The Arlington High School Air Force Junior ROTC earned itself distinction in a number of categories at the Olympic Division Northwest Drill and Rifle Competition at Marysville-Pilchuck High School on Feb. 23, but even as its cadets took pride in their accomplishments, they agreed that they need more members to keep their program vital.
The city of Arlington proclaimed Feb. 23, 2013, as “Rotary Day” during the City Council’s Feb. 19 meeting, in recognition of its numerous community service projects within the state of Washington, across the nation and around the world, as Rotary Club of Arlington members touted an upcoming event to benefit one of the Rotary’s most notable causes.
The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society credited the generosity of a longtime Darrington native with providing the community a resource for research.
ARLINGTON — From Jan. 15 to Feb. 21, the Arlington Police Department has recorded seven incidents of counterfeit money being passed at local businesses.
ARLINGTON — City of Arlington elected officials have met with state legislators in Olympia over the course of two weeks to discuss how new laws and rules could impact not only Arlington, but also neighboring cities and the county as a whole.
The Olympic Place Retirement Community’s first “Love of a Lifetime” Valentine’s Day-themed event on Feb. 16 drew an estimated 80-100 attendees out of its 116 residents, before their visiting friends and family members were even counted, but one couple in particular got to be big stars for the evening.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Arts Council brought the eclectic folk music duo of “Tingstad & Rumbel” to the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center to close out its Winter Music Festival on Feb. 16, but Arts Council President Sarah Arney assured the community that the year ahead offers an assortment of arts-themed activities.
EVERETT — The Port Gardner Vintage Auto Club recently presented nearly $10,000 in funds to representatives of various area community groups, as proceeds from the ninth annual Arlington Drag Strip Reunion and Car Show last year, and the club is already gearing up for the 10th annual reunion and car show this year.
With his easy grin and casual demeanor, one could almost mistake Arlington Police School Resource Officer Seth Kinney for one of the Arlington High School students he’s charged with protecting, but for as much as he likes to laugh with those teens at lunch, the young officer takes his responsibilities to them very seriously, especially in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut this December.
The Arlington City Council voted unanimously yet again on Feb. 4 to extend their moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries and collective gardens by another six months, following a public hearing with no comments from the audience.
With its online fundraising campaign wrapping up at the end of the month, the “Save the Olympic Theatre” campaign is already exploring other options to bridge the funding gap for the 73-year-old movie theater in Arlington.
Arlington locksmith Anna Fouts is content to work out of her “office on wheels” — the Ford Escape that currently contains all of her equipment — because she believes that the most important part of her trade is simply lending a hand to others, as her mentor in the field did for her when she got started more than half a dozen years ago.
The Friends of the Arlington Library’s monthly book sale generated more than $100 on Feb. 6, and while the volunteers staffing the tables and shelves of books for the sale deemed that an average amount, this month marked the first such book sale to include nonfiction titles.
