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Photo By Pam Stevens
Dave Tucker, Craig Valvick and other admirers stand next to the newly
recognized glacial erratic. As a comparison,
mcker, in the red, is six feet tall.
Police officers discover one big ro
BY PAN SlEVEllS I MANAGING EDITOR
A glacial erraticis a piece of
rock that differs from the size and
type of rock native to the area in
which it rests and are carried by
glacial ice, often over distances of
hundreds of miles.
Who would think that we have
a glacial erratic that is as big as a
house right here in Lake Stevens?
Well, we do and it was found by
Police Sergeant CraigValvickwhile
he was patrolling the bottom of
the neighborhood off of Slst Dr.
SE and lst St. SE.
Valvick told Officer Matt Mc-
, about {helluge rock, which
he found in the small community
aothe' deadend; and therwo “ ‘
of them started doing some re-
search.
At home one evening, Valvick
was browsing the internet and
found the Northwest Geology
Field Trips website. In an article
titled “Whidbey Island Erractics” it
stated, “The challenge is on, who
can find a bigger erratic west of the
Cascades?”
“From the road it’s not as im-
pressive as When you get out and
walk around it,” Valvick said. “I
was pretty impressed with it.”
So, why did Valvick see some-
thing more than everyone else
who had seen the rock?
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“I-just paid attention in geology
class in high school,” he said. “I
can’t believe I remembered any-
thing from 22 years ago."
After making some initial es-
timations, McCourt and Valvick
decided to get a 100 foot measur-
ing tape and take actual measure—
ments. Theywere surprised to find
out that their estimates were low.
The rock actually measures 2 10
feet around, is 20 feet high in the
front and 34 feet high in the back.
The face width is 78 feet. They
decided to name it “Maximus
Roximus".
The next step was to contact
a geologist. They found David
Tucker, aVolcanologist and Re-
search Associate in the Geology
Department atWestemWashing-
ton University.
Tucker, alongwith Donn Cham-
ley, an Emeritus Professor of Geol-
ogy at Shoreline College, visited
Lake Stevens’ newly discovered
geological find last Friday, July 8.
“I just think this is fabulous,"
Charnley said.
Tucker is quite certain that the
erratic came from the Vashon
Glacier and is over 180 million
years old.
SEE ROCK ON PAGE?
Synthetic drugs arrive in Lake Stevens smoke shops
BY PAM STEVENS l MANAGING EDITOR
Terms like “bath salts”, K2 and
Spice have completely differ-
ent meanings these days. K2 no
longer only refers to a ski and
snowboard manufacturer and
“bath salts” no longer convey im—
ages of a relaxing aroma coming
from a warm bath.
Today these Words imply fake
marijuana and fake cocaine, and
until recently were legal to buy
and use in Washington State.
These synthetic drugs did hit 10-
cal smoke shops but Lake Stevens
Police have taken them off the
shelves of the three smoke and
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tobacco stores within the city.
After a 30-year—old Lake Ste-
vens man overdosed on these
fake drugs on May 27, Lake
Stevens Police Detective Den—
nis Irwin was confiscating them
from store shelves by June 3.
Luckily, the man lived through
his ordeal.
“It kind of went under the ra—
dar because we hadn’t had any
incidents until the overdose on
May 27," Irwin said. “By June
3, I was taking things out of the
stores. We seized 287 products
within the three local shops.”
SEE DRUGS 0N PAGE?
Hobbs honored by state
business association
Senator Steve Hobbs was re-
cently honored by the Associa—
tion of Washington Business for
his work in helping businesses
within the state. Page 3.
"National flight out
Comributed Photo
Actual packages of K2. the fake marijuanas which were being sold at local
smoke shops.
coming soon to L8.
Mark your calendars for this
year’s National Night Out com-
ing up on August 2. Lake Stevens
Family Center is once again host-
ing this family event. Page 7. '
incal boys loomed
much at Boys State
Five boys from Lake Stevens
High School were privileged to
be able to attend this year’s Boys
State. Find out what this means
on page 8.
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Busmess Section
There’s a lot going on in busi-
ness in Lake Stevens right now.
Find out who's coming,who’s
earning honors and what else is
going on. 10-12r
