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Lakewood voters to decide fate of school district's levy

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Lakewood voters will vote on a school levy on the April 27 Special Election ballot that is the district’s last chance to receive funds for programs and staff that will otherwise be cut next school year.

The educational programs and operations levy is meant to fund teachers, staff such as nurses, and programs such as athletics that are not fully covered by state funding.

Most school districts in the state have an educational programs and operations levy and Lakewood had one for several years before voters rejected renewing their levy two different times in 2020.

Lakewood property owners paid $2.18 per $1,000 of assessed property

value for the levy in 2020 and district officials are proposing a levy that will cost $1.80 per $1,000 of assessed property value to replace that beginning in 2022.

The newest levy measures represents a smaller tax from the district than they had previously proposed in their 2020 levy measures.

Local property owners did not pay any property tax for this specific levy in 2021, although still did for other taxes.

The Lakewood School District responded to the budget shortfall this year by using some of their reserve funds, typically saved for district emergencies, but they will be unable to do that in the 2021-22 school year.

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Para-educator Jennifer Brown, right, helps Lakewood student See LEVY on page 5 Alexus Spooner-Jones with math on April 15.

McCoy recognized for service as legislator

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Tulalip leader and former state legislator John McCoy was recognized on April 9 by the Washington state Senate for his years of service in the state legislature.

McCoy is a Tulalip Tribal member who served 17 years in the state legislature and was a longtime advocate for tribal rights, education and internet broadband for all.

Before being a legislator McCoy served for 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and then began working as a White House computer technician.

He returned to the Tulalip area and served as the general manager of Quil Ceda Village in 2000.

In 2002, he began his career in the state legislature, first as a State Representative and then as a State Senator from 2013 to 2020, becoming both one of the first Na-

John McCoy

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tive Americans elected to the state legislature and also one of the longest-serving Native Americans in the state legislature.

McCoy served the 38th District, which currently covers Tulalip, a large portion of Marysville and north Everett.

A year ago in April 2020, McCoy announced his retirement due to health concerns.

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Expansion planned at Arlington High School

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Arlington High School will soon receive an expansion and renovation that will bring in additional classrooms, a new tech workshop and a construction workshop for theater sets.

The Arlington School District board of directors awarded the contract for the project on March 22.

The project is funded by the capital projects levy that was approved by Arlington voters in February 2020.

“There are multiple improvements being funded by the levy,” said Brian Lewis, executive director of operations with the Arlington School District.

The biggest is the addition of eight classrooms, a tech workshop and a theater set

construction facility for the school’s drama department.

That construction is expected to begin in April and finish in December. It is scheduled to be ready for students by January 2022.

Eight additional classrooms will be a part of the expansion.

“This is in response to the growing student population,” said Lewis.

Right now Arlington High School is simply out of classroom space.

“Some of the commons-type areas have had to be used as classrooms, such as the library,” he said.

The high school was originally designed and built with the potential for a future expansion, so a lot of the utility work is alSee AHS on page 2

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A rendering of what the Arlington High School extension could look like once finished. Construction is scheduled to be completed this December.

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ready done and ready for a classroom expansion.

“We’re also enhancing some of the programs that we have now,” said Lewis. “We’re out of space for tech work, so we’re building a pretty sizable workshop. It will be more analogous to what we find in the high-tech manufacturing jobs."

The workshop is designed for manufacturing machines and classroom space for manufacturing training.

“The class will have accessibil-

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On April 9, State Sen. June Robinson and other senators passed a resolution honoring McCoy. “It’s a common practice to sponsor resolutions for someone who has made a significant contribution,” said Robinson.

They didn’t have much time to do it last year so it was good to do a proper goodbye.

“We have been in a pandemic and we were really unable to see him off when he retired,” she said.

McCoy said it was good to hear from his former colleagues again.

“I didn’t realize that I had such an effect on everybody,” he said.

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ity from the street side,” so that metal sheets and other material will not have to be maneuvered through the school.

The school’s drama department will receive a facility for set construction as well.

“For the construction of the sets, there has been no space for that,” said Lewis. Previously, students have used a temporary metal building that came from a community member donation.

“The students were limited in what they could do with it,” said Lewis, as there were security issues and no electricity or plumb-

One of the biggest things McCoy did in the legislature was help others understand Native American sovereignty and perspective.

“He helped bring our concerns forward and did a lot so that we could work together to solve those problems,” said Tulalip Tribal Chairwoman Teri Gobin.

McCoy said that was actually what motivated him to get into state government.

“One of the reasons that I wanted to get into the legislature is that they were pursuing some laws that were brushing up against tribal sovereignty,” he said.

“I wanted to educate the fellow legislators on why they couldn’t do those things."

He pushed ‘retrocession’ bills often, or bills that would help cede rights back to trib-

ing in the building.

“Electricity is really important when you’re doing things like painting and have to clean it up,” said Lewis.

Renovations are also scheduled to improve the school, although those are currently being scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2022.

The front of the school will receive security upgrades.

“There will be a secured entryway in the front of the building,” so that visitors will have to go through the office, said Lewis.

“We have some ability to control

al governments.

One of his early bills helped tribes gain jurisdiction over criminal cases, instead of just civil cases, allowing them to regain more control over their home’s justice systems.

“Before I could pass that bill I had to educate a lot of the legislators,” said McCoy. He said he worked with the governor’s office and set up multiple training sessions to talk about tribal law enforcement.

Gobin also noted McCoy’s push for more Native American history in local school curriculum that focused on Washington state tribes.

She said a lot of Native history taught didn’t reflect local tribes.

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the entrance right now,” with a call box, said Lewis, “but that is not as friendly to the community though.”

The district also hopes to build a new home for the JROTC program with a couple of classrooms in the school.

They hope to create a new science lab in the school as well.

During the levy process early last year, the school district had budgeted $7.933 million for the project.

The final bid for the project came in at $7.089 million.

“It came in below what we had

American tent used more by Great Plains Native Americans], not local tribal history,” said Gobin.

Improvement of K-12 education was another area that McCoy pushed often, said Robinson.

“He was really a champion for tribal kids, although not just tribal kids, but also any kid who didn’t fit in the traditional school system,” she said.

McCoy wanted every student to have a pathway to success, she said.

“I started trying to improve the education system in 2005 and I was still working on that when I was going out the door,” said McCoy. The former senator also noted that he worked to represent everyone in the 38th District.

“I would say my great achievement was my ability to serve everybody,” he said.

“Some people would tend to pigeonhole me as an ‘Indian-issues only’ legislator,” McCoy said, but added he had a wide range of issues he worked on.

In Marysville he helped bring state funding for projects like the Ebey Waterfront Trail.

“He’s helped with a number of capital projects as well,” said Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring, including transportation projects.

estimated during the levy, so we have some additional funds we can use for some more improvements,” said Lewis.

He said the building is 17 years old and the painting and sealant are beginning to degrade. The district plans to add a new coat of paint as well as an anti-graffiti product that will make spray paint easier to remove without damaging the building in the future.

“We appreciate the support of the community,” and the passing of the levy which made the additions and upgrades possible, said Lewis.

“He helped us with the current tax incentive bill,” which provides businesses that bring enough jobs at high enough pay to the north Marysville area some tax relief, said Nehring.

That bill has not been extended to other parts of the state.

McCoy also helped the city of Marysville gain more control over some water resources.

“That was more of a nuts and bolts bill, but it allowed us to take over a part of the water system that was in the Sunnyside area,” said Nehring.

Another issue that McCoy was known to push was broadband for all areas of the state, particularly in rural areas that have traditionally had more limited access.

“Because of his career before he came to the legislature, he was always an early adapter of technology,” said Robinson.

“Now with COVID I think the rest of us in the legislature are on board and we are passing some of those bills this year. He was the original person to work and push those policies though,” she said.

Before he was a legislator McCoy also brought a lot of business to the area in the Quil Ceda Village.

“He’s been a huge con-

tributor with the Tulalip Tribes and bringing a lot of jobs to the Snohomish County area,” said Nehring.

As manager of Quil Ceda Village he helped the area become a federally recognized municipality.

“He helped bring the tribe to a new level,” said Gobin. “That was a long fight to become a federally recognized city.”

After Washington D.C., the village is only the second federally recognized municipality, which allows the area to pass specific ordinances and install infrastructure.

“As the manager of Quil Ceda Village he recruited a lot of the businesses that would come into the place,” said Gobin.

Local officials who worked with McCoy said they were glad to have him as a representative.

“For everyone he represented, including the people of Marysville, he always took that seriously,” said Nehring.

“I just really appreciate all the work he has done."

“It’s just an honor to have a tribal member serve in the Senate and he has set a high bar for us all,” said Gobin.

McCoy also said he was glad to be able to serve the local communities.

“I enjoyed my career and it was a rewarding experience for me,” he said.

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Officials discuss pausing of J&J vaccine tion has not been reaching previous estimates.

“Everyone is in the same boat. It’s not as much as we hoped for, but we’re going to take everything we can get,” he said.

Snohomish County currently is getting about 10 to 11 percent of the state’s supply each week, which is in line with its population compared to the state, said Spitters.

Currently 150,000 Snohomish County residents have been fully vaccinated, said Biermann.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 virus case numbers continue to trend higher.

The county’s two-week daily case rate average increased from 121 per 100,000 people to 145 per 100,000 people.

Hospitalizations increased to 3.1 per 100,000 people, and they must stay below 5 per 100,000 people if the county wants to remain in Phase 3 of the state’s re-opening plan.

Many of the new cases are coming from the newer

variants of the COVID-19 virus.

“They’re more transmissible, and that’s why they’re replacing the original variant,” said Spitters.

If numbers continue trending poorly there is a risk of the county moving back to Phase 2 with increased business and personal restrictions.

“The health officers of all the counties we meet with are tremendously concerned where this is going.

We all think that, uninterrupted, we all know where that line is going,” said Spitters.

During the week of April 12 Gov. Jay Inslee announced three counties in the state, including Pierce County, were moving back to Phase 2.

“I think the Governor sent a message that he is serious about enforcing the metrics,” said Biermann.

Spitters recommended continued caution from individuals to keep up with mask-wearing and social distancing.

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The pausing of distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine will cause some changes to county vaccine efforts as case rates continue to rise locally.

Due to a rare blood clot issue affecting six total cases of women age 18 to 49, distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was put on hold by the CDC and FDA the week of April 12.

“It’s not been definitively established that these events are connected to the vaccine,” said Dr. Chris Spitters, Snohomish Health District Health Officer during an April 13 press briefing. “But it certainly warrants further review."

Spitters wanted to emphasize that the blood clot issue was very rare among those who received the vaccine.

“As a public health official responsible for all of our well-being, we must also take seriously the potential any false alarm can do by undermining our confidence in what has so far been an effective vaccine,” he said. “Virtually no medical intervention is 100 percent free of risk."

The rate at which individuals are currently developing blood clots is smaller than other risks from other medical interventions, he said.

In Snohomish County 24,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were administered and there have been no reports of blood clot issues connected yet, said Spitters.

Symptoms to look out for include severe headache, leg pain, abdominal pain and shortness of breath.

“If that occurs three weeks after vaccination, they should contact their healthcare provider. If those symptoms are severe, they should go to the emergency room or call 911,” said Spitters.

At least one of the county’s mass vaccine sites has closed temporarily because of the pause on Johnson & Johnson distribution.

“The Angel of the Winds [Arena] site will not be open today, and we will wait for further guidance on when we will open that,” said Jason Biermann, director of the county’s Department of Emergency Management during an April 13 press briefing. “That was the one fixed site we were using Johnson & Johnson."

People who had scheduled vaccine appointments were notified last week and rescheduled, said Biermann.

The county’s mobile teams which have been going out to vulnerable and underserved populations also use the Johnson &

Johnson vaccine.

“We do plan to continue deploying our mobile teams. We will simply shift the type of vaccine they were using,” said Biermann.

The county had already been planning around a lack of Johnson & Johnson vaccines previously because of supply issues.

“We wouldn’t be receiving Johnson & Johnson because of the national bottleneck,” said Biermann.

During the week of April 5 the county didn’t receive a Pfizer vaccine shipment.

The following week of April 12 about 30,000 vaccine doses were delivered to the county.

“At that rate it’s going to take 10 to 12 weeks to reach the 650,000 eligible adults in Snohomish County,” said Spitters. “This is not something that is going to happen overnight."

Those supply numbers are a bit under what was expected to come to the state and to the county.

Spitters said this is because the national alloca-

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Stillaguamish River Bridge to receive maintenance

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The southbound Stillaguamish River Bridge on I-5 will receive maintenance this summer that will close some lanes and help preserve the bridge structure.

The bridge was originally built in 1933 and became part of I-5 in the ‘60s.

“The Stillaguamish River Bridge is on a list of bridges in the state that are in need of being preserved,” said Jordan Longacre, communications supervisor with the Washington State Department of Transportation.

“We have been working our way through that list for a few years,” and the Stillaguamish River Bridge was one of the next ones up.

The maintenance will include a new painting of the bridge structure.

“It will really help seal the steel structure and protect it from corrosion and wear and tear,” said Longacre.

The paint is necessary for the long-term health of the bridge.

“This is a bridge that is over the water and we already have a fairly wet climate, so it is very susceptible to rust,” said Longacre. “We need a strong coat of paint on it so it

doesn’t break down."

The bridge has received a number of layers of paint over the years, however this time requires a completely new coat.

“All that paint is beginning to peel off and there is a lot of portions beginning to rust,” said Longacre. “We’ll have to strip off all of the layers and put a proper coat of paint on it this time."

Construction crews are expected to take measures so that the environmental impacts are minimal.

“We are going to be protecting the environment,” said Longacre.

There will also be some minor

maintenance and repairs as part of the project, including replacing some joints and rivets.

Federal funds totaling about $2.6 million are being used to pay for the maintenance project.

Work on the project began on April 12, but traffic is not expected to be affected much until around June.

“From now until about June you’re not going to see much in the way of traffic impacts except for some work on the shoulder,” said Longacre.

However, after that the southbound bridge traffic will be redi-

rected through the northbound bridge, reducing both directions of the highway down to two lanes.

Traffic slowdowns are expected in the area and Longacre recommends planning around those issues.

“Find alternate routes or plan to head out a little earlier at that time,” he said.

The Washington State Department of Transportation hopes to give the bridge proper maintenance throughout the project, he said.

“We’re looking forward to work that will help preserve this bridge,” he said.

Marysville Shred-a-Thon returns May 8

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Several local organizations and the city of Marysville will again team up to help residents recycle personal documents and other material at the annual Shred-a-Thon.

This year’s Shred-a-Thon will be held on May 8 from 9 a.m. to noon. at Marysville City Hall at 1049 State Ave. Locals can bring up to six standard file-size boxes for shredding.

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tary will accept plastic foam (such as polystyrene) and bubble wrap for recycling and Marysville Legacy High School will accept donations of old computers and electronics.

They cannot accept printers, broken flat screen monitors or CRT monitors.

“The Shred-a-Thon is one of our most popular events,” said Connie Mennie, communications administrator with the city of Marysville.

Many organizations come together to make the

event possible.

“The city hosts the event on its property but this wouldn’t take place without the partnerships of organizations in the city,” said Mennie.

In addition to the Rotary and Marysville Legacy High School, HomeStreet Bank also pays for the shredding trucks and typically brings volunteers.

The Marysville Volunteer Patrol also help with traffic management, said Mennie.

Many locals like to come

to help clean up their homes, she said.

“It lets you get rid of your excess paper and documents,” said Mennie. “It gives you a place that is much safer and secure. That’s a real deterrent to identity theft.”

With people home so much this year she expects there may be a lot to dispose of.

“People who call always say they’ve saved up their stuff all year for this event,” she said.

Documents, as well as electronics and plastic foam

that are brought to the event, are recycled.

“All of the stuff that is collected for recycling will prevent a lot of that from going to a landfill,” said Mennie.

The event is taking safety precautions because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We’re having some of the same COVID precautions that we did last year,” said Mennie, who added individuals should stay in the car as much as possible and wear a mask when it is your turn.

The Shred-a-Thon was one of the only annual events that was able to be held last year, in part thanks to the fact that it was already a drive-thru format.

“We don’t have a bunch of people all in one space together,” said Mennie. “Most people are waiting in line in their car for the event."

Because the event is popular, Mennie doesn’t recommend coming right when the event starts at 9 a.m., as they have had traffic back up onto State Avenue before and cause traffic and safety issues.

She said the car line is usually moving quicker around 9:15 p.m.

“All of it is free, but people can bring a donation for the Marysville Community Food Bank,” said Mennie.

She encouraged donated online, if possible, at marysvillefoodbank.org to reduce contact.

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Arlington Garden Club will hold plant sale on May 22

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Arlington Garden Club will have their first plant sale and fundraiser in more than a year on May 22 at the parking lot of the Gleneagle Country Club. The sale will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Members of the club donate their plants to the sale to help raise funds that go toward a local scholarship and to local nature-related organizations.

“We haven’t had a meeting in over a year,” said Judy Ness, a member of the Ar-

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On March 31 the district’s board of directors approved a resolution announcing what the cuts will be next year if the levy doesn’t pass.

They are required to announce any reductions in staff by April 15 because of contracts with the local teacher and staff unions, according to Lakewood School District Superintendent Scott Peacock. “If the levy doesn’t pass, we won’t have a levy collection for the 202122 school year."

For the 2021-22 school year that is an estimated $2.5 million reduction and for the 2022-23 school year it is an estimated $3.4 million reduction.

The list of approved reductions for 2021-22 include cutting eight K-12 teachers, three elementary school counselors, the secondary school librarians, two and a half nursing positions, two library para-educator positions and district-level administration, including the director of teaching and learning.

Activities such as drama, creative writing and other non-athletic extracurricular activities will have their stipends cut.

Post-season funding for athletics will not be available, although this doesn’t mean teams are automatically disqualified from postseason play.

Middle and high school athletic C teams would be cut.

The budget reduction was looked over by 40 different community members.

“Many different community members looked at our budget areas,” said Peacock, including parents, community members and staff.

“I appreciate the fact that we had parents, community members, classified staff, certificated staff working on this,” he said.

The discussion was challenging as many different desires had to be balanced.

“These are very, very difficulty decisions around priorities and we came out on the other side with a

lington Garden Club, who added that they didn’t have any of their normal fundraisers either this year.

“So we decided we were going to make an attempt to do a plant sale,” she said.

Safety precautions because of the coronavirus pandemic will be taken.

“It’s in the Gleneagle parking lot, which will give us a lot of room to spread out,” said Ness. “We’re following all the CDC requirements which will mean people will likely have to wear a mask."

Ness said the club usualproposal of reductions that we agree we can make,” said Peacock.

If the educational programs and operations levy does pass the district still has time to rescind these reductions through, said Peacock.

“It allows us to continue to maintain our athletic and other programs,” he said.

Programs such as the district’s “vocational program that prepares our students for life after high school,” he added.

There are 23 teachers in total the levy helps pay for and “42 staff members in total who teach classes and support our kids,” he said.

Staff such as additional nurses and custodians are funded through the levy, said Peacock.

“The money this provides goes a long way toward maintaining the programs that we run,” he said.

Ballots were mailed for the levy decision on April 8 and are due by 8 p.m. on April 27.

ly prices their plants out but this year they will be selling the majority of the plants for a donation, except for a couple of the potted plants which will be marked with their prices.

Ness said there will likely be lots of flower varieties available.

The club is also bringing some vendors that have been at their past events as

well, including local metal artist Dennis Cant and Bayview Welding & Art who will have metal art available.

“May 22 is also the Saturday of the Gleneagle Community Garage Sale,” said Ness.

“That is why we chose that weekend, since there will be so many people going through there anyway,” she said.

The club uses plant sales

to help fund their annual scholarship and other donations.

“Last year during COVID we didn’t have any of our normal fundraisers, but we still gave out our $2,500 scholarship to a graduating senior,” said Ness. “And we’re giving out the scholarship this year as well. Actually the search is on right now for that."

Students who plan to study horticulture, agriculture, forestry, husbandry or environmental science and graduate from Arlington, Marysville, Lakewood, Darrington, Lake Stevens or Stanwood high schools are eligible for the scholarship.

For more information about the Arlington Garden Club go to arlingtongardenclub.org.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DENNIS W. BOARD, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00623-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: KAREN LEE SINKA, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00287-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: FRED R. EOFF, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00517-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: WILLIAM A. SKINNER, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00502-31, 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: April 21, 2021.

Personal Representative: Matthew Board Attorney for Personal Representative: Tanner K. Olson, WSBA #52879 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223

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: April 7, 2021.

Personal Representative: Virginia L. Smith-Apple Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven J. Peiffle, WSBA #14704 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223

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: April 14, 2021.

Personal Representative: Fred R. Eoff, Jr. Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven J. Peiffle, WSBA #14704 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223

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: April 7, 2021.

Personal Representative: Beverly I. Skinner Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven J. Peiffle, WSBA #14704 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. 21-4-00623-31.

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 21-4-00287-31.

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 21-4-00517-31.

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 21-4-00502-31.

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s BEING FRANK

Issues drive salmon concerns

Treaty tribes and our state salmon co-managers are looking ahead to another grim year of fishing because of poor ocean conditions that reduce marine survival, and the ongoing loss of freshwater habitat.

Higher marine water temperatures, changing currents and a disrupted ocean food chain are the main causes of reduced ocean survival. The salmon that do return are often smaller than normal and females carry fewer eggs.

Queets River coho is one of the weak stocks driving fisheries constraints during this year’s North of Falcon process that sets salmon fishing seasons. While overall coho returns are expected to be better this year, the stock continues to decline despite a rebuilding effort that began in 2017. Coho from Strait of Juan de Fuca tributaries and the Snohomish River are also failing to recover under rebuilding plans. Tighter conservation closures will likely be necessary to ensure escapement goals are reached to produce the next generation of fish.

Stillaguamish River chinook returns are expected to be low again this year. Skagit River summer and fall chinook are also concerning.

The summer run is expected to return in low numbers that will constrain fisheries and require close monitoring to avoid a closure. This is especially worrisome because Skagit River summer and fall chinook are the most abundant and healthi-

Lorraine Loomis est natural chinook stock in Puget Sound.

Chum salmon, traditionally one of the most plentiful salmon species, are expected to be dramatically lower this year in large part because of low marine survival from changing ocean conditions. We’re particularly concerned about stocks from southern Puget Sound streams.

Tribal and state comanagers face increasingly difficult decisions because we must also factor in increasing seal and sea lion predation and the needs of southern resident orcas on top of the ongoing decline of salmon caused by changing ocean conditions and lost freshwater habitat.

Salmon were abundant in western Washington for millions of years. Their sheer numbers, naturally high productivity and plenty of good habitat made them resilient from the effects of disease, drought, poor ocean conditions and a host of other environmental factors.

We must rebuild that resilience if we are going to recover salmon and we need properly functioning habitat to do that. One way is to focus on what we can do to improve freshwater habitat.

A new joint tribal/state riparian habitat initiative is taking that task on through a uniform, science-based management approach to restore and protect streamside vegetation. Trees, shrubs and other plants along streams help lower water temperatures, filter pollutants and reduce sediments that can smother salmon eggs.

The tribal and state salmon co-managers alone can’t recover salmon. We need help from federal agencies, local governments, environmental groups, agriculture and others if we are going to be successful.

We also must continue to build resiliency in the comanager relationship created by the 1974 ruling in U.S. v.

Washington that upheld tribal treaty-reserved rights and established the tribes as salmon co-managers with the state.

As salmon continue to decline, every decision carries greater potential impacts to fishermen and the resource. As a result, our comanagement relationship is increasingly tested every year. Still, we remain committed to cooperative comanagement because our history shows we are better together.

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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Former teammates face off as Cougars defeat Eagles

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com The pandemic-affected sports season provided a treat for a small group of seniors who years ago played together on a state championship Little League softball team.

The six seniors, who compete for Lakewood and Arlington high schools, get to enjoy a couple of chances to play against each other before graduation.

“It’s really fun. We get to come together and play together,” said Brittani Boortz, a senior for the Lakewood High School softball team, which in previous years competed in a different conference than Arlington.

Boortz, along with teammates Riley Mae Swanson, Ashtyn Falor, Natalie Krueger, as well as Arlington High School seniors Heather Broyles and Megan Lawrence, were members of the Stilly Valley All-Star team. When they were 9 and 10 years old, they won the state championship in 2014.

“We click very well together,”

Swanson said. “We’ve been playing together for a long time.”

Broyles said the Little League team’s hitting was phenomenal and Swanson was a great pitcher.

“We had a really good dynamic,” Lawrence said. She added that the state championship was the first time the team traveled.

“We made so many memories, Broyles said.

The Stilly Valley All-Star team back then traveled to Asotin, Wash., to compete in the state tournament. They had to contend with 100-plus-degree temperatures. Whenever the team won, they jumped into the Snake River.

In a typical year, Lakewood High School normally competes in the Northwest League, which is comprised of 1A, 2A and 3A schools located north of Snohomish County. Because of the pandemic, the Cougars are competing in the Wesco Conference which is comprised of 3A and 4A schools in Snohomish County. The temporary league change allowed the Cougars and Eagles to compete

during a shortened spring sports season.

The two schools had their first game April 16 at Lakewood High School with the Cougars coming out on top 4-0.

“It was a fun night to get them back together again,” said Travis Boortz, head coach for the Lakewood softball team.

He said the Cougars displayed a good defensive effort Friday.

Swanson had eight strikeouts and the team turned three double plays during the game.

“The girls played really hard,” Arlington softball coach Hayden Raught said.

She said junior pitcher Lizzie Durfee threw an awesome game.

Durfee threw a lot of outs while minimizing extra base hits. She also highlighted the efforts of outfielders Naomi Peterson, Lexi Eck and Riley Ryan. She mentioned Peterson also had a double and a stolen base.

Lakewood’s softball team is also remembering assistant coach Dan Hutchinson, who passed away in

December. A large “H” was placed in center field and a banner “We play for Hutch,” is hanging from the outfield fence.

Both teams had expectations to reach some kind of post-season play this year. However, all postseason play in all sports were canceled for the season. Seasons are also shortened with the spring sports wrapping up in early May. “At least they had an opportunity to come out and represent the community,” Raught said.

Both the Lakewood and Arlington softball teams played three games last week.

The Cougars started the week winning 4-0 April 13 against Marysville Getchell. Boortz highlighted the efforts of Swanson, who gave up two hits and had six strikeouts against the Chargers.

He added freshman Avalon Kummer was the player of the game.

She had a couple of hits and a couple of RBIs. The Cougar’s fortunes changed the next night with a 5-4 loss to Kamiak. “We’ll get them again in

a few weeks. Hopefully it will be a different outcome,” Boortz said.

He added that Swanson threw more and 100 pitches, had 10 strikeouts and a triple.

Arlington started last week facing Marysville Getchell April 12 at home. The Eagles won 14-2 after five innings of play.

“Our girls really excelled at the plate against Marysville Getchell,” Raught said adding Broyles hit a grand slam home run during the game.

Two days later, the Eagles traveled to Marysville-Pilchuck High School to fall 6-2 to the Tomahawks. Raught said Kailyn Thai scored two runs and Broyles had an RBI and an RBI sacrifice fly.

This week Lakewood hosts Monroe High School April 22 and then travels to Lake Stevens High School April 23.

Arlington travels to Archbishop Murphy April 22 and then travels to Marysville Getchell April 23.

Lakewood travels to Arlington May 3 to play another game during the final week of the season.

M-P track competes against Wildcats

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com During a track and field season shortened due to the pandemic, athletes competing for Marysville-Pilchuck High School are showing consistent improvement

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throughout the first several weeks of the season.

Against Archbishop Murphy April 15 at MarysvillePilchuck High School, 26 personal bests were set. A week earlier, 10 personal bests were set against Cedarcrest.

“Our kids competed extremely hard,” MarysvillePilchuck Head Coach Mike Cull said. Both MarysvillePilchuck’s boys and girls teams were victorious April 15 against the Wildcats – the boys won 94 to 31 and the girls won 65 to 37.

Cull complimented both teams on their support for each other.

He highlighted junior Jordan Velasquez’s efforts in

the 100-meter. His time of 11.13 is one of the top spots in the district, Cull said.

Senior Tristan Richmond ran personal best time in the 100-meter with a time of 12.63, and a personal best in the 200-meter with a time of 25.87, which was also good for first place. Cull added Richmond ran his personal best for his leg during the fourx400-meter relay. The relay team consisting of Richmond, Skyler Barnes, Trae Tingelstad and Alfred Ramos won with a time of 4:00.78 Sophomore Nich Robbinson also ran personal bests in the 100-meter and 200-meter with times of 11.67 and 25.87.

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“We had a ton of personal records in the throws,” Cull said.

Freshman Gianna Frank won first place in the shot put with a throw of 34 feet 2.75 inches. Cull noted Frank’s shot put a week earlier against Cedarcrest was the ninth best throw in Marysville-Pilchuck school history.

In addition to his work in the relay, Tingelstad won three other events — 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.68, the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 44.35 and the triple-jump with a distance of 39 feet 3 inches, which was also a personal best.

Freshman Cana Cross also won three events — the

3,200-meters with a time of 17:19.52, the 1,600-meter with a time of 7:24.32 and the long jump with a distance of 12 feet, 4.5 inches.

She was also part of the winning fourx200-meter relay team, which included Corianne Cross, Emma French and Alexis Heller with a time of 2:10.62.

The number of students turning out this year are low for track and field during the shortened track and field season. Five meets are scheduled this year with the last one being May 6 against Marysville Getchell High School.

Cull described this year’s team as “a group of the nicest

kids we’ve ever coached — and most helpful and most encouraging.”

He said there’s been some challenges this year with Spring Break affecting the season and no activity bus to help with transportation.

“The kids are here and that bodes well for Marysville-Pilchuck,” Cull said.

He also complimented the people who volunteered during the track meet.

“We can’t do this without all of the volunteers,” Cull said. “We’re just so grateful.”

Up next for the Tomahawks is Lakewood and Cedarcrest, which takes place Thursday, April 22, at Marysville-Pilchuck High School.

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n WHISTLING GARDENER

Establishing Clematis in your garden Some say “totime, it isn’t always easy to get them mayto” and some established. If you say “tomahto”, have gardened for some say “CLEMawhile, then you atis” and some have probably say “CleMAtis”. heard the adage I say, who cares!

By Steve Smith about ClemaNo matter how you pronounce it, Clematis tis liking their roots in the are the absolute queen of shade and their tops in the all vines and everyone that sun. I used to pooh-pooh gardens should find a way this idea and plant them to work in as many varieties all in full sun. I once had a as possible into their yards. lovely red variety growing Between the early bloom- on a trellis in the middle of ing ‘Armandii’ and the late my rose garden, out on the blooming ‘Sweet Autumn’, west side of my house where there are literally hundreds it got all the afternoon sun. of varieties that boast any- The vine would sprout up in where from small 1-inch the spring, grow rampantly bell shaped flowers to the over the trellis, bud up nicely grandiose 6-inch across ones and just as the buds started that come in all colors of the to show some color it would rainbow. How could anyone wilt and die. Drove me absolutely nuts. A few years resist?

But while these vines can later I removed the trellis become garden standouts in and frankly forgot about the

Clematis. Low and behold, in the shade of some newly planted shrubs, that very same Clematis romped 15 feet up, through my weeping Giant Sequoia, and bloomed its silly little head off the entire summer. Two decades later it is still going gang busters. Cold feet, hot heads.

Believe it!

Planting time and depth are two other factors that can lead to success or failure. While you generally see Clematis in garden centers when they are blooming, this is not necessarily the best time to plant them. Plants in full bloom don’t appreciate being roughed up and torn out of their containers. In my opinion, right now, just as the leaves are coming out, is the best time — they will hardly skip a beat and be off to the races in no time at all.

All of the varieties we carry in the nursery, now and in the future, have great picture tags to let you see the stunning blooms you will eventually get on your chosen clematis.

The other factor with planting is how deep to plant. While I would rarely (if ever!) recommend this technique for other plants, for Clematis, if you plant them one or two inches deeper than they were growing in the pots, they seem to root in better and you lessen the chance of contracting Clematis Wilt — that nasty disease that causes your vine to wilt just about the time it is ready to bloom.

As for pruning, I could easily spend an entire column solely on untangling the mysteries of pruning these amazing vines. For

The Clematis looks great is almost any garden. now, and for the sake of simplicity, follow these guidelines: prune the early spring bloomers hard just after they bloom, summer bloomers lightly in the spring, and fall bloomers very hard in early spring just before they start to grow. Fortunately, most new plants will come with pruning directions, but if unsure, always check with a nursery professional for further clarification.

I have found over the

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years that sometimes it can take a season or two to get Clematis established. Hang in there and don’t give up, even if they look like they are dead as a door nail. If it helps, remember this little ditty: “Hot heads and cold feet, Plant them early and plant them deep.”

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