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• A&L REVIEW Continued from page A6
June
Prize-winning artists
at Art in the Barb
A participant in the
upcoming Art in the
Barn, Rocky Barrick won
first place in the "works
on canvas" category at
the Stanwood-Camano
Art Guild Spring Show
June 7 and 8 for his work,
"Couple of Old Crows."
He is one of more than
20 artists who will show
original paintings, prints,
jewelry, baskets, clay
sculpture, and so much
more at the fourth annual
art show in a barn owned
by Monica Yantis.
19th and final
"PigOut on the
Farm"
It's the end of an era
at Biringer Farm this
weekend as the 19th
annual and final PigOut
runs from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. June 21 and 22. But
that doesn't mean the
Biringers are retiring.
They will continue their
efforts growing berries at
their "north" division in
Arlington.
High school theater
productions honored
Musical theater
students of Arlington,
Marysville and Stanwood
were among 2,200 high
school students, teachers
and parents from across
Washington state packed
into Benaroya Hall June
9 for the sixth annual
5th Avenue High School
Musical Theatre Awards,
sponsored by Wells
Fargo. Marysville-Pil-
chuck High School won
for Outstanding Orches-
tra for the production
of "Into the Woods" and
Arlington High School
won for Best Hair and
Makeup Design for their
production of "South
Pacific."
Schwippert in
"Sculpted Green"
An Arlington stone
sculptor, Verena Schwip-
pews large work, "Water,
Precious Water," is one
of 39 pieces in the city
of Bellevue's ninth bien-
nial sculpture exhibit,
"Sculpted Green." The
outdoor exhibit is located
in and around Bellevue's
City Hall and downtown
park.
McLean at Matzke
Fine Art Gallery
Kirk McLean's sculp-
ture, "Crystal" is located
next to a metal sculpture
by Lance Carleton in the
outdoor sculpture yard of
a new gallery on Camano
Island, the Matzke Fine
Art Gallery.
Growing commerce
A resident of Silvana
and partner in her
husband's insurance
office, Carey Waterworth
created the picture that
is on the cover of the
Arlington-Smokey Point
Chamber of Commerce's
new telephone directory
which was distributed
last week. Waterworth
responded to the cham-
ber's call last winter for
art that celebrates the
commerce of this region.
Glowen's gardens
inspired by crop
circles in Europe
The artist who created
"Overhead Underfoot,"
for Arlington City Hall,
Kathryn Glowen spent
all winter sewing "yoyos"
out of vintage silk ties
and is now showing her
new body of work, "Won-
der/Allotment Gardens,"
in the Lorinda Knight
Gallery in Spokane
through June 28.
July
Art of the Garden
opens
Three Marysville-
area artists -- James
Madison, Susie Howell
and Judy Zugish -- and
Arlington artist Helen
Lueken have been
accepted to show their
work in Art of the Gar-
den, an annual show
• presented by the Arts
Council of Snohomish
County.
Art by the Bay
includes AAC
members
Arlington Arts Coun-
cil members Kent Baker,
Rocky Barrick, Helen
Saunders and Norman
Kearsley are some of the
134 artists and organiza-
tions who are participat-
ing in Camano Island's
Arts Festival Art by the
Bay July 19 and 20. A
Lake Ki resident, Rodney
Patzer is also participat-
ing.
August
Strutzfest dedicated
to Mike Turner
Toby Strotz has a mis-
sion. He wants to save
the reputation of past
rock festivals in Dar-
rington by launching a
new event that will ben-
efit several good causes,
including breast cancer.
Cats for Marysville
Library
Patrons of the Marys-
ville Library will be
getting some new cats
soon. The "Library Cat"
is manifested as seven
bronze sculptures by
Port Townsend artists
Mark Stevenson and
Sarah Ohman, who were
selected from dozens of
Northwest artists who
responded to a request
earlier this year for pro-
posals of original art for
the Marysville Library.
The $10,000 commis-
sion is funded through
a bequest made to the
Marysville Library in
2003 by Harold and
Julietta Gellerson.
Summer Meltdown
blazes bio-diesel trail
The founder and lead
guitar singer for the
popular Northwest band,
Flowmotion, Josh Clau-
son grew up in Arlington
and came home to the
Stilly Valley in search for
a home for his summer
party, a.k.a, the Summer
Meltdown.
The Summer Melt-
down returns to the
Darrington music park
for the second year this
week, Aug. 8, 9 and 10.
Voices of the Village
launch Arlington's
Music in the Park
Music is an interna-
tional language and it
reaches out to all people.
This fact is illustrated
in the faces of the musi-
cians of Voices of the
Village, who are open-
ing the series of four
concerts in Arlington's
Music in the Park in
Legion Park on Thursday
nights in August.
September
3-Day walkers seek
support
Walking 60 miles
in three days on city
streets, paved sidewalks
and trails is not a simple
task. Several teams of
women, and some men
friends, of the Stillagua-
mish Valley and the
north Snohomish County
region are preparing for
such a feat, when they
join the Susan G. Komen
3-Day Walk through
Seattle Sept. 12 - 14.
Movement Arts
celebrates 10 years
Movement Arts yoga
and dance studio is
celebrating its 10-year
anniversary, Aug. 23,
with a day of free sample
classes at the studio in
the Big Red Barn near
Island Crossing. Owner
Kara Keating is proud
to have kept the busi-
ness going this long in
an historical barn in the
Stillaguamish Valley.
Bridge of Flowers
proposed for Hailer
With the adoption of
a new name recently,
the Centennial Trail
Coalition of Snohomish
County has launched
a new campaign. They
want tO make the Haller
Bridge trestle on the
north edge of Arlington
into a Bridge of Flowers.
Art with flowers at
Smokey Point
The Arlington Arts
Council presents "Art at
The Plant Farm" 9 a.m.
to 7 p.m. Sept. 13 and 14,
with artists from three
north Snohomish County
art organizations -- the
AAC, Stanwood Camano
Art Guild and the
Greater Marysville Art
Guild, and other special
guests.
A celebration of the
Arlington community
A new event in
downtown Arlington,
Arlington Community
Day celebrates all things
Arlington.
"Our goal is to help
our community mem-
bers become familiar
and connect with the
wonderful resources we
have here in Arlington,"
said Jeanne Watanabe,
chair of this event that is
presented by the Down-
town Arlington Business
Association with help
from the city and some
churches. The event is
an evolution of last year's
grand reopening celebra-
tion of Olympic Avenue.
A sunny Sunday on
Mount Pilchuck
Nathan Senff, 11,
climbed the 5,300-foot
Pilchuck Mountain for
the first time recently
with his dad, Rich Senff,
and a group of friends.
"It was hard. The trail
was really rocky," Nathan
said. He especially liked
the big rocks on the top
of the mountain.
October
Dujardin dives into
abstract watercolors
Inspired by views of
unending sunsets over
Marysville from his
home on the western
slope of Getchell Hill, Art
Dujardin is pleased to
announce he is having a
solo show at Solovei Art
Gallery in Everett.
"I get inspired by little
things along the way,"
said Dujardin.
Lakewood senior
plans concerts
to benefit cancer
victims
It's his love of music
that inspired Lakewood
High School senior Josh
Smith to plan two benefit
concerts for his senior
project. The first of the
two concerts starts 6:30
p.m., Sunday, Oct. 5, at
the Marysville-Pilchuck
High School. Proceeds
from the $I0 admission
will go to the Marysville-
based Jerry Jacobs Foun-
dation for treating cancer
patients who require
stem cell transplants.
AHS senior plans
Harvest Party
A senior at Arlington
High School, Brooke
Stovall had already
decided last spring what
to do for her senior proj-
File photo
"Resfucha" is the first-place winner of the Arlington Arts Council's Scarecrow Con-
test in downtown Arlington. She was created by Dawn Griep for Flowers by George.
ect.
"I wanted to be one of
the early birds and get
my project done before
the end of the school
year," Stovall told The
Arlington Times last
week.
"I was having trouble
deciding what to do for
my senior project when
my aerobics teacher
asked me about my
plans," Stovall said. She
suggested the Harvest
Party as a potential
Senior project.
Farm tour adds art
As part of "Farming
Yesterday and Today"
the north county por-
tion of the month-long
Snohomish County Fall
Farm Festival this year,
the banquet facilities in
the barn at Countryside
Meadows will be filled
with art and artists and
an exhibit of quilts made
for soldiers at Aunt
Mary's Quilt Shop.
Art in the foliage of
Sunnyside
One of two coordina-
tors of an art show at
Sunnyside Nursery this
weekend, Fran Clapper
found a masterpiece
early one morning in Fri-
day Harbor.
"My husband and I
had our boat moored at
the dock in Friday Har-
bor a few summers ago.
I happened to wake early
enough to take a photo
of this beautiful sunrise.
I painted it in my studio
when we returned home,"
Clapper said.
Preserving amateur
radio
A former downtown
Arlington businessman,
John Lanier spends his
morning on a stationary
bicycle chatting with
friends via amateur radio.
His retirement project is
to preserve the system
which he believes is
under threat.
"I got interested in it
way back in high school,"
Lanier told The Arling-
ton Times recently.
Russian
basketweaver teaches
at Bouquet Banque
Like many cultures
around the world, Rus-
sians, too, have used
baskets made of natural
materials for all kinds of
uses. Like Pacific North-
west Natives, Russians
traditionally made bas-
kets that could even hold
water.
One of Russia's
renowned basket makers
of modern day, Vladimir
Yarish taught a two-day
workshop in Marysville
recently.
November
Bringing a board
game to life
A challenge for the
technical crew, the
Marysville-Pilchuck
High School production
of "Clue" brings to life
the board-game charac-
ters of the high school
students childhoods.
"Our parents and
grandparents, too, have
memories of playing the
game," said Wolfgang
Eastman who plays Mr.
Green, in the play based
on the 1980s movie set in
the 1950s.
State and private
enterprise
collaborate to save
osprey nests
A former employee
of the U. S. Geological
Society, Ed Schulz has
researched the lives of
osprey and is a champion
for their cause.
Thanks to his efforts,
the Pilchuck Audubon
Society and Washington
State Department of Nat-
ural Resources are work-
ing together on behalf
of the largest colony of
saltwater nesting ospreys
on the West Coast.
Learning toffy with
Peter Pan, Foy
Based on his current
talent pool, Arlington
High School drama
teacher Scott Moberly
knew this was the time to
present his all time favor-
ite musical.
"Peter Pan was the
first live musical I saw as
a kid," said Moberly.
Body builder opens
fitness studio
Two former Arlington
school teachers, Leanne
Christie and Angle Good-
ing have opened a new
private studio in Smokey
Point called Body &
Mind Fitness Studio. The
ACE-certified personal
trainers are working col-
laboratively to educate
members of their com-
munity about fitness.
File photo
Roxanne Franck and Erica Ewell accept an award June 9 for Best Hair and Makeup Design on behalf of the
crew at Arlington High School who worked on the musical, "South Pacific." Arlington, Marysville and Stanwood
were among schools from across the state that were honored at the annual 5th Avenue Theatre High School
Musical Awards.
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