MARYSVILLE — “I’m still cold now,” said Daniel Anderson, the day after he was rescued from an expedition into the wilderness gone awry.
Anderson, a Marysville resident and Washington State Patrol trooper, was off-duty when he and a few friends ventured east of Darrington, first by biking 11 miles, then by hiking 10 more miles, before camping out in the mountains on May 13. On May 14, Anderson parted company with the rest of his party to continue on to Holden Village.
“I screwed up,” said Anderson, whose military service has included stints in the Marines, the Special Forces and the National Guard. “I was confident in my training, but when you go off on your own like that, just one little thing can leave you so vulnerable.”
It was a trail he’d hiked before, and he’d brought two GPS units to keep himself on course, but the one stopped working and the other began leading him down a questionable path as he continued his hike on May 15. When he set up camp that evening, 800 meters past the wood line, he realized that he’d lost his tent in one of his falls.
“I knew it was an emergency situation,” Anderson said. “It was just a matter of time before hypothermia set in.”
Shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, one of the ground teams reported finding Dan Anderson in the Miner’s Creek area, according to Rebecca Hover of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
DARRINGTON — The search remains ongoing for Marysville resident and former Arlington City Council member Daniel Anderson.
Anderson, a 46-year-old Washington State Patrol trooper for 20 years, was off-duty when his spot locator signaled an emergency at 6:15 p.m. on May 15. He’d been part of a group that was biking and snowshoeing on the west side of the mountains, before he went hiking alone east across the Cascade Range from Granite Falls, with Holden Village near Stehekin as his planned destination.
At about 3:50 p.m., May 14, the Arlington Police and Fire Departments responded to a report of an aircraft crash on the northwest side of Arlington Municipal Airport. Upon arrival, crews found a single engine Sports Cruiser airplane based at Arlington Airport on fire.
At about 12:30 p.m., May 13,the Arlington police and fire departments responded to a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a vacant store front in the 100 block of W. 5th St in downtown Arlington.
“In our eyes, you won, Mom,” 13-year-old Anastaya Dickson told her mother, Arlington’s Stephanie Dickson, after she’d received the call from KING 5’s “New Day Northwest” producers. “In 10 million people’s eyes, you won.”
Out of 27 nominees from Arlington and four nominees from Darrington, the Arlington Masonic Lodge 129 had to choose two students from each school district to receive its student achievement awards and scholarships on April 27.
ARLINGTON — At this year’s Arlington Airport Appreciation Day, Austin Guthrie got a chance to try out a seat that he hopes to fill as an adult.
“I wish I could fly this,” said Guthrie, a 16-year-old Arlington resident, as he got comfortable in the pilot’s seat of the Arlington Airlift helicopter on May 7. “Search and rescue can be dangerous, but it’d be thrilling to help out others.”
Plenty of prospective pilots even younger than Guthrie found their enthusiasm for flying awakened by the annual Airport Appreciation Day, even as a low storm ceiling kept the day’s planned flights on the ground through the morning.
All southbound lanes of I-5, just north of SR 531 near Arlington have been reopened after being blocked from an earlier fatal accident.
Gunshots, secrets and overblown reactions made for an evening of fun as the Arlington High School Drama Department wrapped up its run on Neil Simon’s “Rumors.”
ARLINGTON — The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society, located at 135 N. Olympic Ave. in downtown Arlington, is having a “Super Saturday” bake, book and historical newsletter sale on May 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington invites the community to the return of its annual Airport Appreciation Day on May 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The EAA Young Eagles Program will provide free airplane rides for children aged 8-17.
In recognition of National Emergency Medical Services week and National Police Week, May 15-21, the Arlington Fire and Police departments are hosting a Public Safety Expo. This open house event will be at Fire Station No. 48 located at 18824 Smokey Point Boulevard from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, May 15.