WA 93258
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L.S. Historical Society
PO. Box 874
Lake Stevens, WA 98258
Reardon, Hope in for a 'toughrayce
for Snohomish County Executive
L.S. races for Mayor,
BY PAM STEVENS I MANAGING EDITOR
It has been evident since the
primary race began incum-
bent Aaron Readon and Rep.
Mike Hope were both going to
have a tough campaign in the
race for Snohomish County
Executive.
Now that the numbers are
in, with over five points
between them, both candidates
are bringing their A-game to the
forefront and both have new
ideas of how to create jobs and
boost the flagging economy in
. Snohomish County... l ,
Only 23 percent of voters in the
county actually returned their
ballots and with the expectation
that those numbers will go up for
the general election, both candi-
dates have a lot of campaigning
to do in the next few months.
Reardon is currently leading
Hope by just over 4,000 votes
which makes it imperative that
voters return their ballots in the
general election.
Reardon’s eight years on the
job has given him first-hand
experience as to what the county
is going through.
“In these turbulent times, V
we need a proven leader at the
county with a record of getting
me. job dona‘fllxmlaelpedtmam
our county competitive by cut-
ting red tape, balancing the bud-
get and building a rainy day fund
without raising taxes," Reardon
said. “I’ll be in neighborhoods
all over the county over the next
two months talking to voters
about our shared vision of the
work that must be done mov-
ing forWard and the foundation
we've laid to accomplish those
tasks.”
Lake Stevens and their voting
districts were a great help to
Hope during the primaries. His
focus now‘is to continue cam-
paigning in the north part of the
county but to also concentrate
hard on those who live in the
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Executive Aaron Reardon
Contributed Photo
Representative Mike Hope
Missing L-S. man’s body Liquor e’Control BOard selects
found in Snohomish
BY PM STEVENS l MANAGlNG EDITOR
Lake Stevens resident Edward
Joseph Kirgan, .48, left Bert’s
Tavern in Bothell on Sunday,
August 14 on his 1997 Honda
VTX motorcycle and was not
seen or heard from after that.
Kirgan’s family reported him
missing to the Lake Stevens
Police the next day. The police,
along with family and friends,
- started looking for Kirgan im—
mediately and Were concerned
about health problems Kirgan
had. V
After only a- few days of
searching, Kirgan’s body, along
with his motorcycle, was found
in a ditch off of Marsh Road in
Snohomish.
“His family was out search-
ing different routes and lo-
cated him in a deep ditch along
Marsh Road,” Lake Stevens Po-
lice Chief Randy Celori said.
Snohomish County Sheriff’s
Office arrived to the scene
after a call was made at ap-
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proximately 10 am. Thursday ‘
morning where a man’s body
was found in the 8200 block of
Marsh Road.
It was obvious this wasn’t a
recent crash, but detectives
don’t know exactly how long the
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sentencedtoprison
Charles “Chuck” Allen who
served Granite Falls for 22 years
was sentenced to five years in
prison for taking money from
diabled people. Page 3.
' ' stores in spirits tasting pilot
Lake stevens store one of the chosen,
* JOURNAL STAFF
Beginning September 1, the
Washington State Liquor Control
Board (WSLCB) will implement
a year-long spirits tastingpilot
in 30 state, contract and tribal
liquor stores statewide.
The Lake Stevens store in
Frontier Village was chosen as
one of those pilot stores.
Upcoming tasting events will
be posted at the stores, as well
as on the Events page of the
Stores and Products section of
the WSLCB website at www.1iq.
wagov.
The enabling legislation was
at the request of the Distillery
Representatives Association of
Washington (DRAW) as a way
to introduce premium products
to store customers.
“The spirits sampling pilot is
dream dog park
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.1. Sampling will to a quarter
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a win for both consumers and
producers," said Carrie Tellefson
of DRAW. “With so many prod-
ucts'available, the tasting events
offer consumers a valuable op-
portunity to taste spirits in a
controlled environment, learn
about new, premium products
and provide valuable feedback
lead their classmates
meetnewGFSD
for distillers.”
As part of their screening and
store selection the WSLCB con—
sidered retail sales volume, loca-
tions, and appropriate in—store
space for sampling.
‘ Consideration was also given
to traffic accidentdata and prox-
imity to churches and schools.
members
Students from NLMS, LSMS
and Cavelero Mid High headed
to leadership camp to learn how
to motivate their peers and dem-
onstrate pride. Page 5.
Local resident Brianne Frazee
and her four-legged friend Bailie
are finalists to win a $500,000
dream dog park for Lake Stevens.
Page 5.
The local community is in-
vited to meet the new Granite
Falls High School Principal and
the GFSD superintendent. Read
more on page 7.
