Arlington Times, October 03, 2015

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One-stop shop BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

Community: 3 Arlington pumpkin patches opening up this weekend. Page 14.

Business: Dwayne Lanes finally opens at Island Crossing site after a 21-year battle. Page 3.

INDEX BUSINESS

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CLASSIFIED ADS 18-21 LEGALS

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OPINION

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SPORTS

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WORSHIP

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Scuba diving at 90

James Monaco of Marysville went scuba diving on his 90th birthday in the Carribean. For more, see Page 3.

SMOKEY POINT — Although the Arlington Community Resource Center’s opening was more than a year after the Oso slide, it had been planned for at least a year before the tragedy. Sue Weiss, an advisory committee member, recalled how the disaster made people more aware of the needs that were already unmet in the area, while Seanna Herring-Jensen, its program manager, noted how careful the center was in choosing its partners. “We wanted to make sure they represented our community well,” Herring-Jensen said, adding that, although Lutheran Community Services Northwest is behind the center, there would be “no proselytizing.” “We’re not limiting it by age, groups or services,”

Kirk Boxleitner/Staff Photo

Support specialists Amber Arnold and Lori Morgan. Weiss agreed. “We’re here to be a clearinghouse. We’re centrally located within the community, here at the Stillaguamish Senior Center, and we serve multiple needs at once, so we’re a one-stop shop.” Herring-Jensen explained that the center has conducted listening sessions to identify needs. “There are gaps in service,” Herring-Jensen said.

“There are certain services that aren’t making their way out here, and that’s a problem for folks who don’t have a car, or can’t reach those services by bus.” Herring-Jensen identified housing, employment, food and transportation as the top priorities. “Homelessness is a huge SEE SHOP, PAGE 2

Cancer patients recover in different ways

BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com

SMOKEY POINT – When people deal with cancer, they try many things to get healthy mentally and physically. Connie Workman, who had cancer in 2006, said she started gaining weight no matter what she ate. Two years ago she went to Emily Countryman at Ideal Wellness in Smokey Point. She lost almost half her weight.

See special section - Inside “It was a life-saving godsend for me,” Workman said. “I feel so good, and my cancer is still in remission.” She said at first it sounded expensive, but considering she doesn’t go to restaurants and doesn’t buy junk food that it probably all equals out. At Countryman’s office, Workman bought Ideal Protein products for breakfast and lunch, such

as omelets, pancakes and soup, and then could have protein-emphasized regular dinners following certain guidelines. She said she had cravings for carbs at first, but got past that quickly, with the help of her husband, who ate the same food. “It’s not in the house, and that helps,” she said of food she was not supposed to eat. She admits to not eating perfectly every week, SEE CANCER, PAGE 2

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Emily Countryman at her store in Smokey Point.


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