Come get your hands dirty and learn some new trail building skills with fellow forest landowners. Good walking trails can greatly increase the enjoyment of your property for you and your family, as well as providing access for maintenance, fire control, etc. Join WSU Extension forestry educators and trail experts from EarthCorps to learn how to properly build and maintain trails through different types of terrain, and what tools and materials are required. This will be an outdoor, hands-on workshop where you will get to practice working on an actual trail, learn to build a footbridge and more.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Library, located at 135 N. Washington Ave., has a full calendar of events scheduled for the month of September.
t’s that time of year again when corn connoisseurs come out and celebrate the best local sweet corn in the country. Two full days of excitement await visitors at Garden Treasures Nursery & Organic Farm and Foster’s Produce & Corn Maze on the Red Rooster Route. Both farms will host a variety of farm-centered activities and mouth-watering corn roasts for sweet corn-lovers.
The Arlington Airport will once again be revving with hot rod and classic car engines this fall, as the Arlington Drag Strip Reunion returns for its eighth year on the blacktop. Visitors will be able to get an eyeful of vintage vehicles and souped-up rigs on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for $3 apiece, while entrants in the show will be charged $25 each at the gate. Those who arrive at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9 will be treated to events of their own.
It was a whirlwind weekend for Debbie Tremko, and she wouldn’t have had it any other way. Before Aug. 12, she was still Debbie Anderson, and she was not only planning the return to downtown Arlington of the “Country Chainsaw Carvers” event that she’d started last year, but she was also preparing for a visit from film crews for the Discovery Channel who were going to tape video segments of her fellow chainsaw carvers at her now-annual event.
Fogdog gallery is inviting the public to their latest fogdog Friday and their first trunk show ever – featuring the unique and elegant handmade jewelry of Sam Kaffine.
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.
ARLINGTON — Legion Park will be the site for chainsaw carving, a wedding and the taping of a Discovery Channel show on Aug. 12, and Arlington chainsaw carver Debbie Anderson is part of all three.
The Discovery Channel got in touch with Anderson after reading about her in The Arlington Times, and Anderson expressed pride in the fact that a number of the chainsaw carvers taking part in the Aug. 12-13 event in Legion Park have already been taped for the channel’s upcoming nine-part “Sawdogs” series.
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.
SILVANA — Although its traditional parade will be taking a break this year, the Silvana Fair will still offer a host of agricultural activities for attendees of all ages.
Silvana’s Viking Hall on Pioneer Highway — State Route 530 — and the adjacent fields will once again serve as the staging grounds for the event, which takes place on the last Saturday of every July.
The 64th annual Silvana Fair will be open to the public starting at 9 a.m. on July 30, with a flag-raising and opening ceremonies following at 9:15 a.m., during which everyone is encouraged to participate. While there won’t be a parade, attending 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America chapters will be allowed to display their banners before the kick-off of the kids’ games, for attendees aged 16 years and younger.
Arlington High School graduate Ryann Lewis has danced onboard the USS Intrepid, she’s twirled in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty and she’s a mentor to young girls in the community. She also carried a 3.87 grade-point average throughout high school.
Terrace Park is once again a hot spot for summer fun for the whole family through the month of July. City of Arlington Recreation Coordinator Sarah Higgins explained that this year’s events and activities in the park will be a mix of new attractions and familiar favorites.
