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Contents

WHAT’S INSIDE LAKE STEVENS 9 LAZY The best way to spend a day

in the city around Snohomish County’s largest lake.

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PARK YOUR DOG

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WILDLIFE WATCH

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$100 BURGER

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ARTISTS IN ACTION

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SIGNATURE DISH

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HIGH-TECH GROWLERS

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A tired dog is a good dog — here are six places to let them run free.

See creatures in their natural habitats at these 10 parks in Snohomish County.

Flying is an expensive way to get lunch — and these pilots wouldn’t have it any other way.

SUMMER GUIDE

Watch creative folks make beautiful things at Everett’s Fresh Paint festival.

Ice-cold butter is the key to this Camano Island chef’s flaky blueberry scones.

The new breed of take-home beer jugs keeps your ale from going flat.

TEACHING SELF-HELP This teacher overcame health woes. Now she’s helping other educators do the same.

KALEIDOSCOPE EYES Lynnwood glass artist Bob Ade on how he creates his intricate diamond-like scopes.

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Water play

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Animals

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Outdoor A&E

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June festivities

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Fourth of July events

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July happenings

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August activities

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September fun

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Farmers markets

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Museums

TOP: Swimmers take the plunge at Wyatt Park in Lake Stevens. See Page 9. COAST FILE

IN EVERY ISSUE

MIDDLE: A red-breasted sapsucker feeds on insects in a local wildlife refuge. See Page 28.

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COURTESY OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY PARKS

Editor’s Note Everett Sketcher

BOTTOM: Kylie chases down a ball at Off Leash Area Edmonds. See Page 18.

Why I Love It Here

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ON THE COVER Pilots fly in formation on a $100 hamburger mission. See Page 40.

ANDY BRONSON / COAST

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SUMMER ISSUE: High school reunion I’m Facebook friends with a former teacher of mine.

That’s how I found out that Lesley Moffat, the band director at Jackson High School in Mill Creek, had written a book.

“I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me” is a self-help book for teachers suffering from chronic stress and illness. I knew Moffat had her share of health problems, but I didn’t realize how serious they had become. So I messaged her on Facebook and asked for an interview.

(I’ve interviewed my high school band teacher twice now. Once for my high school newspaper, and now for this magazine. It’s funny to admit, but she still makes me nervous. It’s like I’m about to audition.)

When Moffat was hired in 2003, my junior year, Jackson had just four bands: jazz, concert, symphonic and wind ensemble. (I played the flute in the symphonic band and wind ensemble.)

Seventeen years later, Jackson now has three jazz bands, one concert band, one symphonic band, two wind ensembles and two percussion ensembles. While Moffat has a team of teachers for these classes, she is the director of all of them. No wonder she’s stressed out!

I visited Jackson High School this summer after the interview about Moffat’s book. I graduated from Jackson 15 years ago. I was curious how seeing the school named after the late U.S. Sen. Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson would make me feel.

I didn’t expect it, but seeing Jackson again made me reflective, on where I’ve been and where I’ll go. (Of course, maybe this is how it is when you skip your 10-year high school reunion and happen to find yourself back on campus.)

I didn’t stray far from Mill Creek — it’s still only a few minutes drive to get to the school — but high school seems very far away.

In this issue of Washington North Coast Magazine, you’ll read about Lesley Moffat’s transformation from “hot mess” to cool, calm and collected with the 4 M’s: Meals, Movement, Music and Mindfulness.

Those four components, outlined in her book, helped her regain her health.

Or read about Bob Ade, an 83-year-old artist from Lynnwood who makes stained-glass kaleidoscopes. He’s made about 15,000 scopes in his lifetime, but his favorite one? That would be a tabletop model with a 3D image of a star inspired by a starry sky he gazed upon in Mukilteo.

Find the recipe for Cama Beach Cafe’s Blueberry Scones. The cafe inside Cama Beach Historical State Park on Camano Island has earned a reputation for serving sumptuous breakfasts and brunches — and these scones are no exception. If you don’t want blueberries, try making a batch of cranberry orange scones instead.

There’s also our feature on the “$100 hamburger,” which is slang for the excuse a pilot might make to go for a joyride. It involves flying a short distance, eating at a restaurant near the runway, then flying back home. The average cost of the fuel plus the meal? $100.

While I don’t think I’ll ever learn to fly airplanes, now that I’ve reconnected with my former band teacher, I’m thinking I might pick up the flute again.

Sara Bruestle Editor editor@washingtonnorthcoast.com

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THE EVERETT

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The Boeing Factory Everett is a humble industrial city of 100,000 and home to the world’s largest building (by volume).

Why do we have the world’s largest building?

For producing some of the largest jets in the world. Specifically, the 747, 767, 777 and 787. But, most of you already know this, since Boeing probably employs your brother, your aunt and that quirky neighbor across the street. (Boeing employs about 11 out of every 100 workers in Snohomish County.)

As I sketched the flight line outside the Boeing

Factory, a group of chatty Australians picnicked nearby, awaiting a tour at the Future of Flight Aviation Center. Suddenly, a large jet descended from the clouds, dominating the skyline with its unpainted aluminum exterior.

Every eye watched as the elegant, freshly assembled jet touched town on the runway, a first of many flights it will take in its lifetime of circling the globe.

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From left, Lanie Ruf, Drew Ruf, Reiley Tra and Brandon Palocol synchronize a jump into the water at Wyatt Park in Lake Stevens.

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LAKE STEVENS A VISITOR’S GUIDE to a day of fun in the city around the lake

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Lake Stevens is what’s left of a glacier from the last ice age. Things have warmed up since then.

The 146-foot-deep lake and its inviting summer temperatures will bring crowds to its public beaches in the next months.

Ducks and geese splash in the water alongside kids of all ages. Eagles soar overhead. Speedboats pull water skiers. Fishermen cast their lines. The 1,000-acre lake, with 8 miles of shoreline, also is home to float planes, Jet Skis, sailboats, canoes and all sorts of other humanpowered craft and activities. It’s busy.

Much of life in the city of Lake Stevens (8 miles east of Everett) is focused on the lake and its view of the Cascade Range.

From the 1920s to the 1950s, Lake Stevens was primarily a resort community. If you drive around the lake, you can still see little beach cabins tucked in between some of the larger, newer homes. After 1960, when the city incorporated, residential growth was quick. Greater Lake Stevens now has a population of about 32,000. Most people in this suburb commute somewhere for work.

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It wasn’t always that way.

At the turn of the past century, Lake Stevens — named for territorial Gov. Isaac Stevens — was home to logging and railroad interests and a large mill run by the Rucker brothers of Everett.

But after the mill burned in 1919 and again in 1925, that was the end of industry on the lake.

More about the history of Lake Stevens is available at the Lake Stevens Historical Museum, adjacent to the public library at 1802 124th Ave. NE. Hours are 1 to 4 p.m.

Friday and Saturday. The lovely Grimm House next door has been restored to reflect a 1920s mill worker’s home.

Head into downtown Lake Stevens from Highway 9 on Lundeen Parkway.

Take note of the delightful metal sculptures in the roundabouts.

At Lundeen Park, make a stop at the new Visitor Information Center, 10108 Lundeen Parkway, to learn more about the city. (One of the big suggestions is to eat at LJ’s Bistro & Bar on Frontage Road.) The 9-acre park itself is popular with picnicking families, grandparents caring for little ones on its safe beach, and bird watchers.

PLACES OF INTEREST Lake Stevens City Hall, 1812 Main St., lakestevenswa.gov

Jenny Cookies Bake Shop, 2420 20th St. NE, jennycookies.com

Lake Stevens Aquafest, North Cove Park, 1806 Main St., aquafest.com

LJ’s Bistro & Bar, 805 Frontage Road, ljsbistroandbar.com

Lake Stevens Brewing Co., 2010 Grade Road, lakestevensbrewingco.com

Lake Stevens Disc Golf Course, 13000 20th St. NE, discgolf. downtownlakestevens.com

Across the street from the park is Norm’s Market. From the outside Norm’s looks like an average mini-mart gas station, except that it sells fishing gear, campfire bundles and beer kegs. Inside, it’s a beer lover’s dream.

Owner Shane McDaniel prides himself on his huge collection of beer memorabilia, as well as the aisles of coolers packed with 2,600 different craft, domestic and imported beers and vintage sodas.

From there, take North Lakeshore Drive into downtown for views of some of the stately historic homes along the lake. Park just off Main Street for a walk and a meal in the downtown area.

The city’s North Cove Park is being redeveloped, but it should be complete this fall. It will feature better views of the lake, a festival building and improved

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lake access. Nearby are the Lake Stevens Rowing Club and North Cascades Crew boat houses, where you can sign up to learn how to row.

Locals enjoy the city’s small, walkable downtown on the lake’s northeast cove.

Many grab picnic food from Jay’s Market, a book from the library and then enjoy the lake view from North Cove Park.

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For adults, Lake Stevens Brewing Co. is across the way at 2010 Grade Road, where Tuesday evenings are Trivia Nights.

Speaking of fun, the city’s annual Aquafest celebration is set for July 26-28. Now in its 59th year, the festival includes a big parade, the Miss Aquafest pageant, live entertainment, food, a beer and wine garden, a circus and a carnival, as well as water skiing and other competitions on the lake.

Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens in early September is a regional championship race. Of those competing, some will qualify to compete in the Ironman 70.3 World Championship. It’s a big deal.

Athletes begin early in the morning with a 1.2-mile swim followed by a 56-mile bike course and finishing with a foot race. Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay competed in the event in 2015.

Lake Stevens prides itself on outdoor activities. It has numerous parks and trails designed for wildlife watching, disc golfing, biking, hiking, horseback riding, swimming and boat launching.

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Ben Matyas prepares to jump from the dock into an innertube held by his sister Jessica Matyas at Wyatt Park on Lake Stevens.

The county’s Centennial Trail, which stretches from Skagit County to Snohomish, runs through the east side of Lake Stevens, with trailheads at Highway 92, 20th Street NE and Machias Road. The trail is popular with bikers, horse riders, walkers and runners.

Lake Stevens Disc Golf Course, next door to Pilchuck Elementary School on 20th Street NE, is a park favored by

veteran disc golfers. Among tall cedars and Douglas firs, the 19-basket course is challenging.

The Willard Wyatt County Park, 10508 Chapel Hill Road on the west side of the lake, has a great view of the Cascades.

Facilities include a public boat launch and dock, a fishing pier and swimming area. The park attracts teens and families who enjoy sunbathing and jumping off the pier.

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McCollum County Park EVERETT

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A child protects her eyes from squirts of water while playing at the Marysville Spray Park in Comeford Park. year-round; admission $3.50 to $4.25, $8.75 for families. Swim times vary; call 425-257-8309 or 425-257-8312 for a recording of schedule and admission information. Forest Park is at 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd. everettwa.org

Forest Park water playground EVERETT

Play area with 16 interactive features and an area designed for toddlers.

Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. through late September; 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd.

Outdoor swimming pool with water slide is open daily all summer when the temperature is above 65 degrees.

Admission is $4.75, free for children 2 and younger; 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 425-357-6036. snohomishcountywa.gov/1369/ swimming

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Willis Tucker Park spray pad SNOHOMISH

Water playground has soakers, cannons, spinners, domes and other dousing equipment; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through September; 6705 Puget Park Drive. snohomishcountywa.gov

Yost Pool EDMONDS

Outdoor pool with a diving board offers swim lessons, aerobics, open swim and party rental; 9535 Bowdoin Way; 425-775-2645 for daily schedules (line will not be active until the pool opens); 425-771-1346 for general information. edmondswa.gov

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NO LEASHES required 6 PLACES close to home where your dog can run free

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Olive gets ready to chase after the ball that owner John Morgan is about to throw at Off Leash Area Edmonds.

Ever wonder why weekend traffic has gotten so bad in recent years?

I give you dog owners, a group on which to sit-stay-lay the blame.

They’re an itchy bunch that doesn’t think twice about driving from one end of the county to the other so that Mack and Jo and Ginger and Diesel can visit their favorite dog park.

They’re easy to spot. Just look for the slobber on the

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As Mack and Jo and Ginger and Diesel will tell you, there are a lot of really cool off-leash parks to choose from in Snohomish County.

With help from my pooches, Harlan, a rat terrier from Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Bridget, a Corgador (Corgi-Lab mix) thrown out of a car window in Tennessee (I like to think she was able to glide to safety with those ears), Washington North Coast Magazine reviewed a pack of

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This is the Club Med of off-leash dog parks. It has a big area to run, an agility course and a saltwater beach.

Check the tide tables before you go.

Dogs may be able to slip through the perimeter fence at low tide.

This park is so nice that some go the extra mile to get here.

Chris and Amanda Kirk of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, traveled more than 300 miles so that Rosie, their 10-yearold Labrador, could visit the famed Edmonds dog park.

Chris Kirk saw dogs “frolicking in the Sound” from the train — he works for BNSF Railway — and just had to bring Rosie here.

“We have a dog park in Coeur d’Alene, but nothing like this,” Amanda Kirk said. “She’s having a heyday!”

This is a great place to chase tennis balls through the waves. How can I describe the joy on my graying 10-year-old dog’s face when she runs through the tide pools?

This beach also is nice enough for company. I invited a dog-free colleague, Coast writer Sharon Salyer, to accompany me, and despite being hit by “sand and slobber,” she enjoyed the outing.

Willis Tucker Off-Leash Dog Area 6705 PUGET PARK DRIVE, SNOHOMISH

Christina Huerta of Everett likes to bring Jack, a 7-month-old Siberian husky, and 13-year-old Mocha Jo, a border collie, to Willis Tucker, her favorite. The park has three fully fenced venues: a 6-acre meadow, a smaller forested area and a shy dog area.

“I like the hills and trees,” Huerta said.

Cleo, a cross between a Jack Russell terrier and a cotton ball, is a sucker for the park, according to owner Jill Jordan.

“She starts crying when we get to the parking lot,” Jordan said. “It’s her favorite.”

Dogs and their owners can get their exercise walking on the trails.

Rob and Kathryn Pimental of Everett say it reminds them of Redmond’s Marymoor off-leash park but smaller and closer to home.

Tennis balls are scattered throughout the park — not that Bridget cares. Fetching and retrieving are beneath her, and Harlan loses interest after a single toss.

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“It’s like a big yard,” said Jonah McVay of Lynnwood, who likes to visit with Diesel, a “pit-Lab-pointer,” and Snow, a white retriever.

“It’s a pretty good place until it freezes over, then it can get really muddy,” added Molly Hamel of Marysville. But that’s easily remedied with a pair of rubber boots (I bought mine at Goodwill). Store them in the car trunk. No need to wash them.

Perks for dogs include an agility course and shy/small dog area. Every so often, someone drops off a big bag of new tennis balls at the park.

You can take your dog on the Japanese Gulch trail next to the park, but she needs to be on a leash. Bring your own water.

Bridget, in particular, likes to practice her “stop, drop and roll” maneuver here. If it’s muddy, that means a B-A-T-H the minute we get home.

Howarth Park 1127 OLYMPIC BLVD., EVERETT

This one’s got amazing views and beachcombing. The footbridge to the park crosses over the railroad tracks — just mentioning because I once had a Labrador who was scared of heights and didn’t like walking across the bridge at Carkeek Park in Seattle.

The north side of the beach is the offleash portion. Good dogs who come when they’re called should be OK here. Dogs with a mind of their own might be safer on a leash. The dog park isn’t fully fenced, which means they can wander onto the railroad tracks.

There are no trash cans on the beach, so if your dog has a business transaction, you have to pack it out.

It’s the “roughing it” of dog parks.

Michaela Williams of Lynnwood, and Luna, an Australian cattle dog, find the park soothing — Williams for its setting and Luna for the surf.

My Harlan, a dog of the Great Plains, had his first taste of saltwater here.

area, located north of the tennis courts in Lowell Park.

Forget the Frisbee? There’s a pile of them inside the fence.

For such a small area, there seemed to be a lot for Bridget and Harlan to sniff, including clumps of grass and bare dirt.

I love that there’s a glass bus shelter inside the dog park. Am I waiting for Godog?

The bus will never stop here, but you can plant yourself in one of the plastic chairs and feel like you’re going places.

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Are you hungover? Facing an existential crisis on a Sunday? This is a quiet, out-of-the-way spot to let your dog run around while the aspirin kicks in.

The dog park is a small but fenced

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This off-leash park is a favorite.

It’s grassy, 3-acres huge, and neat and clean. This is the Land of Oz for dogs without the wicked part. Harlan thinks he’s running through the fields of Nebraska again. And for humans,

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it’s an enjoyable hike from the parking areas to the dog park. Alicia Elder of Everett was impressed when she brought her two goldendoodles; mom, Nola, and, son, Charlie, here for the first time.

A co-worker recommended it to her. “I love it,” Elder said.

There’s an agility course and room to run and run.

Rebecca Thorley, a Seattle resident, makes it a point to stop at Strawberry Fields with Tilly, a border collie-terrier mix, and Rupert, an Airedale.

Thorley has business in Smokey Point twice a month, and even though the park is out of the way, she always stops. “I make sure I come here,” she said. “It gets them really tired.”

And that’s the real reason for bringing Ike or Bella or Mister Skinny Pants (Harlan’s pet name) to their favorite park — tiring them out so that you can have a life. ■

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DOG EVENTS AquaSox Bark in the Park EVERETT

Bring your dogs to the 7:05 p.m. game against the Spokane Indians, July 22; 425-258-3673.

Animals

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Mutt Strut EVERETT

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 10 at Langus Riverfront Park, 400 Smith Island Road.

Community dog walk, competitions, pet adoptions, food trucks, police K-9 demonstration and prizes. Free admission.

Dogs must be on a leash.

Animal Farm at Forest Park EVERETT

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from June 22 to Aug. 18 at Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd.

Ponies, ducks and hens, rabbits, goats, pigs. Free, but donations accepted.

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DOG PARKS

Outback Kangaroo Farm

Cavalero Hill Community Dog Park

ARLINGTON

Open through Oct. 30 at 10030 Highway 530 NE; 360-403-7474. Take a tour of the farm to see kangaroos, alpacas, flying squirrels, peacocks, wallaroos and more. Guided tours 10 a.m., noon, 2 and 4 p.m. Cost is $10-$12. Closed Monday and Tuesday. wildlifeparkarlingtonwa.com

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Taylah Butterfield pets a wallaby at the petting zoo at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe in 2018. alligator and other reptiles. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Cost is $6-$9.50; 2 and younger free. thereptilezoo.org

Reptile Zoo MONROE

22715 U.S. 2; 360-805-5300. Get hands-on with lizards, snakes, an albino

4-H and FFA farm animal exhibitions STANWOOD

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visit the local fairs. See the monthly calendars for more information. Silvana Fair, July 27; Stanwood Camano Community Fair, Aug. 2-4; Evergreen State Fair, Aug. 22 through Sept. 2.

LAKE STEVENS

Three-acre off-leash dog area with one-quarter-acre shy-dog area at 27032 79th Ave. Open 7 a.m. to dusk; bring your own bags to pick up after your dog; 425-388-6600. snohomishcountywa.gov

Clover Valley OAK HARBOR

Off-leash area at 799 Ault Field Road; 360-321-4049. bit.ly/24gpb1B

Double Bluff

north beach area only; 425-257-8300.

FREELAND

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Beach access with waste bags, water fountain and rinse station, 6325 Double Bluff Road; off-leash area begins 500 feet from parking lot where a windsock on a flagpole marks the boundary; 360-321-4049.

Gold Bar off-leash dog park

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Eagle Park GRANITE FALLS

Dog park with grassy area, shade and separate small dog area at 701 E. Galena St. ci.granite-falls.wa.us

Ebey Island EVERETT

Privately owned dog park on Ebey Island, 1 mile east of I-5 and downtown Everett; 425-257-8300. bit.ly/1VEE2lh

Off Leash Area Edmonds EDMONDS

Off-leash dog park with swimming area and agility equipment at 498 Admiral Way.

GOLD BAR

Small, unfenced field along U.S. 2 at Sixth Street; 360-793-1101. bit.ly/1TC8HvG

Lake Stickney Park LYNNWOOD

Fully fenced 1-acre off-leash dog area; 13521 Manor Way; 425-388-6600.

Mountlake Terrace off-leash dog park MOUNTLAKE TERRACE

Three-quarter-acre fenced off-leash dog park in the woods with double-gate system, benches, information kiosk and waste disposal container at 5303 228th St. SW, dawn to dusk daily. bit.ly/231Ytau

Loganberry Lane

Osprey Park

EVERETT

Off-leash woodland trails at 18th Avenue W. (Loganberry Lane); 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Oct. 31, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. after Nov. 1; 425-257-8300. everettwa.gov/656

Lowell Park EVERETT

Fenced off-leash area north of the tennis courts at 4605 S. Third Ave.; 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Oct. 31 and 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. after Nov. 1; 425-257-8300. everettwa.gov/656

Howarth Park

Marguerite Brons Memorial Park

Off-leash area with beach access at 1127 Olympic Blvd.; 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Oct. 31, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. after Nov. 1;

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EVERETT

2837 Becker Road. Includes a water station, information kiosk, toys and waste bags; 360-321-4049.

CLINTON

Fenced area with a large, open meadow, wooded trails and small-dog area at

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SULTAN

Fenced dog park, daylight to dusk, daily, more features planned soon, 707 First St., 360-793-2231.

Patmore Pit COUPEVILLE

Partially fenced off-leash area with separate, fenced agility area and small-dog area at 530 Patmore Road; toys, water and waste bags provided; 360-321-4049. bit.ly/26pJ9ce or fetchparks.org/ patmore.html

Strawberry Fields for Rover MARYSVILLE

Off-leash 3-acre fenced park at southeast corner of the Strawberry Fields Athletic Complex, 6100 152nd St. NE; 7 a.m. to dusk daily. m-dog.org

Tails and Trails Dog Park MUKILTEO

Fenced three-quarter-acre park with agility equipment and more, 1130 Fifth St. seattlenorthcountry.com/things-to-do

Tambark Creek Park BOTHELL

Off-leash dog area, 17217 35th Ave. SE. snohomishcountywa.gov

Wiggly Field MONROE

Off-leash 2.5-acre fenced area with agility equipment at Sky River Park, 413 Sky River Parkway. monroewa.gov

Willis Tucker Park SNOHOMISH

Off-leash fenced dog area with 6-acre meadow, more than 1 acre of forest area and shy-dog area at 6705 Puget Park Drive; 7 a.m. to dusk; 425-388-6600. snohomishcountywa.gov

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For Realtors®, the campaign is a rallying cry that instills pride in their everyday actions. For consumers, it’s an education about the Realtor® difference,” said Glenda Krull, President of Snohomish County-Camano Association of Realtors®.

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The 10 BEST PLACES in Snohomish County for watching wildlife

A blue heron looks for a landing spot while searching for fish at a Snohomish County lake.

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rom peregrine falcons and black-tailed deer to river otters and gray whales, the wild areas of Snohomish County teem with wildlife.

Washington North Coast Magazine talked with Snohomish County park ranger Chelsea Bishop about the best places to see critters.

“The county is pretty good for wildlife viewing,” Bishop said. “If you go to any of the beach parks, you’re going to see wildlife — it’s pretty much guaranteed.”

It may be tempting to want to see creatures up close, but follow this important outdoors etiquette: “Enjoy them from afar,” Bishop said. Stay at least 50 yards away — and keep pets on a leash, or better yet, at home.

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Here are some places to explore for chance encounters with wildlife:

A juvenile harbor seal rests on the beach south of the lighthouse and ferry dock in Mukilteo.

Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary 7007 SEAWAY BLVD., EVERETT

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Located near Paine Field, the 48acre sanctuary includes an open water habitat with waterfowl and wetlands with beavers, ducks and swans. Great blue herons, woodpeckers, blue jays, owls and hawks also hang around the boardwalk that cuts through the center of the sanctuary.

Edmonds Marsh 180 W. DAYTON ST., EDMONDS

Osprey Park 319 MAIN ST., SULTAN

Nearly 20,000 pink salmon return to the Sultan River, which runs through this park, in the fall to spawn. Access

the trailhead on the south side of the park. Explore the area’s wetlands and see black-tailed deer, beavers and raccoons.

Spencer Island 5033 FOURTH ST. SE, EVERETT

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Portage Creek Wildlife Area

Riverfront Park and paddle 1 mile to the island to watch from the water. Dogs are prohibited.

20802 59TH AVE. NE, ARLINGTON

This 157-acre wildlife reserve is home to deer, hawks, beavers, raccoons, mink and waterfowl. Rearing salmon, amphibians and small mammals also frequent the area.

Kayak Point County Park 15711 MARINE DRIVE, NEAR STANWOOD

The county’s most popular park, this is where you can see eagles and hawks swooping down to catch fish in Port Susan. Deer roam the forest and owls silently soar high above this 670-acre park.

Port Susan Bay Preserve

A snowy owl in the Stillaguamish River delta south of Stanwood.

BOE ROAD AND MARINE DRIVE, NEAR STANWOOD

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The park has a 1-mile long trail that runs adjacent to a stream that supports migrating salmon and freshwater fish.

Osprey, hawks, owls and other birds also can be seen along the way. The occasional otter or seal may make an appearance at the beach. Leave baby seals alone, if you find them. “Moms will leave pups on the beach and they could be out there for days,” Bishop said. “That’s tempting for people sometimes. It’s really important they keep their distance. If a seal pup has a human scent, sometimes the mother

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Deer lovers could be in luck at this park about a 15-minute drive east of town. Eagles also circle above several miles of trails that wind through meadows and forest and alongside the South Fork Stillaguamish River. The 150-acre park is a former farmstead. “It’s a little further out, but it’s really peaceful,” Bishop said.

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Music at Legion Park Mostly free concerts by regional bands, most at 6:30 p.m., Legion Memorial Park, 114 N. Olympic Ave.; 360-403-3448. arlingtonwa.gov/166/ Community-Events

June 7-8: Cruisin’ Music June 28: Aaron Crawford July 5: Harvey Creek Band July 12-14: street fair; performers include Dan Canyon, Derringer Darlings, Rachelle Wright, Classic Roads July 26: Aardvarks Utd. Band Aug. 9: Land of Color Concert by Arlington Calvary Aug. 16: Waking Maya Aug. 24: Strutz and Brews Sept. 7: Harvest Festival music

Arlington Summer Movies Instead of outdoor movies this year, free flicks will be shown at 7 p.m. monthly at the old Olympic Theater, 111 N. Olympic Ave. arlingtonwa.gov/166/ Community-Events

June 21: “Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” July 19: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” Aug. 2: “Dumbo”

Stillaguamish Festival of the River and Pow Wow Hosted by the Stillaguamish Tribe, opens at 10 a.m. Aug. 10 and 11 at River Meadows County Park, 20416 Jordan Road. Regional and national bands, environmental education booths, pow wow, logging show, fun run, New Old Time Chautauqua circus, live music, children’s activities, vendors, traditional alder salmon bake. Free, but $10 fee for parking. festivaloftheriver.com DARRINGTON

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Festival-goers explore the Axis Mundi art installation at the 2018 Summer Meltdown in Darrington. This year’s event is set for Aug. 1-4. miles west of town on Highway 530; 360-436-1006. Features nationally known and regional bluegrass bands, including the Combinations, led by Darrington’s Bertha Nations.

The headliners are Becky Buller, Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, Country Current, Special Consensus, and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. See the website for information about admission, camping, etc.

July 28: Tingstad & Rumbel, Northwest favorite Aug. 4: The Ballard Sedentary Sousa Marching Band Aug. 11: Gasango, West African music and dance Aug. 18: Correo Aereo, Latin jazz Aug. 25: Dmitri Matheny, Burt Bacharach songbook

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Noon to 1 p.m. for Tuesday shows and 5 to 6:30 p.m. for Thursday shows, July 17 through Aug. 23; Fifth Avenue S. and Maple Street. Free. Concerts take place rain or shine.

Summer Meltdown Music festival is Aug. 1-4 at Darrington Bluegrass Music Park, 3 miles west of town on Highway 530. Bands at this Meltdown include Tipper, Umphrey’s McGee, Gramatik, Nahko and Medicine for the People, and the Polish Ambassador. See the website for festival admission information, camping details and the national, regional and local music lineup. summermeltdownfest.com EDMONDS

Summer Concerts in City Park 3 to 4 p.m. Sundays, July 14 to Aug. 25 in the park, Third Avenue S. and Pine Street. Free. Concerts canceled at 2:30 p.m. in case of rain. edmondswa.gov/summer-concerts

July 14: Ranger and the Re-Arrangers, Gypsy jazz July 21: Seattle Shakespeare Co., “Twelfth Night”

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July 16: Miho & Diego, Latin and Japanese sounds July 18: 20/20, a capella July 23: Katrina Ji & Culture Shakti, Rajasthani folk dance July 25: The Bylines, jazz-inspired pop July 30: Roberto the Magnificent, comedy, juggling, stunts Aug. 1: Jovino Santo Neto Trio, Brazilian tunes Aug. 6: Imagination Band, music and storytelling Aug. 8: Santa Poco, country Aug. 13: The Side Project, acoustic indie and pop Aug. 15: Sundae & Mr. Goessl, contemporary, vintage jazz Aug. 20: Roosevelt Road, bluegrass, Americana, gospel Aug. 22: Maiah Wynne, indie, pop, folk

Edmonds Outdoor Movies Just after sundown (around 9 p.m.) at the Frances Anderson Center field, 700 Main St. Bring blankets, lawn chairs. Free.

July 26: “Trolls” Aug. 2: “A Wrinkle in Time” EVERETT

Everett Music Initiative’s Classic Rock 4th of July Music, food trucks, Scuttlebutt beer garden, at Boxcar Park, 1200 Millwright Loop W., Port of Everett, starting at 4 p.m. on July 4. Featuring the bands Problem Child (AC/DC tribute), No Quarter (Led Zeppelin tribute) and El Loco (ZZ Top tribute). Tickets are $20 in advance. everettmusicinitiative.com

Everett Children’s Concert Series Free outdoor shows, 10 to 11 a.m.

Thursdays, July 12 through Aug. 23, Thornton A. Sullivan Park, 11405 Silver Lake Road. everettwa.gov/808/ Childrens-Concert-Series

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Aug. 15: Caspar Babypants, toe-tapping, sweet, lovable tunes Aug. 23: Eric Herman & Thunder Puppies, cool tunes for kids

Village Theatre KidStage Everett entertainment Noon Fridays, July 5 to Aug. 9, Wetmore Theater Plaza, 2710 Wetmore Ave. Excerpts from “The Music Man.”

Cinema Under the Stars Free movies at dusk Fridays, July 19 to Aug. 16, Camp Patterson Field, Sullivan Park, 11405 Silver Lake Road.

Most rated PG. Bring blankets and chairs. Pre-show entertainment for kids by Imagine Children’s Museum and others starts at 7:30 p.m.

July 19: “Incredibles 2” July 26: “Ralph Breaks the Internet” Aug. 2: “Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” Aug. 9: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” Aug. 16: “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”

Sail-In Cinema Free, family friendly outdoor movies at the Port of Everett Marina’s Waterfront Plaza at dusk on Friday nights (9:10 p.m. to start, 8:20 p.m. by the end of summer), July 19 through Aug. 23, 1205 Craftsman Way. portofeverett.com

July 19: “Battleship” July 26: “Transformers”

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Aug. 2: “Remember the Titans” Aug. 9: “Pirates of the Caribbean” Aug. 16: “The Proposal” Aug. 23: “Moana”

Music at the Marina Free outdoor concerts, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, June 20 through Aug. 29 (except July 4) at Port Gardner Landing, 1700 W. Marine View Drive.

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July 11: Aaron Crawford, country Americana July 18: Stacy Jones Band, rockin’ blues July 25: Dusty 45s, honky tonk, jump blues, swing Aug. 1: Shaggy Sweet, pop, rock and blues Aug. 8: Randy Oxford Band, powerhouse trombone blues Aug. 15: Mark DuFresne Band, grooveworthy harmonic blues Aug. 22: LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends, rock ‘n’ soul Aug. 29: Clinton Fearon, Jamaican roots reggae LAKE STEVENS

Music by the Lake Free concerts, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays, July 7 and 21, Lundeen Park, 10108 Lundeen Parkway; 425-334-1012. lakestevenswa.gov

July 7: The Davanos and the MacDaddy Groove Band July 21: The Seattle Kokon Taiko drummers and Ian Dobson’s Pan Leggo

Movies in the Park Two Fridays, 8:30 p.m., Lundeen Park, 10108 Lundeen Parkway; 425-334-1012. lakestevenswa.gov

Aug. 2: “The Sandlot” Aug. 16: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

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Free movies at dusk, about 9 p.m.

Saturdays, July 13 through Aug. 10 Jennings Park Ballfield, intersection of 55th Avenue NE and 70th Street NE; 360-363-8400. Refreshments for purchase. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. All films rated PG. marysvillewa.gov

July 13: “A Dog’s Way Home” July 20: “Ralph Breaks the Internet” July 27: “Bumblebee” Aug. 3: “Incredibles 2” Aug. 10: “The Karate Kid” COAST FILE

LeRoy Bell and His Only Friends are set to perform Aug. 22 at Music at the Marina in Everett.

Two Sundays, 4 p.m., Eagle Ridge Park on Soper Hill Road between Highway 9 and Lundeen Parkway.

Aug. 4: Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Aug. 18: “Puss in Boots” MARYSVILLE

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July 12: Harvey Creek Band July 19: Chris Eger Band July 26: Lynnwood School of Rock Aug. 2: The Jukehouse Hounds Aug. 9: Jimmy Wright Band TULALIP

Noon Wednesdays at Lions Centennial Pavilion in Jennings Memorial Park, 6915 Armar Road; free; 360-363-8400.

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July 5: Jonny Lang and Robert Cray July 25: Martina McBride Aug. 5: Travis Tritt and Charlie Daniels Aug. 23: Sammy Hagar Aug. 29: REO Speedwagon

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Evergreen State Fair Concerts Aug. 27-31. Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE. Aug. 26: Switchfoot Aug. 27: Brett Young Aug. 28: Newsboys United with Adam Agee Aug. 29: Steppenwolf Revisited with Jack Russell and Mike Pinera Aug. 30: Aloe Blacc evergreenfair.org; www.etix.com MUKILTEO

Summer Movies in the Park 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14 in the plaza at Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave.; Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Free. mukilteowa.gov

Aug. 15: “Ralph Breaks the Internet” SNOHOMISH

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National Trail Day DARRINGTON

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Cascadia Art Museum EDMONDS

190 Sunset Ave.; 425-336-4809. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Admission is $7 to $10. Through June 30, see “Woodland Reverie: The Art of Helen Loggie.” cascadiaartmuseum.org

Artists’ Garage Sale EVERETT

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 1, Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt Ave. Deals on artwork and art supplies. schack.org

Marysville Healthy Communities Challenge Day MARYSVILLE

Free activities and more, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 1, Allen Creek Elementary, 6505 60th Drive NE; 360-363-8400.

Fitness demos, entertainment, healthy living information. marysvillewa.gov

Snohomish Wedding Tour SNOHOMISH

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 2. Self-guided tour of wedding venues. Registration required. mysnohomishwedding.com

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra EVERETT

Summer Concert, Beethoven and Sibelius, 3 p.m. June 2, First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave. pacificachamberorchestra.org

Sorticulture EVERETT

The Garden Arts Festival (sorta art, sorta horticulture) is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

June 7, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 8 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 9, Legion Memorial Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. Garden art, nurseries, gardening experts, food, music and a wine garden. Free.

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Avenue. Car show featuring antiques, hot rods and muscle cars. arlingtonwa.org

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“The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” based on Victor Hugo’s novel and Disney’s songs, 3 and 7 p.m. June 8, Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N. sno-kingchorale.org

Marysville Strawberry Festival MARYSVILLE

Most activities are June 8-16. Call 360-659-7664. Festival sites include Asbery Field at Sixth Street and Alder Avenue. Activity costs vary, festival admission free. Events include a road run, talent show, fashion show, beer garden, carnival, market, car show, shortcake-eating contests, kiddie parade. The Twilight Grand Parade down State Avenue, followed by fireworks, is the evening of June 15. maryfest.org

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See fi ve gardens, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 15; 360-321-4191. Tickets, which typically sell out, cost $10 in advance for youth and $20 in advance for adults.

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“Will Sing for Food: Concert for Hungry and Homeless,” 3 p.m. June 16, Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.

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Whenever Ryan LaPointe is hungry for flying time in his plane, he goes for a $100 hamburger.

Or whatever’s on the menu at his destination.

LaPointe has flown to Port Townsend for pie at the Spruce Goose Cafe, to Tacoma for pizza at The Hub, and to Arlington for bacon and eggs from Ellie’s at the Airport. He’s even flown 142 miles, from Bremerton to Portland, Oregon, just for donuts.

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Above: On his way home to Arlington after a coffee stop at Mukilteo Coffee Roasters, pilot Dan Tarasievich looks down at Langley. Below: On their way back to their planes at Whidbey Airpark, Tarasievich, Todd Bohon and Kirk LeDoux pass by a Mukilteo Coffee Roasters sign welcoming aviators.

distance (less than two hours), eating at a restaurant near the runway, then flying home. The $100 refers to the approximate cost of flying round-trip. And no, pilots don’t always order a burger.

For LaPointe, 37, it’s the perfect excuse to fly.

He’s not the only pilot willing to take off for a bite. Visit a restaurant near an airport on any given weekend, and there’s sure to be a group of pilots huddled around a table, swapping stories.

The tight-knit nature of the flying community is one of the reasons Trisa Jackson, 43, of Gig Harbor, fell in love with aviation. In a time when social media often replaces authentic personal interactions, pilots love a good face-toface conversation, she said.

“The thing about this community is that it brings people together you wouldn’t normally run into,” said Jackson, a financial adviser with Bankers Life. “Everybody is on an equal playing field. It’s sort of like a lost art form.”

LaPointe added, “I’ve sat down with somebody who made millions of dollars, and right next to him was somebody who was scraping money together on Craigslist.”

LaPointe often makes flight plans with Jackson and another friend, Dan Tarasievich, 70, of Arlington. When the weather’s nice, their Saturday-morning ritual starts at Tarasievich’s lounge-like hangar at Arlington Airport.

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To me, flying is really freeing. You don’t have time to focus on the daily grind and all the stress of your normal life. When you’re flying, you’re just in the moment.

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into their planes’ cockpits; Tarasievich owns a 2017 Carbon Cub EX-2, while Jackson rents a Cessna 172. They like to get airborne before the skies become too crowded, and fly in formation on the way to their $100 hamburger destination.

When they visit Mukilteo Coffee Roasters near Whidbey Airpark in Langley, they all order the “Blues Man” benedict, made with baked cheddar biscuits, poached eggs and bacon-sausage gravy.

Pilots typically fly in groups of three or four, but Gary Smith, owner of Mukilteo Coffee Roasters, has seen as many as 27 pilots gather to eat breakfast at his cafe. He’s posted a welcome sign on the pathway from the runway to the cafe.

Tarasievich, a former professional skydiver who owns an emergency parachute business called Para-Phernalia Inc. in Arlington, has taken the $100 hamburger trip to restaurants in Puyallup, Friday Harbor and Orcas Island. Sometimes he’ll fly with his significant other to Mukilteo Coffee Roasters for breakfast, then to Port Townsend for lunch and back to Arlington for dinner.

He’s even flown to the Langley cafe just to a pick up a bag of coffee beans. His excuse for that $100 hamburger?

“You can’t beat the views,” he said.

LaPointe says it costs about $80 to fuel up his plane for the round trip from Arlington to Langley and Port Townsend.

But Tarasievich says the real cost is higher.

“It should probably be called the $500 hamburger,” he said. “It’s a poke at ourselves. Flying is not cheap. It’s not as expensive as golf, though.”

LaPointe sees it this way: “I look at it like how people buy an expensive boat to go out fishing for salmon. It’s not necessarily that you’re doing it for the meal. It’s the whole experience. You’re taking your plane out, you’re hanging out with friends. It’s not just driving to Denny’s and getting a Grand Slam.”

LaPointe flies nearly every weekend, and sometimes on his commute to Seattle. He works two jobs — one as a systems engineer for Zillow and another as a pilot for Full Throttle Aviation — just so he can support his hobby. He says one of his favorite things is to fly his wife and child to Orcas Island for lunch, then to Seattle for dinner.

“To me, flying is really freeing,” LaPointe said. “You don’t have time to focus on the daily grind and all the stress of your normal life. When you’re flying, you’re just in the moment. You can go anywhere you want, as high as you want, as low as you want. It’s just your own little world.

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July 4, primarily along Olympic Avenue and at Haller Park, 1100 West Ave. Call for details 360-403-3448. Events: pancake breakfast; Pedal-PaddlePuff Triathlon; noon to 4 p.m. Old Fashioned Fourth at Legion Memorial Park, 114 N. Olympic Ave.; kids parade at 4:30 p.m. and grand parade at 5 p.m. along Olympic Avenue; the Rotary Duck Dash at Haller Park at 7:30 p.m. and fireworks at 9 p.m. at Boys & Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE.

All events on July 4; free. Events: 10 a.m. Beat Brackett 5K & Baby Bracket 1K; 11:30 a.m. Children’s Parade from Fifth and Walnut; noon grand parade from Sixth and Main; 2:30 p.m. firefighters water ball competition at City Park, Third and Pine; 6 p.m. entertainment and food vendors followed by fireworks at 10 p.m. at Civic Field, Sixth and Bell. People stake out their spots well in advance, so arrive early.

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Everett YMCA Yankee Doodle Dash The 20th annual race, 1 mile, 5K, 10K and kids races on July 4 at Everett Family YMCA, 2720 Rockefeller Ave. Check-in starts 6:45 a.m. Races start at 8:30 a.m.

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Jetty Island Days EVERETT

Ferries from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mondays to Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays, July 5 to Sept.

2 at 10th Street and W. Marine View Drive; $3 fee for parking; suggested donation $2 for adults, $1 for kids; 425-257-8304. everettwa.gov/jettyisland

All-Comers Track Meets MARYSVILLE

For all ages, $5 per meet, 5:30 p.m. registration, Thursdays, July 11, 18, 25 and Aug. 1, Lakewood High School track, 17023 11th Ave. NE. marysvillewa.gov

Summer Arts Jam STANWOOD

Street festival, July 12-14, 271st and 88th streets NW. discoverstanwoodcamano.com

Arlington Street Fair ARLINGTON

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 12, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 13 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 14, along Olympic Avenue. Activities for kids, live entertainment, food, farmers market and 190 vendors. arlingtonwa.org

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4 p.m. to dusk July 13, 9 a.m. to dusk July 14, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 15 at River Park; 360-793-0983. Street fair, parade, car show, entertainment, food and logging contests. skyvalleychamber.com

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5 to 10 p.m. July 17, 4 to 10 p.m. July 18, 2 to 11 p.m. July 19, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 20, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 21, at various locations; 425-493-7824.

Carnival rides, live music, street fair, frog jumping and pie-eating contests, airplane rides and more. Frogtastic Kids Fair 3 p.m. July 19. Grand Parade, First Street, 10:30 a.m. July 20. Car and Motorcycle Show & Shine starts 9 a.m. July 21. Free.

Edmonds in Bloom EDMONDS

Garden tour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 21, at a variety of private gardens in Edmonds and Woodway. Tickets will be sold at local businesses and online starting in June.

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9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. July 18, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. July 19-20, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 22, 819 Camano Ave.; 360-2214677. Art displays, 4-H activities, parade, live entertainment, concessions. Cost is $5 (youth, military seniors) and $8 (16-64) daily, $15 and $25 four-day passes, free for ages 5 and younger.

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3 to 8 p.m. July 26, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 28, locations around town; 360-793-0983. Live music, parade, car show, games, vendors, food, Civil War reenactors.

Flying Heritage’s Skyfair 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 20 at Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, 3407 109th St. SW. Admission is $15 for youth, $20 for adults, children 5 and younger free, $55 family pass. See vintage aircraft fly and watch tanks cruise the grounds.

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11 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 13 and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 14, Mill Creek Boulevard and 161st Street SE. Live entertainment, children’s activities, basketball tournament, arts and crafts, main stage and beer garden. Free shuttle available from Jackson High School, 1508 136th St. SE.

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9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 20, Starlight Vintage Emporium, 8705 271st St. NW.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 20-21, Mansford Grange, 1265 Railroad Ave. Kids’ activities, free rocks, rock collecting maps, door prizes, custom rock cutting. discoverdarrington.com

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July 26-28, mostly downtown along Main Street. Grand Parade 1 p.m. July 27, fireworks 10 p.m. July 27, carnival, entertainment, movie night, teen dance, pet show, water sports, car show, vendors. Festival information, map and directions available online. aquafest.com

Tour de Terrace MOUNTLAKE TERRACE

July 26-28, Evergreen Playfield, 22289 56th Ave. W.; 425-791-5956. Seafair sanctioned parade at 7 p.m. Friday.

Pancake breakfast, car show, carnival, live entertainment, beer garden, arts, crafts and food booths. tourdeterrace.org

Amazing Race Mukilteo MUKILTEO

8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 27; 425-3471456. Two-person teams compete to be the fastest at finishing challenges around the city to win a grand prize. Challenges are a mix of physical, mental and creative tasks. Event starts at Kamiak High School, 10801 Harbour Pointe Blvd. mukilteochamber.org

Silvana Community Fair SILVANA

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 27 at Viking Hall, 1331 Pioneer Highway. Live music, food, farm animals, demonstrations, indoor exhibits, kids’ games and petting zoo.

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Quilts on the Beach CAMANO ISLAND

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 27, Cama Beach State Park, 1880 West Camano Drive.

Open-air quilt show, sale and raffle by Cama Beach Quilters, with quilt-related activities for all ages. Free. Discover Pass required for parking. camabeachfoundation.org

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11 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 27 at Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd. Celebration of African-American culture with speakers, dance, live performances, food and vendors. Free. everettwa.org/parks

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Amy Duncan of Everett is a mixed-media artist who uses old photos, posters and antiques in her work. She’s one of more than 100 artists who will participate in Fresh Paint, an art festival set for Aug. 17-18.

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BY SHARON SALYER • PHOTOS BY KEVIN CLARK

Amy Duncan uses layers of our past — photographs, newspaper clippings, even glasses — in the construction of her mixedmedia collages.

“I usually start with a paper-type collage, pulling out a story from different elements, usually using an old photo and finishing it with actual found elements; old eyeglasses, keys, clock faces,” she said.

One such work, “Woman of Substance,” is enclosed in an old wooden drawer, lined with 20 button cards, all from the Tacoma Button Co. The piece incorporates an old Vogue sewing pattern, tracing wheel, an old pair of scissors and is topped with 50 thread spools in blues, grays, browns and oranges.

The 16- by 20-inch work was sold 10 minutes before Fresh Paint, the event at which it was displayed last year,

officially opened — bought by a woman who wanted it for her sewing room.

Fresh Paint, Everett’s two-day summer art show, is set for Aug. 17-18 this year. Its underlying philosophy is to provide more than an opportunity for people to buy art directly from artists. All of the more than 100 participating artists have to demonstrate their art in some way.

“We call it the festival of artists at work,” said Maren Oates, a spokeswoman for the Schack Art Center, which organizes the event. “We really want people to understand the creative process, helping people make the connection from artwork being created to the finished product, and to interact with the artists.”

The festival, celebrating its 23rd year, began as a plein air event at Legion Memorial Park in Everett, Oates said. From there, it moved to the Everett waterfront, where it remains, and has expanded to a two-day, free event.

Painters might bring their easels and work on a painting over the weekend, she said. Glass artists sometimes bring pieces in progress to give people a better understanding of the different stages of firing and the science behind it.

Amy Duncan’s “Woman of Substance” is enclosed in an old wooden drawer and incorporates vintage buttons and sewing tools.

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The Schack Art Center will bring its mobile hot shop to the Everett Marina. “People like to hang out and watch the artists,” Oates said.

“Glass blowing is always fascinating.”

Fresh Paint also has a hidden side, the hunt for about 200 blown glass floats on Jetty Island, this year scheduled for Aug. 17.

“We have them all along the beach and in the driftwood or buried in the sand,” Oates said.

About 10 a.m., the beach “Nevertheless,” by Amy Duncan. She has loved working with vintage items since she was a child. opens for the float hunt.

“It’s kind of a mad dash,” she said.

If you go The event has been part of Fresh Paint for at least a decade.

“I think our favorite thing is to see kids find them,” she said.

Fresh Paint, Everett’s annual arts festival, is scheduled Floats aren’t always found on the day of the event, neither from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 17 and 18 at the Port of Everett are they always discovered on Jetty Island.

Marina, 1700 W. Marine View Drive, Everett. The event is Storms sometimes shift the island’s sand to make floats free. Ride Everett Transit to Fresh Paint from Everett Station visible that previously were hidden. The floats sometimes or from downtown. More at schack.org/events/fresh-paint. live up to their name, drifting away on the tides. A woman

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“There definitely are some that are found weeks, months or even years later,” Oates said.

The find-a-float event is free. Parking at the jetty costs $3. Those who take the ferry to Jetty Island are encouraged to make a donation to support its operation.

Duncan, the Everett artist, has had a love of vintage items since she was a child.

But this interest didn’t turn into an art form for more than two decades.

Her college degree is in economics and planning.

She worked in management for nonprofits, including a national child abuse advocacy organization and in adult education and community development for the Girl Scouts.

She moved to the Seattle area in 1985 and has lived in Everett for 17 years. She has participated in Fresh Paint for eight years.

Her interest in vintage items came from her mother, who sewed all the clothes for her six children.

“I’ve always been fascinated with things that are well-loved and worn rather than anything bright, new and nondescript,” Duncan said. ■

Fresh Paint’s poster artist

Kat Houseman, a Bellingham wildlife artist who created the poster for this year’s Fresh Paint festival, featured the iconic gull in her design.

This year’s Fresh Paint poster offers a different take on the annual event.

Bellingham artist Kat Houseman’s artistic niche is painting wildlife.

“They said they really hadn’t had a wildlife artist do the poster before,” Houseman said.

So she incorporated some of the things she saw at the Everett waterfront, “a little of the background of what you’d see from the Everett Marina.”

The bird she chose to include in her painting is a gull, “an iconic bird.”

The painting had to be long in length to allow space for the Fresh Paint lettering that will be included in the poster.

Houseman, 36, is a 2003 graduate of Montana State University. Her work has been shown in galleries in that state as well as in Bellingham and the Smith & Vallee gallery in Edison.

She previously has participated in Fresh Paint and plans to have a booth there again this year.

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9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 3 on Granite Avenue; 425-345-9970. More than 100 cars, trucks and motorcycles. Food and craft vendors. Free. granitefallswa.com

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Stanwood-Camano Community Fair STANWOOD

9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 2 and 3, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 4, Stanwood-Camano Fairgrounds, 6431 Pioneer Highway; 360-629-4121. Youth agriculture exhibits and competitions, live entertainment, carnival food and more.

Free parking available at Stanwood High School, 7400 272nd St. NW, with free shuttle every 15 minutes during fair hours. Admission $7 to $10 daily, free for ages 5 and younger. Season pass is $20. stanwoodcamanofair.org

Darrington Day DARRINGTON

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 3 on Darrington Street and elsewhere around town.

Street fair, Smokey Bear, art, music, activities for kids, vendors. discoverdarrington.com

Aug. 7-27 in downtown. Artists decorate pianos that are then placed on the street for anyone to play. Vote online for your favorite piano. everettwa.gov/824/Street-Tunes

Tall Ships at the Port of Everett EVERETT

Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain are tentatively scheduled to be in port Aug. 8-13 at the dock near 1726 W. Marine Drive; 800-200-5239. tallshipsnetwork.com

Antique tractor show and threshing bee MONROE

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Art by the Bay STANWOOD

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug 10-11, downtown east Stanwood; 360-629-2787. See Art By the Bay Festival 2019 on Facebook.

Concerts, fine arts, garden art. Free admission and parking.

11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 16-17 and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 18, Civic Playfield, 310 Sixth Ave. N. Food and drink vendors, live music on four stages, informal Edmonds School District alumni meet-up, kids’ activities. Cost is $4, 12 and younger free. atasteofedmonds.com

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9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 11, 8802 196th St. SW, Edmonds. Rough rocks, minerals, fossils, jewelry. Free rocks for kids.

Balloon and Airplane Festival is Aug. 16-18, west entrance to the Arlington Airport, 4700 188th St. NE; 425-4355857. More than 1,000 aircraft, military displays and parades, daily air shows, hot air balloons, workshops, forums, fly mart, kids’ day, food, beer garden, live entertainment and exhibits.

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Everett Dahlia Show EVERETT

Colorful display of more than 2,500 dahlias, 1 to 6 p.m. Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 18, Floral Hall at Forest Park, 802 E. Mukilteo Blvd. Free. Prizes awarded to winning entries. Vote for your favorites. everettwa.org/632

Centennial Sk8 Festival ARLINGTON

Aug. 17-18 around town, mostly on Centennial Trail. Longboard skateboarding races of various lengths, prizes, food, music, art, lawn games, vendors. centennialsk8fest.com

Evergreen State Fair MONROE

10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 22 through Sept. 2, Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE. Equestrian shows, rodeo, lumberjack shows, fireworks, speedway events, animal barns and judging, petting zoo, duck races, pony rides, special displays, contests, roving entertainment, stadium concerts, Courtyard concerts and vendors. Cost is $10-$14, kids 5 and younger and seniors 90 and older get in free. One-day parking is $10. evergreenfair.org

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ARLINGTON

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8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 22, Legion Memorial Park, 114 N. Olympic Ave. Donate $30 and receive a T-shirt, hat or water bottle. Features 5K or 1-mile walk, car wash, food truck, music by Voices of the Village.

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4 p.m. to midnight Sept. 6, 11 a.m. to midnight Sept. 7, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 8, Lighthouse Park, 609 Front St.; 425-353-5516. Live entertainment, food, children’s activities, parade on Harbour Pointe Boulevard at 11 a.m. Saturday, fireworks, fishing derby and more.

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10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 15, Legion Memorial Park, 114 N. Olympic Ave. Art of many kinds, kids activities, live music, beer and wine garden. arlingtonartscouncil.net

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Signature

DISH

Favorite recipes from local chefs

BY SHARON SALYER PHOTOS BY ANDY BRONSON

T

he beginning of the Great Recession — 2008 — wasn’t a year many people would choose to open a new

restaurant.

Yet that was the year Donna King opened Scandia Coffeehouse in Stanwood.

She wanted it to be a community meeting space. And she didn’t like a lot of the pre-made food offerings often found in coffee houses.

So she began making her own food, testing a few recipes. She started out with coffee, pastries and panini sandwiches.

Then people began asking for more, wanting her to add soups and salads and sandwiches to the menu. The menu expanded, with two homemade soups every day, custom and hot sandwiches, homemade pastries and desserts.

Then, customers started asking if she could cater events.

In 2011, King heard about a new building opening at Cama Beach Historical State Park, on the west side of Camano Island about 12 miles from Stanwood.

The building was designed to house a restaurant, and King was awarded the right to operate it.

The fi fth generation Stanwood-Camano resident said she wanted the cafe to offer the kind of food she likes to make at home — “fresh, local, and a little more of the healthy, homemade side.”

Donna King Cama Beach Cafe & Catering

Donna King opened Cama Beach Cafe in 2011.

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Since its opening, the Cama Beach Cafe has earned a reputation for producing sumptuous breakfasts and brunches from a spot that overlooks the beach the cafe is named after as well as Saratoga Passage.

“We’ve had people say, ‘I can’t believe there’s good food at a state park. I was expecting greasy fries out of a freezer,’” King said.

The cafe is known for its scones and homemade jam, which is made in a copper pot.

Staff help prepare Swedish pancakes, pies and brownies.

The sausage served at the restaurant comes from Silvana Meats, the eggs come from a farm about 2 miles away.

The cafe typically isn’t open for dinner, due to the high demand for its catering services.

For that you’ll have to make reservations for one of Kristoferson Farm’s fivecourse canopy meals, catered

by Cama Beach Cafe. Those events are scheduled in June, July, August, September and October.

“It gives us a chance to be creative,” King said. “We work with what’s available seasonally.” ■

If you go

Cold ingredients, especially the butter, make for flakier scones.

Cama Beach Cafe’s Blueberry Scones The secret to these scones is cold ingredients. Much like pie crust, you can get a good flake in scones if you gently mix in large chunks of very cold butter.

The butter will melt in the oven and create steam, lifting and separating the layers.

The beauty of this recipe is you can make the scones and then freeze them raw, before baking. They will last for a couple of months in the freezer, and bake directly from freezer to oven. Do not thaw. When you want scones for breakfast, just take out one or two and pop them in the oven.

10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, grated with the large hole on a grater; freeze at least 15 minutes before using it 1½ cups fresh or frozen blueberries (see note) ½ cup whole milk, cold ½ cup sour cream, cold (yogurt works, too) 2¼ cups unbleached, all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface ½ cup sugar, plus 1 tablespoon to sprinkle on the top 2 teaspoons baking powder

Cama Beach Cafe & Catering, 1880 W. Camano Drive, Camano Island, is open daily 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. from mid-June through Labor Day. Call 360-387-5807 or go to camabeachcafe.com for more information.

¼ teaspoon baking soda

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Whisk together the milk and sour cream in a separate bowl and refrigerate until needed. Whisk the flour, ½ cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and zest in a medium pre-chilled bowl. Add the frozen butter and toss with the dry ingredients until the butter chunks are thoroughly coated. Use your fingers. Don’t let the butter soften.

1 teaspoon grated lemon zest 1 teaspoon salt Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grate the cold butter, if you haven’t already, and keep in the freezer until ready to use. Put fresh blueberries in the freezer for at least 15 minutes while preparing the scones. Do not thaw previously frozen berries.

Add the chilled milk mixture to the dry ingredients and fold until it just comes together. Pour the dough onto a well-floured counter. Lightly dust the dough

with flour and, with floured hands, work it until it just holds together in a ragged ball, adding flour as needed to prevent sticking. Put some flour on a rolling pin and roll into a square about ½- to 1-inch thick. (If you want, you can play with this step by putting your dough in the fridge, then bringing it out and folding it in thirds twice to make a square, and rolling it out again, to emulate puff pastry.)

Sprinkle the blueberries evenly over the dough, then press them in lightly so they stay. Using a bench scraper or pancake turner, lift one end of the dough, and roll tightly into a log. Lay, seam-side down, and press the log into a 12 inch by 4 inch rectangle, no more than 2 inches thick.

Using a sharp, floured straight edge, start to make cuts, alternating diagonal and straight lines, to get roughly triangle-shaped scones. Brush each scone with a little milk or cream and sprinkle evenly with the remaining tablespoon of sugar.

At this point, you can bake the whole batch, or freeze all or part. If you’re going to freeze them, put them in the freezer on a flat surface, not touching, and transfer into bags later.

Bake for 5-10 minutes at 425 degrees, then turn your oven down to 350. Check them again in 10 minutes. If they seem like they’re getting really dark, reduce your temperature by 25 degrees. Bake another 20-25 minutes, rotating the pan halfway through. Frozen scones will take a good 15 minutes longer.

Note: You can substitute nearly any ingredient for the blueberries. The cafe makes cranberry orange by soaking cranraisins (dried cranberries) in orange juice, and using a generous sprinkle of fresh orange peel. Or try making lemon ginger, using candied ginger and lemon peel.

For savory scones, cut the sugar in half and sprinkle with kosher or smoked salt instead of sugar. Mix in ham and cheddar, or bacon and brie.

You can even make them with no filling, and top with butter and homemade jam. Or omit half the sugar and make biscuits.

This recipe was adapted from one by America’s Test Kitchen at americastestkitchen.com.

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4 to 7 p.m. Thursdays through August next to Greater Oak Harbor Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, Highway 20 and NE Fourth Avenue.

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Langley Second Street Market

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, June 15 through Oct. 5 (except Aug. 17 for Taste of Edmonds), Fifth Avenue and Main Street; 425-774-0900.

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3 to 7 p.m. Fridays, June 5 to Aug. 8, at the Everett Transit Center, 3201 Smith Ave.; 425-422-5656.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, June 22 to Aug. 31, 1035 State Ave.

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MILL CREEK

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growlers the science of

THESE JUGS OF BEER-TO-GO HAVE BECOME A BIG PART OF THE CRAFT BREWING SCENE. NOW THERE’S A NEW BREED OF CONTAINERS THAT PREVENT THE HEARTBREAK OF FLAT ALE.

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BY AARON SWANEY

▼

ake a few minutes and walk the aisles of Norm’s Market, and one thing quickly becomes clear: The owner takes beer very seriously.

On the outside, the store looks like a typical mini mart.

Inside, it’s a craft beer lover’s idea of heaven.

Cans and bottles — some from obscure breweries on the East Coast — line coolers, shelves and walk-in fridges.

So many, in fact, that some are just haphazardly placed in various spots around the store, waiting for a thirsty customer intrigued by the weird label to grab it and take it home.

But it’s the 60-plus beers, ciders and kombuchas on tap that really sets owner Shane McDaniel’s store apart. Not simply for the number of COURTESY OF UKEG beers, but also the fact they’re The uKeg growler keeps beer cold and uses automated systems to keep it carbonated. even there. say you’re filling a growler with beer. the growler law Growlers today are sleek, oxygen-defying hulls for craft beer McDaniel isn’t one to sit and wait for a problem to solve goodness. They’re vacuum-sealed, stainless steel and come itself. When he discovered that mini marts were prohibited with a pressurized CO2 cap to keep oxygen out and continufrom filling growlers, he started making phone calls. One was ously maintain pressure. They come in all sizes, from tiny pint to state Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens. Hobbs was a symgrowlers to 2 liters. In other words, science got a hold of the pathetic ear, and he soon crafted legislation to fix the problem. growler and made it better.

McDaniel went to Olympia. He testified before the Legisfrom glass jug to uKeg lature. Later, he was there in 2011 when then-Gov. Christine Gregoire signed the bill into law allowing specialty wine and The apocryphal story of how the growler got its name can beer shops the ability to fill growlers, which are half-gallon, be traced back to the late 19th century, when beer-thirsty refillable containers. pub visitors toted their ale home in a lidded pail. According McDaniel hosted a media event in which he and Hobbs to Beer Advocate, the pail emitted a rumbling sound; that filled growlers from 50 taps of fresh beer. They toasted to their was CO2 leaking out as the beer sloshed around. success.

Later, glass and ceramic growlers became the norm.

That was eight years ago. Since then, growlers have become Round at the bottom and tapering into a thin neck like a jug, big business. The vast majority of growlers McDaniel filled these growlers came with a small handle near the top for that summer day were of the brown glass jug variety, the clascarrying. In Germany, they were ornate pieces of art, with sic 64-ounce “growler.” It’s what your dad thinks of when you flip-top caps and giant metal handles.

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know your growler

Glass. These are the growlers most people are familiar with.

Brown, made of glass and simple. They most often come in 64 ounces (Norm’s Market), but 32 ounces (Diamond Knot) also is popular. Variants include the giant German style with a fliptop lid — Scuttlebutt orders them from Germany — or the squat 32-ouncer, a favorite at SnoTown.

Over the past two decades, growler laws relaxed in the U.S. as craft breweries exploded in numbers. The result was mass innovation.

Stainless steel. Double-wall insulation. Vacuum-sealed to keep oxygen out. Slick, cutting-edge and technologically advanced, these aren’t your father’s growlers.

The apex of growler innovation is called the uKeg. Priced starting at $169, uKegs are mini, pressurized kegs of beer. They come with their very own pressure gauge, tap and cap, with CO2 technology similar to refillable whipped cream dispensers. The variable pressure regulation cap makes sure to keep oxygen out and CO2 in the keg, helping maintain a desirable level of carbonation.

The uKeg answers the question every growler enthusiast has asked throughout history: How do you keep the beer from going flat? Once the seal is punctured in traditional growlers, the beer goes flat after about 24 hours, making it a race to down 64 ounces of beer as fast as possible. With a uKeg, you don’t have to race the clock.

Another option is Drink Tanks, which sells 64- or 128-ounce stainless steel growlers. Along with its classic flip-top cap, Drink Tanks has a keg cap feature that includes a pour spout and a CO2 interchange so canisters can inject CO2 right into the growler, promising to keep the beer bubbly for an extra few days.

the dawn of the ‘crowler’

Unique. The 5-liter “zeppelin” is a novelty growler that Crucible gets from Germany.

I picked up a small pint growler, as seen in the photo, at Brassneck Brewery in Vancouver, B.C.

Since McDaniel helped pass legislation opening up the growler market, small mini marts and beverage shops around the state have popped up. They promise a taplist that could rival the snootiest craft beer taprooms around.

But as growlers have changed, so has the business. “Crowlers,” or 32-ounce, fillable cans, have become the next big thing.

Crowlers are easier to transport, stay fresher longer and make it easier for customers to pick and choose what they want. It doesn’t mean growlers are out, but it does mean the market has shifted.

McDaniel said he’s seen it first-hand.

“I’ve seen so many shops open up advertising 50 taps and then shut it down a few months later,” said McDaniel, who recently installed a crowler machine in his store. “You have to be strategic when you dive into this market. You can’t just say you have so many taps of so much beer.

You have to know what beer sells and what beer doesn’t. You have to know the next big thing in beer.”

The next big thing for McDaniel? To become the biggest and best. He has plans to increase his taplist to more than 200.

“I want to have more tap handles than anyone else,” McDaniel said. “You have to always be moving, getting better to stay ahead of the other guys. That’s the key to success in the craft beer business.” ■

where to fill your growler

Vacuum-insulated. The Drink Tank from Crucible is doublewalled and vacuum-insulated to keep the beer cold and oxygen at bay. Scrappy Punk’s Greg Krsak is partial to the tall, 32-ounce version he can take hiking. Marysville’s 5 Rights recently gave their Primary Care Patrons a keg-style growler.

Nashi Orchards sells a special shaker-inspired growler that is actually 20.9 ounces. PHOTOS BY ANDY BRONSON / COAST 60 • WASHINGTON NORTH COAST MAGAZINE • SUMMER 2019

Here’s a look at the best places to fill your growler that you might never have thought of.

Norm’s Market and Bottleshop. Lake Stevens’ Norms Market, 10027 Lundeen Park Way, offers more than 50 beers and ciders on tap and has eight kombuchas on tap as well. Open 24 hours. Call 425-334-4646.

Tulalip Market. Just off the 116th Street exit of I-5, Tulalip Market, 2832 116th St. NE, Tulalip, has 50 beers on tap. Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call 360-716-3241.

Whistle Stop. Don’t let this small deli fool you. Everett’s Whistle Stop offers 30 hard-to-find beers on tap. The store at 5626 134th Place SE, Suite A, Everett, is open 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Call 425-337-6533.

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TRANSFORMED TEACHER Plagued by stress and health problems, Jackson High’s Lesley Moffat needed to change. Her new book tells how she did it.

BY S A R A B R U E S T L E

A

forgot to make time for teacher for more herself. She was exhausted than 30 years, Lesley from the go-go-go of Moffat loves her job teaching during the school — band director at day followed by a plethora Jackson High School in Mill of after-school activities, Creek. such as concerts, football Moffat was born to be and basketball games, band a teacher: Her parents, trips, competitions and grandmother and greatfestivals. grandmother were all “Fifty-hour workweeks teachers. were never enough, and it She taught band at sucked it right out of me,” Alderwood Middle School Moffat said. “But I loved it, so for two years and then it was really hard to say no.

Lynnwood High School “I couldn’t admit it was so for 10 years. She’s been at hard. No way. I would have Jackson for the past 17 years. appeared weak.

Moffat loves her job, “It was 12 or 14 hour days except for one thing: It was all the time, and it just took a killing her. toll, mentally and physically.

Two years ago, at age 51, I didn’t take care of me.”

Moffat realized she had Moffat says her superiors allowed a rewarding but at Jackson aren’t to blame. demanding job to get the “This wasn’t anybody’s fault; best of her. this was me,” she said.

Determined to regain She witnessed similar her health and find workstress take a terrible toll on life balance, Moffat was her best friend. inspired to write a selfHer book is dedicated help book for stressed-out to that friend, Laurie teachers. It’s the book she Cappello, 61, who was the wishes she’d had when she choir teacher at Cascade reached her breaking point.

High School for 26 years.

At her worst, Moffat was 60 Cappello died last year of KEVIN CLARK / COAST pounds overweight and was ovarian cancer.

Lesley Moffat, the band director at Jackson High School, on a dozen medications for “She was super-active, wrote a self-help book, “I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me.” a host of ailments. She was she just put her heart and sick and in pain all the time. soul into her job,” Moffat She was hospitalized on multiple occasions, and missed said of her friend of 20 years. “She kept ignoring her body, work for weeks at a time. ignoring the symptoms. She wasn’t feeling good but she “I kept seeing all of these doctors, and they would say forged through. When her cancer hit stage four, that’s it’s stress,” she said. “Stress manifests itself in lots of when she found out it was cancer.” horrible ways.”

Moffat is convinced that if she hadn’t made a change, In charge of five bands and 300 students, Moffat often she’d be following her friend to an early grave.

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Cappello was the one who pushed her to write the book.

Two months before the end of the 2016-2017 school year, Moffat couldn’t take it anymore. She was so stressed out that she couldn’t go to work. She stayed home through the summer.

She resolved to get healthy so she could go back to work, and stay healthy.

At the urging of her husband, George Moffat, she joined a yoga class. She didn’t want to, but did anyway.

With each session, Moffat saw a change in herself. She was more relaxed.

Th rough yoga, Moffat learned that she needed to practice mindfulness — time to breathe, meditate and be in the moment.

She went back to her doctor and asked to be taken off all her medications. She saw a counselor, a nutritionist, a naturopath, an acupuncturist and a chiropractor.

They worked with her doctor to get her off her meds.

“I fi nally realized another pill

is just going to give me more side effects,” she said.

Today Moffat weighs 135 pounds and takes zero medications. She also is working part time right now, which means she teaches 175 students in three bands.

Her husband says he saw “a huge mental transformation” in his wife.

“Before, she just seemed exhausted and worn down,” said George Moffat, 58, a manager in the 777X program at Boeing. “Now I see her with a lot more energy, a lot more drive, and with a sense of mission and purpose again.”

Lesley Moffat’s book, “I Love My Job But It’s Killing Me,” is a stepby-step guide for teachers — with a curriculum and homework built in — meant to help them fi nd relief from chronic stress and illness by achieving work-life balance. She wrote it with help from a self-help book specialist.

Th rough trial and error, Moffat established what she calls the “mPowered Method,” which has four components: Meals, Movement, Music and Mindfulness.

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By Lesley Moffat. Difference Press. 133 pages. $7.99 in Kindle format.

About the author Lesley Moffat, 53, is a high school band teacher and self-help author. She lives in Mill Creek with her husband and three daughters.

Learn more about Moffat’s mPowered Method, request a free download of her book and find a calendar of author events at mpowerededucator.com.

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(Because the phrase “diet and exercise” sounds like Fifty-hour punishment to some, workweeks Moffat likes to call it “meals and movement.”) were never All four components enough, and it are meant to make you feel better. Mindfulness sucked it right means that before out of me. making a decision, you ask yourself, “How will — LESLEY MOFFAT this make me feel?” The meals component simply means eating healthfully.

Movement is exercising and stretching. Music, whether you’re listening to it or playing it, improves your mood.

Next year will be Moffat’s last at Jackson. After 32 years as a band teacher, she will retire at the end of the 2019-2020 school year.

Retirement will give her time to pursue a second career: self-help author and mentor to stressed-out teachers.

Her second book will be called “No More 14-Hour Workdays,” a how-to guide to help teachers bring Moffat’s mPowered Method into their classrooms.

“My new mission on this planet is to work with teachers, so they can teach from a different place than total chaos,” she said.

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Museums

Blackman House Museum SNOHOMISH

118 Ave. B; 360-568-5235; Noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; free but donations accepted. snohomishhistoricalsociety.org

Cascadia Art Museum EDMONDS

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, 190 Sunset Ave.; 425-3364809. On third Thursdays, the museum is open until 8 p.m. and is free during Art Walk Edmonds, 5 to 8 p.m. Otherwise, admission is $10, with discounts for seniors and students. cascadiaartmuseum.org

Edmonds Historical Museum EDMONDS

118 Fifth Ave. N.; 425-774-0900; 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.

Suggested admission $5 for adults, $2 for students. historicedmonds.org

Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum EVERETT

3407 109th St. SW (Paine Field); 206-342-4242; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Memorial Day through Labor Day; Tuesdays through Sundays, after Labor Day through the rest of the year. Cost is $10-$14, ages 5 and younger free.

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Robert Torres-Miller helps his grandson Kevin dig in the Dino Dig exhibit at the Imagine Children’s Museum in Everett.

Hibulb Cultural Center TULALIP

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. weekends. Free on first Thursdays until 8 p.m.; 6410 23rd Ave. NE; 360-716-2635. Learn about culture and history of the Tulalip Tribes.

Current exhibit is “Interwoven History: Coast Salish Wool.” hibulbculturalcenter.org

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1502 Wall St.; 425-258-1006. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.

Admission is $10.20; $5.10 from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursdays; free for children younger than 1.

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8415 Paine Field Blvd.; 425-4388100, information and reservations at 800-464-1476. Aviation Center open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Boeing Tour on the hour, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Children must be 4 feet tall for tours. futureofflight.org

Granite Falls Historical Society Museum GRANITE FALLS

109 E. Union St.; 360-691-2603. Noon to 5 p.m. Sundays; free but donations accepted. gfhistory.org

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Lake Stevens Historical Museum LAKE STEVENS

1802 124th Ave. NE; 1 to 4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 425-334-3944.

Heritage Park LYNNWOOD

19921 Poplar Way; Heritage Resource Center: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; 425-775-4694; Humble House, Sno-Isle Genealogical Society’s library: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Wickers Building, South Snohomish County Visitor Information Center: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays; 425-670-5502.

Sky Valley Historical Society Museum SULTAN

Fourth and Main streets, above the post office, open first and third Tuesdays and third Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Free; 360-793-0534.

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Monroe Historical Society Museum

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Old City Hall, 207 E. Main St.; 360-2177223. Noon to 3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Donations accepted.

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Schack Art Center

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10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; 2921 Hoyt Ave.; 425-259-5050. Free admission to see the exhibits. Schack classes include drawing, printmaking, basketry, jewelry and metalsmithing, encaustic, painting, fused glass and blown glass.

20722 67th Ave. NE; 360-435-7289.

Hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays through October; check website for holiday closures; cost is $5 for adults, $2 for children 12 and younger.

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Western Heritage Center MONROE

Located on the east-side grounds of the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, it’s open all year, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday; 360-805-6700. All about agriculture, logging, mining and transportation. tinyurl.com/Coast-WHC

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His training as an engineer led him to make stained-glass kaleidoscopes

Bob Ade, 83, a kaleidescope artist, has made more than 10,000 kaleidoscopes at home in Lynnwood. This photo was taken through a friend’s kaleidescope.

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My name is Bob Ade. I’m 83. I’m a glass artist specializing in stained-glass kaleidoscopes. I have made about 15,000 kaleidoscopes that are displayed and sold worldwide. My studio is in my home in Lynnwood on Martha Lake. I have an engineering degree, and I had a business career with several Fortune 500 corporations before pursuing art.

WHAT: My wife, Grace, and I began by selling our glass art items in an

Bob Ade’s favorite kaleidoscope is “Crystal Star,” a table-top parlor scope model with a three-dimensional image that appears like a star.

artist’s co-op gallery in Virginia. Our kaleidoscopes soon became the most popular item we made. In 1988, I became aware of the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society, named for Sir David Brewster, a Scottish scientist, inventor and the original patent holder for kaleidoscopes in 1816. He wrote several chapters of Encyclopedia Britannica on physical optics and polarization. The society is made up of kaleidoscope artists, collectors and galleries that specialize

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Kaleidoscopic images are stimulating to the senses.

They are beautiful and curious. They tease, entertain and soothe the mind with the endless variations and patterns they can create just by rotating the object chamber and tumbling the items the chamber contains.

— BOB ADE, KALEIDOSCOPE ARTIST in scopes. Artists are challenged to introduce and display their new creations at the opening ceremony of each convention.

This stimulates the desire to push the envelope of one’s skills and imagination. As a result I have developed several models that are in unique niches of the kaleidoscope world. For example, I have created several models that allow the viewer to manually adjust the mirrors to narrower or wider angles. This results in allowing the viewer to make more or fewer segments in the image. One of my models, “Diamonds,” has four mirrors.

WHEN: Grace and

I took stained-glass classes while living in Virginia in 1982, then glass-blowing classes at Pratt Fine Art Center in Seattle after moving to Washington in 1993. We noticed a glass kaleidoscope while rambling through a gallery in 1983 and thought that would be a fun glass art item to make, but wondered, “How does a kaleidoscope work?” So I took apart a toy one to get the basics.

WHERE: I display about 100 of my scopes

and some others I have collected at my studio.

There is an online “Kaleidoscope Book” containing pages dedicated to various kaleidoscope artists. A shortcut to the page in this book featuring my work is tinyurl. com/7g2mf2m. Two coffee table books on kaleidoscopes that show my scopes are “Kaleidoscope Artistry” and

“Wonders of Wonder.” Both are by Cozy Baker, who began the kaleidoscope renaissance in the early 1980s when she was given a kaleidoscope by a friend to help relieve her grief after losing a son killed by a drunken driver. Her pleasure and satisfaction from these interesting objects caused her to begin a search for kaleidoscope artists, and she found a common interest among them in forming a group that became the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society. Locally, Schack Art Center and Columbia City Gallery have some of our popular items.

Three parlor kaleidoscopes made by Bob Ade.

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accomplishment to sell 1 million things for $1, or one thing for $1 million. I have fallen somewhere in between and have yet to achieve either the $1 million or the million items, but it has been a worthy objective. In college, and for a while after, I used my photographic equipment and darkroom skills to do portraits and weddings for some extra spending money. Later, my wife and I learned candlemaking and began a home business. We have six children and for 10 years we all made traditional pillar candles in a variety of colors, sizes and scents for gift shops and florists.

We specialized in exotic-shaped candles using antique cut glass crystal pieces and novelty items like mushrooms, Christmas trees, pumpkins, owls, etc. Our family would display and sell these items at street art shows. We always had an interest in glass art, and it was at these shows that we were inspired to pursue this direction.

HOW: My engineering training benefited me

in designing the models I have created and the assembly fixtures needed to build them. My mind has also been challenged by concepts I have seen in other’s kaleidoscopes: “How did they do that?”

While not copying other’s designs, I have sought to incorporate some of these ideas, such as 3D images, into my own work. I first saw a 3D scope image in a gallery in Hong Kong. It took several years of playing with mirrors until that concept became a reality for me. It led to creating a series of “Crystal” image scopes that are among my favorites. Grace, my wife and partner of 54 years, passed away in 2013, but the pleasure of glass working carries on, and the children, now grown, occasionally assist when I get overloaded. Mostly kaleidoscopes, but last year I enjoyed planning and installing 47 stained-glass windows in the sanctuary of Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Lynnwood.

FAVORITE KALEIDOSCOPE: “Crystal Star.”

A table-top parlor scope model with a threedimensional image that appears like a star that has a north and south pole with an equator and curved longitudinal segments from the poles to the equator. It was inspired in 1996 from night sky views over Puget Sound from my home at the time in Mukilteo. In 2003, a hand-held model with the same image was developed and named “Twinkle.”

More kaleidoscopes See more of Bob Ade’s work at kaleidoscopestoyou.com. Click on the “By Artist” box to find his link.

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Katherine Schiffner on the campus of Everett Community College.

More about Katherine As the director of public relations for Everett Community College, Katherine Schiffner writes about students and faculty, works with a team to find creative ways to provide college information and is still trying to understand Snapchat. Prior to working for EvCC, she was a reporter for The Daily Herald, primarily covering criminal justice.

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s it a sail? A mountain? An abstract E? As the director of public relations for Everett Community College, I’ve heard a lot of guesses about the three red pointy parts of the college’s logo.

It’s actually a graphic representation of the “Feather Star” sculpture in the center of campus. If you look closely at the sculpture, you’ll see that the tip of one of the three metal spires is slightly bent. The damage was caused by an intentionally set fire that killed Everett firefighter Gary Parks and destroyed the college’s student union and library in 1987.

Somehow, the sculpture survived the fire.

It became the inspiration for the logo and a symbol of renewal and rebirth for the college.

In Snohomish County, we don’t give up.

When we are knocked down, we come back stronger.

From Boeing’s factory floor to land owned and farmed by the same families for more than 100 years, Snohomish County is home to generations of tenacious people.

And we face our challenges together.

Ken Gaydos made sure of it. Ken, who I interviewed in 1999 when I was an intern for The Daily Herald, founded Support 7, an Edmonds-based nonprofit that sends volunteer chaplains to provide comfort, shelter and food for grief-stricken families and first responders.

For more than three decades, Snohomish County has counted on Support 7 to respond.

Fire? Support 7. Suicide? Support 7. Drowning? Support 7.

Ken was a man of deep faith. He helped start programs similar to Support 7 in about 500 cities, on every continent except Antarctica.

Ken died in September at age 79, but his work will continue with the dedicated Support 7 team now led by Lynnwood City Councilwoman Shannon Sessions.

We’ll celebrate the same kind of tenacity in June at EvCC’s graduation ceremony. Some graduates will be the first in their family to earn a college degree. Others worked multiple jobs to put themselves through school.

A few years ago, I met a woman who was at graduation with her 4-week-old baby. She went into labor during a midterm. The mom of three, who worked full time while going to college, finished the exam before her son was born.

Her advice to students? It’s never too late to achieve your goals.

That’s why I love it here.