Arlington Times, October 03, 2012

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Community fetes Trafton Centennial BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

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TRAFTON — “Look at all of them,” Chris Ray said, as her own children and at least a dozen others descended upon the playground sets outside of the former Trafton School house. “It’s almost like old times.” Old times were the focus of the Trafton Community Co-Op’s celebration on Saturday, Sept. 29, as they commemorated the former Trafton School house’s centennial this year. While the Trafton School was closed by the Arlington School District in 2010 and remained vacant for the year that followed, Gary Ray and his daughter Randi reopened it as the Trafton Community Co-Op last year. “We just wanted a nice

house for low-to-no-cost community-centric programs that could serve families in this region,” said Gary Ray, who also serves as pastor of the nearby Oso Community Chapel. “Our desire all along has been to coordinate a variety of services from Trafton to Whitehorse, an area almost completely void of services since the closing of the Oso and Trafton schools, as well as the Oso Store.” While the Trafton Community Co-Op has provided classes, square dances, movie nights and other events, Ray remained aware that “there were a lot of hard feelings” in the wake of the Trafton School house’s closure, which is why he and Kelly Roundy, former president of the Trafton School’s SEE TRAFTON, PAGE 2

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From left, Eileen Smoke is reunited with one of her former Trafton School students, Anna Arnold, and Anna’s shy daughter Ava during the school house’s centennial on Sept. 29.

‘Friends of the Poor Walk’ makes Arlington debut BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

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From left, Anne Brenaman, Steve Haynes and Jake the dog complete the Sept. 29 Friends of the Poor Walk from the former site of the Arlington Community Food Bank, at Haller Park, to its new location at the Arlington Municipal Airport.

ARLINGTON — Nearly two dozen walkers made their way from the former site of the Arlington Community Food Bank, at Haller Park, to its new location at the Arlington Municipal Airport, to signify their support for those in need in the community. More important than the 3.2 miles that the 22 walkers completed on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 29, was the $791 in donations that they raised between them for the Arlington Immaculate Conception Church Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. “We distribute our money to aid the poor within our community,” said

Larry Bell, president of the Arlington Immaculate Conception Church Conference. “Our biggest shares of money go to the PUD to help pay for their water and other utilities, but we also pitch in a lot of food as well.” “We chose to walk from the old to the new food bank because those are landmarks to those in need,” said Conference Vice President Rose Marsh, who explained that this year’s Friends of the Poor Walk marked the Arlington community’s first participation in the worldwide event that’s been running for three years. Bell expressed pride in the amount of donations, since he’d only expected Arlington’s first Friends of the Poor SEE POOR, PAGE 2

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