10 Years Ago 1997
Shes not an elected official. Shes not planning to become an elected official. Shes not even overly interested in city government. Nevertheless. Sylvia Krause has attended 200 City Council meetings in the last year. That commitment earned her the Citizen of the Year 1997 award from the Greater Arlington area Chamber of Commerce. The award was announced at last Wednesdays award banquet. She did her part to keep the true democratic process working as it should, the nomination read. She is setting a good example for the rest of us. Krause, however, doesnt enjoy being in the limelight. This has all been sort of embarrassing, she said. But she doesnt regret the time shes put in over the last year attending the meetings. I would regret it more if I hadnt gone, she said. She first started going because she was angry at the process the city used to notify residents in her S. Olympic neighborhood of plans to push what had been a dead-end road through to 204th. Although it had been discussed in 1988 and she and her husband attended meetings at that time, they believed the plan had been dropped. When Safeway purchased property for a new store two years ago, however, the plan to put the road through was brought to the forefront. After getting unofficial word of the plans, Krause wrote letters to city officials and staff asking for verification of the plans for the neighborhood. Those letters went unanswered. When the item was put on the City Council agenda, the neighbors attended expecting to find out what was happening. At that time, the City staff reported neighbors were being difficult about discussing the matter and proposed hiring a negotiator. That was the final straw, she said. She took a deep breath, stood up and told the Council the neighbors had not even be contacted about the matter, so how could they be difficult? You can sit back and take only so much, she said. They pushed me far enough. She felt better after speaking up, she said. And after being told the neighbors should have known what was coming and being admonished for not attending meetings, Krause decided to attend the meetings to get as much information as she could.

25 Years Ago 1982
The Stan Faber dairy family have been named the Washington State Dairy Family of the Year. The Fabers received their award Nov. 10 at the 90th annual meeting of the Washington State Dairymans Federation, held in Bellevue. Present for the ceremony were Stan and Grace Faber and three of their four sons, Larry, Randy and Kevin with his wife Lea. Their fourth son is Loren. The Fabers are an example of the quality of Snohomish County diary farms, said Extension Agent Dick Mathews. Five times in the last seven years, he said, Snohomish County dairy families have won the state award, outpacing representatives from all the counties in the state. In the 23 years of the program, local county families have won the state award nine times.
It wont be long before a working knowledge of computers will be a prerequisite for even the most mundane entry-level white collar job and graduates of Arlington schools will be prepared and trained for that challenge, said Linda Weston, the high schools vocational director. The high school bought their first computers just over a year ago. Last week, orders went out for 10 more machines to expand existing computer classes and to revolutionize business office teaching and learning. The typewriter as we have known it for a century is obsolete. School classes where the clatter of the typewriters drowns out all other sounds will soon be a quaint historical memory. Instead, said Weston, the future promises silence and the more easily taught and learned art of keyboarding imputing data by stroking keys. Earlier this year when Weston approached District Superintendent Richard Post with her departments routine annual request for four replacement electric typewriters, she said the requisition had to be made quickly because the IBM machines used in the typing lab were no longer available to the general public. The conclusion of their conversation, she said, was why teach old-fashioned typing on old-fashioned machinery? Instead it was decided to begin the switch to computers immediately. The availability of federal and state funds complimented the districts annual replacement budget and allowed the purchase of 10 computers. Al Cloghill, high school English and typing teacher, said, Its hard to say where the technology will be in a couple of years. But it wont be long, just two or three years, before computers will be the only way to go. In taking this step to change the typing teaching equipment and methods, Arlington joins a select group of state school systems trying to keep up with the requirements of technical change. While many districts are starting to teach computer use and science, only Seattle, Renton and Arlington are taking computers into the typing class.

50 Years Ago 1957
Although some communities in the county have not yet completed their United Good Neighbor solicitations, the county as a whole has exceeded its goal, the final subscription being $53,239,80, against a quota of $48,702. According to the report of Robert Bibb, chairman of the Arlington district, Arlington was one of the districts which failed to go over the top, raising 71 percent of its quota. Seven of the counties 12 districts subscribed to the funds in amounts exceeding the quotas. The list of communities, drive chairmen, total collected, quota and percentage are given as follows: South County John Whittaker, $24,939.05, $23,177, 107 percent; North County, (Adolph Rygg); Marysville Jack Gardner, $3,725.32, $3,000, 124 percent; Stanwood Ivar Boe, $3,502, 4,850, 71.4 percent; Arlington Robert Bibb, $3,578.12, $4,450, 71 percent; Darrington Dwight Wood, $2,731, $3,800, 72 percent; East county (Bob Waltz); Snohomish Stan Berenston, $4,544, $4,400, 106 percent; Monroe Tom Marsden, $2,566.80, $2, 350, 109 percent; Lake Stevens, Addison Shoudy, $519, $500, 103 percent; Granite Falls, Gordon Hey, $706, $975, 72 percent; Sultan Grant Packard, $355, $500, 71 percent; Highway 99 Bob OConnor, $487.50, $200, 226 percent; Mukilteo George Arnold, $1,286.02, $500, 257 percent.
10 Years Ago 1997
Shes not an elected official. Shes not planning to become an elected official. Shes not even overly interested in city government. Nevertheless. Sylvia Krause has attended 200 City Council meetings in the last year. That commitment earned her the Citizen of the Year 1997 award from the Greater Arlington area Chamber of Commerce. The award was announced at last Wednesdays award banquet. She did her part to keep the true democratic process working as it should, the nomination read. She is setting a good example for the rest of us. Krause, however, doesnt enjoy being in the limelight. This has all been sort of embarrassing, she said. But she doesnt regret the time shes put in over the last year attending the meetings. I would regret it more if I hadnt gone, she said. She first started going because she was angry at the process the city used to notify residents in her S. Olympic neighborhood of plans to push what had been a dead-end road through to 204th. Although it had been discussed in 1988 and she and her husband attended meetings at that time, they believed the plan had been dropped. When Safeway purchased property for a new store two years ago, however, the plan to put the road through was brought to the forefront. After getting unofficial word of the plans, Krause wrote letters to city officials and staff asking for verification of the plans for the neighborhood. Those letters went unanswered. When the item was put on the City Council agenda, the neighbors attended expecting to find out what was happening. At that time, the City staff reported neighbors were being difficult about discussing the matter and proposed hiring a negotiator. That was the final straw, she said. She took a deep breath, stood up and told the Council the neighbors had not even be contacted about the matter, so how could they be difficult? You can sit back and take only so much, she said. They pushed me far enough. She felt better after speaking up, she said. And after being told the neighbors should have known what was coming and being admonished for not attending meetings, Krause decided to attend the meetings to get as much information as she could.

25 Years Ago 1982
The Stan Faber dairy family have been named the Washington State Dairy Family of the Year. The Fabers received their award Nov. 10 at the 90th annual meeting of the Washington State Dairymans Federation, held in Bellevue. Present for the ceremony were Stan and Grace Faber and three of their four sons, Larry, Randy and Kevin with his wife Lea. Their fourth son is Loren. The Fabers are an example of the quality of Snohomish County diary farms, said Extension Agent Dick Mathews. Five times in the last seven years, he said, Snohomish County dairy families have won the state award, outpacing representatives from all the counties in the state. In the 23 years of the program, local county families have won the state award nine times.
It wont be long before a working knowledge of computers will be a prerequisite for even the most mundane entry-level white collar job and graduates of Arlington schools will be prepared and trained for that challenge, said Linda Weston, the high schools vocational director. The high school bought their first computers just over a year ago. Last week, orders went out for 10 more machines to expand existing computer classes and to revolutionize business office teaching and learning. The typewriter as we have known it for a century is obsolete. School classes where the clatter of the typewriters drowns out all other sounds will soon be a quaint historical memory. Instead, said Weston, the future promises silence and the more easily taught and learned art of keyboarding imputing data by stroking keys. Earlier this year when Weston approached District Superintendent Richard Post with her departments routine annual request for four replacement electric typewriters, she said the requisition had to be made quickly because the IBM machines used in the typing lab were no longer available to the general public. The conclusion of their conversation, she said, was why teach old-fashioned typing on old-fashioned machinery? Instead it was decided to begin the switch to computers immediately. The availability of federal and state funds complimented the districts annual replacement budget and allowed the purchase of 10 computers. Al Cloghill, high school English and typing teacher, said, Its hard to say where the technology will be in a couple of years. But it wont be long, just two or three years, before computers will be the only way to go. In taking this step to change the typing teaching equipment and methods, Arlington joins a select group of state school systems trying to keep up with the requirements of technical change. While many districts are starting to teach computer use and science, only Seattle, Renton and Arlington are taking computers into the typing class.

50 Years Ago 1957
Although some communities in the county have not yet completed their United Good Neighbor solicitations, the county as a whole has exceeded its goal, the final subscription being $53,239,80, against a quota of $48,702. According to the report of Robert Bibb, chairman of the Arlington district, Arlington was one of the districts which failed to go over the top, raising 71 percent of its quota. Seven of the counties 12 districts subscribed to the funds in amounts exceeding the quotas. The list of communities, drive chairmen, total collected, quota and percentage are given as follows: South County John Whittaker, $24,939.05, $23,177, 107 percent; North County, (Adolph Rygg); Marysville Jack Gardner, $3,725.32, $3,000, 124 percent; Stanwood Ivar Boe, $3,502, 4,850, 71.4 percent; Arlington Robert Bibb, $3,578.12, $4,450, 71 percent; Darrington Dwight Wood, $2,731, $3,800, 72 percent; East county (Bob Waltz); Snohomish Stan Berenston, $4,544, $4,400, 106 percent; Monroe Tom Marsden, $2,566.80, $2, 350, 109 percent; Lake Stevens, Addison Shoudy, $519, $500, 103 percent; Granite Falls, Gordon Hey, $706, $975, 72 percent; Sultan Grant Packard, $355, $500, 71 percent; Highway 99 Bob OConnor, $487.50, $200, 226 percent; Mukilteo George Arnold, $1,286.02, $500, 257 percent.