Guest Editorial Rep. Mark Harmsworth shares his thought on“Who watches the watchers”in this edition’s guest editorial. READ MORE ON Page 7 August 1, 2018 Edition 4 Issue 1 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com Aquafest Results Lake Stevens Aquafest is over but the results are in. Find out winners of some events. Read more on page 6 OUtSTANDING GRAD A Lake Stevens resident has been selected as one of WWU’s Outstand- ing Graduates. Read more ON PAGE 4 Trestle Update Work on the trestle continues for the next two months. See what has been accomplished. Read more on page 3 Top left clockwise:The Dino Crew was a huge hit with the kids this year.The Dinosaurs interacted with kids of all ages.Top right:The Sauerkraut Band joined the Grand Parade with their vfun sounds. Bottom left: Janice Huxford and DaveWarrick along with ZuZu were named Grand Marshals. Bottom right: Carnival rides are always a huge attraction. Photos by Casey B. Strom SEE OPIOIDS ON page 2 Left:The park in Frontier Heights. Right:The park off of 20th Street SE. Firearms initiative A firearms initiative will appear on the ballot in November. Find out more about it. Read more page 3 Another amazing Aquafest in the books NOW SERVING AMERICAN BREAKFAST! Friday, Sat and Sun 8am-2pm 9302 N. Davies Rd. • Lake SteveNS • 425-903-4069 1909 Hewitt ave. • eveRett • 425-249-2812 Now Serving Breakfast! FREE ENTREE Buy one breakfast or lunch entree and two drinks and get a second entree (Up to $6 Value) free. Buy one Dinner entree and two drinks and get a second entree (Up To $8 Value) free. MADE FROM SCRATCH DAily Now Serving Breakfast One coupon per table. Not valid with any other offer, daily special or lunch special. www.papasmexicangrill.com CAliFORniA STylE GRill & CAnTinA Lake Stevens Location The Snohomish Health Dis- trict—in partnership with the Snohomish County Opioid Response Multi-Agency Co- ordination (MAC) Group— completed a second 7-day point-in-time data collection for opioid overdoses from July 9-15, 2018. The result: 57 over- doses in one week, 2 of which were fatal.   As the chief health strate- gist, public health’s role is to identify, analyze and act on new sources of community health data as close to real time as possible. Up until a year ago, the only primary data to go on about opioids in Snohomish County was the total number of deaths. An even then, it could take 12-18 months to get those pre- liminary numbers.  Last summer, the Snohom- ish Health District embarked on a first of its kind data col- lection  with local partners to capture a snapshot of informa- tion. Since that time, a number of efforts have been underway to continue building a more robust data pipeline.  While that work is still continuing, there was a desire to repeat the 7-day point-in-time collection in 2018 to reassess the opioid crisis in Snohomish County. Through  coordinated MAC efforts, hospitals, law enforce- ment, fire, EMS, the syringe exchange and other partners have been engaged in ongoing discussions and data collec- tion. Moving beyond the gather- ing of historical data, this effort convenes these representatives from across the county to vol- untarily collect real-time data on overdoses for one week. Reports of 57 opioid overdoses within seven days in Snohomish County CONTRIBUTED The City of Lake Stevens, City Council and the Parks & Recreation Planning Board are in the process of naming two parks within the City limits. The first park, currently known as Frontier Heights Park, is in the NW corner of the City. The Park was acquired by the City from the Frontier Heights Home Owners Association in October of 2017. The park is a 6.2 acre parcel located north of Frontier Cir- cle West and 88th Avenue NE. Early owners of the property were H.J. & Hilder Hopkins, Leona & Walter Ferrel, Peter Wigins and Vernice and Dan- iel Charles. These people provided ease- ments to the City of Seattle 1923 (became Seattle City Light), United Sates of Amer- ica 1950 (became Bonneville Power Administration – BPA) and the PUD 1951. These Two local parks need your help with a new name CONTRIBUTED easements were provided to the power companies for the building of the power lines that run overhead of the park. The property was then sold to a developer in the late 1960’s that constructed the Frontier Heights plat that included the park area the Frontier Heights Home Owners maintained un- til the recent transfer. A current Park plan is being developed to build a multi-use path around the park along with the paving of current and new parking. In future phases, the City will install infrastructure, re- strooms, picnic structures, new playground equipment, a three-season field for junior athletics, and provide trail con- nectivity within the site and to a future community trail span- ning the city north to south. The second park is located northwest of 20th Street SE and 88th Drive SE. The park is a 6.33-acre parcel that also lies beneath the power line corri- dor. SEE PARKS ON PAGE 2 , OCR Text: Guest Editorial Rep. Mark Harmsworth shares his thought on“Who watches the watchers”in this edition’s guest editorial. READ MORE ON Page 7 August 1, 2018 Edition 4 Issue 1 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com Aquafest Results Lake Stevens Aquafest is over but the results are in. Find out winners of some events. Read more on page 6 OUtSTANDING GRAD A Lake Stevens resident has been selected as one of WWU’s Outstand- ing Graduates. Read more ON PAGE 4 Trestle Update Work on the trestle continues for the next two months. See what has been accomplished. Read more on page 3 Top left clockwise:The Dino Crew was a huge hit with the kids this year.The Dinosaurs interacted with kids of all ages.Top right:The Sauerkraut Band joined the Grand Parade with their vfun sounds. Bottom left: Janice Huxford and DaveWarrick along with ZuZu were named Grand Marshals. Bottom right: Carnival rides are always a huge attraction. Photos by Casey B. Strom SEE OPIOIDS ON page 2 Left:The park in Frontier Heights. Right:The park off of 20th Street SE. Firearms initiative A firearms initiative will appear on the ballot in November. Find out more about it. Read more page 3 Another amazing Aquafest in the books NOW SERVING AMERICAN BREAKFAST! Friday, Sat and Sun 8am-2pm 9302 N. Davies Rd. • Lake SteveNS • 425-903-4069 1909 Hewitt ave. • eveRett • 425-249-2812 Now Serving Breakfast! FREE ENTREE Buy one breakfast or lunch entree and two drinks and get a second entree (Up to $6 Value) free. Buy one Dinner entree and two drinks and get a second entree (Up To $8 Value) free. MADE FROM SCRATCH DAily Now Serving Breakfast One coupon per table. Not valid with any other offer, daily special or lunch special. www.papasmexicangrill.com CAliFORniA STylE GRill & CAnTinA Lake Stevens Location The Snohomish Health Dis- trict—in partnership with the Snohomish County Opioid Response Multi-Agency Co- ordination (MAC) Group— completed a second 7-day point-in-time data collection for opioid overdoses from July 9-15, 2018. The result: 57 over- doses in one week, 2 of which were fatal.   As the chief health strate- gist, public health’s role is to identify, analyze and act on new sources of community health data as close to real time as possible. Up until a year ago, the only primary data to go on about opioids in Snohomish County was the total number of deaths. An even then, it could take 12-18 months to get those pre- liminary numbers.  Last summer, the Snohom- ish Health District embarked on a first of its kind data col- lection  with local partners to capture a snapshot of informa- tion. Since that time, a number of efforts have been underway to continue building a more robust data pipeline.  While that work is still continuing, there was a desire to repeat the 7-day point-in-time collection in 2018 to reassess the opioid crisis in Snohomish County. Through  coordinated MAC efforts, hospitals, law enforce- ment, fire, EMS, the syringe exchange and other partners have been engaged in ongoing discussions and data collec- tion. Moving beyond the gather- ing of historical data, this effort convenes these representatives from across the county to vol- untarily collect real-time data on overdoses for one week. Reports of 57 opioid overdoses within seven days in Snohomish County CONTRIBUTED The City of Lake Stevens, City Council and the Parks & Recreation Planning Board are in the process of naming two parks within the City limits. The first park, currently known as Frontier Heights Park, is in the NW corner of the City. The Park was acquired by the City from the Frontier Heights Home Owners Association in October of 2017. The park is a 6.2 acre parcel located north of Frontier Cir- cle West and 88th Avenue NE. Early owners of the property were H.J. & Hilder Hopkins, Leona & Walter Ferrel, Peter Wigins and Vernice and Dan- iel Charles. These people provided ease- ments to the City of Seattle 1923 (became Seattle City Light), United Sates of Amer- ica 1950 (became Bonneville Power Administration – BPA) and the PUD 1951. These Two local parks need your help with a new name CONTRIBUTED easements were provided to the power companies for the building of the power lines that run overhead of the park. The property was then sold to a developer in the late 1960’s that constructed the Frontier Heights plat that included the park area the Frontier Heights Home Owners maintained un- til the recent transfer. A current Park plan is being developed to build a multi-use path around the park along with the paving of current and new parking. In future phases, the City will install infrastructure, re- strooms, picnic structures, new playground equipment, a three-season field for junior athletics, and provide trail con- nectivity within the site and to a future community trail span- ning the city north to south. The second park is located northwest of 20th Street SE and 88th Drive SE. The park is a 6.33-acre parcel that also lies beneath the power line corri- dor. 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