ARLINGTON — David Christian Stout, a Level 3 sex offender, has moved into the 8600 block of 172nd Street NE in Arlington.
Stout is a 32-year-old Caucasian male who stands 6 feet tall, weighs 175 pounds, and has brown hair and blue eyes.
ARLINGTON — Fogdog Gallery on Olympic Avenue is teaming up with the Downtown Arlington Business Association to stage Arlington’s first “Zombie Walk,” to raise money for art supplies for local middle and high school-aged young people.
“After I met a student in my gallery one day who was unable to do her art at home because she couldn’t afford the supplies, I decided to try and do something about it,” said Claire Cundiff, owner of Fogdog Gallery.
The clock is ticking for Helping Hands of Arlington. The thrift store at 127 W. Cox Ave. has until the end of October to find a new home, but without some outside intervention even the most inexpensive of options will be well out of their reach.
With two propositions slated for next February’s ballot, the Lakewood School District took the time to explain to the community what’s at stake. Lakewood Middle School hosted a “School Finances and Information Fair” on Oct. 4, for the community to learn more about these two proposed ballot measures.
Even with a steady drizzle during the day, Arlington High School Band students were on target to make their goal of 150 cars washed at their annual fundraiser in the high school parking lot on Oct. 1. “We never miss that target,” AHS Band Director John Grabowski said. “Our goal is to wash 50 cars for every two-hour shift, with four stations set aside for washing and two more for drying. We have about 60-70 kids per shift, but between 20-30 of them just stick around to wash cars all day.”
LAKEWOOD — The Plant Farm at Smokey Point is once again covered in pumpkins, but the Rotary Club of Marysville’s annual “Pumpkins for Literacy” program has a few new wrinkles this year.
“We’ve got four weekends instead of three this year for our pumpkin patch,” Marysville Rotary Past President Gayl Spilman said of the event, which kicks off on Oct. 8 and runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, through Halloween, Oct. 31. “We still have the bouncy houses and the hay and train rides, though.”
The Black Raven Stables in Arlington received their second visit from champion horse rider Aaron Ralston from Oct. 1-3, as he teamed up with “People Helping Horses” to offer a clinic for fellow equestrian enthusiasts from throughout the state and beyond. Ralston provided on-air commentary for NBC’s coverage of the reining competition portion of the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky., and can be seen weekly on RFD-TV’s “The Ride with Aaron Ralston.” About a year ago he met up with Gretchen Salstrom, owner of Black Raven Stables and founder of the Arlington-based “People Helping Horses,” through what they both called “horse circles” and since then, he’s supported her mission of rehabilitating, retraining and re-homing horses.
“If you don’t have an ugly tie, you can buy one,” said Brian Beckley, principal of Arlington High School, as he opened the Bingo games for the Arlington “Dollars for Scholars” Foundation’s annual fundraiser in the Presidents Elementary cafetorium.
With the new school year well underway, the Arlington School District celebrated the accomplishments of its Summer School for English Language Learners, which ran from Aug. 15-26 at Presidents Elementary to help students ready themselves for this school year.
What began as a comparison of policy ideas and accomplishments in office between the two candidates for Snohomish County Executive dipped into the territory of character attacks near the end of their joint appearance in front of the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 30.
ARLINGTON — Arlington High School’s “College Day” will bring community colleges, state colleges and universities to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 11, to conduct informational sessions and answer students’ questions.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington High School Robotics Club faced unpleasant weather as close to half of their roughly two-dozen members stood outside and patiently collected cash donations and electronic items at their annual recycling drive on Oct. 1.
AHS Robotics Club President Dan Radion estimated that not only the day’s cold rain, but also the event’s move to a new location might have diminished the community’s participation.
The Arlington City Council gave itself some extra time to consider the issue of medical marijuana during their Oct. 3 meeting. After a public hearing during which no one stepped up to offer any testimony, the Council voted unanimously to extend their moratorium on medical marijuana collective gardens within the city limits, from six months to a full year, dating from Aug. 15 of this year.
