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Arlington celebrates the Fourth BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SPORTS: Sun shines on Pedal, Paddle, Puff. Page 8.
ARLINGTON — Even before the fireworks show in the skies above the Arlington Boys & Girls Club that evening, this year’s Fourth of July celebrations in Arlington had one lucky couple seeing stars. The Grand Parade on Olympic Avenue drew 75 entries from throughout Snohomish County and beyond, with the Mission Pipe Band coming down from Canada for its 25th year in the annual event, but it was local firefighter Erik Gustafson who stole the show, when he hopped out of his fire engine to surprise his girlfriend, Jacklyn King, by calling her out from the crowds lining the street to propose to her on the spot. “From the first time I kissed you, I knew I would marry you,” Gustafson told King on bended knee. The couple has been dating since
they first met in November of 2010. “I’ve never met anyone who’s treated me or looked at me the way he does,” said King, who accepted Gustafson’s proposal. The couple is leaning toward getting married next year. In the meantime, the afternoon of July 4 touted plenty of other spirited festivities in downtown Arlington, including the town’s first “Old Fashioned Fourth” in Legion Park, an event devised by the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce to fill the gap between the morning activities at Haller Park and the Kiddies and Grand parades in the afternoon on Olympic Avenue. Chamber Vice President Julie Morse estimated that the new event saw at least 100 people circulate through the park during its first hour, after kicking off at noon. A number of attendees were
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Arlington combat veterans from World War through the present receive cheers from the crowds lining Olympic Avenue during the Fourth of July Grand Parade. Marysville residents making their first visit to Arlington’s Fourth of July celebrations, including Chelle Nuttall, whose son Liam made oversized soap bubbles with a hula
hoop in a wading pool, and Charice Maxmean, whose nephew Isaac Sasuman won prizes at nearly all the games at the Old Fashioned Fourth. “I love the small-town feel
Store caught in legal limbo
SPORTS: Boys & Girls Club hosts summer sports camps. Page 8
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of it all,” said mom Tomya Caponey, who moved to Arlington in May from California. SEE FOURTH, PAGE 2
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Dennis Murphy is keeping the doors of Arlington Tobacco Express open, but his roll-your-own cigarette machine is shut down.
ARLINGTON — Dennis Murphy would have celebrated the one-year anniversary of opening Arlington Tobacco Express on the Fourth of July, but the latest legal developments regarding the status of roll-your-own tobacco, both in Washington state and at the federal level, have him facing the possibility that he’ll have to shut his doors for good. Murphy is still keeping the doors of Arlington Tobacco Express open in the meantime, but he had to shut down his roll-your-own cigarette machine just days after he believed he’d received a reprieve from House Bill 2565, SEE LIMBO, PAGE 2
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