Ella Hall, 2, splashes in a large water hole on the tide flats during opening day of Jetty Island on July 5. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Everett’s Patrick Hall was among people who put up signs in March to save the Longfellow School building. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Mariners’ draft picks Brandon Williamson (left) and George Kirby. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Grafitti artists from “Under the Influence” paint a mural in Snohomish on July 4. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

A construction crew member cuts steel at Hotel Indigo during construction on Port of Everett’s Waterfront Place on June 26. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

For her 100th birthday party, Teresa Schmierer celebrated at Everett’s 24 Hour Fitness with her water aerobics class. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Luscious aromas waft from fresh rolls, filling the warm air passing through the screen door at Sky River Bakery in Monroe. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Pilot Dan Tarasievich looks down at the city of Langley after a coffee stop at Mukilteo Coffee Roasters as he flies home to Arlington on April 20 above Langley. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Sarah Liane Foster high-fives kids during the Colors of Freedom Fourth of July Parade on July 4 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Olaf Wecker of Seattle offered up his red 1958 Mercedes 190SL convertible for the mayor’s parade car in the Edmonds 4th of July parade. He is posed here with his wife, Christy, holding Walter, Karolin (left back) and Katrin (far right). (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Urban artists from “Under the Influence” paint a mural in Snohomish on July 4. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Vancouver’s Ronny Brito tags out AquaSox’s Miguel Perez at second base at Funko Field in Everett on July 11. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Cameron McCaffree, 26, is a bartender at The Anchor Pub in Everett. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Preston Peltier celebrates his first place in the 8th Annual Summer Showdown at the Evergreen Speedway in Monroe on June 30. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Wayne Lauerman at the 7th hole where he made his hole-in-ones one month apart at Harbour Pointe Golf Club on July 3 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Kids jump around for a rocket themed song being played by Shannon Horrocks during Ms. Shannon’s story time at the Snohomish Library on May 15 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)