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January 19, 2011 • The Arlington Times
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AHS band students receive honors
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BELLEVUE — Two Arlington High School Band members will be getting their chance to shine on a broader stage Feb. 20. Flute-player Savannah Leavitt has been selected for the Washington Music Educators Association AllState Band, while clarinetplayer and fellow AHS junior Andrew Clark has been selected for the National Association for Music Education All-Northwest Band. Both bands will begin rehearsals in Bellevue Feb. 17 to prepare for their concerts there on Feb. 20.
Leavitt took up the flute in fifth grade after hearing her cousins play, while Clark credited his school music teachers with feeding his interest in the clarinet since he started playing in sixth grade. “Once I started taking lessons, I didn’t want to stop,” Leavitt said. “I wanted to join the band right away. The flute is so light and cheerful, but there’s a lot that you can do with it as an instrument. It’s a challenge.” “I love being able to play well,” Clark said. “The feeling is indescribable. I had some natural talent, but I always kept trying, even when it was tough. There
have been different steps of difficulty throughout. The clarinet has a low and a high section, so if you go over the break, you make a high squeaking sound that’s disgusting to hear.” Clark has nonetheless progressed far enough in his clarinet skills that he can play the clarinet slide, a rare feat. While this year marks his first time as part of the All-Northwest Band, Leavitt is an old hand at participating in the All-State Band, having previously appeared in its lineup last year and in eighth grade. “They’re looking for you to play with musicality and technical skill,” Leavitt said.
Both Leavitt and Clark began practicing last summer for their respective All-State and All-Northwest band auditions that fall, and received word of their acceptance before the winter holiday break. “Waiting to get the results back was the hardest part for me,” Leavitt said. “I enjoy being able to play with other people. Working hard to develop my skills has helped me learn a lot about dealing with stress.” “I’m lucky I don’t have to force him,” laughed Linda Clark, Andrew’s mom. “When your kids are this much into something, you can’t complain as a parent.
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I remember being in band as a kid, and we were kind of geeks, but now, being in band is very cool. You see all
these kids at sporting and other events, and you realize that it’s a whole different ball game.”
Local third graders get their own dictionaries BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — The Arlington Kiwanis Club and the Friends of the Arlington Library delivered some presents to
third-grade students in the Arlington, Lakewood and Darrington school districts just before the winter holidays. On Dec. 9, the Kiwanis Club and the Friends of the Library conducted their
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students, 130 went to Lakewood and 90 went to Darrington. “That’s more than 600 total, about the same as last year,” Chase said. “The Kiwanis pay for half and the Friends of the Library pay for the other half.” This year’s dictionaries only cost $780, less than $1.25 per dictionary, a thrifty price which Chase attributes to shopping smartly for dictionaries online. “The kids are always very responsive to receiving
these dictionaries,” Chase said. “They’re especially thrilled to get them as a gift before Christmas. We had conversations in their classrooms about what dictionaries can be used for, and about language issues such as words that sound alike but are spelled the same. It was all very fun and interactive, so the teachers were pleased, plus a lot of the kids had heard about the dictionaries from their older brothers and sisters getting them last year or the year before.”
The Arlington Kiwanis Club’s main fundraiser for the dictionaries is its Fourth of July auction, but it also conducts smaller fundraisers throughout the year, to support both the purchase of the dictionaries and charitable community projects such as its high school scholarships. “Knowing the English language well doesn’t just help you out in school,” Chase said. “It also helps you advance further in whatever your future career will be after school.”
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LEGAL NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR SNOHOMISH COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CATHERINE M. SCHILLE, Deceased. NO. 11-4-00192-5 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim
must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)©); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: February 23, 2011 Debra S. Light, Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative: David E. Duskin, WSBA #5598 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 188 22422 S.R. 9 N.E. Arlington, WA 98223 Court of probate proceedings
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her comments in writing with the regional director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its regional office, 25 Jessie at Ecker Square, Suite 2300, San Francisco, California 94105 before processing of the application has been completed. Processing will be completed no earlier than the 15th day following either the date of this publication or the date of receipt of the application by the FDIC, whichever is later. The period may be extended by the regional director for good cause. The nonconfidential portion of the application file is available for inspection within one day following the request for
such file. It may be inspected in the Corporation’s regional office during regular business hours. Photocopies of information in the nonconfidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request. A schedule of charges for such copies can be obtained from the regional office. Published pursuant to Section 303.6 (f ) of the rules and regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Whidbey Island Bank Jack Wagner - Officer President & CEO Published: February 23, 2011. #463217
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January 26, 2011 • The Arlington Times
RIDGE FROM PAGE 1 to operate the facility, so too does selling the Ridge offer potential revenue for the government. The state’s goal of raising about $86 million from the sales of the Ridge and other surplus properties within the next two years could make a dent in the state-projected shortfall of as much as $5 billion in the next two-year budget. “We were going through the budget with the governor, looking at programs we could eliminate and institutions we could close,” said Stan Marshburn, dep-
uty director of the Office of Financial Management. “We had one facility that’s been scheduled to be closed for the last two years and when it was explained how much money it would cost to mothball it, she asked us why we shouldn’t just sell it instead. From there we drew up a list of properties that have been closed or surplused in the past several years that would be good candidates to sell.” Jim Erskine, a spokesperson for the state’s Department of General Administration, explained that the state plans to sell the properties at market value without discounts, and elaborated that his
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department is corresponding with a commercial real estate broker to facilitate these sales. Although state surplus properties must first be offered to other government agencies, Erskine acknowledged that few city or county governments were likely to have the money to spare to purchase these properties during the current budget crunch. As of press time, the city of Arlington has not stated any interest in purchasing the property. “It may take a little time for it to move,” Marshburn said. “In the past, we may have just kept properties like this indefinitely, but we can’t sit on these assets anymore.”
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From left, Arlington High School senior Annalisa Patzer holds up a pig for Assistant Principal Vonni Walker to give it a quick smooth during the AHS Future Farmers of America chapter’s “Kiss a Pig” fundraiser Jan. 7
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ARLINGTON — The Arlington High School chapter of the Future Farmers of America raised roughly $200 just prior to the school’s winter sports assembly by promising their classmates that at least one school staff member would be forced to kiss a pig. The “Kiss a Pig” fund-
raiser is a tradition at AHS, and it drew donations from Jan. 4 through the assembly on Jan. 7, as students voted for one of 10 school staff members who they wanted to see sharing a smooch with a pig. “We took turns collecting tickets all week during lunch,” said Erin Peek, a 15-year-old AHS sophomore. “It was great to see the teachers wince every time they saw a student
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drop a couple (of tickets) into their jar.” In the end, AHS Assistant Principal Vonni Walker wound up with the most tickets in her jar. She stoically applied a fresh layer of lipstick and puckered up as the assembled students whooped and hollered in anticipation. “It was so cute,” Jordan Rengen, a 16-year-old AHS sophomore, said of the pig. “I wanted to kiss it myself.”
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