ents to have more direct support.

“Over the next year we really want to continue the services we’ve been provid ing,” said Goubeau.

They are continuing to work with police and first responders to find the best ways to find individuals who could be helped.

“We want to build that rapport so we can continue to see what we can accom plish,” said Goubeau.

The pilot program is funded for the next year but Goubeau hopes that it can spread to more juris dictions after that.

“We want to share what we’ve learned at the legisla tive level,” she said. “Hope fully other communities can have some of these same kind of services.”

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Work continues on future of Smokey Point Blvd.

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

The city of Arlington contin ues to work on designing the fu ture of Smokey Point Boulevard into what they hope will be a neighborhood street.

Arlington received a grant from the Puget Sound Regional Council for about $959,000 to design what the road will be de signed toward.

“We applied for this grant several years ago,” said Jim Kelly, public works director with the city of Arlington.

The grant was awarded in 2021.

“Over the past nine months we have been working with the community having outreach meetings,” said Kelly.

The Arlington City Council heard the latest updates during their Sept. 26 work session as members of design firm Perteet presented their proposed plans for the corridor.

As Arlington and the Smokey Point area continue to grow, the Smokey Point Boulevard corri dor could see a lot of growth in the coming decade.

“We want to foster the neigh borhood and support the growth that is going to be coming in

there,” said Dan Hansen, Perteet director and senior project man ager.

He noted that cities have to plan for new growth per state regulations.

“There are 7,000 new residents that are going to be moving to the Arlington area and they have to move somewhere,” he said.

The current road was built in the 1930s.

“It was really not intended to be a neighborhood street or an arterial for a city,” said Hansen, but that is what will likely be needed by the city.

Community outreach con ducted by Perteet included an online survey that saw about 280 responses.

“People voiced that there were a lack of pedestrian facilities and bicycle facilities,” said Hansen.

Traffic and safety were also big concerns.

“They’re frustrated with traf fic in the area in general, not just on the Smokey Point Boulevard,” said Hansen. “People felt unsafe driving down the corridor."

Medians filled with plants, roundabouts and increased pe destrian options are among the proposals in the new plan for the road.

Roundabouts are proposed for

174th Street, 180th Street, 183rd Place and 188th Street.

“By putting a roundabout in we can increase the level of ser vice at those intersections,” said Hansen.

In addition to improvements on Smokey Point Boulevard, new east-west routes would need to be added to connect it to Airport Boulevard.

“This would help distribute traffic throughout the area,” said Hansen.

Airport Boulevard would largely be meant more for traffic coming into and out of manufac turing areas.

“We want the Smokey Point Boulevard to be more of a resi dential/neighborhood route,” said Hansen.

Pull out areas and other infra structure for public transit is also proposed for the area.

“We went in and also focused on the bus stops,” said Jim How ard of HBB Seattle. “At those lo cations we try to create pedestri an spaces, knowing that is an area where pedestrians will gather."

The Arlington City Council are scheduled to make a final decision about whether to adopt the plan as proposed during their Oct. 3 meeting.

If approved, another round of

The city of Arlington has been designing a plan for the Smokey Point Bou levard area.

community outreach and design work will focus on specific details of the plan.

“We’ll be going to the com munity with another round this fall. The intent of that is to get in put on urban design features that people would like to see in the area,” said Hansen.

After design is complete the

city would need to begin looking for funding options, likely from state and federal sources.

“The future projects will be phased in. There’s no way the city can build two miles of arterial at once,” said Hansen.

“So we’ll be tackling this on an intersection by intersection ba sis,” he added.

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Pumpkin Trials Quest scavenger hunt returns

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Local families can follow the clues to locate pumpkins through the Ebey Waterfront Trail as part of this year’s Pumpkin Trails Quest.

This is the second year the city is hosting this October scavenger hunt, which will be available from Oct. 1 to 31.

Cost of entry is $5 for one group or family.

“We did the Pumpkin Trails Quest last year where families could go on a couple of different trails in the city and look for our photos of pumpkins,” said Jennifer Friess, athletic supervisor for the city of Marysville’s Parks, Culture and Recreation Department.

This year’s event will have pho

tos just along the Ebey Waterfront Trail though.

“It went really well last year. People liked discovering new trails,” said Friess. “The feedback we got was that they were hop ing for a longer trail that could be done just once and back."

The same pumpkin photos from last year will be placed along the Ebey Waterfront Trail. Clues will give hints as to the costume that is being worn by one of the pumpkins, which families can look for and identify along the trail.

Groups that complete the scav enger hunt can win prizes again this year.

“You can submit the photos of your group finding the pumpkins and then be entered into a prize drawing,” said Friess.

Those that head out onto the

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trail in their Halloween costume get an additional entry as well.

The event is meant to help peo ple get out and enjoy nature before the weather becomes too cold.

It also helps local families learn about some of the trail opportuni ties around the city.

“Ebey Waterfront Trail is a beautiful location along the Ebey Slough,” said Friess.

The trail runs along the slough and the Qwuloolt Estuary that has been in the process of being re stored for several years now by the Tulalip Tribes.

“There is a lot of nature and you hear the sound of birds con stantly,” said Friess.

The city’s scavenger hunt ac tivities began during COVID to provide a socially distanced activ ity but have proven popular with

The Pumpkin Trails Quest scavenger hunt returns in October

families and groups.

“People were really happy to do a low-cost activity with their fam ily,” said Friess.

Even as pandemic precautions have been dropped, some families still enjoy the solitary activities.

“It has been really good for

families who are not always com fortable at our big events,” said Friess.

“My kid, for example, has sen sory issues that can make it hard to be in crowds,” she added.

Sign ups for the activity is avail able at marysvillewa.gov.

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Premier Martial Arts opens in Marysville

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

A new option for com munity members to learn martial arts and self-disci pline is available as Premier Martial Arts held their rib bon cutting on Sept. 29.

The business has been open since August at 6618 64th St. NE Suite A, Marys ville.

“Premier Martial Arts offers a blended style of martial arts,” said Tim Elli sor, franchise owner for the location.

The lessons feature a mix of karate, Krav Maga and Taekwondo, he said.

The business primar ily teaches children with lessons for those ages 5 to 7, and those ages 8 to 12. There are also classes of fered for teens and adults as well.

Ellisor hopes to help lo cal kids.

“We’re helping kids just be able to be more focused, more self-disciplined and confident,” he said.

The business has already have had positive feedback from parents.

“One mother has al ready seen growth in her boys. One has grown a lot in confidence and she is attributing what he’s done here for that,” said Ellisor.

“The other boy is just re ally motivated about learn

ing martial arts and he has surprised his parents about that level of motivation,” he added.

The lessons also focus on more than martial arts techniques, and include lessons to build on becom ing better people.

“Every month there is a different theme. For September the theme was anger management,” said Ellisor.

Students bring home a homework sheet each month focused on the dif ferent areas.

“There’s topics around honesty, integrity and re spect,” said Ellisor.

The new business opened in August.

“We’ve got 81 members who have signed up so far and are participating in classes,” said Ellisor.

The franchise has been around for about 20 years, although they have been largely opened in other ar eas of the country.

The Marysville location was the first to open in Washington state, although a couple of other locations are scheduled to be open soon.

Ellisor, who retired last year from the oil and gas industry, said he was look ing to start a small business and became aware of the opportunity with Premier

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Martial Arts.

“I fell in love with the idea of being able to help parents and kids,” he said.

Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring welcomed the new business to the city.

“We’re thrilled to wel come you to the Marys ville community,” he said.

“What a great asset for Marysville to have you choose this as your home.”

Ellisor said he has en joyed his time working with local families so far.

“With all the parents and kids I’ve met so far, I’m really honored and excited to continue to work with them,” he said.

More information about the new martial arts busi ness is available by email ing info@pmamarysville. com.

Bring your questions!

The city bring coffee and light refreshments.

Mayor Jon Nehring in vites you to join him for his next Coffee Klatch on Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Marysville City Hall, 1049 State Ave. This is an excellent opportunity for residents to hear about what’s new at the city and ask questions in an informal setting.

For those who prefer to join from work or home, the meeting will take place si multaneously on Facebook Live. If you plan to par ticipate virtually, follow the city of Marysville Facebook page (@MarysvilleWash ington) to set a reminder.

Mayor Nehring holds informal Coffee Klatch ses sions several times a year. City staff are also on hand to help answer your questions.

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Whether you’re celebrating a wedding, baby’s first birthday, or a milestone 75+ birthday, share your joy with our readers!

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Tim Ellisor, owner of Marysville’s Premier Martial Arts location, left, and Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring cut the ribbon to the business on Sept. 29.

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Chatter and I are at a dinosaur dig. We’re visiting a paleontologist, a person who studies prehistoric life (from a time before things were written down and recorded). She tries to figure out what the earth and animals were like and how animals lived long, long ago.

How is this done? People look for, dig up and study fossils. Fossils are bones, footprints or other traces of animals and plants in rocks or in the ground that have been under

lot of pressure for long periods of time. One scientist, Sir Richard Owen,

word “dinosaur”

name the giant animals that were alive during the Mesozoic

Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous

the clues to learn about each dinosaur.

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1. Spinosaurus – was the largest meat-eating dinosaur (about three times larger than the T. Rex!); had large “fan” of __________ on its back

2. Stegosaurus – bony plates stuck out of its back; had a __________ tail

3. Archaeopteryx – name means “__________ bird;” oldest bird discovered

4. Velociraptor – only about 2 feet tall; middle __________ is large and sharp

5. Pteranodon – not truly a dinosaur, __________ lizard with 25-foot wingspan

6. Deinonychus – name means “__________ claw;” up to 5-inch long claw

7. Ankylosaurus – four-ton dino was almost 35 feet long; its back was covered with __________ plates; its tail could smash things with 43,000 pounds of force

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8. Parasaurolophus – amazing sense of __________ helped this dino notice sounds of predators from miles away; made a loud foghorn-like noise to warn its family of danger

9. Tyrannosaurus Rex – best-known dinosaur; its bite was 15 times stronger than an __________

10. Triceratops – one of largest __________ dinosaurs; has three on its head

11. Sinornithosaurus – this dino’s name means “Chinese bird lizard”; was only the size of a __________

12. Sauroposeidon – largest dinosaur; 60 feet tall; 100 feet long; one neck __________ is 4 feet long.

During the 1800’s there was a lot of competition between two fossil huntersOthniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. They spent all their money trying to outdo each other. A dinosaur skeleton that Marsh found was put up in museums and labeled. Later, people found out that it had the body of a young Apatosaurus and the head of a completely different dinosaur called Camarasaurus

Follow the dots to see this dinosaur.

Many people see this “flying lizard,” the Pteranodon, in a movie or in a dinosaur book and think it was a dinosaur, but it was not!

The mistake was discovered only after this dinosaur had become a favorite. Fill in the missing letters to spell its name:

Fill in the blanks with “T” or “R” to spell these dinos’ names:

Bonus: If you know this one you are beyond smart!

Break out your crayons or markers and color in these dinosaurs to make them look the way you think they may have looked.

Cities honored for economic development

The International Eco nomic Development Coun cil recently recognized the cities of Arlington and Marysville with a 2022 Ex cellence Award for exem plary multi-year economic strategy that led to the cre ation of the Cascade Indus trial Center.

“The communities se lected exemplify the in genuity, leadership, and determination needed to meet today’s economic challenges,” IEDC President and CEO Nathan Ohle said. “The winners of IEDC’s Ex

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cellence in Economic De velopment awards represent the best of economic devel opment and demonstrate the level of leadership that our profession strives for every day.”

IEDC, the largest non profit professional associa tion for professional eco nomic developers in the world, presented the award on Sept. 20 in Oklahoma City, OK. IEDC received more than 500 submis sions from the United States and four other countries. Awards were judged by a

regionally diverse panel of economic and community developers.

“Through this multiyear economic development strategy, we’ve seen new jobs and industries spring up. Investment into these major facilities requires lo cal government to possess a clear and collaborative vi sion creating stable and pre dictable growth,” Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring said.

“It is gratifying to see the fruits of our labors translat ed into a stronger future for families and a place where

generations of our commu nity can prosper,” Arling ton Mayor Barbara Tolbert added.

The regionally designat ed Cascade Industrial Cen ter (CIC) is located adjacent to Interstate 5 and several state highways with ready access to BNSF railroad, the international deep-water seaport at Port of Ever ett, and the Arlington and Paine Field airports.

The project was initially conceived starting with the Arlington-Marysville Man ufacturing Industrial Cen

ter Study in 2016. In 2019, the Puget Sound Regional Council of Governments (PSRC) granted the CIC designation as an employ ment area with intensive, concentrated manufactur ing and industrial land uses not easily mixed with other uses. At that time, 1,762 of CIC’s 4,019 acres had ca pacity for additional devel opment.

In the last three years, the CIC has outperformed anticipated growth targets by attracting $1.12 billion in private investment and

2,400 jobs representing 40 companies within its bor ders shared by Arlington and Marysville.

Continued intense growth is expected in the CIC, which provides a unique opportunity in the Puget Sound region im pacted by unprecedented industrial activity and in the U.S. industrial market.

Just within the Marysville section of the CIC, investors are planning to build more than 8 million square foot of industrial space for new projects.

mately makes decisions on sen tencing and bail.

“You have to have credibility by not asking for the top or highest at all times,” so that when you do ask for severe penalties they are more likely to be granted, he said.

The legal profession often needs more equity and representation, he said.

“If we identify an area where there is a disproportionate impact, that becomes a point where we start asking questions,” he said. “Then we start thinking, how should we be allocating our resources to make a change?”

Rogers has a career in law en forcement and became a practicing attorney in 2008 with a small solo law firm.

He said his law enforcement management experience has helped prepare him for the role.

“This is very much a managerial role,” he said.

Factors such as race should not be considered when sentencing, said Rogers.

“There’s a real danger if we stop paying attention to what types of crimes are being committed and who is committing them,” he said. “In our charging decisions we will not take into account any personal factors.”

The prosecuting attorney’s of fice would seek high bail and high sentences under Rogers, he said.

“We will request bail more fre quently and higher amounts of bail, as long as that bail is reason able,” he said. “Unless there is a de monstrable reason for leniency, we will seek the high end of the sen tencing range.”

He agreed that difficult deci sions have to be made in who to prosecute but said that repeat of fenders should be prioritized more.

38th LD Senator

Incumbent Democrat June Robinson will face Republican Bernard Moody for the senate seat in the 38th Legislative District this November.

Moody has had a long career in the Marine Corps and working in prisons.

“I have been in the field of law enforcement, specifically the side of corrections, for almost 34 years,” he said.

Moody said he faced a lot of dis crimination as a Black child.

“I remember having to sit on the back of the bus when I was a kid. So

I have a perspective that very few probably have,” he said. “We have established a lot of effort to bring up minorities and I believe we could do it better still by empowering some educational opportunities.”

Moody also hopes to increase bipartisanship in the legislature.

“The current state of our poli tics is deplorable. We have so much lack of bipartisanship that people are not even agreeing to disagree,” he said.

Robinson has served the past nine years in the state legislature.

“I’ve forged very positive rela tionships on both sides of the aisle,” she said.

She pointed to the state paid family medical leave program passed in 2017, during a time when Republicans controlled the State Senate while Democrats controlled the State House, as an example of collaboration.

“We had the most amazing ne gotiations between workers, em ployers, employees, Democrats and Republicans,” she said.

When helping shape the budget, she said its important legislators work with a lens toward equity.

“We have to make sure that we’re really examining investments that we’re making in the state and that they do reach out and affect our communities of color. We re ally want to make sure that people are not left out through the budget

ing process,” she said. 38th LD Pos. 1 Representative Republican Gary Kemp and Democrat Julio Cortes are running for the 38th LD Pos. 1 Representa tive seat that is currently being held by Emily Wicks, who did not opt to run again this year.

Kemp said he has long been a union member.

“I’ve worked labor jobs all my life. I’m a union electrician with 19 years of experience. During this time I served as a union business representative,” he said.

In his community, he said he is an active volunteer.

“My top three priorities are public safety, the economy, and public schools and our education,” said Kemp.

He believes the Washington state legislature needs more bal ance between the Democrats and the Republicans.

“We’ve had a one-party system in place for some time, but we need to have a balance between the two,” said Kemp. “They’re tired of the people that are too far right and that are too far left."

Cortes immigrated with fam ily from Mexico when he was fiveyears-old.

“My entire professional career has been dedicated to public ser vice,” said Cortes, who has been previously employed at local nonprofit organization Cocoon House

which supports homeless youth.

Currently he works for the city of Everett and serves as their small/ medium business liaison.

During the pandemic he said he learned a lot about the needs of smallbusiness owners, especially those from marginalized communities.

“When I visited the BIPOC [Black, Indigenous and People of Color] business owners or those who spoke English as a second language, they weren’t getting the same information about relief,” he said, and added that more effort needs to be made to connect with them.

38th LD Pos. 2 Representative Democrat Mary Fosse will run against Republican Mark James for the 38th LD Pos. 2 Representative seat, which was previously held by Mike Sells who is retiring from of fice after nine terms.

Fosse is an Everett City Coun cil member and has also served on committees for Everett Public Schools and the Puget Sound Re gional Council.

“What gives me a valuable per spective is that I grew up in a disad vantaged background, growing up in poverty,” said Fosse.

During her work as a commu nity advocate, Fosse said she has learned to work with people with different politics to get things ac complished.

She was involved in a grass

roots campaign to help clean up contaminated soil near residencies in north Everett which eventually secured $5.5 from the state legis lature.

“That was something that was started by someone who had a very different ideology than I did, but we were able to work together to find something to improve all the lives of our neighbors,” said Fosse.

James is a Marysville City Council member and a local busi ness owner.

“I love being involved in my community through Rotary Club, volunteering at the food bank and the Salvation Army,” said James.

He said one of his top priorities will be policing.

“I support common sense leg islation that will give our police officers the tools they need,” said James.

Supporting the economy is also another one of James’ priorities.

“We can relieve some of the anxiety we are feeling through stra tegic tax relief,” he said. “My plat form is founded on the principles of responsibility, accountability and consequences.”

James said the legislature needs to keep different political perspec tives in mind to create balanced legislation.

“We both need to keep in mind that neither party has a monopoly on the truth,” he said.

Marysville's new Civic Center offers one-stop customer service

With construction work wrapping up on the new Civic Center, the City Council and I are looking forward to its full pub lic opening in the next few weeks. This modern, efficient structure will make it easy to access the city’s public-facing cus tomer service functions in one convenient loca tion. Whether you want to pay your water bill, get a building permit, attend a City Council meeting or learn how to start a Neigh borhood Watch program, you’ll be able to do it all at the Civic Center.

City Police, Jail and Mu nicipal Court moved into and began working from the building’s north end over the summer. We are grateful to Marysville vot ers for approving a Crimi nal Justice tax in 2018 that funded the public safety portion of the Civic Center.

Unfortunately, the city has not been exempt from construction problems ex perienced throughout the region, including product shortages, supply chain is sues and worker shortages.

Because of this, construc tion has taken a bit longer than planned, and we are grateful to see an end in sight. We appreciate the work of city project man ager Bryan Milligan and our contractor, Lydig Con struction, to successfully navigate these challenges.

Construction crews are now putting the finishing

touches on the south half of the building that will house City Hall, City Council chambers, Community Development and Public Works Engineering offices. We anticipate moving these functions upon receiving a certificate of occupancy later this month or in early November.

Meanwhile, work is underway next door at Comeford Park with the construction of new rest rooms, a new public plaza space, an amphitheater, and pathways with im proved lighting.

It’s important to know that funding for the bal ance of the Civic Center project comes largely from the anticipated sale of cur rent buildings and from ongoing cost savings real ized through consolidation and energy efficiencies. The city’s monthly payments, similar to a mortgage, are roughly the same as they were in the past while we will realize greater efficien cies and a more valuable public asset.

The former Municipal

Court building is undergo ing a light remodel to be come the new Community Center in early 2023. We look forward to opening this larger location to bet ter serve our youth, adult and senior programming needs. Similarly, the for mer Public Safety Building on Grove Street will house the Marysville Fire District administrative offices. The current City Hall will be up for sale.

When you drive north on I-5, it’s easy to spot the new Civic Center with its large landscape mural de signed by local artist Jack Gunter. Together with its adjacent public plaza and Comeford Park upgrades, the Civic Center is an at tractive new landmark in Marysville’s downtown core. This supports the city’s long-term vision for downtown and waterfront redevelopment outlined in the Downtown Master Plan that was updated last year.

You’re invited to come see the new Civic Center space on Thursday, Oct. 27, when Marysville Police and city staff are hosting a Hal loween Drive-Thru Trickor-Treat from 1 to 5 p.m. on Delta Avenue between 5th and 6th streets. I hope to see you there!

Jon Nehring has been Mayor of Marysville since 2010. You can reach him at 360-363-8000 or jnehring@ marysvillewa.gov.

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RAVE: Thank you to the Tulalip Tribes and all of the community members who gathered for Orange Shirt Day to recog nize and acknowledge the significant harm caused by the Native boarding schools. It is a part of our history that none of us should forget.

RAVE: Thank you to the Marysville School District for bringing community members and district staff together in the district's community building circles held

last week. It's a great way for local parents to express their concerns and talk about the things they like about the schools. Hopefully the dialogue will help the dis trict better serve the students and the com munity.

RAVE: Congratulations to Arlington business Eviation for the successful first flight of their all-electric airplane on Sept. 27. It's great to see the future of aviation being made.

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Stilly Cup heads to Stanwood

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com

After 13 years, the Stilly Cup has a new home.

In front of a full house at John Larson Stadium, Stanwood topped Arling ton 37-6 in a Wesco North matchup.

“They’re a really good team,” Arlington coach Greg Dailer said of Stan wood after the game. “We didn’t play well on offense.”

Stanwood started the game with the ball and drove to Arlington’s 14-yard-line before kick ing a field goal with about 7:13 remaining in the first quarter.

After an Arlington fum ble, Stanwood drove down the field and punched it in from 1 yard out with about 2:21 remaining in the first quarter. After the pointafter failed, Stanwood was on top 9-0.

Stanwood’s Ryder Bumgarner scored the first of his two touchdowns on a 35-yard run at the start

of the second quarter, put ting the Spartans up 16-0.

Stanwood scored its third touchdown of the game with 2:51 remaining in the second quarter.

Arlington’s offense moved the ball near the end of the first half to Stan wood’s 15-yard line. How ever, the Spartans' defense held, and Arlington turned the ball over on downs. Stanwood went into the half leading 23-0.

The Eagles started the second half with the ball, but an interception stopped that drive. Due to penalties and a bad snap, the Spar tans had to punt the ball back to the Eagles.

Arlington eventually scored when quarterback Leyton Martin threw a 21-yard pass to Jake Willis with about 5:47 remaining in the third quarter. After the point after touchdown failed, Stanwood was still leading 23-6.

The fourth quarter saw Stanwood add two more touchdowns – including a

second one from Bumgarner

The Sept. 30 matchup marked the second start for Martin, a sophomore, at quarterback. Dailer said Martin is doing a great job at the position since he be came starter.

“It’s about getting the best 11 on the field,” Dai ler said. Arlington has a younger team after gradu ating 22 seniors from the 2021 squad.

Stanwood's victory has the Spartans at the top of the Wesco North with a league record of 4-0, followed by Ferndale which is also un defeated in the league at 3-0, with Arlington and Marys ville Pilchuck tied for third

place at 2-2, followed by Getchell at 1-2.

Arlington travels to Marysville Pilchuck Friday, Oct. 7. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.

Thousands run at Twilight Invitational

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com

Approximately 3,500 athletes from 90 schools descended upon Ce darcrest Golf Course in Marysville to compete in the first of two large crosscountry invitationals that take place in October.

The Twilight Invita tional, which gives runners a chance to race under the lights, took place Oct. 1.

Randall Edens, coach at Marysville Getchell who organized the Twilight In vitational, said schools use the race as a barometer of where their teams are at this juncture of the season.

The Twilight Invitational, which takes place at a golf course replicates condi tions runners would expect at the state meet, which takes place at Sun Willows Golf Course in Yakima.

He said half of the schools at Twilight are smaller and the other half are larger. “It’s a good bal ance. It highlights different kids, Edens said.”

The final race, a 2K, gives the runners who are wearing costumes, one fi nal time at the start line and a chance to race in the evening under eight illu minated archways near the end of the course, Edens said.

“It’s craziness personi fied,” he joked, adding the

runners bring a lot of en ergy at the start of the race before they realize they raced earlier in the day.

For the larger schools, Jesuit, from Portland, won both the boys and girls 5K races. For smaller schools, Squalicum won the boys 5K race and Anacortes won the girls 5K race.

For Marysville Getch ell, Edens said the boys struggled a bit after a tough showing at the Bob Fir man Invitational in Idaho last month. “We just weren’t as sharp as we should be,” Edens said. “We have a pret ty young group.”

The Chargers placed 39th in the 3A-4A school catego ry for boys and 20th for the girls.

Edens complimented the efforts of Karina An derson, who ran 21:23 and Marly Martinez, who ran 21:38.

For Arlington, they used the Twilight Invitational to see how they compare to other schools in the Wesco North.

“We’re trying to mea sure ourselves against people in our neck of the woods,” Eagle cross coun try coach Mike Shierk said.

He noted that Arling ton’s boys team, which fin ished eighth, was behind Shorewood. The girls team, which finished 12th, was behind Shorecrest. The Ea

gles will see both teams at the upcoming Hole in the Wall Invitational.

For the boys, “they’re kind of in the shadow of last year’s team,” Shierk said. Last year, Arlington placed seventh at state. “They’re still developing and figur ing out who they are.”

Shierk said the girls team ran solid at Twi light, adding that Madison Griffith ran 19:33, Brooke Henkin ran 20:04, and Jaiden Cochran ran 20:49.

Marysville Pilchuck’s girls team competed in the varsity race. Taylor Iverson ran 22:19, Alyssa Armstron ran 22:40 and Rachel Tur ral ran 22:51.

Lakewood’s boys and girls teams ran in the 1B2A races. Coach Jeff So wards said Kylie Sahatdjian set a personal record run ning 20:35. Teammate Liv Graham ran 21:26.

Gavin Darrah ran 16:41, Matthew Hatch ran 17:01 and Gabe Seagraves ran 17:25 for Lakewood. So wards said RJ Lydon, 17:08, ran a good race and Leyton Howe, 18:24 set a personal record.

Sowards said Lakewood’s boys team didn’t have their best day at Twilight.

“We didn’t run great, but we didn’t fold either,” Sowards said, noting the Northwest Conference is home to seven of the top 10

teams in the state.

“Our standards for our selves is pretty high,” So wards said.

Up next for cross coun try teams is the Hole in the Wall Invitational that takes place Oct. 8 at Lakewood High School. Sowards said 157 schools will be repre sented with teams coming from Alabama, Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon and California.

“Some of the fastest teams in the nation will be there,” Sowards said. “It’s headline worthy.”

He highlighted the ef forts of students, families, staff and administrators who help organize Hole in the Wall. “It really is a com munity event.”

The Twilight Invita tional and Hole in the Wall are two of the biggest in vitationals in the state, So wards said. There’s enough of a difference in each in vitational that schools will compete at both.

“We feel like we com plement each other really well,” Edens said.

Arlington, both Marys ville schools, and Lake wood are scheduled to par ticipate in Hole in the Wall.

First race of the Hole in the Wall starts at 9 a.m. and the races continue through 4 p.m. For more informa tion, go to www.holein thewallinvite.com.

Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARTHUR J. BOUNDS, Deceased, NO. 22-4-0189431, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

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.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: September 28, 2022.

Personal Representative: Michael C.

Bounds

Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven J. Peiffle, WSBA #14704

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

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 22-4-01894-31.

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MAT TER OF THE ESTATE OF LOREN A. PE TERSEN, Deceased, NO. 22-4-01849-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

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, ex cept 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 sets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: Septem ber 28, 2022

Personal Representative: Tod Petersen Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven J. Peiffle, WSBA #14704 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 22-4-01849-31.

PHOTO BY NATHAN WHALEN

Arlington quarterback Leyton Martin runs during the Stilly Cup, Sept. 30, against Stanwood. Arlington lost 37-6.

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They're a really good team. We didn't play well on offense.

Greg Dailer ”

It's dry out there, water your yard

I will be the first to admit that this extended warm and dry period (100 days with only onehalf inch of rain) brings with it mixed blessings. On the one hand, all this sunshine keeps things growing and puts me in the mood to spend time in my garden where my peren nials are in their full glory and the yard continues to be full of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. The early morning hours are truly magical when the sun is still low in the sky, the air is brisk, and there is a glistening of dew on everything. There is still so much going on with the fall-blooming Asters just reaching their peak, Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ modulating

By Steve Smith

from what looked early on like green heads of broccoli to domes of rusty pink flowers.

There are drifts of blue-flowering Salvia ‘Black and Blue' contrasting with tall red spires of Lobelia cardi nalis ‘Victoria’, wispy spikes of purple Verbena bonarien sis, mounds of red, gold, and rust colored Heleniums, or namental grasses of various colors, clouds of white and pink Guara, assorted roses, and so on and so forth. I think you get the idea. My garden is still rich in colors and textures because I have been able to control the moisture, rather than having Mother Nature beat things down like it can often do in September. But of course,

there is a downside, that be ing the water bill and the te dium of constantly having to water everything.

Now, I have never been shy when it comes to water ing my landscape. If I am going to go to all the trouble of planting a rich palette of plant material then I sure as heck am going to water it. I actually find it therapeutic and it gives me a chance to connect with each little plant as I work through my vari ous gardens, making notes to myself about who looks thirsty and who I can skip for another day or two. In a perfect world I would have grouped all my moisture lov ers together, separate from the drought tolerant ones, and then watered according ly. But, nothing is perfect, so I do the best I can and it

seems to all work out.

As for the water bill, in the height of the season I pay just a little over $2 a day, whereas the rest of the year it runs around 50 cents a day. Now I ask you, what can you buy for $2 a day that will give you the kind of pleasure and enjoyment that a garden can. nothing. It’s a bargain to say the least, and while we should never waste water, we shouldn’t feel guilty about us ing it. Thankfully, at least this year, there is no shortage of it.

One hundred days is a long time to go without any significant precipita tion. You only have to look around at our native Cedars and big leaf maples to see that they are struggling, and are already starting to turn fall colors and shed their leaves. My neighbor’s Vine

Now is a good time to water the plants in your yard.

Maples are turning brown as well and a golden honey

Locust tree just down the street is about 50% defoliat ed already. All of this could have been prevented with a little bit of water applied once or twice over these last 100 days. Even in our native landscape plants can suffer and die from lack of water. We all have the means to prevent this from happening and it won’t break the bank.

On the other hand, replac

ing dead landscape material might. Please, water your yard — it’s not too late. Even if you haven’t watered your landscape in the past 100 days, or watered very little, get outside and give your plants a good soak — they will certainly appreciate it.

Steve Smith represents Sunnyside Nursery in Marys ville, WA and can be reached at sunnysidenursery@msn. com.

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