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Food bank serves clients at new location BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — As of Tuesday, April 8, the Arlington Community Food Bank marked a full week of operation and customer service in its new location, which volunteers reported was hectic even without the addition of clients from Oso and Darrington, but the Food Bank continued to receive donations from members of those communities, and has been able to serve all of its clients with a new and improved customer service layout. “Our new store is a shade under 5,000 square feet, which is about the same size as the place we were renting,” said Jerrie Inman, a member of the Arlington Community Food Bank Board of Directors, of the permanent new facility at 19118 63rd Ave. NE. “It’s still twice or three times what we were used to at Haller Park, though.” Among the accouterments that Inman touted were a more spacious and aesthetically appealing front lobby check-in area, where clients wait their turn to be guided through the aisles by volunteers, as well as a more efficient and customer-centric approach to shopping itself. “Before, everyone got the same standard
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Makenna Steffen, left, and Ashley Kolbeck sort and clean eggs at the Arlington Community Food Bank.
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Crews continue work at Oso mudslide
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President Obama slated to visit Oso on April 22 BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Rick LaHusen, of the U.S. Geological Survey, explains how mechanical ‘spiders’ are monitoring the site of the Oso slide for further shifting of land.
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OSO — Another week of steady incremental progress in recovery work at the site of the Oso mudslide was highlighted by President Barack Obama confirming reports from Gov. Jay Inslee, U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene and
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U.S. senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell that he will visit the scene of the mudslide on April 22. On April 8, the White House issued the following statement: “On Tuesday, April 22, President Obama will travel to Oso, Washington, to view the devastation from the recent mudslide and meet with the families affected by this disaster, as well as first responders and recovery workers. Further details about the President’s
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