For three local eighth-graders, it was a chance to learn the histories of their own families as much as their country.
This year’s Post Middle School Social Studies Fair on March 26 boasted its usual mix of projects centered around Washington state history, U.S. history from before 1900 and students’ family histories, but Thomas Stretch, Michaela Bonine and Samantha Cordner took that latter lesson to heart as all three donned attire meant to honor their families’ legacies.
Jody Davis was not only reunited with his wife Katie when his ship pulled into port after seven months out at sea, but he also met a new member of his family for the first time.
“I’m just kind of in shock right now,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Jody Davis on March 24, as he held his five-month-old son Colby, who was born while his father was still deployed with his shipmates on board the USS Abraham Lincoln. “I’m gonna hang out with this little guy for a long time.”
How do firefighters practice fighting fires?
By starting fires, studying them and then fighting them.
That’s just what 40 firefighters from Arlington, Arlington Heights, Oso, Silvana and Getchell did on Feb. 27, when they conducted a training fire in an empty building to keep their skills sharp and to help educate Arlington City Council members on the scene who were there as observers.
SMOKEY POINT — Their reasons for giving varied from thoughtful to tongue-in-cheek, but they all rolled up their sleeves to give of themselves, literally.
The Puget Sound Blood Center once again teamed up with the Snohomish County Republican Party in Marysville, this time with Snohomish County Council member John Koster as well, to offer a spring blood drive in the Medallion Hotel on March 16, and Hannah Gustafson estimated that the six-hour event had attracted close to 40 donors by the time it was done.
“It’s our first time in this location, but our third year of doing these donation drives,” said Gustafson, of the membership committee of the Snohomish County Republican Party in Marysville, whose offices have served as a site for the Puget Sound Blood Center’s collection vehicles during previous donation drives. “We wanted to attract folks from both Marysville and Arlington.”
ARLINGTON — No one was more surprised than Arlington Mayor Margaret Larson by her own recent honor.
Larson was named the 2010 Citizen of the Year by members of the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce at the March 7 Arlington City Council meeting.
“For once, I am speechless,” Larson said, after Chamber Executive Director Michael Prihoda announced that she would receive the Citizen of the Year Award.
ARLINGTON — Heavy rain and cloud-covered skies limited their flying hours, but it didn’t keep more than 150 women and…
Helping Hands could use a helping hand of its own.
The Arlington thrift store that donates its proceeds back to the community is looking for a new home as the city of Arlington plans to reclaim the property used by both Helping Hands and the Arlington Food Bank for public works offices and improvements to Haller Park.
ARLINGTON — The deadline to register in the upcoming special election is right around the corner.
Voters must register no later than March 18 with the Snohomish County Elections and Voting Division to receive their ballots for the special election by mail on April 8. Those ballots must be returned by mail no later than April 26.
For Arlington voters, this year’s special election will impact the emergency medical services provided by the Arlington Fire Department not only to the city of Arlington itself, but also to the Arlington Heights, Oso, Silvana and Darrington fire districts.
To Jim Kelly, a simple glass jar of clear water is a compelling example of the value of his work.
“This is untreated raw sewage,” said Kelly, director of the city of Arlington Public Works Department, as he held a glass jar filled with an almost black liquid. “And this is the effluent of our wastewater treatment plant,” he added, holding up the glass jar of clear water. “We’re sending out water into the Stillaguamish River that’s just as clean as what’s already in it.”
ARLINGTON — Stephanie Dickson is aiming to offer affordability, a variety of choice and a sense of community in local produce shopping.
Dickson began running a produce co-op in Arlington in the fall of 2009, through a co-op based in Arizona, but by the fall of last year, she was ready to go independent with her co-op.
“I started participating in the co-op because I wanted to give my family access to more fruits and vegetables without breaking our grocery budget,” Dickson said. “I decided to form our own co-op in order to have more control over what types of produce we were getting, and to be better able to resolve any issues that came up with the orders.”
The Arlington co-op that Dickson manages is completely volunteer-run, with an estimated 150 families participating. The co-op runs every other Saturday, with produce arriving early Saturday morning and volunteers showing up at 6:50 a.m. to sort it all into individual baskets for each of the participants, who show up at 8 a.m. to pick up their produce.
Arlington High School students condensed several decades’ worth of generational musical touchstones into a three-hour extravaganza of colorful costume changes and elaborate light-and-sound effects.
ARLINGTON — A midweek snowfall seemed to inconvenience Arlington residents and workers more by affecting their school schedules and numbers of customers than by impacting driving conditions within the city itself.
On Olympic Avenue, Petite Sweet and Magic Shears saw their foot traffic decline sharply on Feb. 22-24, while the Local Scoop and the Blue Bird Cafe held steady at their regular levels for this time of year.
A “ziggy-zaggy” might not sound like a serious teaching tool, but Eagle Creek Elementary students were eager to learn more about math through the handmade toy.
