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Marysville’s new learning center is climax of teacher’s...
June 10, 2008 9:44 pm

Allen Creek Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Steve Malmstead said it was a headline in a local paper that launched what became a sort of personal crusade.
The headline announced the “dirty truth” about Allen Creek, the waterway that inspired the name of Malmstead’s school. He made a quick decision that he and his students would investigate just how polluted Allen Creek really was.
On June 4, more than a decade after that news headline spurred him into action, Malmstead and others involved in the project helped dedicate the Jones Creek Outdoor Learning Center.

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Library thank you Citizens Committee for a New Arlington Library
Library thank you Citizens Committee for a New...
June 3, 2008 4:40 pm

A big thank you for all the voters who voted in favor of the New Arlington Library Bond on May 20. The majority, albeit, not a super majority, do want a new library and were willing to support it with a few cents a month.

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No means no Arlington
No means no Arlington
June 3, 2008 4:40 pm

Mr. Stav’s opinion piece was entertaining to say the least. So allow me to get up on the old soapbox and have a stab at it. Does anyone even need a reason to vote yes or no? I personally know of five voters that told me even though they were born and raised here they had never used the library, so that is their reason for a no vote. I was told by 12 people who listened to my reasons for voting no that I’d convinced them to do the same.

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Global Warming Arlington
Global Warming Arlington
June 3, 2008 4:39 pm

In the May 21 edition of The Arlington Times, A. Michael Kundu authored an article discussing global warming and those in opposition to the concept. His claims are nonsense and at wide variation with scientific research, personnel and knowledge of the present climatic warm period, that is, the “modern warm period.”

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Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer
June 3, 2008 4:27 pm

Years ago, I forget how many, but at least 20, someone gave me a picture they took of me and I was surprised to notice a brown spot about the size of a quarter on my cheek. It’s not that I hadn’t ever noticed it before but if it was becoming significant enough to catch the eye in a photograph, I figured I should look into it. I delved into the American Medical Association’s Family Medical Guide, where I learned I was sporting what’s called a pre-cancerous skin spot caused by over exposure to the sun many years ago.

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This is the season when the stars come out
This is the season when the stars come...
June 3, 2008 4:27 pm

This is the season when local newspapers bloom with photos of bright young achievers who won awards for having spent their time well. Valedictorians, scholarship winners, honors for excellence. Stars, all of them. Readers happily devour their stories, grateful for such good young people. The young winners are grateful for the parents, grandmas, grandpas, teachers, mentors, pastors and friends who helped them on their way. And we are thankful for how they shine against a societal background of violence and prejudice. Because of how they stand above rampant wrong-doing and laziness, this new crop of stars restores hope for our future.

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Dancers salute the movies
Dancers salute the movies
June 3, 2008 4:27 pm

ARLINGTON — Classics from the silver screen will be honored by the Star Energy Performing Company of the Arlington School of Dance at its spring recital June 6 and 7 at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center at Arlington High School.

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A business man who tutors students at Knowledge Points on 116th Street in Marysville and who lives in Arlington
Three choral groups offer various music
June 3, 2008 4:26 pm

Three distinct groups of singers with members from Arlington and Marysville are offering an assortment of choral music this weekend — the Northwest Sound Chorus, the Northern Sound Girls Choir and the Everett Chorale.

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