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Welcome to Port Susan Bay Vast farm fields against a canvas of water, trees and the Olympic Mountains greet visitors coming south to the Stanwood and Camano Island communities that wrap around Port Susan Bay. Coming from the east off Interstate 5, visitors can quickly spot several public schools, a movie theater and shopping options. Business districts throughout Stanwood and on Camano offer libraries, art galleries, car repair, construction and housing solutions. Dining choices cover a range of ethnic foods – Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Polish, American — and several pubs featuring regional brews. From the south, visitors will notice evergreen and other trees, which host wildlife and bird-watching sites, more farms and

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Camano Historic Sites Tour........................2 Gateway Bridge.........................................3 Art Scene........................................4, 31-32 Parks & Trails..........................................5-7 Calendar/Events.............................8, 16-17 Health clinics.............................................9

rural dwellings. Valley and island farms support dairy and agriculture, bringing fresh, wholesome foods to tables and markets throughout the region. Snow geese animate fields still golden from harvested crops in fall and winter. Between the mainland and the island, Port Susan Bay to the south, Skagit Bay to the north and Saratoga Passage west of Camano are shining jewels captured by the sometimes-filtered sunshine. Linking the island and mainland communities, the recently upgraded Gateway Bridge crosses a narrow wetland and the Davis Slough between Snohomish and Island counties. Recreation options are plentiful at state and county parks and lakes along the Still-

aguamish River and on Camano Island, some with reminders of the Native American dwellers and early settlers who first lived here. Forested hills on Camano conceal numerous natural attractions – hiking trails, beaches, lakes and views across the eastern bays. Dining and lodging options are available on the island. To narrow your destination choices, stop in at the Stanwood Camano News office or at a visitor center in Stanwood or on Camano Island to pick up more information. May your stay in the Port Susan communities be memorable. Welcome!

Historical Society.....................................10 Nordic Fair...............................................11 Dining.................................................12-14 Libraries...................................................15 Community Centers & YMCA............18, 19 Farm Tour.................................. 20-21 & 30

Animal Shelters.......................................22 Breweries & Wineries..............................23 Government services..........................24-25 Worship.............................................26, 27 Best of Stanwood/Camano Island...........28

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About the cover Photo by Jeremiah O’Hagan When Anita — who quietly keeps afloat the front desk, copy machine and countless unseen odds and ends here at the paper — says something, I’ve learned to pay attention. When she says something twice, go. Don’t ask, don’t think, don’t reach for one of the endless, perfectly valid excuses. Just do the thing. That’s how this photo happened. Anita said a woman called about kids building driftwood forts at Iverson. Big forts. Might make a good photo. But I was busy and the weather was iffy and, you know.

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cover? I drove to Iverson with my cameras. The light was not perfect. All the kids were in school. But the forts were big. And awesome. And reminded me of countless days spent at beaches in my youth, leaning up my own forts, floating on logs, choking and spitting on the sea. Those who grow up around water carry it in their bones. I don’t know how else to describe it. And the best days around Port Susan are when the tides and breezes get together and fill the air with scents of salt and mud and water. The bay. The mouths of rivers, the shimmer of shores, the hint of the Pacific. Breathe deep.

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Traveling through time on Camano Island Historic sites tell the story By SARAH ARNEY Camano’s story is told through the physical buildings that survived the past century and a half, and those historic buildings comprise a tour launched in March 2017. While the official Camano Island Historic Sites Tour is a weekend affair set for April 6-8 in 2018, many of the buildings host events through the year. The tour starts in Stanwood, at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, home of the Stanwood Area Historical Society’s library, museum and event space, at 27130 102nd Ave. NW in Stanwood (sahs-fncc.org, 360629-6110). The first stop is the Camano Lutheran Church, dedicated in 1906, after the church formed in 1890 at Utsalady. In 1895 services were held at the Livingston Bay School, across the road from the current site. The building at 850 Heichel Road is listed on the Washington Heritage Register. (CamanoLutheranChurch.org, 360-629-4592). The second stop on the tour was the final stop for Camano Island’s settlers and some Native Americans, buried at Camano Pioneer Cemetery, 557 E. North Camano Drive. On down East Camano Drive, Kristoferson Farm has been the hub of farm operations for the Kristoferson family for more than 100 years, since 1912. The barn, built in 1914 from Douglas fir milled on site, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. The farm at 332 N. East Camano Drive is now home to Canopy Tours Northwest (CanopyToursNW.com). Further down the island, East Camano Drive splits into Elger Bay Road and South Camano Drive. The next historic site on the tour is the South Camano Grange organized in 1930 by O.C. Wisner at 2227 South Camano Drive. The family-friendly Grange organization continues to host community events. Way down the island, near Dallman Road, the Mabana Schoolhouse was built in 1916 by a logger, Peg Leg Anderson, at 3648 South Camano Drive. Now privately owned, Linda Demetré uses it as an art studio and

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Five generations of ladies continue to provide services to the community with the Utsalady Ladies Aid organization.

opens the doors to the public during the Camano Studio Tour in May each year. The first teacher at the schoolhouse, Pearl Wanamaker, was active in Washington state politics (LindaDemetre.com). The tour heads back north to West Camano Drive to find Camano Island State Park, at 2269 Lowell Point Road. In 1949, 92 acres were acquired for a park and the initial development was accomplished in one day by nearly 500 volunteers from across the island and Stanwood (parks.state.wa.us/484/ Camano Island). Continue north on West Camano Drive to find Cama Beach Historical State Park, originally a 1930s-era fishing resort founded in 1934, at 1880 S. West Camano Drive. Muriel and Lee Risk operated Cama Beach Resort for 55 years and in 1990 their daughters acted to turn the property into a state park. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, Washington State Parks restored the original cedar cabins bordering Saratoga Passage. They are available to rent (parks.state.wa.us/483/Cama-Beach). Both parks are enthusiastically supported by the Friends of Camano Island Parks, Cama Beach Foundation and the Camano Island Quilters who provide handmade quilts and curtains for Cama Beach cabins. Before the resort, Cama Beach was home to the second logging camp on the island after Utsalady. Esary Logging Camp operated at Cama Beach, 1902 to 1908. The family operation had two sets of horse teams, each with six to eight horses.

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The last remaining hotel on the island, Camano Island Inn was established at 1054 S. West Camano Drive in 1923 as Hotel Camano, serving log millers, their families and other boarders. The building has changed with the times, but the view of Saratoga Passage remains the same. Today, the elegant inn and spa serves food from its nearby garden (camanoislandinn.com). The next stop on the tour, just up the road, the one-room Camano City Schoolhouse at 993 Orchid Road was built in 1906 to serve the rapidly growing mill town of Camano City. It was used as a school until 1936, then served as a community hall and home to the fire department and Sparklers Auxiliary until 2012 when the building was sold to the Camano Schoolhouse Foundation. The foundation worked to get the building on the Washington state Heritage Register by 2014 (camanoschoolhouse.com). Back at the north end of the island, Utsalady Historic Vista Point, at 398 Shore Drive, marks the point where ship spars were first cut in 1853 and a lumber mill was built in 1856 and the first shipment of lumber was exported in 1860. By 1893 sailing ships carried away its daily production of 74,000 board feet to world markets. The viewpoint is an Island County park (islandcountywa. gov/parks & trails). Down on the bay shore, Utsalady Ladies Aid, at 78 Utsalady Road, was founded in 1908, the second-oldest organization in Island County. Listed on the Washington Heritage and National Register of Historic Places since 1998, the building was constructed in 1923 for $566.73. A symbol of community spirit, “the ladies” continue to plan traditional events for Camano Island communities throughout the year (facebook. com/Utsalady-Ladies_Aid). The final stop on the Camano History Tour is English Boom, another Island County Park at the north end of Moore Road, where the English Logging Co. gathered logs from east of Stanwood to Mount Vernon during the 1920s and ’30s. Pilings left from the operation that closed in 1945 can still be seen from the boardwalk along the beach.

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Bridges rise and fall as milestones of expansion, civilization and evolution. Stanwood and Camano residents first spanned the Stillaguamish in August 1909. The structure cost $10,000, and reached its spindly steel arms and wooden planks across the river to replace a ferry drawn along cables. Bands and a baseball game, fireworks and a grand ball marked a new kind of independence: Residents could cross the river at will. By the mid 1940s, the town was ready for a new structure. The bridge was old and horridly narrow for the automobiles of the day, which rattled its planking fiercely as they lumbered across. Rep. Oscar Wenberg — described by Louise Wenberg-Luce, who was married to Oscar’s son, as a man who “believed in public parks and public power” — saw a need. He put the bridge bill through legislature

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The first bridge between Stanwood and Camano Island cost $10,000.

in 1947, and in 1950 the Gen. Mark Clark Bridge and accompanying span over Davis Slough were completed for $615,000. Dedicated to the commander of United States ground forces and made of gleaming steel and freshly poured concrete, the bridge towered above the town, not only as a feat of engineering and materials, but also as a testament to military prowess. The new bridge was welcomed as wider, safer and more structurally sound, a muchanticipated upgrade. The Twin City News touted its opening: “Under beautiful skies and a brilliant sunshine, the magnificent new bridge

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over the Stillaguamish River, connecting the mainland, at Stanwood, with Camano Island, was officially opened last Sunday afternoon, July 23rd, with all proper ceremonies,” the article read. Sixty years later, Stanwood and Camano are still advancing, and the definitions of “wider, safer and more structurally sound” have expanded with them. One thing hasn’t changed, though: The desire to keep up. “History was made 101 years ago, history was made 60 years ago and history was made today,” Senator Mary Margaret Haugen (D – Wash.) said when Camano Gateway Bridge was dedicated to the community in August 2010. The bridge was the capstone of an $84 million SR 532 corridor safety project. Like its predecessors, the newest bridge is an evolution of techniques and materials, including mechanically stabilized earth walls and voided slabs, things unheard of six decades ago. It opened quietly on a Friday. No fanfare, fireworks or grand ball. Just a simple rerouting of traffic, a sign that things had gone as smoothly and efficiently as possible. A sign that things have changed.

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A community of artists Enhancing life around Port Susan Bay

By SARAH ARNEY This community reaps benefits from two active arts organization and many resident artists. Camano Arts Association offers the annual Camano Island Studio Tour in May, and the Stanwood Camano Art Guild runs A Guilded Gallery in downtown Stanwood year round. The guild sponsors Art by the Bay Festival, on the old “Main Street” in front of the gallery during the second weekend in July, July 7-9 in 2017. A Guilded Gallery, at 8700 271st St. NW, in downtown Stanwood, features different members each month and hangs a juried show, Art Aloft, in the winter. The guild also organizes an annual show, Art at the Schoolhouse, at Christianson’s Nursery in Skagit Valley during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, and its members teach a variety of art classes at the gallery through the year. Both organizations are comprised of many artists who live in and around Stanwood and on Camano Island. They strive to enhance the community with rotating art exhibits around town and contribute scholarships to young artists. Some of those artists run galleries at their own studios, such as Mark Ellinger’s Glass Quest Studio, 31808 W. Lake Ketchum Road, which opens randomly for special events through the year; Chris Tuohy’s Forté Music, Dance and Art studio, 1095 Essex St. A-1, in Utsalady; or Jack Gunter’s History of the World Part II, open noon to 5 p.m. weekends at 3311 S. East Camano. ■ SEE ART, PAGE 31

Art contributes toward a community’s identity.

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A customer admires the handpainted silk scarves on display during Art by the Bay Festival.

Top, John Ebner sells art at Art by the Bay Festival in 2016. Above, Melissa Jander painted Hazel Blue Acres River Study for the 2016 Port Susan Plein Air Paint Out, on display at Art by the Bay Festival held in downtown Stanwood for the first time in 2016. The festival includes a beer garden with live music and dancing on the street, art and craft vendors, and a grape stomping contest.

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Port Susan, Stanwood and Camano Island are home to many parks and trail systems that offer a wide variety of natural environments. On Camano Island, two state parks draw visitors year-round. A Discover Pass ($30 for a year, $10 for day-use) is required. Cama Beach State Park is a former fishing resort that reopened as a state park in 2008, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Step back in time with 31 historic 1930s waterfront cabins refurbished with modern conveniences, all available to rent. The park’s partner, Center for Wooden Boats, rents wooden dories, kayaks and other boats. Food and refreshments are available in Cama Center Café, open daily during the summer, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and on Saturdays and Sundays the rest of the year. Walking trails connect Cama Beach and Camano Island State Park, a mile up the beach. Visit parks.wa.gov or call 360-387-1550 for reservations and information. More than 900 volunteers built Camano Island State Park in a single day in 1949. The 173-acre park has 88 campsites, five cabins and a group camp and dining shelter large enough to accommodate 100 campers. The park has 6,700 feet of shoreline along Saratoga Passage, three miles of hiking trails and two boat-launch ramps, which are open 6:30 a.m. to dusk in summer and 8 a.m. to dusk in winter. Visit parks.wa.gov or call 360-387-1550 for reservations. To reserve a group site, call 360-387-3031.

SNOHOMISH CO PARKS Kayak Point County Park

Standing on a huge saltwater beach on the shore of Port Susan Bay at 15610 Marine Drive south of Stanwood, Kayak Point County Park is a paradise for bird watchers, fishers, beach walkers and campers. An evergreen forest towers over the 3,300-foot shoreline where visitors can fish from a 300-foot pier, or enjoy windsurfing, picnicking, hiking, camping and boating. Birdwatchers can expect to see common loons, glaucous-winged gulls, doublecrested cormorants, Barrow’s golden-eyes, and horned and red-necked grebes on the water, and eagles, sparrows, chickadees, kinglets and woodpeckers in the trees. The

park is part of the Great Washington State Birding Trail. Yurts and tent sites are available for rent. Visit snohomishcountywa.gov to make camping reservations, or call 360-652-7992.

Wenberg County Park

Transferred from the state to Snohomish County in 2009, this 46-acre park on the eastern shore of Lake Goodwin offers picnic sites and water activities. The park has 70 woodland camping sites, 465 feet of sandy beach for safe swimming and 1,149 feet of freshwater shoreline. The boat launch provides access for water skiing and fishing. The park at 15430 E. Lake Goodwin Road, Stanwood, is open year-round 7 a.m. to dusk (about 10 p.m. during summer months) for camping and day use. Make camping reservations at snohomishcountywa.gov or call 425-388-6600.

Lake Goodwin Community Park

Lake Goodwin Community Park was acquired by Snohomish County in 1996 and opened for public use in 2006. The 14.26-acre park at 4620 Lakewood Road has hiking trails, a playground, beach access, a dock for lake access, picnic shelter and tables. Park is open 7 a.m. to dusk, year around. Shelter reservations can be made online at snohomishcountywa.gov or call 360-6529786.

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Barnum Point

464 S. Barnum Road Island County, The Nature Conservancy and Whidbey Camano Land Trust recently partnered to conserve more than 60 acres at Barnum Point. The site includes a high feeder bluff crucial to the marine environment, an orchard, trails, viewing platform and beach access. The beach is accessed by an easement on private property. Visitors are asked to stay on the trail and follow fencing to the beach. Improvements planned in 2016 include a boardwalk, more parking, informational kiosks, signage and a portable toilet. Plans are in the works to acquire and add additional parcels to the park, which will eventually total 129 acres.

Camano Park

141 East Camano Drive This six-acre park offers a ball field, tennis courts, playground, picnic area and the Island County Multipurpose Center. ■ SEE PARKS, PAGE 6

STANWOOD HARDWARE

Centennial Trail

For an outstanding biking, walking or equestrian experience, the Centennial Trail provides 30 miles of trail that extends from the Skagit County line to the Snohomish River, following the former BurlingtonNorthern railroad line along the SR 9 corridor east of Stanwood. Bikers and hikers can traverse the 10foot wide paved trail, and horse lovers can ride on a 6-foot-wide natural surface trail. Picnic tables, benches and restrooms are available along the route. Trail development began in 1989, the state’s centennial, at Machias. Black bears are occasionally seen, for which the county posts alerts at snohomishcountywa.gov.

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Open to hikers, bikers and equestrians, a trail system wanders through more than 400 acres of forest. Equestrians are asked to leave no trace, and to clean up after their animals. Access the trails from two small entrances: Follow Can Ku Road up the hill, or follow Camano Ridge Road and pass Carp Lake Road. Parking at both entrances is limited to the road shoulder for now. Planned improvements include parking lots, kiosks, gates, fencing and more trails.

Located at the end of Moore Road, off Good Road, on the north end of the island, English Boom offers a waterfront trail with views of Mount Baker, an ADA viewing platform, picnic tables, interpretive signage about site history and limited parking on 7 acres.

Four Springs House & Lake Preserve

1013 Simonsen Place, off Cavalero Road This half-acre site includes a boat ramp, parking, picnic area and views across Port Susan Bay toward the mainland, with neighbors on private property nearby. Visitors are asked to be respectful.

Elger Bay Preserve

Henry Hollow

Cavalero Park

At the end of Henry Lane, near the center of Camano’s west side, these 7 acres are undeveloped. Future plans include parking, signage and informational kiosks, picnic areas, fencing, beach access and an off-leash dog park.

Follow East Camano Drive to Dry Lake Road Trails crisscross this 170-acre preserve surrounding Elger Bay Elementary School, with parking, access and an informational kiosk at the school and on Dry Lake Road.

Iverson Preserve

3 Iverson Road, off Sunrise Boulevard A 120-acre preserve with trails along Iverson Spit and the tidelands, the park includes a viewing platform, benches, parking and toilets. Iverson Preserve is reached by narrow lane through a residential neighborhood. Watch for children and other pedestrians.

Maple Grove

585 Lewis Lane With lake frontage and trails through the forest, this 50-acre preserve offers picnic areas, restrooms and plenty of parking for rental facilities, which are available for weddings, meetings, conferences and such (fourspringshouse.com). Facilities include the main house, the Meadow Room and a barn.

684 Maple Grove Road This 1-acre park on the northwest corner of the island features a boat ramp, beach access, limited parking for cars, trucks and trailers and year-round toilets.

Tillicum Beach

2947 Tillicum Beach Drive, off Karen Way A tiny, half-acre of beach access on the southeast side of the island, Tillicum has very close neighbors and extremely limited parking.

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398 Shore Drive, off Utsalady Point Road This park has two sites. Utsalady Vista on top of the cliff offers great views from a garden picnic area with historic signage and very limited parking. Utsalady Boat Ramp is accessed from the end of Utsalady Point Road and offers picnic tables, a portable toilet, beach access and limited parking.

Walter G. Hutchinson Park

3227 S. East Camano Drive Occupying 5 acres, this park has a picnic area, nature trails and limited parking.

STANWOOD CITY PARKS Heritage Park

The 43-acre Heritage Park, located at 9800 276th St. NW, hosts the Vito Z Memorial Skate Park, which experienced a $60,000 makeover in 2013, paid for by the city. The skate park opened in 2000 in honor of Vito Zingarelli, who drowned when he was 1 year old. It challenges skaters with a spine ramp, wedges, grind rail, a bank

ramp with a quarter-pipe on one side and a Euro gap on the other, and a round rail. Local sports clubs use the soccer fields and two baseball diamonds. Locals and visitors alike frequent the park’s playground, picnic tables, dog exercise area and the trail for walking or bird watching.

Church Creek Park

A mural by Lincoln Hill High School students was installed in summer 2015 in Church Creek Park. The 16.5-acre park, at 27116 72nd Ave. NW, has a large covered picnic area, a big lawn for playing games, playground equipment, baseball fields that can be reserved, a disc golf course, which opened in spring 2015, and a short trail through the woods to Church Creek.

Future parks

The city of Stanwood has acquired several properties and has plans in the works to create riverfront public spaces at the spacious Ovenell Farm Park and 2-acre Hamilton Landing Park off of SR 532. Both are expected to offer boat access to surrounding waters. Maps and other information about the city parks are available online at ci.stanwood.wa.us.

Lions Park

Off of Park Drive, north of Cedarhome Drive, Lions Park provides a small open space in one of the city’s more dense neighborhoods. The 1970s-era park was renovated in 2007 with new playground equipment, a basketball half-court, picnic facilities and parking.

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Fun in Port Susan communities

JUNE 2017 June 2 – Port Susan Farmers Market, Fridays, 2-6 p.m. June-October, in the parking lot north of 271st Street NW, behind the Stanwood Police Station. June 3 – CASA Flea Market, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Camano Animal Shelter Association, 141 East Camano Drive, Camano Island. June 3 – The Art of Beer, Brats & Biz, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Freedom Park, at the Y off SR 532 on Camano Island. Live music, brats, beer garden and local vendors. June 3 – 45th Anniversary Gala Dinner, 5-8 p.m. at Stanwood Community & Senior Center. RSVP: 360-629-7403, stanwoodseniorcenter.org June 3 – Camano Center Dance, Camano Junction at Camano Center, 7-10 p.m. 360387-0222, camanocenter.org June 10 – Cama Beach Fee Youth Fishing Derby, 10 a.m. -1 p.m., no licenses or Discover pass required. cama@cwb.org

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June 11 – Camano Crab Dash, an all-ages fun run/walk to benefit Camano Center, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. camanocenter.org June 16 – Acoustic Guitar Concert, Kat Eggleston and Bill Davie, at Camano Center, 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org June 17 – Soap Box Derby with pancake breakfast, 7:30-10 a.m. at Stanwood Community and Senior Center, 7400 block of 276th St. NW, Stanwood. stancamsbd.org June 21 – Randy Porter Trio with dinner at Camano Center, 5:30- 9:15 p.m. 360-3870222, camanocenter.org June 24 – Camano Island Backyard Habitat Tour, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., self-guided, maps at Camano Multipurpose Center, 141 East Camano Drive. camanowildlifehabitat.org June 24 – Summer concert, The Naughty Blokes, 4-6 p.m. play in west downtown Stanwood, sponsored by Puget Sound Pediatric Dentistry and Community Transit. ■ SEE EVENTS, PAGE 16

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Opened in 1996 at 7205 265th St. NW, the Everett Clinic at Stanwood is the health organization’s seventh primary care satellite location. Medical care specialties include behavioral health, family and internal medicine and pediatrics. Laboratory and imaging services are available on site. Medical providers are available weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A walk-in clinic is open 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. weekdays, as well as 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekends and most holidays. Walk-in clinic wait times are listed online at everettclinic.com.

Skagit Regional Clinics 360-629-1600 or 360-387-5398

• Skagit Regional Health opened a primary care clinic on Camano Island in 1999 in response to a need for accessible, affordable, quality health care. The clinic at 127 N. East Camano Drive was remodeled and expanded in 2013. It is open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Two providers offer primary health

care services in family medicine and basic laboratory services to patients of all ages, including prevention, disease management, immunizations, physical examinations, referrals and follow-up for specialty diagnostic treatment. • In 1985, Skagit Regional Health opened a primary medical clinic at 9631 269th St. NW, Stanwood, that specializes in general medicine for patients of all ages. The office is open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., for most specialties. Multiple providers offer services in family medicine, obstetrics, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and podiatry, along with on-site laboratory and X-ray services. Visit srclinics.org for more information about Skagit Regional Clinics.

Safe Harbor Free Clinic 425-870-7384

Community leaders and medical providers founded Safe Harbor Free Clinic in October 2008 to offer quality, respectful and free health care. The clinic at 7209 265th NW, Suite 203, Stanwood, is open 5:30-9 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Fridays.

Patients begin to line up around 4 p.m. to get numbers to be seen that evening. Safe Harbor Free Clinic operates a Women’s Health Clinic on the fourth Monday each month by appointment only, providing up to five patients with comprehensive gynecological services, and runs a podiatry clinic the second Wednesday each month. The clinic also provides referral service to address physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the underinsured. To learn more, visit safeharborfreeclinic.org.

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Saratoga Transitional Rehab, on the Josephine senior care campus at 9901 272nd Place NW in Stanwood, offers a fully equipped 24/7 center to the general public for post-operative, injury and illness rehabilitation after a hospital stay. Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and swallowing therapy, cardiac and acute stroke recovery and orthopedic recovery services are provided. Visit saratogarehab.com for more information.

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Historical society seeks to discover old stories The Stanwood Area Historical Society (SAHS) owns and operates a complex of historical buildings at 17112 102nd Ave. NW, all with a common purpose — to seek and discover, preserve and display stories of the greater Stanwood area. In the museum, open by appointment, materials illustrate and interpret the economic, social and cultural heritage of the region. Set up like a home in the late 1800s, the D.O. Pearson House was built by town father D.O. Pearson. The Tolin House provides some office space and a sales area for the society’s publications, books and calendars. The Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center is available to rent for community events or as a gathering place. Historical communities surrounding Stanwood on the mainland include Warm Beach, Cedarhome, Silvana, Florence, Victoria, Village and Milltown. On Camano Island, Utsalady, Juniper Beach, Livingston Bay, Camano City, Mabana and Elger Bay all have interesting stories from the past. SAHS presents a series of talks named after the world’s shortest railroad — the H&H (Hors d’oeuvres & History), an annual tea in April and an ongoing exhibit called Waistline and Hemlines, which is open for viewing on the second floor of the Floyd during the tea. The exhibit features the museum’s extensive collection of women’s vintage clothing from 1880 to 1970, with outfits ranging from wool swimsuits to lace wedding dresses. And a photography exhibit vividly tells the story of the remarkable women who lived in the Stanwood area during the first 100 years of life around Port Susan. SAHS coordinates a short, kid-oriented parade for the Fourth of July. It ends at the Floyd for an ice cream social and to award prizes for the most patriotic costumes.

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An ongoing exhibit on the second floor of the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, Waistlines and Hemlines is open by appointment only. D. O. Pearson House is home to the library and museum and visitors should check in at the Tolin House from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Call 360-6296110. The SAHS Board of Directors meets at 4 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday each month.

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By SC NEWS STAFF The annual Nordic Fair, formerly known as Cultural Day, has become so popular it needs more space. Slated for Oct. 21, the Daughters of Norway Ingeborg Lodge No. 43 is moving it this year to the Stillaguamish Grange Hall at the Stanwood Camano Fairgrounds. Many of everyone’s favorite vendors will return with new products. Paul and Judy Anderson will display their traditional Scandinavian carving. Bernice Coleman will bring her beautiful Rosemaling. Karen Gates will again offer her creative fabric crafts. With more space to accommodate them, many new vendors are looking forward to becoming part of the yearly tradition of sharing with the community their Nordic craftsmanship, baking, art and history.

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10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 Stanwood Camano Fairgrounds, 6431 Pioneer Highway Free Admission

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Hardanger embroidery or “Hardangersøm” is a form of embroidery used as decoration for the Bunad—traditional folk costume of Norway. It is traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave linen or cloth, using counted thread and drawn thread work techniques.

Individuals and families will have the opportunity to pose for a holiday picture with Nisse, a special Scandinavian tradition. Look for other new features as well. The annual lunch of open-faced sandwiches and soup will be served, along with desserts, including rømmegrøt and lefse. In keeping with the Norwegian tradition

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Camano Plaza Market Deli 370 N. East Camano Drive Camano Island • 360-387-7965

Dairy Queen 9001 SR 532 Stanwood • 360-629-3141

Chatterbox 9819 270th St. NW Stanwood • 360-629-0600

Dos Reales Family Mexican Restaurant 9730 SR 532 Stanwood • 360-629-0822

Conway Boxcar 8630 271st St. NW Stanwood • 360-629-0651 Conway Pub & Eatery 18611 Main St. Conway • 360-445-4733 Cookie Mill 9808 SR 532 Stanwood • 360-629-2362 Country Burger 3110 Lakewood Road Stanwood • 360-652-8844

Dragon Palace 6996 265th St. NW, Ste.103 Stanwood • 360-629-8106 Duck In Café Viking Village 8801 SR 532 Stanwood • 360-629-3440 Farmers Café 8924 271st St. NW Stanwood • 360-629-4953

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Ixtapa Mexican Family Restaurant 9200 271st St. NW Stanwood • 360-629-5227 Jack in the Box 26906 92nd Ave. NW Stanwood • 360-629-2384 Jasmin Thai Cuisine & Sushi 8715 271st St. NW Stanwood • 360-629-2044 Jasmin Thai Express IGA/Camano Plaza Market, 370 N. East Camano Drive Camano Island • 360-926-8688 Jimmy’s Pizza & Pasta Italian Restaurant 9819 SR 532 Stanwood • 360-629-6565

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Kara’s Kitchen at Elger Bay Grocery 1996 S. Elger Bay Road Camano Island • 360-387-2904

Pastry Café, Pierrre Fauvet 848 N. Sunrise Blvd. Camano Island • 360-722-7453

Leather Heads Firehouse 10209 270th St. NW Stanwood • 360-631-5511 Little Caesar’s Pizza 26477 72nd Ave. NW, Stanwood • 360-629-6999 McDonald’s 26713 72nd Ave. NW Stanwood • 360-629-9787 Miyako’s Teriyaki & Wok 7200 267th St. NW Stanwood • 360-629-4535 Naha Teriyaki 9322 271st St. NW, A-6 Stanwood • 360-629-0681 Naked City 848 N. Sunrise Blvd. Camano Island • 360-631-5432

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After an innovative pilot project to locate a library in a business development, Sno-Isle Libraries opened Camano Island Library in August 2015 in the Camano Marketplace at Terry’s Corner. Art by local artists decorates the library. Works include “Islanders,” designed by John Ebner and fabricated by Ryan Jansen from Stanwood High School welding shop; “Wonders and Curiosities on Every Shelf,” by Danny Koffman; “Brown, Matsui, and Levi Strauss,” donated by artist Duane Simshauser; “Pillar of Wisdom,” by Josh Henrie of Bellingham. The library is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. For information, visit sno-isle.org or call 360-387-5150.

The Stanwood branch of Sno-Isle Libraries provides public computers, free Wi-Fi, classes and activities for children, reference assistance and plenty of books, DVDs and music. A public meeting room seats up to 45 people and can be reserved by calling the library, 360-629-3132. The library is open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday –Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1-5 p.m. On Sundays. Information on programs and events is posted online at sno-isle.org.

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A five-piece sculpture at the front of Stanwood Library, “The Discovery of Mankind,” is the result of a gift to the Stanwood-Camano Friends of the Library, in honor of Rod Maxim and other friends of the Stanwood Library. The artist, Doug Granum, of Southworth, Washington, was selected for his expertise in Northwest Indigenous mythology. The sculpture was installed in 1999 after Jill Maxim presented a give to the library in honor of her husband.

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June 25 – Twin City Idlers Show & Shine Car Show on 271st Street NW in Stanwood, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. twincityidlers.org

Aug. 12 – Beach Art Festival, 12 a.m.-1 p.m. at Cama Beach State Park, Camano Island. camabeachfoundation.org

JULY 2017 July 3 – Camano Island Farmers Market, Mondays through September, 3-7 p.m. at Freedom Park off SR 532 July 4 – Mini Parade & Ice Cream Social, sponsored by Stanwood Area Historical Society, meet in the Josephine parking lot at 10:30 a.m.; parade starts at 11 a.m. 360629-6110, sahs-fncc.org July 6 – Jazz at the Center, Adriana Giordano Quintet, Camano Center. camanocenter.org. July 7-9 – Art by the Bay Festival, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., presented by Stanwood Camano Arts Guild, on 271st Street NW in downtown Stanwood. stanwoodcamanoarts.com/artby-the-bay July 8 – Summer concert, Fabulous Roof Shakers, 4-6 p.m. in east downtown Stanwood, sponsored by Puget Sound Pediatric Dentistry and Community Transit. July 13 – Teddy Bear Picnic, Stanwood Camano Community Resource Center. 9612 271st St. NW. stanwoodcamanoresources. org or 360-629-5257 July 14 – Acoustic Guitar Concert, Music of the Sea by William Pint and Felicia Dale at Camano Center, 7 p.m. 360-387-0222 or camanocenter.org July 15 – Wellness Fair, Stanwood Community & Senior Center. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Heath care vendors, educators and services for health and wellness, transportation, Medicare and more. stanwoodseniorcenter. org or 360-629-7403. July 15 – St. Aidan’s Summer Festival, with yard sale and silent auction, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1318 SR 532, Camano Island. July 22 – Camano Crab Derby, Camano Island State Park, benefits Safe Harbor Free Clinic. July 22 – Vintage Trailer Show, downtown Stanwood.

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July 22 – Summer concert, Shaggy Sweet, 4-6 p.m. in east downtown Stanwood, sponsored by Puget Sound Pediatric Dentistry and Community Transit. July 26 – Jazz at the Center, Miles Black and Randy Porter at Camano Center, 7-9 p.m. 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org July 28-29 – Christmas in July, variety of gifts and crafts at Stanwood Community & Senior Center. July 29 – Quilts on the Beach, with activities at the Cama Beach State Park store and Cama Center, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 360-3871550 July 29 – Silvana Fair, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Viking Hall, 1331 Pioneer Highway in Silvana.

AUGUST 2017 Aug. 1 – National Night Out, in downtown Stanwood. Free admission. Aug. 3 – Movies in The Park, “Happy Feet” at 8:30 p.m. at Church Creek Park, 27099 72nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Activities at 7:30 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, concessions available. 360-629-2181 ext. 4505. Aug. 4-6 – Stanwood Camano Community Fair, 9 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, Stanwood Camano Fairgrounds, 6431 Pioneer Highway. Youth agriculture exhibits and competitions, live entertainment. Admission: $7-$10 daily, free to age 5, carnival passes $20. 360-629-4121, stanwoodcamanofair.org Aug. 12 – Collector’s Car Show and Outdoor Market, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Camano Center. Free admission. camanocenter.org Aug. 12 – Summer concert, Blues Play-

Aug. 16 – Jazz at the Center, Trish Hatley Quintet, includes a barbecue dinner, Camano Center. camanocenter.org Aug. 17 – Movies in The Park, “The Incredibles” at 8:30 p.m. at Church Creek Park, 27099 72nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Activities at 7:30 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, concessions available. 360-629-2181 ext. 4505. Aug. 19 – CASA Dog Wash, bath and/or pedicure, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 189 Can Ku Road, Camano Island. casa.org or 360-3871902 Aug. 26 – Summer concert, Chris Eger Band, 4-6 p.m. in east downtown Stanwood, sponsored by Puget Sound Pediatric Dentistry and Community Transit. Aug. 31 – Movies in The Park, “Spy Kids” at 8:30 p.m. at Church Creek Park, 27099 72nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Activities at 7:30 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, concessions available. 360-629-2181 ext. 4505

SEPTEMBER 2017 Sept. 2 – City Classic Car Show, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stanwood Community & Senior Center. Food, raffle, music and beautiful cars. Admission: $15 advance, $20 day of show. 360-629-7403. Sept. 2-3 – Sail CamIsle, fun activities, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Center for Wooden Boats, Cama Beach State Park. Live music, potluck BBQ, 6-8 p.m. both days. cama@cwb.org. Sept. 8 – Movies in The Park, “The Goonies,” 8:30 p.m. at Church Creek Park, 27099 72nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. Activities at 7:30 p.m. 360-629-2181 ext. 4505 Sept. 8 – Stanwood Chamber Golf Classic, shotgun start 8:30 a.m. at Kayak Point Golf & Country Club. 360-629-0562 Sept. 9 – Summer concert, Mark Durfresne, 4-6 p.m. in west Stanwood, sponsors Puget Sound Pediatric Dentistry and Community Transit. ■ SEE EVENTS, PAGE 17

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Sept. 9 – Dog Days Festival, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Camano Island State Park Sept. 26 – Jazz at the Center, Ron Jones at Camano Center, 7 p.m. camanocenter.org Sept. 30 – Gala Auction & Dinner, Camano Center, 7 p.m. 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org

Nov. 18 – Holiday Craft Show, Camano Center. camanocenter.org Nov. 24 – Tree Lighting, Downtown Stanwood 4:30 p.m., activities allday including horse drawn carriages and photos with Santa and caroling. Nov. 25 – Stillaguamish Grange Holiday Fair, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Stanwood Camano Community Fairgrounds, 6431 Pioneer Highway, south of Stanwood, 360-629-4602

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Oct. 14 – Poker and Pumpkins, Stanwood Camano Community Resource Center. stanwoodcamanoresources.org or 360-629-5257.

Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 7-10, 14-17, 19-23, 26-30 – Lights of Christmas, 5-10 p.m. at Warm Beach Conference Center, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood. thelightsofChristmas.com.

Oct. 18 – Jazz at the Center, Greta Matassa, Miles Black & Susan Pascal at Camano Center. camanocenter.org Oct. 21 – Harvest Festival and Haunted BOOthouse, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Cama Beach State Park. Halloween fun, apple cider, candy, pumpkins to carve, vegetable race carts, costumes, spooky ghosts, and Booo Bubbles, quilt raffle and Haunted “Boothouse.” cama@cwb.org Oct. 27-28 – Haunted House, 6-9 p.m. at Stanwood Community & Senior Center. $5. 360-629-7403, stanwoodseniorcenter.org

Dec. 2 & 9 – Gingerbread House Making, 1-4 p.m. at Cama Center, Cama Beach State Park. 360-387-1550 Dec. 3 – An Old Fashioned Christmas, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27130 102nd Ave. NW, sponsored by Stanwood Chamber of Commerce, Stanwood Area Historical Society and Josephine, 360-6290562 Dec. 9 - Ugly Sweater Pub Crawl, 4-6 p.m. through Stanwood

Oct. 28 – Halloween Dance, with Camano Junction, 7-10 p.m. Camano Center. camanocenter.org

Dec. 12 – Afternoon with Santa, 2-6 p.m. in the Camano Center 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org.

Oct. 31 – Trick or Treat on Main Street

Dec. 14 – Jazz at the Center, Ron Jones Big Band at Camano Center. $20, free to age 18. No host bar. camanocenter.org

NOVEMBER 2017 Nov. 4 – Tea Room and Holiday Bazaar, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. for tea, by reservation only. Bazaar 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., admission free at Stanwood Community & Senior Center. 360-629-7403, stanwoodseniorcenter.org Nov. 11 – Free Parks Day, no Discover Pass needed to visit a state park. Nov. 11 – Chili Chowder Cook Off, presented by Camano Island Chamber of Commerce, 3-7 p.m., Camano Center. Taste the secret chili and/or chowder recipes, raffle prizes and live auction. $10 for 10 tastes. chamber@camanoisland.org Nov. 11 – CASA Pictures with Santa, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Country Store, 9003 271st St. NW, Stanwood Nov. 15 – Jazz at the Center, Pearl Django with Susan Pascal, 7 p.m. at Camano Center. camanocenter.org.

Dec. 17 – Santa Breakfast and Crafts, 9 – 11 a.m., at Stanwood Community & Senior Center. stanwoodseniorcenter.org Dec. 31 – New Year’s Eve Dance, Camano Center. 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org

January 2018 Jan. 1 – First Day Hike, 1 p.m. at Cama Beach State Park, Camano Island.

February 2018 Feb. 10 - Valentine’s Dance, Camano Center. 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org Feb. 16-25 – Great Northwest Glass Quest, treasure hunt for hand-blown glass balls hidden across Port Susan communities. thegreatnwglassquest.com Feb. 24 - Wedding Show, Camano Center. 360-

387-0222, camanocenter.org Feb. 24-25 - Port Susan Home and Garden Show, presented by Camano Island Chamber of Commerce at Camano

March 2018 Ladies Night Out, 5:30-7:30 p.m. benefits Safe Harbor Free Clinic, 360-631-5366. March 17 - St. Patrick’s Dance, Camano Center. 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org March 24 – 55+ Resource Fair Camano Center. 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org

APRIL 2018 April 6-8 Camano Historic Sites Tour, Camano Island. April 6-29 - Art at the Schoolhouse, presented by the Stanwood Camano Arts Guild, at Christianson’s Nursery, during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. April 28 - Women’s Expo at Camano Center. 360-387-0222, camanocenter.org April 28-29 - Blackmouth Fishing Derby, presented by Stanwood Eagles 3041 at 6419 Pioneer Highway April 21 – Spring Tea & Vintage Exhibit, presented by the Stanwood Area Historical Society. 360-629-6110

MAY 2018 May TBD– Pilchuck Glass School, spring tours & artists at work. Tickets at pilchuck.com. May 3 – National Day of Prayer, noon-1 p.m., presented by Mountain Top Ministries at Haggen Food & Pharmacy parking lot, Stanwood. May 5 – Touch a Truck, in the parking lot of Farmers Supply, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., discoverportsusan.com&fb.com/discoverportsusan May 5 - Camano Climb, 40 scenic view miles of the Cascades, Olympics, Saratoga Passage and Port Susan May 12 – Mother’s Day Weekend Saturday Sail, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Center for Wooden Boats, Cama Beach State Park May 12-13, 19-20 – Camano Studio Tour, presented by Camano Arts Association, starts the Friday before Mother’s Day weekend and continues the following weekend. Studios are open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Numerous music, dance and cultural events, many with free admission, are held each year at the Camano Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering vitality, well-being and independence of Camano Island residents. Senior Services of Island County maintains an office at the center, providing vital programs, information and assistance. An adult day care program, transportation to medical appointments, monthly transportation for essential shopping, and delivery of groceries and prescriptions are among services offered. Lunch is served three days a week, and can be delivered through the Meals-on-Wheels program. Organized day trips allow area residents to visit great places without the hassle of

driving and parking. The center is also a place to enjoy a variety of classes, groups and clubs The center is funded through membership fees, donations, grants and sponsorships, 2nd Chance Thrift Shop proceeds and facility rental income. Camano Center, at 606 Arrowhead Road, is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Find more information at camanocenter.com or 360-387-0222.

Stanwood Camano Community Resource Center Growing food for the Stanwood Camano Food Bank, swing dancing lessons, vegetable growing, Lego competitions and the Aktion Club e-cycle program are some examples of the fun, educational community programs offered in the 6,000-square-foot Community Resource Center at 9612 271st St. NW. Founded in 1992, the community-owned and operated resource center sponsors the annual All American Soap Box Derby and

conducts it on the hill out front on 276th Street NW. Resource center programs are funded in part by sales of used books at Morgan’s Tales Bookstore, where the avid reader can find a vast selection of books, along with job training for adults and teens with disabilities. Since 2008, Davis Place Teen Center has encouraged positive youth involvement and service to the community and supports scholarships, funded by the Davis Carlson Memorial Fund. Fundraisers include the Texas Hold ‘Em Golf Tournament and Hoops For Davis. The nonprofit Community Resources Foundation manages the center’s resources to develop resiliency among youth, families and individuals. Its emergency funds program helps prevent eviction and utility disconnects and assists with food, medications and other critical needs. Services for adults include family budgeting classes and dental care for low-income families. Volunteer opportunities abound at the Center. Stop in weekdays, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., visit stanwoodcamanoresources.org or call 360-629-5257.

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Stanwood Camano Food Bank Stanwood Camano Food Bank began more than 30 years ago, when Jeanie Ovenell began distributing food out of the back of her car. In 2004, the food bank moved to its current location in the former

Bryant Hardware Building at the west end of Stanwood. It is supported by donations from companies and individuals, as well as proceeds from the Food Bank Thrift Store. The food bank, at 27030 102nd Ave. NW in Stanwood, is open Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with Saturday distribution of food boxes, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The thrift store, at the same location, is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays until 5 p.m. To learn more, visit stanwoodcamanofoodbank.org or call 360-629-2789. Stanwood-Camano YMCA The Stanwood-Camano YMCA opened in summer 2016 at 7213 267th St. NW, not far from several schools, convenient for afterschool programming. The Y features an aquatic center, gymnasium, modern exercise equipment and classes for all ages, early childhood programs, a teen center and community gathering spaces. Area residents can sign up for email notifications and updates through the Snohomish County YMCA website at ymcasnoco.org or call 360-629-9622.

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Stanwood Community and Senior Center occupies the former Lincoln Hill High School at 7430 276th St. NW. The Center has provided services and events for north Snohomish County seniors since 1972, including arts and crafts, yoga, Tai chi, sewing and computer classes. Afterschool and summer activities are available for kids, as well as day trips, cruises and dinner functions for adults. It has grown to include senior housing and a thrift store. A nutrition program is offered weekdays, noon-1 p.m., and dinners are available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 5-6 p.m., except holidays. Center Court Thrift Shop is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, visit stanwoodseniorcenter.org or call 360-629-7403.

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The evolution of agriculture in the lower Stillaguamish Valley is manifested in a new and different self-guided farm tour throughout the growing season. (Pick up a map at the Stanwood Camano News or from one of the following farms or companies.) What in the past was a dairy farm mecca, with black-and-white Holstein cows visible in every direction, intermixed with fields of peas or corn, is now more about organic vegetables and all it takes to grow them. It’s impressive to see young people out in their overalls raising food for their neighbors. Many of them sell their produce at Port Susan Farmers Market, open 2-7 p.m. Fridays, June through September, near the Amtrak station in Stanwood, and 3-7 p.m. Mondays, July through September, at Camano Farmers Market at Terry’s Corner on Camano Island. Klesick Farms, at 8504 Cedarhome Drive in Stanwood, is one of the first local farms to offer subscriptions for groceries, ■ SEE FARMERS, PAGE 21

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including delivery. Each week subscribers receive a box of fresh organic produce, depending on what’s in season, from their own farm or other organic suppliers. They also supply other grocery items and all natural meats — KlesickFarms.com, 360652-GOOD (4663). Island Harvest Farm, at 825 Arrowhead Road on Camano Island, is owned and operated by a former government worker who grows a variety of produce in real dirt from non-GMO seeds and picked daily for the roadside farm stand, open dawn to dusk daily, May through November (camanoislandharvest.com, 360-618-2813). Whispering Winds Farm, at 24008 Valde Road south of Stanwood, offers organicallygrown, mostly heirloom “Freshly Doug vegetables,” sold at the honor-system farm stand or by appointment for foraging, formerly known as U-pick, June through October (freshlydougvegetables.blogspot. com, 425-220-3903). Silvana Produce, at 501 Pioneer Highway in Silvana, grows everything from apples

to zucchini, picked daily for the roadside stand, open Tuesday through Saturday, August through October, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and daily during sweet corn season (425501-0013).

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Orchard’s Nursery is a family-run full-scale nursery, with shrubs and trees, perennials and annuals, and such edibles as blueberries, raspberries, grapes and vegetable plants, and all the gardening supplies needed to grow them — open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays at 10521 SR 532, Stanwood (orchardsnursery.com, 360629-3586). Seacoast Gardens, at 1075 Vista Del Monte on Camano Island, offers fresh-cut flowers for the table July 1 through Oct. 1 at Camano Island Marketplace, Dahlia’s Vintage Market on SR 532 and Island Harvest Farm, all on Camano Island. Specializing in dahlias with tubers for sale and free advice on planting, digging and growing them, tours of the farm begin Aug. 1, (philsseacoastgardens.com, 360-387-6569). Soggy Bottom Plants and Gifts offers veggie starts, annuals, perennials, hanging ■ SEE Farmers, PAGE 30

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A lifeline for animals NOAH The NOAH Center, northeast of Stanwood, works to stop the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable homeless dogs and cats. The Northwest Organization for Animal Help helps families “Build a Bond for Life” with their pets and provides quality spay/neuter programs for low-income residents statewide. Open seven days a week, the facility overlooking Interstate 5 comprises a park-like setting on 17 acres, with an off-leash exercise area for passersby, indoor and outdoor living areas for the animals, a clinic, a store and abundant storage areas for donated pet food. NOAH adopts about 3,000 dogs and cats per year. By working cooperatively with regional animal shelters, the no-kill adoption center gives animals on death row another

chance at life. Upon arriving at NOAH, dogs immediately start manners training. Cats enjoy the luxury of an outside sun porch and volunteers whose sole purpose is to nurture them in a low-stress area. The center is a welcome reprieve for cats that may have been running wild or in abusive situations. The shelter’s foster program helps care for kittens that are too young to move to a new home. NOAH helps alleviate pressure on animal welfare groups working with limited facilities even beyond the Pacific Northwest. NOAH, at 31300 Brandstrom Road, northeast of Stanwood at I-5 Exit 212, is open weekdays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and weekends, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit thenoahcenter.org or call 360-629-7055.

CASA The no-kill animal shelter run by Camano Animal Shelter Association (CASA) brings together animals-in-need and caring people, forever enriching their lives. CASA accepts surrendered pets from homes no longer able to care for them and stray pet services specifically for Camano Island. The shelter’s adoption service matches animals with people, provides ongoing support to adopters, and takes back animals for any reason regardless of intervening time, and is serious about commitment. CASA recognizes that finding forever homes for animals is a community effort. It regularly assists other shelters by taking dogs held for a prolonged period of time, those at-risk for euthanasia, and/or pets that could benefit from a change of environment or different exposure. Through ongoing support

from the community, CASA cares for more than 600 lost, abandoned and surrendered cats and dogs in an average year. While CASA’s shelter space may be limited, creative use paired with devoted foster parents allows care of more animals. The small organization offers events like free or low-cost microchip clinics for cat and dog owners and has outfitted hundreds of pets with this lifesaving tool they may not have otherwise received. CASA offers adoption specials throughout the year and every animal goes home spayed or neutered and microchipped. All cats are FeLV/FIV tested. Volunteers are needed for helping at the shelter, providing foster care and helping Friends of CASA raise funds and manage event. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, CASA’s shelter at 198 Can Ku Rd, Camano Island, is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and Sundays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Visit camanoanimalshelter.org or call 360-387-1902.

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includes standard pub fare made with quality ingredients, with gluten-free and vegetarian options. Naked City Camano fills growlers (64-ounce jugs) and “crowlers” — 32-ounce By JEREMIAH O’HAGAN cans. Webb said crowlers, once sealed, keep Already popular in Seattle, Naked City beer fresh for a month or so. Brewing recently opened a second location The Ko-lut-chen Beer Garden is adjacent at Terry’s Corner on Camano Island at 848 N. to the amphitheater at Terry’s Corner, and Sunrise Blvd. E101-102. the pub plans to feature film, theater, music Naked City, co-founded by Don Webb, and art events throughout the summer. head brewer, and Bryan Miller, general manager, takes its name from a 1948 film noir and the later TV series it inspired: “There are eight million stories in the naked city. Al Spike* This has been one of them.” 9300 271st St. NW, B5 “We really want to be community oriStanwood • 360-386-7650 ented,” Webb said. “We think of a pub as a neighborhood gathering place, and we want alespike.com to support the culture and arts.” Bertelsen Winery Naked City Camano Island is family 20598 Starbird Road friendly, just like the original brewpub in Mount Vernon • 360-445-2300 Seattle. Webb pours 12 house taps, two ciders, wine, 6 craft sodas from Jones Soda, bertelsenwinery.com and has a tap dedicated to gluten-free beer Dusty Cellars Winery from Ghostfish Brewing. Naked City’s Executive Chef Tessa Roberts 529 Michael Way Camano Island • 360-387-2729 designed a seasonal food menu featuring fresh vegetables grown by Camano farmers, dustycellarswinery.com

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North County Regional Fire Authority 360-629-2184 North County Regional Fire Authority has provided fire and emergency medical services to Stanwood since 2012. As part of the agreement, NCRFA uses Stanwood Fire

and public works director. The council meets the second and fourth Thursdays each month at 7 p.m. in the Stanwood-Camano School District administration building, 26920 Pioneer Highway. Council balances revenues and expenditures in the annual budget, approves ordinances, resolutions and codes of city law. An appointed planning commission advises city council in matters concerning comprehensive land use and development inside the city, with public hearings as required by law. The planning commission meets the second and fourth Monday each Station 99 at the intersection of SR 532 and month, at 6:30 p.m. in the Stanwood Fire Pioneer Highway — 8117 267th St. NW, Station, 8117 267th St. NW. Stanwood. To contact Stanwood City Hall, at 10220 A fire chief and five elected fire commis- 270th St. NW, call or visit ci.stanwood. sioners manage the station. NCRFA also wa.us. staffs Station 96 on 300th Street, Station 97 on Marine Drive serving Warm Beach, Stanwood Police Department 425-388-5290 Bryant and Kackman Road. NCRFA serves The city of Stanwood contracts with 22,000 residents across 109 square miles. Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services. Through this agreeCity of Stanwood ment, a sheriff’s sergeant or lieutenant 360-629-2181 serves as the city’s police chief in a downAn elected mayor and seven city council town office at 8727 271st St. NW. Deputy members govern the city of Stanwood. Shane Jenson spends part of his time as Paid city staff includes an administrator, school resource officer for the Stanwood planning and community development director, attorney, clerk, finance director Camano School District.

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Rural Stanwood government 425-388-3411 Snohomish County Council, with an elected executive and five elected council members, governs residents of communities on the mainland outside Stanwood city limits. A council member who resides in north Snohomish County represents Stanwood. The executive has full responsibility for operations of all departments and has veto power over decisions made by council. The county offices and courthouse are located at 3000 Rockefeller Ave. in Everett. To contact county officials and information, visit snohomishcountywa.gov or call.

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61). Drivers will also experience minor delays during the day due to intermittent rolling slowdowns through Friday, Friday May 16. Drivers may also experience delays due to ramp closures in both directions at the Yellowstone Trail Road interchange and the Hyak interchange on I-90. Visit the What’s Happening on I-90 Web page for up-to-date information on construction projects and traffic impacts and to sign up for email updates at wsdot. AAUW scholarships The Stanwood-Camano branch of gov/traffic or call 888-535-0738, ext. 511. American Association of University North Cascades Highway reopens Women (AAUW) will be awarding two Despite weather and equipment chal$4,000 scholarships to students entering lenges, crews opened the highway in their second year of college. Information, time for Winthrop’s ‘49er Days visitors. forms and application requirements are Crews began the clearing process available at s-ccs.org. Application pack- on State Route 20, the North Cascades ets must be received by May 30. Eligible Highway, on March 31. This year it applicants: graduates from Stanwood, took crews nearly six weeks to clear the Arlington, Lakewood or Lincoln Hill highway as they cleared snow as deep high schools and/or current residents of as 35 feet over the roadway. On averStanwood, Camano Island or Arlington age, it takes four to six weeks for crews who will have completed their second to clear the highway. year at an accredited college or univer“We all live up here and know how sity by June. Applicants must have veri- great it will be for local businesses to fiable plans to continue upper-division or have the highway open for the festival,” graduate work at an accredited four-year said Don Becker, WSDOT maintenance college or university in the fall of 2014. supervisor. For information, call Betty McCadden at For more information: wsdot. 387-7558. wa.gov/traffic/passes/northcascades.

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Stanwood Camano GUIDE • 2017/2018 • 25 fire and emergency medical services. The administration building and one fire station are at Terry’s Corner — 811 N. Sunrise Blvd., Camano Island — with other stations at Country Club, Madrona Beach, Mabana and Camano City. The Madrona station has a helipad and community meeting room. The main administration office is open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stanwood/Camano Local Telephone Directory For a complete list of elected officials, government numbers and public transportation, pick up a copy the local phone book at area businesses or at the Stanwood Camano News office, 9005 271st St. NW, Stanwood.

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Bryant Community Church 26830 53rd Ave. NE Arlington • 360-435-8311 bryantcc.org

Cedarhome Seventh-Day Adventist Church 28505 68th Ave. NW Stanwood • 360-629-2441 cedarhome22adventistchurchconnect.org

Camano Chapel 867 S. West Camano Drive Camano Island • 360-387-7202 camanochapel.org Anchor of Hope Community Church Meeting at the Sons of Norway Hall 9910 270th St. NW Stanwood • 360-939-2430 anchorofhope communitychurch.org

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Camano Lutheran Church 850 Heichel Road Camano Island • 360-629-4592 camanolutheran church.org Cedarhome Baptist Church

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Mabana Chapel 3871 S. Camano Drive Camano Island • 360-387-6431 mabanachapel.org

Island Christian Fellowship (Calvary Chapel affiliate) 66 N. East Camano Drive Camano Island • 360-387-2299 islandchristianfellowship.com

New View Church 8028 272nd St. NW Stanwood • 360-629-2600 newviewchurch.com

Jehovah’s Witnesses 27201 56th Ave. NW Stanwood • 360-629-4424 Lighthouse Christian Fellowship 9123 271st St. Stanwood • 360-629-3238 lighthousecfs.org

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church 27201 99th Ave. NW Stanwood • 360-629-3767 stanwoodoslc.org Peace Lutheran Church 1717 Ole Larson Road Silvana • 360-652-8739 Restoration Church of Camano Island 788 N. Smith Road

Camano Island • 360-862-3550 River of Life CommunityChurch 606 Arrowhead Road Camano Island • 360-387-2600 riveroflife.cc Seven Lakes Baptist Church 17007 E. Lake Goodwin Road, Stanwood • 360-652-9000 St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church 1318 SR 532 Stanwood • 360-629-3969 staidancamanoisland.org St. Cecilia Catholic Church 26900 78th Ave. NW Stanwood • 360-629-3737 stceciliastanwood.org

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Stanwood Foursquare 27007 90th Ave. NW Stanwood • 360-629-9258 4sq.church Stanwood United Methodist 27128 102nd Drive NW Stanwood • 360-629-9555 stanwoodumc.org Tidelands 10101 271st St. NW Stanwood • 360-654-4760 tidelands.church Warm Beach Free Methodist 20815 Marine Drive NW Stanwood • 360-652-6555 wbfmc.org

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Naked City Pub Stanwood Car Care Coastal Community Bank Camano Market Place Orchard’s Nursery Eastside Salon Mark’s Camano Pharmacy Skin Care Lounge Second Chance Thrift Shop Guilded Gallery Elger Bay Grocery Laurie’s Josephine Camano Island Kennel Rubumco Painting Stanwood YMCA Krista’s Pet Spaw

Grocery Outlet Advanced Automotive Bank Of America Gather Country Store Studio 271 QFC Spa at the Cottage Stanwood Camano Thrift Store Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Park Tyee Grocery Ladders & Lace Warm Beach Senior Community Camano Canine Resort His Biz Stanwood Swim & Fitness Camano Canine Resort

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Sara Rahman, M.D Tony Hewlett, D.D.S. Charles Hall, D.D.S. M.S.D. Dr. Lance Mintle O.D. Zach Pope, D.C. Gregory Gilday Leslie Tripp / State Farm Christopher Frank / Edward Jones Kate Wigner D.V.M. Nick Foxen@Platinum Autoworks Mark Ellinger Autumn O’Denius/ Gather Brittany / Amigo Family Mexican Restaurant Molly Alumbaugh, Windermere Woodshed

Mark Colombo, M.D. Nathan Bird, D.M.D., PLLC Scott VonBergen D.D.S. Dr. Timothy Nixon O.D. Brandon Falk, D.C. Bob Cole Hans Eskelsen / Thomas & Associates Peggy Burr / Edward Jones Steve Boskovich D.V.M. Jim Kirkman @ K Pro Jack Gunter Mikelle Bruce /Pope Chiropractic Dawn / Stanwood Car Care Doug Nemo, Windermere South End String Band

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STANWOOD and CAMANO ISLAND Mark Ellinger Glass Quest

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Farmers ■ FROM PAGE 20 & 21

baskets, native shrubs and trees and locally-made jewelry, hand-crafted birdhouses, cedar planters, ceramic pots and grass-fed beef by the quarters, open April to October, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays though Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays, and by appointment all winter. Warm Beach Farm, 16825 Marine Drive, specializes in fresh cut flowers in bouquets using annuals, perennials and woody ornamentals, at a self-serve farm stand is open Fridays through Sundays seasonally and is available for weddings and special events (WarmBeachFarm@gmail.com, 360-6529095). Three Roosters Nursery, at 604 Utsalady Road on Camano Island, offers fine landscape plants in their own handmade pottery at the Camano Farmers Market on Mondays, Port Susan Farmers Market on Fridays and at the Mount Vernon Farmers Market on Saturdays throughout the growing season (360-929-2572). Kristoferson Farm provides the community with organic hay, apples and lavender

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as well as jams, jellies and teas. The farm has been in the family since 1912 and is now operated by the fifth generation of Kristoferson family members, who are passionate about organic farming and sustainable forestry. The farm is also host to Canopy Tours Northwest zipline adventures, open daily through the year with knowledgeable guides who know the forest ecology, flora and fauna, at 332 N. East Camano Drive, Camano Island (organichay. webs.com, canopytoursnw.com, 360-3875807). Del Fox Custom Meats Inc. sells fresh meat and award-winning smoked meats at 7229 300th St. NW, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The shop also offers custom butchering, cutting and wrapping services for beef, hogs, sheep, llama, goats and buffalo and will make sausage out of a customer’s wild game. Silvana Meats Inc. offers all natural vegetarian-fed beef and pork, free-range chickens, dry-aged prime rib steaks, fresh and smoked specialty sausages, dry-cured ham and ground beef made from pure chuck ground fresh on site at 1229 Pioneer Highway, Silvana. They will process wild

game (silvanameats.com, 360-652-7188). Mossyback Farm open-air market at 29203 Old SR 99, Stanwood, offers fresh organic and conventional produce, seasonal produce for canning, flowers and hanging baskets, veggie and herb starts, a variety of seafood and hand-dipped ice cream cones, open 9 a.m. 7 p.m. daily, April 16 through early October (360-6292782). Skagit Farmers Supply has been providing feed, seed and fertilizer products to farmers and growers since 1934. Today’s product lines include pet food, lawn and garden products, fencing, clothing and décor at six retail locations, including the Country Store, 8815 272nd St. NW in Stanwood (skagitfarmers.com, 360-629-7033). Lenz Enterprises, 5210 SR 532 in Stanwood, serves residential and commercial customers across Northwest Washington with topsoil, mulch and gravel. Beginning as a sand and gravel wholesaler, Lenz added topsoil sales in the 1990s. The company makes its own compost, grinding stumps, brush and yard waste in a composting facility since 2008 (Lenz-enterprises.com, 360-629-2933).

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Art ■ FROM PAGE 4

Danny Koffman’s Art with a Smile (artwithasmile.com) is open noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and other times by appointment, in the former visitors information center at 578 E. North Camano Drive at Terry’s Corner. Two privately owned galleries are located on Camano Island. David Cassera opened Que Sera Gallery at the Camano Marketplace, 848 N. Sunrise Blvd., just in time for the 2017 studio tour. A Camano resident, Cassera also runs the successful Cassera Art Gallery in La Conner. Que Sera is open daily, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with wine tasting and music for monthly openings. Matzke’s Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park features an impressive 10-acre sculpture park that can be explored from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Sculptures in metal, glass and stone hide amid groves of trees at 2345 Blanche Way, south of Elger Bay Grocery. Matzke hangs new themed exhibits quarterly. The community-owned Freedom Park welcomes visitors to the island with a ■ SEE ART, PAGE 32

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Sculptures are scattered in the landscape at Matzke Fine Art & Sculpture Park.

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