October 8, 2009 The Edmonds Beacon

Edmonds Beacon Volume XXIV Number 3 October 8, 2009

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Visitors lead cheers for fire merger 100 years of change – and Aletha was there

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fter nearly 100 years, Aletha Yost Hathaway Hendran has a lot of memories of growing up in Edmonds, and of changes that occurred in her lifetime.

Born on Oct. 12, 1909, her stories of life in early Edmonds are a time capsule of the last century.

Aletha is the oldest living child of Jack and Maude Yost. Her grandparents were Amanda and Allen Yost.

She has lived most of her life in Edmonds except for a few years in California. Since 2002 she has

lived with her youngest son Gary and his wife Biz in Bothell.

Aletha had four children, 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

She grew up in a house just outside of Edmonds, where they had room to provide for themselves. The house was owned by her grandparents.

“We lived just outside of town,” Aletha says, “because they couldn’t restrict your animals out there.”

The town has changed a lot

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PAT RATLIFF

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Edmonds City Council has a lot to consider in connection with the Fire District 1 contract offer.

Council took a good first step by inviting Mountlake Terrace Mayor Jerry Smith, mayor pro-tem Laura Sonmore and City Manager John Caulfield to present their views Tuesday night. Fire District 1 has served Mountlake Terrace since 2001.

Mayor Smith was quite enthusiastic about Fire District 1.

“We’re more than happy with our fire service in Mountlake Terrace,” he said.

“Response times have dropped from a standard of eight minutes to five minutes.”

Mayor pro-tem Sonmore was equally enthusiastic.

“Since 2005, savings to the city are over $600,000 per year.” she said.

“And we’re able to have three firemen at each station at all times instead of the previous two.”

Mountlake Terrace’s City Manager chimed in, “Our relationship with the fire district has been outstanding. We’ve had nothing but good results.”

Edmonds councilors had a lot of questions, though.

Council president DJ Wilson noted that there were proposed annexations in Lynnwood and Mukilteo, and wondered how it would affect Fire District 1 if the annexations go through.

“Fire District 1 is very big,” said MT City Manager Caulfield. “If the annexations go through, it shouldn’t affect service in any way.”

DJ Wilson asked the group if they had any advice on sale of assets by the Edmonds Fire Department.

“For us, from a financial aspect, it made sense to keep ownership of our stations,” Caulfield said. “There’s also a question about selling cityowned property; maybe in the future you’d find you shouldn’t have done it.”

Councilman Ron Wambolt asked about charging Fire District 1 rent for the stations.

Caulfield said they don’t charge rent, and pay about $15,000 a year in upkeep.

Councilman Michael Plunkett

asked whether Mountlake Terrace kept equipment also. Mayor Smith clarified that they sold the equipment to Fire District 1 but retained ownership of land and buildings.

DJ Wilson asked if they keep their transport fees.

Caulfield said that Mountlake Terrace does keep its fees but Brier, also served by FD1, does not charge transport fees.

Mountlake Terrace Mayor Smith noted it took four years to reach final agreement on a contract with FD1.

The city had a transitional agreement from 2001 until 2005, when it signed the finalized agreement.

“At first our firefighters actually resisted this to some degree,” Mayor Smith said. “They thought they would lose their identity, but they love it now.”

Councilman Plunkett asked if they had a buy-back agreement for their trucks, should the contract be terminated.

“No. We’d prefer to buy new equipment should that happen,” Mayor Smith said. “The feeling was…why buy worn out equipment from FD1?”

Plunkett asked how much costs have gone up since the contract was signed.

“About four percent a year,” Caulfield said. “We feel that’s much less that if we were running our own fire department.”

Edmonds Mayor Gary Haakenson asked if they had any regrets about their decision to contract fire services with FD1.

All three Mountlake Terrace representatives chimed in with a quick “NO!” Edmonds City Council continues to work on understanding the massive amount of data involved in the contract offer. It’s a huge task.

Public comments at the meeting were neither for nor against the contract offer, as most citizens feel they haven’t got enough information yet.

Council had earlier suggested it might be possible to reach a decision this month, but some citizens cautioned them to take as long as they need to make an informed decision.

Beacon garners press association honors

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eacon Publishing was among the top award winners over the weekend at the annual convention of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.

The company garnered 12 awards, six for each of its two newspapers, in the WNPA’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.

Edmonds Beacon editor Pat Ratliff won a first place award for Best Government Reporting.

The story, headlined, “Council grappling with red ink,” prompted this comment by a judge: “A terrifically tight and newsy lead that got

right to the point. Outlined the issue in clear detail.”

Mukilteo Beacon editor Rebecca Carr won seven awards, five for the Mukilteo Beacon and two for the Edmonds Beacon.

Her Edmonds Beacon honors included first places for Best General Feature Story-Short and Best Personality Profile-Short.

Production designer Bonni Pedersen won four honors, including two third places, a second place and a first place for her ad design work.

“I’m proud of these three staffers,” publisher Paul Archipley said.

“They’ve proven that small newspaper companies can compete with the big boys when it comes to quality work.

“In fact, while they got the awards this year, they know there’s a strong staff working alongside them whose unheralded efforts help make these honors possible.”

Entries from the annual contest are judged by press associations in other states. This year’s entries were judged by the New York Press Association, the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and the South Dakota Newspaper Association.

This year’s convention of the

122-year-old statewide newspaper association was held in Olympia. The WNPA boasts 110 regular members.

Most publish community weekly newspapers; a handful publish dailies.

The convention also included a variety of workshops, panel discussions and social events. Due to its location in the state capital, the association hosted a reception that included elected representatives and Supreme Court justices as guests.

Beacon publisher Archipley also took the gavel and will serve as WNPA president for the 2009-10 term.

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In the Mood with The Greatest Generation The bold and confident band began with a medley of the instantly recognized signature tunes of for the beacon Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Les Brown, Artie Shaw, Count Basie and others, with the singers If you were one of the 900 people who recently joining them and moving through such favorites as attended either of the two performances of “In Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, Accentuate the the Mood” at Edmonds Center for the Arts, then Positive and I’ll Never Smile Again.. you enjoyed a very special event, and we wouldn’t Singing and dancing, with marvelous period be surprised if you were still “in the mood” days costumes, were strong parts of the show, and later. clearly big production values were important to the This show, aptly named for Glenn Miller’s famous producers. music, joyously took us through the best music, After intermission, the music moved to the war song and dance of the time from the late 1930s to years. the mid-1940s, and its appeal was apparent for those The performers appeared in the military uniin the audience who lived through that time in our forms of the time and there was a palpable change history. of mood in the audience as well as in the songs and It was also apparent from the younger audience music. members in their 20s who expressed at intermisAs what Tom Brokaw called the Greatest sion that they wanted to get up and dance!

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ALETHA, from page 1

since her youth.

“When I was a little girl, there wasn’t much above 5th Street,” Aletha says.

“An Oddfellows Hall, a telephone office, a boarding house and a VFW or Masonic hall, that was about it.”

Edmonds had its conveniences, though.

“We had two grocery stores, Roscoes, which later became Edmonds Grocery & Market and another one.

There was also a light office and a lumber yard,” she says.

“And there was an old hotel downtown, and a laundry across from where the ferry is now.”

Schools have changed a lot, too.

“I went to school where the library is now,” she says.

“They talk about big classes today – my classes were 50 to 60 students!”

Her high school didn’t have a fieldhouse, either.

“They used a cow pasture on 3rd Street for athletics,” she says.

Aletha didn’t participate in athletics; her favorite remembrances of school were just being there with her friends.

She also remembers she had perfect attendance in the 7th and 8th grades.

“My friends would stay after school at my house,” Aletha

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members of the audience stood, they were enthusiastically applauded.

When the Coast Guard anthem, Semper Paratus, meaning Always Ready, was played however, no one stood. Then slowly from the middle of the main floor, an elderly gentleman rose from his seat and proudly stood and remained standing for the duration of the anthem while the audience emotionally embraced him. If there was a dry eye in the house, it wasn’t anywhere near us.

Finishing with America the Beautiful, the show sent many of us off into the night full of music, gratitude and perhaps a little more appreciation for our history and those who serve in the armed forces.

In addition to the String of Pearls Orchestra, consisting of ten brass and reed musicians, plus drums, bass and Bud Forrest at the piano, there were six men and women known as the In the Mood Singers and Dancers.

The show opened with the brass horns standing in the aisles and then progressing to the stage playing the St. Louis Blues March, and its driving rhythms fired up the audience.

The dancers featured Christina Caplan and Jason Campbell in several numbers, including an inspired jitterbug routine.

Together with the Orchestra, the singers recreated the sounds one could hear from those old RCA radios, at the smart supper clubs or at USO shows of the time.

Coming up next, on October 10 is the a cappella group Take 6, winner of multiple Grammy® awards, and performing a mix of blues, jazz and gospel. Hope to see you there!

says. “My dad managed the bus line and could take them home.”

That bus line later became the Suburban Transportation Co. After she finished school, Aletha worked in Seattle at the information booth at the bus depot, and later at Frederick & Nelson. But she had other work also.

“Most of those years I was at home raising kids,” she says.

Of all the changes she’s seen, Aletha thinks the allencompassing buildings are the biggest difference.

“All these buildings – they’re everywhere,” she says. “I don’t even know what most of them are for. I wouldn’t recognize the old neighborhood.”

That old neighborhood includes the house she was born in, between 6th and 7th streets on Alder, and there are lots of memories from that house.

“I got rheumatic fever when I was five,” Aletha says.

“The doctor had the death certificate all made out for me, waiting to be signed.”

She says, “That was the same doctor who delivered me. He told me later that I got there before he did. When

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he arrived at the house, I was already yelling.”

She struggles to recall the doctor’s name. “Smitt, I think – Oscar Smitt!”

Other major changes include cars.

“There weren’t many cars around Edmonds back then,” Aletha says. “My grandfather had one, and one of the two doctors in town had one.”

She also remembers the kids calling a doctor who drove a buggy the “Horse Doctor” (when he couldn’t hear them).

And she remembers a waterfront filled with mills, and eight different boathouses between Mukilteo and Edmonds.

In the 4th grade Aletha’s class went on the first ferry ride to Kingston.

“There was a grand opening,” she says, “and the whole school took the ride!”

Aletha was also a Campfire leader and a Cub Scout den mother, taking over the job when the leaders got drafted during World War II. And she was a charter member of the local PTA. These days Aletha is a big Mariners fan, as well as a 30year cancer survivor.

Happy Birthday, Aletha, and more to come!

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Update on City Council workings The City Council has been productive in this last month, and I thought I would give you an update on some of the more interesting things we’ve been up to.

Contracting out the Fire Service The Council has held 2 meetings on the proposal from Fire District 1 to contract out our fire services with them, and to sell our fire assets.

Four more are currently scheduled for October, one each week including a special meeting on Oct. 13.

That night, the City Council will host a joint meeting with the Commission members from Fire Guest View District 1.

The most imby DJ WILSON portant element edmonds city coucil president of difference to date between the mayor’s proposal and the apparent view of some on the Council – including me – relates to the sale of the assets, like the stations, engines, etc.

The mayor’s proposal takes the sale of those capital assets and diverts the funds to ongoing operations.

Using one-time funds for ongoing

operations is one of the most basic mistakes of public financing.

While it can be a possible strategy to get through immediate financial emergencies, it should not be a tool when planning for the long term.

Unfortunately, it is a mistake this city has made before, and is part of the reason we are in the financial predicament we have today.

In plain speak, this is like selling your house in order to use the proceeds to pay for rent. Sooner or later, you’re going to run out of cash and have no equity to show for it either.

I believe the Council will not adopt this position, and I have asked staff for options to protect the sale proceeds – should we sell them – so that these capital funds do not get mixed into operational revenues.

When you back out those capital proceeds, it appears that – by some estimates – the overhead savings from the fire service ranges from $80,000 to $395,000.

In no case are we still talking about ‘close to a million dollars in savings,’ to paraphrase some characterizations.

Stay tuned.

Re-developing Firdale Village I would bet that every member of the Council has, at some point, cam-

paigned on the idea of redeveloping Firdale Village to foster economic activity and re-investment in this important Edmonds neighborhood.

That is one step closer to happening.

I have been working with Councilman Wambolt since August to draft new zoning criteria for the area. We have gone line by line through almost 50 pages, and taken a great deal of input from Council during a recent public hearing, to try to incentivize innovative development there.

For instance, the zone will be mixed-use, with neighborhood stores and cafes at the base.

We will retain the stand of mature trees at the back of the property, and incentivize “green building” strategies and open space retention.

We still have some details to work out, and Council will have held a public hearing on October 6 to take additional comment, but a final vote should be coming soon. $100 license tabs in Edmonds?

File this under “two steps forward, one step back.”

The Council recently adopted the policy of charging $100 per car annually in license tab fees for Edmonds residents.

The idea is to pay for street

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Dr. Naguib Youssef of Affinity Contemporary Dentistry will pay children $1 per pound for unwanted candy at a Halloween Candy Buy Back event at his 651 Edmonds Way office on Monday, Nov. 2 from 4-7 p.m.

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maintenance, which is certainly a worthy policy goal. We currently charge $20 per license.

I was the only vote against this policy in a 6-1 vote. Let me tell you why.

First, I think it’s bad policy.

Street maintenance is a basic city service, and I believe we ought to be paying for it primarily out of our current tax sources.

Typically this means through property taxes, where voters can increase funds through a levy, or through real estate excise taxes.

Second, this amount will need to be approved by the voters – and I don’t think there is even a slim chance you’ll see that pass.

To base our street project planning for the next 6 years on funds that will never materialize is silly – and, frankly, irresponsible in my view. However, my view was clearly the minority opinion.

All that said whether we all agree or not isn’t the benchmark of success.

What matters, I believe, is that each of our Council members is working sincerely and vigorously to represent what each thinks is the best interest of our community.

Edmonds has a good group of servants at work on its behalf, regardless of how the politics of the day play out.

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LETTERS & OPINION CITY LIGHTS It’s smart to be smart, if you have the time

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ids are cute. Too bad they’re doomed to a life of mediocrity. A new study reveals that for the first time in a century children’s IQ scores are dropping.

The culprit? It would be nice to blame the TV pundits, who epitomize all that’s mediocre in the culture, but the study commissioned by Lloyds of London pins the tail on a different donkey.

Namely, computer games.

“The increasing use of computer games produces neurological changes with their constant and primitive fight-orflight responses,” says American researcher Jane Healy, who contributed to the study. She adds glumly, “Marked changes!”

Why is that bad? Well, it works like this. Over time the computer-game junkies experience a sharp jump in blood pressure and anxiety levels, which results in a corresponding loss of brain cells.

In the vernacular, dumbness sets in.

But don’t overreact, Myrtle. It doesn’t appear contagious. In any case Edmonds City got there first when it comes to brain-cell Lights annihilation.

You want to see the evidence? Thought

by AL HOOPER you’d never ask. al.hooper@comcast.net EXHIBIT “A”: the Sign Thugs.

Even as we speak, certain alleged adults are loping about stealing and trashing election signs. Why would anyone over the mental age of six consider this time well spent? It’s a rhetorical question.

In every election you hear it said, “Sign vandalism is worse this year than ever before.” And it’s true. This year is bad, and next year will be badder.

Sometimes the perps brazenly act out in front of witnesses, like the man in a red car who dedicated his entire week to stealing Strom Peterson-for-City Council signs.

Maria Montalvo, the candidate’s part-time adviser and full-time wife, says: “On one occasion a jogger tried to stop the man from pulling signs legally placed in public rights of way. The man ignored him, threw two signs in his car and drove off.”

Similar reports arrive daily from the base camps of nearly all the council candidates.

Which means the targeted candidate or a supporter must run out and replace the stolen signs. Total elapsed time: two days. And who benefits from all this activity? Nobody.

Where are those IQ testers when you need them?

EXHIBIT “B”: Lyndon LaRouche.

No, this goofy economist and chronic candidate for president of the United States doesn’t live in Edmonds. But on a recent day a few of his acolytes presumed to clutter a downtown street corner with tracts that included posters of President Obama with a Hitler mustache.

People took offense. A confrontation occurred.

The issue wasn’t partisanship. It was ignorance.

Too many Americans died defending the world against Nazi domination for most of us to take lightly the mindless mewling of girlish zealots, of both sexes.

Of course the LaRouche types wouldn’t know about such things. Learning history takes time.

And time – as our survey results show – is something the True Believers do not have much of.

Just 10 years ago the average attention span in this country was 12 minutes. Today it’s five minutes. And falling.

You don’t digest a lot of history in five-minute dollops.

What you do instead is live by synopsis. Keep it brief, please.

And no abstract references. No blah blah about airy subjects like the Declaration Of Independence or the Bill Of Rights or any of that fancy-pants stuff.

Better to spend your free time tearing up election signs or defacing photos of elected presidents…

The study cited above also tells us that today’s teenagers have HALF the vocabulary of their 1950s counterparts.

Translation: They have half the ability to think.

So let us all say this in unison: READ! And kill your computer games.

Doing laundry right is an art form

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’ve said before that my mom had every day of her week scheduled. The schedule revolved around the household needs of her family, with pleasant additions of lunches with friends, circle meetings at church and puttering in her flower garden.

She also made daily forays to the grocery store – frequently carrying the recipe for that day’s dinner in her purse, clipped from the newspaper or copied from Bea Donovan’s cooking show on Channel 5. We knew Mom’s routine.

Monday was laundry Home day. Wherever she lived, my Again! mother’s preference was to

by JOANNE PETERSON hang laundered clothing, bjbpete @ aol . com sheets and towels outdoors on a clothesline.

Early on, everyone did that, as no one had a dryer. But even after she acquired a clothes dryer, weather permitting, my mom preferred using the clothesline, claiming the laundry smelled like sunshine.

(I was convinced. I still dry laundry outdoors when I can, even if I must drape it on a spindly wooden rack on my deck.)

Before we moved to Edmonds, my recollection is of laundry hanging on three parallel lines across the basement of our little house in Lake City. Probably I only imagine that the clothes that dried in our dark gray basement always smelled vaguely of damp cement. I remember for certain the slap of wet sheets when I blundered on roller skates into those

lines of laundry. (After we moved to Edmonds, I had sidewalks for skating, mostly so bumpy and uneven they made my teeth jitter.)

After Mom’s Monday laundry day, Tuesday – predictably – was ironing day. My approach to ironing is quite a bit more casual than my mother’s. Scheduled? Hardly. I iron when I begin getting lonesome for a particular garment I haven’t seen lately and reach far into the closet for the white mesh bag holding accumulated ironing.

I see things I’ve long forgotten. That would be my cue to iron those items and immediately put them in the “Donate” box, wouldn’t it? I do not. I cannot shake the belief that my clothes enjoy living with me and do not want to go elsewhere. But that’s a whole different problem than ironing, isn’t it?

Every time I drag out my ironing board, set it up in the bedroom or living room (near the TV) and get out the iron, I think about Mom. With a trigger-handled plastic spray bottle, I carelessly mist water over the skirt or pants as I skid the iron around. (Usually, I get the carpet wet.)

My mother sprinkled the clothing hours before she ironed, using an old vinegar bottle with a perforated stopper jammed into it. She rolled items up into individual bundles to evenly dampen and set up the ironing board in the laundry room or kitchen. (She starched my dad’s shirts. Imagine!)

After ironing one garment, some dishtowels and several pillowcases – I like doing the flat things – I tire of ironing and return the still-bulging bag to the closet. There’s no way I could explain that to my mother.

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always thought I walked at a fairly brisk pace, for a guy in his mid-70s, on my almostdaily walk along the Edmonds waterfront.

My illusion was shattered a short time The Constant ago when Curmudgeon a man in a wheelchair,

by JOHN PIERRE propelled by O ne E yed J on X@ aol . com arm power, breezed by me like I was walking backward. I had seen him before as he’s a regular visitor to the area.

Rob Shay, who was born with spina bifida, gets around

better than most of us who are fortunate enough to have the use of our legs.

I noticed that he wears a t-shirt that seems in opposition to vegetarianism. My first clue was the message on the back of the shirt, “There’s Room For All God’s Creatures…Right Next To My Mashed Potatoes.”

I’m guessing that Rob isn’t as anti-vegetarian as the shirt would imply only because I have noted that, along with a ready smile, he has a delightful sense of humor. I think he’s just poking fun.

Personally, I love vegetables.

I’d rather eat the carrots and potatoes that always come with a pot roast than the often inexpensive (that’s th’ PC term for “cheap”) cut of meat.

The meat, invariably, has hidden bits of gristle and fat that lurk in the shadows of the choicest looking morsels waiting for me to bite into them. Aaaaarrrrggggh!

But while I’m a vegetable lover, I hanker now and then for a nice, juicy medium or medium-rare steak about the size of those featured in the movie “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” One of them filled up a fryin’ pan (into a couple inches of smoking hot lard) about the size of a 1960s Cadillac hubcap. Ohhh yeeeeaaaah! Now that’s livin’!

If you’re fortunate enough to run across Rob Shay along the waterfront (usually Brackett’s Landing), tell him I said “howdy.”

Thankee kindly.

October 8, 2009

letters to the editor Another reason to cheer Huskies Editor: Rosalie and I are long-time Edmonds residents, 1960 through today (with time out for a 20-yer stint in Alaska.

We enjoy your column, vote every election, sent four children through the Edmonds school system.

We are University of Washington alums, me the class of `54; Rosie-Posie did three years before marriage interrupted. I am a retired stockbroker, but don’t hold that against me!

We are both sports fans, Husky screamers! On Sept. 20 we attended a Husky women’s softball team celebration tour – the Argosy cruise from Pier 56. We fans honored the team’s 2009 national championship a team powered

by Danielle Lawrie (our gift from Vancouver, Canada) and coached by Heather Tarr.

A cruise event was an auction and Rosie won the prize, which was to have 17 very beautiful team members come to our Edmonds condo to prepare and serve dinner Oct. 25. We met Jake Locker (UW football quarterback) on the cruise – his girlfriend is on the team. As editor emeritus of the Edmonds Beacon, you might like to stop by to say hi to 17 very beautiful girls (you must promise to be on your BEST behavior).

No less a personage that Mayor Gary Haakenson will be there. But let me clear up our relationship with His Honor the Mayor. We’ve seen Gary a hundred times walking around town. We ran into him after the cruise and told him of the coming event, and please show up to greet the team.

He said to email him with the details. I don’t think he’ll mind – we’ve been voting him into office every election since 1932 (year of my birth).

We think your Jay Leno humor would be a nice addition to what promises to be a treasured event in the lives of the Ginnetts – and all who attend.

– Gary & Rosalie Ginnett

A councilman of quiet resolve Editor: We support Strom Peterson for election to Edmonds City Council Pos. 2. In the five years we’ve known Strom,

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we’ve been impressed with his steady commitment to economic development, environmental and economic sustainability, and responsible government.

In this year when we’ve all been shocked by the vitriolic polarization of our country at the national level, we think it is especially important to support political candidates at all levels of government who can advance new ideas successfully by listening to all sides and building consensus through compromise.

Strom has shown that he can do that.

Most new ideas face opposition to some degree. Such was the case when Strom introduced the draft plastic bag ordinance.

Rather than escalating the effort into a strident “us-vs.them” campaign, Strom listened to and met with those who opposed the initial draft.

Finding legitimate concerns, he modified the draft so that it sharpened the scope and alleviated the hardships the initial draft would have caused.

The result was an ordinance that achieved the purpose while satisfying more people.

The council passed it by a 6-1 vote.

That willingness to talk things through and achieve reasonable compromises is the kind of quietly effective politics we need, whether in Edmonds or the national arena.

– Robert & Janice Freeman

`Votes `R Us’ – a goal for all Editor: The Seattle Times recently discussed the importance of a candidate’s voting record when seeking public office, and noted that voting is one of the easiest things a person can do, and that candidates who fail to vote in numerous elections should be “…ashamed and embarrassed.”

This applies in Edmonds as well as Seattle and King County. It is an issue in the Michael Plunkett v. Priya Cloutier race (for Edmonds City Council), and the latter’s spotty voting record is one quick strike against her.

The issue matters, and voters should not be quick to dismiss this civic value.

In addition, let’s not forget her political debut some months ago. That was

the pitbull-style attack on councilman Plunkett during a council meeting. It was quickly followed by (council president DJ) Wilson’s endorsement of her candidacy.

In appearance a staged event, it raises a question as to whether Ms. Cloutier can be an independent council member, or will she vote lockstep with the other Democratic candidates?

I would expect the latter, so ‘strike two.’

Finally, there are the odd comments from her about doing a better job at economic development than Mr. Plunkett. Odd because he is working with the Highway 99 Economic Development Task Force, and contributing to its success. Perplexing because he helped create the Historic Preservation Commission to save valuable historic properties that contribute to the unique marketing of Edmonds.

Mr. Plunkett also voted for the Edmonds Center for the Arts, a performance venue drawing top-notch entertainment and dollars to Edmonds. In contrast, I find no substantive ideas from Ms. Cloutier about economic development.

On her blog is a faint mention of being ‘green’ and then a nod to ‘transit-oriented development’ – not realizing it’s already underway along Highway 99 where it belongs.

Yes, Ms. Cloutier is creating some energy around town. Yes, her supporters are doing well in typing concerns about Plunkett on her Facebook page.

But we need substance and experience to guide the city.

We need a balanced council and people who really understand how to create revenue streams during this difficult time.

– Jim Underhill (PRIYA CLOUTIER responds: “Mr. Underhill’s concern about a lockstep vote of Democratic representatives is unwarranted. The Edmonds City Council is non-partisan. While members may have Democratic or Republican values, in the council, they work for the people of Edmonds. That’s how I see this responsibility. (“Despite all of the handwaving and attempted distractions, we all know the real issue in this election is

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Edmonds stands out as Festival Town O

ne route from the Kingston ferry terminal to Port Townsend takes you south of Chimacum through Beaver Valley.

If you blink twice you might miss the small sign that identifies “Egg and I Road.”

Betty MacDonald and her husband once managed a chicken farm at that location around 1930. Her humorous memoirs were published under the title “The Egg and I” and were so popular Hollywood purchased movie rights for a film of the same name.

Subsequent films featuring the MacDonalds’ colorful neighbors were released under “Ma and Pa Kettle” titles.

Entering Port Townsend we passed what we swore must have been a third generation Kettle.

He had long hair, a long beard spotted with tobacco stains; a hillbilly hat and he managed to balance an outsized guitar on the handlebars of an ancient bicycle. And a wide grin was etched across his face.

He seemed to be made for Port Townsend. And Port Townsend seemed designed for him, a home for eccentrics, artists, musicians, the ancestors of the maritime pioneers who occupied the uptown mansions, and for the present-day merchants, boosters and civic fathers who organize festivals like the Wooden Boat extravaganza which annually lures some 200 new and antique sailing craft and upwards of 25,000 visitors.

Owen At We were among their number and wished Large that we might return for the Port Townsend

by JOHN OWEN Film Festival, the Victorian Festival, the Rhody ieater @ verizon . net Festival or the jazz or country blues concert in town and at Fort Worden.

We returned home along Beaver Valley and eventually through Poulsbo. Their annual Viking Festival reflects the same enthusiastic civic involvement and sense of history.

But then on the ferry home from that excursion last month we began to count our personal blessings. A lot of visitors shared our ride to Edmonds; some to cruise the custom car show lining Main Street and surrounding avenues. Others were here for the Bird Fest, which enjoyed its most successful weekend during a revised, September run.

There is no doubt in my mind that Edmonds hosts one of the oldest and certainly the most enjoyable of all Northwest arts festivals.

Bellevue has more, and higher priced arts on display. But, the artists and art-lovers are crammed into a concrete parking garage while in Edmonds crowds enjoy green grass, almost-guaranteed sunshine, free musical performances and lots of finger food.

Another of my personal favorites is the Jazz Connection over the Memorial Day Weekend, because it brings to downtown the top musicians and vocalists from area schools that frequently win national acclaim.

We have a Waterfront festival, which features a few of the boats eventually headed for Port Townsend.

We have Edmonds In Bloom, a Fourth of July parade and evening celebration.

We can enjoy outstanding national artists appearing at Edmonds Center for the Arts.

We have the Taste of Edmonds and Write on the Sound, just one of a few dozen events or classes offered at the Anderson Center.

We have summer concerts in City Park and a Saturday market linked to the fountain and downtown shops.

Incidentally, that’s where I often buy my eggs, from free-run chickens raised on a ranch much like those tended by the MacDonalds plus Ma and Pa Kettle, along Egg and I Road.

Recently when I ordered a dozen extra-large at the Edmonds Saturday market I found two yolks in one egg.

It doesn’t get much better than that.

PORT OF EDMONDS NOTICE OF FINAL BUDGET HEARINGS The preliminary operating budget of the Port District of the Port of Edmonds for 2010 has been prepared and will be placed on file at the offices of the Port District.

After October 9, 2009 the budget will be available on the Port’s website – www.portofedmonds.org.

The Port Commission will conduct public budget hearings on October 12, 2009, October 26, 2009 and November 9, 2009 at the Port Administration Building, for the purpose of fixing and adopting the final operating budget and tax levy amount, of the Port District of the Port of Edmonds for the year 2010.

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LETTERS, from page 5 our local economy, and the Edmonds city budget. Yes, I missed a few elections (so did my opponent, but I’m not taking out an ad in the Beacon on it), and yes, I am ashamed of it. It is time to move forward, come together, and invigorate our local economy. We cannot afford politics as usual. (“I have discussed my economic plan with many here in Edmonds, and would be happy to discuss it with Mr. Underhill. Our underlying problem is that Edmonds does not have a diverse tax base; over 50 percent of our retail taxes come from our auto dealers, while we have a large amount of retail and professional office space that remains vacant. (“Over the past 12 years our retail taxes have risen

far slower than surrounding areas. The failure to diversify Edmonds increased our city’s vulnerability during this recession, as auto sales plummeted.

Now our city budget is in the red, with no plan for recovery.

We’ve been paying consultants for years to summarize this data on our local economy, but we have failed to take action to better balance our tax base, instead earning a reputation as a city that resists any new business effort, no matter how small. (“I disagree with my opponent, Mr. Plunkett, who stated at the Chamber Candidates forum (10/01/09) that Edmonds does not have an income problem. I find that unbelievable at a time when Yost Pool and other city programs were on the chopping

block as recently as April, and when our city employees are taking unpaid sabbatical days to cover the budget hole. (“My economic plan includes several parallel efforts, including drawing in tourists through efforts such as the Edmonds Mural Society, improving intra-Edmonds transportation to make it easier to shop Edmonds, working with state and federal agencies to get Edmonds on the list for some long-needed improvements (such as the South County Senior Center) and several others.

“I invite citizens to contact me via my website at www.votepriya.com.”

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Editor: (Edmonds City Councilman) Strom Peterson’s rebuttal of comments in last week’s letters to the editor was pathetic. It reads like a lawyerly evasion intended to distract and hide Mr. Peterson’s real performance.

Having attended all but two City Council meetings since February (a grueling punishment), this is how I see it.

Mr. Peterson did vote to block funds from Yost Pool so it couldn’t open in the summer. He did vote to block citizens from the right to appeal certain land-use decisions.

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(read increased building heights). His stance to raise building heights cost him the elections of 2005 and `07.

He is on the council only because (council president DJ) Wilson voted 37 times for him last January even though there were 20 other people to choose from to replace Deanna Dawson.

In all these actions, Mr. Peterson never spoke substantively about why he was voting the way he did. In fact, I would characterize him as the invisible council person.

He spoke about plastic bags.

After that, mostly silence.

Now we come to the Fire District 1 proposal. Again not a word from Mr. Peterson.

No concern about the impact on citizens. No questions, nothing.

What is he contributing to the discourse on this important subject?

Small town ambiance?

Forget it! If Mr. Peterson is elected, his first act will be to change the name of Edmonds to Bellevue West.

for building heights is outlandish at best, and an insult to our Economic Development Commission and local businesses that are working hard to find revenue sources to keep our city solvent in these tough financial times.

(He does make one point I agree with. I am not the most vocal council member. I have always been more of a listener than a talker and do not speak just to hear myself talk. Grandstanding is not my style. I do my homework and know the issues, as Mr. Murray noted after Monday night’s debate at the Senior Center where he congratulated me on a job well done.

(I appreciate his comments and will do more to let people know where I stand on the issues. Of course if anyone, including Mr. Murray, has any questions about how I feel about an issue, I encourage them to contact me directly.)

– George Murray

Editor: My wife and I have lived in Edmonds 10 years, having moved back to Chris’ home area for my job and her family. We selected Edmonds because it is a beautiful town with sweeping vistas and a viable downtown.

Since that time, we have seen increasing numbers of for-lease signs and an influx of nail shops as our local merchants struggle.

The vocal group of anti-progressive thinkers, cloaking themselves as fiscal conservatives and preservationists, has almost brought Edmonds to her knees.

A few more of their clique on Edmonds City Council will do the trick. For Edmonds to maintain its standing in South Snohomish County, we need a City Council that can understand the world is changing and we need to keep up with the times.

(STROM PETERSON responds, “I have great respect for Mr. Murray and admiration for his dedication to our community. I will, however, take issue with some of his statements.

(Regarding Yost Pool: Mr. Murray is incorrect. I ask readers to check the City Council minutes of April 21.

I made the motion to approve the new fees and schedule so the pool could open. The motion passed unanimously.

Thanks to the hard work of so many dedicated citizens, Yost had a great summer.

(Regarding land-use decisions: Again, Mr. Murray is wrong. Citizens have the right to appeal land-use decisions and the council can better represent the people of Edmonds on these issues.

(His assertion that revenue generation is some secret code

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LETTERS, from page 5 We have been impressed with what Strom Peterson has brought to the table since his appointment to the council. Edmonds has made national, state and local news with the implementation of his progressive ideas.

It is clear the anti-everything crowd doesn’t want to change anything. It’s time to bring them into 2010 and the world as it is. Strom can do that and we support his return to City Council.

– Jack Loos

Is Plunkett soft on height limits?

Editor: I attended the chamber of commerce candidate forum last week. I thought generally there were fine performances by all.

However, I was quite surprised to learn that Michael Plunkett had pushed city officials to not enforce the building code when it comes to his campaign contributors. His opponent read an email Mr. Plunkett wrote to the mayor and staff saying something to the effect that he didn’t think a “strict interpretation” of the law was warranted when it came to building heights of his contributors.

Mr. Plunkett’s response was that the builder in question had only given in the hundreds of dollars, not thousands. He also responded that this issue was something

the council was working on.

I learned today that the city has been illegally permitting buildings for a decade following Mr. Plunkett’s guidance of not “strictly” following the law.

I know, editor, you will forward this to Mr. Plunkett for comment, which I appreciate. So here are my questions: Mr. Plunkett, why would the city ever not want to enforce the code strictly?

Why did you seek to intervene in this case on the part of this developer? If this roof issue (not enforcing the code) has been going on for so long and you’ve known about it, why haven’t you addressed it in the previous 12 years you’ve been on the council?

– Stohn Nishino (MICHAEL PLUNKETT responds, “Let me be clear – what I said at the Candidate Forum was I do not want taller buildings, more people, more cars, more density in Edmonds. I like Edmonds the way it is. Furthermore, there is a proposed change to how roofs are constructed. I support roofs that allow for more view corridors. I have repeatedly voted against taller buildings to protect views. I will support future roof-design guidelines that allow for more view corridors. This will be a great benefit to the people of Edmonds.”)

Treasure Hunt a big hit!

Murals can be an all season reason for people to come to Edmonds.

Editor, The merchants of Edmonds sponsored a Treasure Hunt during Labor Day weekend which had young and old alike scrambling from store to store in search of clues leading to “pirate booty”.

What a wonderful “Edmonds kind of day” event this was. These are the kinds of activities that make me so proud to be a resident of Edmonds. Many of the merchants donated fabulous prizes not only to those who visited the store in search of clues but also to four grand prizewinners who successfully completed the hunt.

Hats off to the owners of Arista Wine Cellars for their creativity in dreaming up this event.

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Mural shows us our history Editor: I would like to say how excited I am about the concept of murals in Edmonds. Our town has a rich and fascinating history. Well-executed, tastefully produced and carefully selected murals are a great way to tell the story of Edmonds. As we strive to preserve the character and historic integrity of our town, the use of our large blank wall surfaces to depict what we have lost and what needs to be saved, is a great idea.

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Editor: If you have not seen the mural just east of 5th Ave N on Main Street, take the time to stop by and enjoy.

I would love to see many more historical murals on blank walls around town.

Edmonds attracts lots of visitors through out the year.

In the summer they always remark on our hanging baskets and corner plantings.

Editor: It is with enthusiasm that I endorse Strom Peterson for Edmonds City Council Pos. 2.

A few things come to mind in my decision.

First is the positive nature and regard for others that he brings to the council.

Both times he has run for the council he has been

respectful of his opponents, never stooping to negative campaigning.

Second, as a retired educator, I have great confidence in the younger generation.

So often we think we need to leave or protect certain things for our children and grandchildren, including special aspects of our community; and of course, we do.

However, we shouldn’t confuse what is important to us with what is important to pass on to future generations.

Strom, in his wisdom, led the council’s effort to ban plastic bags in Edmonds.

He understands that leaving the next generation with a clean/green planet is far more important than some other legislative items that have been continually bickered over the past few years.

Finally, Strom Petersen brings a good balance to Edmonds City Council as an outstanding representative of a new generation of civic leaders and a visionary businessman in Edmonds.

Rather than criticizing those who disagree with him, Strom works to build consensus in the community and on the council, seeking positive solutions to the challenges facing our community.

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Weeks after motivational speaker Tyler Durman spoke at an all-school assembly at Meadowdale High School last year, students were still talking about his inspirational message.

“It’s really amazing how much wisdom one person can have,” said Leif Warren, the new student adviser for Meadowdale. “Motivational speakers impact so many students’ lives – I would hate to not see that happen this year.”

Because of budget restrictions, Meadowdale can’t afford a speaker this year.

Warren hopes to change that.

Warren, a senior, is Meadowdale’s student adviser on the Edmonds school board for the 2009-2010 school year.

He’ll get to be part of the discussion on budget issues the Edmonds School District is facing, including cuts to extracurricular programs.

Working with the school board to figure out ways to bring in funds for another motivational speaker is at the top of Warren’s list.

As a student adviser, Warren feels it’s important that he lend his voice to the programs he and other students care about.

“I care a lot about what happens around me,” he said.

“I think it’s important to be involved. That’s where the

whole idea of democracy is from.”

Warren has been involved in student government most of his life. He served on ASB for several years in middle school and for three years at Meadowdale. He ran for ASB president last year, but lost in a three-way tie.

He also served a term as student representative for the Edmonds City Council, is on the Meadowdale Music Council, and is leader of the high school’s youth group Christians With A Mission.

“Being a student representative is a big responsibility, but I feel I’m up to the job,” Warren said. “I have to make sure I pay attention to what’s going on at school, that I have open ears to the students and the staff, and that I give my heart to it.”

Warren’s experiences as a student, both inside and outside the classroom, make him an ideal candidate for student adviser to the school board, said board member Patrick Shields.

“Leif brings a sincere interest in learning about the district and the board, and in providing the board with his insight related to students, schools and the issues that impact the learning process,” he said.

Meadowdale Principal Dale Cote thinks Warren will be able to speak well for a variety of student voices.

“I think he has a great head

on his shoulders,” he said.

“He’s got good common sense.

I think he is articulate and bright, and can engage with school members and district office personnel really well.”

In addition to serving as Meadowdale student adviser this year, Warren plans to job shadow a surgeon and volunteer at the Northwest Hospital & Medical Center in Seattle.

He’d like to go to a fouryear university – like Seattle Pacific University or the University of Washington – and get a degree in medicine or surgery.

“I’m really excited,” Warren said. “I’ve always wanted to be a doctor. There’s nothing better than being able to know that you’ve positively impacted someone’s life.”

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t the old Lynnwood High School, sophomore Scott Dotson would sometimes feel claustrophobic in the classroom.

“It was just nauseating how sometimes I’d go in and out of all these classrooms and there weren’t any windows,” he said.

A lack of windows wasn’t the only problem Dotson had at the old school.

Sometimes he couldn’t hear his teacher. Sometimes he couldn’t see what was on the projector because its cart or an arm was in the way.

And sometimes he went back and forth between needing a jacket and needing a fan.

But those aren’t problems anymore.

Classrooms at the new LHS, for which there was a dedication ceremony last Saturday, are equipped with state-of-the art technology, from ceiling-mounted projectors to wireless microphones and lights that automatically dim as daylight increases.

A passive ventilation system maximizes the circulation of fresh air and energy-saving boilers provide efficient heating to classrooms, too.

“I can hear everything, I can see everything and I’m not uncomfortable,” Dotson

said. “In general, I’m learning better.”

Teachers and students agree the modern technology and roomy design of the new classrooms provide a better learning environment.

Bigger classrooms “The classrooms are much bigger than they used to be,” said senior and ASB president Cooper Robertson. “It’s a whole different feeling.”

Math teacher Glenn Chinn used to feel cramped in his small classroom at the old school. Moving around the room was difficult, so he sometimes felt trapped at the front of the room.

With a more spacious room, Chinn can go freely from desk to desk helping students with math problems and incorporate more group work into his teaching.

Chinn said his students seem more awake and tuned in to tasks in his new classroom, thanks to better air circulation and natural lighting from windows and skylights.

“Every class is set with its own air circulation system, so every single classroom feels nice and fresh,” Robertson said.

Wireless microphones Students can hear more clearly now that teachers have wireless microphones

that transmit to ceiling speakers, said junior Grace Roberts. She no longer has to strain her ears to listen to teacher instruction.

“The microphones also help when students are doing presentations,” Roberts said. “If someone is quiet, they can use the microphone so everyone can hear the presentation.”

Spanish teacher Jan Cullor likes how the microphone system helps students hear the subtle sounds of another language.

“I don’t have to project my voice as much,” she said. “And since I teach a language, I can project the tapes and CDs with the mike and all students can easily hear.”

Cullor also likes how classroom projectors are now mounted to the ceiling and operated by remote control. She doesn’t need to fidget with the projector’s cart anymore.

“I don’t have to move the projector close or away from students,” Cullor said.

Dennis Friedman, a career and technical education teacher, appreciates the space and instructional tools available to him at the new school.

But, he said, teaching is really about the students and staff.

“While the building has given me a better work space, it hasn’t changed what I’m doing,” Friedman said. “All that aside, the real heart of the school is the people.”

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AROUND TOWN Star Dogsledder to speak at library

County hearing at City Hall Oct. 12

Edmonds United Methodist Church (EUMC) will present a half-day conference for those supporting friends and family with memory loss issues resulting from stroke or some sort of dementia. Memory Loss: Putting the Pieces Together, will be held from 8:30 a.m. – noon Saturday, October 10, and feature speakers including Ruth Sanderson, Sue Schepp and Neta Wenberg, Alzheimer’s Association; and Pam Graham, Family Center of South Snohomish County.

Conference topics include: · Maintain Your Brain Principles for a Dignified Diagnosis · · Journey Through Memory Loss · Powerful Tools for Caregivers Additionally, there will be opportunities for attendees to directly interact with the speakers.

Edmonds United Methodist Church is located at 828 Caspers Street, Edmonds.

REGISTER: Registration is required. Register online at http://www.edmondsumc.org. For more information, call Rev. Serena Sullivan, Edmonds United Methodist Church, 425-778-2119

The Brighton School PTO is sponsoring an evening at the Edmonds Library with Laura Daugereau, the first woman from Washington to complete the Iditarod.

Daugereau will be speaking from 7 – 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12 at the Edmonds Library(Plaza Room), 650 Main Street, Edmonds.

The meeting starts with a Meet and Greet followed by a Q & A session afterwards.

Come hear Daugereau’s tale of the 1,049 mile trek across Alaska from Anchorage to Nome by dog sled.

The event is open to the public.

Daugereau will also speak to students at Brighton School Monday morning.

For more information on Daugereau and dogsledding go to www.nightrunnerkennel.com.

Snohomish County Council, led by chairman Mike Cooper of Edmonds, will launch a series of public hearings on the 2010 county budget at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 12.

Venue is Edmonds City Hall (250 – 5th Avenue North). The public is welcome.

Anyone who wants to provide input on the county budget in advance of the public hearing can do so by going to www. snoco.org and clicking on “County Council Seeks Public’s Budget Priorities.”)

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Mid-week fellowship events in Oct. Edmonds Christian Church invites you to attend their weekly Thursday Mid-Week Fellowship events in October.

This month’s theme is “ Bringing Warring Parties Together” Questions to Ponder: In what ways does faith play a role in mediation and reconciliation?

Where is there a need for reconciliation in our world today, and how can we be peacemakers?

October 8: Contemplative Labyrinth Service October 15: Movie Night “Trust Me.” About a summer camp that brings Jewish, Christian, and Muslim children together after 9/11.

October 22: Music of a different culture (tentatively featuring Paul Davila, an Ecuadorian guitarist and singer).

October 29: “Faith-Roots of Peacemaking” with Pastor Glenn All are welcome to come. The evening starts at 6:30 p.m. with a light supper, followed by the program of the evening at 7 p.m.

Visit Edmonds Christian Church at 23010 84th Ave. W., Edmonds. For more information, please visit http://edmondschristian.ning.com/, or call the church at (425)775-5212.

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The Sno-King Chapter of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) will be holding their October meeting on October 15, at the Snohomish PUD Auditorium, 21018Highway 99, Lynnwood.

There will be a social period starting at 12:30 p.m., the meeting starts at 1 p.m. with a program scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

Lanny Ross, District IX VicePresident-NARFE, will speak on Unified Dues.

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Join members of Temple Beth Or for a Havdalah hike, celebrating the end of Shabbat, from 4 – 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Rabbi Jessica Kessler Marshall and TBO congregant Dylan Pickus will lead this leisurely hike, providing guidance and religious insight while helping Jews to connect with their natural surroundings.

To join the hike, meet at the Discovery Park Visitor Center, 3801 W. Government Way, Seattle. Please wear weatherappropriate clothing; the hike will take place rain or shine! Friends, family, community members, and friendly dogs welcome. For more information please contact Temple Beth Or at 425-259-7125 or office@templebethor.org.

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Monday, November 2 from 4:00 - 7:00 pm at

Fall Mushroom Show - Free Admission, all ages From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Sunday, October 11, at Floral Hall in Forest Park, 802 East Mukilteo Blvd., Everett.

Learn to identify more than 100 different types of this popular fungus at the Fall Mushroom Show. Bring in your own mystery mushrooms and experts will help you identify them. Sales of wild mushrooms, t-shirts, arts and crafts.

Demonstrations - Over 150 wild mushroom species on display.

For information call (425)257-8300 for info or go to http://www.scmsfungi.org

This lecture is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. on Monday, October 12, at Edmonds Lutheran Church, 23525 84th Ave. W., Edmonds.

The speaker will be Rev. Donna Vande Kieft from Providence Hospice.

She will give tips and advice for care giving and end of life issues.

Reservations are not needed.

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Olympic Ballet Theatre, Edmonds, Celebrates it’s 29th season of dance, and welcomes in a new year with the Beaux Arts Celebration and Auction.

Join Olympic Ballet as they open the evening at 6 p.m. with a silent auction, reception and appetizers!

Enjoy “Sapphire” “Pearl” and “Platinum” auctions which feature fun, exotic and elegant items alike!

Kick up your feet at the Olympic Ballet Theatre welcome performance, followed by a pallet pleasing dessert auction and raffle which will wet your appetite for the savory dinner to come!

The Beaux Arts Celebration and Auction will be held at the Lynnwood Convention Center October 10.

To make reservations or for more information, please call Olympic Ballet Theatre at (425) 774-7570 or go to www. olympicballet.com.

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Fire station empty? Please don’t call 911 JEANNE STARTZMAN startzman @ ci . edmonds . wa . us by

The Edmonds Fire Department was dispatched to 115 calls in and around Edmonds last week, which brings this year’s call volume to 3,865.

Aid crews responded to 79 calls; fire crews responded to 36 incidents.

Medical Incidents The Edmonds Fire Department offers free blood-pressure checks at

each of its three fire stations.

If you go to a fire station to have your blood pressure checked and find no one in quarters, crews are either out responding to a call or training off-site. Unfortunately, due to the nature of emergency response, it’s not possible to schedule an appointment for a blood-pressure check.

An individual went to Station 20 to get his blood pressure taken. When he found the station empty, he called 911 to have an aid car come and take his blood pressure. Crews responded, but when they arrived at the station the

caller had left.

If you’re having a medical emergency, call 911. Do not drive to a fire station.

If you’d like a routine bloodpressure reading and find “nobody home,” you can either try waiting for the crews to return, or come back at a later time, or try a different fire station.

Keep Those Chimneys Clean Firefighters responded to a possible fire in the chimney of a two-story

residence in the 8400 block of 200th Street SW. The homeowner had used the fireplace the night before, but was concerned that smoke was still coming out of the chimney.

Fire crews found a smoldering fire in the chimney. The cause was likely a bird’s nest, as homeowners recalled that in the spring the chimney had been home to a bird family.

Whether you use your fireplace to heat your home or simply for ambiance, now is the time of year to have your chimney inspected and, if necessary, cleaned.

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Sam, along with his wife of 68 years, Evelyn Yost Ewing, started Ewing Electric Inc. in 1946. He was preceded in death by their son, Nicholas Walter Ewing. Sam will be remembered as a wonderful loving husband by his wife, Evelyn; a supportive and generous best dad ever by Sam Ewing Jr. and Debbie Ewing Duvall; the most accepting and loving father-in-law by Robert Duvall; and the most playful, energetic and willing-to-jump-on-the-trampoline grandpa by his 6 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

A viewing was held from at Beck’s Funeral Home, 405 Fifth Ave. S, Edmonds; 425-771-1234. A Graveside service will take place at 2pm on Thurs., Oct. 8 at Holyrood Mausoleum in Shoreline; with a Memorial Service following at 4pm at Edmonds United Methodist Church at 828 Caspers St. in Edmonds; with reception to follow.

Donations in his memory may be given to the Edmonds Public Education Foundation, P.O. Box 390, Lynnwood, WA 98046 or edmondspef.org.

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WORSHIP DR. RICHARD STEPHEN KIRBY

Anne Markell

May 5, 1958 - September 20, 2009

The community of Edmonds, knew Anne Markell for her warm heart, beautiful smile and gentle presence, (also from her daily jogs around town with her red ponytail flying).

Anne was raised in Berkeley, CA, and then graduated from the University of Washington.

She was an accomplished equestrian and all around athlete.

She worked for many years at Stevens Hospital as the CME director, most recently working for the Washington State Medical Association.

Prior to Anne’s two-year struggle with ovarian cancer, she helped so many people in need – especially those with cancer.

Anne’s most beautiful contribution to this earth is her son Matthew, age nine. She is also survived by her mother Nancy Markell of Santa Rosa, CA, her brother Christopher Markell of Geyserville, CA, and a large circle of close friends.

The family is planning services at Holy Rosary Church in Edmonds on Thurs. Oct. 15th at noon.

In lieu of flowers please donate to Gilda’s Club Seattle 1400 Broadway, Seattle WA 98122 www.gildasclubseattle.org

Dr. Richard Stephen Kirby, 60, of Edmonds, Washington, died suddenly at home on September 24th, 2009.Richard was born in London, England on July 16th, 1949 to Jean and Ted Kirby.

He received his BA in Experimental Psychology from Northeast London Polytechnic. After being called to the priesthood, he was ordained at the General Theological Seminary in New York City.

He returned to London to complete a PhD in Theology and History at King’s College London.

Soon thereafter, he emigrated to America, and made his home in Edmonds.Dr. Kirby’s early scientific interests were melded with his deep Christian faith throughout his career.

He was an author, chaplain, educator and futurist. He served as Chairman of the World Network of Religious Futurists, Executive Director of the Stuart C. Dodd Institute, and President of the Kepler Space University.

He wrote and co-wrote six books, as well as many periodical publications and weekly

sermons for his online Church.

Dr. Kirby’s visions of an ideally profitable future is an inspiration to his colleagues.

Richard loved music – playing hymns on his piano and organ, taking inspiration from Mahler and Beethoven, and becoming a leading scholar on the works of Jean Sibelius.

He was also a science fiction aficionado and a pioneer at the intersection of science fiction and spirituality.

Richard was an adoring husband and father.

He is survived by his beloved wife Abeba “Nunu,” daughter Alana (Irvine, CA), his beloved dogs Dexter and Willie, his mother Jean (Weymouth, England), sister Frances Kirby and her husband John (Weymouth, England), his in-laws Yilma Haile and Koki A. Meshesha (Everett, WA), and his sisters- and brothers-in-law.

Memorial donations may be made to Books for Africa (booksforafrica.org). A celebration of Richard’s life was held Saturday October 3rd at the Faith Community Church in Edmonds, WA.

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Margaret (Maggi) Bayles passed away September 23, 2009 at the age of 90.

She was a long-time resident of Seattle and Edmonds. Her husband, George, a prominent University Rotarian, died in 1983. At her request there will be no services.

Remembrances may be sent to the University Rotary Service Fund at 4710 University Way NE, #114, Seattle, WA 98105.

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Church Directory

Edmonds Presbyterian Church 22600 96th Ave. W., Edmonds

Sunday Worship 10:00am 425-776-4334 www.epc-pcusa.org

Edmonds United Methodist Church 828 Casper St.

425-778-2119

Sunday Worship & Education 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Pastors

Kathlyn James Paul Mitchell Serena Sullivan

Childcare provided at both services.

Visit us at www.edmondsumc.org

St. Alban's Episcopal Church

St. Hilda – St. Patrick Episcopal Church Sunday 8:00 and 10:00 AM 425-743-4655 –

Rev. Cynthia Espeseth

15224 52nd Ave. W • Edmonds www.sthildastpatrick.org

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST 551 Maple, Edmonds 10:00 a.m. ............... Sunday School 10:00 a.m. .............. Sunday Service 7:30 p.m. ........... Wed. Eve. Meeting 778-4007 Reading Room 120 - 5th Ave S M-F 10 to 4 Sat. 11 to 3 778-3553

21405 82nd Pl. W., Edmonds

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HELP WANTED Su­nrise Assisted Living is now hiring Compassionate and hard working caregivers To work evening shift 10pm – 6am. Fu­ll and Part time posi­ tions available. Call Kristina You­ng, ALC at 425 673­9700 750 Edmonds Way, Edmonds WA. 98020

ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE (Ou­tside Sales) Beacon Pu­blishing, Inc., pu­blisher of two commu­nity newspapers and other spe­ cialty produ­cts, is looking for a display ad sales pro­ fessional. Responsibilities inclu­de: maintain estab­ lished client accou­nts; pu­r­ su­e and develop new clients; bu­ild strong relationships with clients to u­nderstand and meet their needs; and professionally represent Beacon Pu­blishing.

Minimu­m Qu­alifications inclu­de: prior sales experi­ ence; excellent written and verbal commu­nication skills; ability to work well with the pu­blic; have a dependable vehicle with liability insu­r­ ance; a valid WDL and good driving record; u­nderstand­ ing of advertising sales and principles; display advertis­ ing design skills.

Salary: Commission salary from established accou­nts to start; health care plan, gen­ erou­s vacation plan.

Send cover letter and resu­mes to: Pau­l Archipley, Pu­blisher, Beacon Pu­blishing, Inc., 806 5th Street, Mu­kilteo, WA 98275.

EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ALL CASH VENDING! Do you­ earn $800 in a day? You­r own local candy rou­te. Inclu­des 25 machines and candy all for $9,995. 1(888)771­3503.

This newspaper participates in a statewide classified ad program sponsored by the Washington Newspaper Pu­blishers Association, a statewide association of weekly newspapers. The program allows classified advertisers to su­bmit ads for pu­blication in participating weeklies throu­ghou­t the state in compliance with the following ru­les. You­ may su­bmit an ad for the statewide program throu­gh this newspaper or in person to the WNPA office. The rate is $195 for u­p to 25 words, plu­s $8 per word over 25 words. WNPA reserves the right to edit all ad copy su­bmitted and to refu­se to accept any ad su­bmitted for the statewide program. Individu­al newspapers retain discretion to refu­se to ru­n any particu­lar ad accepted by WNPA for the statewide program. WNPA, therefore, does not gu­arantee that every ad will be ru­n in every newspaper. WNPA will, on requ­est, for a fee of $25, provide information on which newspapers ru­n a particu­lar ad within a 30 day period. Su­bstantive typographical errors (wrong address, telephone nu­mber, name or price) will resu­lt in a "make good", in which a corrected ad will be ru­n the following week. WNPA incu­rs no other liability for errors in pu­blication.

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EMPLOYMENT

INSTRUCTION

SERVICES

SERVICES

SERVICES

HELP WANTED

MUSIC LESSONS

AUTO REPAIR

HAULING

ROOF & GUTTER CLEANING

RV DELIVERY drivers needed. Deliver RVs, boats and trucks for pay! Deliver to all 48 states and Canada.

For details log on to www.

RVdeliveryjobs.com Edmonds Business Owners!

Find your local employees when you place your help wanted ad in the Edmonds Beacon Classifieds. Call (425) 347­1711.

A TRAVEL JOB: A great first job, over 18, travel coast­to­ coast with young co­ed busi­ ness group. $500 signing bonus. Return Guaranteed.

Call Dorothy: 1­866­649­1373 www.freetotravelusa.com DRIVER ­­ CURRENTLY HIRING Experienced Teams and Solos with HazMat. Dry Van & Temp Control avail­ able. O/Os welcome. Call Covenant (866) 684­2519. EOE

Keys to Joy Studio in Edmonds opens this fall, teaching classical piano to adults and teens. Creative, experienced pianist and teacher will tailor the lessons to your goals and interests.

Lessons are offered in my Seaview home. First lesson is free! Call Sabrina at 425­ 582­8209 for more informa­ tion and appointment.

Music Lessons for Guitar, Piano, Strings, Woodwinds & Brass. Ben. 425­672­2493

READING/WRITING A Place For You. Certified teacher, 28 years, specializ­ ing in reading and writing skills, as well as math, K­12.

Downtown Edmonds office.

Cindy Bruce, M.Ed., 425­744­ 0869. aplaceforyou@cmc.net.

TUTOR

BECOME A HOST Family: Promote Inter national Understanding. Volunteer Host Families needed for High School Exchange Students.

Open your heart, open your home. 866­462­3423 or www. afice.org

Certified teacher. Grades PreK­5. Tutoring in all sub­ jects. Experience in working with diverse learners. $35 per hour. 425­742­6026.

Edmonds Beacon carrier routes available.

Must be 10 years old.

Call (425) 513­2898 for info.

Flexible weekend & evening hours. Seaview neighbor­ hood in Edmonds. Margaret Elwood. 425­478­9340. margo. elwood@gmail.com.

$3­5K PER WEEK Average drivers earn $2­3k per week.

Top drivers can ear twice that much+. For interview go to www.allprohiring.com or call 1­888­541­2266.

MERCHANDISE

OVER 18? Between High School and College? Travel and Have Fun w/Young Successful Business Group.

No Experience Necessary. 2 wks paid training. Lodging, Transportation Provided. 1­ 877­646­5050.

INSTRUCTION EDUCATION ATTEND COLLEGE online from home. Medical, busi­ ness, paralegal, computers, criminal justice. Job place­ ment assistance. Financial aid and computer provided if qualified. Call 1(866)858­2121; www.OnlineTidewaterTech. com

MATH Math Success, Math & Science Coaching. Call for fall special on small groups! Algebra through Calculus, chemis­ try, physics, SAT, self­confi­ dence & math anxiety. Near EDWHS. Laura Hathaway, PhD. 425­670­8438..

You need to improve your math grades? your SAT score?

I will help you. I scored 93% on math SAT and tutor all mathematics for people of all ages. Kind­hearted, patient, and conscientious college student. Call Derek Redline at 425­299­4914.

TUTOR, All Ages.

Math ­ Algebra, Calculus, Financial Problem Solving (425) 290­9416

VIOLIN LESSONS

BUILDING MATERIAL L.S. CEDAR CO Top quality western red cedar lumber. All sizes & grades.

Call for prices. We deliver.

(206) 622­9123.

CRAFT FAIR Craft Fair: Get an early start on your holiday shop­ ping. Gifts, decorations and stocking stuffers by local crafters. Saturday Oct 17, 10:00 to 3:00. Edmonds Christian Church, 23010 84th Ave West, Edmonds WA 98026.

GARAGE SALE Shop at 45 tables!

Saturday October 10, 9am2pm, Community Garage Sale, Rosehill Community Center 307 Lincoln Avenue.

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Holiday Open House Featuring several home­ based businesses. Saturday, October 10, 11 AM - 4 PM 1035 17th Court, Mukilteo Holiday Bazaar Hosted

by HOPE Club (A service Club) at Olympic View Middle School 2602 Mukilteo Speedway, Mukilteo WA 98275. October 17th 2009 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Over 40 vendors, Money raised sup­ ports HOPE club projects and other ASB activities.

MOVING SALE Saturday, October 10th, 9am-4pm. 5600 108th Place SW, Mukilteo.

Seawatch neighborhood, near Kamiak.

HUGE sale.

Furniture, clothes, household items galore.

Are you looking for quality, honest auto repair?

Complete Auto repair and service for all domestic and foreign cars. From brakes to transmissions, tune­ups to engine replacement. GREAT rates, GREAT service. Quick turn around. Call Brian at City Transmission & Automotive Inc., Westgate.

206-542-7200

Truck for hire. Long time Edmonds resident.

Basic hauling.

Dump, building materials, yard waste. Senior discount. Rich. 206­718­6927.

HAULING. Mukilteo resi­ dent of 20 years will make dump runs, garage clean­ up, landscape & pet debris removal, odd job and more!

425­355­6392. Leave message.

HOUSE CLEANING BARBERSHOP Mary Ellen's Barber Styling Shop. 21818 66th Avenue W., Mountlake Terrave. 425­ 772­0145. "Have Shears, will travel."

BOOKKEEPING Experience, Honesty, Integrity. 25+ years bookkeep­ ing experience. I love keep­ ing books for small business owners. Using Quickbooks & Excel i can bring clarity to your confusion. Call Patti at 425­673­0446, Lynnwood.

Bookkeeping Services, Quickbooks, office manage­ ment & organization, busi­ ness analysis. Business or personal. Call Trish. 425­350­ 3825

DRY WALL Drywall Guy. Additions, remodels, repairs, texture, steel stud framing.

Pat Donovan. 425­356­1179.

FINANCIAL LOCAL private investor loans money on real estate equity. I loan on houses, raw land, commercial property and property development.

Call Eric at 1(800)563­3005, $ $ B A J I L L I O N S AVAILABLE$$. For good con­ tracts/notes and Deeds of Trust, from all kinds of Real Estates sold. Skip Foss et al 1(800)637­3677, www.fossmort­ gage.com

HAIR SALON Affordable Hair Care at 5th Avenue Hair Salon in Edmonds. Excellent Perms, $50. Sue completed her train­ ing at Gene Juarez Academy. www.5thavehairsalon.com 425­778­6631.

I’m here to make you look good.

T a m i ’ s in home licensed salon.

Haircuts, colors, highlights, perms. Call Tami. 425­742­ 6038.

HANDYMAN Eric the Handyman Home repairs, yard services, and hauling. Free estimates.

425­ 778­7483.

Home Repairs & Installations.

Carpentry, floors, kitchen & bath. Over 25 years experi­ ence. Call 425­776­5917.

Too much to do? Wish you had a helping hand? Let me do your dirty work. Bi­week­ ly, weekly, one time. 425­745­ 0915 DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY SERVICES. Customized non­toxic cleaning for aller­ gies and asthma. Specializing in house taming projects. Ju­ dith 425.640.7814. i CLEAN 7 days Owner Owned & Operated 8 Years Experience Licensed, References.

Insured. Supplies provided.

I charge per home, NOT by hour.

For a FREE estimate call ***** 425-772-0058**** LaDonna's Cleaning (206) 781­8876 Reasonable rates. Efficient and thorough.

Senior Rates.

Licensed, bonded, Insured. www.ladon­ nascleaningseattle.com

Handyman for Hire.

FALL SPECIAL: Roof & Gutter cleaning $54.95.

We do everything, Call for estimates. Senior discounts.

Dennis, 206-366-5700 (cell)

WINDOW CLEANING TUKANSERVICES.COM Window, Gutter Cleaning, Powerwashing, Painting, Home Repairs, Small Remodels. (425) 252­3160 A PERFECT SHINE! Gutter Cleaning ­ Pressure WAshing, (425) 774­6656

ANNOUNCEMENTS ADOPTION Happily married profes­ sional couple hopes to adopt newborn. We’ll provide lov­ ing home & secure future for your baby. Expenses paid.

Gypsy & Steve 1­800­772­5209 ADOPT: Artistic/musical, loving, financially stable couple excitedly await your baby. Expenses paid. Renee toll­free 1­888­410­4493.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Clean & Simple Cleaning Residential houseclean­ ing, all supplies provided.

Licensed & Insured.

(425) 673­4733 www.CleanandSimpleCleaning. com Home or Office cleaning.

Any size. Weekly, bi­weekly, monthly, one­time or move­ out. Please call "The Cleaning Lady". 425­343­8798.

THE CLEANER Romelle's Cleaning Service.

Customizied Home or office, 1 time, weekly, bi­weekly, monthly.

Move in/out.

Agents listings. Pet friend­ ly. Errand service available.

425­420­8744.

LANDSCAPING Weeding, Pruning, Clean up.

Planting and Design. Brecht landscaping Inc. Local, pro­ fessional, Experienced Carl Brecht 425­368­8246.

WA. Business ID# 602941203, bre­ chtlandscape@aol.com LANDSCAPE SERVICES Lawn Maintenance starting at $35 * Clean­ups * Lawn Design * Gutter/roof cleaning * Fences.

All landscape needs. Call now for free estimate. Adam. 425­218­ 6948. Licensed & Insured.

Earth First Landscaping Inc., 17 years experience and education. Creating peace­ ful spaces.

Landscapes, patio gardens & rockeries.

Seasonal clean­ups and spe­ cialized pruning. Donna, 425­ 339­8856. www.earthfirstinc. com

PET SITTING Dee' s Home & Pet Sitting Service. Local pet sitting, dog walking & mid­day break. Lic., bonded, insured.

Call Dee. 206­542­1870. or visit www.deeshomeandpet­ service.com.

APPLICANTS WANTED FOR CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION VACANCY The City of Edmonds is seek­ ing a person to fill a vacancy on the Edmonds Civil Service Commission. The position is a non­paid, voluntary position. The three person Commission is scheduled to meet the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall (121 5th Avenue North, Edmonds).

Interested applicants must be U.S. citizens, a resident of Edmonds for a minimum of three years prior to applica­ tion, and a registered voter.

Commission members serve for a six year term and are eligible for appointment to a second six­year term if desired. The Commission establishes the City’s rules, policies, and standards for promotion, hiring and disci­ pline of police and fire per­ sonnel.

Application forms may be picked up in the lobby of City Hall, may be download­ ed from the city’s website (www.ci.edmonds.wa.us), or received by mail by calling 425.672.5751.

The deadline for applications is Friday, October 23.

ANNOUNCE your festival for only pennies. Four weeks to 1.86 million readers for less than $800. Call this newspa­ per or 1(206)634­3838 for more details.

LOST Lost: Gold Ring.

1 dia­ mondContemporary design.

October 6th in downtown Edmonds ner or on 5th. 425­ 771­5153.

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AT YOUR SERVICE

A Business and Professional Consumer Directory Accounting

Alterations

CHRISTIE HARVEY

!LTERATIONS #USTOM 3EWING +NITTING #LASSES

~ Since 1983 ~ ~ Convenient Lynnwood Office ~

Sticky or Worn cabinetS?

Since 1994

Call or e-mail for an appointment with Sue

• Learn how to make QuickBooks work for YOU • • Certified QuickBooks Professional • • Outsource your bookkeeping to a pro • • Have reliable financial information you can use •

CLEAN & SIMPLE cleaning service

* All equipment & supplies provided * Licensed & insured * References provided * Affordable

Most Kitchens under $695

425.412.3682

Call Stacie

Cabinet and Wood Restoration N.W.

stitch.knit@gmail.com

Call today 425-670-1310

Cleaning

CABINWR935LR

enrolled agent Friends and Harvey Associates, Inc. Full Service Tax, Accounting & Business Consulting

Cabinet Repair

(425) 673-4733 www.cleanandsimplecleaning.com

425-861-5470 • 360-668-2847 www.restorationnw.com

info@friendsandharvey.com

10%

Quality Cleaning, inC.

ON YOUR 1ST

~ Since 1987 ~

DISCOUNT CLEANING

Serving

•Family Owned and Operated •Licensed, Bonded and Insured •Customized Cleaning Services •Regular or One Time Cleaning •Uniformed and Professional •Equipment and Supplied Provided

EDMONDS

One time or maintenance cleanings Licensed

insured

Kitchen and Bath Remodels Additions and Improvements Decks and Crystalite Railings CHRISTENSEN CONTRACTORS, INC.

Don Christensen • 206.947.6758

LIC# DOCTOCC062RK

Excavation

Electrical

Contractors Electrical

Details

Paulsen

Service & Repair

No Job is Too Small!

Over 30 years experience in residential construction

Drywall, Tile, Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical, & Masonry

DAVIS BACKHOE,LLC

electrical services, llc

• Specializing in residential • No job too small • 24 hr emergency service • Se habla Espanol

Home Repair & Remodeling

Specializing in Residential Services

Service | Remodels | New Construction We will beat any written estimate by 10%

425•712•1357

Mukilteo: 425-493-1541 cell: 425-330-3386

Licensed Bonded & Insured #MIKEHHC937PA

425-343-3744

•Excavating •Demolition •Plat Development •Trucking •Trackhoe •Concrete & Asphalt Removal

Upgradin’ Fixin’ & Home Maintenance • Carpentry

Painting • Ceramic • Tile & Wood Floors

Licensed & Insured & Bonded

Call Todd @ 425-259-7146 www.4dbs.biz

LIL # custoi*03667

Countertops & More

Phone (425) 971-0665, Fax (425) 374-8179, Email: irbistooth@yahoo.com

KEN DAVIS (Operator)

Liam’s Handyman Service Specializing in home maintenance and pre/post sale house tune-ups. No job too small!

25 years custom home construction experience

•

Landscape design & Lighting

Free Estimates Residential Commercial

425-268-YARD (9273)

Lucky’s Affordable Pet Service PETSITTING WALKING FIELD TRIPS Reliable Dependable Affordable

Licensed Bonded Insured

Roofing

Rafael Landscaping 22 years experience

Specializing in pruning Complete landscape maintenance & lawn care

"We help make your yard/garden beautiful"

Excellent References • Free Estimates Reasonable Rates • Honest

206 - 715-9884

SERVICES

425 334-3325 425 754-3503

• GUTTER CLEANING • WINDOW CLEANING • PRESSURE WASHING • ROOF TREATMENTS

“Quality is Guaranteed”

425-218-6318 • 1-877-668-0866 R. CARL MESSENGER LICENSED • INSURED WWW.CLEANANDCLEARSERVICES.COM 16212 BOTHELL-EVRT HWY, #F-184 MILL CREEK, WA 98012

• ALL levels of maintenance & repair • References upon request • Senior & Veterans Discounts CALL MICHAEL 206-755-0193

25 Years Experience

#SCRIB*983C3

Green Acres

Landscaping Services (425) 218-0458 “Let Us Get Your Yard Ready for Spring” Mowing Weeding Aerating Dethatching Re-Bark Cleanup Moss Control Pressure Washing Amador Ortega

PAULSON PAINTING

High Quality Painting

Edmonds Complete Exterior Residential Painting Specialist

at compet it ive prices!

•Free estimates •All phases of painting •Power washing • Wallpaper removal 425

231-7292

Free Estimates Call now for exterior bid 20 years experience Interior Work, too!

Call 425-239-0405

Save

10% thru Oct /09

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING

Mukilteo Based Since 1997 • Residential Specialists Gutter Cleaning • Pressure Washing • Window Cleaning Senior Citizen Discount

Free estimates Lic. #PAULSP066NC

425-252-3160

www.tukanservices.com

TUKANS*016DS

Plumbing clears most drains ACTION JACKSON $ 99

• Fast Quality Service

DRAIN CLEANING • Reasonable prices & PLUMBING • Avail. 24 hrs

425-877-5601 Tree Service

10% OFF

Licensed • Bonded • Insured

Dave Warrick

CLEAN & CLEAR

Painting

Snohomish Valley Roofing

•Re-Roof •New Construction •Repairs •Free Estimates •Dumpster Rental Available

WA LIC #DRCOND*098C1

Gutter Cleaning

Veteran Handyman

Nicholas Liam Colitses

425-697-2278 email: colitses@olympus.net Licensed, Bonded and Insured LIAMSHS958KJ

Pet Sitting

(425)773-2446 jawanner731 @msn.com

Member

Lic/Bonded/Ins.

DELLAP*005KA

New Lawn Installation Ponds & Waterfalls • All Lawn Services & Maintenance •

Lic. #CLARALC923M5

Sprinkler Systems Installation of Paver Patios • Retaining Walls

Site Prep Foundations RV Pads Water Lines Stump Removal Lic #DAVISB5140N5

cell 206-240-5904

Over 20 year Exp.

Landscaping

Landscaping

•

425-741-2848

Handyman

- Roof and gutters cleaning - Moss and mildew removal - Interior/Exterior painting - Pressure washing - Window cleaning

•

• • • • • •

Serving the Homeowner & Contractor for over 20 Years

(425) 745-0785

LICENSED, BONDED, INSURED Lic. # PAULSES911L4

Gutter Cleaning

C.A. Lara Construction, LLC

• Full Drywall Service; Nail, Tape, Texture, Paint • Patchwork/small jobs • Plaster Repair • Smooth wall specialist Quick. Clean. Professional.

Our 20th Anniversary!

425.478.2098

Bonded

D.R. Construction & Drywall Doug Reuble

www.christensencontractors.com

ALPINE RENOVATIONS

Call Judy 206-542-6989

425-232-4102

FREE ESTIMATE

Licensed • Bonded • Insured

YOUR REMODEL, YOUR WAY

Your Home •Beautifully Remodeled •Rightly Repaired

& surrounding area

Only $26 /per hour /per maid!!

425-7372617

Move In/Out Cleaning Regular or One Time Cleaning Weekly • Bi-Weekly • Monthly Equipment & Supplies Provided Same Person for Regular CleaningU, Trained,

Contractors

Cleaning PREMIUM HOUSE CLEANING

,!52!´3 -!)$ 3%26)#%3

“We’ll take it from here!”

• Close quarter tree removal • Pruning • Thinning Licensed, Bonded,

and

insured

1-877-978-7226

SPECIAL OFFER

Is your job too small for big professional fees?

Call a veteran licensed plumber doing small jobs only. Lower Prices!

I maintain a friendly community of happy customers

HONEST HARRY’S PLUMBING Licensed • Bonded • Insured Lic. HARRYP*96D4

425 - 330 -1956

• All Plumbing Repairs • Drain Cleaning • Hot Water Heaters • Remodels Old Fashioned Service with No Surprises

(425) 640-2121 WA LIC #SERVIPH953QD

Notice to our Readers: The Beacon publishes Service advertisements from licensed and nonlicensed businesses and individuals. You are encouraged, for your protection, to ask to see the individual’s license when hiring. It is the advertiser’s responsibility to be aware of federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations.

425-775-7377 FREE Hot Water Tank HAUL AWAY! Mention this ad when you call to schedule the installation of your new water heater.

A $25 VALUE

ONE COUPON PER CUSTOMER Valid through 12/31/2008

Place a Display Ad in our “At Your Service” directory

for

only $22.50/ wk.

Call 425-347-5634 Deadline is Wednesday at 4 pm Minimum 8 weeks

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