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MFD opens temporary clinic to provide COVID-19 vaccine to first responders By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

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Stillaguamish Senior Center cook Brenda Marie helps prepare some of the to-go lunches on Jan. 15 that the center has been providing during the pandemic.

Stillaguamish Senior Center celebrates 50 years of service By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

The Stillaguamish Senior Center will celebrate its 50th year of providing a community for local seniors by heading into the future with a new name: the Stilly Valley Center. The center was first imagined in 1960 when commissioners of the local hospital district saw a need

to create a place for senior citizens in the community, according to Danette Klemens, the current director of the organization. Groups began meeting in the early 70s and incorporated originally as the Stillaguamish Center. They originally gathered at public meeting halls See CENTER on page 2

The Marysville Fire District helped to organize a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for first responders which has been open for about a week now. The clinic is allowing firefighters and EMS professionals across the county to have more access to the vaccine. “We opened this Monday [Jan. 11] and since then we’ve had a fairly steady stream of individuals come in,” said Darryl Neuhoff, deputy chief with the Marysville Fire District. The clinic is meant to increase local vaccination capacity while other sites are being organized. “This is a stopgap measure that we could get going while other sites are being set up for the future,” said Neuhoff.

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Marysville Fire District Firefighter Hayley Peterson administers a vaccine to Firefighter Cydney Hallahan. “Our initial intent is not to have this as a long-term facility. Once other sites that are larger and more efficient are up this site will likely be

shut down,” he said. The Marysville Fire District’s site has the advantage that it could mobilize quicker though, so district

staff helped set it up. There are multiple vaccination options for first re-

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M'ville business hands out food to local families Marysville Toyota partners with the Salvation Army to help families, individuals in need By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

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Volunteers Cole Young, left, and Jacob Hatch help at a food giveaway on Jan. 15 at Marysville Toyota meant to support local families and individuals in need.

The Salvation Army and Marysville Toyota teamed up to hand out boxes of food to local families and individuals on Jan. 15. “We call it our day of service,” said Jim Colon, co-owner of the local business. Colon and the second co-owner Perry Watson III are part of the Toyota Lexus Minority Owners Dealership Association and many of those dealerships across the nation took part in giving back to their community on Jan. 15, said Colon.

On this food giveaway day the dealership brought in about 200 boxes of food and coloring books for kids. The food was nonperishable items, but grocery assistance was given for other items. “We’re making sure they are getting a $20 gift card as well for Kroger, QFC or Fred Meyer, that way they can buy milk and meat,” said Shaun Jones, the service extension director and disaster director for the Northwest Division of the Salvation Army. This is the second time the two organizations have partnered to provide food, with the last event being in May 2020.

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such as Pioneer Hall but the organization looked for a permanent location. In the summer of 1972 the organization secured a $55,000 loan and purchased the Fir Crest Motel property in Smokey Point. The motel units were remodeled into senior housing, while fundraising and volunteer labor helped construct what is now the main hall for the center. More low-income senior housing was built for the center in 1989, 1992 and 2006 to bring it up to a total of 154 apartments. “It’s pretty phenomenal,” said Klemens. “We’ve been able to be an important part of the community for so many seniors." The biggest priority for the center has always been providing community and social connection. “You become more isolated, especially as you lose those family connections as they go to the workforce,” said Klemens. “It’s just so integral as they lose those connections with the aging process to have somewhere

to go," Having a community to continue with is important, especially for those who may lose or have already lost a long-time spouse, she said. “It helps them find some support, especially as they have to deal with events like the loss of a spouse. It’s so useful to have that network of support,” said Klemens. The center has also promoted continued learning and education through games, art activities and classes. Programs like the medical supply loan program or the center’s caregiver program also provide support to local seniors and caregivers in need, even if they don’t live on the premises. This last year has been a challenge for the center and the seniors that are used to it for support. “It has been very difficult. We’ve been reaching out to all our members with the assistance of local churches,” said Klemens. “It’s just extremely isolating for most seniors … people are staying in touch by phone and we’ve been

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trying to do that as much as we can,” she said. Klemens hopes the center will be able to open up properly this year. “As soon as more people are vaccinated, our staff get vaccines, and it’s safe to do so, we want to open up again,” she said. The center has still been providing to-go lunches for its members on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and their family caregiver program and case management staff continue work. A weekly food bank has also been provided for the residents of the center’s low-income housing. The AARP Tax Assistance Program will also be available this year through the center, although with some social distancing changes. The center is still planning a big celebration for their 50th anniversary, and Klemens said they may do something in September if they can. As they head into the future the center will be making some changes, the most immediate of which is they are changing their name to Stilly Valley Center. The new name is meant to be more welcoming for all age groups, although they still intend to mainly provide for senior citizens. “We’re still focusing on senior programming,

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but we want to make sure to engage the entire community,” said Klemens. “There’s a lot of value to bridging that intergenerational gap." Many of the center’s programs are not restricted by age and Klemens said they want to bring in as many people as they can. When the center was originally named, the Stillaguamish Tribe did not have as much presence in the community, but now more Arlington and Smokey Point residents are more familiar with them. Because of this, there is some misunderstanding that the center was a tribal venture, said Klemens. “It was time for us to implement that name change so we could alleviate that confusion,” she said. The center’s board is working through a strategic plan right now that will help direct their future. “We’re looking for the best programs for what seniors who are aging right now need,” said Klemens. Center officials hope to be more innovative and keep up with what will work with the group currently aging. “Seniors today are working longer and are much more active than in the past,” said Klemens. “So there’s a much wider range of seniors. More diverse than they once were,” and the center wants to respond to that with appropriate programming, she said. Like most nonprofit organizations the center relies on the support of the community and has taken a big hit in their pocketbook because of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Klemens. They are facing a large budget shortfall this year and are looking for any new fundraisers that will help to bring in money. “This has been a challenging time, like it has been for many,” said Klemens. More information about the organization is available at stillycenter.org. Sure, you love our paper... but don’t forget to

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County plans for more vaccination sites By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Snohomish County saw a second consecutive week of increasing COVID-19 cases while officials continue to plan for vaccine rollout. About 14,000 people have now received at least one dose of the vaccine in the county, and health officials estimate another 8,000 to 10,000 vaccine shots will be provided during the week of Jan. 11. “As we get more vaccine sites to approve the vaccine and providers able to administer it, the majority of our vaccine should be gone by the middle of next week,” said Katie Curtis, director of prevention services for the Snohomish Health District during a Jan. 12 briefing. The county assisted in opening two sites for vaccine distribution, one at Paine Field on Jan. 6 and one at Edmonds Community College on Jan. 11. Those sites are still only serving Phase 1A of the vaccine distribution, which is mostly healthcare workers and some first responders. “We’re planning to run these sites as long as we are receiving vaccines,” said Jason Biermann, director of the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management. The county does hope to open more sites as well. “It’s a significant challenge to find a site that is suitable, find vaccinators, find support in terms of traffic control and security and then to do the messaging to the right folks,” said Biermann. Many healthcare providers will also be providing the vaccines, however Biermann said most healthcare staff has a lot of responsibility right now. “We understand that they are under a lot of pressure with just COVID cases, and now they have to provide COVID vaccines as well,” he said. “We need additional capacity beyond the existing system and we must do it in an orderly fashion,” said County Executive Dave Somers. While the Snohomish Health District has experience running flu shot clinics and COVID testing sites, vaccination sites have many more logistical challenges. “There is specific storage and handling required for all of the COVID vaccines,” said Curtis. Biermann said the county is working on being flexible with plans if either more or fewer vaccines come than anticipated. Health officials said the biggest limiting factor to

vaccine delivery was the supply and number of providers. “While there are pros and cons to simplifying who receives the vaccine, there are problems with the supply,” said Curtis. “It sometimes appears it’s not happening quickly, but it’s a very targeted group,” said Biermann. While vaccine planning continues the county is seeing increasing COVID-19 numbers again. Two weeks of decreasing case rates were followed with two weeks of increasing rates to bring the average case rate to 428 cases per 100,000 people. “Unfortunately for the second week we have seen an increase in our case rates,” said Curtis. The county also broke their record for single day cases with 370 cases reported on Jan. 7, she said. For the county to move to the next phase in Gov. Inslee’s reopening plan, Snohomish, King and Pierce counties must show two weeks of decreasing cases. They must also have under 10 percent test positivity rate. The most recent

Snohomish County’s two-week average daily case rate for COVID-19 from March 2020 to Jan. 9. Jan. 5 report for the county showed a 6.2 percent positivity rate. “Our hospitals and longterm facilities are still running really high,” said Curtis, and the county is averaging a little more than 100 people in the hospital with COVID each day. For the reopening plan

Snohomish County was recently grouped with King and Pierce counties. “In the public health world it is a natural flow for us to work with King and Pierce, as a lot of our health systems are spanning across those borders anyway,” said Curtis. Somers said they do

coordinate a lot with both counties. “We understand we are connected by businesses and transportation networks,” he said. However, he said he would push back against the grouping if Snohomish County’s numbers were improving while the other

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counties weren’t. “We’ve seen times when we’ve been doing better than other counties and times when we’ve been doing worse. If we got to the point where Snohomish County was meeting all the criteria, we would be asking the Governor to let us go,” he said.

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Eagle Festival returns Jan. 23-Feb. 13 ___ By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

This year’s Arlington Eagle Festival will hold activities either virtually or meant to be enjoyed on one’s own and will begin Jan. 23 and continue through Feb. 13. The festival includes online activities as well as a guide to local nature opportunities. “This year is a little bit different because we can’t have crowds,” because of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Sarah Lopez, community revitalization and communications manager. “We have a large number of activities that people can go do on their own or with their family,” she said. The annual festival start-

ed as a way to help downtown businesses and environmental education. “We started this as an economic project to bring people into the downtown,” said Lopez. Many local environmental organizations usually contribute to the festival. “We’re happy to sponsor something that helps promote the local environmental organizations,” said Lopez. In place of the normal activities, organizers had to arrange some safe activities for this year. “It was a little bit challenging, but we have a pretty good partnership with the Stillaguamish Tribe,” said Lopez. The organizers on the

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During that giveaway the business handed out 240 boxes of food throughout the day. “The Salvation Army is out doing this every day trying to meet the food needs of those in Marysville and Snohomish County,” said Colon.

festival committee still wanted to put something on this year so they decided to proceed. Eagle Festival brochures are available online at arlingtonwa.gov/eaglefest with a list of the online and outside activities. Recommended visiting spots include Arlington’s Stormwater Wetland Park, Portage Creek Wildlife Area, Squire Creek Park and the Forston Mill ponds. Nature visit suggestions range from Arlington to Darrington to near Stanwood. “There are a lot of cool activities to get people out and into nature more,” said Lopez. The Arlington Arts Council will again spon-

“It’s part of our partnership with Toyota. They contacted us and wanted to do something with the community,” said Jones. Residents and families in need drove through one of the dealership’s garages to receive food from volunteers organized by the Salvation Army. The Toyota dealership provided the funding for the effort.

sor an Eagle Photo Contest and Nature Haiku Contest. The council sponsors prizes of $200 for the best eagle photo and $25 for the three winning Haikus. There are a number of online activities, many from local environmental organizations, including videos, games, virtual tours and activity sheets. Local nonprofit Sound Salmon Solutions “has an online game where you guide a salmon upstream to spawn,” said Lopez. New this year is the Stilly Valley Trek which will allow participants to register online with their exercise goals. The first 50 people to register online will receive a free pedometer from the or-

“In COVID time it is sort of hard to buy in bulk, so that is appreciated” said Jones. The Salvation Army has been just one of many organizations that have had to provide a lot of assistance at this time, he said. “We’re finding out, especially during COVID, that there has been gaps in services and people have not been able to feed themselves with what’s out there,” said

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ganizers of the event, Stilly Valley Health Connections. “They want to keep people moving,” said Lopez. Families can fill out Eagle Bingo cards that are included in the festival brochure as they complete their activities throughout the weeks of the festival. Completed cards can be returned to the Arlington City Hall drop box at 238 N Olympic Ave., Arlington. Prizes will be handed out

Jones. “Food bank numbers are skyrocketing … we’re seeing people coming in that have never needed assistance before,” he said. “In today’s society, it just hurts my heart to see people that don’t have food so we’re doing what we can to help." Last year the Marysville Toyota also donated about $5,000 to the Marysville Community Food

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for completed cards, including a $300 gift certificate to North Cascades Institute at Diablo Lake. The certificate can be used to stay overnight at their lodge or participate in their outdoor activities such as kayaking, said Lopez. Other prizes include outdoor gear, bird feeders and nature books. Prizes are sponsored by the Stillaguamish Tribe’s Natural Resources Department.

Bank. Watson said the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have shown him how many people were close to instability. “The thing that has been eyeopening during the pandemic is just the food deficit,” he said. “I never thought that would be an issue in America. Just the small impact that we can have is humbling and gratifying."

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Hoerner, Hamilton named Students of the Month By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Alexander Hamilton and Katelie Hoerner were recognized for their academics and community service with the January Students of the Month award. The Marysville Soroptimist and Kiwanis clubs give the award out during each month school is in session to Marysville School District students for their participation in school and community activities as well as their accomplishments in school. This month’s recipients attend Marysville’s Legacy High School. Alexander Hamilton is currently an electrician ap-

M'ville offers additional utility grants Marysville residents who have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic can apply for utility grants from the city for a one-time credit of $200. The Marysville City Council approved $25,000 for the utility assistance grants on Jan. 4. The money comes from the federal coronavirus relief bill passed in March. “This is for people if they have had a negative financial impact because of the pandemic,” said Sandy Langdon, finance director with the city of Marysville. “That could be a decrease in hours of if they’ve lost a job. Anything they can show us where they have had a loss of some income." Many residents have experienced hardship because of the pandemic, especially from unemployment or loss of job hours. The grants provide a one-time bill credit of $200 or $100 for those who already have a discounted utility rate. Langdon said the discounted utility rate is mainly for senior low-income and disabled low-income residents. Grants are not loans, and therefore do not need to be repaid. The grant application is available at marysvillewa.gov/340. This is the second round of utility grants the city will provide. Those who received funds previously can apply again, however they will be put on a wait list. Eligible customers are encouraged to apply quickly as funds are limited Questions or more information can be found at the city of Marysville’s utility billing department at 360363-8001.

prentice with Lords Electric where he writes he learns the work that is not “too dangerous.” He has been working in the trade on and off for about a year and half. In March Alexander plans to graduate early and go fulltime into the field. Over the last two years he has had a 3.88 GPA and has excelled at computer science and pre-calculus classes. He knows to do coding and is proficient in computer software, such as the Microsoft Office suite and other programs. Photography is also

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a skill that Alexander is trained for. At Legacy High School he has received multiple attendance awards and is part of the LAN Club that works with computers. When he was a youth, he volunteered at the Marysville Community Food Bank and he supports his classmates with work. Katelie Hoerner has a 3.7 GPA and is part of the leadership at her school. She participates in leadership activities and is a part of those classes as well. Previously she was a member of the drama club. Over the years at her

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school she has also received perfect attendance awards and a Career Skills Certificate for 21st Century Skills. In addition, she has received awards recognizing her for Outstanding Work and for Excellence in Academics. In her community, Katelie has helped out at local schools, including volunteering at Quil Ceda Creek Elementary where she supported children with developmental disabilities and volunteering at Allen Creek Elementary to help with that school’s holiday party. Katelie has been a sales associate at the Outlet Mall

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ing that needs to be repaired or fixed up, works with the clothing and beautifies it, posts the information to her online store and packages and mails out orders.

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A step toward accountability for habitat impacts

Habitat loss and damage is the driving factor for the decline of salmon in our region. It doesn’t discriminate and never stops. Every hour of every day it kills salmon, including salmon listed under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has taken a big step in the right direction by holding habitat loss and damage more accountable for the harm done to salmon recovery. It marks true progress. In a first for our state, NMFS is requiring property owners, ports, marinas and others to mitigate for their impacts to protected salmon caused by the maintenance of their bulkheads, docks and other nearshore construction. Treaty tribes in western Washington have urged the federal government for decades to consider the legacy effects of shoreline armoring, piers and other nearshore projects in Puget Sound that harm salmon habitat, migration, rearing and survival. NMFS is using the ESA to protect Puget Sound chinook, which have been listed as threatened since 1999 and are showing no signs of improvement. Endangered southern resident orcas that depend on Puget Sound chinook also will benefit, along with forage fish, shellfish and other species. In the past, overwater and nearshore construction were thought to have few impacts to threatened or en-

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dangered species and were exempt from mitigation when maintaining these structures. Structures built prior to a species receiving protection provided by the ESA required no permit or government consultation for maintenance work. We now know that docks, ramps and other structures can have widespread impacts to salmon by damaging and destroying rearing habitat, increasing predation of young salmon and harming prey species that salmon depend on for food. Owners now will have to account for and pay for potential harm to chinook, orcas and their habitats caused by maintenance of existing structures. They can choose to reduce the cost to themselves by improving habitat through approved steps like planting vegetation and installing soft armoring such as logs instead of concrete bulkheads. The first round of mitigation payments is expected to bring in about $7 million from about 40 maintenance projects in western Washington. Funds will be passed through the Puget Sound Partnership – the

state agency in charge of cleaning up and protecting Puget Sound – for restoration projects. The NMFS action is significant because the federal agency is acknowledging a key fact: A dead fish is a dead fish no matter how it dies. For many decades, fishermen have been unfairly blamed for the decline of salmon in western Washington. Tribes have cut harvest by 80-90 percent since the mid-1980s, but no one wanted to talk – let alone take action – about the effects of lost and damaged habitat on salmon populations. Hatcheries can help support salmon populations but are no substitute for lost natural salmon production. Both hatchery and naturally spawning salmon depend on the same habitat for their survival. Putting more salmon into degraded habitat does not result in more fish. Many think the solution is to just stop fishing and salmon will recover. The truth is that more salmon are lost to damaged and disappearing habitat than will ever be harvested by fishermen. Being Frank is a monthly column written by the chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. As a statement from the NWIFC chair, the column represents the natural resources management interests and concerns of the treaty Indian tribes in western Washington.

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RAVE RAVE: Thank you to Marysville Toyota and the Salvation Army for teaming up to hand out food to local families in need. It's has been a challenging year for everyone and more and more families have found themselves needing assistance. We are fortunate that businesses like Marysville Toyota who are willing to step up to help the people in our community.

malcy. It is as critical now as it has ever been to wear a mask, wash your hands and practice social distancing to help get our economy opened up again. RAVE: Thanks to the city crews for getting the streets cleared of downed trees and debris, and to the Snohomish County PUD for working so hard to get power restored after the recent windstorm.

RAVE: It is hard to believe that it was one year ago, on Jan. 21, 2020, that the first case of COVID-19 in the United States was reported in a hospital in Everett. So much has changed since then. Now that a vaccine is available, hopefully in the coming months we will return to a bit of nor-

RAVE: I just wanted to send out a big thank you to all of the local teachers who have worked so hard during this pandemic to find new and innovative ways to keep their students engaged and learning while distance learning.

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Marysville Wedding Show will be held virtually

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Marysville’s annual Wedding Show will be virtual this year and is planned to be broadcast on Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. The show will be available on the city of Marysville’s Facebook and YouTube channels and will include information from the city as well as vendors like florists, photographers, officiants, real estate, home loans and event planning. “Like so many other events that are going on this year, we’ve taken it virtual,” said Chris Taylor, cultural arts supervisor for the city of Marysville. The city and vendors will provide information about local wedding services that are available. “We’ve filmed our segments for the public and will put this on YouTube and Facebook,” said Taylor. “Instead of meeting inperson with the vendors we are filming segments with

them so you can learn about their services,” he said. The annual Wedding Show is usually held at the Marysville Opera House, a wedding venue itself, and attracts people who are looking for wedding planning information. “We’re trying to reach you if you are halfway through or starting to plan your wedding,” said Taylor. Usually, people like the opportunity to meet all of the local florists, photographers, wedding planners and others. “I think they love meeting and talking with the different vendors available,” said Taylor. “It’s the easiest way to wrap your mind around everything that is needed." Planning a wedding can be intimidating for those who don’t have any experience doing so, said Taylor, and it helps to have vendors that can talk about your specific needs. “There is so much to take in and consider when plan-

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ning,” he said. “You can think to yourself ‘what do I need to do,’ and really get the ball rolling on having a plan,” he said. The show typically helps local couples build contacts for more in-depth help for the future as well, and Taylor hopes the virtual wedding show will be able to do that as well. “You want it to go off as well as possible and so we want to provide you with as much information as possible for that,” said Taylor. This is the first time the event is virtual, although Taylor said that city staff have gained a lot of knowledge about how to hold online events over the last 10 months. “It is new for this specific event but we’ve been doing this since July now so we’ve built up a little experience,” he said. For more information about the show, email Chris Taylor at ctaylor@marysvillewa.gov.

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sponders around the county, including the Everett Clinic. Neuhoff said the MFD's clinic has seen people from all around the county and even some from outside of it. “The goal is to get the vaccine out in a quick and timely manner,” Neuhoff said. “We are not going to deny someone just because they live on the other side of a government line." The Marysville Fire District wanted to help with the effort to support the COVID-19 recovery process. “We’ve been deeply rooted with the other fire agencies and doing whatever we thought we could to help eradicate the virus,” said Neuhoff. Fire districts and departments have worked to obtain protective equipment, standardize safety measures and develop rapidresponse protocols during the pandemic. “If we can help this way with resources and capacity while the system is gearing up

for a bigger vaccine process we want to,” said Neuhoff. Vaccinating more firefighters also makes the whole community safer, he said. “This helps us protect not only our firefighters and EMTs, but also protects the people they are serving,” said Neuhoff. The Marysville Fire District has given their own personnel flu shots before but have not had a vaccination effort this extensive, said Neuhoff. “It’s a new process, but at the end of the day it is not that different from what we do, which is deal with emergencies and respond to them,” he said. “We work through them but there’s always challenges." There is a lot of logistical work for the clinic, especially with documentation about where vaccines are going. “We need to account for all of the vaccines and make sure they’re going to where they’re supposed to,” said Neuhoff. Neuhoff said local fire district have spent a lot of resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and have been “very cooperative and have gone above and beyond to provide safety to the citizenry.”

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARK T. HIGGINS, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00016-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CLIFFORD NEWTON SNYDER, JR., Deceased, NO. 20-4-0168331, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KARYN RUTH RAY LIVINGSTON, Deceased, NO. 20-4-01840-3, 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: January 6, 2021.

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: January 6, 2021.

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Personal Representative: Steven E. Hall 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. 20-4-01683-31.

Personal Representative: Melinda Hargitt 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. 20-4-01840-31.

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Growing fruit trees can be fun, nutritionally rewarding Growing fruit trees our marine climate. in our own backyards Pay attention to can be lots of fun and root stocks: With tonutritionally rewardday’s smaller yards, ing. It does, however, it just makes sense to take some time and efstick with a dwarf root fort to be successful and stock. Look for infora willingness to accept By Steve Smith mation that indicates a less than perfect (blemish-free) tree is on a dwarf root stock. produce. If you have any interPollination: This can be mind est in growing your own fruit, boggling. Self-pollinating trees then these next two months are include peaches, European plums prime time to take action. Fruit (think Italian prunes), and most trees come into the garden cen- cherries. This means you can get ters only once a year and when away with only planting one. All they are gone, the show is over for the others — most apples, pears another 12 months. Here are my and Japanese plums — require “Cliffs Notes” to consider before that you plant two or more differyou impulsively put a bagged fruit ent varieties of each. Remember, tree into your shopping cart while apples only pollinate apples, pears at the box store picking up your 30 only pollinate pears, etc. If you plant one plum, an apple, one pear rolls of toilet paper. Location: Fruit trees need full and a cherry they will not all polsun and good drainage, it’s that linate each other. It unfortunately just doesn’t work that way. simple. Planting and Spacing: Follow Choose the best varieties: Trust your local garden center to good planting practices and space know what varieties grow best in your trees 10 to 15 feet apart.

Watering: New trees need more water more frequently, while older established trees may be fine with only once or twice a month in the summer. Feeding: Feed them with a quality organic fertilizer in the spring. Thinning the fruit: This is rarely ever done, myself included. For apples, do it within 40 days of full bloom and leave the King bloom (that’s the biggest apple in the cluster) alone. For pears, do it within 60 days of full bloom and save the middle fruit in the cluster, especially for Asian pears. For peaches, try to thin to 4 to 6 inches apart. Harvest: The best method is to taste. Cherries, plums, apples and Asian pears will ripen on the tree while European pears have to be picked green and allowed to ripen off the tree. Insects: Apple trees tend to get codling moths and it is best to monitor this with traps and spray 2

weeks after petals fall. Apples also tend to get Apple Maggots and you can use booties to prevent infestation and/or traps. Pears usually get codling moths too as well as pear slugs, along with cherry trees and plums. All fruit trees run the risk of getting aphids, mites, scale and thrips. These issues, along with the pear slugs, can be treated with dormant sprays (actually delayed dormant sprays) — such as oils, sulfur or copper. I personally prefer to use sulfur for pears and apples and copper for all the stone fruits. Be sure to apply sprays again in the summer, as needed. There are some diseases that may occur on fruit trees and it is best to get those diagnosed (usually with a photo) by a nursery professional so they can help you with how best to treat the issue. Pruning: Train your fruit trees for the first two years. Once a main branching pattern is established, then only prune for fruit production. You want to prune in the

winter and again in the summer and you’ll want to know where the fruit is produced before pruning. For pears, apples, cherries and European plums, they produce on 2- to 3-year-old wood For peaches and Japanese plums, it would be last year’s wood. Now that you have read all of this, hopefully I haven’t completely turned you off from ever growing a fruit tree. The truth is that it isn’t really all that difficult to be successful and no one ever has to deal with all of the above issues all the time. You will learn as you go what tasks are important for your specific garden and trees. The important thing now is to take that first step in growing your own food and purchase your tree before they are all gone! Stay safe and keep on gardening.

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