The Trafton School has been closed for more than a year, but the members of the Oso Community Chapel have no intention of letting the historic building go to waste. On Sept. 24, more than a dozen parishioners arrived early on a Saturday morning, armed with tools ranging from brooms and vacuum cleaners to a weed-whacker, to spruce up the old building as the first step toward establishing it as the site for a non-profit community program called “HighPoint.”
Navy Seaman Recruit Genna A. Maratita, daughter of Avelina A. and Gregory J. Maratita of Marysville, Wash., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
Motorists and pedestrians passing through downtown Arlington have probably noticed some black marks on the city’s image, literally, on Olympic Avenue since Friday, Sept. 9. The annual Drag Strip Reunion and Car Show didn’t begin in earnest until Saturday, Sept. 10, but with a number of auto enthusiasts arriving in town the night before, the rubber met the road hard enough to leave skid-marks that have remained visible since.
Lakewood High School Principal Dale Leach acknowledged that students can occasionally see senior projects as merely being “a box to check off,” but he was heartened by the example of LHS senior Ashlie Jensen on Sept. 24.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington High School Robotics Club invites the community to contribute their old, used, non-working or unwanted electronic devices to their second annual Computer and Electronics Recycling Drive on Oct. 1.
AHS Robotics Club student and faculty members will be collecting computers, monitors, laptops, TVs, cell phones, printers, telephones and computer accessories at the Co-op Farm Supply in downtown Arlington from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood School District Board of Directors is considering two important propositions for next February’s ballot.
Proposition one would renew the current maintenance and operations levy, which represents approximately 20 percent of the district’s total operating budget.
Proposition two would be a capital levy to pay for critical repairs at some of its schools, by replacing failing roofs and electrical, heating and ventilation systems, as well as to continue funding the district’s investment in technology, to support student learning and address pre-planning for a future modernization of its high school.
To that end, the district has scheduled a School Finances and Information Fair on Oct. 4, for the community to learn more about these two proposed ballot measures.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington “Dollars for Scholars” Foundation will have a chance to double their money in one night, when they stage their annual Bingo fundraising event on Oct. 1 at Presidents Elementary.
“Dollars for Scholars” awards scholarships to local high school graduates to help them pay for their post-secondary school dreams. Every year since 1999, the Arlington chapter has been able to take advantage of a matching grant offered by the Washington state Board of Higher Education. If the Arlington chapter can raise $2,000, the state Board will match it.
Everett Community College’s Adult Literacy Center is seeking volunteers who can offer two or more hours per week to assist adults learning reading, writing, English speaking and basic math.
Arlington police are notifying community members about a convicted sex offender who is moving back to town.
SMOKEY POINT — Area walkers will be able to stay fit this weekend while supporting a local girl suffering from a serious medical condition.
Lakewood High School senior Ashlie Jensen is organizing the “Pump It Out For Platelets” 5K walk, starting at the Stillaguamish Athletic Club in Arlington at 10 a.m. on Sept. 24, for her little sister Karlie, who was diagnosed with a bleeding disorder called ITP when she was only 2 years old.
Gray skies and drizzling rain couldn’t keep visitors away from Pioneer Hall on Sept. 17, as the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum’s annual “Pioneer Days” attracted a large number of first-time attendees to the event, not only from neighboring Marysville and Everett further south, but also as far away as Moses Lake.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington City Council has approved a timeline for filling the seat left vacant by Council member Scott Solla’s passing.
The city of Arlington is calculating their 90-day window to select a new Council member to serve out Solla’s term retroactive from Sept. 3 of this year, which would give the Council a deadline of Dec. 1 to appoint Solla’s successor.
TULALIP — Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon and 44th District state Rep. Mike Hope will be tackling the issues facing the county, its residents and its businesses during the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce’s Candidate Forum.
The forum will take place during the Chamber’s monthly Business Before Hours in the Canoes Cabaret of the Tulalip Resort Casino, which runs from 7-9 a.m. on Sept. 30. The event is intended to give both candidates for Snohomish County Executive — incumbent Reardon and challenger Hope — an opportunity to answer questions from an audience and each other.
