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Vol. 13 No. 24 n
March 4, 2020 - March 10, 2020
MARYSVILLE • ARLINGTON • SMOKEY POINT • LAKEWOOD • TULALIP • QUIL CEDA VILLAGE
AHS drama students present 'Once Upon a Mattress' By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com “Once Upon a Mattress,” a musical comedy adaptation of “The Princess and the Pea,” will come to Arlington High School this month. The production from the school’s drama students will be held March 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. with a 1 p.m. matinee performance on March 14 as well. It is being presented at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors and kids. The play takes a different look on the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale. “It’s a musical comedy that takes a spin on the classic fairy tale ‘The Princess and the Pea,’” said student Kirahy Meyers. “It adds some elements and definitely takes some
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON
Lakewood School District maintenance specialist Dan Green works on the electrical controls for the English Crossing Elementary’s boiler on Feb. 28.
Lakewood schools put levies on April 28 ballot PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON
Arlington High School drama student Emily Columbo sings one of her numbers with Kirahy Meyers, right, during a rehearsal of “Once Upon a Mattress” on Feb. 27 twists and turns along the way,” he said. Student actor Jake Hurst said he expects the play to be an enjoyable event. “I’m surprised they’re not selling mutton and
mead in the audience because this is a really rowdy night of medieval fun,” he said. The production adds characters and plot lines, and changes up a number of
the characters. “Everybody has heard of ‘The Princess and the Pea’ but not everybody has heard of this version of it,” See DRAMA on page 11
By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The Lakewood School District will try again with levies meant to retain current programs and staff, and improve building maintenance and technology. The Programs and Operations levy and Capital and Technology levy were placed on the Feb. 11 ballot
and received 44.99 percent support and 46.57 percent support respectively. On Feb. 26 the Lakewood School District Board of Directors voted 5-0 to place those two measures on the April 28 Special Election ballot. Both proposals would
See LEVIES on page 2
Volunteers help restore Quil Ceda Creek By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
Volunteers helped to restore some of the creek land near Strawberry Fields Park back to its native habitat on Feb. 29. The Adopt A Stream Foundation worked with the city of Marysville, the state's Department of Ecology, the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife, and land trust group Forterra to plant trees around the Quil Ceda Creek. "We are planting trees. A lot of these fields out here have gotten fallow," said Kyle Koch, an ecologist and one of the project managers with the Adopt A Stream Foundation.
"It was logged out a hundred years ago and turned into strawberry fields. Then that went belly-up so what took over was a lot of invasive reed prairie grass," he said. The foundation helped host an event to bring people out and plant trees near the creek. "It's great because there's all kinds of people we get," said Koch. "There's some people who show up to every volunteer event and some who have never planted a tree in their lives, and that's just as important to do that outreach to people," he said. See TREES on page 8
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Tristan Weller, left, and Richard Weller plant a tree in creek land near Strawberry Fields Park on Feb. 29.
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