School was out for summer, but that didn’t stop students from teaching other students from July 18-20 in the computer-aided design and wood-shop building behind Arlington High School.
Former Arlington student Ryan Mumm was memorialized by more than 200 of his friends, family members and other loved ones during an evening candlelight vigil at Twin Rivers Park on Tuesday, July 17, just three days after he was fatally shot in the head, at the age of 20, at Blue Stilly Park, just northeast of Island Crossing.
Arlington citizens should anticipate a rate increase this fall for the solid waste, recycling and compostable organics services provided by Waste Management Northwest, but city of Arlington Public Works Director Jim Kelly wants to reassure them that this is all part of the plan that was established two years ago.
SILVANA — While Saturday, July 28, will mark the Silvana Community Fair’s 65th year, it will also be the first Silvana Fair in more than 40 years to be held without longtime Fair Board President Roy Strotz, who passed away on Feb. 8 of this year.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Free Methodist Church will be helping to raise funds for two good causes while providing an afternoon and evening of rock music at “Love That Rocks,” running from 2-8 p.m. on the church grounds on Saturday, Aug. 4.
In spite of a rainy start, the Arlington Street Fair packed Olympic Avenue with crowds of both first-time attendees and returning regulars from July 13-15.
Attendance was lighter than in previous years, and the weather presented a number of problems for event attendees and organizers alike, but the Arlington Fly-In still drew sizable crowds of both spectators and aviators to the Arlington Municipal Airport from July 11-15.
SMOKEY POINT — Close to 100 motorcycle riders packed the parking lot of the Buzz Inn for the third year in a row on Saturday, July 14, to help raise money for those facing end-of-life issues at young ages.
The evening of Thursday, July 12, marked the kickoffs for free outdoor summer entertainment in both Marysville and Arlington, as rock-and-roll band Shameless Hussy performed in Jennings Park starting at 7 p.m., while “Scooby Doo: Curse of the Lake Monster” began around 9 p.m. in Terrace Park, after the standard 7 p.m. karaoke session for all ages.
SMOKEY POINT — The recently opened Mr. Buckles Oil Change Service Center proudly touts its family owned and operated roots, from owner Ted Pellegrini working with his father-in-law Vince Willett in the service bays to the unique name of the shop itself.
ARLINGTON — Even before the fireworks show in the skies above the Arlington Boys & Girls Club that evening, this year’s Fourth of July celebrations in Arlington had one lucky couple seeing stars.
ARLINGTON — After being forced to dump its rubber ducks on the grounds of Haller Park last year, the Great Stilly Duck Dash lived up to its name again this year by sending the ducks downriver on the evening of July 4, albeit reduced from their usual complement of 10,000 to only 150, due to this year’s river conditions.
ARLINGTON — The afternoon of July 4 touted plenty of spirited festivities in downtown Arlington, including the town’s first “Old Fashioned Fourth” in Legion Park, an event devised by the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce to fill the gap between the morning activities at Haller Park and the Kiddies and Grand parades in the afternoon on Olympic Avenue.
