South Snohomish County Old Settlers Picnic again canceled due to COVID-19 concerns Posted: July 12, 2021
A group gathers at a past Old Settlers Picnic. (Photo courtesy Chris Deiner-Karr)
For the second straight year, the 122-year-old South Snohomish County Old Settlers Picnic that draws many families to Edmonds City Park, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Picnic organizer Chris Deiner-Karr said she decided to cancel the event first held in 1899 mainly because those who would be traveling many of whom are seniors “are coming from states with a growing COVID-19 Delta variant and the risk associated with this.”
“This breaks my heart to not see this happen after all these years, but I worry for their safety,” Deiner-Karr said.
MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: April 16, 2021 91
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Before Lynnwood – a peaceful land of giant trees
When the loggers and the homesteaders came to the area we know today as Lynnwood, except for the sound of the birds and the soft breeze as it rustled through the branches of the immense trees, there was silence. Located a few miles east and inland from Puget Sound, this land seemed to offer little attraction for the native Salish people. Records indicate they preferred to settle near the rivers or salt water. This land had neither. It was the prospect of lumber the giant trees the fir, hemlock and cedar that became the force behind the allure for a completely different group of people the loggers from the East. They did arrive and the land would be forever changed.
Alderwood-Terrace Rotary announces Edmonds School District educators of the month Posted: February 7, 2021 379
Twice each month, Rotary Club of Alderwood-Terrace honors educators at district schools for their outstanding contributions. Educators selected for the honor receive a certificate and gift certificate and also attend a celebration ceremony with Rotary (via Zoom during the pandemic).
Chris Lambert
– Teacher, Martha Lake Elementary
“She is an exceptional educator, a veteran teacher with a strong growth mindset who continually refines her craft and works tirelessly to meet the needs of all her students,” said Principal Stephanie Kay-Fredrickson. “Chris is defined as one of those teachers who is life changing
All Over The Map: The surprising number of Washington towns inspired by first names January 15, 2021 at 9:36 am
George, Washington is along I-90 in Grant County and is named in honor of the first name of the state s namesake; nearby is George Lake and Martha Lake. (USGS Archives)
Names for communities in Washington are inspired by many things – nods to obvious nearby geographic features, nostalgia for faraway hometowns of settlers, memorials to Indigenous leaders, remembrances for slain presidents, tributes to military figures and sometimes, of course, just the glory of the community’s settlers themselves.
The town of Marcus in Stevens County falls into this last category. Marcus was founded in the 1860s by W.V. Brown and Marcus Oppenheimer. The two men, and perhaps one of Oppenheimer’s brothers, took over barracks that had been abandoned by the British Boundary Commission, the military surveyors who spent about four years physically marking the 49th par
At the close of each year, the Kokomo Perspective staff puts their heads together to come up with some special New Yearâs wishes and gifts for notable members of the community. They arenât gifts, exactly, and some might appreciate the thought a little more than others. But itâs all in good fun. So, here are our New Yearâs wishes for some of the people who caught our attention this year:
To Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore, in 2021, we give you a developer to complete the hotel convention center in downtown Kokomo so we can wrap up this project.