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New park off to rock-solid start BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SPOrTS: 7 tracksters on to state. Page 10
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Senior Street Maintenance Worker Eric Hentila fills in the area around the new playground structures at Haller Park.
auction: $300,000
raised for Tulalip club. Page 20
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ARLINGTON — Construction on the new Rotary Playground at Haller Park is well underway, and city officials expect to celebrate its official grand opening on the Fourth of July. City Recreation Manager Sarah Lopez explained that the Rotary Club of Arlington agreed to contribute to the improvement of Haller Park, whose current playground structures and restrooms are at frequent risk for flooding from the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River. “We wanted to expand the area of the park, and elevate the playground equipment and restrooms,” Lopez said. “Rotary decided it was the perfect project for them to support, since they use Haller Park for their Duck Dash each year.” Cindy Huleatt, who chaired the 25th anniversary of the Great Stilly Duck Dash last year, credited the community’s generosity with helping make their dreams of a new playground possible, even as the fundraiser continued to support all of its usual annual recipients. While the city leveraged funds of $50,000 SEE Park, PaGE 2
Memorial Day parade highlights local events BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — The commemorations of Memorial Day will start early in Arlington on Monday, May 26, with members of Arlington American Legion Post 76 joining local Boy Scouts in raising the flags at the Arlington Cemetery at 5:15 a.m. “That’s not really a thing we expect the general public to be awake for, but we will be serving breakfast that same morning,” said David Delancy, sergeant-at-arms, Color Guard commander and service officer for Post 76. The Legion Lounge at 115 N. Olympic Ave. will host the
breakfast from 7-9 a.m. It’s free to those who raise flags at the cemetery that morning, and open to the public for $3 each. Post Cmdr. Chris Raboin noted that prospective entrants are welcome to line up just south of the intersection of Division Street and Olympic Avenue for the 10 a.m. parade. “The parade will be led by the Legion, with the VFW right behind us,” said Delancy, referring to Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1561. “Beyond that, it’s open to whoever wants to show up. “There’s no permit that’s required to march in the parade, which makes it hard to tell how long the parade will
last from year to year, especially with variable weather conditions,” he added. “There have been years when the Legion and VFW have reached the end of the parade route on Olympic, put away our weapons and flags, and the parade was still going.” Delancy teased some possible surprises for this year’s parade, although he deemed it premature to promise them. “If it does happen, it’ll be something that attendees of our previous parades haven’t seen before, but they’ll see the patriotic symbolism in it,” Delancy said. SEE FlaG, PaGE 2
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A Color Guard will be part of the patriotic events that will take place Monday in Arlington.