ARLINGTON — All six candidates for the Arlington mayor’s race answered questions about their qualifications and plans for the office they sought, during a public forum that had begun as a function for a more specific audience.
The Arlington Firefighters IAFF Local 3728 and Arlington Police Officer’s Association conducted the forum at Olympic Place Retirement and Assisted Living on Aug. 4, asking the candidates questions not only from the members of their own groups, but also from those who attended that evening’s event.

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ARLINGTON — With the deadline to mail in primary ballots on Aug. 16, The Arlington Times asked the six candidates for the Arlington mayor’s race a set of four questions. The following are their answers.

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In spite of what one might expect from Washington state weather, organizers of the Silvana Fair take pride in pointing out that it’s almost never rained on the day of their fair. The 64th annual Silvana Fair proved to be no exception as the day’s warm sun and cloudless skies seemed to attract even more attendees than usual to Silvana’s Viking Hall and the adjacent fields on July 30.

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ARLINGTON — An Arlington resident and business owner was sentenced to prison last month for willful failure to pay over taxes.
Deborah Ann Guenthner, 51, owned and operated WRG Electric, Inc., and Electrical Construction, Inc., both based in Arlington.
On July 15, she was sentenced to six months in prison, to be followed by six months of home electronic monitoring, by U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez in Seattle.

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On Aug. 2, divers and rescuers recovered the body of a 19-year-old Everett man who presumably drowned while swimming in the Stillaguamish River on the evening of Aug. 1 near the Blue Stilly Park, northwest of Arlington.

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For five days, 30 boys and girls participated in the environment outreach camp P.S.I Love You at Arlington High School. The students, who ranged in ages from 11-18, learned about where water goes and what it takes with it when it reaches the Puget Sound.

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ARLINGTON — Close to a month later, Arlington police are still searching for a bank robbery suspect whose image was captured on video.
“Snohomish just had a bank robbery with the same suspect and the exact same M.O. as ours,” Arlington Police Detective Peter Barrett said of the July 28 robbery of the Key Bank in Snohomish. Just as the Snohomish robbery occurred shortly before 4:30 p.m., the June 30 robbery of the Chase Bank in Arlington occurred at approximately 4:20 p.m.
The suspect has been described as a white male in his mid 40s to early 50s, standing between 5’5″ to 5’8″ tall and weighing between 230 to 260 pounds, with “a medium build with a large gut.” At both robberies, he was seen wearing dirty blue jeans and a black Carhartt-style jacket. Barrett added that the suspect has grayish hair, is slightly balding and was described as having a “quiet demeanor.”

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ARLINGTON — The 100 block of S. Stillaguamish Avenue will be closed from Aug. 1 through Aug. 3 between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Detours will be in effect as city of Arlington crews work to upgrade the street’s water lines

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SMOKEY POINT — A new street between Smokey Point Boulevard and 43rd Avenue NE will be the subject of discussion between city of Arlington officials and citizens at an upcoming meeting.
Since Dec. 2 of last year, the city has initiated the preliminary design stage for the development of a new roadway. The public will be provided with information on the new 173rd Street NE on Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. in the Arlington City Council Chambers, located behind City Hall at 238 N. Olympic Ave.

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ARLINGTON — Tanner Swanson earned his Eagle Scout rank by helping local pedestrians learn more about the Arlington community.
With the help of fellow Scouts and their parents, Swanson installed four kiosks in the city of Arlington during the week of July 18. This was one of the last requirements he needed to become an Eagle Scout.

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Ask Arlington resident Jesse Scott and he’ll tell you that necessity was the mother of his invention. However, even though Scott is an avid fly fisher, he doesn’t need to be able to tie his flies one-handed since he has the use of both his arms.

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The 100,000-square-foot facility being built just south of the Navy Support Complex in north Marysville won’t be completed by its projected date this month. The $33 million Armed Forces Reserve Center at 136th Street NE has been designed to support six Reserve units and three National Guard commands, including more than 250 soldiers from the Army Reserve’s 364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, headquartered at Fort Lawton in Seattle, and approximately 300 traditional National Guardsmen currently stationed at the Everett National Guard Armory.

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