ARLINGTON — The Arlington Garden Club hopes to help area horticulturists with “Trouble Spots in the Garden.”
The club’s March 14 meeting will offer tips on how to kill Morning Glory Roots, as well as how to respond to moss and unproductive Iris. Drainage field planting will be among the other topics discussed by certified professional horticulturist Michelle Clark, which were determined in advance by feedback solicited from club members.
ARLINGTON — Julia Lien has lived long enough to hold her great-great-granddaughter in her arms, and she shows no signs of slowing down.
Lien was born on March 11, 1911, and on March 12, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Arlington will serve as the site for her 100th birthday party, from 1-5 p.m.
Kent Prairie Elementary became a big top circus on the evening of Feb. 11, thanks to students, school staff and community volunteers.
OSO — Karen Crabtree has lost more than 30 years of her life.
On the evening of Jan. 31, a fire consumed close to half of Crabtree’s house near Oso which she’d made her home since the late 1970s.
Wildlife awareness, arts and crafts, and whimsical activities marked the fourth annual Eagle Festival on Feb. 5 in Arlington, with city of Arlington Natural Resources Director Bill Blake reporting that all the day’s events attracted about 2,000 attendees.
The vows they recited were solemn yet punctuated by humor, and the attendees’ attire was hardly formal, but their well-worn leather jackets and blue jeans reflected the 35 married couples’ shared experiences on the road perhaps more than any suits or dresses could.
ARLINGTON — Arlington High School’s annual “Jazzmine” musical stage show will once again take to the boards in late February and early March with this year’s “Media Overload.”
“Media Overload” opens on Feb. 25, and returns on Feb. 26 and on March 4, 5 and 6.
The breadth of Arlington’s band students will be showcased at the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center on Feb. 8, when Arlington High School’s concert groups will be joined by the Haller and Post middle school eighth-grade bands for their annual combined winter band concert.
ARLINGTON — Arlington High School theater students were afforded an opportunity to perform on a broader stage last month, when they joined fellow theater students from across western Washington to take part in the International Thespian Society District Festival.
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington and the Stillaguamish Tribe will present the fourth annual Eagle Festival on Feb. 5 in Arlington.
The Stillaguamish watershed hosts large concentrations of bald eagles during the winter, when they feed on the spawning salmon, the City of Arlington is once again inviting visitors to see the eagles in town and take part in a variety of educational and entertaining events during the day.
Two Arlington High School Band members will be getting their chance to shine on a broader stage Feb. 20.
Flute-player Savannah Leavitt has been selected for the Washington Music Educators Association All-State Band, while clarinet-player and fellow AHS junior Andrew Clark has been selected for the National Association for Music Education All-Northwest Band. Both bands will begin rehearsals in Bellevue Feb. 17 to prepare for their concerts there on Feb. 20.
ARLINGTON — Jesse Taylor still considers himself an Arlington cowboy through and through, but in his quest to become a country musician the 23-year-old has made a name and a new home for himself in a place that’s about as far removed from the rainy
The Arlington Kiwanis Club and the Friends of the Arlington Library delivered some presents to third-grade students in the Arlington, Lakewood and Darrington school districts just before the winter holidays.
