Arlington Times, September 21, 2011

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History comes to life at Pioneer Days BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

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ARLINGTON — Gray skies and drizzling rain couldn’t keep visitors away from Pioneer Hall on Sept. 17, as the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum’s annual “Pioneer Days” attracted a large number of first-time attendees to the event, not only from neighboring Marysville and Everett further south, but also as far away as Moses Lake. Emma Rose Tanis, 5, came with her mom from Moses Lake to see her grandmother work the old-fashioned spinning wheel, but she wasn’t the only first-time attendee to be roped in by a family connection. Arlington’s Calvin Miller, 6, gave his arms a workout grinding wheat with his grandmother, Renee Miller, who was demonstrating how the wheat-grinder worked, while Calvin’s aunt, Jennifer Richards, showed other children how to churn homemade butter that they could spread on crackers. “It’s great for kids to be able to see how these things used to be made,” said Calvin’s mother, Amy Miller. “We don’t even think about where butter SEE PIONEER, PAGE 2

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Darrington’s Eliza Davies is 9 years old now, but she’s been attending the “Pioneer Days” for so many years that she was able to demonstrate how to operate an old-fashioned water pump Sept. 17.

Council approves plan to fill vacancy BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

ARLINGTON — The Arlington City Council has approved a timeline for filling the seat left vacant by Council member Scott Solla’s passing. The city of Arlington is calculating their 90-day window to select a new Council member to serve out Solla’s term retroactive from Sept. 3 of this year, which would give the Council a deadline of Dec. 1 to appoint Solla’s successor. On Sept. 19, the Council unani-

mously approved a slightly revised version of the schedule that was proposed during its Sept. 12 workshop meeting, which sets a deadline of Nov. 10 at 5 p.m. for prospective candidates for Solla’s Council seat to apply for the position, after which the current Council members will review the applications during their Nov. 14 workshop meeting. Interviews of the candidates will be conducted during open public meetings on Nov. 16 and possibly Nov. 17 as well, depending on the number of applications received.

“With half an hour set aside for each candidate, the Council could interview as many as eight candidates each evening,” Arlington Assistant City Administrator Kristin Banfield said. From there, the Council will review the candidates during an executive session on Nov. 28, before deciding which candidate to select as Solla’s successor during an open session either that same evening or on Nov. 29. “Nov. 28 would normally be the Council’s workshop meeting, so

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they’ll convene a special meeting for their decision that will be open to the public,” Banfield said. Arlington City Attorney Steve Peiffle emphasized that the Arlington City Council must select a new Council member within the 90-day window, or else the right to appoint that City Council member will cede over to the Snohomish County Council. “We needed to schedule around the Nov. 8 general election and the Thanksgiving holiday,” said Peiffle, SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 2

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