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Silvana Fair helps kids develop show skills With larger fairs in Stanwood, Monroe and Puyallup looming, a small fair in Silvana helps develop the show skills for young animal breeders.

The Silvana Fair, which is marking its 72nd anniversary, is a small, one-day fair where young breeders show off their cattle, rabbits, poultry, goats, swine, camelids and dogs.

"It's more of a teaching fair," said Mary Fuentes, president of the Silvana Fair. Youth dress appropriately, and judges ask the kids a lot of questions and offer suggestions on how to show animals. Youth participating in the are often members of 4-H or Future Farmers of America while other are in the community, Fuentes said.

Animal judging begins at 10 a.m. and continues throughout the day.

The Silvana Fair is the

first event of the season where participants can show their animals. It provides preparation for the larger Stanwood Camano Fair that takes place the following weekend, the Evergreen State Fair in August and the Washington State Fair that starts at the end of August.

A small group of alpacas and llamas will be evaluated for the first time during the Silvana Fair.

"People are very curious about llamas and alpacas," said Ruth Wiegand who is the alpaca/llama superintendent of the Silvana Fair. She and her husband, Gary, owns South Fork Farm near Mount Vernon where they grow alpacas.

"We are finding more people in the community having a llama and one or two alpacas," Fuentes added.

Because it's the first

year llamas and alpacas will be critiqued, the fair will limit entries to the first 10 in 2019. In 2019 alpacas and llamas were present as an education tool, Fuentes said.

Alpacas and llamas will be judged on how the animals interact with the owner and the judges and critiqued on how they handle more of a real life situations such as interacting with a dog, stairs or a baby stroller, Wiegand said.

The fair provides a host of other activities throughout the day. After the opening ceremony that includes a flag raising, animal judging will begin and continue throughout the day.

A greased pole contest for youth ages 12 and under starts at 12:15 p.m.

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Alpacas, such as the ones grown at Mount Vernon's South Fork Farms, will be critiqued for the first time by judges at the Silvana Fair. The one-day fair provides preparation for young breeders hoping to show their animals at larger fairs that take place later in the summer.

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Relay for Life raises funds to support those fighting cancer

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Landin Davis, left, receives some face painting from ‘Auntie the Clown’ at the Smokey Point Farmers Market Kids Day on July 19.

Smokey Point Farmers Market holds Kids Day

By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Children were the focus of the day during the Kids Day at the Smokey Point Farmers Market on July 19.

“We’re doing Kids Day to celebrate kids,” said Jamie Williams, manager of the market.

Rabbits and goats were

available for kids to see and pet, and ‘Auntie the Clown’ was there providing face painting.

Kids were also invited to bring their own items to sell during the day.

“We have a couple of kid vendors selling the stuff that See KIDS on page 12

Marysville's Asbery Field hosted the North Snohomish County Relay for Life this year which raised more than $80,000 for cancer research and services.

This year's relay was held on July 20.

The 18-hour event is a walking relay around the field by various teams that have collected donations.

The event is a national fundraiser for the American Cancer Society (ACS). The organization uses the funds collected both for research and to provide free services to cancer survivors and those recently diagnosed.

"The money we raise goes toward rides that people need help getting transportation to their treatment, lodging if they have to go to

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Cancer survivors and family members lead the way in the survival lap that kicked off the North Snohomish County Relay for Life on July 20. a faraway hospital, and wigs for anyone who has undergone chemo and lost their hair," said Katie Thompson, who works at the ACS and was one of the organizers of this year's event.

The ACS also uses some of the funds for education.

"We have an awesome ACS hotline where anyone

diagnosed can call," said Thompson. By calling the hotline cancer survivors can get counseling 24 hours a day.

The number for that hotline is 800-ACS-2345.

The ACS also provided live entertainment, food, bands, a beer garden and a silent auction at the north

Snohomish County event.

Many of the participants came out to honor someone they loved or someone close who is dealing with cancer currently.

"For me, I lost my best friend almost three years ago to cancer, and I've lost

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MPD garage sale benefits food bank

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Shirley Cupic looks through some of the items available at the Marysville Police Department's Charity Garage Sale on July 20.

The Marysville Police Department held their third annual garage sale to raise funds for the Marysville Community Food Bank on July 20.

The fundraiser was originally started by Leslie Burnett who works in police records.

"She came up with the idea three years ago and asked if we could use the front parking lot and it's just been more and more successful every year," said Marysville police commander Wendy Wade.

Local volunteers with the police and their families have kept the sale going.

"This is our third year doing it and hopefully we continue to make more money than we did last year," said Burnett, "so kids who are in need will be able to have some

food to take home with them."

Funds go to the Marysville Community Food Bank's Food for Thought program, which provides local school kids with food to take home over the weekend.

"For us, knowing that the kids are able to go home and have food every day is really important to us," said Wade.

She said she likes that the funds raised at the garage sale go to helping kids from Marysville.

"I love that we chose a charity that is really going to help our local community," said Wade.

Community members who shop at the garage sale also like that the funds are going to the Marysville Community Food Bank.

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family members," said participant Rhonda Snyder.

"It was really hard going through that watching my best friend die," she said.

Participant Savannah Benson agreed with Snyder.

"Same here, she was like an aunt to me and just watching her pass away was really hard," she said.

Snyder said they want to help in any way they can.

"Anything we can do to raise awareness and eventually find a cure," she said.

Many people come back to the event year after year to continue to recognize those they have lost.

"It's very special to us.

It's at least 10 years we've been doing this as a team.

A couple of years ago we lost a very dear Soroptimist lady," said Marysville Soroptimist member and relay participant Renae James. "She was a big influence on our community as well as our club."

One of the organizers of the event, Linda Clark, is in her 12th year of participating in the event.

"We started Relay because we were affected very personally by cancer and

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Participants take part in the North Snohomish County Relay for Life to raise funds for the American Cancer Society on July 20. From left, Tina Tang, Rhonda Snyder and Savannah Benson.

we wanted to make a difference for the rest of the people coming behind," she said.

Survivors also come to the event to participate and raise funds for everyone who is going through cancer now.

Participant Pennie Alaniz is a survivor and this year was the first year she came to the Relay for Life.

"My sister started a team

in my honor. This is the first year I've been able to do it," she said.

"It's pretty cool and I've been out here since yesterday helping them set up.

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Survivor Cathy Thompson said she enjoys coming to the event each year.

"It's always fun," she said. "This is all my family and we're kicking cancer, we hope."

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I've found, and also what they're donating for," said local Renae Cupic who attended this year's garage sale.

Wade said that it's good for local police officers to get to know Marysville residents as well.

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Volunteers from the police, their families and their friends help organize the event.

"It's really quite phenomenal. A lot of work went into putting this together," said Shirley Cupic, who attended this year's garage sale.

"We organized this yard sale. Almost all of the items have been donated by police personnel, family and friends," said Wade.

The items are sold without a price tag.

"We don't put a price on any of the items. It's all by donation, so whatever people's conscience wants to pay is what we'll take," said Wade.

They hope to raise $2,500 this year to give to the Food for Thought program. "Last year we made about $1,900," said Wade. "This year is going pretty good. We're more than halfway to our goal," she said when there was about three hours left for the garage sale.

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'Bell stealing' leads to food bank donations

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The Arlington and Marysville Rotary clubs open up their meetings by striking a traditional bell, however, recently both bells have been stolen.

Arlington Rotary members have been swiping the Marysville Club's bell for the last four decades.

“I’ve stolen that bell six times in the last 30 years. I started this back in 1985 or ’86,” said Arlington Rotary

member Ron Love.

“This one I didn’t steal this time,” he said.

The thievery ended on July 17 when the two clubs ‘called a truce’ and donated 500 boxes of cereal to each other’s local food bank.

Marysville Rotary president Rick McCarthy said this time the bell got stolen when he was attending an Arlington event.

“Arlington asked me to bring the bell to their installation banquet and they

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Carla Gastineau, left, Arlington Rotary member and executive director of the Arlington Community Food Bank, hands the Marysville Rotary bell to Marysville Rotary president Rick McCarthy on July 17.

stole it from me when my Food Bank, said items like back was turned,” he said. cereal are important for “I told Arlington I was families. going to their meeting and “Simple things like a box was going to steal their bell, of cereal or a bottle of musand I did just that,” he said. tard can make a big differOn July 17 they switched ence,” said Gastineau. the bells back at a Marys“Tonight, it will feed beville Rotary meeting. tween 15 and 100 families “We’ve gone back and tonight and make for a lot forth with Arlington and of happy kids,” she said. now as a peace offering Cereal is one of the most we have offered 500 boxes highly requested items they of cereal for the Arlington get at the food bank, she food bank and in return said, and one item that they Arlington has bought 500 frequently run out of as boxes for the Marysville well. food bank,” said McCarthy.

The two clubs also enjoy The Arlington Grocery stealing each other’s bells to Outlet sold the cereal to the keep in contact. clubs and gave them a good “It’s been fun banter beprice, said McCarthy. tween the clubs,” said Mc“I want to thank them Carthy. for helping us put this to“It’s great to get the clubs gether,” he said. interacting together,” said The two clubs wanted to Devries. help the food banks for the The two clubs actually summer season. started as one in the ‘70s.

“They’re in need and “In 1970 the Everett Rothere’s a shortage right now. tary wanted to establish a This is a great way to help chapter in Marysville, but out the community,” said instead of just Marysville Arlington Rotary president it would be a north county Simona Devries.

Rotary club,” said ArlingCarla Gastineau, an Ar- ton Rotary member Dave lington Rotary member Duskin.

B:10” and executive director of The Marysville bell was T:10” the Arlington Community given to Everett to start the S:10”

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Marysville Rotary president Rick McCarthy stacks some of the 500 boxes of cereal that the local club is donating to the Arlington Community Food Bank on July 17.

club, which they retain to this day. Eventually Marysville split off to form a club specifically for their city, and brought the bell with

them.

“It’s all in fun since then that we’ve had the game of stealing the bell,” said Duskin.

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Throwers attend MG camp

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Eagles’ young camper Trenton Nichol, front, lays out the bag while football player Avery Lindsey holds the ball, back, at Arlington High School on July 17.

Eagles host football clinic

By Andrew Hines sports@northcountyoutlook.com The Arlington football team hosted their annual Summer Youth Football Camp on July 15-17 at the Arlington High School Field.

The Eagles hosted their three-day non-contact camp for all of the local kids that fell in the categories of 6-13 years old, or entering grades ranging from kindergarten through eighth.

Each day campers were able to select both an offensive and defensive position to try out and learn techniques. The camp focused on the skills at each position to lay down a foundation for each player, rather than putting an emphasis on concepts and set plays.

“We have a lot of fun and we try to put some NFL style competitions at the end of the day to give the kids something that they can try to compete in. It’s great to see them work hard throughout the day and we make sure to throw in little prizes and stickers to keep it exciting,” said Arlington

Head Coach Greg Dailer.

Alongside the Eagles’ entire coaching staff, the campers were also coached by a long list of varsity athletes from the Arlington roster. The student-athletes led drills, organized games and were able to give handson coaching to each of the young football players.

“We help these kids learn a lot about the game, but I think it helps our players learn their fundamentals better through teaching it.

It’s great to hear them start telling the kids stuff that we tell them all the time throughout our practices, and for them to be able to see that coaching at work is great for them as well,” said Coach Dailer.

If you are interested in more camps that Arlington has to offer this summer you can check out https://ahs.asd.wednet.edu/ athletics/a_h_s_camps. Or if you want to learn of other ways to support the Eagles football program you can find all of that information at https://arlingtongridironclub.com/home.

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Eagles’ varsity sophomore linebacker Quintin Yon-Wagner kicks off Sharks vs. Minnows to end the day of camp at Arlington High School on July 17.

The Marysville Getchell Track Program offered the very first Chargers Co-Ed Throwers Camp on July 16-18.

The camp was open to anyone interested in throwing, from sixth grade all the way up to incoming seniors in high school. For only $30, each participant was able to learn from the entire Marysville Getchell throwing staff including Roger Beauchamp, Ned Prouse and Alfredo Diaz.

“We’re trying to build the program here at Getchell and we’ve had throwers ask us if we offer anything over the summer. We have some great throwing coaches in the area, and we want to grow this camp as we move forward to give these kids a place where they can get better in the offseason,” said Marysville Getchell Throwing Coach Roger Beauchamp.

Over the three days every camper was given the opportunity to practice

the three main throws including shot put, discus and javelin. The focus of the camp was to provide basic techniques and fundamentals for each of the throws, while also providing advanced techniques for those who needed it.

In addition to their hands-on coaching style, Marysville Getchell was also able to let middle schoolers get a head start on learning the javelin, as they do not offer that until high school. The ability for the younger throwers to learn alongside varsity athletes was also a huge benefit of the camp, as beginners could learn tips from the more advanced throwers as well.

“It was important for us to have a wide age range of throwers come in here so that the younger ones can see where they could be if they keep working at it. In Marysville we’ve had some amazing throwers come out of here, like Jarred Rome, and we want to keep that tradition alive by doing our part in develop-

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Anastasia Basilonia, Chargers’ junior thrower, completes a full spin and launches the discus downfield at Marysville Getchell High School on July 18.

ing our young talent,” said Coach Beauchamp.

If you want to learn more about camps that Marysville Getchell offers, you can find all of the in-

formation at https://www. msd25.org/o/district/page/ athletic-booster-clubs or email MGHSBOOSTERS@ gmail.com with your questions.

Lakewood provides free soccer camp for local kids

By Andrew Hines sports@northcountyoutlook.com The Lakewood Soccer Program held their third annual Summer Youth Soccer Camp at Lakewood High School on July 15-18.

For the third straight year the boys and girls soccer teams put on their camp for the local kids, kindergarten through fifth grade. Unlike many camps throughout the area, the Cougars welcome everyone to participate with-

out any fees or costs from the first day through the last.

“The point of the camp is to get the kids out here having fun with soccer, and away from the computer and TV screens. Our three goals are to give them some pieces of soccer knowledge, put on a fun camp, and send them home tired to their parents,” said Lakewood Head Coach Nick Anderson.

Over the four-day camp, more than a hundred kids got to learn the basics of the

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Lakewood’s soccer player David Sosa, right, guides young camper Avery Lohry, left, during drills at Lakewood High School on July 17.

sport, teambuilding and experience competition. The first three days are setup with drills and games that are meant to teach the basics while making everyone familiar with the coordination involved in soccer. On the final day, the kids are able to compete with one another in a round-robin style tournament, where the winning team is crowned at the end.

“It’s great to see how much support we have at the school and how many kids are super interested in soccer throughout the community.

This whole camp is really fun and makes all of us better because you have to really know the sport in order to teach it. The biggest things I want the kids to know are to never give up and always have fun with the game,” said Lakewood varsity midfielder

Cama Much.

Along with being a free camp, Lakewood separates itself by having volunteers from the both the girls and boys high school teams. This allows for hands-on coaching for each child and provides someone who can relate to those who want to pursue soccer beyond the camp.

“I think this camp brings both the girls and boys teams closer together and helps us create that bond as well. It’s great to be able to come out here with the kids and work on teaching soccer rather than just playing it,” said Lakewood varsity forward Jared Wolfson.

If you are interested in learning more about this camp for next summer, you can contact Coach Nick Anderson at nanderson@lwsd. wednet.edu.

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Lakewood Head Coach Nick Anderson, left, leads end-of-theday stretches with help from camper Abigail Pruden, right, at Lakewood High School on July 17.

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Food vendors serve from noon to 11 p.m.

Arts, crafts and commercial vendors sell from noon to 11 p.m.

Events Children’s Parade — lineup at 5 p.m., parade starts at 6 p.m.

Venardos Circus — 6:30 p.m.

Try Rowing — 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Proud Pet Show — Registration at 5 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m.

Movie in the Park — 10 p.m.

Entertainment North Cove Stage Alex Britton — 5:50 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Penny Stinkers — 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Ron Stubbs Hypnotic Mayhem — 8:15 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 27

Food vendors serve from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Arts, crafts and commercial vendors sell from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Events Firefighters Breakfast — 6 a.m. to noon Kids Fun Run — 7:55 a.m.

Aquarun 10K — 8:15 a.m.

Aquarun 5K — 8:20 a.m.

Waterski Tournament — 7:30 a.m.

Disk Golf Tournament — 8 a.m. to noon Venardos Circus — 1 p.m.

Grand Parade — 1 p.m., lineup at 11 a.m., awards at 4 p.m.

Venardos Circus — 4 p.m.

Boat Parade — 7 p.m.

Venardos Circus — 6:30 p.m.

Fireworks — 10 p.m. (Sponsored by Superior Concrete and Arcadia Homes) North Cove Stage Hwy 9 — 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The Joe T. Cook Blues Band — 4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

The Good Ideas — 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Wings N Things — 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Sunday, July 28

Events Firefighter Breakfast — 6 a.m. to noon Quadrathon — Registration 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., Race starts at 8 a.m.

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Jenny Roodzant, social service coordinator at the Salvation Army’s Marysville Service Center, stands in front of the supplies already gathered as part of the 2019 summer school supply drive on July 18.

The Marysville School Supply Drive began in July and will continue through Aug. 9 at various locations around the city.

“It’s going really good,” said Jenny Roodzant, social service coordinator at the Salvation Army’s recently opened Marysville Service Center.

“The library has already called us to say that their barrels are overflowing,” she said.

Drop off locations include Marysville’s Parks, Culture and Recreation office, the Marysville Community Food Bank, the Marysville School District Service Center, the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce, Tulalip Tribes Youth Services, the Marysville Library, Marysville’s HomeStreet Bank, Heritage Bank, ProAction Physical Therapy or any Marysville Fire District station.

There will also be a ‘Stuff the Bus’ day in August, said Roodzant.

“On Aug. 3 the Salvation Army has a deal with Walmart, nationwide, to do a Stuff the Bus event so we’ll be at the Tulalip Walmart that day,” she said.

A general school supply list can be found at bit.ly/ msdsupplies.

“We’re good on backpacks,” said Roodzant.

“We’re always low on

pencils, crayons, just the basics like paper. We need a lot of the small items, but we’re just starting,” she said.

The event is a partnership between the Salvation Army, the Marysville Community Food Bank, the city of Marysville, the Tulalip Tribes, the Marysville School District, the Marysville Fire District and the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce.

Roodzant said the hope is to support struggling families with the school supply drive.

“We joined forces with [assistant director] Tara Mizell at Marysville Parks and Recreation and they we're doing it before us just because there was such a huge need here in Marysville,” she said.

“We have some clients that are living in their vehicles with their kids and they can’t afford anything and we want to help them however we can,” she said.

So far this year’s drive is going smoothly, she said.

“We have a system down now to do it,” she said. “Last year we did 600 children and this year we may have more.”

The supplies go to local families in need, with kids from kindergarten through high school receiving supplies.

“The school counselors gave out letters to all the low-income families that use free or reduced lunch,” that allow families to apply for the supplies, said Roodzant.

Families in need that didn’t receive a letter can pick up an application from their child’s school or at locations around the city including the Marysville School District Service Center, the Salvation Army, the Marysville Community Food Bank, the city of Marysville Parks, Culture and Recreation office or Tulalip Tribes Youth Services.

The supplies are scheduled to be distributed by appointment on Aug. 22 and 23.

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By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Getchell Fire District and Eagle Creek Elementary will be able to build solar panels for their buildings because of Snohomish PUD’s Planet Power program.

The program recently awarded five organizations around the county funds for solar energy projects.

A total of $260,000 was provided to Eagle Creek Elementary, the Getchell Fire District, the YMCA of Snohomish County, Farmer Frog and Camp Killoqua of Camp Fire Snohomish.

“This is a program that started about a decade ago,” said Aaron Swaney, media liaison with Snohomish PUD. “We take voluntary contributions from our customers that fund us installing solar arrays for notfor-profit organizations,” he said.

The solar energy helps those nonprofit organizations save on energy costs.

“It helps to power their building and they may get some money back for the solar energy that they are putting into the grid,” said Swaney.

“It’s a great program that allows us to install solar panels for free,” he said.

As part of the recent grant award Getchell Fire District will be able to put some solar panels on their roof.

In addition to the standard benefits “they will use it to teach other firefighters how to handle a structure with solar panels,” said Swaney.

“The panels can create some issues if you are fighting a fire, so this will help them get a little bit of experience with those type of buildings,” he said.

Getchell Fire Chief Travis Hots also said that the facility will become a model for solar energy.

“We plan to invite different community groups to see how our solar system works,” he said.

“And when it is up we are going to be able to save some money that will be going toward other projects for the fire district,” he said.

Eagle Creek Elementary will be building a postmounted system of solar panels.

“They’re building the solar array right on top of poles,” said Swaney. “That will make sure that the panels are at the right angle to catch the most amount of sun."

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Arlington school officials accept a $56,700 grant to build solar panels at Eagle Creek Elementary. From left, Snohomish PUD commissioners Tanya Olson and Sid Logan, Eagle Creek Elementary student Sophia Blake, parent and volunteer Sarah Blake, Eagle Creek Elementary student Will Blake, Snohomish PUD Commissioner Rebecca Wolfe and Arlington School District Executive Director of Operations Brian Lewis.

“If your roof doesn’t have the right pitch or direction” you will miss out on some of the solar energy, said Swaney.

The school’s panels are expected to be ready before the new school year in September. The district also plans to help community members learn a bit more about how the solar ener-

gy works and incorporate some solar information into their science curriculum.

“We get a lot of applications for this program,” said Swaney.

“We try to choose projects that have education and outreach so we can teach more people about solar energy,” he said, which is what attracted the PUD to these

two local projects.

This was the final round of Planet Power grants as the PUD is transitioning to focus on Community Solar programs.

In total the program provided 39 different solar panel projects around the county at schools, nonprofit organizations and public agencies.

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As a celebration of farm living and rural activities, the Silvana Fair provides an early opportunity for youth to show how well they raise their animals — from dogs and rabbits to alpacas and llamas and everything in between. The Silvana Fair, which has taken place each year for seven decades, takes place Saturday, July 27 at the Viking Hall and surrounding grounds in Silvana.

The one-day Silvana Fair provides area youth an opportunity to prepare their animals and showmanship skills for participation in larger fairs, notably the Stanwood Camano Fair that takes place the following weekend, as well as the Evergreen State Fair and the Washington State Fair. Youth will present in the following categories: Alpacas/Llamas, Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goats, Fiber Goats, Poultry, Waterfowl and Pigeons, Pygmy and Meat Goats, Rabbits, Sheep and Swine. For more information, go to www.silvanafair.com.

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Silvana Fair helps kids develop show skills With larger fairs in Stanwood, Monroe and Puyallup looming, a small fair in Silvana, held July 27, helps develop the show skills for local youth.

The Silvana Fair, which is marking its 72nd anniversary, is a small, one-day fair where young animal breeders show off their cattle, rabbits, poultry, goats, swine, camelids and dogs.

"It's more of a teaching fair," said Mary Fuentes, president of the Silvana Fair. Youth dress appropriately, and judges ask the kids a lot of questions and offer suggestions on how to show animals. Youth participating in the fair are often members of 4-H or Future Farmers of America, while others are in the community, Fuentes said.

Animal judging begins at 10 a.m. and continues throughout the day.

The Silvana Fair is the

first event of the season where participants can show their animals. It provides preparation for the larger Stanwood Camano Fair that takes place the following weekend, the Evergreen State Fair in August and the Washington State Fair that starts at the end of August.

A small group of alpacas and llamas will be evaluated for the first time during the Silvana Fair.

"People are very curious about llamas and alpacas," said Ruth Wiegand who is the alpaca/llama superintendent of the Silvana Fair. She and her husband, Gary, own South Fork Farm near Mount Vernon where they raise alpacas.

"We are finding more people in the community having a llama and one or two alpacas," Fuentes added.

Because it's the first

year llamas and alpacas will be critiqued, the fair will limit entries to the first 10 in 2019. In 2018 alpacas and llamas were present as an education tool, Fuentes said.

Alpacas and llamas will be judged on how the animals interact with the owner and the judges, and critiqued on how they handle more of a real life situations such as interacting with a dog, stairs or a baby stroller, Wiegand said.

The fair provides a host of other activities throughout the day. After the opening ceremony that includes a flag raising, animal judging will begin and continue throughout the day.

A greased pole contest for youth ages 12 and younger starts at 12:15 p.m. Participants try to climb a greased pole and

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Alpacas, such as the ones grown at Mount Vernon's South Fork Farms, will be critiqued for the first time by judges at the Silvana Fair. The one-day fair provides preparation for young breeders hoping to show their animals at larger fairs that take place later in the summer.

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Student-designed bike racks installed ____ “ Arlington High School (AHS) students in the Advanced Engineering/Manufacturing class spent the year engineering and designing bike racks for the city of Arlington. The city was in need of new bike racks and partnered with the high school to have the students design the racks.

“We could have purchased bike racks from a company outside of the community but we wanted to keep it local,” said Sarah Lopez, Community Revitalization Project Manager with the city of Arlington.

“It was important to Mayor Tolbert that we involve students in the project.”

Last fall, Lopez approached AHS Engineering/Manufacturing teacher, Collin Nelson, about the project. The students worked to design the bike racks and then had to present their ideas to city representatives. Twelve racks were chosen for the project.

“The hardest part was learning how to use the SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD design software,” said incoming AHS senior, Haylei Osborn. “I decided on a dragonfly design because

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its wings look like propellers and I’d like to pursue a career as a helicopter pilot.”

Once the designs were chosen, Universal Aerospace — a precision aerospace manufacturing company — donated time to cut the racks for the project.

The students then put the finishing touches on the racks. The final step was to have the racks powder coated. Another local company ­— Powder Fab — donated its services to have the racks powder coated. The racks were installed throughout the city on July 10.

“This was truly a community effort between the city, school district and local businesses,” said Nelson. “Since the racks are permanently installed, the students will have a lasting legacy in Arlington.”

Fire destroys M'ville home Despite firefighters’ efforts, fire destroyed a home in the 6300 block of 35th Street NE on July 14.

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Marysville, country races on August primary ballot

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Ballots for the August primary have been mailed out and include races for the Marysville City Council and Snohomish County Council as well as a levy measure from the Getchell Fire District.

Ballots are due by Aug. 6.

Local drop boxes include those at the Arlington Library at 135 N Washington Ave., Arlington, Marysville City Hall at 1049 State Ave., Marysville, and the Smokey Point Lowe’s at 3300 169th Place NE, Arlington.

Washington state uses a ‘jungle primary’ system which means that in races with more than two candidates the top two vote receivers will proceed to the general election in November, even if they are in the same political party.

Getchell Fire Levy Measure Snohomish County Fire District No. 22 will run a levy that allows the district to collect property tax at $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value.

The Getchell Fire District covers the area just east of central Marysville’s city limits.

“This is an opportunity for the voters to say ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ to bring the levy rate back up to $1.50,” said Fire Chief Travis Hots.

“It has eroded from $1.50 in 2008, the last time the voters approved a levy, to $1.12 in 2019,” he said.

The state’s system naturally reduces the amount of the rate that fire districts can collect.

“Because of I-747 we are limited

to the amount of property tax collection we can increase each year to 1 percent,” said Hots.

The 1 percent allowed increase is typically always outpaced by inflation.

For just the raises that staff will receive next year the district has to budget about $9,000 more, said Hots.

“And that eats up the majority of that 1 percent increase,” he said, without even accounting for other costs that increase because of inflation.

Hots said that the levy will help maintain the current services that the district provides.

“Without an increase in the levy rate, at some juncture we are going to run out of money,” he said.

“We would have some difficult decisions to make in the near future,” he said.

The fire district currently keeps four employees on around the clock “and we would hate to cut down on that,” he said.

County Council District 2 County Council District 2 covers Tulalip, north Everett and Mukilteo and has eight candidates running.

Incumbent Brian Sullivan is prevented from running due to term limits.

The candidates for the race are Democrats Louis Harris, Jennifer Gregerson, Cecilia Wilson, Megan Dunn, Alex Lark, Sharita Burton and Tyler Verda and Republican Anna Rohrbough.

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Executive Dave Somers is running unopposed.

Marysville City Council Pos. 5 Marysville City Council member Rob Toyer is running for Snohomish County treasurer in November and not for his current City Council seat, leaving no incumbent in this race.

The five candidates running for the seat are Gary Kemp, Todd Fahlman, Leguang “Noah” Rui, former City Council member Jeff Seibert and Kelly Richards.

Marysville School District There are two races for the Marysville School District board of directors that have three candidates each.

The District 2 seat covers the north Marysville area and is between Paul Galovin, incumbent Mariana Maksimos, and Kona Farry.

District 5 is on the south side of Marysville and covers the Sunnyside area primarily.

Candidates running for that seat include Ryan Muri, incumbent Tom Albright, and Halleh Stickels.

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they make and/or grow,” said Williams.

“Kids are out of school and they have had time to make their items and tend to their plants. Here they have a safe place to sell them instead of right outside their house where a stranger could come up to them,” she said.

Local kid Landin Davis said he enjoyed having a place to bring some of his paintings.

“Art is fun. I feel good because it gives me time to bring out my creative side,” he said.

Local parent Melissa Carden said her daughter and her friend were having a good time as well.

“They worked really hard on their project and they wanted to do something fun and earn a little bit of extra spending money,” said Carden.

“It’s nice for them to see that hard work pays off,” she said.

This is the first year for the Smokey Point Farmers Market which meets on the first, third and fifth Fridays of the month from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

They will be open three more dates this year, on Aug. 2, 16 and 30, at Smokey Point’s Tractor Supply store.

“We’re excited to have it,” said Williams.

“I was asked by the manager of Tractor Supply and I said ‘yes.’ Smokey Point needs one,” she said.

The market has featured numerous vendors including beef, chicken, pork, flowers, quilted items, and jams and jellies.

“I just like the variety. All the hometown stuff and custommade stuff,” said local parent Tegen Davis.

Williams said that people enjoyed having a new farmers market more local to Smokey Point.

“They love that they have a family event close to home that is a safe place to come and shop outside,” she said.

Holding the market on Fridays also makes it available to those who can’t make the typical weekend farmers markets as well.

“Nowadays families work on weekends and they can’t always get to a Saturday or Sunday market, so having it on the afternoon of Fridays works great for busy families,” said Williams.

She said that people have appreciated the market so far.

“This year has been great.

The weather has not been nice to us,” she said. “We will be back in May of next year.”

Next year could bring in some new vendors as well, said Williams.

“We would love to have some FFA vendors from the high school in here selling the produce they’re growing,” she said.

Williams wanted to thank Tractor Supply and the families that stop by for the market.

“Tractor Supply is the sponsor of this market and they’re allowing us to use their parking lot to help put this on,” she said.

“And thanks to the community for coming out to support this. If they didn’t come out we wouldn’t have the vendors and then we wouldn’t have a market,” she said.

More information about the new local market is available at their Facebook page at facebook.com/SmokeyPointMarket.

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Family Storytime: Funny stories and action songs will make you giggle and move while getting your little ones ready to read. For ages 18 months and up with a caregiver. . Held Wednesdays, July 24-31, beginning at 10:30 a.m., at the Arlington Library, 135 N. Washington Ave.

Apologetics Forum: Meeting on Friday, July 26, at 7:00 PM at the Atonement Free Lutheran Church, 6905 172nd St. NE, Arlington, WA. Maureen O'Kane, Creation Speaker and member of Apologetics Forum Board, speaks on The Earth Sciences. Details at ApologeticsForum.org. Refreshments plus resources at meeting.

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Class of 1979 Reunion: Marysville Pilchuck High School Class of 1979 40year reunion will be held July 27, 2019, at the Marysville Opera House, 3-10 p.m. and will include dinner and fun. RSVP required by 4/28/2019. Cost is $65 per person. For ticket and more information email classof79-40@hotmail.com.

Making Friends With Origami: Make origami with Japanese students from Cultural Homestay International! You can practice your skills AND meet new friends from another country. For school-age children, tweens and teens. Held Monday, July 29, 1:30-2:30 p.m., at the Arlington Library, 135 N. Washington Ave.

Family Festival: Jake's House Church is hosting an outdoor party called Family Festival at Legion Memorial Park on Aug. 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The address is 114 North Olympic Avenue, Arlington. All ages are welcome and admission is free!.

Come join us for free live music and a picnic on the lawn. We will have animal balloon art, face painting, art projects, and raffle prizes all for free. Enjoy food trucks, and games, including a 22-foot "scream" slide, a 62-foot obstacle course, and a dunk tank. Police and fire vehicles from the City of Arlington have been invited! They will be on display for educational fun and exploration. You will have a blast. We want to bless the city of Arlington and all the neighboring communities and their families. Come out and join us for an awesome day at Legion Memorial Park.

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Pills Anonymous Meeting: Do you now, or have you ever had a problem with prescription pills. If so, the join the new book study Pills Anonymous Meeting. Held on Mondays, 5-6 p.m., at the Peace Lutheran Church, 1717 Larson Rd., in Silvana. For more information contact Barry at 951212-4080 or Virginia at 360631-5142. Pills Anonymous is a fellowship of mine and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may solve their common problem and help others recover from pill addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using pills.

Age 55 or over? Call RSVP: Sponsored by Catholic Community Services, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), is looking for people age 55 and over for a variety of volunteer opportunities. Volunteer drivers, Peer to Peer counselors and food bank workers are just a couple examples of what is available.

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Volunteers for Animal Care Wanted: The NOAH Center in Stanwood is looking for volunteers. NOAH offers several volunteer opportunities to help care for their adoptable animals. If you are interested in volunteering you can go to their website at www.thenoahcenter.org or call 360-6297055.

Jam Session for People with Disabilities: Youth and adults of all abilities are invited to Village Music and Arts Friday jam sessions featuring live music by Jon Dalgarn and Voices of the Village. Bring your own instrument or use theirs.

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TOPS meeting: TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Friday mornings, 9:30 a.m., at the Marysville United Methodist church, 5600 64th St. NE in Marysville. All are welcome. For more information go to www.TOPS.org.

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Cone flowers thrill the summer garden I know I menhave gone by the tioned last week wayside. A quick that I always walk around our hesitate to spend perennials tables too much ink revealed over 24 on just one varicultivars that we are currently sellety of plant, so it

By Steve Smith ing, probably way was my intention to discuss some summer more than any of us need chores for us to complete to be exposed to, but then this month. However, I again it is always fun to have found myself distracted by choices.

In the early days of an article in the September edition of my wife’s ‘The Echinacea breeding, there English Garden’ magazine were many new introducabout the glories of the pe- tions that proved to be less rennial Echinacea, or as we than reliable for northwest Yanks prefer to call them, gardeners. Cone flowers cone flowers. That got me are native to the American to thinking about this won- prairie, mostly where there derful late summer bloomer. is a distinct summer and It turns out that it has a cold winter with snow been a while since I did any cover. Winters in the northresearch on Echinaceas and west are usually wet with no it is safe to say that there are snow cover and often an onmany new selections on the again-off-again affair, which market now and several that can cause a plant to wake

up prematurely or never really go dormant. As a whole, all Echinaceas love sun and good drainage. The yellows and oranges need the best drainage, while the pinks and purples are less fussy.

None of them like to be crowded and they all need to be deadheaded right up to the last blooms of summer, at which time you can let some flowers set seed for the birdies.

Traditionally cone flowers only came in purple or white, but with the hybridizing of a yellow variety, breeders started giving us reds, oranges, clear yellows, and a whole assortment of tropical colors - not to mention some pretty goofy looking double varieties.

Here are three that caught my eye this week.

Mama Mia — Mama has

very large red-orange flowers that change from red to orange to coral and then to pink as they mature. The plant grows two feet tall and will form a clump 30 inches across in a few short seasons.

Prima Ginger — This one really knocked my socks off. Like ‘Mama Mia’, Prima has multicolored blooms that start a soft orange and then age to a pink tone. It is short and stocky, growing only to 12 to 15 inches tall, which makes it a great candidate for a container. As a side note, there is also a ‘Prima Cinnamon’ and a ‘Prima Ruby’ in this series, but thankfully I haven’t seen them on the benches to tempt me.

Sombrero Flamenco Orange — The Sombrero series came out several

A bee on the flower of an echinacea. years ago and all the colors in this group are sturdy and compact (but still reach 24 to 30 inches tall once established). Flamenco has big, bright orange-red petals surrounding the typical brown spiky center cone that all cone flowers are known for. This is a long bloomer and will form a good sized clump, but it’s also well suited for containers in the first season before it gets too big.

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All cone flowers mix well with ornamental grasses, sedums, lavender, blackeyed Susan daisies and really, just about any summer blooming perennial that likes a hot, dry, location.

Try some in your border this summer!

Steve Smith is the owner of Sunnyside Nursery in Marysville and can be reached at info@sunnysidenursery.net.

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By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Arlington locals Bea and Chuck Randall were recognized for their work bringing a community garden to the city at the garden’s new site on July 14.

The two community members helped create the original site for the community garden and the Arlington Garden Club wanted to honor their contributions and history.

“Earlier in the year we talked with the Arlington Garden Club members,” said Sarah Lopez, community revitalization project manager for the city of Arlington, “and they wanted to recognize Bea and Chuck Randall for what they have done for the community."

A sign was put in at the site of the new garden near Arlington’s Presidents Elementary with the origins of the old garden.

“I talked with Bea about the history of the original site and what she had done,’ said Lopez.

Bea Randall became a master gardener in 2001 and for that title she helped the community food bank garden in Monroe once a week for two years.

The Arlington Garden Club and Bea Randall agreed that they could make a garden locally at that time.

They worked with the Arlington Library and the city of Arlington after two bonds failed to establish a larger library on the land there.

Instead of a library extension, Bea Randall encouraged the land be used for a community garden, which began construction in 2002.

“Bea worked a lot to establish the original site of the Arlington Community Garden,” said Lopez.

Tools and soil were mostly donated.

Chuck Randall completed the majority of construction for the garden beds and Bea Randall managed the garden for 10 years once it was complete, including bringing in the Arlington Food Bank in years where they had empty beds to grow food for the needy.

The city sold the property of the original community garden in 2018, however the city and local Arlington gardeners worked with the Arlington School District to put up a new garden.

The new community garden has been open since

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“We wanted to have a get together to celebrate the new garden site, as well as honor Chuck and Bea,” said Lopez.

She said that the day and celebration were good.

“It went really well. We had quite a few people show up,” said Lopez. “Old friends of the family, garden club members and city administrators.”

“It was the perfect example of how a community garden can bring people together,” she said.

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Chuck and Bea Randall, front, were recognized on July 14 for their effort to bring a community garden to Arlington at the garden’s new site. With them are sons Aaron, left, and William.