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F ourth-grader Johnny Lovick rolled out of bed in the early morning cold in his grandmother’s ramshackle home in the middle of a Louisiana cotton field. School wouldn’t start for hours, but in the dirt-poor South, everyone had a job to do, no matter how old or young. Cotton had to be picked and chopped, chores had to be done. No matter how cold or hot it was, no matter how miserable the boy felt, the work never stopped. With sparse food, no running wa- ter, no electricity, and an outhouse 100 feet away from the tiny share- cropper’s shack Lovick called home, life looked bleak. Nobody looking at the boy would see a future state legislator, a city councilman, state patrolman or a county sheriff. Nobody, that is, until a sheriff came to talk to Lovick’s class. “Never give up,” he told the students. “He looked directly at me, and said, ‘I don’t want you to give up.’” Lovick recalled. “He knew where I lived. He knew exactly how incred- ibly poor we were.” Lovick took that advice to heart, graduating high school at the age of 17, joining the Coast Guard, then spending three decades with Wash- ington State Patrol before being elected Snohomish County Sheriff in 2007. During that time, Sheriff Lovick also served five years on the Mill Creek City Council, then joined the Washington State Legislature. Last week, Lovick talked to stu- dents at Harbour Pointe Middle School about the importance of his Your Hometown Newspaper Volume XVIII Number 45 June 2, 2010 806 5th Street Mukilteo, WA 98275 T hink $20 doesn’t buy what it used to? Tell that to Norman and Deb Webb, the proud – and lucky – owners of a 1961 Chevrolet Corvette. Norman Webb wrote his annual check to Valley General Hospital’s fundraiser raffle and, like the previ- ous eight years, never gave it another thought beyond the good cause to which his family contributed. In 2001, things went a little differ- ently. That year, wife Deb wrote the check and sent it off. “All of the sudden, I hear Deb screaming, ‘We won the car! We won the car!’” Webb recalled. “I thought it was a joke, or someone was scam- ming us.” No joke, no scam – the Webb fam- ily was now the proud owner of the vintage Corvette, a dream come true for lifelong gearhead Norm. “I’ve always been a car nut, always wanted to own an old Corvette, but it was always just out of reach,” Webb D iane Navicky has been down this road before. Not the highly pub- licized annexation issue that has put her residence stability in the cross- hairs once again, but the unpleasant reality of being forced to relocate and losing her home in the process. Navicky lives at Carriage Club Es- tates, a manufactured home complex in the area that Mukilteo may annex. Right now, the property is in unin- corporated county and protected by a zoning change the county adopted last year to protect such vulnerable homeowners. The county created manufactured home zoning, changing the property from multi-family zoning. Unless Mukilteo adopts a similar ordinance if and when it annexes the area, Navicky said she and her neigh- bors could be forced to relocate again – challenging enough under ordinary circumstances, even tougher when you have to bring your home with you, or worse, pay for its destruction. “I am definitely on board with that,” Councilmember Jennifer Gregerson said of Mukilteo adopt- ing similar policies. “This serves an important need (affordable housing) for our city.” “We have no desire to kick them out,” Mayor Joe Marine said. “Cur- rently, our laws don’t allow mobile home parks; we’ve tried to discourage them in the past.” Annexation is different, however, Marine said. And inheriting CCE is not like inheriting a casino or other property some see as undesirable for the city, he explained. As more and more manufactured home complexes are sold for other de- velopment, those owning the mobile BY REBECCA CARR EDITOR @MUKILTEOBEACON . COM see MOBILE HOME, page 19 see SHERIFF, page 2 Mukilteo’s Noah Swanson brings the heat in the Pounders 7-5 victory last week. Photo courtesy of Liz Ferry Mariner prospect? Lovick has Ds and Fs for HP students BY REBECCA CARR EDITOR @MUKILTEOBEACON . COM In Mukilteo, then out again? That’s what mobile home owners are fearing Calling all (classic) cars Do you have a classic car, or know someone who does? Get out that soap, water and wax, and get your prize baby ready for Mukilteo Chamber’s first car show! The show runs from 10 to 3 Saturday, June 26, at Kamiak, 10801 Harbour Pointe Blvd. For more infor- mation, or to register your car, contact Mukilteo Cham- ber, mcc@mukilteochamber. org, or (425) 347-1456. BY REBECCA CARR EDITOR @MUKILTEOBEACON . COM see CLASSIC CARS, page 12 Norm Webb shows off his $20 Corvette, a raffle prize from Valley General Hospital’s annual fundraiser. Webb has entered his 1961 classic in Mukilteo’s first car show. Mukilteo Chamber is organizing the event, to run 10 -3 Saturday, June 26, at Kamiak High School. Beacon photo by Rebecca Carr Jim Brice of Mukilteo Seniors will drive a shuttle between Lincoln Courtyard, the farmers market at Lighthouse Park and the art building on Second Street, between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., for Waterfront Wednesdays. Suggested donation: $ 1. Mukilteo Beacon Mukilteo Beacon

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Fourth-grader Johnny Lovick rolled out of bed in the early

morning cold in his grandmother’s ramshackle home in the middle of a Louisiana cotton field.

School wouldn’t start for hours, but in the dirt-poor South, everyone had a job to do, no matter how old or young.

Cotton had to be picked and chopped, chores had to be done. No matter how cold or hot it was, no matter how miserable the boy felt, the work never stopped.

With sparse food, no running wa-ter, no electricity, and an outhouse 100 feet away from the tiny share-cropper’s shack Lovick called home, life looked bleak.

Nobody looking at the boy would see a future state legislator, a city councilman, state patrolman or a county sheriff.

Nobody, that is, until a sheriff came to talk to Lovick’s class. “Never give up,” he told the students.

“He looked directly at me, and said, ‘I don’t want you to give up.’” Lovick recalled. “He knew where I lived. He knew exactly how incred-ibly poor we were.”

Lovick took that advice to heart, graduating high school at the age of 17, joining the Coast Guard, then spending three decades with Wash-ington State Patrol before being elected Snohomish County Sheriff in 2007.

During that time, Sheriff Lovick also served five years on the Mill Creek City Council, then joined the Washington State Legislature.

Last week, Lovick talked to stu-dents at Harbour Pointe Middle School about the importance of his

Your Hometown Newspaper Volume XVIII Number 45 June 2, 2010

806 5th StreetMukilteo, WA 98275

Think $20 doesn’t buy what it used to?

Tell that to Norman and Deb Webb, the proud – and lucky – owners of a 1961 Chevrolet Corvette.

Norman Webb wrote his annual check to Valley General Hospital’s fundraiser raffle and, like the previ-ous eight years, never gave it another thought beyond the good cause to which his family contributed.

In 2001, things went a little differ-ently. That year, wife Deb wrote the check and sent it off.

“All of the sudden, I hear Deb screaming, ‘We won the car! We won the car!’” Webb recalled. “I thought it was a joke, or someone was scam-ming us.”

No joke, no scam – the Webb fam-ily was now the proud owner of the vintage Corvette, a dream come true for lifelong gearhead Norm.

“I’ve always been a car nut, always

wanted to own an old Corvette, but it was always just out of reach,” Webb

Diane Navicky has been down this road before. Not the highly pub-

licized annexation issue that has put her residence stability in the cross-hairs once again, but the unpleasant reality of being forced to relocate and losing her home in the process.

Navicky lives at Carriage Club Es-tates, a manufactured home complex in the area that Mukilteo may annex.

Right now, the property is in unin-corporated county and protected by a zoning change the county adopted last year to protect such vulnerable homeowners.

The county created manufactured home zoning, changing the property from multi-family zoning.

Unless Mukilteo adopts a similar ordinance if and when it annexes the area, Navicky said she and her neigh-bors could be forced to relocate again – challenging enough under ordinary circumstances, even tougher when you have to bring your home with you, or worse, pay for its destruction.

“I am definitely on board with that,” Councilmember Jennifer Gregerson said of Mukilteo adopt-ing similar policies. “This serves an important need (affordable housing) for our city.”

“We have no desire to kick them out,” Mayor Joe Marine said. “Cur-rently, our laws don’t allow mobile home parks; we’ve tried to discourage them in the past.”

Annexation is different, however, Marine said. And inheriting CCE is not like inheriting a casino or other property some see as undesirable for the city, he explained.

As more and more manufactured home complexes are sold for other de-velopment, those owning the mobile

by REbECCA [email protected]

see MOBILE HOME, page 19

see SHERIFF, page 2

Mukilteo’s Noah Swanson brings the heat in the Pounders 7-5 victory last week.

Photo courtesy of Liz Ferry

Mariner prospect?

Lovick has Ds and Fs for HP studentsby REbECCA [email protected]

In Mukilteo, then out again?That’s what mobile home owners are fearing

Calling all (classic) cars

Do you have a classic car, or know someone who does?

Get out that soap, water and wax, and get your prize baby ready for Mukilteo Chamber’s first car show! The show runs from 10 to 3 Saturday, June 26, at Kamiak, 10801 Harbour Pointe Blvd. For more infor-mation, or to register your car, contact Mukilteo Cham-ber, [email protected], or (425) 347-1456.

by REbECCA [email protected]

see CLASSIC CARS, page 12

Norm Webb shows off his $20 Corvette, a raffle prize from Valley General Hospital’s annual fundraiser. Webb has entered his 1961 classic in Mukilteo’s first car show. Mukilteo Chamber is organizing the event, to run 10 -3 Saturday, June 26, at Kamiak High School.

Beacon photo by Rebecca Carr

Jim Brice of Mukilteo Seniors will drive a shuttle between Lincoln Courtyard, the farmers market at Lighthouse Park and the art building on Second Street,

between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., for Waterfront Wednesdays. Suggested donation: $1.

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said, pointing to family obli-gations and other priorities.

“When we got this one, it was meant to be,” he said. “I attribute winning to Deb’s good luck!”

One of the most fun aspects of owning a classic? Match-ing paint jobs and pistons with other gearheads at car shows.

Up until now, Webb has had to travel to Everett, Mon-roe and other points beyond to showcase his classic and meet other car buffs.

This year marks Mukilteo Chamber’s first car show, Saturday, June 26, in Kamiak High School’s parking lot, and Webb said he’s excited to finally have a chance to show off his wheels and admire other classics right here in

town.“I enjoy talking to all the

other gearheads and car nuts, about cubic inches and the many aspects of car collect-ing,” he said. “It’s fun to get together, compare notes, talk about what we’ve done with our cars over the winter.”

Under that Corvette’s freshly waxed hood lurks a formidable 283-horsepower engine with dual-quad carbu-retor, Positraction (Chevro-let’s limited slip differential) and a four-speed manual transmission.

How fast will it go?“What’s the speed limit?”

Webb answered, laughing.All fun aside, Webb said

he enjoys cruising and isn’t looking for speed when he takes the Corvette out during nice weather.

“You have to remember, this car is in its golden years; I definitely baby it,” he said.

That includes taking the car out only on sunny days. The seals around the windows are the original equipment and, pushing a half-century old, they leak in bad weather.

Wife Deb likes to drive the Corvette, although Norm Webb said his teenage daugh-ter prefers to ride in style, not yet having mastered the manual transmission.

Absent also are the modern conveniences of power steer-ing and power brakes.

“It’s a little bit of work to drive it,” Webb said.

Webb mostly takes the car around town to visit friends and family, and, of course, to all of the local car shows.

While a group of car buffs meets Saturday evenings at Shawn O’Donnell’s restau-rant in Everett, Webb said he’s looking forward to hav-ing those conversations – and seeing the many classics that local residents own – in Mukilteo.

“We’ve been trying to put this together for a couple of years now,” he said. “It wasn’t until this year that Shannon (McCarty, Chamber executive director) was able to get the city to help fund it.”

Classic car owners can

show their wheels and com-pete for prizes in categories such as crowd favorite, best paint job, best chrome and others, Webb said.

Car buffs can vote for their favorites, admire the hard work of the gearheads that own them, and ask questions about maintenance and the challenge of finding parts for older cars.

“Since this is our first year, we’re learning as we go,” Webb said. “Next year will be even bigger and better as the word gets out. We’ll fine tune it as we go.”

Stray Dogs Catering will provide barbecue, and Mukilteo Kiwanis will grill hotdogs for the hungry car buffs. Mukilteo Chamber asks everyone to bring a non-perishable food item for the Mukilteo Food Bank.

CARS, from page 1

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“Shall I title this ‘Easy ways to drop five pounds’ or ‘Healthy ways to drop five pounds,” I asked my daugh-ter.

“Healthy ways to drop five pounds. Because it’s not easy,”

Chelsea an-swered.

T h e beauty of a five-pound weight loss program is that success comes more q u i c k l y than with l a r g e r goals. Then you can just repeat

the process for the next five pounds.

Dr. Oz suggests using a ‘robust reward’ system. Set a reward for each five pounds. Celebrating with a pedicure, movie date, massage, etc. trig-gers your brain chemistry to help you succeed.

Because eating frequent

light meals is better for our bodies, keep healthy snacks at hand. Here are some lighten up favorites.

·Hardboiled eggs.·Celery sticks and Laugh-

ing Cow low fat Swiss cheese.·Protein bars.·Protein powder mixed in

skim milk or juice.·A small handful of raw or

dry roast nuts.·Trail mix.·Banana. ·Apple with Jarlsburg lite

swiss cheese.·Tuna fish with fat free cot-

tage cheese instead of mayo.

Fruit smoothies

1 ½ cup frozen or fresh fruit and berries

1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt (9 g. protein)

1 cup low fat soy milk (5 g. protein)

Blend until smooth.Save time! Place a second

batch of ingredients in cov-ered container, refrigerate and blend tomorrow. (For

fresh taste, don’t blend until ready to drink.)

Psyllium seed husk for internal cleansing

20 oz. water or diluted fruit juice.

Place ¼ teaspoon fiber in mouth and wash it down with liquid. I prefer diluted fruit juice.

Repeat four times until you have taken one teaspoon psyl-lium and have downed 20 oz liquid. Repeat three times per day. While you’re drinking the liquid, take an acidophilus or probiotic tablet to maximize absorption of nutrients, and two of Trader Joes’s Very Green capsules.

After your body adjusts to the extra fiber you can take ½ teaspoon, drink and repeat to total a heaping teaspoon.

CAUTION: Never swallow too much psylliun powder at once because it expands, and you want that to happen in your stomach, NOT in your throat or esophagus. Take fiber on an empty stomach. ALWAYS drink the 20 oz

Lighten up! Healthy ways to drop five poundsliquid so the psyllium will not harden (think cement) in your intestines.

Each individual succeeds differently. Choose one of these tried and true tips:

·Eat what you want but eat less. Cut your portions in half.

·Cut out sugar, fried foods and white flour.

·Be sure your plate is filled with 2/3 fruits and veg-etables.

·Use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate. That way you can still fill your plate.

·Skip the candy counter. Use sweets as a reward, not as a staple.

·Eat every three or four hours.

Fat cells contain toxins. When I drop a few pounds at first I usually feel a little achy or sluggish. That’s because my body is now filtering waste products out. So be sure to drink at least 64 oz of filtered water daily, add fresh lemon and take 2000 units of Ester-C. Packets of Emergence-C are perfect for adding vitamin C and valuable minerals and nutrients.

Lemon is a must for cleans-ing the liver, purifying the intestines and improving digestion. Use 1-3 fresh lem-ons daily. My favorite way is to juice 5 lemons with an electric citrus juicer. (Black and Decker citrus juicers sell for $15- $20.) Place in glass jar, stir in 1 tsp. honey and refrig-

erate. Pour a tablespoon or more into water or diluted fruit juice. Delicious!

Thirty minutes of walking is a daily requirement to help with weight loss.

Deep stretching also helps increase circulation and remove toxins. Gentle spinal twists squeeze wastes from the internal organs, increase metabolism and stimulate nerve flow. You can also squeeze and massage fatty areas on the tummy or thighs to detoxify and help them shrink.

Fire up your fat-burning lean muscles by strengthen-ing with hand weights.

Do pay more attention to your energy level and to your clothes getting looser than to the scales. Muscle is heavier than fat.

If you lose five pounds of fat but gain two pounds of fat burners, a.k.a. muscle, your scales will tell that you have only lost three pounds.

As you lighten up, your energy and vitality will carry you through our beautiful Northwest summer looking and feeling great.

Kay Wagner LMP, is a NASM certified personal trainer, yoga and Pilates in-structor. Her massage/fitness studio is located at 828 2nd St, ste H in Old Town Mukilteo. For more information, call (425) 353-4545,email [email protected] or visit www.kaywagnerwellness.com