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Arlington Scouts help honor Memorial Day

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON

Boy Scouts with Troop 29 helped to put up more than 400 flags at the Arlington Cemetery to recognize this year’s Memorial Day. Every year (except last year) the Scouts and other community members get up early in the morning to put up flags around the walkways of the local cemetery to honor those who passed away while in military service.

“We’re just paying respect for those that have fought for our freedom to be able to do this,” said Gregory Vaughn, a parent with Arlington’s Boys Scouts of America Troop 92.

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Marysville-Pilchuck High School student Nora Rates, right, talks with teacher Caroline King about her artwork on May 27.

MSD board approves pandemic recovery plan

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Boy Scout Troop 92 member Isaac Donohue, left, and parent Nicole Donohue connect a flag onto a flagpole to help honor Memorial Day at the Arlington Cemetery.

Marysville School District’s pandemic recovery plan will focus on academic help, social/emotional support and efforts to ease transition back to school.

The district’s board of directors approved the plan on May 19.

School officials have surveyed parents and had forums with staff about how

the district should proceed with recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, said Deputy Superintendent Chris Pearson.

A few themes came out of those discussions, including the need to support students' mental health needs, catching up for lost school time, better connections to social services and rebuild-

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Tulalip honors graduating middle school students

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

The Tulalip Education Division celebrated eighth-grade Native students in their first ever event honoring graduating middle schoolers.

The event on May 27 had students come in their vehicles to Totem Middle School to receive congratulations and gifts.

The department typically holds a ceremony each year for graduating elementary schoolers but this is the first to celebrate those leaving middle school.

“We started planning for a formal event but due to COVID we made the change to a drive-thru event,” said Deyamonta Diaz, a Tribal student advocate with the Tulalip

Education Division.

“We weren’t sure what the turnout would be for a drive-thru event but at the beginning we had a lot of people come through,” he said.

Diaz said tribal members began planning because they wanted to provide something for their middle school students.

“Initially we brought it up because we just want to celebrate our kids,” he said. “We loving doing positive things for our kids."

The department also wanted to do a better job staying connected during the middle school years, said Diaz.

“I think sometimes when they go from elementary to middle school we kind of lose See STUDENTS on page 5

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Marysville Police Officer Jeremy King helps hand out gifts to Native middle school graduates during a recent honoring ceremony on May 27.

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“It’s important to remember the fallen and it’s teaching these young boys to be young men and serve their community and country,” said Bob Beam, scoutmaster for the troop.

Beam said the scouts enjoy getting together for a project.

“They like the camaraderie, just being together and having fun getting all of the holes dug out,” he said.

Scouts said they enjoyed getting out and doing something for their community.

“It’s a good thing to do,” said Troop 92 Scout Daniel Dunn.

“I wanted to come out just to be a part of the scout troop and help out the community,” said Troop 92 Scout Carson Raz. Many of the volunteers who came out during Memorial Day had family who were veterans or who are currently in the military.

“We have family that served so it’s important to us to get these flags up,” said parent Nicole Donohue.

For the Boy Scout troop the work actually begins before Memorial Day though.

“One of the things we did back in April during our normal meeting time

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Boy Scout Troop 92 members Daniel Dunn, left, and Carson Raz put together a flag and flagpole to help honor Memorial Day at the Arlington Cemetery. is that we came down here and cleaned all of the holes that the flagpoles go into,” said Beam.

That was more work for this year’s Memorial Day though.

“This year was a little different because we didn’t do anything in 2020 because of COVID, so it took a little longer to clean out all of the flag holes,” said Beam.

The dirt had accumulated and the grass had grown more than in a typical year.

“You can see every few feet there’s a flag hole, and

we literally had to dig some of these out because they were two or three feet deep,” said Beam.

The event helps teach kids about community service and is a way to give back to the Arlington American Legion as well, which also helped organize putting up the flags.

“We’re going to put the flags up for the American Legion,” said Vaughn.

“The American Legion charters Troop 92 and Pack 92, so in return we come out and help do this,” he said.

Simply Amazing Arlington students, staff recognized The Arlington Public Schools Board of Directors recognized “Simply Amazing” students and staff at its regular board meeting on May 24. The Simply Amazing program is a districtwide recognition of students and staff who stand out for going above and beyond at their schools.

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Local program assists those with disabilities

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

The Marysville office of the Center of Independence can assist people with disabilities to live more self-directed lives.

The organization provides free assistance to people with disabilities to help them achieve their goals.

“We’re federally mandated to work with people with disabilities who are self-directing,” said Margaret Tangedahl, youth transition program manager at the organization. “The reason we call them participants rather than clients or consumers is because it is a partnership."

The Washington state nonprofit organization opened their north office in 2012, which is now in Marysville.

The northern office serves anyone in Snohomish County, in addition to Skagit, Island, San Juan and Whatcom counties.

Participants served have a wide range of disabilities, including being on the autism spectrum, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness or albinism.

The organization is not limited to those disabilities though and has worked with individuals with rarer disabilities such as CLOVES syndrome.

“That is a very rare disorder. He said only about 800 people in the world have it,” said Tangedahl.

“It’s kind of cool because he started getting the word out there and got to talk to one of our local legislators about his needs."

The only requirement to receive help is self-identifying as someone with a disability.

“We don’t ask for medical records or any kind of thing like that,” said Tangedahl.

Many other organizations focus on supporting people with disabilities who need more individual help, but Tangedahl said they fill an important need by targeting those with more ability to help themselves.

“Typically they would fall through the cracks and not get any services,” said Rachael Bowker, outreach

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specialist with the Marysville office.

“We are really a ‘show you how, not do for you’ agency, which means we do expect participation from our participants,” said Tangedahl.

That approach also helps promote self-empowerment in their participants, she said.

“It just helps them to realize that taking certain steps can help you to become more independent and self-actualized, which is a big thing, especially for the younger people,” she said.

One of the biggest things the organization does is assisting individuals one-on-one.

“We come up with an action plan together with our participants. They have steps they need to take and we also have steps we need to do,” said Tangedahl.

Although they don’t help with housing or employment directly, the organization can assist with steps toward those goals, such as creating a resume.

“That is something we can help them with, and

my responsibility might be to provide the template to start the resume,” said Tangedahl.

Navigating services and benefits is also a frequent goal for individuals.

“A lot of people need to apply for benefits or services such as Washington state medicaid,” said Tangedahl.

“Sometimes we will put the information in for them but other times I will sit with the person and if they don’t understand a question they can ask me and I will assist them with that."

For young people the organization helps those with disabilities think more about their options.

“Really helping them make the best decision for their own future. Is it college or is it an alternative to college?” said Tangedahl.

The organization runs a summer workshop every year where participants can visit a local university and see what the experience would be like.

Tangedahl said she has seen workshop participants go on to community college and at least one who has graduated with a four-

year degree in engineering.

“Some of them had no idea before taking this workshop that college was even an option for them, which is something I’m passionate about because I didn’t know college was an option until I was 40 years old,” she said.

Transition programs for adults can help individuals move away from institutions if they want to.

“We’re helping people live the most independent life that they can,” said Tangedahl. “For some people that means living independently in their own home. For other people that might mean moving from an environment like a nursing home to a less restrictive environment like a group home."

Peer groups for youth and adults at the organization also gives people with disabilities a place to gather and network.

“Especially when we’re in person we play games, we have movie nights, we go bowling,” said Tangedahl. “The networking is good, just meeting people who, regardless of your dis-

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Center for Independence outreach specialist Rachael Bowker, left, and youth transition program manager Margaret Tangedahl outside of the organization’s Marysville office on May 28.

ability, share some of the same struggles."

The organization has also done work during the coronavirus pandemic to provide protective supplies and services to their participants.

“Some of them didn’t

want to leave their houses so during the pandemic we would take their food bank food to them,” said Bowker.

Those who are interested in services from the Center for Independence can call 360-393-3890 to learn more.

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Mayor Nehring holds virtual coffee klatch

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring talked about new development and parks in the city at his most coffee klatch meeting on May 24.

The regular informal meetings allow community members to ask questions about the city.

During the pandemic they have been held online and are available on the city’s Facebook page.

Nehring said many commercial and manufacturing entities are coming to the Smokey Point area, including a fish processing plant, a shoe manufacturer and the large NorthPoint Development.

“They [NorthPoint Development] are a nationally renowned company that is building a good chunk of acreage out there to house manufacturing entities,” said Nehring. “This will be something that drives a good portion of job growth in the area."

The industrial center area in the north of the city

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ing school communities.

“We’re making a pretty big investment in student social/emotional support,” said Pearson.

The district will be hiring for positions that will be called ‘interventionist’ which are meant to provide mental health support.

“They will provide some

is meant as a future manufacturing and industrial job center.

“The goal there is family wage jobs. We have commercial in a lot of areas in the city,” said Nehring.

In the central area of the city, work on the hotel at 116th Street is expected to begin again.

“There was a hotel that was started there and the developer had a bad contractor to be honest, and he wasn’t able to finish it,” said Nehring. “It’s been in disrepair for years now and it’s been a concern of mine and the concern of the people who live and do business around there."

The area is private property so the city does not have direct control over it, but it was recently purchased at a bank auction.

Nehring said the new owners are expected to finish it as a new hotel for the area.

Further south, near Comeford Park, the city’s new Civic Campus is under construction.

“Right now we have

buildings scattered all over.

Old buildings in need of repair and investment, and rather than do that we will be able to consolidate everything,” said Nehring.

The new facility will provide new spaces for city hall, the city jail, the police station and the courts.

The former city buildings are being planned for new uses.

The Marysville Municipal Courthouse is set to replace the Ken Baxter Community Center, providing about three times the space, said Nehring.

The former community center site was recently demolished and is being replaced with a civic plaza.

“We’ve talked a lot about ‘how do we get Marysville an identity?’ at these meetings” said Nehring. “I’m not saying everything will come around this community center, but I do think when you have a community gathering place that will really redefine in some impressive ways what people outside of Marysville think of Marysville."

Nehring also talked about

some of the new recreation opportunities in the city, such as the Bayview Trail extension which connects the local trail to the Centennial Trail.

“If you’re a biker you can take your bike and get from SR-528 go to the Centennial connector, go to Arlington, go to wherever, and you never have to deal with Highway 9,” said Nehring.

Much of that funding came from the state legislature.

“I want to thank our state legislators, particularly State Sen. Steve Hobbs, who was instrumental in getting funds for that,” said Nehring.

In the downtown, Nehring said he hopes to continue work on the Ebey Waterfront Trail.

Kayak rentals is something the city hopes to attract down there.

“We’d like to have a private operator come down and do that,” he said.

City officials also hope to bring more businesses down there as well. “We’d like to see some eateries and other development down there,” he said.

Last year the city provided a waterfront fireworks show for the Fourth of July, which allowed families to watch in their cars, and that show is expected to return this year.

“I was out there parked and watching it with a bunch of different folks. That was really one of the first large events after the COVID shutdown,” said Nehring.

“We’re going to duplicate that this year, and hopefully in the summer of 2022 we will be able to get out to a live show again."

Nehring said the city is currently planning to hold it’s Merrysville for Holidays

parade this year.

“We do plan to have that this year and we’re looking forward to that,” he said.

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the coffee klatch meetings online for the last year, but Nehring said the increased access has been good for connecting to community members.

After the pandemic he said that city officials want to keep those online options open.

“We hope in the future to do some sort of hybrid, with live events with the ability for folks to join us virtually and ask questions as well,” he said.

direct support for students, but they will also help to lead teachers on how to support all students, because we know all students will need some level of help,” said Pearson.

That new mental health assistance is expected to be available at every school, although the exact details of the new staffing hasn’t been worked out yet.

Some positions may be

shared between schools and some of the bigger schools may have more than one position, said Pearson.

Those new staff members are being funded with federal dollars coming from COVID-19 relief programs.

Those funds will also support academic catch-up programs, such as the district’s upcoming summer school.

“We’re running a par-

ticularly large scale summer school this year,” said Pearson. “This is an expansion of what we normally do that will be funded by federal dollars."

The summer school will be three weeks long and be available at multiple sites.

“There will be some after-school project-based learning as well,” he said.

Some of the recovery funds are also being used

to support equity work, said Pearson. That is partly due to the recent racist death threats that were directed at Black students earlier in the school year.

“We want our students to come back and feel safe when they’re in school,” said Pearson.

The exact plan to improve equity is being worked on by the district’s recently hired Director of

Equity and Family Engagement, who is working with students, parents and staff.

“One thing that will include is professional development for staff,” said Pearson. “It will also support family engagement with our families of color."

Recovery funds will also help keep class sizes small as the district holds on to its current roster of teachers.

“We’re making a really big investment by retaining some of our teachers,” said Pearson.

The district will likely continue with the "soft start" model for beginning the school year, he said.

“So the first three days of the school will just be for family meetings and conferences,” said Pearson.

Finally, the district wants to do more outreach to families to help them if they are struggling.

“We may have a coordinator on campus to connect families to different social services,” said Pearson.

“We don’t just want to help students while they’re at school, but also help them meet basic needs such as housing."

Washington state’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction is requiring all districts to submit recovery plans by June of this year and will also require two check-ins next year to see how school districts are doing in the implementation of those plans.

“It’s expected that this will be a plan that will evolve and change,” said Pearson.

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Marysville re-forms Diversity Committee

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Marysville’s Diversity Committee has re-formed around a renewed commitment to listen to marginalized groups and work toward improving local inclusiveness.

The committee was originally formed in 2010 but had become somewhat inactive in recent years.

Last year, members of the community came together to bring back the committee and work against racism and promoting the voices of marginalized groups.

Committee members held an online community forum to introduce themselves and take questions on May 27.

“With a lot of effort and

work we did a lot of things.

We achieved many things, but I think we stopped in the middle,” said Wendy Messarina, a PeruvianAmerican and Marysville School District employee.

“My goal now is to have a diverse group that represents ethnicities, but also other groups."

Jim Strickland, a Marysville School District teacher who works with students with disabilities, and also worked with the former incarnation of the committee.

Over the past few years he said he has learned more about systemic racism and hopes the committee can look at similar issues locally.

“I’ve felt the efforts we’ve had in this committee have not been sufficient for the past and not sufficient for

the future,” he said. “Now is the right time to be more assertive in making sure Marysville is a place where equity is honored and valued."

A number of community members from a variety of backgrounds plan to be a part of the new committee.

“I think it’s important for us to have a group that looks at these issues and isn’t afraid to talk about racism, how we undo racist policies and work together for all of our citizens,” said JJ Frank, a Marysville resident and a Black man.

Too often, many people have been content to think racism exists only in other places, he said.

“We cannot think that racism doesn’t exist in the city of Marysville. We have

to talk about where racism does show up and we must work as a community to undo that racist behavior,” said Frank.

Local business owner and gay man Daniel Crisologo said he grew up in an area that was intolerant toward LGBT people and he had to struggle with the same questions before coming to the community.

“Would the community of Marysville accept a business owned by a same-sex couple?” he said. “My hope is that being a part of something like this, is that we get to a point where that is not something people have to worry about."

The committee hopes to reach out to marginalized groups and listen to their

concerns where they are at.

“Collaborating together to listen to these voices that are not traditionally brought to the table,” said community member and committee member Cassandra Perez.

She said community work should begin before issues come up, not after, and that solutions need to be focused on systemic problems.

“Whenever I look at all the racial issues, not just in Marysville but across the country, is a lot of reactiveness. We are treating issues instead of the root causes,” said Perez. “What we need to be looking at are the policies that have created these opportunities for it to exist."

Members didn’t think a committee alone could fix

all the problems they see in the community but hoped that community efforts could begin a process of improving those flaws.

“Being a person of color I have been through things that I don’t want to see other people go through. My parents have been through worse,” said Mario Brown, a local Black and Jewish man and committee member. “If I’m going to benefit from the work of people that came before me than I have to do my part as well."

More information about the Diversity Committee is available at marysvillewa. gov/1128. Marysville’s community outreach administrator Jason Smith can be reached at jsmith@marysvillewa.gov for those that to get involved.

Virtual auction will benefit Strawberry Festival

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Organizers of the Strawberry Festival will hold their first ever virtual auction to support the festival this June.

The virtual auction and gala will be held from June 16 at 5 p.m. to June 19 on 9 p.m.

Beginning on June 2, however, individuals will be able to preview the items online and preregister for the auction.

More information and links to the auction can be found at marysvillestrawberryfestival.com when it begins.

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them for a little bit,” he said.

A number of gifts were given to students who graduated from the middle school.

“They get to receive the gifts for participating in school, but to also signify they are going through a change, transitioning to high school, which is a big change,” said Diaz.

Student class posters have been done by the Tulalip Tribes since at least the early 2000s, said Diaz.

“It shows the class of students, our Native student population, representing who they are, their families

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“Right now we have over 165 items,” said Gail Frost, president of Maryfest, the nonprofit organization that runs the festival. “Every day we’re going to add a few extra surprise items as well."

Those auction items include gift baskets, trips and event experiences. She said the event experiences include outings such as winery visits and golf trips.

“There is also a guided fishing trip for two anywhere in the U.S.,” said Frost.

Another one of the items will feature the “ultimate NASCAR driving experience,” and give the item winner 10 laps around a

speedway in a racing car.

Many of the auction items have been donated from local businesses.

“The response from Marysville businesses has been phenomenal,” said Frost. “They have been wonderful working with us."

The officials sponsor for the virtual auction is the Tulalip Tribes Resort and Frost wanted to thank them specifically as well.

In addition to the auction items, Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant is offering meal packages for two for $100 and $25 of those purchases will be given to Maryfest to support the Strawberry Festival.

and the schools or tribes they’re affiliated with,” he said.

The tradition helps celebrate students and remind them of their roots, he said.

“It’s good just having the gifts themselves, something that represents our Native kids and our Native families and their tribal affiliations,” he said.

Students also received a hat with a design from Diaz.

“It’s inspired by contemporary brands but I marked it with the word ‘Indigenous,’” he said. “Just to feel good about being Indigenous and look good."

Native drummers also per-

formed some songs as families drove through the Totem Middle School parking lot.

“In the format of our event we also wanted some drumming and singing,” said Diaz. “We want to honor them with songs as they come,” he said.

Diaz said he would love to continue to hold the middle school honoring event next year as well, although he said it would likely be a gathering and not a drive-thru.

“I wouldn’t say a traditional event, but having a gathering event, pending what happens with COVID,” he said. “We would love to do it jamstyle."

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“It is a full-course meal that includes a bottle of wine,” said Frost.

The organization is volunteer run and uses the funds to put on the festival and to provide scholarships to the royalty.

A $5,000 scholarship goes to the queen or king and $3,500 scholarships go to the princess or princes each year.

The royalty and Maryfest also serve as the “only ambassador” for the city, said Frost.

“We promote Marysville and invite people to come to our town,” she said.

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“Because last year and this year we are not having a festival we haven’t had income coming in,” said Frost, who added they usually receive funds from the marketplace and carnival that are put on.

“We wanted to have some form of income coming in this year,” she said.

The organization isn’t in financial danger, she said, but Maryfest officials would like to come out of the coronavirus pandemic as stable as they can.

“Two years without income has been difficult and we want to make sure we’re in a healthy position for next year,” said Frost.

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Arlington defeats Stanwood

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com A 23-point third quarter helped Arlington’s girls basketball team top Stanwood 72-51 on May 26 at Arlington High School.

“It was close in the first half, then we turned it on in the third quarter and that was the game,” Arlington head coach Joe Marsh said.

He cited the Eagles defensive pressure and balanced scoring as factors that helped decide the game.

Four Arlington players scored in double figures. Sophomore Jenna Villa lead the Eagles scoring with 21 points, including three 3-pointers. Ju-

nior Keira Marsh had 13 points, senior Makenzie Gage had 13 points and senior Hailey Hiatt had 12 points.

“That’s pretty balanced scoring for us. That’s what we do,” Marsh said.

The first quarter saw Arlington pull ahead by 10 points leading 2111. Stanwood trimmed Arlington’s to eight points in the second quarter with the Eagles up 38-30. The third quarter saw the Eagles outscore the Spartans by 10 points to go up 61-43. Arlington extended their lead during the final period.

“It’s a rivalry game and it’s always good to beat Stanwood,” Marsh said.

Wednesday’s win bumps the Eagles

record to 4-1 for the shortened, ninegame season. Arlington’s only loss of the season was against Glacier Peak.

Marsh noted Glacier Peak is a 4A school that placed third in the 2020 state tournament. Arlington, which is a 3A school, placed third in the 3A tournament in 2020.

Like many other high school teams, he said the numbers of players participating in basketball is down this year.

Arlington wasn’t able to field a C-team this year.

Up next for the Eagles is a second game against Glacier Peak on June 3.

They host Snohomish June 7 and finish the season June 9 at Lake Stevens.

PHOTO BY NATHAN WHALEN

Eagle junior Hannah Rork drives the ball against Stanwood during Arlington's 72-51 victory.

Arlington falls to Marysville-Pilchuck

By Nathan Whalen nathan@northcountyoutlook.com The Arlington Eagles faced off against Marysville-Pilchuck May 28 at

Arlington High School and the Tomahawks topped Arlington with a team score of 40-36.

“Our kids stepped up when we needed it,” said

PHOTO BY NATHAN WHALEN

Arlington’s Angel Ramos and Marysville-Pilchuck’s Andon Merrick wrestle at 182 pounds May 28 at Arlington High School. Merrick won the match 20-11.

Marcus Haughian, head coach for M-PHS. Junior Andon Merrick, who normally wrestles at 170 pounds, jumped up a weight class to 182 pounds and got the decision over Arlington’s Angel Ramos, winning 2011. “It just made more sense for the match and our team,” Haughian said.

Mar ysville-Pilchuck’s Leeto Perez (138 pounds) pinned the Eagles’ David Forslaf in the first period as time expired.

“We went back and forth.

It was a battle. It was fun,” Haughian said.

Arlington's Dustin Baxter, wrestling at 120 pounds, and Dorian Tollenaar, wrestling at 126 pounds, both pinned their opponents, Sale Hunt and Mikey Bejar, re-

spectively, in the first round.

“I don’t think we wrestled bad. It just didn’t go our way and that’s unfortunate,” said Jonny Gilbertson, wrestling coach for Arlington High School.

Arlington’s Eric Vogel (132 pounds) picked up the win pinning Malaki Childress in the second period while Bryson Gollihar pinned Marysville-Pilchuck’s Milo Jones-Longstreet in the first period.

Marysville-Pilchuck’s Iakov Bonder scored the pin over Dimitri Shaffer at 152 pounds while Bodee Davis pinned Arlington’s Caiden Patterson at 160 pounds.

Gilbertson said the matches between Arlington High School and MarysvillePilchuck High School are

really tight and almost always come down to the last match.

The evening saw both Marysville-Pilchuck and Arlington forfeit at 106 pounds.

The Tomahawks forfeited at 170 pounds and 195 pounds while the Eagles forfeited at 113 pounds, 220 pounds and 285 pounds.

The May 28 match marked the second time Marysville-Pilchuck’s wrestling team competed during the season. Their first four matches were canceled due to COVID protocols.

During the Tomahawks' first match of the season on May 26, Marysville-Pilchuck picked up a win 42-24 against Jackson. The Eagles lost May 26 to Stanwood 14-38.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATES OF CLIFFORD LYLE ANDREWS and ALTA MAE ANDREWS, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00718-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES BAKER, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00754-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JENNIE D. PERKINS, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00769-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

Superior Court of the State of Washington for Snohomish County. Estate of Francisco Olivarez Gonzales, Deceased.

No. 21-4-00763-31. 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: May 19, 2021.

Personal Representative: April Dawn McConnaughy 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: May 19, 2021.

Personal Representative: Judy Ann Haynes 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: May 19, 2021.

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

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: TAMELA RAE DAVENPORT, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00626-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 21-4-00718-31.

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 21-4-00754-31.

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 21-4-00769-31.

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: June 2, 2021.

Personal Representative: Carol Louise Davenport-Wilson Attorney for Personal Representative: Tanner K. Olson, WSBA #52879 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. 21-4-00626-31.

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. The claim must be presented within the latter of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of the 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 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of first publication: June 2, 2021.

Personal Representative: Andrea Chen, 1020 East Maple St., Arlington WA 98223, 360-391-0863.

Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Superior Court of the State of Washington for Snohomish County, No. 21-4-00763-31.

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hosts Marysville Getchell June 3 and then hosts Glacier Peak June 7. They conclude their season June 9 traveling to Archbishop Murphy.

Arlington hosts Glacier Peak June 3 and then travels to Snohomish June 7. They conclude their season hosting Lake Stevens June 9.

Arlington's Dorian Tollenaar, Trevor Latta, and Dustin Baxter will travel to Fargo, North Dakota, in July to wrestle in the national freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling tournament.

“These kids have been working their tails off,” said Dustin Baxter, head coach and founder of Punisher Wrestling Company based in Arlington. They qualified thanks to their performance at a state tournament in Everett last month.

“I was wrestling really good that day,” Tollenaar, who will wrestle at 113 pounds during the national tournament, said. A senior at Arlington, he will wrestle for Northern Idaho College where he plans to major in astronomy.

During the tournament in Everett, he placed first in freestyle and second in Greco-Roman at 113 pounds.

Baxter placed second in freestyle and Greco-Roman in the 120-pound weight class. Latta, who is wrestling at 160 pounds, placed fourth in Greco-Roman.

Gilbertson said the tournament will give the wrestlers a chance to train with and compete against wrestlers on a national level. “It’s good for all those guys.”

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Give these annual vines a try I am inclined return the following spring as vigto think that orous as ever. And when most gardeners discuss then there are anvines, monsters nual vines, or perlike wisteria, haps I should say trumpet vine, vines that we treat

By Steve Smith honeysuckle, and as annuals simeven clematis, are probably ply because they will freeze the ones that come to mind. and die in our winter. These These are permanent vines true annuals, like sweet peas, that retain a woody struc- scarlet runner beans and ture 12 months out of the the many tropical vines that year and eventually form grow just fine in our suman architectural compo- mers, can add a blast of color nent in the landscape, even and even some privacy when when their leaves have all grown on a trellis. Here are a fallen for the winter. There few to try this summer. are also perennial vines, like Black Eyed Susan Vine: hops, some clematis and a Introduced to the states in rather elusive climbing yel- the late 1800’s, this popular low bleeding heart (yes, I vine sports deep golden yelhave one on my patio), that low one-inch flowers with a after putting on what feels distinct dark eye in the cenlike miles of growth during ter. Over the years breeders the season, fade away to the have developed colors rangground in the winter only to ing from white to yellow

to orange-gold and even a reddish one fittingly called, ‘Blushing Susan’. While you can often find this vine in the seed packet section of the garden center, this time of year it is best to plant it from already started plants in nursery containers.

Lophos: Lophospermum is a vine native to Mexico that has velvety soft leaves with long tubular flowers that are reminiscent of gloxinias (hence the name of climbing gloxinia) that can be pink or red. Like all vines, you can use it as a spiller in a basket or planter or feature it by itself where it will fill out a basket and trail down several feet. Pollinators, including hummingbirds, will love it.

Purple bell vine: Rhodochiton atrosanguineas is another vine native to Mexico with exotic looking

flowers that some might say are rather phallic, but since this is a family column, I will just describe them as being shaped like a bell with the bell a strong violet color and the “clapper” a darker maroon. Like most of these vines, it will grow 6 to 10 feet in one season.

Mandevilla: Also known as Dipladenia, this beauty has glossy green leaves, much like star jasmine only larger, and will bloom its silly head off all summer with large tubular flowers that are 3 inches long. ‘Sun Parasols’ are newer introductions that are a little less vigorous and develop a bushier look in a container. Colors are mostly pink to red or occasionally white.

All of the above vines will perform best in full sun, although morning sun

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The Black Eyed Susan vine would be a great addition to your garden. and afternoon shade seems to work too. When grown in a container, remember that due to their vigorous growth habit they will need constant food and water to look their best. A little grooming throughout the summer will also make them happy. Whether on a trellis or in a container, you won’t

be disappointed with these fast-growing trailers. Try out a few this season and see if you don’t fall in love with them. Stay safe and keep on gardening.

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