About 30,000 coho salmon await release at the Hatchery and Environmental Education Center at Halls Lake in Lynnwood on April 5. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Mountlake Terrace’s Brandon Bach throws the javelin during competition at Edmonds-Woodway High School on March 28. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Holding a broom, Skagit County resident Graham Kerr (of “Galloping Gourmet” fame) explains how he saved a bird that had become trapped in his greenhouse. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Kate Ivens, Shorecrest sophomore, practices her game at Shoreview Park on April 4. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

“Nerd Talk” host Gregr records in the 107.7 The End studio in Seattle. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Jackson’s Dylan Anders throws to first after tagging out Cascade’s Benjamin Hansen at Everett Memorial Stadium on April 5. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

The Emerging Leaders finalists (L-R) Ciera Graham, Rochelle Lubbers, Ton Nguyen and Joel Taylor take their places on stage at the Marysville Opera House on April 11. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Everett’s Robbie Holmes controls the puck with Tri-City’s Samuel Stewart trailing in the second period during game 5 of the playoffs at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett on March 30. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Navid Rahbin, junior at North Creek High School, has won recognition for his drawings and videos. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Meadowdale’s Kelci Studioso (far right) is cheered by her teammates after a homerun single in the second inning against Marysville Pilchuck at Meadowdale High School in Lynnwood on April 2. The Mavericks won 11-1 in 5 innings. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Kamiak’s Devin Kim tees off during the Tom Dolan Memorial Invitational golf tournament at Everett Golf & County Club on April 8. Kim finished third with 69 and -3. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Mary O’Brya ( left) is the odd one out as her friends Irene Fadden, Kelly Ittenbach and Sherryl Petrie pose in a cutout at Tulip Town before walking through fields of daffodils and tulips on April 2 in Mount Vernon. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

University of Washington’s Jacob Eason runs through drills during football practice at the UW campus on April 3 in Seattle. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Mariners Chairman John Stanton (center) claps as the confetti canons go off during the T-Mobile Park Gate Opening Ceremony on March 28 in Seattle. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Jeff Smoot begins climbing down Schurman Rock at Camp Long on April 2 in Seattle. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Dr. Jimmy Grierson gets laugh from patient Caylee Lenay, as second-year WSU med student Charlotte Cronenweth keeps Lenay’s kids’ attention using a stethoscope, at Providence Marysville on April 8 in Marysville. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Four out of five 737 Max planes are seen sitting on the crosswind runway at Paine Field on April 4 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Silvertips’ Lucas Cullen fights Spokane’s Ty Smith for the puck during the game on April 6 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Cirque du Soleil performers Silja Dos Reis, who plays the role of Crystal, and Jerome Sordillon, who plays the role of the love interest, pose at “The Convergence Zone” sculpture in Stardust plaza at the Wetmore Theater on April 9 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Jedi, a service dog in training, greets Officer Nelson of the Everett Police Department on March 27 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Two of Bluewater Distilling’s current cocktails, “Burning Love” (left), made with house gin, mezcal, grapefruit juice, lime juice, raw simple syrup, house amaretto and house-made tiki bitters and “The New Sling” (right), made with organic Winter Sun Aquavit, rum, passionfruit nectar, lime juice, muddled cucumber and peach bitters are displayed at the Bluewater Distilling bar on April 4 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Edmonds-Woodway’s Thomas Blahous makes an outfield catch during the High School Baseball Classic game against Mount Si at T-Mobile Park on April 7 in Seattle. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Danica Gagnon-Plamondon is Crystal falling in Cirque du Soleil’s “Crystal” at the Angels of the Winds Arena on April 10 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Silvertips’ Max Patterson fights for the puck against the Spokane Chiefs on April 7 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

With bases loaded and two outs, Glacier Peak’s Ashley Schmer makes the inning-ending catch over the head of teammate Phoebe Schultz as Glacier Peak beat Lake Stevens 6-3 in a fastpitch game on April 9 in Lake Stevens. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)