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Sedro-Woolley City Scene is published COVER PHOTO: 6 Council Corner by Philips Publishing Group EVERGREEN EAGLE for the City of Sedro-Woolley. ARTIST: Peter Dunthorne 7 City News PHOTO CREDIT: Alexis Noyes, SWHS Sophomore | 2020 Budget Publisher: Peter Philips 8 Education [email protected] (206) 284-8285 | Evergreen Eagle | Success Beyond High School Advertising Sales: | Fired Up for CTE Julie Applegate | STEM like ME!—7th Grade [email protected] | STEM like ME!—High School (206) 753-7250 | Cascades Job Corps and Career Academy Editor: Jana Hanson | Education is the Key— Student Contributor [email protected]

Production: 16 Community Colleen Rhay | EDASC—Importance of Business Involvement in Schools | United General District 304— Building Healthier Communities | Janicki Industries— New Plant in Hamilton | Northwest Innovation Research LET US HANDLE Center—Design Thinking 24 History | A Tale of Two School Districts The Details.. 26 Events Make the Most of Your Next Event by Making it Here at | Vietnam Parade The Skagit Casino Resort | Easter Egg Hunt | WoodFest, Wine, Tea and Tulips | American Legion Breakfast | Museum Events | High School Sporting Events 30 What’s New

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WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 3 LIBRARY Jeanne Williams, Library Director What’s Going On 802 Ball Street (360) 755-3985 at City Hall? [email protected] MUNICIPAL COURT Listed below are locations of posted Brock Stiles, Judge meetings, notices of public hearings 325 Metcalf Street and passed ordinances. (360) 855-0366 [email protected] • City Hall bulletin board POLICE 325 Metcalf Street Lin Tucker, Police Chief 325 Metcalf Street • City website: CITY DIRECTORY (360) 855-0111 www.ci.sedro-woolley.wa.us For any emergency or officer dispatch • All notices of public hearings and CITY HALL please call: 911 325 Metcalf Street passed ordinances are posted in the Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 PUBLIC WORKS Skagit Valley Herald. (360) 855-1661 Public Works Director n Mark Freiberger, P.E. City Council agendas, Mayor 325 Metcalf Street meeting minutes, videos and Julia Johnson (360) 855-0771 325 Metcalf Street audio of regularly-scheduled [email protected] (360) 855-9922 meetings are posted on the [email protected] Public Works Assistant city website. City Administration Julie Rosario n Planning Commission 325 Metcalf Street Eron Berg, City Supervisor/City Attorney agendas and meeting minutes are 325 Metcalf Street (360) 855-0771 posted on the city website. (360) 855-9921 Engineering/City Engineer [email protected] David Lee, P.E. If you have any questions regarding Finance 325 Metcalf Street meeting times, places, agendas or ADA Doug Merriman, PhD., Director (360) 855-0771 access, please call City Hall at [email protected] 325 Metcalf Street (360) 855-1661 for assistance. (360) 855-1661 Public Works Operations: Parks, Facilities, [email protected] Streets, Stormwater & Cemetery Serena Mynatt, Utility Billing Clerk Nathan Salseina CITY HALL MEETINGS 325 Metcalf Street Public Works Operations Supervisor City Council, Planning Commission (360) 855-0929 409 Alexander Street and Housing Authority Board meetings (360) 856-5167 DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Park Department Business Office and Reservations: are generally held at the times and John Coleman, AICP 325 Metcalf Street days noted below: Planning Director/Building Official (360) 855-1661 325 Metcalf Street City Council regular meetings: (360) 855-0771 Solid Waste 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each [email protected] Leo Jacobs, Solid Waste & Fleet Division Supervisor 315 Sterling Street month 7:00pm, City Council FIRE DEPARTMENT (360) 855-1884 Chambers, 325 Metcalf Street Dean Klinger, Fire Chief 325 Metcalf Street Wastewater Division City Council study sessions: (360) 855-2252 Debbie Allen, Wastewater Division Supervisor 1st Wednesday of each month Emergency: 911 401 Alexander Street 7:00pm, Public Safety Training (360) 856-1100 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Room, 325 Metcalf Street Bill Chambers, Director SEDRO-WOOLLEY HOUSING AUTHORITY Planning Commission meetings: 325 Metcalf Street Hillsview (360) 855-9924 830 Township Street 3rd Tuesday of each month [email protected] (360) 855-0404 6:30pm, City Council Chambers, 325 Metcalf Street Sedro-Woolley Housing Authority Board meetings are generally held on the third Thursday of even months except October at 10:45am, THE SIGN OF SERVICE Hillsview 830 Township Street Meeting times and places occasionally • Flat Repair • Wheels change, so it is advisable to contact City Hall 24 hours prior to a scheduled • Tire Rotation • Batteries meeting to confirm the location, date • Brake Check • Sudden Service and time. • Alignments • Warranties in Writing

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4 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE ■ WINTER 2020 MAYOR LETTER | CITY HALL Sedro-Woolly Has its Eye on the Future

AS WE ENTER 2020, we move into a new year, and a new decade filled “I am very optimistic about our city’s future with opportunities and continue to share with whoever will listen, and growth. 2019 had its fill of that we are still the best city and community to grow significant changes; your family and business.” BY MAYOR it was an extremely JULIA JOHNSON busy year for city — MAYOR JOHNSON government as well as the community. Construction activity is present everywhere with new multifamily units, current and future economic vitality of small town feel which we all love. commercial and remodeling of all types our city. I am very optimistic about our As your mayor, I work with my team and this surge in development will city’s future and continue to share with of excellent directors and city council continue through 2020. whoever will listen, that we are still the members to maintain the infrastructure If we continue the path we are on, we best city and community to grow your needed to support the development and could possibly see as many as 800 new family and business. We remain a city growth occurring within our city, and housing units (single-family homes and that consistently produces cutting edge the 2020 Annual Budget is a reflection of apartments) within the next five to ten technology and innovation that impacts this effort. years. These new residents and com- our nation, other countries, and even the mercial businesses will contribute to the Space Station, while maintaining that CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE Money for Home and Business! Home Ag/Business Loan Solutions Loan Solutions Call or apply online! Meet Darrell, your local Meet Scott, your local mortgage lender AG and Business lender specializing in FHA, VA, specializing in USDA, Conventional Commercial and & Construction loans. Agricultural loans. Darrell Elke Scott DeGraw NMLS #422230 Commercial Banking Officer VP Mortgage Loan Originator P: 360.941.1320 P: 360.220.7949 [email protected] [email protected]

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WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 5 COUNCIL CORNER

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CONTACT YOUR The highlights of the adopted balanced www.ci.sedro-woolley.wa.us and review COUNCIL MEMBER 2020 Budget address the anticipated additional budget highlights on page 7 of growth: this magazine. WARD ONE • The budget will maintain existing The partnership between City Hall Brendan McGoffin levels of service and focuses on and School District is a dynamic and 277 Klinger St infrastructure improvements. We harmonious working relationship. Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 will increase staffing in public works, Phone: (360) 333-8783 An example of this partnership is the [email protected]. finish plans for our city park, and hiring of the SRO. Within this edition wa.us complete phase two renovation of of City Scene magazine, you will have an the Community Center kitchen. opportunity to read about the wonderful WARD TWO • As the Fire Department transitions developments and curricula our schools Germaine J. Kornegay into a larger division and district, offer through the STEM program as well 123 N Central Avenue additional space is needed to as how local businesses play a part in Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 properly store fire equipment and preparing students for the workforce. Phone: (360) 755-2108 As mayor, I applaud the successes of our [email protected] Police Department evidence. students, and as a community we are • The passage of Proposition 1 will witnessing the interdisciplinary approach now allow us to adequately staff our of taking academic concepts (Science, WARD THREE Police Department, hire an SRO Brenda Kinzer (in partnership with the Sedro- Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) 100 Nelson Street Woolley School District), and and applying these lessons to real- Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 world problems from businesses and Phone: (360) 421-4541 provide continued safety for our organizations such as Janicki Industries [email protected] wa.us dedicated officers. and Habitat for Humanity. According • Design and construct a new public to a 2015 study by PISA (Programme works shop to achieve proper WARD FOUR for International Student Assessment), Glenn Allen working conditions for staff and the United States ranked 38th out of 316 Talcott St safely store and maintain vehicles 71 countries in math. We can do better Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 and equipment. I’ve been advocating and with a dedicated focus on STEM Phone: (360) 885-2216 for this improvement and I thank [email protected] curricula and active participation by the council for supporting this local businesses, doors will open for our important project. students, enabling them to compete in an WARD FIVE • Work with staff and council to ever changing technological world and Chuck Owen develop a Capital Facilities Plan succeed in the 21st century. 833 Waldron Street and adopt a Biennial Budget If you would like to get involved Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 beginning 2021. Phone: (360) 982-0783 with the Skagit STEM Network, [email protected] This is but a brief synopsis of the 2020 please contact, Shaun Doffing at Annual Budget. You can read the Mayor’s [email protected] Budget Message on our city’s website, WARD SIX Karl de Jong 1030 Warner Street Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 Phone: (360) 333-8911 [email protected]

AT-LARGE Jared Couch 824 Orth Way Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 Phone: (360) 708-1022 councilatlarge @ci.sedro-woolley.wa.us

6 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 2020 BUDGET | CITY NEWS 2020 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS DURING THE NOVEMBER 26, 2020 REVENUES - ALL FUNDS Beginning Cash 2019 city council 22.41% Taxes 16.78% meeting, the Sedro- Licenses/Permits Woolley City Council 0.97% approved the city’s

2020 Annual Budget. Other Financing BY DOUG The $44.6 million 22.30% MERRIMAN, PHD Finance Director budget is structured to maintain or improve services, particularly in expanding public Interfund safety due to the successful passage Loans/Custodial 2.68% of Proposition 1 in November 2019. Intergovernmental The additional funding received from Miscellaneous Revenues 11.95% 1.06% Proposition 1 will assist in securing Fines & Penalties Charges for Service three additional police officers, a school 0.16% 21.69% resource officer at the Sedro-Woolley School District, as well as changing a part-time records position to full-time. 2020 EXPENITURES - ALL FUNDS Other programs or projects highlighted Services Intergovernmental 11.30% in the 2020 Annual Budget include: Supplies 3.94% 3.27% • $236,000 for major improvements Capital Outlays to Winnie Houser Park & Playfields Benefits 27.15% 7.05% with $171,000 being funded by a State grant; Debt • $20,000 for reroofing and other 1.58% upgrades at Bingham park; Interest • $250,000 for the construction of a 0.28% public safety storage building on Interfund Murdock Street to properly store fire Salaries & Wages 2.27% equipment and Police Department 18.56% Custodial evidence materials; 0.37% Ending Cash Transfers • $383,000 for local street projects and 20.36% 3.87% pavement overlays; • $100,000 for improvements to the For additional information on the City of Sedro-Woolley’s 2020 budget, please see city’s media equipment in the city our website at www.ci.sedro-woolley.wa.us/departments/finance council chambers to better record meetings and other activities for public viewing and access; • $7,500 for EDASC (Economic Development Alliance of Skagit County) to support business growth and job creation in Sedro-Woolley. In the city’s 2020 Annual Budget message, Mayor Julia Johnson outlined the city’s plan to develop a Capital Improvement Plan linked to a new Biennial Budget format in 2021–2022 —a change which will move the city’s fiscal planning process from a one year perspective to a longer-term strategic planning horizon.

WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 7 EDUCATION | EVERGREEN EAGLE

EVERGREEN EAGLE BY BRIAN ISAKSON, Above: “The Eagle” Principal Brian Isakson, Artist PRINCIPAL EVERGREEN ELEMENTARY Peter Dunthorne and Jennifer Washington, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Tribal Chair ALMOST FOUR YEARS IN THE WORKS, Left: Artist Peter Dunthorne and his wife Susan “The Eagle” has landed in the lobby who is a member of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe of Evergreen STEM Elementary. This amazing carving by Peter Dunthorne has added beauty and interest for those walking into the school. Evergreen has The eagle is the mascot of Evergreen great people who work and learn there, and the symbol of the Upper Skagit but not much in the physical building Tribe. The two are linked by many grabs ones eye. Now, as visitors enter generations of students and families. the building, the carving is a focus of The eagle is the mascot of Through the art dedication, Evergreen attention and a point of discussion. Evergreen and the symbol of students learned a great deal about the traditions, art, culture and history The carving reflects Coast Salish the Upper Skagit Tribe. design tradition and symbolizes several of the Upper Skagit. Including, that the ideas about the staff and students at The two are linked by ancestors of the Upper Skagit have lived the school. In the middle where the many generations of on and around the lands where the heart would be is a human face. “The students and families. school is built for 10,000 years. “EVERGREEN EAGLE” was inspired by The four year wait for Evergreen’s the image of an eagle taking flight, Design. His primary focus was studying Eagle was well worth it. This process lifting off into the sky. The human face Northwest Coast art and culture with Bill has increased friendships, deepened in the chest represents the staff and Holm at the Burke Museum. knowledge and created a beautiful piece students collectively and individually “The Eagle” project began as a of art that will welcome students, staff in an “expressive mode”. “The Eagle is collaboration between the Upper and families for generations. Evergreen assisting us to make our wishes, dreams, Skagit Tribal Council Chairwoman, received another gift. A new friendship and prayers come to be by connecting Jennifer Washington, Tribal Education with a great artist, humble teacher and us with higher powers, yet grounded in Coordinator, Angie Washington and one of the kindest, most genuine people wisdom and truth,” Dunthorne said. Evergreen School. It is important for the you could meet Peter Dunthorne. Originally from Guemes Island, school to connect with the students of Thank you again to the Upper Skagit Peter graduated from the University the Upper Skagit community and see for inspiring students and teaching us so of Washington in 1975 in Graphic their culture represented in our building. much through “The Eagle”.

8 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE ■ WINTER 2020 SUCCESS BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL | EDUCATION Setting Sedro-Woolley Students up for Success Beyond High School BY PHIL BROCKMAN, SUPERINTENDENT SWSD / MICHELLE JUDSON DIRECTOR SKAGIT STEM NETWORK

n 2017, the High School and Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Washington Scholarship is for scholars pursuing a Beyond Plan became a state Application for State Financial Aid bachelor’s degree in a STEM or health wide high school graduation (WASFA). These applications are the care field. The Career and Technical requirement. Each student is foundation that give students access to Scholarship (CTS) is for scholars pursuing required to have a plan that guides public and private scholarships, grants, a certificate, apprenticeship or associate their high school experience and low-interest loans and eligibility for degree in a high-demand trade, STEM Iprepares them for their post-secondary work study. or health care field such as welding, education that can include a range of An example is the Washington State manufacturing or information technology. options across two- and four-year colleges, Opportunity Scholarship that reduces The Skagit STEM Network has partnered apprenticeships and certificate programs. barriers to education and training and with Skagit County school districts to As part of Sedro-Woolley School District’s facilitating entry into high-demand raise awareness of these scholarships. efforts in creating pathways to graduation, careers for Washington students. WSOS In 2019 more than $1.2 million in students start their High School and offers two scholarship programs for scholarship dollars were awarded to 56 Beyond plan in middle school and revise it Washington state residents pursuing students in the Skagit Valley. throughout high school as their interests, a credential towards a high-demand For more information please contact education and career goals change. career within the state. The Baccalaureate your school counselor. As part of the 24-credit high school graduation requirements, the Personalized Pathway requirements are flexible credits that are chosen by a student to help prepare themselves for specific post- secondary education or career goals. These “Personalized Pathways” are bodies of coursework that are deemed necessary to attain the goals selected by a student. It is forecast that Washington State will create 740,000 job openings over the next five years, almost three quarters of which require a credential beyond high school. We are expanding our initiatives that support students and their families to understand and secure the financial resources needed to fund the post secondary education required for these jobs. This starts in middle school with the College Bound Scholarship, a program created to provide state financial aid to low-income students who may not consider college. In high school Sedro- Woolley students learn about college costs, including tuition, room and board, books and school supplies, fees, as well as miscellaneous expenses they may not think about. They learn how to set a budget and explore the costs of various education options. Support is also available to families on how to complete the Free Application for Federal

WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 9 EDUCATION | CTE Fired Up for CTE

BY RUTH RICHARDSON, SWSD PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER

edro-Woolley High School has a broad range of Career and Technical Education (CTE) class offerings, including Auto Shop, Woodworking, Welding, Horticulture, American Sign Language (ASL), Business, SCommunication Technologies, Engineer- ing/Drafting, Food Production, Child Psychology and Sports Medicine. “CTE is real-life skills,” said Karin Ovenell-Carter, food production instructor. “Whether it becomes your job or not, the skills you learn in these classrooms impact your everyday world. Even if I’m not a mechanic, knowing those skills when Welder, Aiden Eastman I take my car into a shop will be valuable.

CTE classes builds so much confidence in A Healthy Smile is Always in Style our kids.” Many CTE teachers have stories about former students calling them up after SEDROWOOLLEY graduation and letting them know they landed a job because of a skill they learned FAMILY in their class. “I’ve had students come back and tell DENTAL CENTER me that the reason they got a job is because they could sign and communicate,” said Hans. H. Gruener, D.D.S Gavin Grant, ASL instructor. Tristan J. Stone D.D.S. Grant said it’s hard for some students to see how English or math can turn Comprehensive Dental Services Provided into a real job. “But when students see [Ovenell-Carter] doing actual catering (360) 855-0351 jobs, they know it can become a career.” On the door between Rogene Seidel’s Children and New Patients Always Welcome Child Psychology classroom and Zita Moser’s Cub Academy Preschool, there’s Walk-ins and Emergencies Accepted a sign titled “The Big 5” with five items check marked. Creating Beautiful Smiles 3 Since 1974 SHOW UP EVERY DAY 3 BE ON TIME 830 Metcalf St. • Sedro-Woolley 3 BE READY FOR WORK www.sedrowoolleyfamilydentalcenter.net 3 BE WILLING TO LEARN 3 MAINTAIN A GOOD ATTITUDE

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She also encourages students to have personal responsibility. “I want the high school students to advocate for themselves and have professional work standards.” Seidel said having these standards are crucial. “I feel we teach life skills that are applicable to their personal lives as well as future careers,” she said. Even though sewing is no longer an offering at the school, Seidel spends time each day during Power Hour teaching students how to sew. They are currently concentrating on making scrunchies, but Seidel hopes to eventually engrain the love of sewing so students become advanced enough to make quilts. For SWHS junior Emily Johnson, CTE classes have really connected the dots between school and life. She is the current a greenhouse at home to begin growing Cobi Bullen and Emma Perry in Food Production treasurer of the FFA club and has taken and selling plants. several years of horticulture. “It’s the only way I can relate my life at “Education is like a chain saw,” he “It’s inspired me to start my own school to my life at home,” she said. explained. “It doesn’t matter how good business,” she said. Agriculture teacher Wayne Ramsey your saw is, if you can’t fire it up, it doesn’t After taking Greenhouse Management, says CTE classes help students apply what matter. You can’t cut much wood if you Johnson is working with her parents to get they’ve learned in core classes to real life. can’t start your saw.”

WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 11 EDUCATION | 7TH GRADE STEM Like ME! Seventh Graders See Opening Doors

BY BRETT SANDSTRÖM, STEM LIKE ME! PROGRAM MANAGER

SEVENTH GRADERS ARE LIKE A Photos from top to bottom: Richard Hurley, Seattle BUDDING TREE; their roots are well City Light Powerhouse Operator; Ian Horton, grounded in our community but their Landscape Architect; Mark Freiberger, Sedro- Woolley Public Works Director canopy is ever reaching skyward. Our students’ future careers and educational paths are as varied as every tree- branch’s fork, or leaf, or fruit, or flower. In the last few years, Skagit STEM Network has used the STEM Like ME! events to partner career mentors with our seventh grade students to explore many career paths—everything from specialized job skills where one would work independently to lucrative jobs in high demand. We’re lucky in our broader Skagit County community to have a wealth of diverse career options and resources to pull our mentors from. These mentors curate their professions to help students understand what is expected in a specialized professional world and how that mentor got to where they are, whether through education, or apprenticeships, or certifications, or in many cases plain hard work. One mentor, Ian Horton, has two children in the Sedro-Woolley School District, and jumped at the chance to help our students understand what is STEM about landscape architecture. Breaking it down into various aspects, a landscape architect fulfils every letter in the STEM acronym. Science—Botany; Technology—various computer aided drafting and design tools; Engineering —ensuring a project is functional and one that can stand the test of time; and Mathematics—the ability to measure area, both before and after plantings are fully matured. These ideas are interchangeable and illustrate to our students the importance of the various disciplines they are learning in class and how they can be applied in a future job. Silas Maddox, mentor, and local metal worker and artisan blacksmith

12 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE ■ WINTER 2020 HIGH SCHOOL | EDUCATION

STEM Like ME! Program Coming to SWHS in February

Kathy Corrion, Island Hospital Nurse; BY SHAUN DOFFING, SKAGIT STEM NETWORK PROGRAM MANAGER Nicola Follis, Graduate Student working at North Cascades Institute OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS the Skagit STEM Network has been running STEM Like ME! programs for 7th-graders in every school district in Skagit County, including Cascade Middle School in Sedro-Woolley. To date, over 2000 students in our area have participated. The purpose of the program is to match Industry Mentors who work in high-demand, living-wage jobs with our local students and give presented the oldest technological them a presentation/demonstration profession to our students, the ability about their career. The hope is that to wrought metal with fire—skills that these Mentors will give students a better date back thousands and thousands idea of the types of careers that are of years. Nicola Follis, a graduate available to them and have an impact on the skills they are learning. Also, student working at the North Cascades mentors are given the opportunity to help develop our future workforce. STEM Like ME! has been extremely successful, so we decided to build Institute, shared her love of the outdoors on that success by running industry-specific programs at the high school and the opportunities to learn right level. This year we plan to run three pilot programs, including a Health here in our backyard. Kathy Corrion, Care program at Sedro-Woolley High School at the end of February. a nurse at Island Hospital, gave our SWHS has been excited to have their students participate, and our local students hands-on skills to learn CPR businesses can’t wait to have an impact on the skills their future workforce and resuscitate a heart-attack dummy. will be developing! PACCAR Technical Team-members Sonja Eger and Trevor Boone showed off a small facet of the tremendous technical STEM Like ME! has been extremely successful, abilities from a leading global company. so we decided to build on that success by Materials testing is an in demand skill running industry-specific programs at the and Meghan Blodgett-Carrillo exhibited high school level. what it is all about. We rely on Richard Hurley, powerhouse operator for Seattle City Light to explain hydroelectricity at the upriver dams. Our many mentors bring wonderfully unique perspectives and life experiences to our students and for them we are truly grateful. On display in science classrooms at Cascade Middle School, STEM Like ME! is opening doors to all sorts of possible futures by engaging with our seventh graders in asking how they fit into a world after secondary education. STEM Like ME! is helping foster lifelong learning, broaden perspectives, and encouraging our students to reach ever further into the garden of our world.

WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 13 EDUCATION | CASCADE JOB CORPS COLLEGE Cascades Job Corps College

BY MACKLIN HAMILTON, & Career Academy BUSINESS & COMMUNITY LIAISON

Action of Skagit County and will protect STUDENT SUCCESS CONTINUES! the firewood that is delivered countywide to low income senior citizens. This is our et another eventful year at Cas- students graduate from Connections Acad- way of saying thanks for letting our Center cades Job Corps is in the books! emy High School, saw 52 students complete reside in this amazing community. We are grateful for the hard their GED, and sent well over 150 students Speaking of our community, we want to work our staff has put forth and up to Skagit Valley College in pursuit of thank all of our partners for their con- impressedY with the amazing results and their Associates’ Degree. tinued support. We are thankful for all of certifications our students are achieving on In 2019, Cascades students donated 1,500 our community partners, especially our a regular basis. We appreciate the contin- hours of their time to various organizations major contributors: Skagit Valley College, ued support we receive from our commu- throughout Skagit County. That brings Northwest Career and Technical Acad- nity, without it we would not be seeing the us to a grand total of over 4,000 hours of emy, Sedro-Woolley School District, the ongoing successes that we have been since community service since May 2017. In addi- Port of Skagit, and of course the City of reopening our doors in May 2017. Before tion, our Student Government Association Sedro-Woolley. we look ahead at what is to come in 2020, donated cold-weather gear to the Friendship Looking ahead to 2020, our staff are let’s take a look back at 2019. House of Skagit County in support of their excited to see our first graduates from We ended 2019 with 275 motivated stu- emergency winter shelter; a large weather Skagit Valley College earning their Asso- dents enrolled at Cascades. We watched 18 resistant tarp was provided to Community ciates’ Degrees, which will take place at the end of Winter Quarter in March. We 3.5” x 2” are eager to begin offering our new trades: Nick Van Jaarsveld, AAMS® Homeland Security, Office Administration, Culinary Arts, Advanced Information FinancialNick Van Advisor Jaarsveld, AAMS® Technology training, and Certified Nursing Financial Advisor Assistant. In addition, Cascades Job Corps 913. Metcalf Street will begin to offer a non-residency program Sedro913 Metcalf Woolley, Street WA 98284 which will allow for students to enroll in Sedro Woolley, WA 98284 our program while living off-site. 360-855-0239360-855-0239 We hope to see you in attendance at our upcoming Community Relations Council luncheon scheduled for March 2020 and our Workforce & Industry Council scheduled for May 2020. Thank you for your continued support.

14 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE ■ WINTER 2020 EDUCATION IS KEY | EDUCATION Education is the Key BY ALAIN GARCIA, SWHS SENIOR Poverty and sickness, unfortunately, can result in diminishing one’s EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO THE GOLDEN aspirations and self-confidence. All DOOR OF FREEDOM. For many, it the while, the world is starving for is elusive and ever out of reach. It hardworking individuals with the only reveals itself to those who are means for change. I wish to pluck these conscientious, focused, and driven. qualities out of the lives of people Education provides individuals with the who struggle in poverty, especially means to open the door, which leads to in the Latino community. I feel my the land of abundance and possibility. impact could be the greatest through I was born at a crossroads of two helping my community with bilingual cultures and into poverty. My immigrant communication and financial wisdom. family of five lived well below the Texas This is why I’m driven to educate State poverty line. We lived on $15,000 myself and articulate my future forward. a year and much of what was made was My goal is to succeed in financial studies used to pay off accumulated debt; debt at the University of Washington. acquired from simply trying to survive. Education helps deliver knives and This pressure led to the breaking down forks to those who live in this land of of our family, which led to a sibling’s abundance and the world at large. attempt at suicide. Food was scarce and rationing was common. When one family member needed food more because SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH (STEM) of sickness or a big exam the next day, another would go without. I quickly saw the need to communicate my ideas with clarity. No one would know the struggle I faced if I could not articulate it. Financial knowledge and communication would offer a route to freedom. English was always my favorite subject in school, since it refined my speech and elevated my writing. My English classes taught me how to put forward meaningful ideas and I learned to understand the lives of others in deep We Create Solutions and meaningful ways—more than I could have ever imagined. My comprehension and awareness began in the classroom and unrolled into the entire world. English has acted as a bridge between two distinct worlds. Another area of study that brought me freedom have been my financial classes. In those I learned the importance of Please visit discipline and utility, something I lacked EXCITING CAREER in my upbringing. I gained the tools and www.janicki.com confidence to act in accordance with OPPORTUNITES to apply my goals. I realized I was like a starving person sitting at the table of abundance Supporting Sedro-Woolley, WA as a place to live, grow and work without a knife and fork to eat with. www.janicki.com • 360.856.5143 WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 15 COMMUNITY | WORK FORCE WORKFORCE SHORTAGES UNDERSCORE IMPORTANCE OF BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT IN

BY AARON WEINBERG, COMMUNICATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDASC AND JOHN STERNLICHT, CEO, EDASC SCHOOLS DEMAND FOR CAREERS Skagit Women in STEM event 2019 attracts nearly UTILIZING SCIENCE, 400 area junior and high school students from all technology, engineering and Skagit Valley schools math (STEM) continues to be high in Washington state and beyond. In fact, this state ranks No. 2 in the concentration of STEM jobs and No. 3 in STEM job growth, according to a 2019 report by the State STEM Education Innovation Alliance. This statewide growth is easily seen in Skagit County, with maritime and advanced manufacturing companies like LAVLE, Eddyline Kayaks, VT Volant, PACCAR Technical Center, Janicki Industries and Hexcel expanding in 2019. As the county’s state- designated economic development organization, EDASC takes seriously its role as the connective tissue between the business community and STEM education. “Teachers and guidance counselors are experts at what they do but they have no way of being experts in what’s going on in the medical field or with a particular manufacturing company,” EDASC CEO M AX C OLLETTE W ORKS John Sternlicht said. “It’s important WISDOM SCHOOL OF MEDIATION for representatives from STEM-heavy AND FACILITATION sectors to be involved in the earlier LEARN how to MAKE PEACE IN THE VALLEY at work stages of educating the workforce.” and home. Twenty hours of EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION in Indeed, teaching students science, con ict management and mediation skills, technology, engineering and math plus a customized practicum (in order to get certi ed). is a big part of the puzzle in building a qualified workforce for in-demand Location and dates TBD (early May target). career paths. Businesses can play a Contact Max at [email protected] vital role in providing context, helping or 360-202-3920 . students to visualize where their skills fit in real-life employment.

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“My conviction is that all these STEM efforts don’t fully work unless you can show students how they can apply what they are learning in their eventual jobs,” Sternlicht said. “Don’t just learn algebra because someone tells them they have to. Show them a real life person working a real life job using math and science.” EDASC encourages businesses to participate in various programs in the schools. For instance, the Pizza With a Professional program brings professionals to the schools to spend time with students mentoring and talking about their jobs—while having pizza of course. The program enables professionals to connect their job experience with STEM education. One of the most common concerns raised today from local businesses is the lack of a qualified workforce. To help move the dial on this issue, businesses need to play an active role, and must become involved in the educational system early rather than just being consumers of a “final product.” There are several ways to get involved and the Skagit STEM Network is making it easier than ever.

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WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 17 COMMUNITY | UNITED GENERAL DISTRICT 304

United General District 304 All-Staff Photo Unitied General District 304 – Building Healthier Communities BY ELIZABETH RUTH, We believe everyone deserves to live health of our kids. To encourage students CHES PROGRAM COORDINATOR / their best and healthiest life and we to manage their behavior, and lower UNITED GENERAL DISTRICT 304 understand that ‘healthy’ looks different educator stress, we bring in trainings like for different folks. Active living can mean the PAX Good Behavior Game or Positive HOW HAS UNITED GENERAL DISTRICT taking a yoga class to gain flexibility or Action. Making sure professionals have 304 been there for you? We are often help with chronic pain. It can also mean the skills and tools they need is a key behind the scenes on programs and pushing yourself to finish a Trek for way we support community wellness. services that make your life better. Help- Treasure hike and posting a selfie at the United General District 304 knows ing pregnant parents connect to care top of the trail. a healthy society starts with thriving in our Women, Infant, Children (WIC) Most of what you do to stay well children and families and continues centers in Sedro-Woolley and Concrete. happens outside a doctor’s office. That’s with engaged youth and communities. Creating ways for young people to make why we partner in places people already By offering parenting classes for a range positive choices and avoid drugs and work, live, and play to make healthy of ages, we help adults read books with alcohol. Bringing people who take care choices part of everyday life. In ele- their babies or figure out how to have of children together to give kids the mentary schools, we team up with local tough conversations with their preteens. best chance at success. Finding ways to farms to bring fresh fruits and veggies Meanwhile, in the community we bring increase joyful movement in our Fitness into classrooms. Seeing a third grader groups of youth and adults together Center. And in times of loss, we provide a give two thumbs up after trying roasted to take action on concerns and reach healing place for kids at The Landing. By ‘squash smiles’ means they are fueled for goals that matter to them. As the opioid focusing on our five pillars of well-being, learning and developing healthy eating crisis continues to impact families, United General District 304 is there when habits. In the classroom, we see that we have partnered to host events like you need us. teachers have a big role to play in the Drug Take Back Day every October and April, collecting hundreds of pounds of unused medicine. We have operated as your hospital district since 1965 and our elected Com- missoners oversee the many ways we provide access to care for all residents. With PeaceHealth offering medical services since 2014, United General District 304 can focus on prevention, wellness, and building healthier communities. To better serve you, construction will begin soon for a community education center on the hospital campus. By summer 2021, we will offer even more parenting programs, cooking classes, and trainings! You can find us up Highway 20 or on the web at www.unitedgeneral.org.

18 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE ■ WINTER 2020 WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 19 COMMUNITY | BUSINESS Janicki Industries Opens New Manufacturing Plant in Hamilton BY STEVEN LYNN, DIRECTOR MARKETING inspection machine, curing ovens, ply The new building was designed by THIS PAST AUGUST JANICKI INDUSTRIES projectors, autoclave, compressor, fork Skagit County architect Peter Carletti opened a new manufacturing plant lifts, vacuum pumps and office space and built by local company Chad Fisher in Hamilton. The primary purpose of for engineers. And the entry has a live- Construction. Construction took a year the plant is to produce flight-quality, roof or “eco-roof” with soil for plants. and the building contains 6,800 cubic aerospace parts made of advanced composite materials. This new facility will support the aerospace industry with carbon fiber parts for Commercial Jetliners, Military Aircraft and Space Exploration. The new plant is 90,000 square feet of high bay assembly space with four over-head cranes. There is 15,000 square feet of controlled contamination area or cleanroom and a 5,000 square-foot drive-in freezer for storing carbon fiber material. A robotic knife will cut material after thawing. It is equipped with a 5-Axis CNC Zimmerman Mill, non-destructive

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20 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE ■ WINTER 2020 yards of concrete, 350,000 lineal feet of rebar, 600 tons of steel and over 100 miles of electrical wire. On the roof is a state-of-the-art climate control system. There are 30 Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) heat Pumps that are all linked together and connected to a computer system. The system monitors temperature and humidity and turns on the appropriate heat pump to keep the climate perfect for making carbon fiber parts. This is the first industrial application in the State of Washington that works in a contained environment. The new facility will employ 300 hundred people over the next few years in engineering, manufacturing and production. Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are important to future careers at Janicki Industries, which is why Janicki has committed resources to further STEM education in the Sedro-Woolley School District. President of Janicki Industries John Janicki, says, “Our expansion into aerospace parts will require a future workforce skilled and certified in several disciplines. Youth can prepare now by focusing some time on STEM topics at school. The new building will allow us to support customers with fly-away aerospace parts made of the latest advanced carbon fiber materials and provide employment opportunities for people in Skagit County.”

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WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 21 WOODFEST_Wtr2020.indd 1 1/14/20 11:33 AM COMMUNITY | 21ST CENTURY JOB SKILLS Sedro-Woolley High School Students Use Design Thinking to Gain 21st Century Job Skills BY DANA ROZIER, NW INNOVATION RESOURCE CENTER STAFF “We ask that our PHIL BROCKMAN, SUPERINTENDENT 21st century skills. Design Thinking of Sedro-Woolley School District, is gives students the tools they need to students take the well aware that 35% of the jobs in 2030 face situations they have never seen 21st Century Skills don’t even exist yet. In order for stu- before and be confident that they will they are learning dents to thrive in tomorrow’s economy, be able to identify and develop innova- he knows students need to possess tive, creative solutions to problems. and apply them to 21st century skills of critical thinking, NWIRC introduced Sedro-Woolley solve real-world creativity, collaboration, and commu- students to Design Thinking through problems or issues. nication. a two-hour Crash Course—a hands-on To help Sedro-Woolley students gain and fast-paced workshop that allows Mr. Jerry Grisham, these valuable skills, Mr. Brockman students to experience all five phases SWHS Vice Principal collaborated with the NW Innovation of the design thinking process— and CTE teacher Resource Center (NWIRC) to bring a De- empathize, define, ideate, prototype, sign Thinking workshop to Sedro-Wool- and test. ley High School. Students loved it. shops that would help students solve Design Thinking is a process for cre- Mr. Brockman asked the NWIRC to real-world problems in Skagit Valley. ative problem solving that incorporates come back and do other, longer work- During subsequent workshops, Skagit Valley businesses—Janicki, Skagit Ag- gregates, and Lautenbach Industries— took part. Students learned about the Cascade Dental is excited to announce our real-world problems these companies Keeping your new owner Dr. Todd T. Cooley, DDS. faced such as “How might we lessen the smile healthy We are always accepting new patients impact of our waste stream on the local so call and book an appointment today! environment?” and then applied the De- sign Thinking process to come up with creative solutions to the problem. Over the course of the workshops, 2261 Hospital Drive, Suite 101 students interviewed business Sedro-Woolley, WA 98824 leaders, brainstormed creative (360) 856-6011 solutions, thought critically about which solution to prototype, and collaborated with fellow team members to build the prototypes out of everyday materials such as pipe cleaners, tape, and cardboard. After the workshops, Mr. Brockman remarked, “I was very impressed with the creativity and problem-solving ability our students were demonstrating. These types of activities that include working with our business community are so valuable to our students because of the real-life scenarios.” Jerry Grisham, Sedro-Woolley High

22 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE ■ WINTER 2020 School vice principal and CTE teacher, wants to bring in more NWIRC Design Thinking workshops for students. Why is Mr. Grisham enthusiastic about the workshops? “We ask that our students take the 21st Century Skills they are learning and apply them to solve real-world problems or issues. The process of this program leverages risk taking, collaboration and interpersonal skills in a manner that allows students to be supported and successful in solving real-world problems and reflect on how their learning has helped them as individuals.” Diane Kamionka, Executive Director of NWIRC, is excited about building on the lead of SWHS to offer Design Thinking workshops to more schools in Skagit and other counties. “Innova- tion is critical to our economic future. It is great to have such widespread enthusiasm from school administration and teachers in our area take a lead in preparing our students for their future.” Students interview local business leaders during Design Thinking Workshop

WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 23 HISTORY | S-W SCHOOL DISTRICTS A Tale of Two

SchoolBY SHARON HOWE, RESEARCH Districts LIBRARIAN SEDRO-WOOLLEY MUSEUM The history of the City of Sedro-Woolley is a tale of two towns that came together in 1898. It is also the tale of two school districts that came together after the towns merged.

herever settlers year, the school was moved to an existing the towns, citizens of the two communi- gathered in the building on Township at Jennings. ties constructed new school buildings in American West, one Phillip A. Woolley founded the town 1891. Sedro District 27 built the six-room of the first things named for him and built a large sawmill Franklin Grammar School on a lot at they did was establish in 1890. His wife, Catherine, taught the Sixth and Talcott donated by the Sedro schoolsW to educate their children, even if first school that summer in the mill’s Land and Improvement Company. Central only for a few months a year for all eight cookhouse. The next year residents School is located there now. The Grand grammar school grades. Sedro residents, formed District 43. Junction Land Company donated a lot who were previously served by the With rapid population growth centering on Northern at Puget, where District 43 Sterling District to the west, established on arrival of several railroads crisscrossing residents built the Woolley School. School District 27 in 1886. Residents built a cabin on the Van Fleet homestead at the Franklin Grammar School to the right with Irving High School at the far left, circa 1905. The portico kept east edge of town, offering three-months students dry when going between buildings. The “slide” seen between the main Franklin School and the of school there each year until 1890. That addition to the right is a fire escape

24 SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE ■ WINTER 2020 Sedro-Woolley School District The school districts merged April Continuing its focus on student learning, 29, 1899, as Sedro-Woolley District 70. quality instruction, reading and math Whether accidentally or on purpose, goals, student safety, and promoting numbering of the original Districts 27 and a climate of trust. 43 add up to 70. Demand was growing for high school There are approximately 4,300 (preschool–12th grade) students being served on twelve school education throughout the Sedro-Woolley campuses. The District covers 395 square miles, including the areas of Hamilton, Lyman, area. In 1900, a special election created Samish, Clear Lake, and Big Lake. Every student graduates with the knowledge and skills for Union High School District No. 4, which future learning and success. first provided a three-year high school program for Sedro-Woolley, as well as 801 Trail Rd., Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 • 360-855-3500, Fax: 360-855-3574 Clear Lake, Skiyou, and Sterling districts. The first two years, the high school crowded into the Franklin Grammar School, to which four more classrooms THE SEDRO-WOOLLEY WednesdayWednesday 11 Noona.m. toto 3:004 p.m. p.m. had been added. The new Irving High & School building was completed for the MUSEUM GIFT SHOP ThursdayThursday 1902–1903 year. It was located next 11:3011 a.m. a.m. to to 3:00 3:30 p.m p.m.. to Franklin where the Central School SaturdaySaturday playground is today. 9 9a.m. a.m. to to 3:30 4 p.m. p.m. This history formed the foundation SundaySunday of what is now School District 101, a 12:301 p.m.p.m. to to 4 3:30 p.m. p.m. result of many more mergers of smaller school districts throughout central Skagit County. 725 Murdock Street, Sedro-Woolley, Washington 98284 360-855-2390360-855-2390

WINTER 2020 ■ SEDRO-WOOLLEY CITY SCENE 25 Events

Parade begins 1:00pm at the Sedro-Woolley Eagles, 1000 Metcalf Street and finishes at American Legion Vietnam Veterans Post 43, 701 Murdock Street. Recognition Day Parade A Commemoration Program at the American Legion Post 43 will follow the parade at 2:00pm. This event is open to the public and veterans are invited to participate. MARCH 28 For additional event information contact Ron Brown [email protected] or (360) 856-2762

American Legion Breakfast American Legion Post #43 701 Murdock Street Sedro-Woolley 8:00–11:00am Open to the public 3rd Sunday of every month $8 adults $5 children 10 and under Breakfast consists of: eggs to-order bacon, sausage links, ham Western ham and cheese or cheese omelet, hashbrowns, biscuits and gravy, pancakes French toast

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SATURDAY, APRIL 11 EVENT BEGINS Easter Egg Hunt AT 1:00PM SHARP! Sedro-Woolley’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt, the day before the Easter http://wildcatsteelheadclub.org/ Bunny’s arrival, has become a must-do event for the city’s children Location: Riverfront Park who scramble for some 4,000 eggs scattered across Riverfront 1001 River Road Park. This is a fun event presented by the Wildcat Steelhead Club for children ages crawling to 12 to come down and hunt for candy Sedro-Woolley filled Easter eggs! The park is divided into separate sections for age groups and the kids have a ball! For many kids this is the only “egg FREE! hunt” they get to have!

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WOODFEST • APRIL 25-26 TIMBER TO TECH WEEKEND ACTIVITIES This year we are excited to continue our new theme, Timber to Tech, featuring student technology exhibits, woodworking displays and additional events at multiple locations in Sedro-Woolley. All with free admission! • For more information visit www.sedro-woolley.com/events

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SEDRO-WOOLLEY HIGH SCHOOL 1235 Third St • (360) 855-1841 April 25-26 • Sat 9:00am–4:00pm, Sun 10:00am-3:00pm ENGLISH TEA AT Sedro-Woolley’s Career and WILLOWBROOK MANOR Technology Education (CTE) will be hosting WoodFest, where regional EAGLE HAVEN WINERY 27420 Minkler Rd. students showcase their industrial 8243 Sims Rd Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 skills in woodworking, technology and (360) 856-6248 (360) 218-4585 more! Not only can you look forward April 25 April 25 • 10:00am–6:00pm to vendors with handcrafted wood 11:00am–5:00pm www.teaandtour.com products, but also enjoy demonstrations Join us as wood artists put on a Reserve your seat for an English Tea and displays of woodworking and competition of professional chainsaw session at our elegant Manor House, turning from local master craftsmen. carving under the pavilion. Rock including a tour of the grounds and In addition to wood students display- painting with local artist; gourmet food art exhibit. For more information, ing their work there will be students truck cuisine will also be available. including fees, visit our website. and teachers demonstrating 3d printing, e-gaming, drone technologies, and laser engraving. There will also be information about Sports Medicine, Geometry in Construction, Project Hometown and other programs. The Auto Tech- nology program in partnership with Dwayne Lane Ford will be hosting a small auto show and there be items for sale to support the 20+ programs, SKAGIT VALLEY TULIP FESTIVAL including the CTE Spring Plant Sale. April 1-30 Toys for Tots will be here again, along See www.tulipfestival.org with the Scouts Pinewood Derby! Be for a full listing of events sure to check out the incredible projects happening throughout the valley. created by the students! Prizes will be awarded for their best work on Sunday!

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SEDRO-WOOLLEY MUSEUM EVENTS For high school sporting n FEBRUARY 9 n MARCH 14 event schedules, please visit LOVE THAT TRAIN SPRING FLING BINGO! • Featuring the Museum’s Noon to 3:30pm NWCAthletics.com, extensive model train layout. • Reusable cards $3.00 each. the official website for • Trains run continuously from No daubers needed. noon to 3:00pm • Featuring vintage bingo Northwest Conference High • Free valentines and setup from the old Knights School Athletic Programs. candy kisses. of Pythias Hall on Metcalf. • Rails and Romance • Free popcorn, snacks, Click on the Sedro-Woolley refreshments. and drinks. link for all sporting event • Raffle prize drawings. • Lots of fun prizes. • Player with most wins gets schedules. Grand Prize!

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