woman in her mid-50s suffered life-threatening injuries when she was involved in a head-on collision in the 14300 block of Jordon Road at approximately 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15. The injured woman was airlifted to Harborview.
ARLINGTON — Sound Salmon Solutions is continuing its clean-up efforts along the Stillaguamish River, and it’s looking for more volunteers to help pick up plastic bottles, styrofoam containers, paper bags and other junk from the Blue Stilly put-in point.
The waterways cleanup at the Blue Stilly fishing access point will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 17.
MARYSVILLE — The Arlington community observed Sept. 11, 2011, not only as the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but also as a day for their firefighters to rededicate themselves and their “house.”
Arlington Firehouse 46 was thronged with crowds well before the Blackjack Squadron flew a “Missing Man Formation” in the skies overhead, to honor the 2,977 lives lost 10 years ago, after which Arlington Deputy Fire Chief Tom Cooper opened the day’s ceremonies shortly after 11 a.m. by reflecting on where he was when the planes struck the Twin Towers.
ARLINGTON —The Sarvey Wildlife Care Center is hoping to bring its facilities into the 21st century, but it needs the community’s help to do it.
To that end, Sarvey is inviting the community to attend a fundraiser for these facilities at Craven Farms in Snohomish on Sept. 18 from 4-7 p.m. Tickets for this “Whiskey Barbecue” are only $50 each and are available by contacting Sarvey by phone at 360-435-4817 or via email at margie@sarveywildlife.org. Included in the ticket price are hors d’oeuvres, two drink tickets and a barbecue dinner. Additional drink tickets will be available for purchase.
ARLINGTON — Open Door Theatre, a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is staging a garage sale starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, in the parking lot of Pioneer Elementary in Arlington, located at 8213 Eaglefield Dr., just west of Highway 9, at the entrance to the Gleneagle housing development. The semi-annual homeowners association garage sale at Gleneagle will be underway on that same day.
ARLINGTON — The first day of school is enough to make any kid a bit nervous, even if she’s a veteran of first days of school like Kent Prairie Elementary fourth-grader Makenzie Leathers.
“I’m kinda scared,” Makenzie said, shrugging her shoulders.
“Isn’t the teacher your best friend’s mom, though?” asked Makenzie’s mom, Heidi Clark, whose son Joseph starts his junior year at Arlington High School this year.
As Makenzie bid farewell to her parents, Heidi Clark and Jason Leathers, on Sept. 7 for the first day of the 2011-12 school year in the Arlington School District, dad Jason laughed as he admitted to looking forward to more free time, while mom Heidi noted that her volunteer work at the school will mean that she’ll still see her kids, and plenty of others, during the day.
Six months of planning and coordination served as the capstone for Ryan Guentz’s 13 years in the Boy Scouts, on a project that benefited the local American Legion as well.
Those who plan on visiting downtown Arlington during the weekend of Sept. 10-11 should wear their walking shoes, since both days will be packed with activities for pedestrians, including commemorations of the 9/11 attacks 10 years ago.
n addition to their own respective commemorations, the Arlington and Marysville communities will be coming together during the week of Sept. 11 to honor the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Duane Weston has volunteered countless hours of community service over the course of several decades in Arlington, and for his efforts he’ll be receiving the Stillaguamish Senior Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Oct. 29 will see the Downtown Arlington Business Association dedicating the completion of a project that’s been one of their goals for years.
The city of Arlington is mourning the passing of City Council Member Scott Solla, who served the city from 2006 until his passing early this morning. Council Member Solla passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer. In honor of Council member Solla, City flags are being flown at half‐staff.
On Friday, Sept. 2, at approximately 6:05 p.m., Arlington Police arrested a 32-year-old Marysville man in connection with two recent robberies of local banks in Arlington.
