Marysville’s Frank Gibson feels like he’s gotten his life back after visiting the Puget Sound Kidney Center in Arlington.
Gibson, who served 20 years each in the military and on the police force, has been on dialysis for the past three months for which he visits the kidney center in the afternoons.
In addition to staging cleanup and recycling events in time for Earth Day, the local community is also home to alternative energy sources that can help area residents conserve natural resources while saving some money in the long run.
ARLINGTON — Like many local residents, Dawn Cahoon was shocked and saddened by the devastation wrought on Japan by its recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami, so she and her fellow parishioners at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Arlington are taking steps to help those who have been hit hardest by this disaster.
According to Cahoon, the congregation of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church has been working overtime to get as many personal care kits as possible assembled and ready to ship out to Lutheran World Relief Headquarters. These personal care kits are given to individuals when they arrive at refugee camps or aid distribution centers.
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church will be hosting a kit-assembling party on April 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 615 E. Highland Drive. For more information, please contact the church office at 360-435-8921.
SMOKEY POINT — Arlington Police Chief Nelson Beazley and Snohomish County Sheriff John Lovick recently teamed up to talk to seniors about staying safe from fraud and in case of emergencies.
AARP Snohomish County Chapter 2308 hosted the law enforcement duo’s talk at the Stillaguamish Senior Center on April 1 at 1 p.m., during which Lovick warned seniors against dealing with strangers on the phone.
ARLINGTON — Highland Christian School’s Knowledge Bowl team made it to the state championships in their second year as a team this year.
Although the team placed fourth in the written test portion of the state championships in Spokane on March 26, Highland Christian School spokesperson Denise Macklin deemed this performance “an incredible accomplishment” for the two-year-old team.
ARLINGTON – – Arlington police are seeking to the public’s help to apprehend a suspect in a recent armed robbery…
ARLINGTON — The Arlington City Council not only unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the establishment of a permanent emergency medical services levy, but also amended it to stipulate that the levy would not represent an additional tax on the city’s citizens.
The City Council members wound up offering the only opinions voiced after they opened the floor to public comment during their April 4 meeting, which Arlington Mayor Pro Tem Steve Baker led off by reporting that he’d heard from a number of citizens who believed that the proposed levy did represent an additional tax.
Although the morning’s rain brought with it a significantly reduced attendance, the enthusiasm of those who did turn out for the Walk MS at the Tulalip Amphitheatre wasn’t dampened.
Michael Lobaito has been taking part in the three-mile walk fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society since it started at Tulalip four years ago, and his “Lobaito Mafia” of family and friends showed up in force, in spite of the unpleasant weather thinning their numbers slightly.
If the community learns nothing else from the ongoing series of youth suicide awareness forums, Arlington mom Joan Frable wants them to understand that suicide can happen in any family.
“Our family is so stable and loving and caring,” said Joan Frable, whose daughter Jessie committed suicide on Sept. 24, 2009, at the age of 22. “Jessie was on track and involved in the community and had so many friends. She was just starting to live by herself. I never could have imagined that this would happen.”
ARLINGTON — Visitors to Regency Care Center can support the Arlington Fire Department with the first meal of the day this weekend.
Regency Care is hosing a pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Arlington Fire Department from 9-11 a.m. on April 2.
Any donations will be accepted for the morning meal, and all donations will go toward the Arlington Fire Department.
Kids can also sit in fire trucks and ambulances during the pancake breakfast at Regency Care Center, located at 620 Hazel St.
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a Flood Warning for the North Fork Stillaguamish River near Arlington from Wednesday evening to late Thursday night.
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 April 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Fresh-baked goods will be offered for sale, along with Civil War history books, plus a huge selection of newsletters and magazines pertaining to genealogy and history from around the United States. Buyers can set the price on the magazines and newsletters.
For three local eighth-graders, it was a chance to learn the histories of their own families as much as their country.
This year’s Post Middle School Social Studies Fair on March 26 boasted its usual mix of projects centered around Washington state history, U.S. history from before 1900 and students’ family histories, but Thomas Stretch, Michaela Bonine and Samantha Cordner took that latter lesson to heart as all three donned attire meant to honor their families’ legacies.
