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Arlington couple shares their unconventional farm

With kangaroos, wallabies, llamas and alpacas, as well as an assortment of more ordinary farm animals like turkeys, chickens and ducks, Ray and Joey Strom’s Outback Kangaroo Farm has turned into a thriving retirement business for the Arlington couple.

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Arlington woodworker published in national woodworking magazine

An Arlington resident, Dave Van Ess, has written an article that will be published in Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, due out on newsstands July 14.

Pacific Rim hosts Relay For Life 'Happy Hour' July 8

The local Relay For Life came and went June 13-14, but those in the Marysville area will still have a chance to support the American Cancer Society July 9, as the Pacific Rim Ballroom and Supper Club hosts a Relay For Life "Happy Hour" fundraiser from 6-8 p.m.

Northwest Dance & Acro presents ‘Dreaming in Paradise’ at BPAC

Students at Northwest Dance and Acro are very excited.

Yantis hosts fifth annual Art in the Barn, without a roof

Art in the Barn will be a bit different this year — there’s no roof. The barn collapsed under the snow last winter.

ElderHealth participants put on play for YouTube

With ElderHealth Northwest facing statewide reductions in its services, including at its adult day health center in Marysville, Richard Porter had hoped to give the program's local participants a bit of a break from bad news.

Simcox to read from her book at Party in the Park

The mother of a fiddle player who has been seen around town a lot lately, Victoria Simcox will read from her new book at the new Strawberry Festival event especially for kids, the Party in the Park, at Totem Middle School 4:30-6 p.m., June 20.

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Honors for Haller Middle School bands

Haller Middle School seventh-grade band won its first trophy recently. It won second place at the Music in the Parks Festival, performing for judges at the historic Stadium High School in Tacoma June 6.