In Grand Avenue Park, Rod Shafer parks his bicyle against the iron fence overlooking the Everett Marina, Port of Everett and Naval Station Everett. Sally the parrot steps off the handlebars to enjoy the view from the convenient perch. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Arlington’s Trevor Kazen (left) and Jack Sheward celebrate a run during the 3A district third-place game at Everett Memorial Stadium on May 12. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Arlington’s Nicholas Ferreira celebrates his winning run off Gavin York’s RBI in 9 innings during the 3A district third-place game at Everett Memorial Stadium on May 12. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Meadowvale’s Will Schafer is seen missing the throw to second with Arlington’s Gavin York sliding in during the 3A district third-place game at Everett Memorial Stadium on May 12. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Cecilia Lasby (left) offers up a dandelion to her mother, Krista Lasby, as Kayla Nelson (holding Zooey Nelson and Sam Nelson) play a Pokemon Go Raid Battle at Osprey Park in Sultan on May 5. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Julie Muhlstein looks at cards and pictures with her 96-year-old mother recently in her mom’s room at a Spokane retirement community. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Edmonds-Woodway’s Gracie Boyd leaps onto home plate for a run as the Warriors beat Everett 4-3 in a 3A softball district semifinal fastpitch game at Phil Johnson Ballfields on May 15. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Zachary Lopez (left) and older brother Gabe threw no-hitters on the same day. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish’s Joy Winston (10) slides safely under the tag of Marysville Pilchuck’s Sydney Zachry as Snohomish beat Marysville-Pilchuck 8-6 in a 3A softball district semifinal fastpitch game at Phil Johnson Ballfields on May 15 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Brett Smith, CEO of Propeller Airports, at the company’s Paine Field office in Everett. (Janice Podsada / The Herald)

Lakewood senior golfer Bailey Dixon takes a swing at Gleneagles Golf Course on May 8 in Arlington. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Standing on the marked ground where a new church will be built, Rev. Jay DeFolco of Holy Cross Catholic Church of Lake Stevens and Granite Falls talks about the parish. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Ted and Sandy Milam pay a visit to a special rock garden that Ted designed at the Everett Arboretum. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin (left) and Mukilteo Mayor Jennifer Gregerson are having a friendly battle for a month-long Bike Month Challenge. (Contributed photo)

Jean Christian Niyonkuru is an auto tech student at Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center and also takes classes at Cascade High School. Niyonkuru came to the Puget Sound as a Rwandan refugee and orphan in fifth grade. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Jackson’s Sam Mutolo tags out Monroe’s Hannah Akin during the 4A District Championship game in Everett on May 17. Jackson won 2-0. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Snohomish’s Janette Huskie, who worked two years as a Buckingham Palace housemaid and met the future Princess Diana, gets out her scrapbook of memories and talks about the royal wedding. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

First grader Savannah Hartman gives an exasperated reaction to hitting a wall while learning to ride a bike in the gym at Silver Lake Elementary on May 9 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)