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Artillery hides history BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
Sports: Arlington girls soccer team finishes 4th at state. Page 9.
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Business: New
diner has an old look and familiar feeling. Page 19.
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ARLINGTON — What began as a simple rearrangement of the lounge’s decor led members of American Legion Post 76 to discover a 71-year-old piece of history that had been sitting under their noses for decades. David Delancy and Randy Harper were handling an artillery shell that had been part of a small memorial in the lounge, intending to secure it more firmly to the floor. When they opened it up they discovered the shell casing was nowhere near as empty as they’d thought. The shell head was a wooden replica, and the casing had been turned into a time capsule containing SEE HISTORY, PAGE 2
Historical items on the table were found inside the artillery shell that has been a part of a memorial at the lounge for years.
Let’s talk turkey; some are chicken BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Bill Robison, left, gets handed a turkey from Tonya Shaffer.
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ARLINGTON — The Arlington Community Food Bank had a harder time than usual preparing for the start of its Thanksgiving basket distributions on Nov. 20. After the severe windstorm on Nov. 17 left the food bank without power, like much of the rest of Arlington, its volunteer staff had to cancel their scheduled Wednesday meal distribution to make sure they were fully ready for the Thanksgiving crowds that
Friday afternoon. “We kept the freezer closed, so its contents stayed in the safe range of cool,” said Jerrie Inman, who’s on the food bank’s board of directors. “Still, we had to stop working for the day, because it’s hard to run a forklift in the dark.” Inman reported that 300 families were signed up to receive Thanksgiving baskets as of Nov. 20, although she anticipated that number would grow during the following week. The food bank does have a number of turkeys in stock, but Inman expected that most of its
clients would receive one of the 276 chickens supplied by Volunteers of America this year. “The average family we serve only has three people, so a whole turkey is a bit of overkill for them,” Inman said. “We want each of our families to get the size of meal that they need.” To that end, food bank staff has discussed the possibility of stocking boneless turkeys next year, to provide more meat while being easier for families to store and cook. SEE TURKEY, PAGE 2