Santa Rosa, Calif. — The daughter of an Arlington resident, Heather Littlefield, of Petaluma, Calif., was one of 1,000 students nationwide to earn national recognition from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for 2008.
In early May our Pacific Coast Dogwood is usually in full regalia. These large trees have graced our landscapes for centuries with their ethereal white blooms but unfortunately have become a magnet for disease in recent years and now they are hard to find in the industry.
Visual artists had a go at using the new Byrnes Performing Arts Center May 3, drawing a big crowd into the lobby to see an impressive exhibit of drawings and paintings along with hand-crafted items such as stained glass, jewelry, garden art and other artistic items crafted by art students at the school.
Mike McCroirie of Lavender Hills Farm is helping plan Snohomish County’s fall farm festival, “Farming Yesterday and Today” and he has announced the next meeting is 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 14 at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club, at 18513 59th Ave. NE, near the Arlington Airport. The next meetings are June 2 and June 17, also at 6 p.m. For information call Linda Neunzig at 425-388-7170.
Ken Baxter Senior/Community Center, 514 Delta Ave., Marysville, 360-363-8450.
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Offering copper sculptures, pen and ink drawings and sculpted ceramic fish by Arlington artists Rodney Patzer, Rocky Barrick and Marguerite Goff, among many other artists from around Puget Sound, the 10th annual Camano Island Studio Tour has become a popular Mother’s Day tradition among the art community of north Snohomish County.
Jazz musicians of Arlington High School had an exciting weekend last week at the Reno Jazz Festival, complete with earthquake.
Here is a slow cooker recipe for meatballs. This recipe should be simmered 4 to 5 hours. You won’t have to worry about having any leftovers of these tasty meatballs. Also very good with pineapple.
ARLINGTON— Arlington High School senior Jacob Aylesworth will be starting his freshman year at the University of Washington in the fall, but this summer, he’ll be taking a historic trip to China.
My life is filled with plants. In my nursery I have thousands of them. In my garden probably hundreds. They range from trees to shrubs to ground covering perennials, bulbs and annuals. I love them all, some more than others, but they all bring me great joy at various times of the year. It is this late winter, early spring season that I get the greatest joy from my perennials. Here is why.
A singer/songwriter from Virginia, Andrew McKnight returns to the Pacific Northwest for the first time in four years and he will appear at Evergreen Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1607 Fourth St., Marysville, beginning at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 10, a benefit for Marysville Food Bank & EUUF.
Two young women of the Arlington area will be sharing their musical talents Saturday, May 10, at the Mirkwood and Shire Cafe in downtown Arlington.
