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Kent Prairie celebrates carnival BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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SPORTS: Arlington boy gives $100 prize to friend. Page 8
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Steve Cooper, right, returns to the Kent Prairie Elementary PTA fundraising carnival to apply nonpermanent tattoos to kids, as he did for Mylene Young on Feb. 10.
Eagle Festival returns to Arlington BY KIRK BOXLEITNER
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Kestrel SkyHawk of the Sarvey Wildlife Center shows off a golden eagle during the Feb. 4 Arlington-Stillaguamish Eagle Festival.
ARLINGTON — The fifth annual Eagle Festival benefited from warm, sunny weather on Saturday, Feb. 4, as crowds converged on downtown Arlington. Sarvey Wildlife Center staff once again presented a selection of live birds of prey in the Arlington City Council Chambers, attracting onlookers of all ages. Kestrel SkyHawk explained how the Sarvey Wildlife Center has rehabilitated injured, orphaned and ill raptors for decades, and taken in several thousand wild animals every year. Although Sarvey’s goal is to release such animals back into the wild, it provides permanent care to those who can no longer survive in the wild without human care, including the golden and bald eagles,
red-tailed hawk, barred owl and peregrine falcon that perched on the arms of Sarvey staff in the Council Chambers that afternoon. The Arlington Arts Council’s annual eagle photography contest and nature art show offered area residents an opportunity to engage with wildlife in an entirely different way, which Mike Nordine did by sculpting an eagle statue out of old auto parts and other scrap metals. “It started when my daughter wanted me to make a penguin,” said Nordine, who’s been scrap-metal sculpting for 15 years. “I never quite know what I’ll do next, because I never work it out or write it down before I put it together.” Roberta Baker of the Arlington Arts See EAGLE, PAGE 2
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SCHOOLS: Annual event raises awareness, support for American Cancer Society. Page 8
ARLINGTON — Kent Prairie Elementary celebrated its champions with the Olympics-themed return of its PTA’s 12th annual fundraising carnival on Friday, Feb. 10. Just as the hallways of the school bore the flags of many nations, and visiting kids were given an opportunity to be photographed with gold-colored medals and an American flag, so too was the usual selection of kids’ favorite games and activities presented with a more Olympics-flavored flair. Kim Hahn served as chair of this year’s Kent Prairie PTA carnival and estimated that as many as 1,500 children attended that evening, with families in tow, to be served by a volunteer crew of about 100 school staff members, parents and other community members. “We’ve had help from the high school Honor Society and JROTC,” said Mary Levesque, secretary for the event. “A lot of middle school students have also pitched in.” Dionne King, treasurer for the event, didn’t have final totals available by the end of evening, but she noted that the PTA usually raises thousands of dollars through the carnival, which in turn go toward