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New mural unveiled at Camano park

A new 200-square-foot mural at Terry’s Corner was unveiled Feb. 1 at Camano Gateway Park. There were musical performances and speeches. Nearly 300 people attended.

The mural was designed by artist Danny Koffman and made by 29 Camano Island artists, who combined to create the mural’s 48 square segments. Digitally stitched together, the completed mural forms a giant map of Camano Island.

Artists involved in the project included Ray Fossum, John Ebner, Helen Saunders, Dotti Burton, Dale LeMaster, Molly LeMaster, Sally Chang, Lee Beitz, Mary Simmons, Kathy Dannerbeck, Marie-Claire Dole, Karla Matzke, Frank Renlie, Betty Dorotik, Chris Tuohy, Jack Gunter, Roger Cocke, Opal Cocke, Nicki Wight, Michele Rushworth, Linda Demetre, Liz Hamlin, Susan Cohen Thompson, Chain Bezalel-Levy, Yonnah Bezalel-Levy, Mark Ellinger, Danny Koffman, Nikki Yamamoto and Suki Guzinski.

Students serve lawmakers as pages

Alice McIntyre, an Everett homeschool student, served as a page the first week of February in the state House of Representatives. She was sponsored by state Rep. Mike Sells, D-Everett. “I’ve always taken an interest in civics,” McIntyre said. “I’m very grateful to serve as a House Page while learning firsthand how our state government works.”

Anthony Monteleone, an eighth-grader at St. Michael’s Catholic School in Snohomish, served as a page in the Washington State Senate during the second week of the 2016 Legislative Session. Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, sponsored Monteleone’s week in the Legislature. “It was really interesting and fun,” Monteleone said. “I felt like I was really a part of this place.”

Pages assist lawmakers and staff, hear lectures, attend a page school where they create their own bills in a mock committee setting, and more.

To learn more about the page programs, go to tinyurl.com/WAHouse Page or tinyurl.com/WASenatePage.

Youth of the Year is Lexus Jones

Lexus Jones of Oak Harbor was named the Boys &Girls Clubs of Snohomish County 2015 Youth of the Year at an awards dinner held Jan. 28 in Mukilteo. It’s the highest honor a Boys &Girls Club member can obtain.

She was selected from 17 outstanding local youth named by individual clubs in Snohomish, Island and Kitsap counties.

The Boys &Girls Clubs awarded a total of $7,000 in scholarships to the participants, as well as a new tablet for each club’s Youth of the Year. The evening was made possible by sponsor Coastal Community Bank.

Jones, 17, is a senior at Oak Harbor High School. Among her many activities, she participates in Navy Junior ROTC and used her advanced wood shop lessons to create a haunted house for a club fundraiser.

Other Boys &Girls Clubs’ Youths of the Year: Tiano Tialavea (Alderwood); Alexis Ray Moe (Arlington); Samuel Agyei (Cascade); Makana Stone (Coupeville); Madelyn Reunanen (Edmonds); Esany Perez (Everett); Conner Dennis (Granite Falls); Dylan Pinney (Lake Stevens); Madelyn Belew (Marysville); Brandon Wright (Monroe); Travis Hagan (Mukilteo); Michael Sprague (North Kitsap); Jesse Blake (Snohomish); Malisha Hurst (South Everett-Mukilteo); Dustin Russell (Sultan); Conrad Tatge (Tulalip).