Verna H. Gibson went home to be with our Lord Jesus on February 24, 2012. Verna was born on September…
Services will be held Friday March 9, 2 PM First Baptist Church 426 North French Ave Arlington, WA 98223
ARLINGTON — Cascade Valley Hospital has been designated a Level 2 Cardiac Care Center and a Level 3 Stroke Care Center by the state of Washington’s Emergency Cardiac and Stroke System. Both designations are good for three years.
ARLINGTON — Arlington’s Michael Baxter was recently named to the Sterling College Dean’s List for the fall 2011 semester.
SMOKEY POINT — Cascade Companion Care has been recognized with Home Care Pulse’s “Best of Home Care” distinction, which is awarded to the top 25 percent of agencies in client and employee satisfaction scores from Home Care Pulse. By this metric, Cascade Companion Care is now ranked among the best agencies in the country.
Two area students spent January studying far afield as part of a special program through Linfield College.
Arlington’s Leah Rensel, a junior majoring in biology, took the college’s class on “Literary Biology of the Sea of Cortez” at the Sea of Cortez in the Gulf of California, while Marysville’s Peyton Mizell, a junior majoring in economics, took the college’s class on “Creative Writing in the U.K.” in the United Kingdom.
ARLINGTON — Although one woman was found dead in a recent house fire in Arlington, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner has ruled her death a homicide by strangling that occurred sometime before the fire itself.
ARLINGTON — On Wednesday, Feb. 15, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Arlington fire crews were dispatched to a residential fire in the 18600 block of Silverleaf Place NE. On arrival, fire crews found heavy fire showing at the home.
OLYMPIA — State Rep. Barbara Bailey is inviting her constituents in the 10th District to a telephone town hall meeting on Monday, Feb. 20. The community conversation, which will be conducted like a call-in radio show, will run from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, of Washington state’s 2nd Congressional District, will hold a telephone town hall on Thursday, Feb. 16, starting at 6 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Kent Prairie Elementary celebrated its champions with the Olympics-themed return of its PTA’s 12th annual fundraising carnival on Friday, Feb. 10.
Although they were edged out 64-57 by Stanwood on the evening of Friday, Feb. 3, the Arlington High School boys basketball team came away winners in the ongoing fight against cancer, as they helped raise $1,254 for the American Cancer Society through the “Coaches vs. Cancer” game that evening.
Christian Waldall, a 12-year-old Arlington boy, not only won the half-court shot at the Arlington High School basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 2, but he also took the $100 prize from Arlington Physical Therapy, which sponsored the half-court shot contest, and gave it to his football teammate and friend Gabe Green.
