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By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Arlington’s splash pad at Haller Park officially opened for the summer on June 24 and families came down to beat the heat wave that was expected to have unprecedented temperatures.

The city was originally targeting a July 1 opening for the splash pad, but were able to open early.

The splash pad operates on a recirculation system and after more than a year of not being in use the splash pad needed some parts replaced.

“We were able to receive the parts and the crew was able to get ready for the maintenance,” said Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert.

Those parts took a while, in part, due to supply chain issues that many industries are experiencing because of the pandemic.

“With the heat wave that is already here it seemed like a good idea to open early,” said Tolbert.

Parents were happy to be able to come down to the splash pad on opening day.

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Colton Gobel enjoys Arlington’s splash pad on it’s opening day on June 24.

Marysville schools at five locations will have free summer meals available starting on June 22.

Meals are available from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for kids age 18 and under.

Unlike most years, the

summer meals program this year will be grab-andgo and not provided with on-site eating.

The meals are given at Allen Creek Elementary, Grove Elementary, Liberty Elementary, Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary and To-

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Restored totem pole raised at M'ville school

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Totem Middle School’s newly restored totem pole was raised during a ceremony at the school on June 24.

The pole was originally a 2006 project.

Students helped design a totem pole that was created by Master Carver Kelly Moses Sr. from a tree that was given by the Tulalip Tribes and came from their reservation.

Ervanna Little Eagle, a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and a Marysville teacher, helped start the project at Totem Middle School.

“Coming in as a new teacher it was very impressive that I had an opportunity to come here with a model that I knew supported Native students,” she said.

She worked with Native liaisons at that

time and the idea of a totem pole that could be worked on by both Native and non-Native students came up.

“Let’s take some students out and bring in a project that is hands on,” she said. “It took a year of planning to be able to put it together."

Students also traveled to Canada to learn more about the history of totem poles.

“We immersed them in the history of what it means to be a carver,” said Little Eagle.

Students at that time decided on their vision of what the totem pole should be, and chose representations of the owl, bear, raven and a thunderbird.

Students helped with carving their design and it was put up in 2006.

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Staff at Totem Middle School bring in the school’s restored totem pole during a ceremony on June 24.

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“I love it,” said local parent Jennifer Gobel. “It’s one of the better ones in the area. I’m glad that its open this year."

Parent Julia Maciel said she grew up in Arlington but currently lives in Italy.

“We came down to visit family. I see there’s lots of upgrades to this park and it’s really nice,” she said. “This is a lot better than what it was before. I think this just used to just be grass so it’s really nice to have this option in Arlington."

Haller Park has had more families come down since the opening of the splash pad in 2019.

“I think in the heat that the splash pad is the centerpiece of the park,” said Tolbert.

By providing that option at Haller Park, it also encourages families to avoid the river, which can be dangerous.

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Totem Middle School’s current principal Keri Lindsay has been with the school for five years but only one year as the principal.

She noticed that the totem pole absorbed a lot of water and began inquiring about proper maintenance for it.

“I started checking around with tribal members

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“It adds a level of safety as well,” said Tolbert.

Tolbert said many kids enjoy going down the park now because of upgrades such as the splash pad and playground equipment.

“I know when I take my grandkids down there, they like everything,” she said. “They always have fun down there for hours."

The other major splash pad in north Snohomish County is Marysville’s spray park at Comeford Park at 514 Delta Ave, Marysville, which has been open since the spring.

For adults who want to beat the heat wave that began on June 26 and is expected to continue through this week, a number of options are available.

The Marysville Library is available as a cooling station, although the Arlington Library is not and may be closed during excessively hot days because that facility does not have air conditioning.

about who would know what was involved with maintaining a totem pole,” she said.

Eventually she got in contact with those who knew the best methods.

“After I was named principal, one of the things I did was secure funding to be able to maintain the totem pole,” she said. “At the time I was thinking it maybe just needed a coat of weatherization."

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Kyri’e Dixon runs through the water at Arlington’s splash pad on it’s opening day on June 24.

However, the totem pole needed more work and was taken down to do a full restoration.

The original carver was contacted for the restoration.

“I was all for it. I was ready to do it 10 years ago,” said Moses. “You would drive by it and you could tell it was getting gray."

The totem pole was washed and Moses peeled the paint, resealed it, primed it and applied new coats of paint.

About 50 students were involved as well, including Moses’ son Stella, who is also a Totem Middle School student.

Moses said every person has a gift to give to their communities and his was carving works such as the Totem Middle School totem pole.

“I told them what this means to me. I explained to them you’ll find out what you’ll be when you grew up.

Are you going to help your family? Your community?

This is my gift and how I help,” he said.

From a young age he was inspired by carvers because of those at his school, he said.

“I looked at two totem poles that stood in front of Tulalip Elementary School and that inspired me to become a carver,” said Moses.

“They’re strong symbols of our nature and what we believed in growing up."

Moses thanked the school, principal and staff for helping to restore the totem pole.

“I was honored when I did it and I’m honored that it’s still here and they’re taking great care of it,” he said.

Totem Middle School has a large Native student population and it’s good that students can see parts of their culture at the school, said Lindsay.

“We try to work every day to honor the tribes and the traditions and the cultures and wrap that in everything we do here,” she said.

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M-PHS, Totem to change mascots

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Mar ysv i l le-Pi lchuck High School and Totem Middle School will change mascots in the coming year to discontinue the use of Native American symbols.

The Washington state legislature passed House Bill 1356 this year which prohibits the use of Native American symbols or images for public schools.

The bill passed overwhelmingly with a 40-9 vote in the Washington State Senate and a 90-8 vote in the Washington State House of Representatives.

The law gives districts until Dec. 31 of this year to choose new mascots.

In Marysville, the symbols that must be removed are the tomahawk used by M-PHS and the thunderbird used by Totem Middle School.

School districts can receive approval from nearby tribes to continue use of those mascots, but the Tulalip Tribes have asked the district to cease using those symbols.

“The psychology really shows there’s no benefit to having these mascots,” said Stephanie Fryberg, a Tulalip Tribal member and doctor of psychology. “The research has shown very clearly that these mascots harm Native students and also non-Native students."

Fryberg has done studies around Native mascots herself and added there were dozens of other research papers from other scientists showing similar effects.

She said that in surveys and studies involving Native mascots, Native students experience “a decrease in self-esteem and feelings of community worth and an increase in depression and suicidal ideation.”

Similar research shows that mascots can affect how Native students are perceived.

“There is an increase in views that Native students are primitive and savages,” said Fryberg. “It shows a decrease in the perception of the potential of Native students, as well."

Fryberg described the decision to pass HB 1356 this year as a step forward for local schools and hoped that other states would follow suit.

“We want everyone to have equal access to a quality education and these mascots are a barrier to that,” she said.

The Marysville School District is planning to take public input for the new

school mascots later this year.

“We’re very early in the process. The only thing I can say right now is that we’re interviewing our external consultants to see who would be the best fit to facilitate,” said Chris Pearson, acting superintendent for the Marysville School District.

He expects the planning to begin in earnest sometime in August or September.

At that time the process will include working with parents and community members to choose new mascots for the schools, Pearson said.

“It will be a community decision through a process with committees. Those committees will eventually make a recommendation to the board,” he said.

Changing mascots will involve many new purchases for the district, including new uniforms, school signs, gym floors, letterhead, office supplies and websites.

“We anticipate a pretty significant cost,” said Pearson.

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Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has set aside funds to help schools pay for a portion of the changes.

“Those are funds that will be shared across the state for every school going through this process,” said Pearson.

The initial deadlines for those funds are approaching very soon, but Pearson hopes that the state office will push those back as many districts said they will not be able to make a decision that soon.

“Even with that money though, we’ll be paying the majority of the costs,” said Pearson.

Districts need to have a new mascot chosen by the end of the year, but they do not need to make all of the purchases at that time.

“There’s a staggered schedule to implement those changes,” said Pearson.

During that time the district is not allowed to produce yearbooks or purchase signs with the old Native American symbols, but they are allowed to replace a limited number of uniforms.

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Lakewood provides free meals this summer

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com

Lakewood families will be able to get free meals for children at Lakewood High School every Wednesday as part of the school district’s summer meals program.

Any child age 18 or younger can receive the meals on Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The program began on June 23 and will continue until Aug. 18.

“There’s no kind of prequalification necessary or anything you have to sign up for,” said Jon Poolman, fiscal analyst with the Lakewood School District. “Any children in the community are eligible."

Children receive five days’ worth of breakfasts and lunches in one pack.

The food items served may include milk, fruit and other items for breakfast

and fruits, vegetables and food such as nachos, pizzas and hot dogs for lunches.

The items are bagged to take home and are not meant for on-site consumption.

The district hopes to support students who rely on free or reduced school meals.

“During the school year the students are here and they have access to the meals at school,” said Poolman.

“When it’s summer and there’s no school in session, we’re not there to help meet that nutritional gap. They could have a harder time getting access to meals,” he said. “We want to make an impact where we can.”

The summer lunch program is operated with funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“The meals we provide are reimbursed by the fed-

eral government,” said Poolman. “It’s not costing any of our local tax payers dollars."

While some other districts around the county have offered the program in years past, Lakewood School District did not, although they were considering starting it.

“Before the pandemic we saw that this is something we wanted to do,” said Poolman.

School districts were instructed to begin similar programs after the pandemic forced school closures.

“That ended up being a great segue going into the 2020 summer,” said Poolman.

The school district now hopes to make the summer lunch program into a “routine.”

“We started off with the scramble and figuring it out. We morph this into a sustainable, traditional program and that’s where we are now,” said Poolman.

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Laura Cannon, Lakewood School District food service worker, puts out some of the free lunches available at Lakewood High School this summer on June 23.

The federal funding for the program typically is only available to areas of low-income, qualifying either through free and reduced lunch rate or through census data.

There are waivers for that requirement right now, but the Lakewood High School area would be eligible even without those waivers, said Poolman.

“We hope we can make

a community impact going forward every summer as long as we can,” he said.

“And we hope we can get the word out in the community is that this is something we offer."

and children do not have to be enrolled in the district to receive the meals.

“The summer meals program started the day after school got out,” said Jodi Runyon, director of communications, engagement and outreach at the district.

The program is meant to support kids who rely on free or reduced school lunches to

get food during the week.

“Part of the reason we do it is to help meet a need in our community and to make sure our students and families have access to nutritious meals,” said Runyon.

Almost 50 percent of kids in the district qualify for free or reduced lunch, according to Chris Pearson, acting superintendent for the district.

“I would think our numbers will go up next year due to the pandemic,” said Pearson. “So we’re looking at the majority of our kids who will qualify for free or reduced lunches."

The Marysville School District has offered the program for a number of summers now to support students in the area.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the district has been providing the meals while students were at home, as well.

“During our time of school closures due to COVID we have been able to extend that meals program for that time,” said Runyon.

Unlike their grab-andgo meals served during the school year, these meals will be a higher quality, said Pearson.

“We’re going to serve real meals,” he said. “Before it was kind of an a la carte model, but now it will be actually high quality food."

The program is also being coordinated with the summer school services the district is providing to students this year.

“Our students enrolled in summer school will also have access to these meals,” said Runyon.

The district’s summer meals program is funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture with money specifically meant to help support food needs of students and does not come from local taxpayer funds.

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By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Free games and family fun will be available in downtown Arlington this Fourth of July as the OldFashioned Fourth event returns.

This year’s event will be held from noon to 4 p.m. at Legion Park.

“We’re going to have our Old Fashioned Fourth again this year,” said Chad Blood, pastor at Lifeway Church, which helps organize the event.

Many of the family games and other activities will be returning.

“We are going to set up some carnival booths and have a bouncy house there,” said Blood.

There will also be face painting and a bubble station where kids can create some large bubbles.

“There will be some fun yard games that people can just pick up and play,” said Blood.

The annual event is usually a part of Arlington’s Frontier Days, which will be modified this year with some of the major events canceled or being held online.

“The major difference for us this year is we don’t have a parade,” said Blood.

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The McKinney family, from left, Alina, Kailyn and Brielle, pose at a photo booth during the Old-Fashioned Fourth as part of Arlington’s Frontier Days celebrations on July 4, 2019. pens right after the OldFashioned Fourth and families typically come down to the event and then grab a spot for the parade.

“I’m hoping people will still come down and have fun,” said Blood.

In the evening the Duck Dash and the Quake Field public fireworks display are both still happening.

Rotary members also plan to sell tickets for the Duck Dash at the Old-Fashioned Fourth event.

Locals enjoy the OldFashioned Fourth because

it is a free community event, said Blood.

“They like that it is a family-centered event. You can bring anyone down here of any age and just have a good time,” he said.

The carnival booths typically provide games like ring toss or other games of skill for children to play.

“Kids like that you can just step up and play, it’s not about winning and losing,” said Blood. “You always win little prizes. They enjoy being free and just the ability to run around."

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The Old-Fashioned Fourth, like all other Frontier Days events, was canceled last year and Blood said that organizers are excited to bring it back for community members to enjoy this year.

“We were really disappointed we didn’t get to hold this last year. I understand why, of course, and it was good to be cautious … but it is time to get out and enjoy being together again,” he said.

“People want to get out and have some fun," he added.

Arlington Street Fair set for July 9-11

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Approximately 175 vendors are scheduled to come to downtown Arlington as part of the Arlington Street Fair which is returning this year.

This year’s event will be held on Olympic Avenue July 9 to 11. It is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 9 and 10, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 11.

The annual event is organized by the Downtown Arlington Business Association.

“We’re excited we get to hold this after not being able to last year,” said Jeri Rugtvedt, a member of DABA and organizer of the event.

Last year’s Arlington Street Fair was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We were very disappointed, but of course because of the pandemic it was a good idea to not have it,” she said.

The street fair will be similar to previous years, but the booths will be socially distanced.

“It’s going to look a little different this year,” said Rugtvedt.

She said the space between the vendors will be larger to prevent too many people from congregating.

“We have thousands of visitors and they can all congregate in specific areas,” she said, especially when a booth is popular.

DABA also plans to put hand sanitizer stations at the event.

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“We have arts and crafts, homemade items and some direct sell vendors,” said Rugtvedt. “There are a lot of returning favorites."

There are many vendors who are bringing vintage, antique, woodworking and items personally made by the seller.

“There will be vendors that sell roasted nuts, homemade jam, barbecue sauces, items they make on their own such as soaps and lotions,” said Rugtvedt. “This year we have a lot more vendors who are selling items for pets."

Food vendors will be at the street

fair, including some new choices.

“For the first time we will have froyo and ice cream sold at the street fair,” said Rugtvedt.

Activities for kids will be available again at the street fair, but live music will not be offered this time.

“Unfortunately, we were not able to get the live music that we usually have for this year,” said Rugtvedt.

Rugtvedt said she hopes people come down and enjoy the street fair this year.

“I think this year people will like being able to get out, visit with people, meet friends and see their favorite vendors,” she said.

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Outdated wastewater facilities undermine water quality gains We’ve seen some real progress over the past few years in efforts to prevent human waste from damaging the health of Puget Sound and the Washington coast.

Still, we face a chronic problem with outdated wastewater treatment plants that undermine those gains even though we have the technology to address the problem.

After years of protest, Victoria, B.C., finally constructed a new wastewater treatment plant, ending its century-long practice of dumping millions of gallons of untreated sewage annually into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Much of the sewage contained excess levels of nutrients, ammonia, fecal coliform bacteria, microplastics and toxins that harm all parts of Puget Sound and coastal ecosystems.

In another victory, we held off a move by the Trump administration and maritime industries to block implementation of a new no-discharge zone for human waste from boats in Puget Sound.

Under previous regulations, boats could dump partially treated sewage anywhere in the sound. Raw sewage could be flushed from boats three miles from shore.

The new regulations prevent sewage from being dumped within a 2,300-square-mile area of Puget Sound, as well as lakes Union and Washington. There’s even an app called Pumpout Nav to help boaters locate more than 200 pumpout stations in the zone.

Lorraine Loomis These improvements are being undermined by inadequate wastewater treatment and persistent unintentional sewage releases from outdated Puget Sound wastewater treatment plants such as King County’s West Point water treatment plant.

Excess nutrients such as nitrogen in human waste fuel algae blooms that disrupt the food chain by removing oxygen from the water.

Algae blooms result in fish kills and can harm people by making shellfish unsafe to eat, and also contribute to ocean acidification.

Sewage treatment plants in the Puget Sound region dump about 26 million pounds of nitrogen into the sound each year, according to the state Department of Ecology. Those numbers will continue to grow as more people move to the region.

The good news is that Ecology is requiring about 60 municipal wastewater treatment plants to reduce the amount of nitrogen they release. That’s in addition to a list of other improvements recommended by an advisory committee of tribes, state and federal agencies, wastewater utilities and en-

vironmental groups. These necessary upgrades could take 10-15 years to complete.

That’s too long. Our population is only going to grow faster in the coming decades, making the problems worse and more costly to fix.

We already possess the technology to remove nutrients from wastewater entering Puget Sound. In fact, the Lacey/Olympia/Tumwater/ Thurston County (LOTT) Clean Water Alliance has been doing it for years.

LOTT is an intergovernmental nonprofit organization that manages wastewater treatment for the three cities and county. It has the most stringent nutrient discharge limits of any wastewater treatment plant on Puget Sound. That’s because LOTT ratepayers invested millions to add nutrient removal at its Budd Inlet Treatment Plant about 20 years ago.

It’s been more than 30 years since the Ecology required municipalities to update wastewater treatment plant technology. Ecology more recently concluded that Puget Sound’s five largest treatment plants represent approximately twothirds of municipal waste 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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n LETTER TO THE EDITOR Please help keep our community safe on the Fourth of July After more than a year spent fighting a deadly pandemic, we have a lot of reason to celebrate this summer. For many of us, July 4th festivities will mark a much-needed return to normalcy. While we at the Marysville Fire District join you in toasting to brighter days ahead, we ask you not to celebrate with consumer fireworks.

People have celebrated Independence Day with fireworks for more than 200 years; but in that time, much has changed. In just the last 30 years, Marysville’s population has more than doubled. We are a bustling community with tens of thousands more people and thousands more homes. That growth brings a much higher risk of unintentional property damage and injuries from fireworks.

Fires caused by fireworks have destroyed homes and other property throughout the Puget Sound, including in Marysville. In

2020, our community had the tragic distinction of having a death from fireworks-related injuries.

The decision to celebrate without fireworks is not about losing freedom; it’s about keeping our community safer. Our firefighters work to keep our residents safer 24 hours each day, 365 days every year. On July 4th, we hope you will join us by leaving the fireworks to the professionals.

Marysville’s annual fireworks show will start at dusk (approximately 10 p.m.) on July 4 near the Ebey Waterfront.

For more information on fireworks, what’s legal and details on Marysville’s fireworks ban, visit our website www.marysvillefiredistrict.org. All consumer fireworks are banned in Marysville, with violators facing a minimum $513 fine.

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Pedal, Paddle, Puff triathlon returns

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Arlington Rotary members Micah Woolman, left, Jola Barnett, center, and her daughter Megan Barnett help to color the Haller Park splash pad on June 12.

Rotary helps with splash pad

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Arlington Rotary members helped to beautify the Haller Park splash pad before its recent opening.

On June 12 volunteers came out to help improve the splash pad.

“This was a Rotary project where we did some staining and sealing at the splash pad,” said Jim Kelly, an Arlington Rotary member and public works director for the city of Arlington.

The splash pad project was originally spearheaded by the Arlington Rotary club.

“The Rotary organized the event and in the past we have helped to fund the splash pad, along with the Stillaguamish Tribe and the city of Arlington,” said Kelly.

“So we want to make sure that it is taken care of so the kids can continue to use it,” he said.

The re-staining and sealing of the concrete was to help preserve the color of

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the splash pad.

“The city hired a local artist to color the splash pad when it was built,” said Kelly. “The color and design was meant to replicate the colors of the Stillaguamish River,” he said.

Volunteers from the Rotary club helped put down the same colors to keep the look of the splash pad.

“It looks very beautiful,” said Kelly.

The Arlington Rotary club has been helping Haller Park for the last several years.

“The Rotary club wants to give back to the community,” said Kelly, and one of the ways they chose to do that is to focus on improving one of the local parks.

Haller Park was chosen at that time.

“The first thing we did was donate $15,000 to help build two of the play areas,” said Kelly.

The playground equipment and play areas were brought in because of those funds to improve the park.

Later they began the splash pad project, which was completed thanks to state grants, money the Rotary raised and a large donation from the Stillaguamish Tribe.

Kelly said that his office is across the street from Haller Park and he has seen how many families come down now for the playground equipment and splash pad.

“Just right now I see the splash pad being used by lots of kids,” he said.

He said that 10 years ago Haller was a fairly small park, but the city began purchasing property to expand it and community groups have helped to improve it as well.

“Now, it truly is a community park,” he said.

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOUGLAS E. DAVIS, Deceased, NO. 21-4-00988-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS, RCW 11.40.030

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VIOLA MARIE HINKSON, Deceased. NO. 21-4-00976-31, 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: June 30, 2021.

Personal Representative: Georgene O. Davis Attorney for Personal Representative: Breanne W. Martin, WSBA #44519 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. 21-4-00988-31.

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 30, 2021.

Personal Representative: Jennifer Lynn Riley Attorney for Personal Representative: Breanne W. Martin, WSBA #44519 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. 21-4-00976-31.

After being canceled last year due to the pandemic, Arlington’s Pedal, Paddle and Puff triathlon is returning on the Fourth of July, along with several other events for people to enjoy.

“Now it’s time to get the community engaged again,” said Devin Brossard, president of the Arlington Runners Club, which organizes the triathlon.

The triathlon starts at 9 a.m., Sunday, July 4, with participants bicycling from Haller Road to Cicero Bridge. Competitors will then kayak back to Haller Park. After kayaking, they will run a 5K race on the Eagle Trail.

In addition, a 5K race is scheduled for 10 a.m. People can enjoy the beer and wine garden, which is open from noon to 10 p.m., Saturday, July 3, and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 4. A cornhole tournament at the beer and wine garden is scheduled for the weekend and the results of the annual Duck Dash will be announced at 5 p.m., Sunday, July 4.

Pedal, Paddle and Puff Triathlon is a fundraiser for the Arlington Runners Club.

The proceeds help pay for events the club organizes throughout the year. The money raised from other Runners Club events helps local community groups such as the food bank, the Stilly Senior Center, and Eagles Wings Disability Ministries, Brossard said.

The 2020 triathlon was canceled due to the pandemic. The Arlington Runners Club organized events over Thanksgiving and St. Patrick’s Day. Brossard said the club always puts on safe events.

To register for the Pedal, Paddle, and Puff Triathlon or for the 5K race only, go to pedalpaddlepuff.itsyourrace.com/register.

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Hardy fuchsias are a blooming machine Fuchsias! is so great about hardy fuchsias is What does that name conger up that unlike most perennials that for you? When I usually think of only bloom for 5 to 6 weeks, once fuchsias, I visufuchsias start alize a beautiful By Steve Smith hanging basket blooming, they dripping with delicately will continue until frost in formed blossoms of pinks, late October — they are a reds, purples and whites. blooming machine.

Hardy fuchsias look just When I purchased my nursery in 1989, fuchsias like their trailing cousins, baskets were very much in only usually the flowers are their heyday and we grew smaller and the plants form hundreds of them. But small bushes that only over the years interest has grow 2 to 3 feet tall and as waned, probably in part wide. The color range is not due to their high main- quite as exotic as the bastenance nature. Now, the ket forms, but there is still trend is toward hardy fuch- a good selection of varieties sias that can be planted in to chose from. I personally the ground and treated like prefer the smaller and dainany other shade-loving pe- ty flowers of the hardy varennial. rieties; they remind me of There are literally hun- some of my wife’s earrings. dreds of varieties of fuchLike basket varieties, sias that are hardy in our upright hardy fuchsias prenorthwest gardens. By har- fer a lightly shaded area dy I mean that with mini- — too much shade or too mal protection they will go much sun will result in dormant in the winter and poor performance. Evenly regrow the following spring moist soil is essential and just like your hostas, asters moderate fertilizing is benand daisies do year after eficial. Since flowers come year after year. And what on the new growth (like

a rose), some light pruning during the season will continue to stimulate new growth. Removing spent flowers and seed pods will also prolong the bloom season. Hardy fuchsias are a perfect addition to a shade bed or container, and they combine well with Astilbe, Hosta, ferns or just about any plants that thrives in some filtered shade. I have several planted in my shade beds and even some in sunnier areas where, with adequate water, they seem to do just fine.

At the end of the season, I will cut them halfway back to the ground and then in March or April, after I see what is starting to grow, I will cut off the rest of last year’s growth. After adding a little fertilizer and mulch, I’m ready for another season of non-stop blooms from these easy-togrow plants.

Late June and early July is the perfect time to shop for hardy fuchsias. Nurseries are well stocked right now with a wide variety of flavors in full bloom, (at

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A sunshine hardy fuchsia is a great addition to your garden..

last count I saw about two dozen different varieties on our benches) so you can see firsthand what the flowers really look like. If you follow good horticultural practices, you should have 100% success transplanting them and in just a few short

years your fuchsia will be 3 times the size it is at planting.

If you have a shady bed that needs a pop of color to compliment the ferns, hostas, astilbes and such, then plunk in a few hardy fuchsias. You won’t be sorry

and the hummingbirds will thank you as well. Stay safe keep on gardening.

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

Transition course prepares students for high school This summer, more than 30 Arlington students entering ninth grade in the fall are engaging in a course to help prepare them for high school. The project-based learning transition course utilizes English and math skills. The students’ project is to develop a plan to organize a walk-a-thon to raise funds for a food truck for the Arlington Community Food Bank.

“This is more than just learning math functions and reading and writing skills from a book,” said Arlington High School math teacher, Andrea O’Keefe. “The students are utilizing linear functions skills for their research to determine costs and blogging for the reading and writing portion of the project.”

Once students complete the course, they will earn a .5 Study Lab credit for their high school transcript.

O’Keefe, along with fellow teachers Tracy Austin, Emily Lonneker and Kayli Beidler, are helping the students build confidence as they enter high school.

“The students have shared that this summer course was not what they expected,” said O’Keefe. “Because of the project they’re working on, there’s a very practical application to the skills they’re learning.”

The transition course runs through July 15.

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