Motorists who passed through Island Crossing received some stark reminders to play it safe this holiday season as volunteers staged a peaceful protest at the intersection of Interstate 5 and Highway 530, Dec. 18, to warn against driving under the influence.
How dedicated is Pat Patton to serving up the best barbecue meats he can, at the Moose Creek Barbecue in Smokey Point?
“My husband will literally keep meats in that smoker all night,” said Sharon Patton, Pat’s wife and co-owner of the Moose Creek Barbecue. “He’ll come at 1 a.m. just to throw more wood in. Bear in mind, he’s 77 years old,” she laughed.
After five years of running the Quiltmaker’s Shoppe in downtown Arlington, co-owners Marty Hammer and Kim Moff are ready for retirement, but their business will continue on.
The first astrobiology course for high school students in Washington state started this year at Lakewood High School, and on Dec. 7, those students got to meet with experts in the field at the University of Washington.
For one day the Arlington High School DECA students were tasked with running the Arlington Safeway store, albeit with some help from the regular employees.
From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Dec. 11, 55 AHS DECA students not only collected food and money to support local families in need during the holidays, but they also rotated through all the store’s departments to receive on-the-job training on all aspects of its operation.
The city of Arlington’s “Hometown Holiday” weekend drew celebratory crowds who were willing to support community causes on Dec. 4.
MARYSVILLE — When Arlington High School students visited C&D Zodiac Aerospace in Marysville on Dec. 10, the Arlington students received not only lessons on the real-world applications of mathematics, but also a helping hand from the company’s Give and Grow foundation.
The city of Arlington’s proposed permanent emergency medical services levy looks to be heading back to the voters next year.
Flooding on the Stillaguamish River reportedly tied its record high on Dec. 12, as the overflow swamped a couple of parks and left some locals temporarily unable to return to their homes.
They expected to put assemble between 12,000 and 16,000 meals for families in third-world countries.
Instead, the 60 volunteers who showed up at the Arlington Free Methodist Youth Center at 10 a.m. on Nov. 13 had already assembled 11,500 such meals for the “Children of the Nations” by noon that day, and put together 18,000 meals by the time they finished that afternoon.
The Rotary Club of Arlington announced and recognized its Students of the Month for November at its Nov. 18 meeting.
The generosity of a local potato farmer allowed the student body of Lakewood High School to help round out the holiday meals of area food bank customers.
Paul Nyenhuis has worked as an aircraft mechanic at the Arlington Municipal Airport for more than 35 years and Cathy Mighell hopes to shine a spotlight on him and a number of his fellow aviators from around the area for a good cause.
