SMOKEY POINT — Saturday, Jan. 21, was originally set to mark the start of the 2012 Relay For Life season for both the Arlington and the Marysville/Tulalip communities, but the first winter storm of the year in Snohomish County shut down those plans.
However, neither the Arlington nor the Marysville/Tulalip communities have given up on staging official commencements for the 2012 Relay For Life season, which is why Feb. 7 and 8 have become their new kick-off days.
TULALIP — The Marysville School District’s annual information fair and kindergarten registration will take place this year from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28, at its new location at the Arts and Technology High School, at 7204 27th Ave. NE.
TULALIP — Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring will give this year’s State of the City address during the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce Business Before Hours monthly breakfast starting at 7 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 27.
Everett Community College is hosting a free evening of workshops for elementary, middle, and high school students and their families at 5:15 p.m. Feb. 15 in EvCC’s Student Fitness Center, 2206 Tower St. in Everett.
Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, will hold a telephone town hall Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m.
MARYSVILLE — As of Friday, Jan. 20, Marysville Public Works street crews are continuing their 24-hour coverage, responding to compact snow and ice conditions on local roads.
Local schools will be closed again due to inclement weather as the Arlington, Lakewood and Marysville school districts have announced that they will be closed Thursday, Jan. 19.
Snohomish County is seeking volunteers for its Jan. 26 Point in Time homeless count.
“Just this Monday, one of our customers came to us crying,” said Mary Kirkland, owner of Hilton’s Pharmacy in Marysville, on Thursday, Jan. 12. “Because of the PBMs, her insurance told her that she had to go to mail-order for her medication, but she didn’t want to leave us. She’s a cancer patient who requires a lot of medication, which has to be filled right away, but all the mail-order pharmacies fill them from out of state.”
Marysville’s Randy Heslop has been unemployed for four months, but he started looking for a new job about a year ago, almost immediately after his former employer, Todd Shipyards in Seattle, was bought out.
With snow blanketing the area, we asked readers of www.arlingtontimes.com and www.marysvilleglobe.com to submit their snow photos. The following photos were taken and submitted by members of our communities.
The Arlington, Lakewood and Marysville school districts have announced that schools will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 18, due to the forecasted inclement weather.
With the full force of winter bearing down on the local area, Arlington and Marysville residents could wake up to find several inches of snow piled up on their roads and backyards by the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 18.
