JULY 22, 2015 Edition 2 Issue 1 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com Aquafest 2015 Aquafest starts this weekend. Check out all that’s happening in our Aquafest Guide inside this issue of the Ledger. FIND YOUR GUIDE INSIDE rush wins nat’l Local girls on Washington Rush brought home a national champion- ship earlier this month. Read more on pages 3 new principals Lake Stevens High School is getting a new assistant principal and LSMS is getting a new principal. Read more on page 2 project homeless Thousands of homeless were helped in the county’s Project Homeless event. Read more page 4 Stevens Ortiz as Pinocchio and the cast from LudusYouthTheatre Group performs Shrek at the Snohomish PUDTheatre. Ortiz and his mother started the group in Lake Stevens. Photo by Anne Julson “T alk to the People Who BuildY our Mattress.” • Buy at the Factory • Mattresses any size, shape or kind Showroom at 4th & Cedar in Marysville Factory at 1327 8th Street in Marysville BBB Rated A+ • Cushion foam replacement • RV and boat upholstery 360-659-8458 • 360-659-3598 www.slumbereasemattress.com $ 50 Off RV Mattresses Must present at time of purchase. One week turn around time! SEE LUDUS ON page 2 pam stevens SEE MARSHALL ON page 6 Aquafest fireworks show dedicated to the late Lake Stevens Fire Marshal Robert Marshall Acting, singing, dancing, di- recting, painting, gluing, sew- ing, you name it and the kids involved in Ludus Youth The- atre Group do it, and it’s been that way since the group start- ed in 2013. Cheryl Ortiz and her son Steven, who was a student at Cavelero Mid High School at the time, opened the group to give kids who loved perform- ing, like Steven, an opportu- nity to do so close to home. “Me and my mom started the company with only five or six kids that I had selected,” Steven explained. “We were planning on performing skits together for friends.” The group took off and soon they found themselves raising money so that they could per- form Disney’s Jungle Book. They became a 501(c)3, or non-profit organization and hosted car washes and other fundraising events so that they could afford to buy the scripts. They made enough money through fundraising and tick- ets sales to do a production Ludus Youth Theatre Group promotes local talent Lake Stevens student created, directs and acts of Annie and after continu- ous sold out performances, they were soon on their way to becoming one of the most popular youth theatre groups around. The group is proud of their ability to include everyone who auditions in their per- formances and still be able to make enough money to cover their costs and continue per- forming even bigger and better shows. “Ludus Youth Theatre Group  has always cast every young person who auditions regardless of their abilities. We believe there is a place for everyone in a production and we have found that in doing this, it initiates acceptance and respect in the entire cast. This in turn  increases the  sense of belonging and purpose within the special needs child or a child who would not have been given the chance to be part of a musical production in most other theater organizations,” their website says. “We offer an amazing and pam stevens At approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 19, a call was placed to 911 to report that ‘someone was in the river and he could not get them out.’  The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and the King County Police Department responded to the area, along with fire personnel, in ap- proximately the 62000 block of Index-Galena Road, which is near to the Troublesome Creek Campground.  Witnesses advised that they were traveling as a group of four adults (this is all of the detail available at the time of the call) when two men in the group went swimming, which was in the North Fork of the Skykomish River.  Lake Stevens man drowns near Index in Skykomish River The area was beneath a wa- terfall that was turbulent and difficult to swim in.  One swimmer barely made it out of the water and they observed the other man go under and then not surface again.  The operation shifted from a rescue mission to a recovery mission that same evening. The missing man is in his early 20’s from the Lake Ste- vens area and had not been identified when the Ledger went to print Monday evening. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team re- sumed the recovery mission Monday morning, due to the technically complicated and remote area and the need for daylight to conduct the opera- tion. CONTRIBUTED Each year at Aquafest, Lake Stevens Fire Marshal, the late Robert Marshall, could be seen all over the festival. Ensuring safety during the yearly event that brings tens of thousands of people to our quaint city was his number one priority. He and his family have been a part of the festival Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien, Janice Huxford. Aquafest President and Robert Marshall’s daughter, wife Mary and son. Aquafest! Special Supplement to the | July 22, 2015 Aquafest! Aquafest! Aquafest! FUN, FOOD, RIDES, FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY CELEBRATING COMMUNITY FOR 55 YEARS THURSDAY-SUNDAY • JULY 23-26 FOR 55 YEARS Man not identified yet , OCR Text: JULY 22, 2015 Edition 2 Issue 1 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com Aquafest 2015 Aquafest starts this weekend. Check out all that’s happening in our Aquafest Guide inside this issue of the Ledger. FIND YOUR GUIDE INSIDE rush wins nat’l Local girls on Washington Rush brought home a national champion- ship earlier this month. Read more on pages 3 new principals Lake Stevens High School is getting a new assistant principal and LSMS is getting a new principal. Read more on page 2 project homeless Thousands of homeless were helped in the county’s Project Homeless event. Read more page 4 Stevens Ortiz as Pinocchio and the cast from LudusYouthTheatre Group performs Shrek at the Snohomish PUDTheatre. Ortiz and his mother started the group in Lake Stevens. Photo by Anne Julson “T alk to the People Who BuildY our Mattress.” • Buy at the Factory • Mattresses any size, shape or kind Showroom at 4th & Cedar in Marysville Factory at 1327 8th Street in Marysville BBB Rated A • Cushion foam replacement • RV and boat upholstery 360-659-8458 • 360-659-3598 www.slumbereasemattress.com $ 50 Off RV Mattresses Must present at time of purchase. One week turn around time! SEE LUDUS ON page 2 pam stevens SEE MARSHALL ON page 6 Aquafest fireworks show dedicated to the late Lake Stevens Fire Marshal Robert Marshall Acting, singing, dancing, di- recting, painting, gluing, sew- ing, you name it and the kids involved in Ludus Youth The- atre Group do it, and it’s been that way since the group start- ed in 2013. Cheryl Ortiz and her son Steven, who was a student at Cavelero Mid High School at the time, opened the group to give kids who loved perform- ing, like Steven, an opportu- nity to do so close to home. “Me and my mom started the company with only five or six kids that I had selected,” Steven explained. “We were planning on performing skits together for friends.” The group took off and soon they found themselves raising money so that they could per- form Disney’s Jungle Book. They became a 501(c)3, or non-profit organization and hosted car washes and other fundraising events so that they could afford to buy the scripts. They made enough money through fundraising and tick- ets sales to do a production Ludus Youth Theatre Group promotes local talent Lake Stevens student created, directs and acts of Annie and after continu- ous sold out performances, they were soon on their way to becoming one of the most popular youth theatre groups around. The group is proud of their ability to include everyone who auditions in their per- formances and still be able to make enough money to cover their costs and continue per- forming even bigger and better shows. “Ludus Youth Theatre Group  has always cast every young person who auditions regardless of their abilities. We believe there is a place for everyone in a production and we have found that in doing this, it initiates acceptance and respect in the entire cast. This in turn  increases the  sense of belonging and purpose within the special needs child or a child who would not have been given the chance to be part of a musical production in most other theater organizations,” their website says. “We offer an amazing and pam stevens At approximately 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 19, a call was placed to 911 to report that ‘someone was in the river and he could not get them out.’  The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and the King County Police Department responded to the area, along with fire personnel, in ap- proximately the 62000 block of Index-Galena Road, which is near to the Troublesome Creek Campground.  Witnesses advised that they were traveling as a group of four adults (this is all of the detail available at the time of the call) when two men in the group went swimming, which was in the North Fork of the Skykomish River.  Lake Stevens man drowns near Index in Skykomish River The area was beneath a wa- terfall that was turbulent and difficult to swim in.  One swimmer barely made it out of the water and they observed the other man go under and then not surface again.  The operation shifted from a rescue mission to a recovery mission that same evening. The missing man is in his early 20’s from the Lake Ste- vens area and had not been identified when the Ledger went to print Monday evening. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team re- sumed the recovery mission Monday morning, due to the technically complicated and remote area and the need for daylight to conduct the opera- tion. CONTRIBUTED Each year at Aquafest, Lake Stevens Fire Marshal, the late Robert Marshall, could be seen all over the festival. Ensuring safety during the yearly event that brings tens of thousands of people to our quaint city was his number one priority. He and his family have been a part of the festival Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien, Janice Huxford. Aquafest President and Robert Marshall’s daughter, wife Mary and son. Aquafest! Special Supplement to the | July 22, 2015 Aquafest! Aquafest! Aquafest! FUN, FOOD, RIDES, FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY CELEBRATING COMMUNITY FOR 55 YEARS THURSDAY-SUNDAY • JULY 23-26 FOR 55 YEARS Man not identified yet , Lake Stevens Historical Society,Newspapers,Lake Stevens Ledger,2015,July 22, 2015.pdf,July 22, 2015.pdf Page 1, July 22, 2015.pdf Page 1