Everett Daily Herald, November 29, 2014

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Go local: Shop today’s Small Business Saturday and support independent entrepreneurs. Everett is among the local cities where businesses are participating. Peruse a map and list at holidaysineverett.com.

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Sing out: Add your voice to the “SingA-Long Sound of Music” event at noon today at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. Tickets are $15 and $20; tinyurl.com/EdmondsSing. Get wild: Woodland Park Zoo’s display of thousands of sparking lights is open from 5:30 to 8:30 nightly through Jan. 4 (closed Christmas Eve and Day). $6.50-$9.75; zoo.org.

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By Amy Nile Herald Writer

SNOHOMISH — It’s a chance to get away from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. April VanAssche is planning an old-fashioned event aimed at shifting the focus from shopping, gift-giving and receiving. “I wanted to create a place where people could focus on what Christmas is really about — family and friends,” she said. VanAssche, with help from the Snohomish Kiwanis club, 12 years ago started an event known as a Night of Christmas Jingles. It has grown from about 20 people attending to more than 350 last year. There are singing and stories, Santa passes out candy canes. This year, local musicians with the Baylee Rabe Band will lead the crowd in Christmas carols. A professional photographer will be on hand to take family pictures. The proceeds from the photos will go to a local cause or be used to benefit a family in need of some help this holiday season, VanAssche said. The event is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 7. Admission is free, but donations of canned food and new, unwrapped toys are suggested. Each year, hundreds of pounds of food are collected for the Snohomish food bank, VanAssche said. Almost 1,000 toys are gathered for the Snohomish Boys & Girls Club and Safe Place, a shelter for children in Everett. VanAssche, a girls soccer coach at Snohomish High School, wanted to create a traditional event for children and adults to enjoy like those of the past. The Snohomish native comes See EVENT, Page A6

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Mukilteo fire still in limbo The City Council’s public safety committee advised against contracting with Snohomish County Fire District 1. By Rikki King Herald Writer

MUKILTEO — The city of Mukilteo is backing away from plans to contract with

The council is expected to vote on the matter in early 2015. The city also plans to hire a consultant to study fire department operations. Up to $30,000 has been approved for the study, which is expected to be completed in January or February, the mayor said. “That will give us

Snohomish County Fire District 1. The City Council’s public safety committee recommended against signing the contract, Mayor Jennifer Gregerson said.

recommendations about moving forward as our own department,” she said. The future of the Mukilteo Fire Department had been in limbo during years of on-and-off talks with Fire District 1. The former fire chief retired in May and a See FIRE, Page A6

MARYSVILLE PILCHUCK

Lending a supportive paw Dogs provide vital stress relief for survivors and first responders

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Raquel Lackey gives a hug Monday to freshman Braeden Boyle, who, with Lackey’s crisis dog Bungee at his side, has been helping with the task of taking down memorials to his classmates who lost their lives to violence at the school a month earlier.

By Eric Stevick Herald Writer

MARYSVILLE — When Braeden Boyle spotted his new friend the other day, his expression brightened. The lanky freshman bent down and hugged him.

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Bungee, a 3-year-old English Labrador, could sense that and became his companion. “You watch him change when he is around that dog,” said Gregg Kuehn, the district’s human resources supervisor who watched their reunion Monday.

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Another 21 dogs trained in crisis response fanned out across the Marysville School District in the days after the shooting. Their job is to help survivors and emergency responders relieve stress. They’re what’s known as

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They’d spend the next half hour together, walking along the south fence line of Marysville Pilchuck High School where students, staff and volunteers were taking down weathered tributes to classmates shot in the cafeteria Oct. 24. Like a lot of students, the tragedy hit Braeden hard.

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At the Night of Christmas Jingles, Santa passes out candy canes, musicians lead the crowd in carols and family portraits are taken.

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