Three residents were displaced by flames that struck a duplex at 7407 67th Ave. NE early the morning of Sept. 9.
Blossom Root died on Sept. 10, from complications of pneumonia. She was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Brooklyn, N.Y. She…
n The project manager for next year’s State Route 529 construction got an earful from several citizens worried what effect traffic problems wold have on their businesses, but not before he spent more than an hour defending the project before the City Council. Richard Mitchell told the Council that the Washington State Department of Transportation will close the Ebey Slough bridge and the north and southbound Steamboat Slough bridges for a combined 377 days. The bridges will undergo electrical and mechanical rehabilitation, cleaning and painting, seismic retrofitting, and the control houses will be raised. The cost of the work on the bridges, two of which were built in 1925, is an estimated $10.5 million.
Each September starts full of excitement and possibility. We are enthused about what we and our students will learn together. We are eager to grow the potential of each and every student. Here is an update on our goals for the months ahead.
Since 9/11, there have been many changes in this country, not the least of which has been severe undercutting of funds desperately needed to protect and restore our rivers, marine waters and the many habitats that sustain fish, wildlife and our own future well-being. There’s also developed a wider divide between people from different walks of life.
When it comes to designing a garden patio or pathway, the choices are nearly limitless, from using spiraling paver stones to swirling flagstone giraffe patterns, it’s really up to whatever fits your style.
Gilbert Moses Jr. was a young Native American man that many people tried to help starting when he was 15-years-old.
I am writing to thank the many thousands of readers of the Marysville Globe/Arlington Times for their participation in the recent Superior Court Judge election in position No. 8.
Since 1979, I have watched Mary Margaret Haugen serve the people in Island County. First on her local school board, then in the state House now in the state Senate since 1993.
• 10 a.m. to noon, Sept. 13
Marysville basket maker Judy Zugish and quilt maker Kathy McNeil have artwork included in the show, Song of the Siren, at the Everett Center for the Arts in the Monte Cristo. Presented by the Arts Council of Snohomish County, the show runs through Oct. 23 with an opening reception from 5-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 11.
The Arlington Garden Club is launching its Turn Your Thumb Green workshops for the 2008/2009 winter season with a class on hypertufa, a quick concrete medium for making garden objects, taught by Sheryl Verral from 10 – 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 13. The garden club workshops are free to members and $3 for nonmembers on the second Saturday of each month at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE, Arlington. For information send an email to events@arlingtongardenclub.org, contact Judy Ness at 360-403-0820, or visit the Arlington Garden Club Web site, www.arlingtongardenclub.org.
SMOKEY POINT — Organizers of a new art event at the Plant Farm at Smokey Point expect this to be the first of many more in the future.
