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Arlington Food Bank prepares for holidays

The Arlington Food Bank is getting ready for their Thanksgiving and Christmas meal giveaways this year and is gathering food for the holidays.

Many different organizations run food drives for the local nonprofit organization including many of the schools in Arlington, which often col-lect outside of local grocery stores.

Angel of the Winds and the Stillaguamish Tribe are currently running their food drive, ac-cording to Jerrie Inman, a board member with the Arlington Food Bank.

Northwest Hardwoods also runs an annual

food drive with cooperation from the Arlington and Smokey Point Safeway locations, which will begin soon and run through most of December, said Inman.

In addition to drives many local stores, includ-ing Walmart, Safeway, Grocery Outlet and Costco “all support us with their donations,” said In-man.

The food bank serves about 1,200 people in the area, according to Inman.

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Arlington Food Bank volunteer Kathleen Evans helps keep the shelves stocked as clients move through the food bank on Nov. 4.

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M-PHS Drama presents 'Alice in Wonderland'

The Marysville-Pilchuck High School Drama Club presents “Alice in Wonderland” in all it’s nonsense logic and literally crazy characters this November.

The play already held its first three shows on Nov. 4, 5 and 6, but will have three addi-tional showings on Nov. 10, 11 and 12.

The play is based on the original 1898 play version of the famous Lewis Carroll novel, but mixes in aspects of the Disney version of the book and has been “adopted for more modern times,” said Roy Klementsen, direc-tor of the play and M-PHS drama teacher.

“This is an old story that everyone knows and it’s fun to recreate it,” said Marysville Getchell High School senior Kenna Good-win, who plays the Queen of Hearts.

The play retains the free-wheeling and col-orful nature of the films.

“I think the audience will love the chaos, it’s very crazy and different,” said M-PHS se-nior Victoria Willey, who plays Alice. “I love the creativity and imagination of it,” she said.



Students Chloe Larsen, left, and Kenna Goodwin, right, play Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee to Victoria Willey’s Alice in a dress rehearsal of Marysville-Pilchuck High School’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” on Nov. 2.See ALICE on page 7

All City Food Drive kicks off in M'ville

More than 90 red barrels are currently up at Marys-ville businesses to collect toys, food and other goods as part of the All City Food Drive which kicked off on Nov. 5.

The donations provide the Marysville Community Food Bank with a new sup-ply of food and provide toys at the Marysville Toy Store for the food bank clients as well.


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"This kicks off the whole season for us," said Marys-ville Community Food Bank director Dell Dei-erling. "It plants the seed in people's minds about what's needed."

Deierling said that many families hope to make the holidays special and the food bank wants to help in any way they can.

"A lot of folks that are limited in their resources want to do something more for their families, so any-thing we can do that frees up resources for them, like providing food or toys, al-lows them to do more," he

said.While the need for food

is only marginally greater compared to other times of the year, the holidays bring out a lot of generosity which is used to stock the shelves of the food bank well into next year.

"What we bring in now is not just going to provide the food for the holidays, but helps provide food through May," said Deier-ling.

Deierling said that meats are good to donate, especially from some lo-cal stores like Fred Meyer which provide a free turkey to those who buy enough.

"Rather than declining those, you can bring them to us and we can put them

in our freezer," he said.Canned fruit, canned

sauces and butter are more good foods for the holiday season he said.

Clients can also take ad-vantage of the Marysville Toy Store which provides free Christmas toys to fam-ilies in need.

Families are referred from the Marysville School District or the Marysville Community Food Bank.

The toy store has served more than 1,100 local chil-dren each of the last two years, said toy store volun-teer Rita Henry.

“There’s definitely a need. We want all those children to have a Christ-mas,” she said.

The store helps spread joy for the holidays.

“The only thing that matters to these parents is that ‘my kids need to know there’s joy out there,’” said Lil Dayton, a volunteer for the toy store. “That’s what the toy store does.”

Dayton recalled one man who came in late to the toy store last year and there was nothing left but the toys that weren't taken, mostly broken ones.

“The kids spotted these busted toys and begged to have them … they were so appreciative of these bust-

ed toys because they had nothing,” she said.

Items for teenagers, "tween" age girls and books are usually the most need-ed toy donations, said Tara Mizell, one of the organiz-ers of the All City Food Drive.

Families also receive coats and mittens at the toy store.

Volunteers try to help families in any way they can, said Mizell.

Many of those coats are provided by Zumiez.

“Zumiez has been huge, they’ve donated coats and hats and mittens for years. We really, really appreciate that,” she said.

Last year was also the first year the Marysville Police Officers Association collected coats. They do-nated 650.

“We’re excited to see where that goes this year,” said Mizell.

Marysville Police Of-ficers will again be collect-ing coats and other cold-weather clothing on Nov. 18 at Fred Meyer from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Marysville Walmart.

Donations can be dropped off at a number of local businesses that have the All City Food Drive's red barrels.

Barrel coordinator Mike Ferri said around 90 Marysville businesses are participating this year.

"It's grown exponen-tially over the last five years because as people see the red barrels they'll go back to their business and say 'hey, can we get a barrel here?'" he said.

"We just talked that we have to get some more bar-rels."

Deierling encourages local citizens to continue donating.

"If there is a feeling that the economy is doing bet-ter, we need to remember there is still a really high need in Marysville," he said.

"Some of the other re-gions' need is going down, but here in Marysville the need remains high."

More information about the food drive is available at msd25.org/AllCityFood-Drive.

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Nonetheless, Mary Kirkland estimated about 150 costumed revelers streamed through the doors of Hilton Pharmacy this rainy Halloween Monday, from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

“We didn't have enough small toys for them this year, so we bought suckers in-stead,” Kirkland said.

Hilton Pharmacy starts staging its Hal-loween-themed decorations and products for purchase weeks in advance, with most items selling for half off by the Great Pump-kin day.

While “costume mistress” Janet McAl-lister has spent just as long outfitting her coworkers in previous years, Kirkland and her fellow pharmacists donned simple spi-der headdresses this year.

“One of the other girls wanted us to call ourselves the Black Widows, but I thought the Merry Widows would work as well,”

Kirkland laughed. “We have an identity cri-sis.”

Dana Wren wasn't sure whether he'd have candy ready by the start of trick-or-treating, since his wife was stuck in traffic, but Lorene arrived at Wrenhaven Vintage Market in time to preserve their perfect five-year record of Halloweens observed on Third Street.

“We weren't even open for business yet that first year,” Dana said. “But since we were in the building, we still took the time to dress up in pirate costumes and hand out candy.”

Although the Wrens went with a less elaborate costume of owl masks this year, they've learned to stock extra-heavy quanti-ties of Snickers and M&Ms over the years.

“Those tend to be the favorites,” Dana said. “Now, we do have some kids who make a second pass for candy, so we have a second bowl ready for them, with less-premium candy.”

Even if kids come by in minimalist cos-tumes “just looking for food,” the Wrens still indulge them.

Just as Wrenhaven started rewarding trick-or-treaters before it officially opened, so too did Carr's Hardware open its doors to hand out candy this Halloween, in spite of closing up shop recently.

“We're still part of the downtown com-munity,” said Gail Scott Libbing, as she and her mom, Darlene, stood in the doorway of an otherwise cleaned-out building. “Too many businesses are closed on Monday.”

Darlene welcomed the opportunity to say hello again to so many families whom she recognized as customers.

Last year saw both Carr's and Le Vintage Finds run out of candy, necessitating emer-gency refills midway through the hour-long trick-or-treating window.

“We had to run across the street to Wal-greens to buy more bags,” said Karen Nitke, who decorated Le Vintage Finds with fake birds and movie posters of Alfred Hitch-cock's “The Birds,” to match coworker Jamie Worland's costume as a bird attack victim.

“I was up all night gluing birds onto this suit,” Worland said, while Nitke lamented her inability to find a green skirt-suit that resembled Tippi Hedren's iconic outfit.

Although Nitke loves celebrating Hal-loween, both on the job and at home, she admitted that the relative realism of her scares can go a bit over the top sometimes.

“We've had to tell some kids, 'We're just in costume, just like you,' or else they won't even grab any candy,” Nitke laughed.

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Lorene Wren, of Wrenhaven Vintage Market, pours two bowls of candy for trick-or-treaters on Third Street.

November 9 - November 15, 2016NORTH COUNTY OUTLOOK 4 www.northcountyoutlook.comSports

MG, Arlington runners compete at stateOn Saturday, Nov. 5,

the most important cross country meet for local high school athletes occurred, the 3A WIAA State XC Meet.

Fourteen local runners qualified for the state meet from both the Marysville

Getchell Chargers and the Arlington Eagles. The Char-gers had a total of four par-ticipants, three boys and one girl, while the Eagles had a total of 10 participants, seven boys and three girls. Marysville Getchell was un-able to place as a team at the meet, but the Eagles placed

eighth overall in the boys division with a score of 201.

“It’s always something we’re shooting for is to get them to State. Our whole season is kind of a big build-up to that, so when you can get some athletes there it is always gratifying and excit-ing for them because it is

something they have been working tremendously hard for. It’s almost the celebra-tion of the year, so in that respect there is a great satis-faction there and excitement for them, too, just to be able to compete at the last pos-sible event that Washington high school athletes get to compete at,” said Marysville Getchell Head Coach Ran-dall Edens.

The Chargers were led by their number one boy, junior runner, Zachary Arcaro-Frazier. He came in 66th

with a time of 16:55.00. For the girls, freshmen Julia Rea, recorded her best time of the year on her way to a 41st fin-ish with a time of 19:51.10.

“On the girls side, Rachel Sherson really rocked it, she had the race of the day. She was really poised, and on the way back from the meet she started talking to us about wanting to race in college. This was her first year in cross country so that’s really exciting. For the boys, Mul-lin’s thing has always been that once he feels confident,

then he rocks it. His goal was to get on the podium, last year he was 70th, but this year he jumped 57 spots which is just incredible,” said Arlington Head Coach Mike Shierk.

The Arlington Eagles were led by the strong per-formance of two seniors, Kevin Mullin and Rachel Sherson. Mullin dominated the boys event as he finished 13th with a final time of 16:07.30. On the girls side, Sherson finished 54th over-all with a time of 20:02.10.

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:ArlingtonGirls:54. Rachel Sherson 20:02.1095. Mary Andrews 20:28.60103. Jensyn Smith 20:34.30Boys: 13. Kevin Mullin 16:07.3047. Dawson Andrews 16:42.4051. Blake Landry 16:44.1089. Eric Acero-Rosas 17:09.20

96. Noah Loftis 17:13.10114. Favian Villanueva161. Ryan Barene 18:29.20

Marysville GetchellGrils: 41. Julia Rea 19:51.10Boys: 66. Zachary Arcaro-Frazier 16:55.00112. Channing Frohlich 17:26.40155. Gregory Panther 18:17.10

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Members of the Arlington High School Cross Country team, from left, Coach Mike Shierk, Na-thaniel Alexander, Favian Villanueva, KJ Mullin, Jensyn Smith, Blake Landry, Noah Loftis, Dawson Andrews, Jackson Darling, Rachel Sherson,, Ryan Barene, Mary Andrews, Eric Acero Rosas, Coach Aly Piccolo, and Coach Jon Murray.

Arlington spikers rally to defeat FerndaleThe Arlington girls vol-

leyball team welcomed the Ferndale Golden Eagles to their home court, on Nov. 3, to compete in the semifinals of the District One 3A Volleyball Tournament.

The Eagles got off to a slow start as they didn’t exhibit the incredible chemistry that they had shown all season. Fern-dale won out the first set with a commanding score of 25-15. However, with a break in play before the next set, Arlington gathered together and ignited themselves moving forward. A different team stepped onto the

court for the next three sets as the Eagles dominated the Gold-en Eagles with scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-17. In the end Ar-lington moved forward with a score of 3-1 over Ferndale.

“We had a little moment where we talked about what happened against Lynnwood and how we didn’t want it to happen again. We are capable of doing great things, we have to stay in it, and we are fighting for something. This was to clinch an opportunity to go to State so they got fired up and lit up after we talked going into the second set,” said Arlington Head Coach Whitney Williams.

A huge spark to the Arling-ton offense came in the form of

senior hitters, Jessica Baker and Morgan VanLaar. Throughout all four sets, the duo dominat-ed the outside as they looked to score every time they had a chance. Ally Peterson, senior setter, contributed heavily in the production of the two hit-ters as she placed the ball per-fectly for them to capitalize.

On the other side Rylie Rasar, Arlington’s senior middle blocker, imposed an intimidat-ing presence and scored multi-ple times through blocks. Lead-ing the defense for the Eagles, Rasar was pivotal in shutting down the Golden Eagles in the last three sets.

“This is huge. This is the most successful the team has

ever been. I don’t think Arling-ton has ever clinched a District Championship, so that’s our next goal. But, the program hasn’t gone to State in twenty years so that’s a huge deal. The last three years we have been pretty successful and you can tell with the crowd, the whole community is really behind this team,” said Coach Williams.

On Saturday, Nov. 5, Arling-ton beat out Squalicum for the District One 3A Championship. The Eagles will be starting their play in the State Tournament against Bellevue at the Toyota Center, Kennewick. The match is scheduled to be played on court two on Nov. 11, at 1:30 p.m.


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ly Peterson, Eagle’s senior setter, puts the ball up for a big play from the outside hitters at Arlington High School, on Nov. 3.


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Chargers fall to Squalicum 2-1

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The match ignited quickly as the Chargers broke free for the first goal in the fourth minute of play. It looked like they were going to run away with it after their score, but that changed rapidly as the Storm answered with a score of their own in the fifth minute. With two quick scores, everyone braced for a high-scoring affair the rest of the way. However, with incredible defense on both sides, they both conducted a shutout

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ing home, the result came down to a shootout after two scoreless overtimes. The Storm went on to win the match after winning the shootout with a score of

4-3. The Chargers were then knocked out of the tourna-ment with a final score of 2-1.

“It was a good game. Two even teams. We played well, so we can be disappointed with the result, but I can’t be disappointed with the effort. We had trouble with inexperience, nobody had been there before so this was all new. Saturday, we didn’t play very well, I think due to shock factor, but to-day we played much better,” said Marysville Getchell Head Coach Kyle Suits.

Lindsey Weikel and Os-hinaye Taylor contributed early, as Weikel had the key assist, that led to the early score by Taylor. After that

early score the offense was quiet the rest of the way, however, the Chargers de-fense stepped up in a big way by only allowing one score. Led by their senior goalkeeper, Carley Wika, Marysville Getchell held on to the tie, until the piv-otal shootout that ended the match. Wika had a multi-tude of saves and managed to cap off her day with a div-ing stop on the first shot of shootout.

With this loss, the Char-gers' season is over. With such a young team, five freshmen on the varsity roster, they are hoping to bounce back next year and make another postseason run.



Carley Wika, Marysville Getchell’s senior goalkeeper, dives for the ball during the shootout against the Squalicum Storm at Marysville Getchell High School on Nov. 1.


Chargers’ Faith Sherman launches the ball into Squalicum Storm territory from midfield at Marysville Getchell High School on Nov. 1.

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Arlington City Council considers city budget

Arlington staff have pro-posed the 2017-18 budget for the city which they say will "hold the line" on cur-rent services, provide room for some transportation projects and have a small increase in property tax.

The proposed 1 percent increase would be around $6 per year for the average homeowner.

“It’s a small amount of revenue in the scheme of things, but it adds up over years,” said Arlington City Administrator Paul Ellis.

Overall rates are project-ed to go down as assessed values of houses continue to rise.

In 2016 the total tax from the city was $1.8639 per $1,000 assessed value for property owners, while the projected 2017 rate is $1.7816 per $1,000 cur-rently.

Ellis was hopeful that this will be the first budget in the last few years that sees a bigger increase in revenue than in expenses.

Currently the 2017-18 budget projects a 7 percent increase in revenue with a 6 percent increase in ex-penses.

The majority of that rev-enue comes from the recov-ering economy, said Ellis.

“Most of it has to do with the economy and more sales tax coming in, because the retailers are doing better than they have in the past few years,” he said.

The 2016 budget saw a 1 percent increase in revenue and a 3 percent increase in expenses.

Increases in expenses mainly come from factors that are "outside of the con-trol" of the city, said Ellis, like the rising healthcare costs for employees.

Ellis said one of the main goals of the budget was to maintain the current servic-es provided by the city.

“We really tried to still hold the line,” he said.

Many capital projects are part of the budget, in-cluding many which could become a reality if the city succeeds in obtaining grant funding.

The Arlington Valley Road and the 173rd Street projects are both “in the critical path of economic development,” for the city, said Ellis.

The city currently has a grant application out for a 173rd Street project "that we’re hopeful we’ll get,” said Ellis.

The street in the Smokey Point area would be “mainly a way to take pressure off of 172nd [Street],” he said.

The Arlington Valley Road is currently funded through grants and the city is developing the road and currently acquiring prop-erty for it.

The road is meant to help one of the city's manufac-turing areas by connecting 74th Avenue and 67th Av-enue.

“It opens up some prop-erty in there that will help with industrial develop-ment,” said Ellis.

Haller Park improve-ments is another big capital project that could receive grant funding.

“This has been a very community-driven project,” said Ellis, as the Arlington Rotary Club has made past improvements as has raised around $550,000 toward a splash pad.

A state recreation grant could add another $500,000 if the city is awarded it.

The city is also building a new set of restrooms higher up, near the new set of play equipment.

“The current bathrooms are old and in desperate need of repair, but they’re also in the part of the park that floods, so it's hard to keep them properly main-tained when they flood,” said Ellis.

This is the first time the city is constructing a two-year budget. Ellis said it helps the city look further ahead with their plans.

“Just to keep us in a nim-ble position, because like any other business we need to watch the economy and be able to make adjustments in the organization,” he said.

A public hearing about the budget was held on Nov. 7 and the Arlington City Council is expected to make a decision on the pro-posed budget at their Nov. 21 meeting.



Potential improvements to Haller Park's bathrooms and the potential addition of a splash pad are two of the capital proj-ects included in the 2017-18 proposed Arlington budget.

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Klementsen said that the audience will enjoy the costume design as students have really taken to putting a lot of color into the eccen-tric characters of Wonder-land.

“It’s really bright and col-orful, and everyone’s differ-ent and we’re all colorful,” said Goodwin.

The characters also al-low many of the students to portray weirdness and chaos that not many other plays have.

“The audience is really going to love the creativity with the characters, every-one has gotten so in-char-acter,” said M-PHS senior Ricky Hoffman, who plays the Mad Hatter.

“My character is really fun to play because he’s kind of crazy so I just get to do whatever I want on stage,” he said. “I can just let loose and have fun.”

Klementsen said that a number of students are new to drama with this produc-tion and have had the op-portunity to step into new roles.

“They’ve grown a lot. Some of them were really quiet and shy when they first started and now I can’t get them to shut up,” he joked.

Goodwin’s Queen of Hearts is a much more an-tagonistic role than she is use to.

“I’m usually not that angry about anything, I’m usually the most chill per-son. It was a challenge to be as evil as her. I’ve never had to play a mean role, but it’s definitely fun yelling at peo-ple on stage,” she said.

For Willey, it’s hard try-ing to “go back to being 7-years-old” for Alice, but she said this has been her dream role.

“Alice in Wonderland has been my favorite movie ever since I’ve seen it,” she said.

Students said the first play with incoming drama students has been a good experience.

“I really enjoy the new faces we have this year and I feel like it’s a great way to start off the year,” said Goodwin.

“I like the group in gen-eral, it’s really fun and I’m really close with the people here and it’s been a great bonding experience,” said Hoffman.

Shows are presented at the M-PHS auditorium and begin at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $7 for adults and $5 for small children, students with an ASB card and se-nior citizens.

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Student Jennifer Hagen’s Caterpillar character reads a book while Victoria Willey’s Alice looks on in confusion during a dress rehearsal of Marysville-Pilchuck High School’s produc-tion of “Alice in Wonderland” on Nov. 2.


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Arlington Fire Chief Bruce Stedman and other Arlington officials took a tour of local fire stations and equipment to inspect maintenance and training procedures in the depart-ment.

City Council members and other elected officials met with staff that was on hand, looked at three of the department’s stations and all of their vehicles.

Fire department staff showed some of their new technology and practices, like new battery technology for hydraulic rescue tools (sometimes known as the Jaws of Life).

The portable power sup-plies makes rescue opera-tions quicker, said Arling-ton Fire Department Cap-tain Jason Nyblod.

“It really saves time … you just show up, grab them [the tools] and start cut-ting,” he said.

At first there was con-cern about the reliability of the batteries, he said, but they’ve lasted long and don’t require charging often, said

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paramedic Bob Beam also talked about the depart-ment’s training in naloxone (a.k.a. Narcan), which helps reverse the effects of a hero-in overdose.

Beam said that more doses are being used for some cases these days.

“Because Fetanyl is the big thing right now it can take a lot more Narcan then usual to bring them back,” he said.

Stedman hoped to show how the department is fighting the epidemic of cancer among firefighters.

“There’s a big push right now … we do have a serious issue in America with can-cer and firefighters, so we’re putting in these protocols to reduce that chance of get-ting cancer,” he said.

Cancer is the leading cause of death for active firefighters right now, with many theorizing that when modern synthetic chemi-cals burn up, they release carcinogens in the smoke.

Since Stedman has be-come chief of the depart-ment, he has been working to change procedures like

washing firefighter suits to help prevent exposure to those carcinogens.

Keeping firefighters alive is the number one priority, but it also has a secondary benefit of reducing liability for the city.

“If we get sued the cost will go to the city and tax-payers with increased rates,” said Stedman.

Stedman also toured the department’s three stations. Station 46 is five years old now and Stedman said it was still pretty good for it’s age for a facility that is run around-the-clock.

“When comparing to a regular business deprecia-tion you’re looking at a fac-tor of three here,” said City Administrator Paul Ellis, because the building is be-ing used for 24 hours per day instead of eight.

The inspection serves

as one way of ensuring the department’s service, said Stedman.

“I’m responsible for en-suring that we’re providing these services,” he said.

Well-maintained build-ings and equipment also help with the pride of the organization as well.

“Pride definitely has a impact on the service we provide for the community,” said Stedman.

“If we feel really good about what we’re doing and proud of what we’re doing, we do provide a better ser-vice to the community.”

Finally, it gives a chance

to connect with elected of-ficials from the city and County Council.

“So they have that con-fidence in me as a fire chief and you as firefighters that we are using the resources allocated to us well,” Sted-man told some of the fire-fighters of the department.

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Trick-or-treaters find nail, screw in candy

“I've been with the Marysville Police Depart-ment for more than 30 years, and I cannot re-call this type of incident happening before,” Robb Lamoureux said.

The Marysville police commander, like the rest of the community, was shocked and dismayed to hear that 12-year-old Mi-chael Joel and 10-year-old Malique Crews had found dangerous metal items hidden in their Halloween candy.

Michael spotted a punc-ture in a mini-Snickers wrapper, which led him to discover a sewing needle or small nail in the candy bar.

When Michael's mother, Pamela Joel, posted a photo of the spiked candy bar on the Snohomish County Crime & Community page on Facebook for Marysville, it led Malique's mother, Emily Morth, to inspect her own son's Halloween candy.

Emily and Malique found a small screw inside a Reese's peanut butter cup, whose wrapper appeared to have been opened and

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treating near Allen Creek Elementary on Halloween night — Malique along 60th Place NE, Michael around 64th Place NE and 59th Street — while wearing the same costume.

“However, because these incidents occurred in two different neighborhoods, and the areas the kids were trick-or-treating are large, and the kids are unsure of exactly where they received the candy, it will be very difficult to pinpoint where this might have happened,” Lamoureux said.

Lamoureux encouraged anyone who encounters similar candy tampering to notify police through 911 immediately.

“We always recommend that parents open up all their kids' candy, inspect it, then cut into it before let-ting their children eat it,” Lamoureux said. “It's in-convenient, I know, but in this case, an ounce of pre-vention is worth a pound of cure. In the end, it’s just candy, and not worth some-one getting injured over. If in doubt, throw it out.”

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Inman said that recent trends show more individuals coming into the food bank instead of larg-er families.

“More of them are homeless, but they live in a motor home, or they have campers, they’re not liv-ing under the bridge,” she said.

The food bank is also seeing more single men raising families than in years past.

“We always think of a tradi-tional household with a single mother with her child, but we’re seeing more men,” she said.

Finally, elderly customers with insufficient social security and little retirement to draw from are becoming more common.

“A lot of these folks, their so-cial security is less than $1,200 a month,” said Inman.

Last year the food bank served about 300 meals during Thanks-giving and expects to serve about that many this year again.

Those meals include a choice of turkey or chicken and many other holiday foods like corn, broth, jelly, mushroom soups and more.

“Pretty much everything you need to make a traditional dinner,” said Inman.

Inman said there are many items that are good donations for

the food bank including things like box milk which has a long shelf-life.

“A lot of stuff that has pop tops is good, like the whole soups. They make it really nice to put in a homeless bag. It might be cold, but it’s the complete meal,” said Inman.

“Quick and easy” food like mashed potatoes are also good for the clientele.

“A lot of our clients and oth-ers may have the same problem, it is that they’re younger and many of them haven’t really learned to cook,” said Inman.

The Food Bank often has to change their menu on days when seniors don’t shop to more of

those easily prepared foods, said Inman.

Inman added that the food bank is always looking for volun-teers and needs food even during the months without holidays.

Food bank volunteer Kathleen

Evans said it’s a good way to give back. “It makes you feel wonder-ful. It’s uplifting and you help peo-ple. It’s very purposeful,” she said.

More information about the Arlington Food Bank is available at arlingtonwafoodbank.org.

FOODContinued from page 1 “

_____We always think of a traditional household with a single mother with her child, but we're seeing more men.

Jerrie Inman_____”



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Events honor veteransVeterans Day events will

be available in both Arling-ton and Marysville on Nov. 11 for those who wish to pay their respects to Amer-ica’s veterans and service members.

The day is intended to honor and thank all who served in the United States Armed Forces.

Arlington ParadeThis annual parade

sponsored by American Le-gion Post 76 in Arlington will march down Olympic Avenue beginning at 11 a.m.

Participants will begin lining up around 10:30 a.m., according to David Delan-cy, color guard commander at the local American Le-gion Post.

Local military organiza-tions and other groups will march in the parade.

“It will be us represent-ing the American Legion and the VFW [Veterans of

Foreign Wars] right behind us, and then whoever else is participating this year,” said Delancy.

A local Boy Scout troop will also lead the parade and Boy and Girl Scout troops typically participate in the parade as well.

“I’m just a veteran trying to honor the other veter-ans,” said Delancy.

He said the event helps put on a public display of pride for the town.

“It’s definitely important, especially in this political climate it’s good to see peo-ple are still supporting the troops,” said Delancy.

Marysville Open House

The Marysville Ameri-can Legion Post 178 holds an annual open house and ceremony for the day.

The ceremony begins at 11 a.m.

“It’s traditional that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, when the guns in Europe

went silent [from WWI], that we pay our respects,” said Ken Cage, a member of the American Legion Post 178.

The ceremony is not long and is a matter of paying re-spect, he said.

“Its just a few words for what the forces of freedom fought for and were able to accomplish on that day,” said Cage.

After the ceremony a light lunch is served.

Cage said the day is about “paying respect for what has been done and what will continue to be done by those in service,” he said.

“As an ex-military man I appreciate the people who served before me and the people who served with me.”

Recently this year, the American Legion has made some improvements to their hall as well, said Cage, and he’s hoping that the public will be able to see some of those improvements at the open house.


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RAVE: I hope the community turns out on Friday for Arlington's Veterans Day Pa-rade, which begins at 11 a.m. on Olympic Avenue, to show our support and gratitude for all those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

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RANT: When neighbors let their dogs run around the neighborhood and then their pet becomes your problem trying to catch it so it doesn't get hit or wander into a yard with other dogs.

RAVE: When Daylight Saving Time gives us an extra hour of sleep in the fall.

RANT: Going through the drive-

through and your order is not right, isn't that the point of the drive-through - you're in a hurry.

RANT: Who would put a screw or nail in Halloween candy? It is really unfortu-nate that something like that could happen in Marysville. I hope the police are able to track down the person responsible and hold them accountable.

RAVE: The elections are over and life can resume as it was, or will it?

RAVE; Driving down the freeway and you're the only one on the road.

RAVE: Thanks to the Arlington High School Drama for their great production of 'Moon Over Buffalo." There will be more showings this week, on Nov. 11 and 12 at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center, and I encourage the community to attend a show and support our students.



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Lucile Ann YoungLucile Ann Young

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Charles Allen "Chuck" Blowers

Chuck was born in Arlington, Washington. He attended grades 1-11 in Marysville and gradu-

ated in 1992 from A r l i n g -ton High S c h o o l . Graveside s e r v i c e s

will be Nov. 3, 2016, at Arlington Cemetery at 2 p.m. followed by Memo-rial Service at Arlington Heights Improvement Club with a reception fol-lowing. The Chuck Blow-ers Memorial Fund had been made at Go Fund Me to help with this un-expected loss

Christopher Allan Ries

Christopher Allan Ries was born on De-cember 19, 1961, and passed away on October 25, 2016. Arrangements under the direction of Weller Funeral Home, Arlington, WA.

Deborah RothDeborah Roth 65, a

resident of Marysville, Washington passed away on October 21, 2016. A funeral service was held Saturday October 29, 2016, at Bauer Funeral Chapel in Snohomish, Washington.

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The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any per-son 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 credi-tor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: November 2, 2106Donna Housman, Personal RepresentativeAttorney for Personal Representative: Breanne W. Martin, WSBA #44519Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188, 103 North Street, Arlington, WA 98223Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 16-4-01889-31

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: RAYMOND J. MOSBRUCKER, Deceased, NO. 16-4-01906-31, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDI-TORS, RCW 11.40.030

The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any per-son having a claim against the dece-dent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise ap-plicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mail-ing to the personal representative 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 per-sonal 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 publica-tion of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as oth-erwise 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: Nov. 2, 2016Virginia Eldridge, Personal Representa-tiveAddress for Mailing or Service: 19192 Stackpole Road, Mt. Vernon, WA 98274Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 16-4-01906-31

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Dorothy Ruth Walker Dorothy was born

in Cozad, Nebraska on August 11, 1926, passed away on October 22,

2016, at the age of 90. She is preceded in death by her hus-band of 67

years, Charles Walker. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara and two sons, Donald and Norman. Services will be held on Nov. 2, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., at the Atone-ment Free Lutheran Church, 6905 172nd St NE, Arlington, following a private family graveside service.

Marjorie Castel Benefield

Marjorie Castel Bene-field, age 88, of Marys-ville, WA passed away October 22, 2016 at home. She was born April 8, 1928 in Colville River, Alaska to Aarnout Castel and Irene Shan-non. Marjorie and her husband, Benny moved to the Seattle area from Nome, Alaska in the 1960's where they raised a family until he passed in 1983. She is survived by her children, Ray, Cindy, Bonnie, Annette, Don-ald, Charlie, and Melody; her sister, Marie; brother, Allen; 17 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and other relatives. Sylvia Elizabeth

WalesSylvia Elizabeth Wales

was born on February 25, 1932, and passed away on October 30, 2016. Ar-rangements under the di-rection of Weller Funeral Home, Arlington, WA.

Richard Lawrence Higbee

Richard Lawrence Higbee of Marysville, WA, born May 21, 1946, passed away on October 31, 2016. Services will be announced at a later date.

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FFA develops leaders in agriculture industry

You’re probably famil-iar with FFA, formerly Fu-ture Farmers of America, through students showing their livestock and agri-culture when you visit the county fair, but FFA is much more than that. FFA is devel-oping leaders in the agricul-ture industry which includes farmers, but also biologists, chemists, veterinarians, en-gineers and entrepreneurs.

Three Arlington High School FFA students recent-ly attended the National FFA conference in Indianapolis. The students paid for the trip by growing and selling corn. The students toured farms, attended leadership workshops, worked on pub-lic speaking and participated in mock job interviews. At the conference, two gradu-ates from AHS — Amanda Nemnich and Elizabeth Bennett — were awarded the FFA American Degree, which demonstrates the

highest level of commitment to FFA and made significant accomplishments in their supervised agricultural ex-periences. Less than half a percent of FFA members ever earn this award.

“The best part of FFA is meeting different people,” said junior Alex Christofer-son, who is the chapter pres-ident. “You all have some-thing in common.”

The Arlington FFA has already visited fish, plant, hog and dairy farms this year and toured a corn maze. Next month, they will be vis-iting a Christmas tree farm. Students must be enrolled in an agriculture course at AHS in order to join FFA.

“The great thing about FFA is that it’s very broad,” said Jessica Nemnich, AHS agriculture teacher and FFA advisor. “Each year, we tailor the FFA programing based on what students are inter-ested in.”

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Arlington High School students recently visited a corn maze as part of their club activities. The students are learning skills to make them leaders in the agriculture industry.

Melvin Richard IversonMelvin Richard Iver-

son passed away peace-fully November 2, 2016. He was 88 years old. He

was born to Mar-g u e r i t e O t e l i a Wells Nel-son and M e l v i n

Oliver Ranvgold Iverson on October-15, 1928, in Marysville, Washington. Preceding him in death were his loving wife of over 40 years, Carol; his sisters, Mary Iverson Reed, Margaret Iverson Miccio and Virginia Iver-son Hendrickson; and his first wife, Georgia Hegs-tad, who died in 1992.

Gerhard Schmidt Gerhard Schmidt, 58,

passed away on August 23 in Arlington, WA. Born in Lemgo, Germany, Ger-

hard and his family moved to Clearview, WA in 1962. After graduating

from Snohomish High School in 1976, he enlist-ed into the Army Reserve and afterwards spent 39 years in the metal fabri-cation industry. Gerhard is survived by his mother, Gerda, sisters, Christine and Eva; children, Ran-dy and Hallie, nephew Owen, and extended family.

Kenneth M. Tallman Ken passed away Oc-

tober 27, 2016, at Swedish Hospital after suffering a massive stroke. Ken was

born Aug. 1, 1937, to Mer-wyn and D o r t h a Ta l l m a n in Arling-

ton, WA. Ken married his sweetheart, Elaine Tackstrom on October 24, 1958, and celebrated 58 years on October 24, 2016. Please send any do-nations or remembrances to American Diabetes Association or Puget Sound Kidney Center Auxiliary at 1005 Pacific Ave, Everett, WA 98201.

Lucile Ann YoungLucile (Lucy) Ann

Young, 84, of Marysville, WA, went to be with the Lord and her husband,

R i c h a r d on Oc-tober 27, 2016, just shy of her 85th birth-day. She

is survived by five sons, Randy (Tina), Bruce, Paul (Diane), Michael (Marilyn), David (Jean); and one daughter, Julie (Michael); as well as sev-eral grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Viewing will be held at Schafer Shipman Fu-neral Home from Noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, with a Rosary Reading following. Fu-neral Services will be held at St. Mary's Church on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 12:30 p.m., with a graveside service and reception to follow.

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AHS Drama’s "Moon Over Buffalo”: Tickets are now available for Arling-ton High School Drama's fall production of "Moon Over Buffalo.” Showings will be held Nov. 11-12, at 7 p.m. and also a matinee Saturday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. All showings will be held

at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center at AHS, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd. in Ar-lington. The show is rated PG 13 and is not intended for younger audiences due to some mature subject matter. Purchase tickets to-day at http://www.byrnes-performingarts.org.

Friends of the Arlington Library Book Sale: Great books available at bargain prices at the Friends of the Arlington Library book sale. Something for every-one. November’s theme is cookbooks. Proceeds sup-port the Arlington Library. Held Wednesday, Nov. 9, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Un-Wine'd Wednes-days: The next Un-Wine'd Wednesday is Nov. 9, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Marysville Opera House. After a long hard day head to the Opera

House for an enjoyable eve-ning. Sit back, relax, enjoy a glass of wine and listen to live Jazz music. Each eve-ning Washington State win-eries will be featured and representatives will be on hand pouring their favor-ites. Snacks and non-alco-holic beverages will also be available for purchase. Co-sponsored by the Marysville Sunrise Rotary Club.

Alzheimer’s Disease – Know the 10 Signs of Ear-ly Detection: Marysville Parks, Culture and Recre-ation will be hosting a free workshop called, “Know the 10 Signs Early Detection Matters.” Presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. If you know someone experi-encing memory loss or be-havioral changes it’s a great workshop to learn the facts about this disease and the

many resources available. This interactive workshop features video clips of peo-ple with Alzheimer’s disease and provides excellent in-formation for families and individuals. The event takes place on Monday, Nov. 14, 10-11 a.m.. Located at the Ken Baxter Community Center 514 Delta Ave. To register or for more details go to www.marysvillewa.gov or call 360-363-8450.

Darrington Jam Sessions: Jams are always on the 3rd Sunday of the month. They start at 1 p.m. and go until 4:30 or 5 p.m. depending on how many musicians show up. Everyone is welcome to come and watch or if they play a bluegrass instrument or sing they can join in the jam. We don't allow any electric instruments except the electric bass and we don't allow drums. After the jam we serve a dinner for everyone. We ask for a donation to help us buy the food. The jam is free The next Jam will be Nov. 13.

AHS Choir Concert: The AHS Choir Concert is Nov. 15, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center. For More informa-tion go to www.byrnesper-formingarts.org.

Blues & Brews Thursdays: The next Blues & Brews Thursday is Nov. 17, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Marysville Opera House. Get a jump on the weekend! Meet up with friends at the Opera House, enjoy a local brew, chat with the brewer all while you lis-ten to some fantastic Blues music. Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will also be available for pur-chase. Co-sponsored by the Marysville Kiwanis Club.

Join Mayor Nehring for coffee Nov. 28: Marysville residents and businesses are invited to discuss city events and issues with Mayor Jon Nehring, 5-6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 28, at the Shoultes Fire

Station, 10701 Shoultes Rd., Marysville. Please RSVP to Executive Assistant/Ana-lyst Leah Tocco by Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 360-363-8091 or [email protected].

AHS Band Concert: The AHS Band Concert is Nov. 17 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center. For More informa-tion go to www.byrnesper-formingarts.org.

Volunteers for Animal Care Wanted: The NOAH Center in Stanwood is look-ing for volunteers. NOAH offers several volunteer op-portunities to help care for their adoptable animals. If you are interested in volun-teering you can go to their website at www.thenoah-center.org or call 360-629-7055.

Jam Session for People with Disabilities: Youth and adults of all abilities are invited to Village Music and Arts Friday jam sessions featuring live music by Jon Dalgarn and Voices of the Village. Bring your own instrument or use theirs. Sessions are every Friday, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 338 North McLeod, Arlington, WA. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Call Michelle at 360-653-7752 ext. 14 for more informa-tion or to sign up.

Youthville Volunteers: Youthville Washington, a local non-profit that focuses on improving the quality of life of vulnerable children, is seeking volunteers for their Marysville location. Contact Joan Hill, develop-ment coordinator, for more information at 425-246-3586 or [email protected]. Go to www.youthville.org for more information.

Low-Cost Acupuncture: Experience the health ben-efits of acupuncture every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Stillagua-

mish Senior Center. Find relief from aches, pains and chronic health condi-tions. Treatment costs $15 ($10 for members). Any-one over 18 welcome. Call 360-653-4551 to schedule an appointment. For more information contact Cole Alexander at [email protected].

Veterans Affairs Help: American Legion Post 178 (119 Cedar Ave, Marys-ville) hosts monthly drop-in hours for veterans seek-ing help with U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) business, from noon to 4 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month. Jer-ry Gadek, Veterans Service Officer from Snohomish County Human Services, along with Post 178 VSOs, help veterans access VA benefits and file disability claims. Legion membership is not required to attend. Contact Legion Post 178 at 360-722-7825 or [email protected] with questions.

Family Night to Battle Ad-diction: The Tulalip Tribes Family Services runs their “Family Night” on the last Tuesday of every month. The dinner and discussion night provides information, support and community ideas on how to help loved ones in their battles with addiction. From 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Juanita Ann-Jones Morales building at 2821 Mission Hill Road, Tulalip. Call 360-716-4400 to RSVP.

Donate Blankets, Towels: Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County is seeking new or very gen-tly used twin blankets and towels (white towels if pos-sible) for victims of domes-tic abuse and their children. Items may be dropped off at the New and Again Thrift Shoppe located at 3116 Rucker Ave., Everett. Con-tact Stephanie Civey, spe-cial events and marketing coordinator at [email protected] or 425-259-2827 ext. 1013 for further information or other drop off locations.

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I know it isn’t really winter yet, but with all the rain and grey skies it sure feels like it. While most of the plants in our gardens are done for the season, there are a few surprises out there that can keep our gardens interesting during these dark and damp days. Here are several that are tried and true that I highly recommend.

Winter heather: While this is a very pedestrian plant for us, it shouldn’t be overlooked. It will bloom from November through May and when properly maintained (you should be shearing your heather right after it finishes blooming in the spring) it can last for years. The flowers come in white or various shade of pink and the plant can be kept around 12 inches tall for many years. Plant heath-er in the sun near the edges of the garden or in rockeries and enjoy its color all winter long.

Sasanqua camellias: Camellias typically come in two forms, the winter bloomers which are the sasanqua varieties and the spring bloomers which are the japonicas. Of course breeders have crossed these two varieties so there are lots of hybrids out there that have traits of both parents. These days you can find all sorts of camellias bloom-ing throughout the winter. A quick trip to the garden center will reveal white, pink, red, single and double bloomers on plants with dark green glossy leaves that can make a nice addition to the north or east side of the garden. Sasanquas can even be trained onto a trellis or espaliered on a wall. I pre-fer the Sasanqua varieties because their flowers are smaller, daintier and usually single, therefore they hold up much better in our win-ter rains. For a winter pick-me-up you can clip several blossoms and float them in a shallow dish or vase.

Fatsia: Known as Japa-nese Aralia, this is a tropical-looking shrub that grows best with some afternoon shade and blooms this time of year with unusual look-ing white flowers. I have

to confess that the flowers are somewhat a n t i - c l i -mactic, for it is the fo-liage that is the strong

suit of this plant. New va-rieties (Camouflage and Spider Web) have striking variegated foliage that will add visual interest to the dark side of the garden. If this plant gets too tall for your garden you can hack it to the ground and it will put out lots of fresh growth and look great for several years, making it very adaptable to the whims of the gardener.

Mahonia: Also known as Oregon Grape, the Maho-nia I want to tell you about is a hybrid that looks quite different from our native variety. Charity, Winter Sun and Lionel Fortesque are three selections that bloom this time of year with bright yellow flowers and have a sweet fragrance that attract hummingbirds like crazy. The foliage is “heavily ar-mored” (which is plant geek talk for prickly or spiny) but the leaves are evergreen, just like all three of the above plants. I should also men-tion that this plant is also a standout in the spring with its bronze new foliage and clusters of blue berries in the summer. Mahonias are tough as nails and can be planted in sun or shade.

Hellebores: A sturdy group of evergreen perenni-als that start blooming now and depending on the vari-eties, can bloom into March. The ones blooming now are known as Christmas Roses and come in shade of pink and white, while the spring bloomers are Oriental Hel-lebores and come in many delicious colors and can be single or double. Both pre-fer some shade and once es-tablished rarely need divid-ing. You can learn all about hellebores this coming Sat-urday at the nursery.

Steve Smith is owner of Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville and you can send your gardening questions to him at [email protected].

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