GUNS AND HOSES The annual GUns and Hoses Softball game is this Saturday with a com- munity BBQ too! READ MORE ON Page 12 August 5, 2015 Edition 2 Issue 2 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com Aquafest results Looking for the winners of Aquafest events? Look no further! We have many of the winners right here! Read more pages 7-11 teen Drivers Can parents help teens become bet- ter drivers? Check out the results of a Traffic Safety Commission article. Read more on pages 3 words can hurt In this issue’s Pastor’s Perspective find out how words can be just as harmful as fire. Read more on page 2 LEDGER columns Love our columns? Well we have some great ones this issue. Check them out! Read more pages 4-6 Left: Kathy LIttle with MayorVern Little, Citizen of theYear. Right: Ariana Navarro nominted as Junior Citizen of theYear. Both were chosen byThe Greater Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce and got to ride in the Aquafest Grand Parade on Saturday, July 25. Contributed Photos Citizen, Junior Citizen of the year named pam stevens SEE QUADRATHON ON page 2 “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! The annual Aquafest Quadrathon was won this year by a team of first-time com- petitors who overcame a last minute injury to claim the top honors. The coed team lead by Kevin St. John faced uncer- tainty just a week before the race when their teammate for the 5K running event, 14 year old Olivia Yetter, injured her leg and could no longer com- pete as a runner. Refusing to give up on the competition, young Yetter asked to switch events with her father who was the team’s paddler. “I just wanted to be a part of the team, I didn’t want to give up” said Yetter, who had never paddled a kayak before. She began daily practice and after a week of intensive train- ing was ready Sunday morning. She gave it everything she had First-timers take top honors at Aquafest Quadrathon KIM SATHER and brought the team home to a first place overall win. Team captain St. John said the motivation to enter the quadrathon came from Lake Stevens Sunset Cove friends and longtime quadrathon participants who had won the event for the last several years. St. John remembers cheer- ing them on each year, “I was watching all my friends com- pete, they were terrific, amaz- ing athletes. And of course, they gave me a tough time for not taking part.” But the real turning point came last year at the Aquafest pancake breakfast when one of the group gave him a race shirt contestants receive for com- peting. “I felt so guilty and I just couldn’t wear it. I knew then and there that I wanted to compete the next year.” said St. Aquafest Quadrathon winners Kevin St. John, OliviaYetter, Gabrielle Broberg and PaulYetter took first place their first year of competing in the annual event. Contributed Photo SEE CITIZEN ON page 12 It takes more than just a little bit of time spent helping out to become Citizen and Junior Citizen of the Year. Countless hours volunteering to make other’s lives better it what got Kathy Little and Ariana Navar- ro noticed and chosen as this year’s outstanding citizens. The Greater Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce re- ceives many nominations to fill the role of Citizen and Ju- nior Citizen of the Year and each year they chose whom they think fits the criteria to represent the Chamber in the Aquafest Grand Parade. Kathy Little, also known as Lake Stevens’ First Lady, was selected for her endless efforts in making sure the mayor is supported and for all of her hard work as a member of the Rotary Club. “Kathy is being recognized for all of her hard work as , OCR Text: GUNS AND HOSES The annual GUns and Hoses Softball game is this Saturday with a com- munity BBQ too! READ MORE ON Page 12 August 5, 2015 Edition 2 Issue 2 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com Aquafest results Looking for the winners of Aquafest events? Look no further! We have many of the winners right here! Read more pages 7-11 teen Drivers Can parents help teens become bet- ter drivers? Check out the results of a Traffic Safety Commission article. Read more on pages 3 words can hurt In this issue’s Pastor’s Perspective find out how words can be just as harmful as fire. Read more on page 2 LEDGER columns Love our columns? Well we have some great ones this issue. Check them out! Read more pages 4-6 Left: Kathy LIttle with MayorVern Little, Citizen of theYear. Right: Ariana Navarro nominted as Junior Citizen of theYear. Both were chosen byThe Greater Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce and got to ride in the Aquafest Grand Parade on Saturday, July 25. Contributed Photos Citizen, Junior Citizen of the year named pam stevens SEE QUADRATHON ON page 2 “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! The annual Aquafest Quadrathon was won this year by a team of first-time com- petitors who overcame a last minute injury to claim the top honors. The coed team lead by Kevin St. John faced uncer- tainty just a week before the race when their teammate for the 5K running event, 14 year old Olivia Yetter, injured her leg and could no longer com- pete as a runner. Refusing to give up on the competition, young Yetter asked to switch events with her father who was the team’s paddler. “I just wanted to be a part of the team, I didn’t want to give up” said Yetter, who had never paddled a kayak before. She began daily practice and after a week of intensive train- ing was ready Sunday morning. She gave it everything she had First-timers take top honors at Aquafest Quadrathon KIM SATHER and brought the team home to a first place overall win. Team captain St. John said the motivation to enter the quadrathon came from Lake Stevens Sunset Cove friends and longtime quadrathon participants who had won the event for the last several years. St. John remembers cheer- ing them on each year, “I was watching all my friends com- pete, they were terrific, amaz- ing athletes. And of course, they gave me a tough time for not taking part.” But the real turning point came last year at the Aquafest pancake breakfast when one of the group gave him a race shirt contestants receive for com- peting. “I felt so guilty and I just couldn’t wear it. I knew then and there that I wanted to compete the next year.” said St. Aquafest Quadrathon winners Kevin St. John, OliviaYetter, Gabrielle Broberg and PaulYetter took first place their first year of competing in the annual event. Contributed Photo SEE CITIZEN ON page 12 It takes more than just a little bit of time spent helping out to become Citizen and Junior Citizen of the Year. Countless hours volunteering to make other’s lives better it what got Kathy Little and Ariana Navar- ro noticed and chosen as this year’s outstanding citizens. The Greater Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce re- ceives many nominations to fill the role of Citizen and Ju- nior Citizen of the Year and each year they chose whom they think fits the criteria to represent the Chamber in the Aquafest Grand Parade. Kathy Little, also known as Lake Stevens’ First Lady, was selected for her endless efforts in making sure the mayor is supported and for all of her hard work as a member of the Rotary Club. “Kathy is being recognized for all of her hard work as , Lake Stevens Historical Society,Newspapers,Lake Stevens Ledger,2015,August 5, 2015.pdf,August 5, 2015.pdf Page 1, August 5, 2015.pdf Page 1