Arlington Times, October 19, 2011

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Closing The Centennial Trail Gap Final section of trail finished between Arlington, Snohomish BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

SPORTS: Eagles claim Stilly Cup in 59-0 rout. Page 10

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Dolf Scheltinga, in the blue and white jacket, and Jay Lamb, in the neon yellow jacket, lead off a group of cyclists from the B.I.K.E.S. Club of Snohomish County in taking an inaugural ride on the former gap in Centennial Trail on Oct. 15.

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ARLINGTON — It was a project 30 years in the making, and those who pushed it forward are already planning the next stages of its development. On Oct. 15, the Armar Road Trailhead served as the site for the dedication of the final stretch of Centennial Trail between Arlington and Snohomish. Snohomish County Parks Director Tom Teigen laughingly thanked the “Housewives from Hell” with driving the county parks department to close the 1.2-mile gap in the trail between 172nd and 152nd streets along 67th Avenue NE, with the county and state splitting the $1.4 million cost of constructing that stretch of the trail.

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Candidates face off at Chamber BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

ARLINGTON — The exchanges between the candidates for Arlington’s elected offices remained cordial throughout the ArlingtonSmokey Point Chamber of Commerce’s candidates forum on Oct. 11. Arlington mayoral candidates Steve Baker and Barb Tolbert set the stage for the comments to follow by touting their commitment to economic development and ties to the community, with Baker citing his decade of service on the Arlington City

Council while Tolbert pointed to her service as director of the Arlington Fly-In since 1994. “I’ve served on almost every committee in this city,” said Baker, a longtime Arlington businessman. “When I was first hired at the Fly-In, we had a staff of 60 and a budget of $60,000,” Tolbert said. “We now have a staff of 519 and a halfmillion-dollar budget, for an event that has a $10 million impact on the area.” Tolbert and Baker agreed that balancing the budget would be their primary pri-

ority as mayor, with Baker declaring that everything would need to be examined for potential cuts to avoid increasing taxes, while Tolbert emphasized the need to focus on assets that would make Arlington more competitive with other cities in terms of attracting businesses. Tolbert presented herself as an outsider to the city government with fresh ideas, while Baker described himself as knowledgeable enough in the inside workSEE FORUM, PAGE 2

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Arlington mayoral candidates Barb Tolbert, left, and Steve Baker address the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 11.

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Snohomish County Council member John Koster acknowledged that he was “guilty of harassing Tom” by constantly asking him when the gap would be closed, and when Koster asked Teigen when the final four miles of the trail from Bryant north to the county line would be done, Teigen estimated that it would be completed in a few weeks. Arlington Mayor Margaret Larson praised not only City Council member Marilyn Oertle and Capital Projects Manager Paul Ellis, but also longtime Centennial Trail Coalition members Chuck and Bea Randall, with pushing to make this happen. “That takes tenacity,” said Larson, who added that Oertle and Ellis were also instrumental in incorporating an upcoming visitor center and public restroom into the trail. “In a small town, it’s the ‘we’ that gets things done.” Teigen extended credit to Snohomish County Executive Aaron

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