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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SPORTS: Arlington hosts Chuck Randall Relays. Page 8
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From left, Dax and Wendy Mercure join Jacob and Tyler Lykken in petting and feeding a wallaby at the Outback Kangaroo Farm in Arlington on March 17, while Hayes Mercure looks on.
Duck Dash rings in 25th year. Page 16
Open House looks at 67th Avenue project BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Vol. 124, No. 34
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ARLINGTON — City of Arlington officials and construction contractors partnered with public outreach specialists to answer questions from the residents and businesses that will be affected by the final phase of the 67th Avenue project this spring and summer. City Public Works Manager Jim Kelly joined City Council members and Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert at the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum on March 13 to address how the
remaining work would close the last gap in Centennial Trail, add drainage through two new culverts for Portage and Prairie creeks, increase the traffic mobility currently afforded by the road, and complement the aesthetic charms of 67th Avenue as the southern entrance to Arlington. “Our goal is that it should match the look of what we did to Olympic Avenue a few years back,” said Kelly, who credited Washington State Transportation Improvement Board grants with making this project
possible. “We’ll be starting construction in April, and working on the culverts this summer to take care of the flooding issues around 67th. By December, we’ll finally have Centennial Trail completed. It’s set to be a oneyear project, so we’re asking people to bear with us, because the end results will be well worth it.” Kelly acknowledged that the construction schedule of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, would increase traffic congestion SEE PROJECT, PAGE 2
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Robert Gorman of HDR Engineering, left, looks on as Dennis Sandstrom of EnviroIssues, which has furnished the city of Arlington with an information website on the 67th Avenue project, explains some of the finer points about the final phase of construction.
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ARLINGTON — Many area residents might not realize that Arlington has its own kangaroo farm, but Jacob Lykken came all the way from Bothell to pay a second visit to its animals on March 17, along with several of his fellow Boy Scouts, and to say that he’d recommend taking a tour for yourself would be an understatement. “It was awesome,” Lykken said. “Best time ever. I used to think the lemurs were monkeys, but I remembered from my last visit that they weren’t. I liked being able to pet the kangaroos and feed the llamas and see the different types of birds, and I even got to pet a tortoise.” “It’s well worth the 45-minute drive,” said Olivia Nelson, the mother of another Scout in Lykken’s tour group that day.