PUD ART AWARD Lake Stevens High School sopho- more won an art award through Snohomish PUD. READ MORE ON Page 12 April 25, 2018 Edition 3 Issue 19 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com SMALL GARDENS The Whistling Gardener shares his ideas on creating beautful gardens in small spaces. Read more on page 7 TEDx TALKS Sno-Isle Libraries’Tedx Talks are very popular, local versions of Ted Talks. Sno-Isle celebrates their uplifting messages. Read more ON PAGE 6 GROUND BREAKING North Cascades Crew held a groud breaking ceremony for their new boathouse near Wyatt Park. Read more on page 2 Students at Lake Stevens High School held a walk-out on Friday, April 20 to bring awareness to school safety and unity. April 20 is the anniversary date of he Columbine High School shootings.The walk-out was part of a national event. Contributed photo pam stevens Miss Aquafest 2018 Royalty. Back row: Lifetime Hannah Krutsinger, Lifetime Ellie Behn,Teen Ambassador JocelynWright, Miss Ambassador Cassandra Kunselman, Miss Aquafest Erin Potocsnak,Teen Queen Syah King, Junior Queen Dakotah Richards, Lifetime Natalia Lagunas, Lifetime Grace Egelstad. Front row: Petite Queen Kyla Knight,Tiny Ambassador Sydnee Garrett, Junior Ambassador Isabeau Prettyman, Petite Ambassador Ella Duncil,Tiny Queen McKinleyTaylor, Community Service Queen Audrey Barlow. Photo Credit: Rich Hanson Photography pam stevens LSHS DRAMA Lake Stevens drama is performing their spring show, Almost, Maine at the Performing Arts Center. Read more page 3 SEE WALKOUT ON page 2 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 2018 Miss Aquafest Pag- eant took place on Saturday, April 14 at the Everett Per- forming Arts Center. A new Miss Aquafest and the Aquaf- est court were selected and will represent Lake Stevens throughout 2018. Erin Potocsnak is the new Miss Aquafest with Teen Queen Syah King, Junior Queen Dakotah Richards, Pe- tite Queen Kyla Knight, Tiny Queen McKinley Taylor and Community Service Queen Aubrey Barlow. Miss Aquafest is a community service based pageant and en- courages young women to get involved in their community. 2017 royalty received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award at this year’s pageant. Potocsnak selected at Miss Aquafest 2018 April 20, 2018 was the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings that took the lives of 12 students and one teacher. Students all over the country, including those at Lake Ste- vens High School and Cavelero Mid High School here in Lake Stevens, chose to participate in a walkout to help keep the conversation going regarding school safety. “Our school has been work- ing since the February 14 school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School to cre- ate this event and to not let the national conversation die about school safety and school violence,” Lake Stevens High School senior and Associated Student Body President Nick Pena said. “The purpose of the rally is to spread positivity and to send a message to our government that our school will not stand for the senseless violence happening across our nation.” Approximately 200 students joined the rally at Lake Ste- Students continue conversation on school safety, unity vens High School alone. Sev- eral students helped create the walkout and spoke to the crowd about several issues. “We started with 13 seconds of silence with 13 empty desks to represent the 12 students and one teacher lost at Colum- bine,” Jocelyn Van der Put, a senior, explained. The message of that day was bigger than gun violence. The students wanted to spread the word that unity among all of the students and treating oth- ers with respect and kindness can go a long way to keeping schools safe. “A lot of these shootings come from students who feel lost,” Senior Kendra Otto Von Askervold said. “Learning to be kind to each other can go a long way.” Otto Von Askervold also re- marked that because they are the students going to school every day, she feels that they have a huge responsibility to speak out. “We are the ones living , OCR Text: PUD ART AWARD Lake Stevens High School sopho- more won an art award through Snohomish PUD. READ MORE ON Page 12 April 25, 2018 Edition 3 Issue 19 PO Box 349 Lake Stevens, WA 98258 LakeStevensLedger.com SMALL GARDENS The Whistling Gardener shares his ideas on creating beautful gardens in small spaces. Read more on page 7 TEDx TALKS Sno-Isle Libraries’Tedx Talks are very popular, local versions of Ted Talks. Sno-Isle celebrates their uplifting messages. Read more ON PAGE 6 GROUND BREAKING North Cascades Crew held a groud breaking ceremony for their new boathouse near Wyatt Park. Read more on page 2 Students at Lake Stevens High School held a walk-out on Friday, April 20 to bring awareness to school safety and unity. April 20 is the anniversary date of he Columbine High School shootings.The walk-out was part of a national event. Contributed photo pam stevens Miss Aquafest 2018 Royalty. Back row: Lifetime Hannah Krutsinger, Lifetime Ellie Behn,Teen Ambassador JocelynWright, Miss Ambassador Cassandra Kunselman, Miss Aquafest Erin Potocsnak,Teen Queen Syah King, Junior Queen Dakotah Richards, Lifetime Natalia Lagunas, Lifetime Grace Egelstad. Front row: Petite Queen Kyla Knight,Tiny Ambassador Sydnee Garrett, Junior Ambassador Isabeau Prettyman, Petite Ambassador Ella Duncil,Tiny Queen McKinleyTaylor, Community Service Queen Audrey Barlow. Photo Credit: Rich Hanson Photography pam stevens LSHS DRAMA Lake Stevens drama is performing their spring show, Almost, Maine at the Performing Arts Center. Read more page 3 SEE WALKOUT ON page 2 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 2018 Miss Aquafest Pag- eant took place on Saturday, April 14 at the Everett Per- forming Arts Center. A new Miss Aquafest and the Aquaf- est court were selected and will represent Lake Stevens throughout 2018. Erin Potocsnak is the new Miss Aquafest with Teen Queen Syah King, Junior Queen Dakotah Richards, Pe- tite Queen Kyla Knight, Tiny Queen McKinley Taylor and Community Service Queen Aubrey Barlow. Miss Aquafest is a community service based pageant and en- courages young women to get involved in their community. 2017 royalty received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award at this year’s pageant. Potocsnak selected at Miss Aquafest 2018 April 20, 2018 was the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings that took the lives of 12 students and one teacher. Students all over the country, including those at Lake Ste- vens High School and Cavelero Mid High School here in Lake Stevens, chose to participate in a walkout to help keep the conversation going regarding school safety. “Our school has been work- ing since the February 14 school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School to cre- ate this event and to not let the national conversation die about school safety and school violence,” Lake Stevens High School senior and Associated Student Body President Nick Pena said. “The purpose of the rally is to spread positivity and to send a message to our government that our school will not stand for the senseless violence happening across our nation.” Approximately 200 students joined the rally at Lake Ste- Students continue conversation on school safety, unity vens High School alone. Sev- eral students helped create the walkout and spoke to the crowd about several issues. “We started with 13 seconds of silence with 13 empty desks to represent the 12 students and one teacher lost at Colum- bine,” Jocelyn Van der Put, a senior, explained. The message of that day was bigger than gun violence. The students wanted to spread the word that unity among all of the students and treating oth- ers with respect and kindness can go a long way to keeping schools safe. “A lot of these shootings come from students who feel lost,” Senior Kendra Otto Von Askervold said. “Learning to be kind to each other can go a long way.” Otto Von Askervold also re- marked that because they are the students going to school every day, she feels that they have a huge responsibility to speak out. “We are the ones living , Lake Stevens Historical Society,Newspapers,Lake Stevens Ledger,2018,April 25, 2018.pdf,April 25, 2018.pdf Page 1, April 25, 2018.pdf Page 1