GRAND MARSHAL Aquafest has announced this year’s Grand Marshal for 2015 Aquafest. Herb Singleton will be honored at the Grand Parade in July. READ MORE ON PAGE 5 MISS AQUAFEST The 2014 MIss Aquafest Royalty earned a prestigious award for their community service throughout the year. READ MORE ON PAGE 12 March 18, 2015 Edition 1 Issue 18 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com FCCLA REGIONALS Lake Stevens High School’s FCCLA students did well at the regional competition earlier this month. READ MORE ON PAGE 7 Annual C Trail Run fun for runners of all ages SEE LSPD ON PAGE 10 SHARING MEMORIES Remembering Lake Stevens Fire Marshal Robert Marshall. Look at photos and thoughts of those who knew and loved Robert Marshall. READ MORE ON PAGE 2 PAM STEVENS Runners starting the 10K at last weekend’s C-Trail sponsored by the Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce. Contributed Photos Photo by Pam Stevens Demary’s disc golf career just beginning 25-95th Drive NE #106 Lake Stevens (Across from Target) • 425-405-3025 GRAND OPENING! Under New Management Family owned with 4 plus years in the liquor business. Wide Selection of Spirits • 1/2 Pints • Minis (single shots) • Fine Champagnes and Wines • Coming Soon: Growlers & Kegs, and Daily 5% off Specials! Wide Selection of Cigarettes and Chews • Cold Spirits in Every Size • Special Requests Welcome • Quantity Discounts • Loyalty Cards • Local Delivery www.jsmliquor.com Spirit World Liquor Store PAM STEVENS Disc Golf is becoming one of the fastest growing sports in America and according to TreeHugger.com, over 12 million people have tried the game since its inception in the 1970s. Over the years regular “ball” golf has been on the de- cline while “disc” golf is on the rise. One of the reasons for this golf phenomenon is that a round of regular ball golf can take hours out of your day, while disc golf can take less an hour. It’s also much less expensive than golf because of the up- keep and cost of a regular golf course, which then the players incurs the cost of green fees to pay for. Disc golf can be played within almost any landscape, including in the trees. Simply AJ Demary competing in a the disc golf tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona. Demary has been playing for four years and now has three sponsors. put up a disc golf cage, grab a disc and go. Lake Stevens is lucky to have their very own disc gold course in the trees next to Mount Pil- chuck Elementary School on 20th St. NE in downtown Lake Stevens. While many teens and adults in town have tried the sport, not many have made it as far at 18-year-old AJ Demary, who started playing on that very field only four short years ago. “I started playing disc golf in June of 2011 and immediately became hooked,” Demary said.  By January of 2012, he was competing in the Freeze in the Trees tournament in Lake Ste- vens and before he knew it he was offered a sponsorship by a disc maker. “I was first sponsored in SEE DEMARY ON PAGE 10 Remember Neighborhood Watch? Well, with technology comes a new and improved way of keeping your neighbor- hood safe. That’s why the Lake Stevens Police Department is encour- aging Nextdoor.com is a type of social networking for neigh- bors and it is helping neigh- borhoods all over the country become safer. While it’s not created to share your person- al information like Facebook does, it is a tool that can help neighbors watch out for each other and contact each other quickly if they see something unsettling or out of place in LSPD encourages community to try Nextdoor.com their neighborhood. “Over the last few years we have seen the Neighborhood Watch program used less,” Lake Stevens Police Sergeant Craig Valvick said. Valvick explained that with time con- straints on many of us, it can be hard for people to invite their neighbors into their home, feed them cookies an coffee and spend an entire evening discussing the neighborhood and ways to prevent crime. He also realizes that technology is our greatest tool in keeping our neighborhoods safe. “It allows neighborhoods to connect digitally,” he said. For example, if you know SEE C-TRAIL ON PAGE 7 The third annual C-Trial Run took place on Saturday, March 14 at the Centennial Trail Trailhead on 20th St. NE in Lake Stevens. Over a hun- dred runners showed up to support this year’s run. Kelly DuByne and her team of Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce members have been organizing the event for months. The C-Trail Run is a PAM STEVENS fundraiser for the Chamber each year. This year Tortoise and Hare timed the runners in each of the three races, 5K, 10K and the Kids 1K Fun Run. The win- ner in each age group is listed below. 5K Winners - Male Under 20: Benjamin Comer- ford, 19 – 19:07 20-29: Josh Fountain, 27 - 17:33 30-39: Keith Borland, 30 – 24:53 40-49: Bill Young, 41 – 25:53 50-59: Thomas Shaulis, 53 – 23:50 60+: Dave Dorman, 71 – 37:01 5K Winners – Female Under 20: Samantha Don- ner, 13 – 21:12 20-29: Kylen Fountain, 25 – 21:42 30-39: Kristina Gutierrez, 37 , OCR Text: GRAND MARSHAL Aquafest has announced this year’s Grand Marshal for 2015 Aquafest. Herb Singleton will be honored at the Grand Parade in July. READ MORE ON PAGE 5 MISS AQUAFEST The 2014 MIss Aquafest Royalty earned a prestigious award for their community service throughout the year. READ MORE ON PAGE 12 March 18, 2015 Edition 1 Issue 18 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com FCCLA REGIONALS Lake Stevens High School’s FCCLA students did well at the regional competition earlier this month. READ MORE ON PAGE 7 Annual C Trail Run fun for runners of all ages SEE LSPD ON PAGE 10 SHARING MEMORIES Remembering Lake Stevens Fire Marshal Robert Marshall. Look at photos and thoughts of those who knew and loved Robert Marshall. READ MORE ON PAGE 2 PAM STEVENS Runners starting the 10K at last weekend’s C-Trail sponsored by the Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce. Contributed Photos Photo by Pam Stevens Demary’s disc golf career just beginning 25-95th Drive NE #106 Lake Stevens (Across from Target) • 425-405-3025 GRAND OPENING! Under New Management Family owned with 4 plus years in the liquor business. Wide Selection of Spirits • 1/2 Pints • Minis (single shots) • Fine Champagnes and Wines • Coming Soon: Growlers & Kegs, and Daily 5% off Specials! Wide Selection of Cigarettes and Chews • Cold Spirits in Every Size • Special Requests Welcome • Quantity Discounts • Loyalty Cards • Local Delivery www.jsmliquor.com Spirit World Liquor Store PAM STEVENS Disc Golf is becoming one of the fastest growing sports in America and according to TreeHugger.com, over 12 million people have tried the game since its inception in the 1970s. Over the years regular “ball” golf has been on the de- cline while “disc” golf is on the rise. One of the reasons for this golf phenomenon is that a round of regular ball golf can take hours out of your day, while disc golf can take less an hour. It’s also much less expensive than golf because of the up- keep and cost of a regular golf course, which then the players incurs the cost of green fees to pay for. Disc golf can be played within almost any landscape, including in the trees. Simply AJ Demary competing in a the disc golf tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona. Demary has been playing for four years and now has three sponsors. put up a disc golf cage, grab a disc and go. Lake Stevens is lucky to have their very own disc gold course in the trees next to Mount Pil- chuck Elementary School on 20th St. NE in downtown Lake Stevens. While many teens and adults in town have tried the sport, not many have made it as far at 18-year-old AJ Demary, who started playing on that very field only four short years ago. “I started playing disc golf in June of 2011 and immediately became hooked,” Demary said.  By January of 2012, he was competing in the Freeze in the Trees tournament in Lake Ste- vens and before he knew it he was offered a sponsorship by a disc maker. “I was first sponsored in SEE DEMARY ON PAGE 10 Remember Neighborhood Watch? Well, with technology comes a new and improved way of keeping your neighbor- hood safe. That’s why the Lake Stevens Police Department is encour- aging Nextdoor.com is a type of social networking for neigh- bors and it is helping neigh- borhoods all over the country become safer. While it’s not created to share your person- al information like Facebook does, it is a tool that can help neighbors watch out for each other and contact each other quickly if they see something unsettling or out of place in LSPD encourages community to try Nextdoor.com their neighborhood. “Over the last few years we have seen the Neighborhood Watch program used less,” Lake Stevens Police Sergeant Craig Valvick said. Valvick explained that with time con- straints on many of us, it can be hard for people to invite their neighbors into their home, feed them cookies an coffee and spend an entire evening discussing the neighborhood and ways to prevent crime. He also realizes that technology is our greatest tool in keeping our neighborhoods safe. “It allows neighborhoods to connect digitally,” he said. For example, if you know SEE C-TRAIL ON PAGE 7 The third annual C-Trial Run took place on Saturday, March 14 at the Centennial Trail Trailhead on 20th St. NE in Lake Stevens. Over a hun- dred runners showed up to support this year’s run. Kelly DuByne and her team of Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce members have been organizing the event for months. The C-Trail Run is a PAM STEVENS fundraiser for the Chamber each year. This year Tortoise and Hare timed the runners in each of the three races, 5K, 10K and the Kids 1K Fun Run. The win- ner in each age group is listed below. 5K Winners - Male Under 20: Benjamin Comer- ford, 19 – 19:07 20-29: Josh Fountain, 27 - 17:33 30-39: Keith Borland, 30 – 24:53 40-49: Bill Young, 41 – 25:53 50-59: Thomas Shaulis, 53 – 23:50 60 : Dave Dorman, 71 – 37:01 5K Winners – Female Under 20: Samantha Don- ner, 13 – 21:12 20-29: Kylen Fountain, 25 – 21:42 30-39: Kristina Gutierrez, 37 , Lake Stevens Historical Society,Newspapers,Lake Stevens Ledger,2015,March+18.+2015.pdf,March+18.+2015.pdf Page 1, March+18.+2015.pdf Page 1