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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Around North County Arlington Two city appointees given another term Two people were reappointed to city committees. Andrea Miller of Arlington is set to serve another term on the city's Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission. She plans to serve until April 2012. Maryann Monty plans to serve another two-year stint, until April 2010, on the city's hotel-motel tax committee. The reappointments of Miller and Monty were approved by the City Council at its meeting Monday. Some drive-through business allowed The goal is to keep a pedestrian-oriented focus in most of old downtown Arlington. However, at its meeting Monday, Arlington City Council made a change in the city's land-use code to allow drive-up beverage service and drive-through banking when these services are attached to existing businesses. Northwest Investments plans to build a three-story building at the south end of Olympic Avenue in the downtown area. The company hopes to fill the first level with retail businesses that could have the drive-through option. Offices and apartments are scheduled for the other floors, city staff said. Stilly girls win Little League title The Stilly Valley Girls Fast Pitch Softball Team from Arlington won the 2008 Little League state championship title Friday in Walla Walla. The team plans to travel to Vancouver, Wash., Saturday for another week of competition. If they win the regional series, the girls could be off to the Little League World Series. The team is looking for donations to help fund its travels. Donations can be sent to Stilly Valley Little League, P.O. Box 653, Arlington, WA 98223. More info: 425-327-6302. Camano Island Show your car at benefit event People can sign up to show their vehicles at a car show to benefit the Camano Senior and Community Center. The 17th Annual Collector's Car Show and Flea Market is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 9 at the senior center at 606 Arrowhead Road. The cost is $18 to register a vehicle for the show. A barbecue and live music are planned for the event. A beer garden is also being planned. The event is being sponsored by the Camano Senior Services Association. Applications can be downloaded from the Camano Senior and Community Center's Web site at www.camanocenter.org. More info: 360-387-0222. Marysville City offers 50-50 deal on building sidewalks The city of Marysville is offering residents a 50-50 deal on building new sidewalks or repairing old ones. The city pays half the cost of any sidewalk project that is not related to new development, and property owners pay the other half. The property owners' 50 percent is billed upon completion of the project. The city also paves the street from the point of its former edge to the new curb line as it applies to new sidewalk construction. The goal of the program is to improve walkways around Marysville. More info: Teri McCann at 360-363-8112 or TMcCann@ marysvillewa.gov. Stanwood Library board to meet Monday Learn about news and upcoming events at the Stanwood Public Library during a meeting planned for later this month. The library board of trustees meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the library at 202 E. Broadway. The public is invited. The trustees are planning to cover all new and upcoming business. The board meets monthly. More info: 563-942-3531. Tulalip Language camp will teach Lushootseed The Tulalip Tribes' annual Lushootseed Language Camp is being held this week on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Another session begins Monday. The camp is geared toward children, who are then encouraged to teach other family members and speak Lushootseed with any of their elders who may speak the language. More info: Natasha Gobin, 360-716-4499. Housing Hope selects families for homes Five Tulalip tribal members have been selected for Housing Hope, a housing program that allows families to build their own homes with help from construction teams, some of which are volunteer. The selected families meet financial criteria that makes them eligible for low-cost construction and low-interest loans. Each family is required to work 30 to 40 hours each week on their home, and all five families will help build all five homes. The homes will be built on the Tulalip Indian Reservation.

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