Early morning fire destroys 118-year-old home

Arlington Fire Department responded to a house fire at 1:44 a.m., Nov. 18, to find a two-story home engulfed in flames at 8904 Tveit Loop Road. Responding units took a defensive fire approach to the house which appeared to be abandoned and neighbors had reported as unoccupied.

The structure was behind a locked gate and up a long driveway, making firefighting difficult.

Firefighters carried hose and equipment to the structure to aggressively fight the fire which took crews approximately 30 minutes to contain. There was a major collapse of the structure onto itself, completely destroying the home. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office conducted a precautionary search with a cadaver dog this morning and verified there was no one inside the home.

City officials are trying to locate the property owner.

No personnel were injured on the fire and a crew remained on site to contain hot spots until 5 a.m.

Task Force for the homeless

The Arlington Homeless Task Force’s next meeting is Thursday, Dec. 4 and again Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, 613 E. Highland Drive.

Committees are being formed to work on specific initial projects, including providing hot meals and brown-bag lunches, increasing donations to the Arlington Food Bank, a meal voucher program, and emergency shelter.

All who are interested in helping organize to provide assistance to those in need of food and shelter in our community are invited to attend. For more information, call 360-435-3259 or 360-435-8921.

Police chief candidates to meet the

commmunity

The city of Arlington has selected six candidates for police chief and they will be touring around Arlington Dec. 2 and 3, said assistant administrator Kristin Banfield.

An open house is scheduled from 6 – 7:30 p.m.,

Dec. 2, at City Hall for the community to meet the candidates, and they will all be interviewed by an assortment of panels Dec. 3. Panels include police officers, City Council members, and residents of the community.

“We will drive them around town and show them the different areas, so they know the complexity of the situation,” Banfield said.

Budget hearing set for Dec. 1

The city of Arlington will hold a hearing on the proposed budget for 2009 at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting Monday, Dec. 1.

Arlington Food Bank hours

The Arlington Food Bank takes donations regularly from 9 – 10 a.m. Mondays and from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at 127 1/2 Cox St.

People in need of food can go to the food bank from 6 – 7 p.m. Tuesdays and from 1 – 2 p.m. Fridays. For information call the food bank at 360-435-1631.