John B. Lidell
M-P grad picked in MLB draft
ARLINGTON — Area churches and volunteers have come together to help victims of last year’s flooding in Lewis County, Wash., rebuild their homes and lives, but more help is needed, and the Arlington Free Methodist Church is offering another opportunity to pitch in.
Providing official legal notice of land use applications, hearings, decisions and state environmental policy act (SEPA) threshold determinations within unincorporated…
ARLINGTON — The city’s utility director Jim Kelly, wants to hear your opinion.
ARLINGTON — After its absence last year, the Downtown Arlington Merchants Association’s Show ‘N Shine returned to Olympic Avenue June 14.
SILVANA — To save a firefighter’s life was the mission of the Snohomish County Fire District No. 19 of Silvana when they hosted a training May 3, said Captain Chad Berg of District 19.
Step by step we are working to restore the health of Puget Sound, the rivers and our Pacific coast. We’re working through the Puget Sound Partnership clean-up effort and also implementing the Tribal/State Ocean Ecosystem Initiative — an ecosystem-based approach to management of our Pacific coastal waters — to make this part of the world a healthier place for all of us to call home.
Last year’s Strawberry Festival Ambassador, Brooklynn El Fattal learned a lot of dance routines this year for her performance in the Northwest Savoyards’ production of “The Music Man.” She and her two sisters are performing as River City Teens and River City Kids in the chorus of Meredith Willson’s musical about a fast-talking traveling salesman who intends to con the people of River City until he falls for Marian the librarian.
On behalf of the members of the Arlington Masonic Lodge 129, we would like to thank all the families in Gleneagle who participated in the Lodge’s 3rd annual clothing drive, coinciding with the Gleneagle garage sale. Your donations were greatly appreciated. The Masons collected and sorted 50 yard bags full of clothing. The clothing was then given to the Kid’s Kloset and Helping Hands, both non-profit organizations here in Arlington. The clothing drive was once again a success, thanks to you.
What is Marysville’s Planned Parenthood Clinic contribution to the national abortion statistics? Have they gone down as the national trend has gone down? According to LifeSiteNews.com, Planned Parenthood reported 289,650 abortions and received $336 million in public funding in 2006, while their bottom line indicated $112 million profit.
On behalf of the Marysville Community Food Bank, I want to express our deep appreciation to all the Postal Workers who participated in the Letter Carriers Food Drive on May 10. We extend a special thanks to Rocky and Abe at the Marysville Post Office and Annex. The extra time and effort resulted in a collection of over 21 tons of food, all of which will remain in Marysville and will be distributed to the hungry in our service area.
On Friday, May 30, I was fortunate enough to participate in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer fundraiser at Fanny’s Restaurant in Marysville. I saw a terrific family unit working together as one with the sole purpose of helping others.
