Applause

Published 6:37 pm Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Kla Ha Ya Days parade winners

Kla Ha Ya Days was held July 15-19 in Snohomish. Parade winners were chosen in two categories.

Drill: Gunslingers (Best in Show), Ballard Eagles (first place), North Queens Drill Team (second place)

Judges’ Favorite: Yong-in Taigon Tae Kwon Do, The Society of Lucky Mothers, Sauerkraut Band, North Queens Drill Team, Ixtapa Dancing Horses

Pickard graduates from FBI academy

Mountlake Terrace Police Cmdr. Kevin Pickard graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia on June 12 and received his certificate from FBI Director James Comey.

Portrait honors memory of member

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8870 member Michael Reagan drew one of his signature portraits for one of his Post’s own. Dennis Gaasland was a past commander of the post (1992-94, 1995-96) who joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 to serve during World War II as a radar operator. He died in March.

Reagan drew a portrait of a young Gaasland in Navy uniform for his wife, Helen, and son Greg.

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