Everett children honored for summer reading program

More than 1,000 children participated in Everett Public Library’s summer reading program, earning prizes like free pizza, bowling and other rewards donated by Everett businesses.

This is a list of names of the 348 children who finished the entire program. They have earned all of the 10 prizes, and each have read 100 books or participated in 100 timed 30-minute reading sessions.

These finishers received the Mayor’s Award, and were honored at the Mayor’s Award ceremony Thursday at Everett Civic Auditorium. Mayor Ray Stephanson greeted each child and library director Mark Nesse presented the award certificates.

Anders Aarhus, Duaa Abdulilah, Mustafa Abdulilah, Ben Adams, Caroline Adams, Esra Al-Ameedi, Nawras Al-Bahathly, Raheel Al-Bahathly, Mike Albert, Steven Albert, Joe Al-Faham, Alaa Al-harab, Lashanna Allen, Ali Al-Mezal, Chloe Ames, Chloe Anderson, Christian Anderson, Christopher Anderson, Grace Andrews, Grant Andrews, Kirstin Andrews, Melinda Andrews.

Emily Backstrom, Dominic Barashkoff, Jessica Barnett, Ruslan Bats, Grant Beckett, Lauren Bellrichard, Alex Benito, Deirdre Bernhoft, Jacob Berry, Joel Bervell, Michael Bervell, Rachel Bervell, Rajpreet Bhangoo, Sunpreet Bhangoo, Alex Bittinger, Andrew Black, Marissa Black, Benjamin Blake, Jacob Blake, Josiah Blake, Daniel Blakeslee, David Blakeslee, Hannah Blakeslee, Patty Blakeslee, Lauren Boggie, C.J. Boyett, Kina Boyett, Lauren Braswell, Abbey Briggs, Micah Briggs, McKenzie Budrow, Jake Burton, Molly Burton, Jacob Bush, Matthew Bush, McKenna Buss.

Gabriella Caferro, Emma Calvert, Kelsey Calvert, Katherine Chanwiratana, Toby Cobb, Alana Culver, Carston Curd, Nora Grace Cyra.

Amanda Dahl, Annie Dang, Jessica Dau, Julie Dau, Sean Dau, Garrett David, David Demuria, Edelia Demuria, Ronika DePoe, Catherine Dickinson, Martha Dickinson, Carol Dodge, Skye Donker, Chelsea Dowdell, Hannah Dowdell, Morgan Doyle.

Curtis Eayrs, Anthony Eddy, Tom Eddy, Danny Ellis, Rosie Ellison, Meeghan Faith, Victoria Faith, Alyssa Feller, Amanda Findley, Liam Fitzgerald, Meredith Floyd, Angela Foley, Arieal Foley, Emily Forsythe, Bryce Foster, Malcolm Fox, Anthony Frigard, Jourdan Frigard, Abigail Fruechte, Jacob Fruechte.

Kora Gaines, Amanda Garcia, Madison Gartner, Meghan Gartner, Benjamin Gaston, JohnPaul Gaston, James Gendreau, Kenver Girn, Nicklis Girn, Carsten Glans, Johnathan Gonzales, Hollis Gordon, Elleree Griffis, Viktoriya Grishchenko, Andrea Guerrero.

Medissa Habul, Melissa Habul, Derick Harmke, Emily Harrison, Nate Harrison, Kaitlyn Hartford, Shannon Hattrick, Alexis Hauser, Cole Havener, Bailey Hendrickson, Nicole Hendrickson, Sarah Henry, Ashley Hicks, Olivia Hollingshead, Lindsey Hoof, Madeline Hoof, Kastle Huffaker.

Jasmine Idris, Nalmes Idris, Unes Idris, Cooper James, Andrew Jasper, Sarah Jenkins, Lindsay Jilk, Austin Jolley.

Mi-Rae Kapelak, Kathryn Kelleher, Arielle Kelton, Ryland Kelton, Klaiten Kermoade, MacKenzie Kermoade, Alexander Kidder, Alex Kirpach, Kurt Kohorst, Peyton Koivu, Nicholas Kopp, Rebecca Kopp, Thomas Kopp, Inna Kravchuk, Yelena Kravchuk.

Sarah Lambert, Alex Lamoureux, Dekker Lane, Melanie Lane, Stephanie Le, Tina Le, Dorian Lenhart, Samantha Lewis, Kevin Lieu, Kyle Lieu, Austin Linkous, Isabelle Linkous, Yan Lopatin, Vance Lubahn.

Alex Machorro, Issy Machorro, Claudine Aiella Magbag, Madeline Maher, Mirka Mandich, Annie Manhardt, Hailey Martin, Kaitlyn Martin, Teagan Martin, Alexander Martinez, Carrie Maslaney, Derek Maslaney, Alyschia McDowell, Kaia McKinnon, Marisa Meinke, Amie Meissner, Devon Mercer, Olga Mezgova, Svetlana Mezgova, Sarah Miller, Daniel Mitts, Geena Mitts, Abrar Mohamad, Sejad Mohamad, Zahrah Mohamad, Sammy Mori, Zackary Mori, Alyssa Morris, Sydney Morris, Cosmina Muresan, Radu Muresan, Aeron Murrin.

Dmitry Nagornyuk, Abigail Nava, Emily Ness, Sami Newland, Jasmine Nguon, Anh Nguyen, Elizabeth Nguyen, Emily Nguyen, Minhtam Nguyen, Nancy Nguyen, Tammy Nguyen, Katie Nielson, Briana Nordaker, Madison Norman, Makayla Norman, Santana Ortiz, Caroline Overstreet, Evan Overstreet, Matt Overstreet.

Michael Packer, Ciarah Patterson, Justine Penix, John Peralta, Chelsea Perry, Halie Perry, Mikaela Perry, Hannah Peseau, Debbie Peterson, Steven Peterson, Meranda Pham, Thuong Pham, Brady Phillips, Alicia Pintler, Blake Pintler, Tatyana Pisarenko, Peter Preston, Rachel Preston, Rebekah Preston, Olga Prishko.

Elizabeth Rabon, Christina Radion, Liya Radion, Roanne Ramos, Robianne Ramos, Emma Kate Ramsey, Michael Ramsey, Adrian Rattanatai, Tyler Rendon, Jonathan Roberts, Chase Robinett, Paige Robinett, Aaron Robins, Megan Robins, Ryan Robins, Alissa Roragen, Bailey Rufer, Taylor Rufer, Natalie Russell.

Anna Savchik, Olga Savchik, Nick Scheldt, Jacob Schmidt, Rebecca Schubert, Rachel Schwark, Katelynn Scott, Ben Seaberg, Marcus Shackelford, Shelah Shackelford, Jash Sharma, Vladislav Shevchuk, Miranda Sibrel, Lindsey Sieb, Michael Siew, Stephen Siew, Heather Simmons, Amber Simpson, Heena Singh, Timothy Sjoquist, Caroline Skalley, Brittani Skurok, Rachel Slaker, Joshua Sloan, Alexa Smith, Alexander Smith, Stefanie Soelling, Caitlyn Sohlberg-Dunn, Nino Souvannavong, Lucas Stambaugh, Hayley Statema, Katie Stewart, Laura Stoller, Abby Stringer, Kate Stringer, Pavel Sukhenko, Elena Svob, Mikayla Svob, Madison Sweeney.

Jesselyn Taggart, Sydney Taggart, Ahmad Taher, Yosif Taher, Zehraa Taher, Maricris Taja, Irina Tarasyuk, Nataliya Tarasyuk, Casey Tarter, Tabitha Tarter, Andrew Tat, Drew Thompson, Charlie Tran, Dennis Tran, Nikki Traversie, Christine Truong.

Daniel VanBeek, Nicole VanBeek, Ryan VanSlyck, Paul Vu, Peter Vu, Vietkhanh Vu.

Liza Wagner, Reiko Wagner, Sheila Wagner, Elizabeth Webster, Bryn Wells-Edwards, Rowan Wells-Edwards, Isaac Westlund, Gregory Whitaker, Tierra Whitaker, Adam Whitley, Benjamin Williams, Justen Williams, Keeley Williams, Patrisha Williams, Andrew Wilner, Alex Wilson, Cara Wilson, Brock Wolitarsky, Myrinda Wolitarsky, Julia Woodbury, Victoria Woodenlegs, James Wooldridge, Kenneth Wunpheng, Kyra York, Nicole Zahl.

Maltby boy raises cash for Camp Erin

Alex Pride of Maltby, along with his friend Gage Fortier, raised $80 for Camp Erin with his recent Alex’s Lemonade Stand in Everett.

Alex, 11, has also helped with Providence Hospice &Home Care of Snohomish County by assisting at the annual volunteer retreats. Alex hopes to repeat his lemonade stand and encourages other youths to raise funds for the organization’s bereavement camp for kids and teens.

County Red Cross names directors

Nancy Holiman of Arlington has been elected chairwoman of the board of directors for the Snohomish County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Other elected board officers are Mar Tobiason, first vice president, community representative; Tim Serban, second vice president, Providence Everett Medical Center; Pat Sisneros, treasurer, Everett Community College; Martha Robins, secretary, Snohomish County government; Leslie Hynes, service delivery, Fire District 1; Dottie Cainion, human resources, Everett School District; and James Shipman, nominating committee, Podrasky &Shipman Attorneys.

Red Cross volunteer marches in Italy

Bev Riter of Everett, a Red Cross nurse with the Snohomish County chapter, led an eight-mile torchlight march in Italy this summer during Fiaccolata 2005. More than 15,000 celebrants participated in the festive trek from Solferino to Castiglione to commemorate the founding of the Red Cross.

Riter, a Red Cross volunteer for eight years, is the first volunteer from the Snohomish County chapter to be selected as a member of the Red Cross International Response Team. Her numerous disaster assignments have included New York City following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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