After losing their first game of the season on July 27, Sticks n’ Chicks bounced back and defeated Cascade Valley 15-5 Wednesday, Aug. 3, in an Arlington Parks and Recreation coed softball game at Twin Rivers Park.
Instead of splashing around in a swimming pool, Arlington High School student Kristina Flick is spending her summer collecting food and money for the Arlington Community Food Bank as part of her senior project which is due eight months from now.
William and Mary Ellen Waran know what it’s like to come in contact with police, but it wasn’t to shake hands and share pleasantries. Two years ago, the couple came home to their Smokey Point home and found a stranger climbing out a back window. Since then, the Warans have been on guard. It’s a significant reason why they lobbied vigorously for friends and family to participate in the 28th Annual National Night Out Against Crime, which was held Tuesday, Aug. 2, at the Food Pavilion in Smokey Point.
n 2008, Lakewood High School football coach Dan Teeter gathered five teams to participate in a 7-on-7 football passing challenge. This year the competition had more than tripled in size with teams coming from as far away as eastern Washington.
Heidi Klippert and husband Gary Holboy are self-proclaimed mountain biking hackers. But they still pad up and attack the rugged forest trails throughout the Pacific Northwest nearly each weekend.
For five days, 30 boys and girls participated in the environment outreach camp P.S.I Love You at Arlington High School. The students, who ranged in ages from 11-18, learned about where water goes and what it takes with it when it reaches the Puget Sound.
They’ve competed against each other for the past two high school football seasons. But for one week this summer, Marysville graduate Zach Schumann and Arlington graduate Blake Peterson padded up and stood side-by-side for the East/West All-Star Football Summer Classic, played on July 1, in Spokane.
The first time his parents brought up the sport of wrestling, the then-5-year-old Jeremy Nygard broke down in tears — and they weren’t tears of joy. It’s a story his mom Kim Nygard relishes to tell.
Jack Sheward struck out 10 of the 13 batters he faced to help the Stilly Valley Minors All-Star team defeat North Snohomish 11-1 in the second round of the District 1 All-Star tournament Tuesday, July 5, played at Cedar Field.
It’s a Wednesday evening, the sun is reflecting off a row of aluminum bats and a raucous crowd of players are cheering on their fellow teammates. It must be the annual summer softball league.
rlington Mayor Margaret Larson never saw it coming. And when she did, she was nearly speechless. The Arlington Kiwanis dedicated a scholarship in her name during its live auction Monday, July 4, at Haller Field.
For 79-year-old Marvin Simpson, the Arlington Firefighters’ Pancake Breakfast means much more than syrup and strawberries. Nearly 20 years ago, Simpson received news that would shatter anybody. He was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. The doctors gave him a year to live — at best.
Bethany Earnhardt entered the Pedal, Paddle, Puff triathlon with a specific game-plan — make it to the end and try not to pass out somewhere in between. After surviving the 5.8-mile bike ride, and then paddling the 6-mile canoe or kayak portion, Earnhardt’s strategy was right on track. And then came the 2-mile run.
