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Law enforcement officers surprise Marysville girl with birthday parade By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Four-year-old Emma Johnston of Marysville wasn't able to have a normal birthday party on April 5 but did receive a parade of local law enforcement vehicles to help her celebrate. Because of the COVID-19 social distancing Emma was not able to have her scheduled birthday party recently. "We had told her weeks ago we had to cancel her police-themed birthday party because of the COVID-19 virus that was going around and she cried and was so sad, but understood she couldn't have a party," said Tianna Johnston. Johnston herself is at high-risk because of the COVID-19 disease. See PARADE on page 2
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Stilly Diner employee Jared Dixson disinfects some of the diner's counter spaces as staff close the store for the day on April 1.
Local restaurants provide take out, delivery options By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
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Emma Johnston, left, celebrates her birthday party on April 5 with mother Tianna Johnston, center, sister Isabel Johnston, right, cousin Riley Stevenson, back left, and aunt Brittany Stevenson, back right.
Many local restaurants have closed for the COVID-19 shutdown but others are continuing service with takeout or delivery options during this difficult time. Arlington and Marysville have websites available to find restaurants still open
for business at marysvillewa.gov/1047 and at arlingtonwa.org/virtual. "We're trying to do whatever we can to support the businesses," said Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring. "The first implementation of that was an interac-
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Tulalip Bay Fire Dept. adds new staff, aid car By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
The Tulalip Bay Fire Department has new staff and a new aid car and is now working with the Tulalip Clinic to transport tribal members with less serious illnesses to the clinic. The Tulalip Tribes paid for half of the funding for the new vehicle and funded three full-time positions for the next 90 days. The department's additional resources are meant to focus on COVID-19 response. "They are going to be staffing a second ambulance specifically to provide EMS services," said Jim Reinhardt, chief medical officer with the Tulalip Bay Fire Department.
"And hopefully take a proactive approach to those who are becoming ill with COVID-19," he said. The three new firefighter/EMTs will be working Monday through Friday. "It allows us to free up our first EMS unit to respond to life-threatening emergencies," said Reinhardt. The second aid car can also be used when there is need for a second emergency response. "It will serve the entire reservation for life-and-death 911 responses," said Reinhardt. See FIRE on page 2
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Tulalip Bay Fire Department firefighter/EMTs David Petrenko, left, and Austin Panek practice readying a stretcher from the department's new aid car on April 7.
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"When Emma was born, both her and I almost didn't make it so she had a very rough start to life from the very beginning," she said. Eventually Johnston was diagnosed with kidney failure. "Every time I had to do a dialysis exchange she had to leave the room because things had to be very sterile. There were times when she would ask her grandma if mommy was going to die," she said. In September of last year she received a life-saving kidney transplant from her older sister, Brittany Stevenson. "Things have improved and my two girls finally got their mom back and then COVID-19 happened and because of the medications I am taking it puts me in the high-risk category so we have been doing everything we can to keep not only the girls and my husband safe, but to really protect me," said Johnston. Because of the kidney medication complications and to follow social distancing guidelines Johnston had
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to cancel Emma's birthday party. "Some family members put together the idea of having a drive-by parade so Emma did not have to lose out on her birthday this year," said Johnston. Her daughter has always enjoyed law enforcement, said Johnston. "Emma wants to be a police officer when she grows up, and has been a police officer for the past 2 years for Halloween, so I reached out to my local crime and community page to see if an off-duty or on-duty police officer could join the parade and we got an overwhelm-
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Normally the department would borrow a vehicle from a nearby fire agency when an extra aid car was needed. Tribal members are also able to be transported to the Tulalip Health Clinic. "This second ambulance and the ability to transport to the Tulalip Clinic came about from a very practical standpoint," said Reinhardt. "Most of the patients we take to the
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The line of law enforcement vehicles that gathered for Marysville four-year-old Emma Johnston's birthday on April 5. ing response," she said. Officers from the Washington State Patrol, Marysville Police Department, Tulalip Tribal Police, Snohomish County Sheriff 's Office, Lake Stevens Police Department, Everett Police Department, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife joined in the mini-parade for Emma. "There were law enforcement officers from a variety
hospital at a basic life support level often do not need care in an emergency care department," he said. This is the first time in the history of the fire department that they will be able to transport to the clinic. "Those with less severe illnesses can be transported to the clinic and that's going to free up our resources and free up the emergency department," said Reinhardt. The clinic has the ability to provide an adequate level of care for many responses which are not life-threatening. This will also keep tribal members
of jurisdictions that came out to join her parade. We cannot thank the community and law enforcement officers enough for making her day so special, as well as the Village Restaurant for donating a very special gift for Emma," said Johnston. "We are incredibly grateful for everyone coming together and making Emma's day so special and one she will never forget."
closer to home. "Members of this community can stay in this community and be close to their relatives and loved ones," said Reinhardt. The Tulalip Bay Fire Department will have the staffing for their aid car for 90 days and will re-evaluate what to do with that new staff afterward. "We have brought in this unit for the 90 days we expect will be the peak of COVID-19. After those 90 days have expired we're going to think about how that unit could be implemented further," said Reinhardt.
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Local businesses support frontline workers Some are providing free services to healthcare workers and first responders during COVID-19 pandemic By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Local businesses are looking to contribute and help their community by donating services or creating more protective gear to frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Arlington manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Interiors has shifted some of their production to create face shields. "We started this because there is a need in the community," said Carlos Veliz, business strategist with Commercial Aircraft Interiors. "We wanted to find out how we can help," said Veliz, who started talking with team members about what they could do to help.
Veliz said they talked with U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen who got them in touch with local hospitals. "They shared what they were most in need of," which included some types of personal protective equipment. "And they gave me some samples to take back to the office," he said. Workers at the manufacturer took some face shields to do some reverse engineering and looked at what aircraft parts they had on hand that they could use. "We utilized one of the window shades and manipulated it as we could," said Veliz. Manufacturers produced a face shield prototype and took it to Providence Regional Medical Center. Although the hospital hasn't ordered any yet, Veliz said they have begun producing some orders for other organizations in the area.
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He said they are focusing their supply for counties around the Puget Sound area right now. "We're really looking at supporting local organizations first," said Veliz. Other local businesses are supporting first responders or healthcare workers in a variety of ways. Marysville Co-Op Supply is donating supplies, in conjunction with a gloves manufacturer, to the Marysville Police Department. Rairdon's Honda of Marysville is providing free oil changes to healthcare
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workers, first responders and grocery and pharmacy workers. From now until the end of May Marysville's Barron Heating & Air Conditioning will provide free maintenance service to medical professionals and first responders. The service will be done with social distancing protocols in mind. "There are people in the community that are put in a position where they have to keep on working at this time," said John Barron, owner of Barron Heating &
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Arlington City Council passes Pioneer Elementary added as meal distribution site economic relief resolution for Arlington students By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
The Arlington City Council made a number of policy changes for the COVID-19 'stay-at-home' order to provide tax and fee relief to community members and businesses. The council voted during their April 6 meeting to provide further assistance to utility customers, airport customers and lodging tax grant recipients as part of a economic relief package. No council members were opposed to the resolution. Council member Deborah Nelson thanked city staff for their work on the package. "It's a good thing to do to help others through this time," she said. Utility billing will not charge late fees or implement shutoffs for an additional month for Arlington customers. "Just a few weeks ago the council made an emergency declaration that waived the fees and shutoffs for March and April," said City Administrator Paul Ellis. "This adds an extra month to that policy," he said. City staff can now work with customers to create payment plans that extend out to three
months instead of 10 days. Those plans are available until June 30 according to the resolution. "This information unfolds very quickly. A couple of weeks ago when we did the utilities two months seemed like a very reasonable amount of time, but it doesn't any longer," said Ellis. Airport customers will also be receiving leniency at this time with similar late fee waivers and payment plan processes. "This waives late fees and allows for a three-month repayment schedule to get buck up to current for any land leases," said Ellis. Taxes for pull tabs at bars have also had their deadline extended into July. "This will align our pull tab tax to what our federal government has done," said Ellis. "Our bars and nighttime establishments were some of the first to close," he said, and need some additional help during this time. Finally, the city is making changes to its lodging tax grant. The funds typically go to support local events that draw in tourism and have in the past been used for events such as the Stillaguamish Genealogical Society's genealogy conferences and events hosted by the Arlington Arts Council.
"We don't know if some of these lodging tax grantees will have their events go forward or not," said Ellis, so the city is offering to delay the funds until next year. "Grantees could carry the entire grant amount to the next year," however the city's lodging grant committee would likely not allow those organizers to get additional funds next year, he said. Council member Marilyn Oertle, who is also a member of the Arlington Arts Council, thanked the city staff for their flexibility. "I know at the Arts Council we're having to put a down payment for a performer for $3,000 for an event in November," Oertle said. "Hopefully everything will be fine then, but you don't know." City staff plans to bring forward more items for relief as they are able, said Ellis. "We'll continue to watch this with city staff and continue to bringing forward items to the council," he said. Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert said the full extent of the COVID-19 'stay-at-home' order will not be known for a while. "I think we should keep all of these items open to revisit," she said.
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Based on a review of existing meal locations and parent feedback, Arlington Public Schools added an additional meal distribution site at Pioneer Elementary which began serving meals on Monday, April 13. This brings the total meal distribution sites to 18 throughout the school district’s service area. “This new meal site will provide meals to students in the Gleneagle area of Arlington,” said Brian Lewis, Executive Director of Operations. “There were some concerns among families about having to cross busy Highway 9 to the high school meal distribution site. It made a lot of sense to add a site to this neighborhood.” Meals at Presidents Elementary and Arlington High School can be picked up between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Breakfast and lunch meals can be picked up at the mobile locations below between 9:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Site 1: Lutheran Church in Silvana (1717 Ole Larson Rd) Site 2: Arlington Heights Community Club
Site 3: Oso Fire Station Site 4: Bryant Community Grange (across from Bryant Store) Site 5: Angel of the Winds Casino South Parking Lot Site 6: Sisco Heights Church (McElroy Rd) Site 7: Kent Prairie Elementary School Site 8: Mobile Estates (off 67th Ave NE in Arlington) Site 9: High Clover @ 47th Ave and High Clover Blvd Site 10: Trafton General Store Site 11: Rivercrest (207th St NE/61st Ave NE Site 12: 62nd Dr. NE/200th PL NE Site 13: Sweetwater Homes (65th Dr. NE) Site 14: Heartland Homes (196th Pl. NE/45th Dr. NE) Site 15: Pioneer Elementary School On Fridays, the Arlington Community Food Bank will be providing weekend meals for all students at all sites as part of their “Meals ‘til Monday” Program. In order to help the school district identify how many meals to prepare for each location, they are asking families to complete a form on the district website at www.asd. wednet.edu.
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DEM collects supplies for first responders By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
Community members supported first responders with donations of medical supplies and protective gear from April 1 to 10. The Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management set up dropoff sites at Willis Tucker Park near Mill Creek from April 1 to 10 and Haller Park in Arlington from April 1 to 3 to collect a variety of items including disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer, medical face shields, medical gloves, medical safety glasses, N95 masks, surgical gowns and surgical masks. Through April 10 the
county department had collected 79,900 pairs of medical gloves, 2,500 pairs of food service gloves, 3,700 N95 masks and 8,100 surgical masks. "We're collecting first and foremost because we need to be able to fill the need for this protective equipment for our medical responders," said Colby Cavanaugh, emergency management program coordinator with Snohomish County. She said first responders and medical workers across the country are seeing shortages of masks and other protective supplies to help protect them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Supplies that were donated to first responders at Haller Park on April 2.
"There is an important need for this gear," said Cavanaugh. Departments across the nation are making similar requests, she said, and there is a supply deficit that is affecting everyone. The demand is creating a big strain on the available supply. "The orders are backed up and we're continuously seeing problems in the supply chain," said Cavanaugh. The county helped set up donations sites in order to respond to the need and allow individuals to help if they can. "The need is critical," said Cavanaugh. "These are frontline workers who are responding day in and day out … so at this time we are seeking donations from the public." She said all the supplies received will help the department give out more to local organizations. "Even if it's just a couple of supplies, that goes a long way to helping out local agencies," said Cavanaugh. The supplies received are given to departments and agencies in the county
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based on a priority algorithm. "If an agency is running low on equipment they can submit a request," said Cavanaugh. Requests are sorted based on the amount of need and supplies are given to departments in the county based on that priority.
Cavanaugh said they may continue with more donation sites in the following weeks if the events are effective at bringing in protective gear. "We will continue with these in the future if they continue to have success," said Cavanaugh. She appreciated the schools and other local or-
ganizations that are coming together to help first responders at this time. "We're very thankful for the amount of support we've had from our partners," said Cavanaugh. "There's strength in this community and we're seeing that through the donations and effort people have put in," she said.
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SnoCo Gift Card Challenge helps local businesses People were asked to purchase gift cards on April 10 to provide support to local businesses impacted by COVID-19
businesses. "We're basically a catalyst for businesses in Snohomish County," said Gary Hauff, director of business development and small business programs with Economic Alliance Snohomish County. "Economic vitality is usually on the forefront of our mind," said Hauff. "When you throw in the COVID-19 situation, that has just been a game changer." The organization still wants to support local businesses so they put together a 'Gift Card Challenge' day on April 10. Some national organizations have put on similar gift card events and Hauff said
By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Economic Alliance Snohomish County encouraged individuals to buy gift cards from local businesses on April 10 for themselves or for healthcare workers. The SnoCo Gift Card Challenge was meant to help local businesses from a distance during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. The alliance is an organization that supports local
the organization wanted to run one locally. "But we wanted to make it custom and specific to our region," said Hauff. Gift cards are a way to help any sort of business, even if their storefront is currently closed. "Some businesses are closing, some are struggling and some are doing okay," said Hauff. "We can't all go out and have a nice meal or purchase something from a boutique at this time, but we can throw some financial support their way and redeem it at a later time," he said. Many people are staying home, but gift cards can often
be bought online, said Hauff. "Let's help prop up our economy as much as we can at this time," he said. The Economic Alliance is also encouraging people to buy gift cards to deliver to healthcare workers or other essential employees at this time. "Another thing we're doing differently is the pay-itforward aspect," said Hauff. Individuals can work with the organization to send the cards to a specific group of workers or they can let Economic Alliance Snohomish County choose. "We're asking people if they have a preference where they want their cards to go,
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for example if they have purchased some restaurant gift cards and want those to go to Providence Hospital we can do that," said Hauff. "Other people have already purchased their gift cards and mailed them to us and asked us to choose somewhere to send them,
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and we can do that too," he said. Hauff wanted to thank all the community members who have been helping local businesses that are struggling at this time. "The support from the community has been amazing," he said.
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Larsen hosts telephone town hall By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen hosted his second telephone town hall on April 7 for COVID-19 to talk about the federal stimulus response, individual assistance and support for businesses. Larsen is the congressional representative for Washington's Second District, which includes most of Tulalip, Marysville and Arlington. He was joined by Duane Fladland, director of the Washington Small Business Development Center, and Suzi Levine, commissioner of the Washington State Employment Security Department. "Congress has been acting to protect Americans from COVID-19 and to support the economy," said Larsen. He has resource guides for individuals and smallbusiness owners available on his website at larsen.house.gov. Congress recently passed the CARES Act which included a number of different assistance items for businesses and for individuals. "That includes direct payments to Washingtonians to make ends meet," said Larsen. "Payments should likely go out to our state as soon as next week, if you have direct deposit information on file with the IRS," said Larsen." If the IRS doesn't have your direct deposit information, but has your physical address from 2018 or 2019 tax returns, you will receive a check in the mail. "Physical checks will be issued in reverse income order," said Larsen. Those who don't pay taxes, either because of disability or for any other reason, are still eligible for the funds and will be able to receive them after a web portal opens up, which Larsen said he expects toward the end of April or beginning of May. "You do not have to be a taxpayer to get a check. It is strictly income based. We're really just trying to find a way to get these checks in the hands of everyone soon-
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er rather than later," said Larsen. Larsen encouraged people to look out for scams about the stimulus checks. "We are already seeing web scams go up on this issue. Be very vigilant about scams at this time. I'm not trying to scare or frighten anybody, but I do want to ensure people are taking an extra 10 seconds if something pops up on your email to ask themselves 'does this sound right,'" he said. The CARES Act will also improve unemployment insurance. "The CARES Act expands who is eligible for unemployment, how long they can collect benefits and how much they will receive," said Larsen. Because eligibility requirements are being shifted the state Employment Security Department is still working on how to apply the new standards. "We just received the final guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor today and we are still determining the final action of those who applied but were denied or deemed ineligible at the time," said Levine. She believes that they will be able to hand out benefits to those people sometime in mid-April and encourages individuals to sign up for COVID-19 action alerts at esd.wa.gov. There are many requirements that are being dropped or changed greatly for unemployment assistance. "We have waived the job search requirement," said Levine. "We call it job search
optional, because we would still like people to look for jobs, but we understand these are exceptional times and that is not viable for everyone." There has been a 950 percent increase in applications and 1,000 percent increase in phone center traffic and Levine apologized for the trouble people are having when trying to connect with ESD representatives. "We realize this is really hard economically and people are in pain with what's happening," she said. "Many have lost their jobs or their businesses, or the businesses have had to reduce hours." Duane Fladland, director of the Washington Small Business Development Center, has also seen an increase in call and requests for help. "We have seen in the last several weeks an extraordinary increase in phone calls and requests for help," he said. "We understand the anxiety that employers and employees are facing right now." "What we're finding is that there has been a lot of information that has gone out across the country. Some of it is very accurate, some of it is not accurate and some of it is outdated," said Fladland. Larsen said the assistance will likely not end with the CARES Act. "We're looking at a CARES 2.0 bill," he said, which would include more funding to support unemployed workers, further support for local and state governments, address Internet inequity and support homeowners and renters keep their home.
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Arlington shows spirit of Neighborliness
Arlington has a long and well-deserved reputation for neighborliness. In today’s reality of Stay Home, Stay Healthy, I get calls and emails every day from residents sharing heart-warming stories of neighbors helping each other, helping local businesses, helping our healthcare organizations. I am always grateful and proud to be your mayor, and never more than now. Many of you have contacted me to say “How can I help? Are there others who need things they cannot get?” Your spirit of neighborliness and generosity is inspiring, and I am delighted to tell you about a new resource called Give Well Local. At their site www.givewelllocal.com, you can meet a posted need, post your need, and publicly offer up resources you have available. For information on how to support local businesses, please visit two great new sites sponsored by the Downtown Arlington Business Association at www.arlingtonwa. org/virtual and the Stilly Valley Chamber of Commerce at https://www. stillyvalleychamber.com/ coronavirus-resources/ Arlington now has 50
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known positive COVID-19 cases, so we know the virus is circulating here. Our country’s response to limiting the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has caused many changes in Arlington. We are collectively practicing physical distancing. Schools and libraries are closed. Restaurants may offer to-go options only. Gatherings are banned. Sports and entertainment events are canceled. Our goal with these changes is to “flatten the curve” of how many people are infected with the virus so that we can get back to our usual activities as soon as safely possible. Already, there are early indications that staying home is helping, so I am optimistic that lives are being saved. Your health, our collective health, is the most important thing right now. Isolating is hard, but there
are plenty of opportunities for fun. Take a walk. Order take-out. Meet a neighbor’s need (from six feet away!). Read an ebook. Play with your kids. Use video chats to stay in touch with loved ones. Together, from afar, we can protect one another, and together we can thrive in this unfamiliar time. I know we all share empathy and consideration for the hardships that the disruption may cause us and our neighbors. I encourage people to practice compassion during this time, and to make selfcare a priority as well. At the city of Arlington website, we have compiled a comprehensive list of resources for you and your family as we wait out this virus. There are business resource links, free e-clinic links, links to closures, and resources from federal, state and county agencies. Please visit www. arlingtonwa.gov/coronavirus to access these resources. We have taken many steps at the city to protect our staff and the public. We are restricting access to our buildings, we are canceling meetings, and we are encouraging our staff to work from home when possible.
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County officials give COVID-19 update ____ By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
Social distancing measures are expected to continue in Snohomish County although cases may be slowing down locally if trends continue as they are. Local officials gave an update on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on April 10. "Back on Jan. 21 the first case of the coronavirus was confirmed here in Snohomish County," said County Executive Dave Somers. "Since then we've done a lot, extraordinary things really, to respond to the pandemic," he said. From April 5 to April 9 the county had around 30 to 60 new cases of COVID-19 per day. The current peak for the county has been March 27 to March 31 where there were from 55 to 137 new cases each day. As of April 10 the county has seen about 1,800 cases and 64 deaths. "It appears we are flattening the curve, but we cannot stop now," said Somers. "If we slack off now we could see a rebound." Officials are encouraged by the current case numbers being seen around the county. "We are starting to see early indications things are heading in the right direction," said Dr. Chris Spitters, health officer for the Snohomish Health District. "The apparent decline in cases is a signal that what we are doing is working and that the hard work and sacrifices from our residents and businesses is showing an effect," said Spitters. Social distancing policies are not likely to end all at once. "We phased into the current mitigation efforts and we will likely have to phase back out of them," said Spitters. "We will end up right back where we were a month ago," if the county ends their closure policies too soon, said Spitters. Somers said that residents shouldn't ease off of distancing efforts yet. "If we stay disciplined we may be able to start dialing back restrictions after a couple of weeks, but it will
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take everyone doing their part now," he said. Matthew Beecroft, a physician at the Emergency Department at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, said that local hospital resources have been strained but conditions appear to be improving. "I worked a lot of shifts when this first started and our volumes really started to tick up. It came fast and what we saw on the frontlines was a fast and sudden increase in patients with respiratory illness," said Beecroft. "It felt like, to many of us, that we were in a car speeding off a cliff," he said. Since then however, Beecroft said the hospital has been seeing reductions in the number of cases. "Other places weren't so lucky, but we seem to have maybe stopped just in time," he said. Providence is still seeing patients with COVID-19, but not as many as the peak. Spitters said that testing capacity for COVID-19 is still increasing. "Testing capabilities for this virus has only been around for three months," he said.
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"We certainly understand the frustrations from residents and healthcare workers about early restrictions and backlogs that occurred in testing and testing supplies," he said. All commercial labs now have testing capabilities, which is an improvement from the beginning of March when only the state's public lab had testing. "It takes a while for these processes to mature and there are likely to be future hiccups," said Spitters. The Snohomish Health District has tested about 2,000 residents with their drive-thru testing so far. The original program was for three weeks. "We'll continue some form of drive-thru testing to supplement what is happening at other healthcare facilities," said Spitters.
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Testing will likely continue to target those who are at-risk and those who are working at essential functions while supply is limited, said Spitters. Providence Regional Medical Center has separated all of its patients with respiratory illnesses and all of their other patients. "We are seeing patients that should come to the hospital with other diseases … we're seeing them stay away from the hospital, possibly out of fear," said Beecroft. "Some care is being deferred. Still, please seek emergency care when appropriate," he said. More updates regarding the local response to COVID-19 are available at the Snohomish Health District's website at snohd. org/484.
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tive map where you can see where you can get takeout or curb-side pickup from restaurants," he said. Local restaurants have lost a lot of their normal customers because of the shutdown as they follow Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee's mandate to only be open for delivery or takeout. "We've always done takeout, but now it's only takeout. It's challenging," said Karen Feliciano, a manager/ waitress at the Blue Bird Café in Arlington. The downtown café regularly had good crowds at their tables before the pandemic. "We've had standing room only here on the weekends," said Feliciano. Arlington's Stilly Diner has also had to get used to serving people through takeout and delivery only. "We did takeout but we weren't using GrubHub or any delivery services," said Matt Deberry, co-owner of the diner. "It was definitely a very small percentage of our sales before this," said Cheri Graves, also a co-owner of the Stilly Diner. Graves said a lot of it is figuring out how to implement online ordering and now working with online delivery service GrubHub, something they've never done before. Jeff 's Texas Style BBQ in Marysville had about 50 percent takeout before, so they have been able to adapt well, according to Jeff Knoch, owner of the restaurant. However, a large portion of their customers were people traveling through Marysville and lunch customers. "As more non-essential businesses close around us, we're seeing fewer lunch customers," he said. Many community mem-
bers are staying home but Knoch hopes to continue serving takeout. "Our customers are staying home, and that's great, but we still want to provide this service for those who can't cook at home," he said. The slowdown has provided many challenges for businesses though. "The most challenging thing is the bottom line. It's close and it's taken the support of our community to get us through this," said Feliciano. At the Stilly Diner most employees were let go during the outbreak. "We pretty much laid everyone off, except for ourselves," said Deberry. Graves said business at the diner was dead when the shutdown was first happening, but has increased since then. "We've added a few employees back on the books," said Deberry. Graves said the social distancing requirements also take a lot of reminders. "Different people have varying perspectives on the issue. I had one customer come in and hug one of our employees," she said. "For the most part people are really trying to do what they're supposed to." The supply chain has also been disrupted for some of the more important items, such as gloves, sanitizer and bleach, said Knoch. "We're having issues because of the crisis … a lot of the items we usually order are now scarce," he said. The biggest concern for most owners is how long they will have to weather the shutdown. "I think everyone is concerned about the uncertainty. How long with this be?" said Graves. Local restaurants are trying to make it through to the other side of the COVID-19 shutdown. "The owner and their
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Blue Bird Café cook Jim Anderson cuts up a tomato to prepare a takeout order on April 1. family have owned this restaurant [the Blue Bird Café] for over 60 years. I've loved working for her and she is a wonderful boss," said Feliciano. "So I hope we get through this." Knoch said his business is still working to support the community even through the shutdown. He said he contacted the Marysville mayor to see what populations needed food right now and learned about the Marysville School District's meal program doing deliveries on the bus routes during the shutdown. "I found out that the parents don't qualify for that program," said Knoch. "So every Tuesday and Thursday we've been providing barbecue meals for the parents," he said. They've provided about 400 meals so far as part of the program. "We're taking donations at our website and at our restaurant to support that program and the customers have been great donating to that," said Knoch. The restaurant's website is located at jeffstexasstylebbq.com. Restaurant owners also
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Tips for making your 'Victory Garden' victorious Whatever house or out in your reason is for the middle of the lawn that is not feeling moved to plant a vegetable shaded by trees or your neighbor’s garden in these times of turmoil, house. The sunniit’s a good idea. It er, the better. Feed them is good to get out By Steve Smith in the fresh air, and they will get some exercise and any grow. If you have had probtime spent in the garden can lems in the past with plants be therapeutic. Good inten- just languishing and not retions are all fine and good, ally growing, I would bet my but without positive results bottom dollar that you didn’t it might leave you hesitant to provide enough food. Vegtry growing your own food gies are what we call “heavy again in the future. All it feeders” in the horticultural takes is some effort and a few world, which simply means tips will help too. That being that if you don’t keep them said, here are some tips to well-fed, they will not perhelp your veggie growing form to your expectations. efforts turn out successfully. My preference for food is a Location, location, lo- well-balanced organic veggie cation. We’ve all heard this food that should be mixed expression when it comes to into the soil at the time of business plans and the same planting, at a rate of twice can be said for gardens. Veg- the label recommendation. gies need sun, at least a half If you are a “Miracle-Gro day if you are going to grow Junkie”, you will need to feed anything other than spinach at least once a week. or lettuce. Find a spot on the Beware of topsoil blends. west or southern side of the Not to disparage local pur-
veyors of topsoil, but the fact is that 3-way and 5-way blends are mostly bark, sawdust, sand, occasionally compost, and rarely any real dirt. They are light and easy to spread, but for the most part they need to mature before plants can benefit from them. In other words, manufactured soils typically tie up nutrients initially, which can result in stunted growth. The solution is to counteract this phenomenon by adding extra fertilizer and compost. Again, feed them and they will grow. The other option of course, is to start with a quality planting mix, like Raised Bed Planting Mix from E.B. Stone Organics, that has exactly what your plants need. What to grow. Not all veggies are easy to grow and for heaven’s sake, don’t grow something that you don’t even like to eat. Forget brussel sprouts, forget cabbage (one plant can consume 80% of your garden space) and
forget corn (unless you’ve got a huge yard). Never plant more than one zucchini plant or you will end up in marital counseling — they are very heavy producers. Potatoes are easy to grow and a veritable treasure hunt at harvest time, but they make absolutely no economical sense — I grow them anyway. I love broccoli so I grow it, and of course, later in the spring I will plant tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and some winter squash. Peppers can be a challenge, but I know people that plant 12 different varieties of them. Long story short, plant what you enjoy eating and what you can grow well. Transplants versus seeds. Seeds are cheap, but without restraint and thinning, you will get too many plants (think of the zucchini dilemma). Transplants cost more, but they will mature sooner and you won’t get overrun with extra produce. Timing is a factor as well.
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Steve Smith's veggie garden. The later into the season we go, the more we need to just bite the bullet and plant transplants. Four-inch tomato plants are fine in April but by May we should be planting gallon ones. I suppose none of what I have told you here is earth shattering. Veggies need lots of sunlight, plenty of food and water, decent soil, and above all, they need to be harvested at the right time — which simply means you
have to tend to your garden on a weekly, if not daily basis, if you are going to truly enjoy the fruits of your labor. This is not a “one and done” project. Veggies do not thrive on neglect, unlike some other garden plants. Stay safe and keep on gardening.
Steve Smith is the owner of Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville and can be reached at info@sunnysidenursery.net.
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