Arlington Eagle Festival winners
Art contest winners
Garvin Currell was the overall winner in the art contest
Placing second was Debra Hoskins and third Jay Newman
Nature/Photo: First place, Debra Hoskins; second place, Robert Funston; third place, Berta Baker
Nature/Painting: First, Vicki Johnson; second, Monica Bretherton; third, Vicki Johnson
Mixed Media: First, Candis Morth; second, Glen Zachary; third, Karen Lewis
Youth to age 10: First, Ava Gilles Arnold; second, Tzadkiel Fontenhouse; third, Lily Fontenhouse
Youth to age 17: First, Mikayla Ostreim; second, Jessa Campbell; third, Michael Willard
Eagle Festival Haiku Winners
Kindergarten – 5th grade
First place: Galilea Valverde
river blue and cold
talons sharp eagle soars proud
run salmon life’s short
Second place: Sophia M.
soaring high in sky
diving down to eat some mice
I’ll go to my nest
Third place: Brayden Ingalls
orcas rule the seas
on the top of the food chain
apex predator
6th–12th grade
First place: Elizabeth Dickson
the cool mist clinging
droplets on web like flies trapped
caught in silken strands
Second place: Sierra Schmitz
crushed by heavy boots
the colorful leaves crumble
free of shape at last
Third place: Samantha Sky Hatch
to the sky I said
why are you so blue my sky
you are forever my name
Adult
First place: Judy Tilley
attaining freedom
fledgling eagle proudly soars
swapping nest for sky
Second place: Pat Cavit
white wings on grey skies
cold respite in sodden fields
welcome winter guests
Third place: Joanne B. Peterson
proud boy nets first trout
sudden splash fish flies away
eagle wins the prize
Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office’s awards
The 2018 award recipients includes employees, volunteers and civilians.
The awards will be presented over the next few months at roll call, community meetings and other events in lieu of the annual awards ceremony, which was cancelled due to inclement weather.
“I’m proud to honor sheriff’s office employees, our citizens and volunteers for their outstanding work and heroic acts,” said Sheriff Ty Trenary. “Snohomish County is fortunate to have these men and women who go above and beyond to keep our communities safe.”
Sheriff’s Award: Rebecca Koontz
Sheriff’s Award: Snohomish County Violent Offender Task Force
Distinguished Service Medal: deputy Lucas Robinson
Meritorious Service Medals: deputies James Kunard, Tyler Pendergrass, Jon Barnett and Tim Leo, DOC officer Scott Lee and Sgt. David Crandall
Certificates of Merit: deputy Jason Moe and Sgt. Marcus Dill
Citizen Medal of Valor: Donna Irby
Sgt. John Taylor Supervisor of the Year: Sgt. Roxanne Marler
Deputy Joe Ward Detective of the Year: David Fontenot
Deputy of the Year: deputy Mike Wilson
Corrections Deputy of the Year: corrections deputy Erik Wold
Civilian Employee of the Year: Courtney O’Keefe
Clarence Robertson Reserve Deputy of the Year: reserve deputy Craig O’Neill
Volunteer of the Year: chaplain Alice Anderson
Explorer of the Year: explorer Thomas Thorne
Life Saving Medals & Awards
MPD Zac Brown
Deputies Matt Boice, Evan Twedt, Joseph Odom, Jessica Olson, Thomas Parmeter, Jeff Miner, Matt Eichelberger, Zach DeVenney and Brandon Charboneau
Sgt. Russell Jutte
Crew chiefs Paul Moutray and Randy Fay
Flight medic Alex Jenness
Medic Richard Duncan
Rescue technicians Andy Toyota, Ernie Zeller and Dave Zulinke
Corrections deputies Elias Chavez, Scott Warnken, Shaun Murray, Susan Freeman, Kyle Younger, Todd Munson, John Gross, John “Craig” McIntyre and Cheryl Cooper
Nurses Dawn Young, Debbie Meader, Gabriel Delamerced, Autumn Kostelecky and Joyce Marrero
Nancy Abell
Certificates of Merit
Air Force 304th Rescue Squadron
Health Services Administrator Alta Langdon
Detective Tedd Betts
SCVSAR Volunteers Edwin Prada, Bob Brady and Dietrich Biemiller
Sgt. Jess Geoghagan,
Detective Chris Simpson
Crime Analyst Sandy Perez
Corrections deputies Bernard DeGuzman and Jean Moormeier
Deputies: Evan Twedt, John Sadro, Kevin Pelleboer, Nathan Smith and Matt Boice
Svein Torvik
Letters of Commendation
Booking support officers Veronica Sepulveda and Jodi Martin
Chief Chad Schmidt and Capt. Brandon Bates of Snohomish County Fire District 21
Deputies Even Twedt, Art Wallin, Chad Daugherty, Jason Sandt, Nathan Smith, Jonathan Krajcar, Molly Thunder, Patrick McGrath, Blake Iverson, Gabriel Cimino, Tyler Pendergrass and Joe Davis
Sgts. Alonzo Downing, Joan Gwordske and Roxanne Marler
Corrections deputies James Norris and Sgt. Matthew Mattson
Detectives James Headrick and Tyler Quick
Law enforcement technician Jon Stewart
Volunteer Marilyn Clark
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