ARLINGTON — Cascade Valley Hospital has treated 18 people who were exposed to tear gas in Darrington.
At 10:15 a.m. on April 28, the Arlington hospital received word that seven patients were en route via ambulance from Darrington, with symptoms consistent with hazardous material exposure. These symptoms consisted of burning of the eyes and mouth, tightness of the chest and respiratory distress. After receiving this information, the hospital’s Hazardous Material Response Team was dispatched to the Emergency Department to prepare for the patients’ arrivals. The Emergency Command Center was also initiated.
Aid and medic units from Arlington and surrounding fire districts began arriving with the patients at 10:45 a.m. The patients were first decontaminated in the hospital’s new state-of-the-art decontamination room, and then each patient was treated by medical personnel. In addition to treating the seven patients who were directly exposed, the hospital decontaminated and evaluated 11 EMS personnel. All patients are in stable condition and are awaiting discharge from the Emergency Department.

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Arlington police are seeking the public’s help to apprehend a suspect in an attempted robbery that occurred the morning of April 27 at the Arlington Motor Inn, located at 2214 SR 530 NE in Arlington.

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Ethan Dexter has prepared for this day for half of his life.

The 8-year-old Arlington native started attending the city of Arlington’s Easter egg hunts four years ago, and as hundreds of kids crowded around the taped-off area for egg hunters aged 7-12 on April 23, Dexter was doing leg stretches just under the tape before the Arlington Fire Department blew their engines’ horns to signal the shotgun start of the hunt.

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It was a silly scene that made some serious money.

Post Middle School has conducted “Pennies for Patients” coin drives for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for the past half-dozen years, but on April 15, they raised funds for the first time by offering students a shot at their peers and teachers with pies to the face.

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ARLINGTON — Although the released results of the April 26 special election remain unofficial, supporters of the city of Arlington’s proposed permanent emergency medical services levy are encouraged by what they’ve seen so far.
As of 8 p.m. on April 26, the city of Arlington’s Proposition 1 had received 2,683 “yes” votes, or 84.42 percent of the votes counted, and 495 “no” votes, or 15.58 percent of the votes counted. From Fire District 21, Proposition 1 had received 1,437 “yes” votes, or 79.44 percent of the votes counted, and 372 “no” votes, or 20.56 percent of the votes counted. This exceeds the minimum turnout numbers of 2,435 for the city and 1,504 for the fire district, as well as the 60 percent minimum for the “yes” vote, in order for the proposition to pass. The Snohomish County Elections Division had counted 4,987 ballots, or 34.78 percent of the 14,338 ballots that were mailed out, at that time.

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The Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians is aiming to be a good neighbor to the rest of Snohomish County, according to Shawn Yanity.
Yanity, chair of the Stillaguamish Tribal Board of Directors, explained that the Tribe’s recent donation of $86,000 to the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office is just one of the contributions they’ve made to the surrounding community, with roughly $100,000 of Tribal funds also going toward an emergency training facility for Snohomish County Fire District 7 in Snohomish.

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The Snohomish County Elections Division has released the unofficial results for Proposition 1, the Emergency Medical Services Levy for Arlington, which appeared on the ballot for the April 26 special election.

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ARLINGTON — On the final day to return ballots for the special election, supporters of the city of Arlington’s proposed permanent emergency medical services levy are looking to the factors that could swing the vote in their favor.
“I’ve been encouraged by the amount of returns within the past week,” said Barbara Tolbert, who’s served as campaign manager for the EMS levy on the Nov. 2 and April 26 ballots. “The firefighters, their families and large numbers of other citizen volunteers have really shown impressive levels of commitment and dedication in getting the word out. I’ve seen people holding signs on street corners in the pouring rain for this levy. Regardless of tomorrow’s outcome, I think we can be proud of the collective hard work that’s been invested in this effort.”
“I’m cautiously optimistic that the community will mandate a continuation of our paramedic service by voting yes on Proposition 1,” Arlington Fire Chief Bruce Stedman said. “I believe this due to the feedback that our volunteers have received from the hundreds, if not thousands, of people whom we’ve talked to during the last few months regarding this issue.”

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The city of Arlington’s Country Charm Recreation and Conservation Area is currently on track to open by the fall of this year, and over Arbor Day weekend a number of partners throughout the region pitched in to help the city’s progress toward completing the planned campground, public garden and off-leash dog park.

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Many hands make light work, and the members of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Arlington lent their helping hands to try and make a difference for the survivors of Japan’s recent earthquake and tsunami.

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The Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce’s annual Black-and-White Gala dinner and auction raised close to $15,000, as an estimated 100 attendees dressed up for the event, which also honored Arlington Mayor Margaret Larson.
Although Larson herself was unable to attend the April 9 event, Chamber Executive Director Michael Prihoda played a video clip of the March 7 Arlington City Council meeting at which he announced that Larson would receive the Chamber’s 2010 Citizen of the Year Award.

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The furthest that Kaitlyn Toomey has ever traveled from home is Oregon, but if she can raise enough funds she’ll be able to live, learn and work for 19 days in England, France and Italy.
Toomey, a freshman at Arlington High School, has collected close to $2,000 already, but she’ll need to pay $7,239 in tuition for the People to People Ambassador Program’s meals, transportation, accommodations and educational activities.

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MARYSVILLE — More than 50 protestors from around Snohomish County converged on the Marysville branch of Bank of America to call out what they saw as taxation inequities.
On this year’s tax deadline, April 18, residents of Marysville, Arlington, Everett and beyond carried signs and shouted slogans on State Avenue, at the intersections of Fourth and Fifth avenues, accusing Bank of America and other corporations of not paying their fair share of taxes.

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