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Vol. 14 No. 44 n July 14, 2021 - July 20, 2021
MARYSVILLE • ARLINGTON • SMOKEY POINT • LAKEWOOD • TULALIP • QUIL CEDA VILLAGE
Fireworks use down in Marysville, Arlington By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
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Local artist and vendor Bo Kontas, left, talks with Andrea Kenna about jewelry at the Arlington Street Fair on July 9.
Street Fair returns to Arlington By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The annual Arlington Street Fair returned to the downtown area this year with more than 150 vendors selling unique local goods and crafts. This year’s fair was held from July 9 to 11. “It is going great. There’s lots of
people and everyone is really excited that we’re actually having it,” said Jeri Rugtvedt, organizer for the event and a local small-business owner. The fair was canceled last year and organizers were happy to be able to put it on this year. “All of us were really excited about being able to bring this back,” said Rugtvedt.
Visitors to the street fair also enjoyed the event being back. “After having the pandemic with everything shut down, everyone is excited that there’s finally something that’s open,” said Rugtvedt. “They were really anxious to get out, so it’s going great." See STREET FAIR on page 2
It was a quieter Fourth of July than normal for police in Arlington and Marysville, even as Arlington entered their first year of enforcing a city-wide fireworks prohibition. In years past, residents could sometimes be difficult about illegal fireworks, said Arlington Police Chief Jonathan Ventura. “It can be a really difficult time when you have had people drinking all day, and sometimes they have this belief that fireworks are almost a 2nd Amendment right for them,” he said. However, Ventura said he was pleasantly surprised with how the Fourth of July went last week. “Everybody was really cooperative this year, actually, and there were no ma-
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Fireworks confiscated by the Marysville Police Department during this Fourth of July.
jor issues,” he said. Arlington police responded to 75 calls about fireworks during the evening of July 4. Meanwhile in Marysville, police responded to 139 calls for service between July 1 and 5. “It was fairly calm this year,” said Marysville patrol
See FIREWORKS on page 3
Campaign collects supples for students By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com Community groups are coming together again this summer to gather school supplies for students in the Marysville and Lakewood school districts. School supply donations can now be dropped off at red barrels at various Marysville organizations and businesses. Those locations include the Marysville Salvation Army branch location at 1108 State Ave., Allen Creek Dentistry, the Marysville Community Food Bank, Marysville City Hall and Marysville locations of Staples, Fred Meyer, Big Lots, HomeStreet Bank and Heritage Bank. Monetary donations can also be made at bit.ly/msvlschoolsupplies. Supplies can be ordered directly through registries at bit.ly/
walmartmsvlregistry and bit.ly/amazonmsvlregistry as well. “Last year the donations were really light so we’re really hoping for more donations this year, in particular backpacks which we really need,” said Christie Veley, one of the organizers of the school supply drive. “They really are the most expensive school supply on our donation list." Other items needed include binders, notebooks, pens, pencils and lined paper. The school supply drive is organized by the Marysville Salvation Army with other groups such as the Marysville Community Food Bank and Marysville Fire District partnering as well. The groups have organized the drive for a number of years now. See SUPPLIES on page 2
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Volunteer Bob Rise, right, picks up some signs from Salvation Army social services coordinator Jenny Roodzant to put up at local businesses participating in the Marysville school supply drive on July 7.