The Arlington High School chapter of the Future Farmers of America raised roughly $200 just prior to the school’s winter sports assembly by promising their classmates that at least one school staff member would be forced to kiss a pig.
Two students from Arlington High School’s class of 2011 have received awards in the Elks’ “Most Valuable Student” contest.
In the girls’ division of the contest, first place went to Caroline Rensel, while third place went to her fellow AHS senior, Corinne McClure.
She was born in Ireland on Jan. 28, 1906, and this year Anna Lockhart will celebrate her 105th birthday at the Cascade Valley Senior Living Center in Arlington.
ARLINGTON — Dr. Kristine McDuffy incorporated an interactive experiment for receiving feedback during her third annual “State of the District” address as Arlington School District superintendent.
As she spoke to parents, school staff and community members in the library of Kent Prairie Elementary on Jan. 25, McDuffy solicited her audience’s opinions anonymously through handheld electronic answering devices that students in seven of Kent Prairie’s classrooms use to answer math problems and test questions in real time.
Looking at Tom O’Hara’s face after a duel with Granite Falls, one could easily jump to the conclusion that his grapplers won 86-0.
O’Hara was happy about his team’s performance, despite a 43-36 loss to Granite Falls Jan. 20, but his glee had more to do with the way his five seniors performed on senior night.
As of 12:11 p.m. on Jan. 21, all northbound lanes of I-5 near Arlington have been reopened after being blocked by a multi-car crash more than an hour before.
A collision between six vehicles, one of which was a semi-trailer truck, occurred at mile post 208 near the Stillaguamish River at approximately 11:01 a.m.
ARLINGTON — As of 11:46 a.m. on Jan. 21, all northbound lanes of I-5 near Arlington were blocked after a multi-car crash.
According to Washington State Patrol Trooper Keith Leary, a collision between six vehicles, one of which was a semi-trailer truck, occurred at mile post 208 near the Stillaguamish River at approximately 11:01 a.m.
While not everyone is as happy with it, the residents of the neighborhood streets branching off 35th Avenue in Smokey Point are pleased with the city of Arlington for promptly implementing an eye-catching measure that they hope will make their street safer.
Three Arlington softball players got to take the trip of a lifetime during their winter break, as they traded the familiar sights of their hometown during the holidays for the landmarks and baseball fields of China.
SMOKEY POINT — The Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce installed its 2011 Board of Directors at its Jan. 11 luncheon.
The installation of the Board members and officers was the first order of business at its noon luncheon at the Medallion Hotel in Smokey Point.
Dr. Kristine McDuffy will be holding the third Annual State of the District Address at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25, in the Kent Prairie Library.
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Relay for Life will commence its second year of fundraising activities with a kick-off event on Jan. 22 at the Stillaguamish Senior Center, located at 18308 Smokey Point Blvd., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Arlington Kiwanis Club and the Friends of the Arlington Library delivered some presents to third-grade students in the Arlington, Lakewood and Darrington school districts just before the winter holidays.
