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Dolores Ruth Bjorback, 93, went to be with Jesus January 19, 2023. Born May 13,1929 in Everett, WA to Emil and Thora Quinnell, Dolores lived several places while growing up during the depression, namely Woodinville, Joyce, Carnation and Piedmont, WA. In 1940 the family moved to Bremerton where she later graduated High School in 1947. She met the love of her life, Ollie Bjorback, while attending Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. They were married two days after graduation in 1952 and spent their honeymoon in Walla Walla canning peas. The couple settled in the Seattle area and built a home in Edmonds in 1960 where they raised their family.

The Foundation for Edmonds School District said it is partnering with the Rotary Club of Lynnwood and the Lynnwood Rotary Community Foundation to award academic scholarships. In 2010, the Martha Lake Community Club provided a generous gift to the Lynnwood Rotary Community Foundation, which includes awarding multiple vocational, trade school, and academic scholarships.

The community is invited to learn more about the Edmonds School District budget and share feedback during three upcoming community sessions:. Feb. 8: 5:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom Check the online calendar for details. Feb. 13: 5-6 p.m. Mountlake Terrace High School Library. These presentations are designed to share insights about...

A crowd of more than 50 coworkers, friends, admirers and city officials gathered Wednesday afternoon at the Edmonds Waterfront Center to bid farewell and happy retirement to Parks Manager Rich Lindsay, capping off his 51 years of unstinting service to the city and the people of Edmonds. Attendees were welcomed...

The Edmonds City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to continue the emergency interim ordinance creating a design review process through the city’s Architectural Design Board for certain projects zoned general commercial as part of the Highway 99 subarea plan. The council also approved — after some discussion — Mayor...

After nearly 10 years of service, the Edmonds Police Department’s K9 Hobbs will retire on Jan. 26. Hobbs has partnered with Sgt. Jason Robinson since 2013, and together they have served the city and region with more than 500 deployments, the Edmonds Police Department said in a news release announcing Hobbs’ departure. Hobbs has apprehended approximately 166 suspects and located 113 items of evidence during his tenure.

You may be entering the dreary season where you long for spring, but there are a lot of artistic opportunities going on to keep you engaged. Phoenix Theatre puts on Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play. Feb. 3-26 Phoenix Theatre. 9673 Firdale Ave., Edmonds. Dr. Jekyll’s research finds him...

The City of Edmonds Arts Commission (EAC) seeks submissions of short poems to be displayed in temporary poetry poster installations at various city locations. The goal is to surprise and delight the public with thoughtful short pieces of poetry that create a literary link connecting the reader to a sense of place of our Puget Sound region. Poetry topics might reference, but are not restricted to, connections to environment, habitat, nature, sustainability, history or other cultural aspects of our local community.

We’re already about to wrap up the month of January — that’s right, we’re almost one-twelfth of the way through 2023. Time to start preparing for 2024… just kidding. Over the past week or so, the rate of rainfall at Paine Field has slowed down from what we have seen for most of the month. As I reported in last week’s article, we were 0.84 inches above average for rainfall, but as of writing this, we are only 0.17 inches above average — the gap has closed a bit.

On Dec. 27, the king tide was at 12.4 feet at 8:40 a.m., photographer Doug Parrott recalled. “The atmospheric conditions (low pressure and high winds) caused moderate flooding conditions on beaches and nearby Edmonds roads,” he said. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, the king tide was at 12.6 feet at 7:22 a.m. The atmospheric conditions — high pressure and no wind — had no impact on beaches and nearby roads, Parrott added.

Attorney Sarah Jordan, owner of Edmonds-based Jordan Law Firm, will offer a free online course Art+Business: Business Basics to Keep You Creative, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4. This session is for creatives in visual arts, performance, music, writing, illustration and photography who want plain-language basics about starting or thriving in business endeavors. The course will address topics such as:

Photographer Bob Sears came across these two City of Edmonds parks maintenance workers working with a sign at the Edmonds waterfront. We asked the City of Edmonds for further details, and Edmonds Arts and Culture Manager Frances Chapin explained that the city installed two new signs Wednesday. The photo above shows the workers looking at options for placement, but the sign actually ended up elsewhere, Chapin said. The photo below shows the installed signage.

Aud Böning was born in Oslo, Norway and passed away in Edmonds, WA with her husband and daughters by her side. After graduating from Oslo Cathedral School, she worked for a law firm in Oslo. In her 20’s, she traveled around Western Europe before taking a job as an Au Pair in Paris, while also attending business school there.

Scotty’s Food Truck is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 4-7:30 p.m. this week at the Calvary Church parking lot in Edmonds’ Five Corners neighborhood. This week’s special — served all three days — is Jumbo Bay Shrimp Louie, featuring marinated asparagus spears, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, black olives and a wedge of lemon on a bed of romaine.