ARLINGTON — Local churches and businesses are once again joining forces to provide backpacks filled with much-needed school supplies to Arlington’s children at this year’s “Back2School Rally,” which will kick off at 3 p.m. on Aug. 28 at Presidents Elementary.
Last year’s Rally served 500 children from the Arlington and Lakewood school districts. In addition to providing school supplies, area businesses donated haircuts, dental checkups and free food for the families that attended the event.
ARLINGTON — The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society is having its annual garage sale to raise money for its rent fund.
This year’s sale runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug 12 and 13, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 14, at Marietta Roth’s house at 27230 State Route 9, just north of the Stanwood/Bryant Store.
ARLINGTON — The 22nd Annual Stillaguamish Festival of the River and Pow Wow is coming up.
The event, which takes place starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, and Sunday, Aug. 14, will again be held at River Meadows County Park. This year will also debut an additional day for the festival, starting at 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, for a music show.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Farmers’ Market is growing with the goal of being a valuable community resource. The market and the city of Arlington have worked together to present the following upcoming family-friendly activities in Legion Park during the month of August.
Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire declared the week of Aug. 7-13 to be “National Farmers’ Market Week.” As such, Arlington residents are encouraged to come down to the farmers’ market to meet their local farmers that Saturday, Aug. 13, which will also mark the second of two days of chainsaw carving competitions in Legion Park, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both Saturday and Friday, Aug. 12.
ARLINGTON — An Arlington resident and business owner was sentenced to prison last month for willful failure to pay over taxes.
Deborah Ann Guenthner, 51, owned and operated WRG Electric, Inc., and Electrical Construction, Inc., both based in Arlington.
On July 15, she was sentenced to six months in prison, to be followed by six months of home electronic monitoring, by U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez in Seattle.
On Aug. 2, divers and rescuers recovered the body of a 19-year-old Everett man who presumably drowned while swimming in the Stillaguamish River on the evening of Aug. 1 near the Blue Stilly Park, northwest of Arlington.
ARLINGTON — The 100 block of S. Stillaguamish Avenue will be closed from Aug. 1 through Aug. 3 between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Detours will be in effect as city of Arlington crews work to upgrade the street’s water lines
SMOKEY POINT — A new street between Smokey Point Boulevard and 43rd Avenue NE will be the subject of discussion between city of Arlington officials and citizens at an upcoming meeting.
Since Dec. 2 of last year, the city has initiated the preliminary design stage for the development of a new roadway. The public will be provided with information on the new 173rd Street NE on Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. in the Arlington City Council Chambers, located behind City Hall at 238 N. Olympic Ave.
ARLINGTON — Tanner Swanson earned his Eagle Scout rank by helping local pedestrians learn more about the Arlington community.
With the help of fellow Scouts and their parents, Swanson installed four kiosks in the city of Arlington during the week of July 18. This was one of the last requirements he needed to become an Eagle Scout.
One event is certain … Change … nothing ever stays the same and Arlington is no exception. The right person to pilot and manage the change is crucial to the success and livability of our community. Right now, before the citizens of Arlington is the wonderful opportunity to elect Debora Nelson as their next mayor.
Occasionally, a candidate for political office appears among us offering the needed credentials for a particular elected position. Such a candidate is Barbara Tolbert. Her seeking of the office of mayor of Arlington offers our community a candidate with the potential to continue the wonderful legacy of Margaret Larsen and move it forward into the future.
Everyone’s known pivotal awakenings that cause things to change forever. One of mine was when I awoke to the utter stupidity of planning my life around the few days when grass is dry enough to cut. Those are also the days when one craves to be doing something else, right? So I asked myself, do I really want to spend the best days of the year yoked to a lawnmower?
The 100,000-square-foot facility being built just south of the Navy Support Complex in north Marysville won’t be completed by its projected date this month. The $33 million Armed Forces Reserve Center at 136th Street NE has been designed to support six Reserve units and three National Guard commands, including more than 250 soldiers from the Army Reserve’s 364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, headquartered at Fort Lawton in Seattle, and approximately 300 traditional National Guardsmen currently stationed at the Everett National Guard Armory.
