The Great Lake Stevens Chicken War
Herald Writer
LAKE STEVENS — The Chicken has had a long and full life.
Right now, it’s undergoing scrutiny after its current owner at the Chicken Drive-In, in downtown Lake Stevens, was recently told by the city the bird has to be removed because it violates city code. The matter has yet to be resolved.
But that’s nothing. It’s had its shoulder broken. It’s had numbers drawn into its eyes. It’s been dragged to keg parties in the woods. The 7-foot-tall fowl has been the foil for countless school pranks over the years.
Ask Jean Kiniry. She started the Chicken Drive-In near what is now Frontier Village in 1968 — 40 years ago. The bird was first stolen in 1969 from its perch atop the small drive-in, after which the class of ‘69 wrote the number “69″ in black on its yellow eyes.
Go to the Everett Herald article.
For crying out loud -It’s just a CHICKEN that has a long history with Lake Stevens residents and a tradition with the LSHS students, for what, over 25 years. I find it hard to believe that we’ve elected a mayor & council that can not solve this tiny problem by granting special dispensation to the CHICKEN and allowing it to stay. Reasons - tradition, meaningful to our LSHS students and a number of residents. Is this not a community for the people or is a community for the mayor & council and their ordinances.
Mike Tastad
This is my sediments exactly and very well put. I think the City of Lake Stevens is a bit distracted with a bigger “chicken” to fry. Meaning, the monopolies on land grabs in the area and fighting an environmental agency in land development. We’d better pay attention because the city is selling out our city right out from under our “beaks.”