SMOKEY POINT — The Stillaguamish Senior Center will be hosting volunteers from SHIBA — Statewide Health Insurance Benefit Advisors, an organization sponsored by the state Office of the Insurance Commissioner — to offer free unbiased healthcare counseling to Washington state residents on Nov. 16.
ARLINGTON — A full day of events is scheduled in downtown Arlington the Saturday before Halloween.
SMOKEY POINT — The Marysville Rotary’s “Pumpkins for Literacy” pumpkin patch, at the Plant Farm at Smokey Point, will run through Sunday, Oct, 30, one day before Halloween, to give local families a chance to pick up their choice of jack-o’-lanterns.
ARLINGTON — With the recent completion of Centennial Trail’s 1.2-mile gap between 172nd and 152nd streets along 67th Avenue NE, the Snohomish County Parks Department is now seeking input on its trail plan through an online survey.
ARLINGTON — Sami Smith, a 17-year old senior at Arlington High School, recently made it into the top 50 semi-finalists of the nationwide “Sketch Your Prom Dress” contest conducted by Seventeen Magazine and David’s Bridal, but she’ll need some support from Facebook fans to have a shot at pulling through.
Sami is hoping that her purple dress sketch will earn her the grand prize of a $25,000 college scholarship, a three-day trip to New York City to put the final touches on a sample of her dress, which would be manufactured and sold in David’s Bridal stores for the prom of spring 2012, and a $5,000 donation to her high school. The two runners-up will receive a trip to NYC and a $400 certificate to David’s Bridal.
ARLINGTON — The Legion Park gazebo will once again serve as the site for the annual pumpkin pie contest that’s a traditional part of Arlington’s “Hometown Halloween.”
For more than a decade, bakers have taken out their pans and favorite recipes to bake pumpkin pies, and on Saturday, Oct. 29, contestants will be able to test the fruits of their labors on the town’s taste buds from 10-11 a.m.
SMOKEY POINT — The Stillaguamish Senior Center will once again be hosting its annual Harvest and Holiday Bazaar on Oct. 22.
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., visitors will be able to enjoy indoor shopping featuring a wide variety of items made by local artisans, including woodwork, jewelry, Christmas ornaments and other holiday decorations, quilts, candles and much more.
SMOKEY POINT — Live music, kayaking and flight are among the adventures that will be auctioned off at the ninth annual “Fall Into Art” auction on Saturday, Oct. 15.
This will accompany an assortment of original art and an evening of festivities to benefit the Arlington Arts Council’s mission to bring more art to Arlington.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Library, located at 135 N. Washington Ave., has a full calendar of events scheduled for the month of October.
ARLINGTON — Eight years in, and organizers of the annual Drag Strip Reunion and Car Show at the Arlington Airport agreed that Sept. 10 marked their best show ever.
“More than 500 cars were on display for an audience of at least 2,300 spectators,” said Bill Kinney, director of the Arlington Boys & Girls Club, who approached the Port Gardner Vintage Auto Club two years ago about partnering on the Drag Strip Reunion. “We probably generated about $12,000. This year is probably our most successful ever.”
ARLINGTON — Spend an evening out being entertained by the music of the swing era in the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 8.
The “Route 66” swing band will be headlining, with Arlington High School Jazz Band I opening the show. Route 66 has been playing instrumental and vocal music from the swing era throughout the greater Puget Sound region for more than 25 years. They specialize in the music of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s, for fans both young and old.
SMOKEY POINT — Graham Kerr, local author and TV personality, will be the headline speaker at noon during the Stillaguamish Senior Center’s annual Health and Social Services Fair, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 28.
Kerr, also known as the “Galloping Gourmet,” is an award-winning author and experienced public speaker who will be talking about the importance of having “good health and good taste.” His focus is on serving people who want to make healthy and creative lifestyle changes, and he believes that the only lasting changes are the ones that we enjoy.
On a cloudy day in August a handful of high school students were making Arlington history — they were rehearsing a musical. This September “The Fantasticks” will be brought to life in the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center as the first entirely student directed and produced main stage show ever attempted at the high school.
