Guest: David Simpson, Port of Everett Commissioner
Additional Commentary: Scott Murphy and Paul Roberts, Everett City Councilmembers
Moderator/Host: Kari Quaas, Chair
Also, Scott Murphy provided his notes as our Neighborhood Liaison from the Everett City Council.
The neighborhood has hosted a clean up for the past 9 years now. As always, MaryVee Westlund was our gamekeeper along with Joni Smith. These ladies greeted neighbors, verified that they lived within the NW Neighborhood borders, and collected donations to off set the costs for dump fees. Usually the fees run upwards of $1500. Thank you neighbors for donating!
Our additional excellent volunteers included Jeff Hardy, Rich Whitkop, Fran W., Tim Knopf, Kari Quaas & from EvCC, Connie Tune, Lisa Gorman, Amanda Stum, Tony & Barb Campbell. Molly Beeman, Sustainability Manager / Capital Projects from EvCC, coordinated this event again with the NW Neighborhood. Many thanks to all of these folks. Volunteers are really important for this event & we truly appreciate those that have been a part of this event.
Next time we have a clean up, we could use a few more men to step up from the ‘hood as volunteers.
— Shelley Sutton, Event Lead
On Friday, May 17th, volunteers from the Northwest Neighborhood and Whittier PTA had no idea what to expect. We estimated around 50 students would participate in the first bike to school in partnership with the neighborhood association. It was pouring. We were a bit nervous. And, we didn’t need to be.
Over 100 students showed up with their parents, younger siblings, and adult volunteers including Everett’s Mayor Cassie Franklin. We ate snacks from Cafe Zippy, did art projects, had our bike checked by Eric from Bayside Bikes, picked up water bottle from Kulits Orthodontics, and learned about the upcoming season from the Everett AquaSox. Lots of people were under the beautifully flowering wisteria.
About 8:00 a.m. we heard from Kari Quaas, Northwest’s Chair, Jen Selders, Whittier PTA lead, and Mayor Cassie Franklin. And, then, they were off following safely behind our Everett Police escort to Whittier down Hoyt Ave. and then 10th Street. WHAT A BLAST!
Thank you to everyone who participated, our partners with Whittier PTA especially Jen Selders, Brenda White, and Whittier Principal Tony Wentworth, parents, siblings, Bayside Bikes, Kulits Orthodontics, AquaSox, Cafe Zippy and our wonderful Northwest Neighbors – Joni, Holly, Kristina, Coral, Jackie, Tim and Patrick – for greeting and cross-guarding the participants safely to Drew Nielsen Park.
Here’s a message from Miki Aspree with Everett Community College. Please consider hosting a student this summer! – Kari
Greetings from Everett Community College, Nippon Business Institute and Japanese Programs! Would your family or friends be interested in hosting Japanese high school students from July 20th – August 3rd? For over 20 years, we have had high schools students from Iwakuni City (sister city of Everett) visit us for the summer exchange program. We will be hosting 15 students and 2 chaperones again this summer and are in need of host families. The host families are responsible for:
Since these are young students, the city prefer that students stay at homes in pairs so if you could host two students, that would be ideal. However, even if you could host one student or a chaperone, that would be helpful. Here is the stipend amount for hosting students for the 14 nights:
One student: $350 / Two students: $700
Hosting an international student can enrich the student’s and your family’s lives. It is a priceless opportunity to teach/learn about each other’s culture and to create a lifelong friendship! Please feel free to contact us at if you have any questions at nbi@everettcc.edu or 425-388-9195 or 9380.
Please help spread the word within your community
Thank you for your support and consideration!
Warm Regards,
Miki & Saeko
Nippon Business Institute (NBI) & Japanese Programs Everett Community College 2000 Tower Street Everett, WA 98201 Phone: 425-388-9195 OR 9380