It all seems to happen so fast. For months and endless months this year we have been dealing with cold cloudy days and sloppy soils. The thought of dragging out a hose and watering something wasn’t anywhere near the top of my to-do list. In fact, often times I was trying to figure out how to get excess moisture out of my garden. Well, guess what? It’s time to shift gears and get back on a watering regime that is both beneficial to the needs of our garden and sensitive to the laws of conservation. In other words, it’s time for my summer diatribe on proper watering.
On behalf of the Marysville Strawberry Festival, I would like to thank all of our sponsors, volunteers and everyone that attended for making “Wish Upon a Berry” a huge success. Without the support of the community the festival wouldn’t be what it is today. So, thank you.
North County Firefighters currently have the privilege of providing emergency medical services to the residents of North County Regional Fire Authority. Some of the communities who we serve are Bryant, Freeborn, Warm Beach, Kayak, Lake Ketchum, Sunday Lake, Lake Armstrong, Kackman, Mckee’s Beach and Grandview just to list a few. This service continually has to expand to help meet the demand due to population growth.
Summertime festivals are a wonderful way to showcase all the great things happening in a community and Arlington took full advantage of that this past weekend when it played host to the annual Arlington Fly-In and celebrated the Street Fair on the revamped Olympic Avenue.
Let me say that I was extremely impressed with the depth of the argument in opposition to nuclear energy as posed in the July 9 Arlington Times by the PUD Essay winner, Leah Rensel. It’s very encouraging to those in my generation to know that those in the following generations are looking at energy alternatives available to the world in the coming years. Ms. Rensel stated her position very well, however, as is often the case with issues, there are two sides which need to be considered and I would like to respond with another position.
The United States has been burning coal for years and is currently burning it like never before. It’s unrenewable and harmful qualities have been overlooked in our hunger to reach our growing energy demands. Today, 56 percent of the United State’s energy is produced by coal fired plants (Lester, 1998). As a result, the United States is the world’s largest CO2 emitter (Seattle Times, 2007) and produces two billion tons of carbon dioxide per year (Schirber, 2007).
•The Ken Baxter Senior/Community Center, part of Marysville Parks and Recreation, is looking for volunteers to assist with their annual senior citizen BBQ, Wednesday, Aug. 13; 70-100 volunteers needed between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Serve food and coffee, listen to great music, help with set-up and clean up. Contact Maryke Burgess, KBSCC Manager at 360-363-8450.
A senior at Weston High School who will be graduating in September, Lacey Walker was instrumental in making it possible for 90 of her fellow classmates at Weston and the Freshman Academy to travel to Seattle to see “The Diary of Ann Frank” before school let out this year.
It all seems to happen so fast. For months and endless months this year we have been dealing with cold cloudy days and sloppy soils. The thought of dragging out a hose and watering something wasn’t anywhere near the top of my to-do list. In fact, often times I was trying to figure out how to get excess moisture out of my garden. Well, guess what? It’s time to shift gears and get back on a watering regime that is both beneficial to the needs of our garden and sensitive to the laws of conservation. In other words, it’s time for my summer diatribe on proper watering.
CAMANO ISLAND — Arlington Arts Council members Kent Baker, Ricky Barrick, Helen Saunders and Norman Kearsley are some of the 134 artists and organizations who are participating in Camano Island’s Arts Festival Art by the Bay July 19 and 20. A Lake Ki resident, Rodney Patzer is also participating.
Cascade Valley Hospital is acquiring art for its new building which opens in September 2009. Artists who would like to be considered should request a prospectus from Heather Logan at 360-618-7805 or heatherl@cascadevalley.org. Deadline is Aug. 15.
DARRINGTON — Folks in Darrington are working up a storm this week, getting ready for the 32nd annual Darrington Bluegrass Festival. The festival starts at
Recent M-P grad Haley Nemra has recently recieved the OK from the NCAA to compete in the 2008 Olympics this summer in Beijing.
