George Grimm’s childhood may be long past, but he can still see it in the rearview mirror of his 1915 Ford Model T.
SMOKEY POINT — Aid came for the children of fallen veterans from an unusual source Sept. 6.
n Island Crossing is mostly farmland and, now, it’s going to stay that way. That was the 3-2 decision by the Snohomish County Council last Wednesday following two lengthy and emotional public hearing debating whether the area should be preserved for agricultural use or be slated for development. The ruling changes the county’s Growth Management Act Comprehensive Plan and Arlington’s Urban Growth Area approved under that plan. Now Island Crossing will be removed from Arlington’s UGA, with most of the area to be preserved as agricultural land and the rest — the area that already sports restaurants and gas stations nearest the freeway interchange — will be slated as “Riverway Commercial Farmland.” For Arlington, that means Island Crossing, with its potentially high tax revenue commercial freeway access, will never become part of the city.
• The Marysville Community Food Bank is in need of volunteers. One hour or two; some needs are Thursday and Fridays, 8-11 a.m., strong backs to help unload trucks; Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 8-11 a.m., drivers of vans or pick ups to go to local stores to pick up donations (mileage is reimbursed); Wednesday afternoon cleaning (mopping the floor, vacuuming; paid service or volunteers do it); help with data entry on the computer. Call Joyce at 360-658-1054.
Arlington Lions Club meets second and fourth Wednesdays at the Local Scoop at 6:30 p.m. Call Doug Merz at 360-435-5424 or Randy Tendering at 360-435-3094.
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ARLINGTON — Citizens and law enforcement apprehended a suspect of a hit-and-run Sept. 6.
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington will soon be putting a human face onto its corner of Internet.
ARLINGTON — In order to help the freshmen feel comfortable at high school, the Arlington High School Link Crew planned a fun day of orientation on their first day of school.
ARLINGTON — The city of Arlington has announced that the parking lot between the car wash and Legion Park in the 100 block of Olympic Avenue will be used for staging of equipment and supplies for the First Street Sewer Extension Project, beginning this week.
ARLINGTON — If a man’s friends are a measure of his life, then Dr. Norman Zook lived a very full life indeed.
ARLINGTON — “If this was just about 9/11, we probably would have dropped it by now,” Jim Barron said. “But we’ve kept it going to honor all of our fallen comrades, and their families, since then, too.”
LAKEWOOD — For Dennis Haddock, education has been a lifelong love.
