Oct. 12, 2022 North County Outlook

Marysville holds Domestic

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Marysville locals helped spread awareness dur ing the Domestic Violence Awareness Walk along the Ebey Waterfront Trail on Oct. 6.

The event was organized by the city of Marysville and Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County.

This is the second year that city of Marysville of ficials have made a push to recognize October as Do mestic Violence Awareness Month.

“Marysville has really embraced the idea of Do mestic Violence Awareness Month,” said Chris Mc Bride, director of programs with Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County. “Not only have they

Hibulb Film Festival honors local storytelling

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Filmmakers and community members gathered in Tulalip to celebrate locallymade films for the 10th annual Hilbulb Film Festival on Oct. 8.

Films are screened at the local cultural center every year for the event.

“It’s such an important form of storytell ing and it’s still popular for people to come and watch movies. I don’t think filmmak ing is ever going to go away,” said Robin Carneen, one of the judges for the festival and a Swinomish Tribal member.

Participants said they enjoyed coming to the center for the festival.

“I think this is the most unique film fes tival I’ve attended, and I’ve attended quite a few. It’s very intimate and it’s a family here,” said local filmmaker Ed Hartman.

Tulalip middle school student Faith Lu kas was the emcee for this year’s event.

“Me and Robin had been talking and I thought it would be a cool experience,” she said. “I’m glad that I did because it’s awe some.”

Films are submitted on a wide range of topics and from a diversity of people

“This film festival is open to anyone,” said Carneen. “Even though they may not

Coalition of local mayors seek policing law changes

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

A new coalition of local mayors hopes to advocate for policing law changes in the Washington state leg islature and other public safety reforms.

The ‘Mayors and Busi ness Leaders for Public

Safety’ organization an nounced their formation during a press conference on Oct. 4.

Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring is co-chair of the new organization, along with Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin.

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Marysville Police Chief Erik Scairpon talks at a press confer ence for the newly formed ‘Mayors and Business Leaders for Public Safety’ on Oct. 4.

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Participants in Marysville’s Domestic Violence Awareness Walk begin their walk along the Ebey Waterfront Trail on Oct. 6. From left, Shannon Early, Karen Kussy and Shawna Crane.

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Filmmaker Eero Johnson, center, receives a traditional blanket from Faith Lukas, left, and Robin Carneen after being recognizing for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hibulb Film Festival on Oct. 8.

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McBride said he was glad that an in-person event could take place this year.

“We’re thrilled to be a part of this event,” he said.

Many people took part in the walk during the day.

“People from the com munity have been invited to walk along the Ebey Wa terfront Trail,” said Kristin Rasmussen, one of the event organizers and an employee with the city of Marysville’s Parks, Culture and Recre ation Department.

“There’s been a lot of

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be Native there are often some parallels going on with their filmmaking."

Some stories share simi larities of past traumas and healing, such as a docu mentary about a Jewish Ho locaust Survivor called ‘The Train I Missed,’ by Elke Hat ula & Michael Kleven that

great support from the or ganizations that wanted to participate in this,” she said.

Like last year, the city of Marysville is again selling T-shirts to raise funds and spread awareness.

“We started the Domestic Violence Awareness group last year, and we had wanted to do a walk but we didn’t feel it was the right time with the pandemic,” said Rasmus sen. “We wanted to create that visual awareness.”

The event was able to be held this year and brought in several local organizations such as Cocoon House and other youth and family services.

“It’s very informational for people that need this kind of help,” said walk participant Shawna Crane, who said that an event like the walk should be “everywhere.”

was screened at this year’s festival.

“It features one man who was a child and the train doors opened and some stranger just pulled him off the train from his mother,” said Carneen.

Other films like ‘We Still Live Here’ by Anne Make peace are more directly about Native issues.

“It is about the Wam

McBride said it was good for people to learn more about local resources in case they or someone they know need them at some point.

“One in three women and one in four men experience some sort of domestic vio lence in their lifetime from a significant other or dating partner,” he said.

“Marysville is close enough to Everett that they do have access to some re sources, but they may not be aware of everything that is available in the county.”

Other groups, such as Tulalip’s Legacy of Healing Advocacy Center, were also at the event.

“I’m so grateful for the opportunity to connect with the community and educate and empower folks so we understand what domes

panoag and their efforts at language revitalization. It’s very powerful and spot on the money for our theme of ‘Healing Generation to Generation,’” said Carneen.

The film festival was started to raise funds for the Hibulb Cultural Center.

“We hosted that first one and all the proceeds went toward the big pot of mon ey it took to build this mu

tic violence is and what re sources are out there,” said Cassandra Ray, an employee at the center.

She said there was a lot of misinformation about do mestic violence, and that is good to talk about.

“It starts out very small, just an interaction of put ting someone down, eroding their self-esteem, isolating them from their family,” said Ray. “It’s these little things that add up and culminate in incidents where people are in danger.”

Ray hopes that getting those messages out into the community can help people.

“The more we can have these conversations with people, the better people un derstand and the more we can break down the stigma and be there to help people,”

seum and it's exciting that we’re standing here all these years later,” said Carneen.

Now, local organizers have been putting on the festival for a decade.

Two lifetime awards were also given out during the event.

“The folks that we honor every year, there is a spe cial reason that we want to acknowledge them,” said Carneen. “Eero [Johnson] and Robert [Lundahl] are non-Native, but we always say they have a Native heart."

Johnson has been a pro ducer for Northwest Indian News for several years.

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Arlington officials also plan to be involved in the group, according to Arling ton Police Chief Jonathan Ventura.

Mayors at the event said crime has been increasing in the community since 2020.

“Our city, just like every city, continues to wrestle with these problems, so I’m really excited about this new organization,” said Ne hring.

Marysville Police Chief Erik Scairpon said local police have been busy in re cent years.

“The past two years have been very chaotic,” he said. “We really owe it to our community to meet their expectations about what they expect us to deliver.”

The group is a bi-parti san coalition of local may ors.

“This is not a Democrat or Republican issue, it’s an issue that impacts every body in our communities,” said Nehring.

The new coalition hopes to push for new ideas and changes in the current laws in the state legislature.

“There’s legislative issues

she said.

More information about the services at Domestic Violence Services of Sno homish County is available

“He followed the Tribal Canoe Journey for several years, collecting and shar ing stories,” said Lukas.

“He also produced seg ments to educate the pub lic about treaty rights, the Boldt Decision, and the In dian boarding schools,” she added.

Johnson was thankful for the recognition and the time he has gotten to spend learn ing about Native issues.

“It gave me a chance to go to places I wouldn’t nor mally go. I’ve learned so much,” he said.

Robert Lundahl has also produced documentaries about Native people in the

that we can talk about,” said Nehring. “Both funding for social services organiza tions and law enforcement agencies is one."

The Washington Su preme Court’s Blake deci sion temporarily decrimi nalized drugs and the state legislature responded with a new law that required officers to offer social ser vices first before pursuing a criminal case.

“We have to acknowl edge that jail is sometimes the best short-term solu tion,” said Nehring. “It shouldn’t be the default, but it has to be a workable op tion.”

Ventura said that refer rals to their social services have decreased.

“Over the last several years they have had tre mendous success. We’ve seen a big slowdown on that,” he said.

He attributes that change to the lack of a threat of jail time.

Arlington’s drug court program, which focuses on a rehabilitative approach to those undergoing a crimi nal conviction, has also seen decreased use, said Ventura.

Another law imple mented by the state legisla ture in recent years restricts

at 425-252-2873 and more information about the ser vices at Tulalip’s Legacy of Healing center is available at 360-716-4100.

Pacific Northwest.

One such film, ‘Song on the Water,’ “takes viewers along with 50 Indigenous canoes, their crews and communities on a modernday voyage to a traditional potlatch,” said Carneen.

Carneen encourages lo cal filmmakers to consider submitting films for next year’s event.

“Anyone is welcome. Music videos, TikTok or whatever you want us to feature. Just get in touch with the Hibulb Cultural Center,” she said.

The event is usually held sometime in the fall, she said.

use of police pursuits due to the frequency of property damage and bodily injury to bystanders during those chases.

“Almost none of our agencies pursue, but you can’t tell criminals that we’re never going to pursue you,” said Nehring.

Social services also need more capacity to handle the amount of referrals from local agencies, said Neh ring.

“We were experiencing those bottlenecks for treat ment, for detox,” he said, which became problematic when their embedded so cial worker program had a large number of clients to help.

“Mental health invest ment is a big part of it,” said Ventura, who added that social services need to be properly funded.

He also advocated for some degree of reform to the involuntary commit ment regulations, which currently requires people be an imminent danger.

“It is such a high hurdle,” said Ventura. “That is one area of the law that maybe we should look at.”

More information about the new coalition of lo cal officials is available at keepourcitiessafe.com.

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Cassandra Ray with Tulalip’s Legacy of Healing Advocacy Center, left, tlaks with Rocio Carranza during Marysville’s Domestic Violence Awareness Walk on Oct. 6.

Rotary supports Meals 'til Monday program

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

The Meals ’til Monday program from the Arling ton Community Food Bank received a $25,000 donation from the Arlington Rotary this October.

The program provides free food to Arlington stu dents in need for days they are not in school.

“This is a supplemen tal meal program we have with the Arlington School District,” said Carla Rankin, executive director of the Ar lington Community Food Bank.

Usually it provides food just for the weekend, but it is increased to account for holidays or school breaks as well.

“One in five kids will experience food insecurity and the most direct way that we can help with that is by getting food to them

through the schools,” said Rankin.

Healthy students are also more able to focus on school work.

“Kids who are hungry don’t learn,” said Rankin.

The food includes things like pop-top soups, microwav able items such as macaroni and cheese, and beef jerky.

The items are chosen in part because they can be eas ily prepared.

“We know that often these kids will be home alone,” said Rankin.

The food can be picked up at the school or at the food bank.

“The bags are discreet so that hopefully none of the kids get labeled as needing assistance from the food bank,” said Rankin.

Before the COVID pan demic the program was giving out about 200 to 250 packs a week. During the pandemic that increased to

1,200 to 1,500 packs a week.

That demand has cooled off a little bit but need still remains at about 600 to 800 packs a week, according to Rankin.

The Meals ’til Monday program takes up a lot of the food bank’s budget.

The food bank is usually able to purchase food at a large discount.

“A lot of that food is near the expiration date though,” although still safe for con sumption, said Rankin. “However, by law, you can’t serve children food that is expired."

That means food for the program has to be made through bulk purchases us ing other, more expensive, options.

“Which means it is one of the most expensive programs we offer,” said Rankin.

This year the program received support from the

Nehring plans coffee klatch

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring will answer com munity questions at his next coffee klatch on Oct. 18.

The event will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Marysville City Hall at 1049 State Ave., Marysville.

“It will be similar to cof fee klatch events that we have held in the past,” said Connie Mennie, commu nications manager with the city of Marysville.

Locals can submit ques tions they hope to have an swered by Nehring or by other city staff who will also be available at the event.

“People ask about the po lice response times or about the local parks. Anything that they care about,” said Mennie.

Individuals can join in on the event in-person at City Hall or online at facebook. com/MarysvilleWashing ton.

“They used to be all inperson events and during the pandemic they were all vir tual. Now we hold them in a hybrid format,” said Mennie. “So you have a choice now to come in-person or to par ticipate online."

Those who are watching online can still submit ques tions and get them answered in real time over the Face book Live stream.

The regular coffee klatch events are meant to provide a laid-back environment for Marysville community members to get their con cerns addressed.

“I think that they like that it is super casual,” said Mennie. “You don’t have to come dressed up or listen to a speech, you can just ask

things like ‘why is the city doing that this way.'"

The vast majority of cof fee klatch events are simply the mayor taking questions and answering them.

“Generally, there isn’t a big prepared speech or any thing like that,” said Mennie.

Nehring may talk about some topics of general interest at the beginning if the ques tions are coming in slowly.

He usually focuses on im portant issues for the city.

“Between now and Thanksgiving the mayor will

present his plan for the bien nial budget,” said Mennie.

Nehring holds the infor mal coffee klatch events a few times each year. This is the first session that the city has held in the morning in a while.

Marysville tries to change the meeting times to help residents attend the event.

“That allows people with different schedules to par ticipate,” said Mennie.

More information about the city of Marysville’s events is available at marysvillewa. gov.

Arlington Rotary Club.

“The Rotary stepped up big with a $25,000 dona tion … it is a huge gift and we really appreciate it,” said Rankin.

Individuals who want to support the program can donate online at arlington foodbank.org.

“Kids can register for the program through the school,” said Rankin. Stu dents can talk to a counselor or other school staff mem ber to register. No proof of need is required as part of the process.

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Arlington Community Food Bank executive director Carla Rankin, left, receives a donation from the Arlington Rotary from Rotary member Eric Scott on Oct. 3.

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Orca Recovery Day comes to Marysville

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Families can help local salmon habitat by planting trees at Marysville’s h Fields Athletic Complex during Orca Recovery Day on Oct. 15.

Tree planting at the park at 6100 152nd St. NE, Marysville, will begin at 9:45 a.m. with activities through out the morning.

Gloves for planting, snacks and water will be available.

The Snohomish Conser vation District and the city of Marysville are partnering to host the event.

“We are planning to have

a riparian buffer planting at Strawberry Fields Athletic Park,” said Sara Rocero, out reach and habitat specialist with the Snohomish Con servation District.

The riparian buffer is the area adjacent to streams and rivers which is an important part of the environment for salmon survival.

“We’ll be planting native trees to improve the water quality there,” said Rocero.

Plants next to streams and rivers help to improve the water quality for fish.

“Trees and shrubs will filter pollutants before they can get to the streams,” said Rocero.

Pollutants in these

Marysville streams may have been the cause of some Coho salmon deaths.

“We have been monitor ing this site in partnership with the Tulalip Tribes as one of the specific areas where we are seeing Coho die offs,” said Linda Lyshall, executive director of the Snohomish Conservation District.

She said that some stud ies have identified chemicals from tire dust as one of the likeliest causes of those die offs.

Trees near streams also help salmon because of the shade they provide.

“We’ve seen die offs of these salmon when the streams are just too hot,” said Rocero.

The large woody debris that trees sometimes depos it, such as logs or branches, are also the “perfect habitat for the salmon,” said Rocero.

In addition to tree plant ing, some educational ac tivities and nature walks will take place at the park.

can do,” said Rocero. “What happens in our neighbor hoods has impacts up stream.”

Even simple acts such as cleaning up dog poop can help improve local water quality.

“People always hear the doom and gloom about the environment, but we want to encourage folks about what they can do,” said Rocero.

The first 50 households at the event will also be able to take home a native plant if they want to.

This is the fifth Orca Re covery Day for the Puget Sound. Conservation groups across the state come togeth er to help improve salmon habitat.

“Orcas rely on those salmon as a food source,” said Rocero.

The event began in 2018.

“It started when Tahle quah [a mother orca that frequents the Puget Sound] carried her dead calf for 17 days,” said Rocero.

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Guided nature walks will begin at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Activities for kids will help teach families about how they can help their local waterways.

“We want to provide athome examples of what you

The incident received attention from the media and the community, and brought together commu nity groups.

“We started thinking about what are some of the actions that we could take that could improve the qual ity of their environment,” said Rocero, who added the annual Orca Recovery Day came from those discus sions.

Local officials said they are looking forward to this year’s events as well.

“It’s going to be fun and families are going to be able to come out and plant some trees,” said Lyshall.

She noted that the city of Marysville is also a big part ner. “This is part of a larger project on the property,” said Lyshall.

The Adopt-a-Stream Foundation has already done environment work at the park and is assisting in this event as well.

Funding has come from the state Department of Ecol ogy and the state’s Conserva tion Commission.

More information about the Snohomish Conservation District and their events is available at snohomishcd.org.

Council considers county's budget

Adopting an annual bud get for Snohomish County is one of the primary responsi bilities of the County Coun cil. The County’s budget sets the anticipated revenues and expenditures for the calen dar year. It funds essential county services including law enforcement and the justice system, roads, solid waste, elections, human ser vices, and much more. In this month’s column, I will be highlighting the Execu tive’s recommended budget, some of my budget priori ties, and how you can make your voice heard in the bud get process.

The annual budget pro cess begins with the Coun ty Executive presenting a recommended budget to the County Council. On September 27th, Execu tive Somers gave his budget address and presented his 2023 budget proposal to the County Council.

The recommended bud get continues investments in the core functions of county government and also appropriates much of the one-time federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The proposed budget spends over 75% of the Gen eral Fund on the law and justice system, which is con sistent with many past years’ budgets. For reference, the General Fund makes up about 21% of the total coun ty budget. The other funds include the County Roads Fund, Human Services grants, and other dedicated revenues with specific uses tied to them.

The budget funds ad

ditional body cameras for Sheriff’s deputies, two new Deputy Prosecuting Attor ney project positions, and continued funding for the Law and Justice Data Col lection Initiative. I support the additional funding for our law and justice system. We are seeing a public safety crisis in our communities and it is important that we invest in the system to keep our communities safe. I will be working with my col leagues to invest additional resources into the Prosecu tor’s Office so that we can tackle more of these difficult cases and bring them to trial in order to hold criminals accountable.

The recommended bud get also puts spending to ward affordable housing and behavioral health programs through our ARPA dollars, HB 1590 affordable hous ing dollars, and Chemical Dependency and Mental Health (CDMH) funds.

I am excited about the additional $5 million invest ment into expanding broad band internet access across the County. I have been work ing with Executive Somers and Councilmember Low on our Broadband Action Team

(BAT) to bring community stakeholders together in this effort. We will be working together to identify areas of need to best invest these funds in our community.

These are just a few of the highlights of the 2023 pro posed budget. I will be focus ing on these priorities and more while working to limit tax increases in the 2023 budget. We can fund the core functions of county govern ment and invest in needed projects without increasing the tax burden on Snohom ish County residents during this difficult economic time.

To learn more about Ex ecutive Somers’ recommend ed budget, visit the Budget Division page of the County Website (www.snoco.org).

If you would like to pro vide your input on the Coun ty budget, you can testify at a public hearing or provide written comments. For a list of public hearing dates and how to participate, visit the County Council’s 2023 Bud get page. To provide written comment, you can email Contact.Council@snoco.org.

If you have any questions or would like to reach out to me directly, feel free to email me at nate.nehring@snoco.org.

Nate Nehring is a mem ber of the Snohomish County Council and represents Dis trict 1 which includes Ar lington, Darrington, Granite Falls, Marysville, Stanwood, and unincorporated north county. He can be reached by email at Nate.Nehring@ snoco.org or by phone at (425) 512-4810.

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Arlington spikers defeat MP, MG

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com

Arlington’s volleyball team came away with two victories against Marysville schools. The Eagles topped Marys ville Pilchuck 3-1 on Oct. 3 and then bested Marysville Getchell 3-0 on Oct. 5.

“Our players were pre pared and executed our game plan,” Arlington coach Rose Granroth said, adding her players have been made improvements playing in their system.

The game against Marys ville Pilchuck saw the Eagles win 25-10, 25-17, 21-25 and 25-18.

“Pilchuck – they’re a good team and gave us a challenge,” Granroth said.

She highlighted the ef forts of Chloe Lewis playing back row defense and the team’s two setters, Meredith Marsh and Cadynce Knud son.

Marsh had 16 assists and

one ace and Knudson had 15 assists. Melissa Hadley had 10 kills and four aces while Alyssa Hoag had 10 kills.

MP coach April Lewis said the team missed 17 serves during the match.

“We kind of had a little bit of a slow start there,” Lewis said. “If we made those serves, the games would have been a lot closer.”

Lewis highlighted the ef forts of Rylee Akau, who had 15 digs for the Tomahawks.

In addition, Juju Kilroy had six kills, three aces, one assist and two digs. Maya Velasquez had 10 kills, two digs and three blocks. “She’s tall and has really good verti cal,” Lewis said of Velasquez.

Zailey Ka’aumoana Tim Sing had five kills, two aces and 10 digs.

“Arlington has always been known to have a re ally strong team,” Lewis said adding the Tomahawks were also missing a player during the game.

Granroth said Arlington’s varsity, junior varsity and cteam won against Marysville Getchell on Oct. 5. Arling ton’s varsity squad won 2515, 25-22 and 25-19.

“We were able to execute our game plan,” Granroth said, highlighting Melissa Hadley’s outside hitting, as well as Savannah Roberts and Lewis’ strong defense.

Marsh had nine assists and six aces while Knudson had nine assists and two aces. Reese Remle had six kills and two aces, Hadley had four kills and two aces and Alyssa Hoag had four kills.

The wins against the Marysville schools brings Arlington’s record to 5-3 in Wesco and 5-4 overall.

“We’ve had some tough competition,” Granroth said. Lake Stevens and Snohom ish are tough, and the Eagles had hard, five-set matches against Lynnwood and Meadowdale.

“I am very proud of the efforts and talents of this team,” Granroth said. The Eagles have 10 seniors play ing on varsity, six of whom played varsity in 2021.

Marysville Getchell and Marysville Pilchuck both notched victories last week too. Both teams defeated Everett. Marysville Getchell

beat Everett 3-1, Oct. 3, and Marysville Pilchuck beat Ev erett 3-0 on Oct. 5. Marys ville Getchell’s record stands at 3-6 while Marysville Pil chuck’s record is 5-3.

Arlington hosts Cascade Oct. 13, Marysville Pilchuck hosts Meadowdale Oct. 13 and Marysville Getchell hosts Lynnwood Oct. 12.

Eagles defeat Chargers on the pitch

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com

After a scoreless first half, Ar lington scored three goals to top Marysville Getchell 3-0 in a soccer matchup Oct. 6.

“I thought it was a great first half,” Arlington coach Nathan Da vis said.

He complimented midfielders Carly Bartlow and Rachel Snow controlling the ball.

“I thought our keeper (Katie Snow) played well and our backline was solid,” Davis said. He added the team made an adjustment dur ing halftime to push the ball up the right side.

Rachel Snow scored Arlington’s first goal with around 23 minutes remaining in the second half.

Bartlow scored the Eagles’ sec ond goal with around 11 minutes remaining with an assist from Jer sey Walker. Bartlow scored her second goal of the game with about five minutes remaining on a corner kick from Grace Davis.

“We had a really hard battle,” Marysville Getchell coach Hannah Thomas said. “The score doesn’t re flect how you play.”

She highlighted the efforts of Ella Mereness, who was going after every ball that came in her direction, and Sky Hobley.

Thomas said the team’s goalkeep ers, Cadence Mikesell and Madelyn Cornwell, are two of the best goal keepers the program has had.

After defeating Mariner in their opening game, Marysville Getchell has gone winless for the remainder

of the season.

“It’s been a rough go,” Thomas said. “I feel like we have really good battles.”

She complimented the team’s ability to keep coming back after a loss. The Chargers have young tal ent coming up, as well as a lot of seniors.

The win against Marysville Getchell puts Arlington’s record at 6-4-1.

“We’re improving. We’re doing all right,” Davis said. The squad has been showing improvement over the first half of the season and are jelling as a team, which features five seniors and a lot of underclassmen.

Marysville Getchell travels to Lynnwood Oct. 13 and Arlington travels to Cascade in Everett Oct. 13.

Thousands run at Hole in the Wall

By Nathan Whalen

More than 4,600 runners repre senting 159 schools from six states descended upon Lakewood High School Oct. 8 to compete in the an nual Hole in the Wall Invitational.

“The meet seemed to go off without a hitch,” said Jeff Sowards, Lakewood cross county coach, who organized the event. “I was pleased with the way the event came off.”

He highlighted the 150 volun teers needed for the invitational and the efforts of Monica Rooney, who coordinated the volunteers, and Steve Jensen, who was the trouble shooter.

In the boys elite race, Sehome’s Zack Munson ran 14:55 and edged Lakes Cruize Corvin, who ran 14:56, for the win.

“It was quite a sprint at the end,”

Sowards said.

In the girls elite race, Skyline’s Anna Callahan won running 17:32, which was seconds faster than sec ond place, Reagan Riley of Moun tain Brook in Alabama, who ran in 17:37.

Hole in the Wall was the second large cross country meet to take place in the area. The Twilight In vitational that took place Oct. 1 at Cedarcrest Golf Course, and had around 3,500 runners participate.

Locally, Sowards said that Olivia Graham (20:32) and Kylie Sahat djian (20:41) ran well on the girls side for Lakewood and Gavin Dar rah (16:24) had a solid race for the boys.

Marysville Getchell cross coun try coach Randall Edens said the Hole in the Wall provides a pre view of the district championships, which also takes place at Lakewood.

“It was a great day to run fast,” Edens said, highlighting the efforts of Karina Anderson (21:21) and Marly Martinez (21:22) who both ran personal bests at Hole in the Wall. Brandon Emory also ran well and is trying to break 17 minutes.

Arlington coach Mike Shierk said he was pleased with the Eagles’ performance at the Hole in the Wall.

“We make it a point to know it really well,” Shierk said of Lake wood’s course.

Arlington completes a lot of workouts on the course, which hosts the 3A district championships too. “It’s almost kind of like our home course,” Shierk said.

He said Kellen Langford ran a personal best at 16:28. Noah Bum gardner ran 16:31 and Lucas Spurl ing ran 16:48.

On the girls side, Madison Griffith ran 19:22, Brooke Henkin

ran 20:20 and Jaiden Cochran also set a personal record of 20:41.

Shierk said Griffith wants to beat Arlington’s school record of 18:56.

“She has got it in her and that she wants to break that record,” Shierk said.

He was happy with Arlington’s performance after going through a hard week of practices.

“They ran very well as a team,” Shierk said.

Up next for the Marysville schools is the All-City Cross Coun try meet that takes place Oct. 12 at Marysville Pilchuck.

Arlington travels to Shoreline Oct. 12 to run against Shorecrest, Shorewood and Lake Stevens. Lake wood runs again Oct. 19 at the Northwest Conference Champion ships at Civic Field in Bellingham.

To view the complete results, go to www.athletic.net.

Notices

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.

LEGAL NOTICE

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.

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.

PHOTO BY NATHAN WHALEN

Arlington’s Isabel Berhman moves with the ball during on Oct. 6 game against Marysville Pilchuck.

PHOTO BY NATHAN WHALEN

Arlington’s Delanie Theuret, right, hits the ball over the net while Zailey Ka’aumoana Tim Sing and Maya Velasquez tries to block.

It's time to plant spring-blooming bulbs

It is time to plant spring-blooming bulbs in our northwest gar dens, and nothing could be easier. Garden cen ters everywhere are well stocked with col orful packages of these sometimes odd-looking structures that, botanically speak ing, can fall into several different categories (such as tubers, corms and true bulbs), but collectively are usually referred to simply as bulbs. While my self-professed botani cal nerd side would love to delve deeply into the differences, from a practical standpoint, just call them bulbs. That being said, let’s get into the nuts and bolts of gardening with bulbs.

By Steve Smith

rennials and should be around for many years of enjoyment.

all of the minor bulbs, which tend to be quite small, an inch or two deep is usually plenty.

In the trade we generally lump bulbs into two groups, major bulbs (like Tulips, Daffodils, Hyacinths, and Alliums) which are usually larger and more dramatic, and minor bulbs which are smaller but can be just as impactful when planted in large drifts. Both groups of bulbs are considered to be pe

Whether a major or minor bulb, they all should be planted in drifts. Nothing looks dumber than a row of soldiers spaced out one foot apart along the edge of the gar den bed. The size of the drift will depend on the scale of your gar den - the larger the beds, the larger the drifts. For Tulips and Daffodils that could mean dropping a dozen bulbs into one hole. To do this I would advise you to never plant one bulb at a time (unless it is a very large bulb like a Giant Allium or a Fritillaria). Dig the hole large enough to accommodate all twelve at once - that is usually the whole bag or maybe even two bags. As for the depth, generally 3 times the diameter of the bulbs works well. If you have well-drained sandy soil, you can go deeper, and conversely, if you have a heavy clay soil that tends to stay water-logged during the winter, plant them higher. For

Sometimes it is hard to tell which end is up. Rest assured; the bulbs will figure it out. For Tulips and Daffodils, the pointy side goes up - same for Hyacinths. It can be harder to tell with little bulbs, like Anemones or Crocus. If you are not sure which end is up, plant them sideways.

While bulbs contain everything they need to produce a bloom, they will always look bigger and better if you throw in some organic food at the time of planting. Bone meal has always been the traditional amend ment to use, but a balanced bulb food is good too. As they finish up their blooming cycle in the spring, give them a second application as well. And, always let the foliage die down naturally rather than cut ting it off when it is still green. If you can’t stand the look then plant something in front of them, like an Ornamental Grass, that will start growing about the same time the bulbs start fading.

Like I mentioned earlier, bulbs are perennials and in theory should last in our gardens for many years. In reality I have found that Tulips tend to peter out after a couple of years and need to be replanted, while Daffodils will continue to in crease in numbers each successive spring. As for minor bulbs (like the species Tulips, Daffodils, Cro cus, Grape Hyacinth, Snow Drops, Winter Aconites, Puschkinia, Scil las, and Ipheion, to name just a few), these are probably the most reliable for naturalizing and com ing back every year. They might be small in size, but over time they can create some pretty impressive displays. Most are also some of the earliest to bloom (as early as Janu ary for Winter Aconites), whereas Daffodils won’t usually bloom be fore March and Tulips wait until April or even May.

With a little careful planning we can get 6 months of color from bulbs, starting with the above men tioned Aconites on through all of the various colors and forms of Daffodils, Tulips, and Hyacinths,

and finishing up in late May or June with those giant blue orbs of Alliums. By that time our summer blooming bulbs (like Gladiolas, Lilies, Dahlias, and Begonias) are starting to take off. The truth is, with the right combinations, bulbs can provide us with year ‘round color - in the landscape and/or our containers!

Considering that most garden ers tend to purchase plants that are already in color, it is safe to say that gardening with bulbs certainly takes a leap of faith. Admittedly, they aren’t much to look at in those netted bags, but oh what potential lies sleeping in those fleshy stems we call bulbs. This is your big chance to grab a few before they are all gone until next year. Trust me when I say that you will be glad you did come spring! Stay safe and keep on gardening.

Steve Smith represents Sun nyside Nursery in Marysville, WA and can be reached at sunnyside nursery@msn.com