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Flu season hits Snohomish County BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SPORTS: Seattle’s defense is not only great, it’s predictable. Page 12
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Trista Fure, lead medical assistant with the Community Health Center of Snohomish County in Arlington, vaccinates Stanwood mom Heidi Hubbard against the influenza virus on Jan. 15.
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Flu season has hit Snohomish County, and everyone needs to be protecting themselves. The 2013-14 flu season has resulted in not only 30 hospitalizations due to the flu within the county, but also the county’s first confirmed death of the season on Jan. 4, when a Bothell woman in her 30s, with underlying health conditions, died from influenza complications in a King County hospital. Kristin Kinnamon, communications manager for the Snohomish Health District, noted that this season’s flu hospitalizations are fewer than last season’s at this time, but added that this flu season started slightly later in the year than the previous one. “The median age of these reported hospitalizations is 40, so the average age of people being impacted is younger than it was last season, and people younger than 65 tend to get vaccinated less often,” Kinnamon said. “The dominant strain this season has been H1N1, the ‘swine flu,’ which is more serious for younger people than other strains. In 2009, the first year that H1N1 hit the scene, SEE FLU, PAGE 19
Lakewood schools celebrate centennial BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
LAKEWOOD — For the Lakewood School District it was an evening to commemorate a century of history, but for many attendees of the district’s annual Open House and Tech Expo on Tuesday, Jan. 14, it was an occasion to catch up with old acquaintances and reflect on lifetimes’ worth of experiences. Sue Walde, who serves as the publications chair for the Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society, wound up snapping some shots of class photos from
the old Lakewood School, including one picture with a connection to her own family’s history. “In Miss Kramer’s class of 1935-36, there’s Harold Brevik,” Walde said, pointing to one student’s face in the black and white photo. “He was the husband of my great-aunt, Betty Berg. It’s really wonderful to be able to connect with the past on a personal level like this.” Local historian Loren Kraetz did not attend any Lakewood schools himself, SEE LWSD, PAGE 2
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From left, Lakewood High School class of 2002 alumnus Jennifer Campbell, her mother and Lakewood Junior High School class of 1977 alumnus Kristine Campbell, and Dixie Burgess peruse historical records from the Lakewood School District on Jan. 14.