The Arlington and Marysville community food banks were again among the beneficiaries of this year’s National Day of Service and Remembrance, thanks to the Arlington stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints conducting their third annual food drive from Sept. 9-14, to honor the memory of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Even though this year’s National Day of Service and Remembrance projects were meant to conclude on the weekend after Sept. 11, an inhospitable drizzle on Saturday, Sept. 14, postponed at least one project until it can be completed when both the skies and the volunteers’ schedules are clear.
The Downtown Arlington Business Association recently presented a check for $1,000 to the Arlington Community Food Bank, courtesy of Show ‘N’ Shine’s 14th annual year on Olympic Avenue in downtown Arlington this June.
ARLINGTON — Leah Robinson had just brought her fourth-grade students back indoors from recess at Kent Prairie Elementary when she was called out to the school’s parking lot on the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 24.
When Domino’s Pizza opened the doors of its latest location in Smokey Point on Friday, Sept. 13, it donated 100 percent of that branch’s sales for the day to the Children’s Organ Transplant Association to aid Lacey Ernst, a 5-year-old Arlington girl in need of a heart transplant.
Although the day’s turnout might have been slightly dampened by the misting of rain on its first morning, the Arlington Arts Council’s two-day “Art in the Park” on Saturday, Sept. 14, and Sunday, Sept. 15, still drew as many as 300 attendees to Legion Park midway through its first day, which included the Seattle-based band Batucada Yemanjá and close to three dozen vendor booths on the green.
The Stillaguamish Senior Center and its thrift store received a significant facelift thanks to the employees of Absolute Manufacturing’s Senior Aerospace Group and members of the United Way of Snohomish County on Friday, Sept. 13, and Saturday, Sept. 14.
Arlington Police Chief Nelson Beazley’s presentation to the Arlington City Council on Monday, Sept. 16, yielded an extended discussion on the impacts of vagrancy, drug trafficking and police department staffing levels on the Arlington community.
The Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics’ third annual Community Health and Safety Fair on Sept. 14 certainly didn’t fail to catch the attention of passersby, given that two of its more prominent exhibits included a giant brain and heart, courtesy of the Pacific Science Center’s “Blood & Guts” exhibit.
Close to 300 motorcycles took to the roads of Arlington, Lake Stevens and Marysville to honor the men and women of law enforcement, the fire service and the armed forces, as well as those who lost their lives on 9/11, as part of this year’s area “Patriot Ride.”
The 10th annual Drag Strip Reunion and Car Show at the Arlington Airport yielded no shortage of hot rodders and classic car enthusiasts alike, but it also benefitted area charities above and beyond the community groups that are the ultimate recipients of its annual proceeds.
Arlington residents Lynn and Bentley Marks have been expanding their businesses just south of the Arlington Airport on a semi-annual basis for the past few years, and this fall will prove no exception.
ARLINGTON — The Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum welcomes visitors to celebrate “Pioneer Days” on the Red Rooster Route from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21.
