Chelcie Nielson was steaming as she stood upstairs in Cascade Valley Hospital, but she wasn’t upset.
The Arlington High School senior had just put on a decontamination suit mask and her breath was causing her visor to fog up.
With mixed results the norm statewide, Arlington School District officials are pleased with its schools’ Adequate Yearly Progress results for the 2009-10 school year.
This past year was the first year of new Washington state tests called the Measurements of Student Progress and High School Proficiency Exam.
The Tulalip Tribes “raised their hands” in charity to 250 organizations throughout the state of Washington Sept. 18, as the Tulalip Resort Casino’s Orca Ballroom hosted hundreds of guests for the Tribes’ annual “Raising Hands” evening dinner program.
ARLINGTON — An area resident and his co-driver will soon be cruising across the country for a good cause.
Scott Jensen, of Arlington, will be driving his highly modified 2007 Ford Mustang GT in the 2010 “Fireball Run Adventurally and Race to Recover America’s Missing Children” event, which requires him to make a 3,500-mile drive from Henderson, Nev., to Galena, Ill.
Jensen, owner and president of the Real Performance Group, will team with Saint Petersburg, Fla., resident Bob Stephens, vice president of Bargain Signs, during their nine-day rally.
United States Senate hopeful Dino Rossi spent the majority of his time listening during a recent tour of Cascade Valley Hospital.
Personnel from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and Marysville Fire District responded at 4:07 p.m., Sept. 18, to a one car rollover collision on McRae Road near Arlington in which one boy died and two others were injured.
Police have located and charged a 21-year-old suspect in connection with a Sept. 8 bank robbery.
ARLINGTON — The Downtown Arlington Business Association and the city of Arlington are sponsoring the city’s third annual Community Day.
The day-long event takes place downtown from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18.
The Old Bags of Arlington are again selling raffle tickets for its upcoming meat raffle.
Entrants can win a $150 gift certificate from Silvana Meats, which can be used to purchase a big box of meat of the winner’s choice, said member Pat Hollister.
Community members with a passion for wine are encouraged to come to the Arlington Education Foundation’s second annual wine tasting event.
The fundraiser, which benefits programs and projects within the Arlington School District, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at Magnolia Hall, located at 225 Third Avenue, Arlington.
Star Energy, a performing team for the Arlington School of Dance, will be holding a car wash fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 18.
The event takes place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Windermere Real Estate parking lot, located at 210 E. Burke Avenue in Arlington.
Donations for the car wash will be used to help pay for the dancers’ year-end performance trip to New York City in June 2011.
Volunteers are being sought to help hospice and palliative care patients in their Arlington-area homes.
An hour-long open house for potential volunteers will take place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at Cascade Valley Hospital.
The event occurs in Rainier Room B at the hospital, located at 330 S. Stillaguamish Ave., Arlington.
Dan Cooper was quick to bring out his digital camera to snap a few photos of a 1934 Ford Coupe.
While the bright red hot rod, complete with exposed engine and massive external blower, wasn’t from his favorite era of rides — 1960s muscle cars — he had plenty of space on his camera’s memory card.
