Arlington Times, March 14, 2012

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OLYMPIA — A bill that passed the state House on March 6 before moving to the Senate promises to have profound impacts on a very specialized line of businesses in Marysville, Arlington and beyond. House Bill 2565 would require roll-your-own cigarette retailers — such as Marysville Tobacco Joe’s and Arlington Tobacco Express — to become certified and pay an annual certification fee of $100, as well as to purchase tax stamps to enforce the collection of taxes on tobacco products. Those stamps would be affixed to containers of roll-your-own cigarettes and customers would be required to carry their cigarettes in those containers. Joe Baba, a tobacco distributor for Washington state who owns multiple roll-your-own cigarette stores SEE TOBACCO, PAGE 2

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Constance Kolar rolls her own cigarettes with the machine at Arlington Tobacco Express.

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Volunteers Jean Harvey, left, and Renae James give a garment a once-over before putting it on the racks at the March 3 prom dress exchange.

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ARLINGTON — The second-annual prom dress exchange in Arlington exceeded its numbers of both donated dresses and attendees from last year, which event organizers hope will benefit young women in need as they seek to dress their best for their special night. “Last year, we got about 125 dresses and 50 girls coming through to check them out,” said Emily Peterson of “A Beautiful Addiction” Tanning Salon in Arlington, which teamed up with Trusty Threads in Marysville to collect donations for the prom dress exchange on Saturday, March 3. “This year, we saw about 75 girls come in, and we had more than 250 dresses to offer them.” The prom dress exchange at Highland Christian School was complemented by a fashion show this year, a first for

the event, featuring 50 young women who served as models for a number of the donated dresses. “A lot of folks didn’t know about the fashion show part of it, even though it appeared in the paper, so we’ll try to promote that better next year,” said Peterson, who would like to stage the event at Arlington High School next year. The excess dresses were donated to Arlington Kids’ Kloset, which shares the former high school building with Highland Christian School. Peterson credited various area school districts with doing their parts to support the event, as well as a host of local sponsors, who offered discounts on promrelated products and services such as beauty makeovers to go with the gently used evening gowns, shoes, gloves and purses that were available. “Prom may be a high


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