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It was only a week ago, last Monday morning. I was rushing to my workload, our two boys just started classes at our Snohomish High School, when I got a frightening text message from my son. A girl was attacked on school grounds. Then that there were two girls. Police, ambulance. School is lockdown. Who, what - unclear, a nightmare for any parent in our town.
Once more facts came to light, it was worse than imagined – a troubled student, with unknown to most history of mental problems , randomly attacked two other girls in school bathroom with a large knife. She was taken into police custody, girls to the hospital, one with life threatening wounds. Emails, phones, social media filled up with a simple message – pray for their well being. And the most amazing thing happened. They survived. April, who was more severely hurt - battled multitude of wounds, punctured lung and heart, four millimeters away from killing her on a spot. It is hard to imagine the horror of the scene but we are humbled and spirited by the outcome. A kaleidoscope of people united with only one thought - help. In probably chaotic, totally unexpected circumstances everybody pulled through like a true hero, adding a puzzle piece to the whole miracle. Strikingly, it was not a single act of one right person but the whole community of people driven by desire to help and nothing else. That’s what worked.
Most of the decisions had to be taken immediately and were probably uncomfortable and scary. But whoever was on path, allowed himself to be selflessly guided instead of wasting time on self doubt. When April was attacked, her best friend Bekah screamed for help and returned to the bathroom and tried to stop the horror. It was part of a miracle. She was stabbed herself but help came. Boys hearing cries for help, confused I bet, entered the girls’ bathroom not knowing what’s happening. It was part o f a miracle. One pushed the weapon away so it could not be reached. Benjamin, a senior student, held the bleeding girl till paramedics arrived. It saved her life. Snohomish High School was just awarded “a Most Spirited High School”. It truly is.
Teachers, police, paramedics, they all took the right action, having many options to choose. It saved her life. Paramedics saw the need for immediate surgery and did not put her on a helicopter. They rushed to nearest emergency center instead. They were part of the miracle. Hospital stuff did not move her to the operating room to save time and saved her life. A surgeon held the artery with his fingers to allow others to operate. He became part of miracle. 32 doctors and nurses at Providence Medical Center in Everett performed every action that was needed to save her life. They were part of miracle. But most of all April never gave up and held to the life she was given even without the physical strength. Her heart stopped three times. She allowed herself to be a miracle and she was back home this weekend.
Everybody who was touched by the story is now a part of it. All of us who sent prayers, thoughts, cards and good wishes – we became a part of a miracle much bigger than us. School dressed up in pink, April’s favorite color. Rivaling Glacier Peak high school wore Snohomish school colors. "She had an angel sitting on her shoulder guiding her, and us, through this whole thing," Snohomish Fire Capt. Jason Leighty said. "It was an amazing outcome given the horrible circumstances”.
I observe this week with tremendous humbleness in my heart and gratitude. Each of the people listed would shrug their shoulders being called a hero. But it saved life and even more than that. All became part of incredible miracle and unity and it worked. We should note that, the call to do our best will come again. The last years have been tough and to experience the selfless nature of fellow people has the healing power. A healing power of unity and believing.
Alina Bartell
I don’t have the list of all people who helped. The Snohomish High School staff with its Principal Beth Porter, The Snohomish Police with its Chief John Turner, Snohomish Fire District No. 4, students, many others, including the local press keeping us updated are all part of the outcome. Thank You!
Threat of disappearing of the Post Office is another assault
on things we take for granted to make up our world and its daily routine. As an individual and as a business - Natural Clothing Company, we love
our Post Office for its history, dedication, friendliness. It's definitely not
perfect but it has so much value than faults. Unlike other mailing services,
Post Office and a mailman is a part of the culture like a teacher and
policeman.
As a business, we are happy to ship 98% of our packages
through Priority Mail of postal service. When we researched which service to
use, which transportation methods are the most ecologically friendly and the
best financial value for our customers – Post Office was on a top of the
competition. The most important factor is that the Post Office already delivers
to ALL the households and businesses around U.S. There are no additional trucks,
routes, fuel, personnel created to deliver packages with the mail. They use
Cradle to Cradle certified packaging, use soy inks, many of the Post Office vehicles
in our area are hybrid. There is much more info you can find at http://about.usps.com/what-we-are-doing/green/welcome.htm
There are many times when I would not pull my car out into
driveway because of ice, sleet or storm but the Post Office mail shows up. The
service at the counter is always kind and friendly even at the end of the day.
At least in our small Snohomish Post Office, the employees are my personal models
of fantastic customer service.
Our town just recently decided to discontinue its own police
force (will contract it instead) for budget reasons. It really is a time to
stop and look - how far we are willing to go to destroy the main points of stability
of our communities. Especially at times when the confidence in many
institutions (banks, corporations) is gone and it will take decades to rebuild
that. I am sure that if we all look together at the value of what makes communities
strong, we can find better solutions than just closing what needs fixing
instead.
Once you look more carefully, it seems that the problems of
Post Office were not created by institution itself only. Check the website http://www.savethepostoffice.com. It
is written and administered by Steve Hutkins, who has no affiliation with the
U.S. Postal Service—he doesn’t work for it, nor does anyone in his
family. Like millions of Americans, he just likes his local post office,
and he doesn’t want to see post offices being closed. In the video posted there,
Sam Sader describes a bill passed five years ago by Bush administration which greatly
contributed to current Post Office problems. Take few minutes to watch it here
and decide for yourself.
The more entertaining clips can be found on Colbert Report http://www.colbertnation.com/. Where
he hosts Philip
F. Rubio, assistant professor of history
at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and long term
worker of Post Office, as well as the author of "There's Always Work at
the Post Office: African American Postal Workers and the Fight for Jobs,
Justice, and Equality". You can
read the article written by him at http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/09/opinion/rubio-postal-service-matters/index.html
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What do you think? If we let Post Office fail, who will be next? We would love to hear from you.
Join us in Snohomish, WA for 2011 Earth Day celebration!
Snohomish, WA
is one of the most beautiful towns in the Northwest, surrounded by snowy mountains, pristine lakes, rivers, green fields with rich agricultural soils in a valley and a great friendly community. Earth Day and preservation of our area is very important to us. On April 22nd at 2pm many of the area organizations, businesses and individuals will
share their activities, educate about recycling, pruning fruit trees, designing eco friendly gardens and much more. The event is sponsored by
local Natural Clothing Company, Grilla Bites Cafe and Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater. There will be a raffle to benefit Foundation for Sustainable Communitywww.communitysustainable.org, offering community-building events, workshops and cooperatives - green
technology, permanent agriculture, and living authentic and meaningful
lives. We'd love for you to join in!
• 2 - 5 pm: demonstrations, educational materials, displays of
local natural products of local at 105 Cedar Avenue, Snohomish.
Neighboring Arts of Snohomish www.artsofsnohomish.org welcomes all
visitors with beautiful displays of local arts, as well as other
merchants - Crepe Escape, Le Gourmet Depot and Clay Creations join the
celebration with their special activities and promotions.
• 5 pm - “zero waste” potluck at Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater
located at 1211 4th Street, Snohomish in a historic church building.
Bring your own cup, plate and form and let's demonstarte that zero waste
CAN be a reality!
• 7 pm - a special Earth Day Open Mike Concert at Tim Noah
Thumbnail Theater, http://www.thumbnailtheater.com. Come sing, play or
be audience to a wonderful selection of talented artists in the
area.Thumbnai Theater is a
non-profit organization consistently providing affordable programs and
artistic leadership to the entire community.
If you would like to participate – email us! Share your
ideas or programs to honor Earth Day. We will be glad to post them
here, write us to info (at) NaturalClothingCompany (dot) com
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