Duane Durand, dishwasher at the landmark Scandia Bakery and Lefse Factory, poses with Olaf in front of the store in historic downtown Stanwood.

Cliff Henning offers his dog some chow after feeding more than 200 Jersey cows and calves on his dairy farm outside Stanwood. Henning was born on the farm, worked with his dad on the farm and now runs the farm himself.

Jack Gunter, a Camano Island artist, paints a mural of historic Stanwood in the city's new cinema and restaurant complex. Gunter was assisted by Edd Cox, a mural expert, and Karla Matzke.

Daisy Twiss, 98, feels lucky to live at the Josephine Sunset Home in Stanwood, her hometown since birth. She is a member of the home's wheelchair drill team. The team has traveled throughout the country for invitational drill competitions.

Firefighters Rob Buchanan, left, and Andy Helms, became the first paid firefighters in Stanwood last year. The department still depends heavily on volunteers.

Alexandra Yerigan, 3, hangs on her mom, Christine, at Manny's Country Cafe in downtown Stanwood. At right is Madison, 11 months, and her grandmother, Fay Longworth.

Francis Giard Jr.'s knowledge of Stanwood's history is genuine -- "I've never been away from here. I've never even wanted to leave."

Glass artist Ross Richmond plies his art at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood. The famed school was formed by Dale Chihuly.

The waters of Pilchuck Lake attracted the namesake glass art school to Stanwood. The Snohomish-Skagit county line runs through the lake.

This cat and calf are among the animals living on Cliff Henning's dairy farm outside Stanwood.

At the Scandia Bakery and Lefse Factory in downtown Stanwood, workers workers like Santos Franco and Rhonda Olmsted still make the Swedish potato bread by hand in the traditional manner.

A detail of artist Jack Gunter's commemorative mural in downtown Stanwood shows Palmer Sather, who used to own the property where the town's restaurant/theater complex now sits.