Arlington: Eagle Festival starts today
The Arlington-Stillaguamish Eagle Festival’s art and photography show and chain saw carving show begin today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The art show is at 328 Olympic Ave., with the carving show down the street at 424 Olympic Ave.
Most of
the festival events are set for Saturday in downtown Arlington.
More info: www.ci.arlington.wa.us/CurrentEvents
High school plans concert, shows
Arlington High School bands, along with Post and Haller middle schools’ eighth-grade bands, plan to perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Byrnes Performing Arts Center, 18813 Crown Ridge Blvd.
The high school Wind Ensemble, under the direction of John Grabowski, concludes the free concert with three symphonic works.
In addition, the high school show choir Jazzmine has scheduled its annual stage show for Feb. 25-26 and March 4-6, also at the performing arts center.
Tickets for the Jazzmine show are available online at www.byrnesperformingarts.org.
Camano Island: Fundraiser Saturday
People interested in preserving the historic Camano City Schoolhouse are asked to attend a strategy meeting at from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the school building, off Chapman Road on the west side of Camano Island.
More info: jmturk@msn.com
Marysville: School transfer requests start
The Marysville School District’s annual in-district transfer request and out-of-district request period for the 2011-12 school year began this week.
Parents who choose to enroll their students in one of the district’s option programs or in a school other than their designated neighborhood school must complete a request no later than Feb. 28 and return it to their designated neighborhood school.
More info: 360-653-0871
Stanwood: Deputy fire chief resigns
Darin Reid, deputy fire chief of the Stanwood-Camano Fire Department, resigned his post in late January to pursue further education.
“I am very sorry to see him leave, but I know he will have exciting opportunities in the future. Darin has been a wonderful asset to the city of Stanwood,” Mayor Dianne White said.
Fire Chief Mike Ganz said the department will miss Reid.
Because of decreased revenue and a tight budget, the department will not replace Reid, Ganz said.
Student heads to state poetry competition
Stanwood High School student Samantha Tichota, 16, is headed to the state Poetry Out Loud competition March 5 at the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts in Tacoma.
Stanwood is the only school in Snohomish County participating in this year’s Poetry Out Loud competition. Tichota shared top honors Tuesday at the regional contest against students from Skagit, Whatcom, Island and San Juan counties.
The state winner goes to nationals, and the winner there takes home a $20,000 scholarship.
For the regional contest, Samantha recited poems by Carl Sandburg and Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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