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BY KIRK [email protected]

ARLINGTON — A split vote and harsh words marked the Arlington City Council’s adoption of a budget for 2012.

While the Council was unanimous in its approval of the proposed tax rate increases intro-duced by Arlington City Administrator Allen Johnson on Monday, Dec. 19, Council members Dick Butner, Marilyn Oertle and Steve Baker voted against the budget concessions

obtained through collective bargaining negotiations with Arlington police offi-cers and firefighters. The trio then voted against the adoption of the 2012 bud-get later that same meet-ing, turning the vote count into a 4-3 passage of the budget.

Johnson advocated for the 0.1 percent public safe-ty sales tax on the grounds that the state has pro-posed to take $90 million in sales tax proceeds from the cities, which would further impact Arlington

public safety programs that Johnson described as understaffed and saddled with significant equipment needs.

“With the sales tax, it’s not just Arlington taxpay-ers who are paying for it,” Johnson said. “A lot of our policing involves policing people from out of town. This way, everyone who spends money in this town will pay for it.”

While the public safety sales tax does not have a sunset clause, the utility tax increases are set to sunset

in three years. Electrical would increase to 6 per-cent, while cable TV and garbage would increase to 8 percent each, from their previous rates of 5 percent each.

The public safety sales tax increase is expected to generate $70,000 in 2012 and $300,000 in 2013, and the utility tax increases are

Council approves 2012 city budget


ARLINGTON — More than two dozen Arlington children were treated to midday holiday shopping excursions alongside area police officers on Saturday, Dec. 17, as the Fraternal Order of Police brought together “Cops and Kids.”

“With the economy the way it’s been, it’s been tough to get money for pro-grams like this,” Snohomish County FOP Lodge President and Arlington Police Sgt. Anthony Davis said. “Especially with as tough as things are, kids might not always look at the police in a positive way. We want them to feel like they can come to us when they need someone to turn to, rather than being scared of us.”

Davis explained that the kids of this year’s “Cops and Kids” were recommended by local school counselors, and benefited from what he deemed “a ton of volunteers,” including law enforcement officers and civilians alike.

“It’s not easy to take that many kids shop-ping and keep track of all of them, espe-

‘Cops and Kids’ helps local families

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Rico Cerecero, left, and Cameron Peters are all smiles as they pick out some holiday shopping treats during ‘Cops and Kids’ at the Arlington Walmart on Dec. 17SEE FAMILIES, PAGE 2

SEE BUDGET, PAGE 2

“There’s plenty to hate in this budget for everybody. I don’t like it, but it’s the best

we can do.”Chris Raezer

Arlington City Council

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cially when they’re given $100 each to spend on gifts,” Davis laughed.

The Arlington Walmart, the Lakewood Target and the Marysville Fred Meyer served as the sites of these holiday shopping sprees, which received support from organizations includ-ing the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, Dwayne Lane Chevrolet, the NASA Restaurant at the Arlington Municipal Airport, Costco, Safeway and John L. Scott Real Estate.

“People who were already shopping at the stores just handed us money,” said Davis, who received $500 from a representative of General Mills that after-noon to go toward next year’s “Cops and Kids.”

Siblings Courtney and Josh Black shared dad Phil’s assessment that their fam-ily probably would have found a way to make do for Christmas even with-out “Cops and Kids,” but they all agreed that it would have been much more of a challenge.

“I don’t normally get presents for my dad,” said

Courtney Black, 11. “All he wanted was something that he’d actually need.”

“We’re just starting to do okay again, but after having been laid off for two years, we’re still not caught up, so this has been a great help,” Phil Black said.

Just as Josh Black, 12, appreciated being given the responsibility of holding the money during his shopping spree, so too did Courtney enjoy the company of the female law enforcement officers who escorted her through the stores’ aisles.

“It’s great that she could go with female officers and see some positive female role models,” Phil said. “As she starts thinking about her future, it shows her what women can do.”

Although Arlington Police Sgt. Kay Schander had assisted Davis in coor-dinating previous holiday shopping trips pairing off children with police offi-cers, this year was his first accompanying the kids as they bought for themselves and their families.

“They were reserved at first, but once they got warmed up, they were ready to go and wanted

to keep on keeping on,” laughed Schander, a father of two who supervised three 9-year-old girls. “They were very nice and well-behaved, though.”

“The best was seeing how much the kids wanted to give other people, and not just buy for themselves,” said Arlington Police Officer Ronnie Johnstone, also a first-time escort to holiday shopping children in “Cops and Kids.”

Amber Peters and Shane Greene were glad to see their sons, Cameron Peters and Jordyn Mooney, treat-ed to such an upbeat expe-rience, especially given Jordyn’s struggles with tem-poral lobe epilepsy from a non-life-threatening but inoperable tumor.

“I had to quit my job to stay home with Jordyn,” Amber said. “I loved my job, but the kids are more important.”

“It’s wonderful how this humanizes law enforce-ment in the eyes of these kids,” Shane said.

All the families inter-viewed extended their thanks to the officers and other volunteers who made “Cops and Kids” possible.

FAMILIES FROM PAGE 1

expected to generate $289,000 in 2012. When coupled with increased property tax rate revenues of $36,000 for 2012, this brings the total tax rate rev-enue increase to $356,000.

“As much as I hate raising taxes, I think we’ve done a good job in being respon-sible with that money,” Council member Chris Raezer said.

Baker differed with this assessment after the votes to approve the bud-get concessions from the International Association of Fire Fighters Local No. 3728 and the Arlington Police Officers Association, which saw local firefighters agree to a Kelly Day reduc-tion of shifts from 15 to 11.5 in 2012, to fill a vacant position and keep them at full staffing without incur-ring mandatory overtime. Johnston estimated the savings at approximate-ly $1,100 per shift for 91 shifts — or 26 bargaining unit members times 3.5 shifts — for a total savings of $100,000 in 2012.

Raezer and Johnson both thanked the leaders and members of the IAFF Local No. 3728 and the

Arlington Police Officers Association for making these concessions in spite of ever-increasing demands on their services.

For Arlington police offi-cers, this will mean cuts in holiday pay, vacation cash-outs and overtime pay, with the first 10 hours of the latter in each month being converted to compensatory time.

“We had signed these agreements with the unions, so they were under no obligation to make these concessions,” Council member Linda Byrnes said. “I’m impressed that they chose to step back from that.”

Before the final vote of the evening, to approve the 2012 budget, Baker offered severe criticisms of the budget process that he deemed a “mess.”

“We weren’t given honest figures,” Baker said. “This is the first time the Council has been asked to fix the budget. We were always given a balanced budget to approve before. This is a temporary fix. We’re going to be dealing with these same problems in June. I know people don’t like to talk about cuts, but most cities and all businesses are doing it. We’re just kick-ing the can down the road,

when the economy is not going to get any better.”

“We’re not a business,” Raezer said. “We provide services to our citizens. How many of those should we be willing to give up? Public safety is police, fire and medical, but it’s also striping on our roads and well-maintained sidewalks. There’s plenty to hate in this budget for everybody. I don’t like it, but it’s the best we can do, and yes, I agree we’ll probably be looking at this again very soon.”

Byrnes countered Baker’s accusations that votes were made with the knowledge that the money wasn’t there to support them, and asserted that economic changes had instead result-ed in previously accurate revenue numbers changing in turn.

As for outgoing Council member Sally Lien, she explained that her vote in favor of the budget was motivated in part by a desire to clear the decks for the incoming Council members.

“I’m not voting for it because I think it’s a good budget,” Lien said. “I don’t think it’s a bad budget. I’m voting for it because it’s a budget, and we need to move on and turn this over to our new Council.”

BUDGET FROM PAGE 1

BY JAKE [email protected]

MARYSVILLE — Marysville-Pilchuck High School’s Life Skills program hosted a Holiday Silent Auction at M-PHS on Dec. 10, the proceeds from which will go toward a new van for the class’s trips and activi-ties.

M-P’s Life Skills class serves M-P students with developmental disabilities and helps them to prepare for the next stage of their lives with job shadowing and participation in work crews.

“It’s about pulling par-ents together and helping students,” M-P Life Skills

teacher Jim Strickland said. “It strengthens connections and tells the community who we are. Any money we raise, of course, goes to the program.”

Blue and white balloons, paper snowflakes and winter wonderland-themed tables bearing Christmas cookies for all to enjoy set a fes-tive mood for the evening’s events. Dinner, Jamba Juice and popcorn were available for all in attendance.

Items up for bidding included jewelry from Cookie Lee Jewelry, a “Scene It?” movie trivia game, an Apple iHome system, a set of golf clubs, fudge and caramel apples from The Fudgery in Marysville, a Gibson “Epiphany Special” electric guitar, a “Toy Story 3” play set, baskets of fruit and chocolate, and a Cookie Master Plus cordless cookie press.

The program’s active and growing parent group sug-gested the auction to raise funds for the program, though they insisted that Angie Wilson, mother of Life Skills student Parker Wilson, came up with the

idea and worked for six weeks to make it happen. Wilson found the auction items through donations from stores and business-es in the Marysville com-munity. Dana Strickland, Jim’s wife, handled the event’s decorations and the arrangement of the gifts. The program spread word of the auction through fly-ers and emails.

“We wouldn’t be here without donations,” Angie Wilson said. “This is just the beginning. We hope to do this next year.”

A 50-50 raffle, of which half the proceeds went to the Life Skills program, was the evening’s entertain-ment.

Zach Keefe, Parker’s cousin and a racer at Deming Speedway, which

donated two family passes and $60 in food vouchers, was in attendance. Keefe’s 1200 Mini Sprint car bears an “Autism Speaks” sticker to support those in need.

At the end of the night the program had raised a total of $1,567.

Anyone can make dona-tions to the nonprofit Parker’s Cure through U.S. Bank, Wilson said

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ARLINGTON — They consider themselves one of the best-kept secrets in the area, albeit not by choice, so on Friday, Dec. 16 the organizers of the Blue Sky Swap Meet at the Arlington Municipal Airport did their best to get the word out for themselves and for Operation Homefront.

The Blue Sky Christmas Festival ran for 11 hours in the hangar at 19010 59th Dr. NE that serves as the swap meet’s regular site, and generated $1,800 in dona-tions toward Operation Homefront’s annual holiday toy drive.

“Operation Homefront partnered with the Dollar Tree to purchase the kids’ toys with donations from the community,” said Christina Vasquez, event coordinator for Operation Homefront of Washington. “Laberta and Dale Pitcher, the proprietors of the Blue Sky Swap Meet, donated their space for this event, and we’re already

talking with them about a baby shower for hundreds of mothers on March 24 of next year, where people could donate clothes as well.”

The Blue Sky Swap Meet touts itself as an indoor, heated, secure, lit and dry flea market and craft fair, where the Pitchers estimate they’ve seen about 6,000 browsers and shoppers walk through since the start of October this year.

“Our first Saturday, we saw 216 people,” Dale Pitcher said on Dec. 16. “We aver-age between 360-420 people per Saturday now, although we’ve had up to 432. We have 76 vendor spaces available, and we had 52 vendors here this Friday.”

From the amount of foot-traffic they receive, Dale and Laberta believe that they have an opportunity to serve a couple of community needs, not only for thrifty shopping, but also for folks who are looking to sell their wares because a number of them are unable to support themselves in the current economy otherwise.

“A lot of them have been laid off and can’t find jobs because they’re too old or they’re handicapped in some

other way,” Dale Pitcher said. “That’s why we try to make the lease and keep the lights on, even though we’re not really making any money ourselves.”

Vasquez thanked the Pitchers for helping to chan-nel support back to mili-tary families in need, which Operation Homefront also serves through its Backpack Brigade, an annual event that collects new backpacks filled with school supplies for the school-aged children of military families.

“Each year, Operation Homefront chapters help military families get their children ready to go back to school,” Vasquez said. “This assistance allows families to focus on the other important back-to-school expenses, like new clothes and shoes. Taking some of the finan-cial pressure off during that important time of year ensures that military kids can begin their school year with pride and confidence. In 2009 alone, more than 19,000 backpacks were pro-vided to military children.”

For more information on the Blue Sky Swap Meet, call the Pitchers at 360-913-8181.

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Mendoza Family Grateful for Community SupportIt has been almost

two months since the Mendoza family was faced with the tragic loss of their son Juan. The last two months have not been easy on the Mendoza family but with the help of their faith and the support from the Marysville community it has

helped with the grief and the loss that they have endured.

The Mendoza family would like to thank the following business and people for being so kind in a time of need and coming together as a community to assist in this tragic event.

The Mendoza family Businesses:AlbertsonsAmericas Business CenterChristianos PizzaClear ImageDorian PhotographyEl Cielo Funeral HomeEverett HeraldFelix ConnectionFred MeyerGetchell High Students & StaffHome Street BankJackson High SchoolLa Raza de Nuestro NoroestoLas Margaritas – EverettLegacy SoccerMarysville GlobeMarysville LDS ChurchMarysville Pilchuck High Students & StaffMarysville RotaryMarysville School DistrictMarysville Youth SoccerNorth Sound SoccerOlive GardenShaefer Shipman Funeral HomeSt. Mary’s ChurchTacos El ReyTulalip Tribe

is sure that some names have been missed but are truly grateful for everyone that helped during this journey with prayers, kind words, and wonderful support that they were given. We all know that Juan was a very special individual and will be missed dearly.

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MARYSVILLE — Misako Sevon has been dancing since the fifth grade, but other than a role in a production of Pinocchio last year, it wasn’t until late this year that the 16-year-old Marysville Getchell High School sopho-more became part of a major production.

“I’m one of the fight-ing mice,” Sevon laughed, acknowledging that “my part isn’t as big” in the 2011 Pacific Northwest Ballet production of “The Nutcracker.”

Her role nonetheless required her to attend 10 lengthy rehearsals early in November, to prepare for the 36 performances of the holi-day classic between Nov. 25 and Dec. 27 at Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.

“It’s been hard to keep up with school, with the late-night rehearsals and perfor-mances, so I’ve had to skip a

few days and then make up,” said Sevon, who trained at the Pilchuck Dance Academy and Northwest Dance and Acro.

While Sevon’s fighting mouse mask makes it hard for her to see while she’s dancing, she enjoys the free-dom it gives her to “go crazy” onstage.

“It’s an honor to dance with the members of the com-pany,” Sevon said. “It’s really inspiring. If you haven’t seen ‘The Nutcracker’ live, you need to because it’s so beau-tiful.”

Marysville dancer in ‘The Nutcracker’

Misako Sevon


MARYSVILLE — Five years ago, the Marysville Community Lunch non-profit group started serving hot meals to the homeless in the Ebey Waterfront and Comeford parks.

Two years ago, the Marysville Community L u n c h moved into the base-ment of the E v e r g r e e n U n i t a r i a n Universalist Fel lowship C h u r c h , at Fourth Street and C o l u m b i a Avenue, where their volun-teers still serve free meals to those in need starting at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

This coming Christmas Day, the Marysville Community Lunch will move its Friday serving to Saturday, Dec. 25, start-ing at 1 p.m., with gifts from the Mountain View Presbyterian Church’s “giv-ing tree” to follow.

Teri Branan, who took over the Marysville Community Lunch from Kay Cannell after her passing two years ago, explained that the group’s needs remain much the same, except for the degree of need among those they serve.

“We average about 37-40

diners per meal, but we can get as many as 50 in a sit-ting,” Branan said. “There’s no RSVPs, so we just cook for 50-plus people.”

Within the past year, the Marysville Community Lunch has seen two of its frequent guests pass away, at the same time that they’ve gained a small group of

young adults among their patrons.

“It just reminds us how dear those old guests have become to us,” Branan said. “We’re trying our best to get

the young ones to trust us, but it seems like they’ve just been so hurt that they’re keeping us at arm’s length.”

Among the more familiar returnees, some of whom Branan remembered seeing back when the Marysville Community Lunch still took place in the parks, she reported that they help the volunteers set the tables beforehand and clean up afterward, taking a sense of pride and ownership in the thrice-weekly meal.

“I’ve never had to call the police on them,” Branan said, before laughing, “I have had to be ‘Mom’ with a few of them, though.”

Branan credited the Evergreen Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and Mountain View

Presbyterian churches with helping to sustain the Marysville Community Lunch through offerings from their congregations, and thanked the folks who have anonymously donated cans of soup, vegetables and even entire turkeys, but she emphasized the degree of need that still exists.

Among the items that count as valuable gifts to the

homeless and needy diners are disposable hand warm-ers, gloves, hats, sleeping bags, small-denomination food gift cards for Safeway and Albertsons, and water-proof clothing, all of which Branan would welcome as donations to the Marysville Community Lunch.

“We give them their gifts in black garbage bags,” Branan said. “They’ve got-

ten hurt because we’ve given them things that were too nice before. If it’s too sparkly or new, they’ll get jumped for it.”

However cold the weather and the treatment they encounter outside, Christmas Day offers the Marysville Community Lunch patrons the chance to have their food brought to them once a year, rather

than lining up for it cafete-ria-style.

“People don’t look at them as being human out there,” Branan said. “In here, they get presents with their names on them, and they’re so thankful.”

For more information, call Branan at 360-658-4472 or look up “Marysville Community Lunch” on Facebook.

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From left, Marysville Community Lunch volunteers Mary Bradley and Terry Luton serve a hot meal to Michelle Nielson on Dec. 16.

BERET A. DUNN

Navy Seaman Recruit Beret Dunn, daughter of Patricia A. Dunn of Seattle, Wash. and James W. Dunn, of Marysville, Wash., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

During the eight-week program, Dunn completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practi-cal instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety.

The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations.” This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. “Battle Stations” is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. Its distinctly ‘’Navy’’ flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a Sailor.

Dunn is a 2011 graduate of Marysville-

Pilchuck High School.

DOY L. LAPU

Navy Seaman Doy L. Lapu, brother of Christy M. Tala of Marysville, Wash., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.

During the eight-week program, Lapu completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practi-cal instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety.

The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations.” This exercise gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. “Battle Stations” is designed to galvanize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment. Its distinctly ‘’Navy’’ flavor was designed to take into account what it means to be a Sailor.

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Marysville Community Lunch

The scene: Members of a Snohomish County school board stopped for coffee

when returning from a visit to the Education Services District (ESD) facility in Mount Vernon. Matt, the board’s chairman, said, “This isn’t a meeting, you know.”

Liz: “Gotcha. No official business, go easy on the shop talk. Even so, let’s try not to waste each other’s time like in the board room last week.”

Larry: “Yeah. The press really creamed us after the last budget ses-sion. ‘School Board spends two hours playing what-if.’ Trouble is, they were right.”

Anica: “So? We’d just found out that even after the last round of cuts, we’re still dealing with about nine dollars for every ten dollars of need. The press wanted all the answers. We didn’t have them. We still don’t.”

Matt: “Well, we can’t sit on our hands. We’re pretty much agreed on across-the-board cuts with excep-tions. You know, so everyone feels the squeeze.”

Larry: “That’ll be different. Usually when we squeeze, we dodge upset-ting the community by limiting cuts to areas that are less visible, cutting program without seriously offending voters. We obviously need a different way of looking at this mess.”

Matt: “If you’re about to lay a sug-gestion on us, do try to keep it theo-retical. We can’t let this become a meeting so please, try to stay within the spirit, if not the letter of the law.”

Larry: “Okay. Well, first off, given the funds we have to work with, it’s impossible to do everything well. In focusing on things that most deserve support, then other areas will suf-fer. That is if we’re of one mind that certain parts of our program must thrive no matter what.

Liz: “We know that. Just which sacred cows would you have us slaughter?”

Anica: “Sacred cows? We have an entire herd of them. They’re all sacred. Threaten any one of ‘em and

there’s hell to pay. That’s our prob-lem.”

Liz: “Or maybe we should consider losing part of the cobbled-up mission public schools have taken on. It’s all costly.”

Matt: “Cobbled up mission?”Liz: “Uh-huh. Educate the citizen-

ry, run a college-prep program, be society’s biggest day-care system, run extracurricular activities, minister to every kind of exceptional kid. Maybe it’s too much even for normal times.”

Larry: “The reality is, with salaries accounting for the lion’s share of the budget, there’s no way we can bal-ance the books by tinkering with slivers of the pie-chart. We have to cut more staff!”

Mindy: “Sorry, Larry, but we’ve already cut staff to where it’s unlikely that any program can thrive. I know that this won’t fly, but we might take a look at how much could be saved by dropping athletics.”

Larry: “Are you out of your head? Most of our voters reach for the sports page first. Sports! Aside from their own kids, they don’t give a damn about academic achievement.”

Anica: “Whoa! First, I’m biased here because my kids are athletes. You have to consider that the average GPA of athletes is higher than that of the general student population. Doesn’t that say that sports bolster any school’s academic standing?”

Liz: “Normally, I agree with you, Ani, but you’re pushing a bad cor-relation. A varsity team is made up of the strongest, healthiest, quickest-thinking kids in school. Sure, they have better GPAs but that’s due to genes, not high school sports.”

Matt: “It’s not a new thought. Listen to a few things I picked up cruising the web; Minnesota pro-posed trimming back the number of games per season. Tournaments, too. Virginia’s Lee County is about to cut athletics, depending on what their state assembly comes up with. Oregon’s north Clackamas and Forest Grove districts have stopped funding cross-country, swimming, tennis and golf. Eugene cut $400,000 from its athletic budget. Florida’s High School Athletic Association is planning cuts to every sport except football. How’s that for a sacred cow?”

Larry: “Sacred? Yes, but we have to remember that public school sports are more than an activity. They’re rooted in local culture. Dads and granddads played sports and spend their Friday nights watching their kids play. I’m warning you, guys. Mess with this at your peril.”

Liz: “Larry, dear, that was shame-fully sexist and I totally disagree. Given the budget shortfall and what already done to classroom education, we can’t leave anything off the table. No, no, no. I totally oppose wimpy behavior like Florida’s in singling out football. Let’s show some courage here.”

Larry: “Sorry Liz. I just think it’s wise to remember that there will be consequences and that it’ll be up to us to deal with that, too.

Matt: “Are we getting anywhere?”Anica: “ Maybe. We’ve stirred

some new thoughts, but like you said, this isn’t the proper time or place to bring them up.”

Matt: “Anyone else?”Mindy: “I’m okay. I think my

mind’s in a better frame for our next scheduled meeting.” She stands and collects her purse. “Time to go now. Kids will be coming home soon.”

Matt: “Thanks, guys. Coffee’s on me.”

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First, our high school foot-ball team was an awesome force this year, taking the school to the playoffs for the first time in 17 years. This is due in part to the immense support of the community. This year’s team was incredible. What made it more incredible was the community’s focus on the school, the team, and the coaches throughout the entire season. I think Lakewood may be one of the only school districts around where al the schools wear the high school team colors. We wear them proudly.

Second, as librar-ian at English Crossing and Lakewood Elementary Schools, I have lived through incred-ible times in the last year. We took a K-2nd grade school and a grades 3-5 school, redrew lines within the district and transformed both schools into K-5 configurations. This was accomplished by the amaz-ing work of teachers, support and facilities staff, many who worked without pay for count-less days this summer. The people who choose to work at Lakewood are special. They give 150 percent, because they love this place and the people here. I’m truly proud of the people I work with, and grate-ful to be a part of the team.

Third, I recently finished running two book fairs dur-ing conference week. Not only were parents supportive in helping out, we sold a record number of books for kids to read and raising more money to help stock the newly recon-figured libraries. Seeing our parents visiting the book fair reminded me again how lucky we are to have such a wonder-ful community. My sincere thanks to the community for a wonderful book fair.

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According to Jennifer B u t l e r of OCC, A r l i n g t o n r e s i d e n t s went from packing 830 g i f t - f i l l e d s h o e b o x e s for OCC last year to pack-ing 1,006 OCC gift boxes this year. While Marysville residents went from packing 901 gift-filled shoeboxes for OCC last year to packing 603 OCC gift boxes this year, Butler emphasized that both Marysville and Arlington residents can still log onto the OCC website, at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ, to take advantage of its “Build a Box” program on behalf of

needy children overseas.“It’s a simple, quick, yet

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Heacock, 15, led a party of vol-unteers last September in building a bridge for a new park that is being built on the former Doleshel Tree Farm property on 67th Avenue north of 88th Street, near Kellogg Marsh Elementary.

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Eagle Scouts have continued to make lasting contributions around Marysville, most notably through community service projects that have improved and beautified our Parks system, adding enjoyment and convenience for park users.

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In re:THE PHILIP AND ROSEMARY BONADONA 2001 TRUST, dated November 29,2001Decedents.

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§19050)Notice is hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above-referenced decedent that all persons having a claim against the decedent are required to file said claim as fol- lows:With the Trustees of the Trust dated November 29, 2001, of which decedents were the Sett- lors, at the following address:Gina M. MarianiAttorney at Law1325 High StreetAlameda, CA 94501The claims must be presented within the later of four months after first publication of notice to creditors or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, 60 days after the date this Notice is mailed or personally delivered to you. Otherwise, you must petition to file a late claim as provided in Probate Code §19103. A claim form may be obtained from the Court Clerk’s Office.For your protection, you are en- couraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receiptrequested.Dated: December 2, 2011/s/GINA M. MARIANI, Attorney for The Trustees of the Philip and Rosemary Bonadona 2001 Trust, dated November 29, 2001.Published: December 14, 21, 28, 2011. #558457

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The personal representative named below has been appoint- ed 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 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 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: D e - cember 21, 2011Clarinda J. Zent, Personal Repre- sentative Attorney for Personal Representa- tive: David E. Duskin, WSBA #5598Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 18822422 S.R. 9 N.E.Arlington, WA 98223Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Snohomish County Superior Court, Cause No. 11-4-01648-5 Published: December 21, 28, 2011, January 4, 2012. #562803

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ARLINGTON — Arlington clicked on all cylinders in the first half, but Lake Stevens came alive and took control after halftime to earn a 72-70 comeback win in Arlington’s gym.

The difference between the Vikings’ first and second-half performances were night and day.

“Their coach got them fired up,” Arlington head coach Nick Brown said. “We were flat defensively and gave up a 14-point run (in the third quarter).”

Eagle senior guard Marcus Bryson scored nine of his 12 points off of three three-pointers in the game’s opening minutes. Junior post Dan Boyden, who finished with 13 points on the night, connected on a tip-in to put Arlington out to an 11-4 lead.

Lake Stevens survived the Eagles’ early scoring streak, however, by pulling down offensive rebounds and keeping their pos-sessions alive, even as taller Arlington play-ers helped over on defense.

Arlington senior post Bo Brummel and junior guard Terry Dawn both hit a pair of free throws to put Arlington up 15-7. Two more Dawn free throws made it 17-7 at the end of the first quarter.

Bryson and Eagle senior guard Conner Davis hit a three-pointer each to put the Eagles up 23-16. Dawn cleaned up a rebound in front of the basket and put it back for two points and a 25-19 advantage.

Lake Stevens would not fold. They held steady in the rebounding battle and hit enough shots to keep stride.

The Eagles led 27-21 after Terry Dawn was fouled while rolling to the basket and converted the complementary free throw.

Lake Stevens hit a triple to cut it close at 28-26.

Senior post D.J. Smith sank a tip-in in front of the basket and Dawn cruised to the basket for a layup over a Viking defender who took an unsuccessful charge. Dawn hit a midrange bucket from the left moments later for a narrow 34-30 lead.

Lake Stevens blocked Arlington’s buzzer-

beater attempt as time expired to trail only 34-30 at the half.

Viking junior guard Jared Rahn hit a three-pointer right out of halftime to pull his team to 34-33. Lake Stevens collected quick baskets to force Arlington, trailing for the first time at 37-34 in the third quarter, to call a timeout.

Lake Stevens junior guard Devin Stoen’s jump shot and a Viking three-pointer on the next possession forced another Eagle timeout with a 42-34 Viking advantage.

Brummel cut left across the key for an uncontested layup off of an Arlington entry pass from the baseline. Stoen returned the favor by cutting behind Arlington’s defend-ers who helped stop the strong side penetra-tion.

Boyden hit a shot from the middle of the key. Brummel muscled up and scored in the post with two defenders on him to put the Eagles back within 10 points at 50-40.

Arlington pushed the ball into the post

Lake Stevens escapes Arlington with win


ARLINGTON — Arlington wrestling host-ed Lakewood, Marysville Getchell and Granite Falls high schools for an ear-ly-season double-dual on Dec. 14.

Arlington faced Granite Falls in their opener before battling Lakewood in the Crosstown Showdown, the historic rivalry series between the Eagles and the Cougars. Lakewood’s first match was against Getchell.

“Let’s make a statement of who we are, right now,” Lakewood coach Tom O’Hara told his wrestlers before the matches began. “Leave it all on the mat.”

Arlington traded points in both matches but came out on top, 39-33 over Granite Falls and 45-36 over Lakewood, to finish the night undefeated and win the Crosstown Showdown trophy. Lakewood finished the night 0-2.

“Our heavyweight and our 126-pounder were out,” Arlington coach Rick Iversen

said. “We gave up 12 points in that match (against the Cougars). Our 170-pounder (senior) Brandon Chase was the wrestler of the night.”

Logan Corbin of Granite Falls pinned Eagle freshman Clayton Hunter after 1:30, GF’s Chris Jenkins pinned Arlington sophomore Wes Conley after 40 seconds and GF’s Adam Groff pinned Eagle sophomore Conner Holdoway after 2:46. Ethan Short gave Granite Falls its fourth pin by downing Eagle freshman Jared Brock-Anderson after 2:54. Moses Sun of Glacier Falls out-scored senior Blake Thuline, 8-4, and Nathan Woldstad pinned Eagle freshman Erik Davis after 24 seconds.

But Arlington sopho-more Bryce Thomas scored a technical fall over GF’s Riley Hanson by a score of 22-5 and sophomore Scotty Bardell outlasted Tysen Campbell in three rounds, 6-4. Eagle senior Shawn Berg beat Tommy Eadie 11-1, Chase felled Granite Falls’ Andrew Jackson, 3-2, and sophomore Jake Ferro pinned Mike Poyner after 1:52. Arlington senior Blake

McPherson, and freshmen Gareth Henderson and Tanner Gaskin won via for-feit because Glacier Falls had no opponents available for the bouts.

Lakewood’s Drake Mosteller pinned Getchell’s Kyle Espinoza and Cougars Beau Wells, Alex Norton, John Westercamp, Dan Brower and Jeff Harrison all won decisions, but Getchell’s five pins, two decisions and a forfeit win gave the Chargers the win.

The Crosstown Showdown, the night’s main event, was a pin-fest.

Conley pinned Lakewood’s Hunter Olsen after 1:04. Cougar Sawyer Almasi pinned Eagle soph-omore Conner Holdoway after 3:27. Lakewood’s Tanner Stewart pinned Brock-Anderson after 1:02. Eagle sophomore Scotty Bardell pinned Jeremy Peterson after 18 seconds. Cougar Nolan Bingaman pinned Thuline after 3:47 and Cougar Waylon Gwyther pinned Davis after 1:16. Berg pinned Lakewood’s Nick Kragseth 1:52. Chase pinned Dan

Brower after 5:11. Ferro pinned Brandon Kilham after 1:29. McPherson pinned Jeff Harris 3:54. Lakewood’s Tug Giorgio pinned Henderson after 1:26. Cougar Tristan Nelson pinned Gaskin after 1:39.

Hunter received a for-feit victory and sopho-more Bryce Thomas out-lasted Lakewood’s Drake Mosteller, 8-5.

“We had some guys out and (Arlington) had some guys out,” O’Hara said. “It

was a tough night, but a good one. I thought we wrestled our best in the second match. We fought hard and didn’t give up, but what we didn’t do is the moves we worked on in practice.”

Eagles win Crosstown Showdown

Arlington junior guard Terry Dawn shoots a three-pointer over Lake Stevens junior center Tory Rothgeb in a Wesco 4A league game on Dec. 13.SEE EAGLES, PAGE 12

Arlington seniors Blake Thaline, left, and Shawn Berg hold the Crosstown Showdown trophy and celebrate with their Eagle varsity wrestling team on Dec. 14.


ARLINGTON — Santa made an appearance at Arlington High School to take holiday photos with fans during the Lady Eagles’ matchup against the Lady Panthers of Snohomish on Dec. 16.

The Eagles made it a holly jolly night for themselves by overpowering the Panthers for a 52-39 win.

“Last game (Dec. 14 against Lake Stevens) we had a lack of energy, so we want-ed to come out hot,” junior guard Krista Showalter said. “I’d say we did pretty well, since we won by 13.”

Showalter, senior guard Megan Abdo and senior forward Stefanie Schmuck attacked the basket with strong drives to the base-line, willing their team to a 15-1 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Eagles outscrapped

the Panthers as they dove for loose balls and pushed the ball down the court.

Senior center Kaiti Ferro patrolled the paint and swooped in to clean up on rebounds. When Arlington missed a basket, they earned free throws instead.

“We stepped our game up and got into the post,” junior forward Lindsay Brown said. “We got every-body the ball.”

Showalter snuffed out Snohomish’s passes to the post and found Abdo run-ning the sideline to bull rush the Panther defense in transition.

Arlington went to a full-court double-team trap inside of a minute left in the first half and led 23-11 at intermission after Ferro snuck behind the Panther defense for a lay-in as the half expired.

Junior forward Lindsay Brown blocked a Panther

fast break layup to put Snohomish’s offense in its place.

The Eagles rarely fired from outside because Snohomish did not force them to.

Schmuck waved her arms as she stood unguarded behind two Panther defend-ers beneath the basket and converted easy basket after easy basket throughout the night. Ferro made herself at home in the post as well, drawing fouls as she mus-cled up with drop steps and power dribbles.

Brown was a hot target in the fourth quarter as she broke the Panther defense and powered through a foul to score. Abdo nailed a three-pointer from the top of the arc when the defense crashed down to stop Brown’s penetration.

“I’ve been working on my power moves and getting two feet on the ground,” Brown

said. “I get confidence and a lot of and-ones.”

Snohomish fired three-pointers, down 50-39 with little over a minute left in the fourth, but the shots would not fall and Arlington secured its second confer-ence win of the year.

Brown and senior guard Jensen Evans led the Eagles in scoring with 13 points each. Showalter racked up three points, eight assists and four steals.

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away, but the Eagles weren’t done.

Dawn hit a three from top of the arc and sophomore guard Gavin Smoke hit an

open three of his own.The Vikings led 58-48 to

end the third quarter.Boyden hit a jumper from

the free throw line and Dawn hit one of two free throws and connected on a low-post power shot, but Stoen hit a jumper from the top of the

key to put his team up 64-54 with 5:25 to go.

Dawn retaliated with a strong scoop-and-score down the lane and a three-pointer on the Eagles’ next trip down the floor. The score was 70-62 Lake Stevens after Dawn hit another pair of free throws

with 2:32 left.Brummel backed his man

down, spun and hit a low-post shot to pull within five at 70-65.

Lake Stevens missed a three-pointer, Arlington grabbed the rebound and Dawn was fouled on a put-

back. He sank two free throws and Arlington trailed 70-67 with 1:10 left.

Arlington had to foul to stop the clock with 40 sec-onds left. The Vikings missed the 1-and-1 free throw and Arlington hurried to look for a shot, but head coach Nick Brown called timeout with 18 seconds remaining.

Dawn missed from down-town with 4.6 seconds to go and had to foul to stop the clock. The Vikings hit two free throws for a 72-67 lead. He sank a buzzer-beating three-pointer for his 30th point of the night, however, as Lake Stevens, up by more than three and seeking to avoid a foul, backed off to the other end of the court to solidify the win.

“We went flat defensively and got away from the things we wanted to do,” Brown said. “They had an answer for everything we did. I thought we had a good shot to win at the end, but it didn’t work out.”

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Christmas ProgramDecember 18, 6:00pm

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service5:00pm

Christmas Day Service10:00am

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Tea following at 12:00 p.m.Non-Denominational • All Welcome

5202-116th St. NE, Marysville 360-658-9822

(one mile north of Fred Meyer on Shoultes Rd. at 116th St. NE)

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Christmas Morning Mass in Arlington at 9 a.m.Christmas Day Mass in Darrington at Noon

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Join us…building Faith, Hope and Love

IMMACULATE CONCEPTIONCATHOLIC CHURCH

1200 East 5th, Arlington • 435-8565Pastor: Fr. Jim Dalton

Reconciliation ................................ Saturday 4:30 p.m.Vigil Mass ...................................... Saturday 5:30 p.m.Sunday Morning Mass .................................. 9:00 a.m.Sunday Mass .............................................. 12:00 p.m.

in Darrington at St. John Vianney

CATHOLIC

First Baptist Churchwww.Fbcarlington.com

Worship Service ............................................................ 10:30A.M.Sunday School for all ages .................................................. 9A.M.Nursery provided: Infants - 3 years old for both services

Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.Wednesday: Awana and Senior High Youth

BAPTIST

FOURSQUARE

LUTHERAN

Pastor Rick Long & Pastor Luke Long

Sunday Worship - 8:30 and 11:00 amWeekly Bible Studies Youth Ministry

Meeting at Peace Lutheran • 1717 Larson Rd in Silvana

Engaging Worship...Encouraging Message

www.falconridgefellowship.com

360-474-8888

Sundays 10:30 am

Now meeting at the old Arlington HS auditorium on French Street

Sundays 10:00 amArlington Free Methodist Church

730 E. Highland Dr., Arlington, 360-435-8986Early Sermon …………………………………… 8:15A.M.Sunday School for all ages ……………………… 9:00A.M.Sunday Worship Service ……………………… 10:30A.M.

(Signing for the hearing impaired. Nursery Provided.)Wednesday Dinner ……………………………… 5:00P.M.Wednesday AWANA ……………………………… 6:10P.M.Wednesday Youth Group ………………………… 6:15P.M.

METHODIST

Life Points9:30AM Sunday

Celebration Service10:30AM Sunday

Family Focus7:00PM Wednesday

You Are Welcome Here201 N. Stillaguamish Avenue

www.arlingtonassembly.com 360.435.8981

Bible teaching, upbeat music, friendly and casual atmosphere

CTK Arlington – 10:00am SundaysPresidents Elementary - 505 E. Third StreetPastor Rick Schranck 1-888-421-4285 x813

CTK Lake Stevens – 10:00am SundaysTeam Fitness - 1109 Frontier Circle East

Pastor Cary Peterson 1-888-421-4285 x811

The Smokey Point Church Of ChristSimply Christians

It really is not important that you are happy with your religion, what is important is that God is happy with your religion.

Are you tired of all the hype and materialism found in so many religious groups these days? God has already shown us what true religion is. At the Smokey Point church of Christ we are committed to the open study and honest application of God’s word. It may not be entertaining but it sure brings a rest from the burden of sin. Isn’t that the whole point of religion? Let’s talk about it. 360-939-2080

8526 – 35th Ave. NE, Arlington, WA, 98223(7/10 mile north of Smokey Point off of Smokey Pt. Blvd.)

Sunday morning classes for all ages .......... 9:30 a.m.Sunday morning worship ........................... 10:30 a.m.Sunday evening worship ............................. 5:00 p.m.Wednesday night classes for all ages ......... 7:00 p.m.

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CHURCHMeeting in Seventh Day Adventist Church

713 Talcott • Arlington

Pastor G.W. O’Neil • 360-445-2636 • 360-421-0954

A new and unique Christian Churchdesigned with you in mind.

Sunday Worship 11a.m. - Noon

SENIORS ARE LOVED AND WELCOME!

BAPTIST

Church of Christ92nd Street

4226 92nd Street NE, Marysville • 360-653-2578Sunday Morning Worship Services 10:30 am

Dennis Niva, MinisterHear the Sunday Morning sermon on the web

92ndstchurchofchrist.org

(Non-Denominational & Non-instrumental)

CHURCH OF CHRIST

SHOULTES GOSPEL HALL5202-116th St. NE, Marysville • 658-9822

Sunday Remembrance Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Bible Teaching & Sunday School . . . . . . . . . .11 a.m. Evening Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 p.m.Monday Family Bible Hour (Sept.-May) . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.Wednesday Prayer and Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m.

Non-Denominational • All Welcome

METHODIST

“Family Oriented — Bible Centered”6715 Grove St., Marysville • 360-659-7117

Hillside Christian Preschool 360-659-8957

Marysville Free Methodist Church

Classic Worship Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:15A.M.Kidz’ Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00A.M.Casual Worship Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00A.M.Oasis Service, Family Style (Wednesday) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00P.M.Student Ministries (Jr. High-Wednesday) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00P.M.Student Ministries (Sr. High-Thursday) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30P.M.

Groups for Children, Youth, College/Career, Young Marrieds, Families and Seniors

MOUNTAINSIDE FELLOWSHIP COWBOY CHURCH

360-386-8703

Wednesday 7 p.m. and Sunday 10:30 a.m.PASTOR FRED MOORE

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OTHER

Word of Fire Christian Center“Is Not My Word Like A Fire” (Jeremiah 23:29)

Meeting at 1059 State St, Suite GNext to Golden Corral RestaurantSunday School 10:30 -11:15 amTuesday Night Bible Study 5 pm

Pastors: Lee & Flora Rush 360-840-3755

SUNDAY SERVICE — 11:30am

MARYSVILLE — City of Marysville employees recently collected 5,519 food items and nearly 300 toys for families in need during the holidays, along with $3,583 to purchase yet more food and toys for the Marysville Community Food Bank.

In a head-to-head clash of

city departments, only one could become champion (of those in need) in the city’s Holiday Food and Toy Bowl, and that title went to the team of Streets and Surface Water divisions in Public Works. Their employees raised the most food items — 1,391 or about 70 items per employee

— while the combined team of Parks and Recreation and the Cedarcrest Golf Course collected the most toys — 118 — according to city Public Works Administrative Services Manager Tonya Miranda, who tracked dona-tions on behalf of the city Wellness Committee that

coordinated the challenge. The winners were based on the per-employee totals for their teams.

The trophy-winning team was announced at the annual Employee Holiday Luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Ken Baxter Community Center, where Marysville

Mayor Jon Nehring com-mended the employees for their outstanding job.

“I would like to express my deep appreciation to all who participated,” Nehring

said. “At this time of year, city employees’ efforts to give back to the community they serve is greatly appreciated. The competition was a lot of fun for a good cause.”

City employees collect for families in need15December 21, 2011

Rev. Robert E. Miller

Rev. Rober t E. Miller born August 20, 1918 in Kremlin, MT went to be with his Lord December 8, 2011 in Gig Harbor, WA. He attended schools in Idaho, Wapato, WA and Northwest Bible Institute in Kirkland, WA. Robert lettered in football, baseball, basketball and track. He served in the U.S. Army for 2 ½ years. and was a 50 year Assembly of God minister.

He is survived by wife of 71 years, Frieda R. Miller; son Jerry (Anita) Miller; daughter Carol (Larry) Stimmel; 6 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, with one on the way. He was preceded in

August 20, 1918 — December 8, 2011

death by parents Herman & Flossie Miller, brothers Lauren and Laurel and sister Floise.

Visitation was held Sunday, Dec. 18 from 4-8 p.m. at Tuell-McKee Funeral Home, 2215 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253-272-1414. Services were held on

Monday, Dec. 19 at 10:30 at Tuell-McKee. Graveside services followed at Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, WA.

Thank you so much to everyone at Stafford at Ridgemont in Port Orchard, Family First Artondale, Gig Harbor and Hospice.

Please sign on-line guestbook www.tuellmckee.com.

Ora Hathaway Klein

On December 13, 2011 our mother and companion crossed over to be with her Lord. She was 94 years on this earth. She will be remembered for her dedication and love for family and friends. She was the beacon that kept us from landing on rocky shores and will be remembered fondly for her wonderful food and spirit. She was born October 1, 1917 in Everett, the daughter of Laura Elliott and James Hazen and resided in Everett.

Ora married Claire Hathaway October 15, 1937 in Everett, WA and later married her second husband Eugene Klein in June of 1995.

Ora worked for the Marysville School District. She was a member of the Marysville Moose and an officer, Power Squadron, Everett Yacht Club,

October 1, 1917 — December 13, 2011

and 4-H Leadership. She enjoyed art, painting, crafting and boating.

Ora Hathaway Klein is survived by 3 daughters and 3 sons, Mel (Barbara) Hathaway, Mike (Carole) Hathaway, George Beykovsky, Barbara Beykovsky, Andrea Sternin, and Ima Tawayaga, stepsons Roman (Lynn) Klein, Gerald (Suzie) Klein, Chet (Lori) Klein, Patrick (Elaine) Klein and Douglas (Cindy) Klein, stepdaughter, Jo Whippo, 13 step grandchildren and 12 step great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by 2 brothers and 3 sisters.

A funeral service was held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, December 17, 2011 at St. Phillip Episcopal Church in Marysville, WA

Memorial contributions are suggested to Hospice and Home Care of Snohomish County.

Chester Jensen

Chester Jensen, 89, went into the loving arms of the Lord, December 4, 2011 at home in Manson, WA. He left us thankful for and inspired by his warmth, courage, strength, love and caring for family & friends.

Chester was born March 9, 1922 to Jens & Anna Jensen in Arlington, WA. He was proud to serve his country in the Coast Guard and Air Force. He was a talented cabinet maker, following in his grandfather & father’s footsteps as well as passing on this family tradition to his son and grandson. He was a dedicated family man who shared his passion for the UW Huskies, sports, golf, fishing and travel with us. He was generous and kind, opening his heart & home to others. He loved to laugh, leaving us with an abundance of many happy occasions and memories.

March 9, 1922 — December 4, 2011

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Lucille; children, Joan (Chas) Pauly; Mark (Mar ie) Jensen; Shelley (Ted) Mi l ler; g ra ndch i ld ren, Alex, Samantha, Daniel, Chelsea, Josh, Jessica, Riley & Carly; great-grandchild, Josh; brother, William

(Estella) Jensen; brother-in-laws, Edward and Norman Howick; along with many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, January 14 at noon; Beachwood Chapel, Warm Beach Retirement Community, 20420 Marine Drive, Stanwood, WA.

Memorials may be made to The Salvation Army (everettsarmy.org), The Union Gospel Mission (egmission.org), Everett, WA or a charity of choice.

Arrangements by Gilbertson Funeral Home, Stanwood, WA.

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