In an era of depleting natural resources and energy supplies, the world has finally begun to look to other sources to provide our booming population with its power needs. Candidates for the next main power source are mostly environmentally based, such as tidal, solar and wind power. Another prospective source comes from nuclear energy; strong and mighty. Nuclear energy, aside from being able to provide a large quantity of power for our disposal, is too unstable and harmful to be used with minimal damage to the environment and to the human race.
Last week I shared with you my experience of putting up several feeders in my yard and the thrill of watching all the birds come to them. There is something about birds that completes the gardening experience. And there are several things we all can do as gardeners to encourage birds to visit our yards.
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EVERETT — Three Marysville-area artists — James Madison, Susie Howell and Judy Zugish — and Arlington artist Helen Lueken have been accepted to show their work in Art of the Garden, an annual show presented by the Arts Council of Snohomish County.
ARLINGTON — Along with more than 70 vendors on the new Olympic Avenue, new and familiar faces will be featured at the Arlington Street Fair July 11, 12 and 13.
A 30-page guide to the Silvana Fair is now available at the post office and various locations around north Snohomish County. The fair is in downtown Silvana 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 26. Entries are due July 15. For information call 360-652-0587.
Arlington Lions Club meets second and fourth Wednesdays at the Local Scoop at 6:30 p.m. Call Doug Merz at 360-435-5424 or Randy Tendering at 360-435-3094.
Puget Sound Blood Center will hold the following blood drives for Western Washington Hospitals. Call 1-800-398-7888.
After the June 6 golf tournament was postponed due to rain, the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce enjoyed a glistening day in bright sunshine June 25. Although the course was short 34 golfers, the day was a success, said Tarin O’Brien.
On the main stage, the gazebo in Legion Park and environs
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• Lakewood School District Superintendent Kristine McDuffy officially began her new job July 2, but she started it without a desk. “I think they’re going to put me back there,” she said, pointing to the back of the district administrative building. At the top of McDuffy’s list of ideas is the formation of a district advisory council, something that she had been discussing for several years with outgoing superintendent Wayne Robertson. The district council would “help construct a diverse perspective and inform people about how the district operates,” said McDuffy. She hopes the district advisory council will include parents, students, staff, members of the community. “If a business person asks, ‘Why are we spending this?’ these questions and different perspectives can add value. That’s what I’m looking to do — add value at the district level.”
