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Marysville food bank sees high demand during holiday season

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Marysville Community Food Bank handed out turkeys again to clients for their Thanksgiving dinner distributions this year.

With the pandemic damaging the economy and so many jobs lost it has been a long year for food banks.

“We went into this like the rest of this year with a whole lot of uncertainty,” said Dell Deierling, director of the Marysville Community Food Bank. “We’re seeing demand that is higher than what I anticipated."

Deierling estimated that about 700 families came in for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner distribution.

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Kathleen Shalan, owner of the Country Rose in Arlington, puts an ornament on one of her holiday decorations during Small Business Saturday on Nov. 28.

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Marysville food bank volunteer Kevin Boldt, right, puts some bread into the cart being put together by volunteer Sheri Selapack during the Marysville Community Food Bank’s Thanksgiving distribution on Nov. 24.

Many downtown Arlington businesses opened their doors on Nov. 28 to participate in Small Business Saturday (also known as Shop Small Saturday).

The nationally recognized day that follows Black Friday is designed to be a

celebration of local businesses.

“Black Friday has always been for the big box stores and so Small Business Saturday has always been for us small stores,” said Kathleen Shalan, owner of the Country Rose.

“It’s something I look

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Arlington food bank hands out Thanksgiving dinners

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Arlington Community Food Bank gave out food for holiday dinners this November and continued to see a large need.

They began offering essential holiday items on Nov. 16.

“I don’t have specific numbers, but tentatively, just as they have been for COVID, our numbers have been up around 50 to 80 percent,” said Carla Gastineau, director of the Arlington Community Food Bank.

During the week of November 16 they served about 350 families. During the same period last year they served about 210 families.

Volunteers came out to help the local food bank and serve those in need.

“It’s for the community,” said volunteer Taylor Chapman.

“Just to give back to the community.

Some people aren’t as fortunate as I am and I like to spread that out,” said volunteer Carson Asper.

The increased need is in part from people in transition with their housing, said Gastineau.

“There’s a lot of out-of-area people who don’t have a permanent address because of COVID,” she said. “I think that’s going to continue with the second wave of lockdowns now."

The food bank is currently doing what it can to keep up with the current need.

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Arlington food bank volunteer Taylor Chapman puts together a cart of food during the Thanksgiving dinner distribution on Nov. 23.

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behind St. Mary’s Church,” he said. “It’s a higher number than we’ve seen in a lot of years already."

Despite the high number of clients this year, Deierling said they did have enough holiday food items to give out.

“At this point it looks like everyone who wants a turkey is going to be able to get one,” he said.

Deierling said he appreciates the community’s support during this challenging time.

“There are volunteers here who have kept things going through the coronavirus mess,” he said.

Because of the pandemic the food bank has remained with a core group of volunteers to reduce the number of individuals going in and out of the facility.

“The downside is that we can’t open our arms to all the volunteers who want to volunteer here,” said Deierling.

The food bank usually tries to accept all volunteers, he said, but this year that was impossible.

The volunteers said they came out to help local families.

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just to help the community,” said volunteer Krista Rossi.

“I just think it’s a great time to help those in need,” said volunteer Sheri Selapack.

The volunteers generally have a good time while out there, said volunteer Kevin Boldt.

“I like to be of service and it’s just a great group of people. Everyone is delighted to be here,” he said.

Those who want to help but can’t volunteer this year can donate, said Deierling.

“The emphasis we’re putting on for supporting the food bank is financially,” he said.

Monetary donations are useful for the food bank, even if some people find them less satisfying than food donations, said Deierling.

“It allows us to buy what we need, when we need it and often at a better price than what a consumer can buy it at,” he said.

Many of their long-time volunteers who knew how to sort food have had to take a break from the food bank this year because they are in the high-risk populations for COVID-19.

“We are challenged in resources to process donated food. We’ll get to it, we’re not going to turn it down, but it’s tough because we have fewer people to sort it,”

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Marysville food bank volunteer Krista Rossi pushes out a cart full of food for a food bank client during the Marysville Community Food Bank’s Thanksgiving distribution on Nov. 24. said Deierling.

So far this year, Deierling said there has been a lot of families coming in that have never used the food bank before.

“We’re going to see more of that now that restaurants aren’t allowing dining inside and we’ll probably see staff cut from that. I’m anxious about the Boeing cuts and Congress not moving forward with a new stimulus,” he said.

The federal funds to boost unemployment haven’t been around since the summer and more peo-

ple are in hard spots, said Deierling.

Despite the high need he encourages anyone to come down to the food bank if it could help them.

“Sometimes I have to convince people over the phone, and they’ll say ‘well there are people who have it tougher than me and I should save the food for them,’ but don’t go down that route. We’re here to help and if coming here can help you pay your rent, keep your car or keep the lights on, come down here,” he said.

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County sets another COVID record

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Snohomish County broke COVID-19 records for the third time in three weeks as case rates continue to increase locally.

The two-week average for the daily case rate is now 303.6 cases per 100,000 people, up from 278.4 cases per 100,00 people last week.

“That’s about a 10 percent increase. That’s a slower increase than the successive 50 percent increases in recent weeks, but it’s still going up,” said Chris Spitters, health officer for the Snohomish Health District.

Health officials set the bar at 25 cases per 100,000 people for a safe reopening, a mark that the county hit in May this year but hasn’t reached since then.

Both Marysville and Arlington are seeing higher rates than ever before.

In mid-November the daily case rate for Marysville was almost 450 cases per 100,000 people.

As of the latest Nov. 26 update for Arlington, there are 251 active cases in the city, which is the most ever for the city.

Before November the peak in Arlington was 104 active cases.

“Hospitals are rapidly approaching where we were in March,” with 80 patients in the county, which is a 400 percent increase in six weeks.

Hospitalizations typically lag behind identified cases, so Spitters said reaching or surpassing the 120 patients from March is possible.

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“These are long hospitalizations typically,” which take up space in a hospital for a significant amount of time.

That puts stress on the hospital system, and could overwhelm them if not managed.

“Everyone’s access to acute care will be compromised,” if that happens, said Spitters.

Field hospitals may get deployed if numbers continue to increase.

“It’s certainly in our future if we don’t turn things around,” said Spitters.

The county had plans to rollout field hospitals in March, but as case numbers dropped they were more needed elsewhere in the country.

“We had sites identified in the spring for a field hospital. We don’t want that to happen, obviously,” said Jason Biermann, director of the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management.

“Many of the federal assets that were available in the spring are now deployed elsewhere,” in other states with worse outbreaks, said Biermann, so the county’s access to field hospitals is limited.

Officials are still encouraging continued social distancing, use of face coverings and avoiding unnecessary social gatherings.

“Historians have shared how the second and third waves of the influenza in 1918 were far more severe when people grew tired of the mask mandates,” said Spitters.

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Travel numbers are down from an average Thanksgiving, however there are still many families taking flights this holiday season.

“Seeing lots of people traveling is concerning and there will be a wave of disease and followup from that,” said Spitters.

“Travel is down, but with the size of crowds I think it’s going to be a hard winter. I think we will see cases rise and there’s no indication that will let off anytime soon,” said Snohomish County executive Dave Somers.

What makes the uncertainty worse for the county is that federal funding for contact tracing, testing ef-

forts, delivering food and the county’s quarantine center is about to expire.

“That funding ends in a few weeks at the end of the year, and we have no idea when more will be coming,” said Somers.

Somers said the county’s representatives in Congress are pushing for a second round of funding, however nothing has been passed yet.

“More now than ever we need to be working with our government and our government needs to be working with us,” said Somers.

Spitters said there is hope on the horizon as the first rounds of a vaccine could be distributed before the end of the year if one or more of the vaccines being tested is deemed safe by the FDA and the CDC.

“The first limited supply of vaccines will target healthcare workers and first responders at highest risk of exposure, highly vulnerable populations such as nursing homes and other older people at high risk from disease,” said Spitters.

The next rounds will likely also target the next most vulnerable populations, he said.

“Our planning for vaccine distribution began in early August,” said Biermann, who said the county has a first draft of their plan completed.

The vaccine will likely come in two shots that have to be spaced out over a period of time.

“Most of those vaccines will go through the current healthcare system,” said

Biermann.

“We know there are folks who don’t have a healthcare provider or medical home so we do have some things in place and plans in place where, if we had to, we can use the fire and EMS community, or if necessary we could stand up points of distribution,” he said.

Although a successful vaccine could be a longterm solution, it will not be effective fast enough to curb the current wave of cases, said Spitters.

“A vaccine will not resolve our current problem,” he said, “this will take about six to nine months to unfold.”

The Snohomish Health District’s data for COVID-19 is available at snohd. org/532.

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By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Arlington Fire Department will run a sociallydistanced Santa Run this year from Dec. 4 to 13.

Santa will drive in a decorated wagon but will not hand out candy canes this year like he normally does.

Local firefighters put on the annual Santa Run to support the Arlington Community Food Bank. “The goal of the Santa Run is to collect food for the food bank,� said Nich Sacha, an Arlington Fire Department firefighter and main organizer for this year’s event.

The Santa Run will begin weeknights at 5:30 p.m. and weekends at 5 p.m.

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The city of Arlington broadcast a virtual tree lighting during the day to celebrate the Legion Park tree being lit up for the holiday season.

There are usually a variety of community activities during Small Business Saturday but this year most had to be canceled due to the pandemic. “Normally Small Business Saturday is a good little Saturday to help our small business, but with the CO-

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different this year is that we’re kind of limited the inperson interactions to prevent the spread of COVID,� said Sacha.

There is a more limited group of volunteers this year. “Santa will be in the back of a trailer that will be decorated and he’ll be waving to the community, but not physically on the roadway,� said Sacha. “Families can take pictures as long as they are not approaching one of our volunteers,� and remain socially distanced."

The collecting of food donations will also take place at a distance. “We’re asking that when the community hears the music that they put their food donations out at the end of their driveway and we will come pick it up,� said Sacha.

If the food has to be hand delivered, one of their volunteers will come with a wagon

that the food can be dropped in while maintaining distance.

Sacha said all the volunteers will be wearing masks and keeping distance, and those handling food items will also be wearing gloves.

They will still accept monetary donations, but Sacha encourages anyone who wants to donate money to go directly to the Arlington Community Food Bank’s website at arlingtonfoodbank.org.

Local firefighters enjoy putting the Santa Run on, which they have done for 27 years before this year’s event. “For me, this is my fifth year that I have been organizing this and there’s not a greater feeling than seeing a little kid running out, smiling and waving at us because he sees Santa,� said Sacha.

More information about the Santa Run is available at arlingtonwa.gov/santarun.

VID it is killing us,� said Rich Senff, owner of Action Sports in Arlington. “We’re trying to make it feel special,� said Shalan, who said they weren’t able to do as much this year.

She said she didn’t want to sound too negative though. “We look forward to next year,� said Shalan.

The day is meant to celebrate local businesses. “Small business is the basis of the country, let alone the community. It keeps the country going,� said Senff.

Shalan said that revenue at small businesses is more likely to be spent again locally.

“The money goes back into the community that they serve,� she said.

Typically, local businesses give lots of opportunities to traditionally marginalized groups as well. “Nationally, small businesses tend to employ more females and minorities than any other sector in employment,� said Jack Cash, owner of FauxyFurr Vintage and Homemade. “That brings diversity and character to your downtown."

Business groups, such as the Downtown Arlington Business Association, typically host events as well. “During a normal year the business community puts on activities for families to help make memories,� said Cash. “It really facilitates this idea of community."

Cash said she enjoys seeing the community on days like Small Business Saturday. “People that have shown support over the year and make the effort to show up during these days that have been deemed important,� she said.

This year’s Small Business Saturday had some traffic, although not as much as a normal year due to people staying home out of caution. “Not as many people are out as there were last year,� said Shalan. “Some people have been out to support us, but not nearly the amount that we have had in the past,� said Senff.

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Maryfest plans holiday fundraiser Organizers of the Marysville Strawberry Festival are hoping to raise funds and provide family fun

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Local families will be able to get socially distanced photos with Santa on the Strawberry Festival float this month.

The opportunity is put together by Maryfest, the organization that runs the Strawberry Festival, to help fundraise during a tough year for the local nonprofit.

Money will go toward the royalty scholarships that Maryfest provides to the

Strawberry Festival royalty each year.

The photo opportunities will be Dec. 13 from noon to 4 p.m., Dec. 17 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Dec. 19 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Dec. 20 from noon to 4 p.m.

The float will be set up outside the Maryfest office at 1412 First St., Marysville.

Beginning Dec. 3 the organization will be accepting reservations on their office line at 360-659-7664.

The float will have a holiday theme for the pictures.

"We are decorating our float with holiday decorations and coming out with Santa Claus," said Gail Frost, Maryfest president.

"The float will be all lit up

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“We currently do have enough volunteers as we just got another wave from a social media post,” said Gastineau.

Donations is where the food bank could most use support, she said.

“Monetary donations have dropped a significant amount over the last two months,” she said.

Frost said, so she hopes that people come down to support Maryfest.

"Where are you ever going to have an opportunity to come get a photo of Santa on a float?" she said.

The organization is also providing free hot cocoa, popcorn and cider, and have popup tents in the event of rain.

Strawberry Festival royalty will also be there to help organize the event. "They will be Santa's helpers," said Frost.

Families will likely have to bring their own camera.

"We may have someone with a camera there, but we're still working that out," said Frost.

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as well," she added.

Families can reserve a block of time of up to 20 minutes to get pictures with Santa. The suggested donation is $20 per family.

Only one family will be outside their car at a time.

"We're making sure that everyone is safe and social distancing," said Frost.

Santa and other individuals will be six feet apart, including when the pictures are taken.

"So, for the picture they won't be right next to each other but you'll still be able to get a photo with them both," said Frost.

"We don't know how many Santas will be available this holiday season,"

Arlington’s Santa Run should help, said Gastineau, but she also hopes more monetary contributions come in as well.

“We’re still not really encouraging direct food donations,” as they take more time to process which is difficult with limited volunteers and because food purchased directly by the food bank is safer right now.

The food bank switched to a drive-thru model during the last

royalty help lead the float every year and are usually tasked with representing the city during other summer festivals as well.

As winners of the Marysville pageant they receive $3,600 if they are crowned king or queen and $2,500 for the princes and princesses.

This year the royalty was less active.

"They didn't get to do much this year unfortunately," said Frost, although they have been active in volunteering, such as at the food bank.

Maryfest had to cancel this year's Strawberry Festival because of the pandemic.

ing dinner distribution night they moved through 135 cars in 90 minutes, she said.

HCI Steel Buildings, a local Arlington company, is also donating a covered area to help volunteers with the new model.

“So my volunteers pushing the carts out will be covered,” said Gastineau.

They are currently using a popup tent, which is not as good for bad weather, she said.

week of October.

Typically during COVID, food bank clients have stayed in the parking lot and are brought the food by volunteers. That meant a lot of people and cars backing up in a tight parking lot.

Gastineau said she was concerned for safety with the earlier darkness and because of weather.

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"We made no money last year and we have a lot of expenses," including renting their office, float construction and scholarships, said Frost.

The pandemic is a difficult time for the organization which usually relies on festival sponsorships to help fund themselves.

"And nobody knows what's going to happen next year," said Frost. "It's a tough time for everybody."

The Santa photo fundraiser is one of the first such attempts to bring in some funds for the organization, and they are considering a virtual auction for next summer if the festival is canceled again.

The food bank has received a grant for Christmas hams this year and is preparing its home delivery for Christmas dinners for those unable to come to the food bank.

Gastineau said although need is high, anybody who needs help should stop by.

“We’re still encouraging people who are in need to certainly come,” she said. “There is a higher need but we do still have enough for everyone.”

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Preparing for the legislative session As we look toward the New Year, here at the City of Marysville we have been preparing for the next state legislative session that starts on Jan. 11. Over the past several years, the City Council and I have been very successful in obtaining state funding for projects that are important to our community. We are grateful for strong working relationships with our legislators in Olympia who represent Marysville and surrounding areas.

Marysville’s track record of successfully obtaining state funding can largely be attributed to taking the long view, establishing city priorities, and articulating our vision and need consistently over time. In many cases, we first spent multiple years introducing the public need for a Marysville project to lawmakers in Olympia and subsequently repeated and added details to that message. It is often a long process that is worth the effort to gain significant funding for many key projects.

State funding has helped make many Marysville trails, parks and other projects happen. The state also funded huge transportation projects in our area through its Connecting Washington package. These include the new I-5/SR 529 interchange and a new northbound lane on I-5 between north Everett and south Marysville (project construction to begin in 2021), and a new I-5 interchange at 156th Street NE (project construction to begin in 2025). City leaders continue to stress the importance of these transportation improvements to Marysville residents, businesses and to the overall quality of life that we offer.

Early next year, City Councilmembers and I will discuss

Jon Nehring with our legislators in Olympia the city’s priorities for state funding requests. Here is an overview: Grove Street Overcrossing: The city is requesting $24 million to build an elevated roadway over the railroad tracks on Grove Street between State and Cedar avenues. A 2015 study found this the most suitable overcrossing location because it would not impede access to State Avenue or local business entrances and requires minimal property acquisition. Routing traffic away from the railroad crossing will help ease downtown congestion and increase east-west connectivity.

Ebey Waterfront Trail: The city is requesting $1.5 million for design, right-of-way and construction of the next and final phase of this urban trail. A 1.28-mile trail section along the dike through the Ebey Estuary would connect the First Street Bypass area with the existing trail in the Sunnyside area.

When complete, the Ebey Waterfront Trail will have nearly six miles of fully connected trails.

156th Street NE Railroad Overcrossing: The city is requesting $1 million to fund design, early permitting and right-of-way assessment for future construction of an elevated

roadway overcrossing the BNSF mainline tracks at 156th Street NE just west of I-5. This is needed to offer expanded access to the Lakewood area and complement the previously funded freeway interchange at 156th Street NE that will also serve the growing Cascade Industrial Center.

Marysville-Lake Stevens Trail Connector: In this joint project with Lake Stevens, the City of Marysville seeks $500,000 for design, permitting and property acquisition for future construction of a 5.5-mile trail segment connecting to the regional Centennial Trail to the north and 20th St. NE to the south.

Cascade Industrial Center: This long-term joint effort by the cities of Marysville and Arlington is a growing hub for manufacturing activity. We expect to add 20,000 more familywage jobs in the CIC over the next 10 years, helping residents work close to home and boosting our local economy. A key incentive for businesses interested in locating here is a property tax exemption scheduled to expire in 2022; the city will be requesting an increase in the population threshold and an extension of the eligibility date for the property tax exemption.

We continue to update our colleagues in Olympia about the concerns we hear from Marysville residents — most often public safety and transportation. Building relationships, understanding and trust is key.

Through experience, we have found that your government works best when we all work together.

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

Weekly Puzzles Fun by the Numbers Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box.

Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box.

You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

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RAVE RAVE: Thank you to everyone who donated to the Arlington Community Food Bank to help provide families in need in our community with a Thanksgiving dinner. And kudos to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped with handing out the dinners.

while supporting businesses in our community. It also features local restaurants. And if you're a small business or restaurant in Arlington, you can register to be included on the online marketplace.

RAVE: There's still time to donate to Marysville's Toy Store that provides holiday gifts to local families in need.

Just look for the Red Barrels located in stores and businesses throughout Marysville. Every donation, large or small, will make a difference.

RAVE: As you do you holiday shopping, don't forget to check out the Shop Local Arlington website at https://shoplocalarlington.com/products where you can do your shopping

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Cities offer holiday lights contests

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Both Marysville and Arlington will hold holiday light decoration contests to encourage a festive atmosphere this holiday season.

The cities will also be providing online maps of contest participants so families will be able to drive around and look at the entries to both contests.

Arlington 'Light It Up' Christmas Lighting Contest The city of Arlington held a decoration contest this summer during the Fourth of July and is holding another one for the Christmas season.

Their first contest was a success, said Sarah Lopez, community revitalization project manager and communications for the city.

"I think it went really well," she said. "There was a lot of people who signed up."

Decoration contests are not a new idea for cities, said Lopez, but were something the city explored because their normal events had to be canceled this year.

"We were looking for a way to celebrate Hometown Holidays," said Lopez. "We want to promote community and provide a little bit of cheer."

She hopes there are a lot of people who still want to

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"I think there's a lot of people who are getting into the holiday season earlier," said Lopez.

"This year is a great year to put in the extra effort around the house," she said.

Registration for the contest began Nov. 28 and runs to Dec. 15 at arlingtonwa. gov/HH. That is also where the map of the participants will eventually be displayed.

"The city staff will do the work of making a map with all the lights displays on them," said Lopez. "You can see where to go to look at all of the displays around town."

Prizes will also be given to a few winners of the contest. Those prizes are sponsored by the Stilly Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Merrysville Home for the Holidays Community Lights "We're inviting residents or business owners of Marysville to decorate their homes or businesses," said Andrea Kingsford, recreation coordinator with the city of Marysville.

The majority of the city's holiday events were canceled this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We were looking for an alternative this year to keep everyone safe," said Kings-

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We want to promote community and provide a little bit of cheer.

Holiday gifts for brothers, sisters and friends are easy and fun to make. Let your imagination soar!

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cials as well," she said.

Families will be able to stop for cocoa or a dinner to go.

Kingsford said she appreciates the sponsors who are supporting the event, including E&E Lumber, HomeStreet Bank, Dick's Towing Inc., Costa Home Team, The Creamery Co. and Village Concepts.

"Also, thank you to the people who have already registered," said Kingsford, who added the more participants, the better the event will be.

More information is available at marysvillewa. gov/673.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCES R. SCARFONE, Deceased, NO. 20-4-01722-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030 THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE NAMED BELOW has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: November 25, 2020.

Personal Representative: Ida Click Attorney for Personal Representative: Bradley E. Neunzig, WSBA #22365 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223 Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 20-4-01722-31.

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She said the city has never tried a holiday decoration contest and they're excited to put one on this year.

"We want to light up the whole community and hopefully that will lift up people's spirits as well," said Kingsford.

Registration for the contest ended Dec. 1.

"Beginning on Dec. 10 on the city of Marysville website you will be able to download a Google map," that shows the location of participants, said Kingsford.

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Winterizing the garden — Part 1 Just when you “Why didn’t I buy a condo?” Ah, thought you were but then you rethrough with call the sights and yard work for smells of the most the season, some recently past seawise-acre nursson and it comes ery professional

By Steve Smith back to you why comes along and tells you to “Winterize your you came to the garden cenyard!” “Okay”, you say, “How ter in the first place… you do I winterize my yard?” Big enjoy gardening, it’s relaxing mistake! Never use open- and rewarding — it’s theraended questions with nurs- peutic. By now you are so ery professionals, unless of grateful that there are still course you have nothing people that pursue hortibut time and money. Two culture as a profession that hours later you stand at the you give the nursery profescash register with an arsenal sional a $10.00 tip and okay, of chemicals, several yards so maybe I am dreaming or of mulch, bags of lime and simply recovering from a fertilizer, insulated gloves, post-Thanksgiving tryptocushioned knee-pads and phanic stupor, but the above a leaf rake that expands or scenario does demonstrate contracts to fit almost any how passionate we can get space imaginable. “Good about gardening. We want grief ” you say to yourself, to do the right thing at the

right time. This “to-do” list contains lots of chores to accomplish before old man winter sets in. Get as many done as you can and then relax, stoke up the fire, eat some more turkey and start dreaming about next spring.

LAWNS: This is probably the most critical time to fertilize and the good news is that it won’t make the lawn grow any faster. It will keep your lawn green all winter and into the spring. Use a slow release organic fertilizer for best results and apply some lime while you are at it.

FRUIT TREES: Sanitation is the most important consideration for fruit and flowering tree health. Clean up all the leaves and dispose of them properly. Spray stone fruits, such as cherries, plums, peaches and apricots,

with a copper spray. For pears and apples, use a sulfur spray. Both of these products are made from natural minerals and are generally recognized as safe. For insects that might be overwintering on the trees, spray a horticultural oil on the branches to suffocate the eggs or critters. By combining copper or sulfur with the oil, you have the best of both worlds. Do this now, and again in February as the buds begin to swell. Hold off on pruning until February.

VEGETABLES: While planting season is probably over, soil preparation isn’t.

Throw some lime over the soil and then cover it with an inch or two of mulch (a good quality compost works best).

This will also help keep all those annual weeds down

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The Bonanza Camellia is a great choice for your garden. too.

Next week I’ll talk about roses, berries, grapes and kiwis, bulbs and perennials and general weed control. In the meantime, get yourself mentally prepared to accomplish these tasks and remember these general thoughts: n Lime almost everything n Dormant spray most deciduous plants n You can plant through the winter n Tip your nursery pro-

fessional generously! (Just teasing) Since there’s only one more month left in this miserable year, we might as well make the most of it in the garden so we can get off on the right foot in January 2021. And of course, stay safe and keep on gardening.

Steve Smith is the owner of Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville and can be reached at sunnysidenursery@msn.com.