Mount Vernon’s Dakota Stamnes makes a slide tackle on Glacier Peak’s Keegan Rubio during the 4A district championship at Goddard Stadium in Everett on May 10. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

The Swalwell Cottage at 2712 Pine St. is said to be the oldest standing house in Everett. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Steve Fidyk smiles during Ben Leonard’s saxophone solo as the Mountlake Terrace High School’s band rehearses on April 16 in Mountlake Terrace. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Abby Affholter backhands a shot against a Stanwood opponent on April 30 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

McKenzie Budrow won the state championship for Diesel Equipment Technology. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Edmonds-Woodway’s Ian Michael pitches against Arlington in a 3A baseball district semifinal game held at Everett Memorial Stadium on May 8 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Hawthorne Elementary School kids in Everett play on a outdoor slider mounted on wood poles during recess. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Leaping for a throw to second, Cascade’s Benjamin Hansen sails over Jackson’s Chase Mathews. Jackson beat Cascade 3-0 to take the 4A district championship at Everett Memorial Stadium on May 10 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Andee Vaughan, 36, who loves old houses and rents this one, enjoys the play of sunlight Monday in the Swalwell Cottage. Said to be Everett’s oldest standing house, it was completed in 1892, a year before the city was incorporated. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Alison Cook is Volunteers of America’s senior director of hunger prevention services. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Kids play on glacial erratic in the Martha Lake Airport Park on May 4 in Lynnwood. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Swift Current celebrates a goal by Colby Sissons in the second period at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett on May 9. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Season ticket holders Teresa Sarsted and her husband Bill react after watching the Everett Silvertips lose 3-2 in overtime to the Swift Current Broncos at the Angel of the Winds Arena in Game 3 of the WHL Finals on May 8 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)