The Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Arlington Business Association swore in their respective boards of directors for 2013 on Tuesday, Jan. 8, after a year that incoming DABA Board President Marilyn Bullock acknowledged had already seen some significant changes.
If Arlington Fire Chief Bruce Stedman had one message for the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 8, it was this: “We’re always there.”
Landon Showalter wants the community to know that the Arlington Kickboxing Academy hasn’t shut down, but has instead simply moved to 5919 195th St. NE. Indeed, the reason for AKA’s move is one that many businesses would hope to have.
Weston High School students had one less concern to shoulder over the winter break, as several community organizations came together to ensure that they wouldn’t have to worry about hunger during the holidays.
MARYSVILLE — Cadets from the Arlington High School Air Force and Marysville-Pilchuck High School Navy Junior ROTC units were singled out for distinction in several categories, as they competed among a host of other high school JROTC units in armed and unarmed drills at Arlington High School on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012.
Action Sports in downtown Arlington got an early Christmas present when half a dozen students and adults involved in the Arlington High School wrestling program helped the store move to its new location, one block south on Olympic Avenue, in a single day.
The newly formed Arlington Girls Amateur Athletic Union Basketball program recently received $1,000 from the Rotary Club of Arlington to help fund the purchase of the one thing no basketball player can do without.
The Arlington Community Food Bank was literally singing with holiday cheer on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Richard Daniels’ guitar-strumming and crooning lent a festive musical accompaniment to volunteers from the Lifeway Foursquare Church and the Rocket Alley Bar & Grill serving meals to Food Bank clients while they waited in line outside to pick up their Christmas meal baskets inside.
Arlington firefighters collected 5,800 pounds of food and $611.75 for the Arlington Community Food Bank over the course of 10 nights through this year’s “Santa Run” food drive, which made its way through the town’s neighborhoods from Friday, Dec. 7, through Sunday, Dec. 16.
For the past three years, the passing of Elliot Carbajal has inspired others to donate blood and organs in his name, as the Carbajal family has dedicated multiple blood drives and organ donor registrations to Elliot, who was himself a habitual blood donor, and whose kidney donations at death saved the lives of two separate people.
Three police officers from Arlington were joined by one each from Stanwood and Edmonds, as well as three Snohomish County Sheriff’s deputies, in helping 14 Arlington children celebrate the winter holidays as a season of giving.
The city of Arlington will be taking part in a joint regional fire services cooperative effort study, along with half a dozen other agencies, thanks to a unanimous vote of the Arlington City Council on Monday, Dec. 17.
The 21-gun salute was rendered, the military vehicles were on display and the veterans were soon chatting up a storm at the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Hall and Museum’s annual “Military Day.”
