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Lake Stevens Students and Staff of the Month for January

Lake Stevens High School: Mary Ochiltree and Aaron Morphy (ninth grade), Kathryn Furth and Chris School (10th grade), Anastasia Schemkes and Garrett Smith (11th grade), and Marcella Fields and Joshua Rojas (12th grade).

Lake Stevens Middle School: Vanessa Guzman and Brad Dickson (sixth grade), Jessica Eidsmoe and William Baldwin (seventh grade), and Blaine Bowman and Chris Roberts (eighth grade).

North Lake Middle School: Stephani Bailey and Kyle Hedges (sixth grade), Jason Carroll and Kourtney VanSanten (seventh grade), and Jordon Gasca and Kylie Wiser (eighth grade).

Apple Awards: Greg Irwin, a dispatcher in the transportation department; Pam Riedel, a paraprofessional at Skyline Elementary School; Allison Larsen, a social studies teacher and department chairwoman at Lake Stevens High School; and Ruth Smethers, head of the school-to-work program and vocational teacher at Lake Stevens High School.

WSU President’s Honor Roll: Students on the Washington State University President’s Honor Roll in Pullman include:

Bothell: Acholonu, Alexis Marie Ainsworth, Marin Elisabeth Anderson, Nichole Andrews, Rebecca Marie Barclay, Sam Matthew Bayless, Erinn Elizabeth Bjorklund, Kiley Marin Branson, Susan Marie Brown, Nicole Monika Busch, Robin Jacquline Butler, George Alfred Canon IV, Patricia Anne Cueva, Stacy Dawn Dekoekkoek, Jennifer Lyn Edgar, Katie Ehrmantraut, Katie Estes, Cassandra Evans, Joseph Donald Frawley, Nicholas Martin Grether, Daylen Elliot Haines, John Anthony Hinrichs, James William Huffaker, Matthew James Jamison, Anna Catherine Kasprick, Alicia A. Lagerstrom, Elizabeth A. Leahy, Felicia Hsi Ting Lew, Kelly McClean Londo, Jennifer Louise Lyman, Alicia Lee Mackay, Nicholas Andrew Mahnkey, Katie L. Marsh, Jonathan Andrew Merrill, Kurt Edward Mitchell, Jennifer Christine Muller, Laura Ankerson Nash, Sable Mae Phillippi, Lindsay Nicole Potts, Adriane McKenna Purdy, Rachael Caitlin Purdy, Jeremy Vernon Rousu, Michael Scott Shumate, Stefanie Allison Slater, Ian Joseph Somppi, David Anthony Street, Lacretia Kim Taylor, Alexander Cameron Thompson, Ashley Christine Tracey, Kimthuy Thi Truong, Yvette Cherei Virgin, Caitlin Anne Wachtveitl, Jesse Dean Waite and Meredith Leigh Wyman.

Camano Island: Trina Dutton, Heather Diane Dutton, Jaime Lyn Evans, Sasha Kristine Hoover, Jeffrey Thor Jacobsen, Ryan Mahnken Kramer, Kristen E. Lobdell and Jake M. Schlosser.

Clinton: Aleah Hannah Cole, Tyler D. Hoch, Erin Nicole Iddins and Kari Ann Switzer.

Coupeville: Clark Paul Bishop, Lauren Sienna Hubbard and David Blain Phay.

Edmonds: Aaron Gregory Banks, Brock Allen Beckner, Trevor John Bluhm, Matthew Edward Brewster, Brian Scott Dean, Marilyn Elyse Fulcher, Marc Olsen Grenley, Christine Hilton Gwinn, Russell Shane Hansen, Bryce David Holzer, Casey Jean Long, Joseph Milton Meyerson, Erin Faye Saffold, Zachary Patrick Simard, Deborah Lynn Skidmore and Hieu-Thien Nguyen Truong.

Everett: Kate Paula Baerlocher, Adam Robert Bryson, Keven James Curtiss, Julie Lynn David, Amber F. Dillhoff, Patricia Marie Dzeima, Joel Donald Elmer, Kelly S. Jones, Danielle Kathryn Kelsey, Amanda Ann Kizer, Genesis Marie Kuhlman, Alana Marie Leffler, Kevin Andrew Lloyd, Fallon Marie McGinty, Stacy Anne Mullen, Uyen Thuy Ngo, Alicia Mari Nielsen, Matthew Lee Ogurkow, Gordon Christian Peterson, Matthew Williamson Postle, Joshua Michael Roberts, Melanie Liane Robinson, Gregory Paul Savage, Autumn Nichol Swankosky, Michelle Jean Taylor, Bichphung Le Vu, Jessica Marie Warner and Paul Douglas Womack.

Freeland: Bryce Colin Hansen.

Granite Falls: Patricia Anne Stemler.

Lake Stevens: Ryan Thomas Aker, Tina R. Amaya and Matthew Steven Kimball.

Lynnwood: Devin Christopher Barnes, Ryan Thomas Bluhm, Katharine Suzanne Brueggemann, Kristoffer Dennett Christianson, Lee Garth Green, Ashley Marie Hansen, Leslie Marie Harpst, Kendra D. Hayward, Vivian Huong Ho, Elizabeth Christian Howard, David Tucker Jahns, Jessica Collette Jones, Jonathan Fletcher Killin, Ka-Veng Lei, Christina Michelle Mallory, Christine Lynn Osburn, Corey William Preugschat, Mike Kazuo Rhodes, Deanna Mae Rowlan, Laura Ann Russell, Rachel Marie Smith, Melissa Marie Spillum, Magdalena Sulc, Marco Antonio Trigueros, Anh Thu T. Van, Lindsay Marie Wilson and Marcie Marie Wirtz.

Marysville: Kari Ellen Carney, David L. Demarco, Jennifer Elizabeth Falk, Dannielle Sharon Kennell, Lacey Melinda McMurry, Melissa Jeane Neff, Christine Laree Nelson, Adam A. Sandoval, Matthew Abelino Sandoval, Brandon Michael Scheller, Matthew Jacob Tait, Erin C. Thomas, Seth Andrew Thomas, Jayne Ann Willoughby and Nicholas Evan Winters.

Mill Creek: Stephanie Jean Bardin, Jonathan Patrick Coyne, Aaron Lee Himel, Kenny M. Lee, Steven Dennis Nygreen, Jason Patrick Todd and Chris Patrick Vail.

Monroe: Ashley Elizabeth Bens, Kathryn Virginia Dern, Lawrence George Groop, Kirstin Marie Olson, Steve Kendal Pearce, Jessica A. Swanson and Katherine Lynn Van Wyngarden.

Mountlake Terrace: Rachel L. Galbraith and Kristopher Allen Tuura.

Mukilteo: Devin Marie Finco, Aaron Gaul, Christopher Allen Grounds, Matthew Allen Lord, Kristen D. Puckett, Robert Charles Shadle and Adriann Nicole Wade.

Oak Harbor: Robin Michelle Blair, Jennifer K. Dodge, Jonathan Michael Hnosko, Stephanie Racheal Hunter, Catherine L. Jennings, Kevin Michael Lewis II, Kimberly Marie Macindoe, Danilo Sangalang Ochoa Jr., Rachael Kathleen Ritter, Mark Wayne Sandritter, Dorothy S. Waite and Nicholas Eugene Yakubchak.

Snohomish: Casey Tyler Amann, John Lewis Bell, Julianne Kathleen Boshart, Rachael Leigh Chandler, Jamie Lyn Christensen, Morgan Elizabeth Dierking, Kyle David Doherty, Carly Lynn Ellington, Steven Richard Garmire, Marla Sue Guerrero, Ryna Larene Hansen, Emily Jean Marie Harrington, Jamie Denise Hill, Jennifer Elizabeth Hume, Amy Lynn Kolbo, Nicole Littrell, Andrew Kurtis Miller, Lisa Mary Nelson, Ryan Terrance Pecha, Shannon Kai Phillips, Kirby Allise Pratt, Ryan Christopher Roache, Audra Marie Speer, Danielle Jean Tjoelker, Nic K. Tormohlen and Casey Alan Worzella.

Stanwood: Rachel Lynne Herman, Jessica Elizabeth Johnson, Jamie Joann Reimers and Garrett Ivar Williams.

Sultan: Chelsea Anne Bloomberg.

Woodinville: Julie J. Bagby, Sarah Marie Beaupre, Scarlet Rae Benson, Tristan Neil Bullington, Jeffrey Michael Egan, James Vernon Evans, Jared Andrew Farrell, Katherine Ivy Figel, Nicole Marie Gourle, Virginia Marie Heinkel, Kailyn Deanne Henning, Cory Michael Higbee, Robert Andrew Hiskey, Jennifer Lyn Horst, Suzanne Marie Jessen, Sean Wayne Johnson, Lauren Brooke King, Amanda Marie Nason, Robert Kirk Packwood, Joseph Archer Ravenel Jr., Rachel Gabrielle Page Sands, Nicholas Benjamin Sarpy, Lindsey Marie Schuldt, Abra Margriete Soehren, Kara S. Taylor, Allison Louise Vaughan and Kieran Alexandra Worrell.

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