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ARLINGTON — The student actors of Arlington High School are well accus-tomed to performing com-edy plays by now, with last fall’s run of Neil Simon’s “Rumors” drawing both crowds and laughs in the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center.

This year, AHS drama took a turn toward the dark, both figuratively and liter-ally, with a sparse-set staging on Nov. 11, 12, 18 and 19 of “Rehearsal for Murder,” a mystery that traded the elaborate two-floor set of “Rumors” for a mostly bare, almost black stage, save for the few spotlights that illu-minated the characters.

By presenting a serious play set on an abandoned Broadway stage, AHS drama teacher Scott Moberly hoped to make the audience feel like

part of the show, especial-ly when characters walked onto the stage from out in the stands.

“After three years of com-edies, I decided this year’s senior actors needed to stretch and experience a drama,” Moberly said. “The cast of this play has perfect-ed the art of comedic tim-ing in some of our previous productions. It was time for them to learn to infuse a sense of wit and tension into their acting, and ‘Rehearsal for Murder’ has been a great vehicle to teach them these new skills.”

AHS senior Josiah Miller played Alex, a playwright who assembles the actors of his previous play, as well as its director and producer, to find out who killed that play’s leading lady, Monica, who was also his fiancee.

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ARLINGTON — Debora Nelson is an Arlington business owner who’s served as president of the Downtown Arlington Business Association and was a candidate in this year’s primaries for the Arlington mayor’s race.

As of Nov. 21, she can add another title to her list of roles after being sworn in as the Arlington City Council member for Position 3.

On Nov. 16, the City Council reviewed appli-cations from and interviewed all eight candi-dates for the position left vacant when Council member Scott Solla passed away on Sept. 3 of this year after a long battle with cancer. Other candidates included Vickie Solla, widow of Council member Scott Solla, as well as retired Arlington Fire Chief Jim Rankin, local Smokey Point resident Michael Rexford, Seattle fire-fighter Craig Christianson, Arlington business

owner Marcia Smothers, Arlington architect Ruth Gonzales, and Andy Tift, manager of the Marysville Holiday Inn Express and mem-ber of the Marysville Lodging Tax Advisory Committee and Snohomish County Tourism Promotion Area Board.

During her interview, Nelson noted that she’s a regular attendee of the Council’s meetings, which she sees as her responsibility not only as a local business owner, but also as a citizen who’s concerned about the city’s budget.

“I’ve seen you all struggling with these tax issues,” Nelson said. “I’m nervous that a sales tax increase wouldn’t bring in that much more revenue, and I don’t think the car tab proposal would make for good policy. It doesn’t build public trust.”

Nelson credited her photography business

Council appoints Nelson to fill vacant seat

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Debora Nelson describes herself as a team player with strong community ties during her interview with the Arlington City Council on Nov. 16.

SEE MURDER, PAGE 2

SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 2

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Nathan Haskew, left, and Nate Braaten, who had previously worked together on ‘The Fantasticks,’ offer a rare moment of levity during ‘Rehearsal for Murder.’

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with keeping her in touch not only with the needs of fellow local small businesses, since she has to be careful about her own budget, but also with the natural beauty of the surrounding com-munity and with the youth in its schools.

“I’ve met a lot of kids through senior year photographs whom I’ve helped on paths toward col-lege,” Nelson said.

To avoid potential conflicts of interest, Nelson had already informed DABA that she would be stepping down as their presi-dent if she was appointed to the Council. Looking to the future, she told the Council during her interview that she was excited about the West Arlington devel-opment plans and the work that’s been done on Centennial Trail, including the impending instal-lation of public bathrooms at Legion Park.

“That’s actually very exciting

for our downtown businesses,” Nelson said. “Anything that can get us more traffic can get us more tax income.”

After interviewing all eight candidates, Marilyn Oertle expressed a sentiment which her fellow City Council members echoed, as she described the dif-ficulty of choosing between eight candidates whom she deemed as all being highly qualified indi-viduals who “could all readily fill the seat.”

Following close to an hour of closed-door deliberations that same evening, the Council returned to an open session and voted unanimously, 5-0, to appoint Nelson to fill the vacant seat.

Upon her appointment, Nelson concurred with Oertle’s assess-ment.

“I am truly honored for this selection,” Nelson said. “The Council had an incredible group of candidates to choose from. I will do my best to represent the interests of all the city’s residents and businesses.”

“I was pretty comfortable doing comedy, but I really appreciate the chance to do something a little dif-ferent,” said Miller, a four-year vet-eran of AHS drama who hopes to continue acting after high school. “With this play, the audience experi-ences its events with the characters. It’s set in an empty theater, and they’re right there.”

Fellow AHS senior and “Rumors” cast member Lexi Lewis, who played Monica in “Rehearsal for Murder,” found its stage direction physically challenging at points, but she appre-ciated the play’s challenges.

“Because there’s not as much of a set, we have to rely on our acting and on each other,” Lewis said. “Several of us have worked together on earlier plays. We have a comfort level with each other that made rehearsing a mystery very fun.”

“These students work really well together,” said Moberly, who noted that seniors Nathan Haskew and Nate Braaten had already teamed

up to produce “The Fantasticks” in September before becoming sup-porting cast members of “Rehearsal for Murder.” “Part of my challenge as a teacher and a director is to find plays that fit the skills of my students, continue to educate them about drama and theater produc-tion, and entertain our audiences.”

Braaten’s performance as the obse-quious actor Leo, one of the nearly half-dozen murder suspects in the cast, provided the few moments of levity in the story. He concurred with Lewis that the minimalist stag-ing required the actors to sharpen their skills, but he found the script helpful in that regard.

“The writing is incredibly well done, which you need in a murder mystery,” Braaten said.

“In some ways, putting this play together is harder than most,” said AHS senior Megan Birdsong, who has been a stage manager for every AHS drama production since her freshman year, and was expecting her job to be easier with the simpli-fied set. “There’s not much room for any backstage mistakes in this one.”

All three senior actors expressed optimism for next year’s AHS drama students.

“I hope I’ve left a legacy that they’ll want to equal or outdo,” said Miller, who joined Braaten in expressing plans to return to see those students’ work.

“I’d love to see them do a great job just like they have while we’ve been here,” Lewis said.

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Scott Moberly, AHS Drama Teacher


ARLINGTON — Lori Kirkeby’s career has included jobs as diverse as a distribution engineer for PUD and a city planner for Stanwood, but in all that time, she maintained the skills as a barber that she honed in 1981.

The opening of the Hairport Barbershop at 5702 172nd St. NE in Arlington represents a return to the field that she found so fun 30 years ago, in a location that she hopes customers will find conve-nient during their drives.

“I always kept my license and kept practicing,” said Kirkeby, as she trimmed the bangs of young cus-tomer A.J. Matulovich in one of her four seats. “We’re strictly a barber-shop here. No coloring, perms or chemicals.”

A longtime resident of north Snohomish County, Kirkeby already knew many of her customers and reported that traffic has been good for bringing in new faces. While cutting hair allows her to indulge her artistic nature, her no-frills service is tailored to appeal to those who might not feel at home in a beau-ty parlor.

“I wanted a more mas-culine setting for guys who don’t like sitting around in a salon,” Kirkeby said. “My other barber has 36 years of experience. He’s really old-school.”

The Hairport Barbershop currently sells Woody’s hair products for men, but is looking at car-rying other merchandise as well.

For more informa-tion, stop by the Hairport Barbershop, where walk-ins are always welcome, or call Kirkeby at 425-418-8687.

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Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, marks the traditional beginning of the

Christmas holiday shopping sea-son and is one of the busiest shop-ping days of the year.

But the continuing economic downturn has impacted many con-sumers, many of whom have less money to spend this holiday season. So it’s important for them to keep one thing in mind when deciding on where to shop this holiday season — shop locally.

Shopping locally benefits everyone — our communities, the local businesses, local non-profits and service organizations, and the people who call Arlington and Marysville home. Local businesses are an integral and important part of our communi-ties and they depend on and deserve our support in these chal-lenging economic times.

Local businesses create jobs — if the businesses fail those jobs will disappear.

Local businesses make significant contributions to our com-munities. Look at any activity in our communities, from the Fly-In to the Strawberry Festival, from youth sports to com-munity service organizations, and you’ll find some type of support from our local businesses. If we don’t support our local businesses, they won’t be able to support our communities.

Local businesses generate sales tax revenues that help pay for critical services such as police, roads, parks and recreation and more in our communities. When those sales tax revenues fall, cities are faced with making cuts in those critical services which could negatively impact all of us.

So when you are deciding where you’re going to be doing your holiday shopping, try to do as much of it as you can by shopping locally. You’ll be supporting our local businesses and our communities.

Scott Frank is the Managing Editor of The Arlington Times and The Marysville Globe. He can be reached at 360-659-1300 or [email protected].

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Salmon are on the same downward trend as the amount and quality of their

habitat, and until we turn that around, there’s little hope for their recovery.

The tribes believe the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ stream-lined nationwide permit system for bulkhead construction and other shoreline changes is making it too easy to damage and destroy important nearshore salmon habi-tat in western Washington. We think a change is needed.

Disappearing and damaged habitat are the main causes for the decline of wild salmon in western Washington. The tribes believe the Corps is encouraging habi-tat damage and destruction by streamlining the process to allow property owners to in some cases build the very same structures that we are working to remove as part of salmon recovery efforts. That means the federal govern-ment is working against itself. It’s why we are calling on the leader-ship to line up agency action and make salmon recovery a reality.

Bulkhead construction, dredg-ing, filling and other shoreline changes are often regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Clean Water through a fast track nationwide permit sys-tem. As long as a property owner meets the conditions of these permits, they are automatically re-authorized with little public

review. There’s also little consid-eration of how multiple projects in a certain area might result in greater habitat damage.

The Clean Water Act says that the Corps can’t authorize the permits if they cause more than minor harm to the marine ecosys-tem alone, or combined. Yet with little or no study of the possible effects of the program, the Corps is getting ready to allow another five years of fast track shoreline changes.

We think that’s wrong and we are calling on the Corps to make a change. We are asking the Corps to take into consideration the spe-cial needs of salmon and the loss of nearshore habitat in western Washington.

We’re not asking the Corps to stop issuing permits for shore-line work nationwide, but rather for the Seattle District Office to switch to an individual permit system that acknowledges the need to protect and restore salm-on habitat in western Washington.

We’re not alone. The National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Puget Sound Partnership are all calling for similar change.

While we hold no hope for salmon recovery under the fed-eral Endangered Species Act, we believe that aligning the work of federal agencies affecting salmon recovery offers the best chance for success. We also believe that this approach offers the best protec-tion of our treaty-reserved fishing rights, which are based on the fact that there must be salmon for us to harvest. Protecting those rights is the trust responsibility of the federal government.

The Corps’ nationwide stream-lined permit process might make sense in other parts of the coun-try, but not here. This isn’t the Mississippi River or Florida. They don’t have salmon. We do, and they’re in trouble.

If we are going to recover salmon, we have to stop damaging and destroying salmon habitat. The Clean Water Act is clear. By continuing to issue these types of permits for shoreline changes, the Corps is saying that these projects aren’t causing harm, and that’s just not true. We can’t recover salmon if we keep losing and damaging salmon habitat.

Billy Frank Jr. is the chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.

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SNOHOMISH COUNTY — In the coming year, Snohomish County Public Utility District expects its energy assistance pro-grams to help more than 19,000 senior citizens and low-income customers struggling with their electric bills.

The programs currently pro-vide reductions of 20 percent, 40 percent or 60 percent off PUD electric and water bills. The dis-

count percentage that a customer receives depends on their income level.

This low-income discount is available now to PUD custom-ers who have a household annual income that is below 125 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $27,938 for a family of four.

Also eligible for discounts are senior citizens who are 62 years of age or older and have a combined

disposable annual income of less than $25,988.

For an application or more infor-mation about the PUD’s assistance programs, customers should call PUD Customer Service at 425-783-1000.

Among the additional assistance programs are:

■ Project PRIDE, adminis-tered by the local chapter of the American Red Cross, which raises

voluntary contributions from PUD ratepayers. The money goes to low-income customers who need help with their bills. For more information, call the Red Cross at 425-252-4103.

■ Helping Hands, which receives donations from PUD employees to help low-income senior citizens with their winter electric bills. The program is fund-ed in a variety of ways, including

employee payroll deductions, a holiday bazaar fundraiser, recy-cling drives, coffee funds, book fairs and other events. Snohomish County Human Services helps administer the program by identi-fying those in need and distribut-ing checks to residents.

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TULALIP — Families and Friends of Violent Crime Victims called upon citizens of north Snohomish County for their support at their annual breakfast fundraiser to respond to the “Voices of Victims.”

The Orca Ballroom of the Tulalip Resort hosted the event on the morn-ing of Nov. 9, with guests including city officials and law enforcement personnel from Marysville, Arlington and throughout the Puget Sound region, as well as Q13 Fox News anchor and host of “Washington’s Most Wanted” David Rose and Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe.

“I’ve worked with many of you in this room,” Rose said. “We all care about commu-nity safety and putting the bad guys away, but I support this organization because I also don’t want the victims or their loved ones to be forgotten.”

The annual “Voices of Victims” breakfast raises funds for Families and Friends of Violent Crime Victims so that the Snohomish County-based non-profit agency can assist victims of crime — includ-ing the loved ones of homi-cide victims and adult miss-ing persons where foul play is suspected — in navigating the criminal justice system, which it’s done by providing peer support and advocacy for victims of crime since 1975.

Marge Martin, interim executive director of Families and Friends of Violent Crime Victims, struggled to maintain her composure as she talked about the long road that led from her sis-ter’s brutal murder 11 years ago to Martin herself joining Families and Friends three

years ago.“I wasn’t looking for

Families and Friends back then,” Martin said. “I didn’t even know it existed. I spent a full year in an absolute fog, not knowing who to turn to. You always think of these things as happening to other people.”

Martin told the audience she’s glad she joined Families and Friends, and is proud of the work she’s done with the group, including ongo-ing outreach efforts to secure much-needed funds and to make more people in the community aware of the program.

Myrle Carner, director of law enforcement services for “Crime Stoppers” of Puget Sound, praised Rose and “Washington’s Most Wanted” for the roles they’ve played in helping to apprehend crimi-nals, and seconded Martin’s calls for donors to support Families and Friends of Violent Crime Victims.

“We’ve got to have people who can provide compas-

sion and advocacy for those whose lives have been dev-astated by violent crimes,” Carner said. “These people make society better.”

Nancy Hawley, director of victim services for Families and Friends of Violent Crime Victims, described how the typical day of a victim advo-cate includes catching up with emails and voicemails from victims who “can’t push the memories away,” as well as sitting with victims through court proceedings for emotional support, and fighting for limited resources to provide donated locks for victims of home invasions and ramps for victims who have been rendered paraple-gic by violent crimes.

“We go to the families,” Hawley said. “We don’t expect them to come to us. We listen to their stories, and we tell them about the services we offer, including our 24-hour crisis line for 10 counties in the state.”

Roe recalled how his father had passed away peacefully

last year, after his family had been afforded a long window to say their final goodbyes to him, and pointed out that the loved ones of violent crime victims often don’t get that same chance to say goodbye.

“My dad loved baseball,” Roe said. “The last time I saw my father was one of the last games of the World Series. My family buys sea-son tickets to the Mariners. To support this organization, I won’t be chipping in for my tickets, because I got to say goodbye to my father. Those who have lost someone they love to violent crime can’t survive without this organi-zation.”

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NEWS BRIEFSCentennial Trail Coalition to elect new officers

ARLINGTON — The Centennial Trail Coalition is set to elect its officers for next year at its next general membershipmeeting.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Arlington Boys and Girls Club.

This year saw the extension of the Centennial Trail north of Arlington to Bryant, the completion of “the gap” and the dedication of the Resilience Art Arch and Plaza.

If you’re interested in serving as a Centennial Trail Coalitionofficer and being part of what the next year holds, contact BethHill at [email protected].

Make holiday wreaths with the Arlington Garden Club Nov. 26

ARLINGTON — The Arlington Garden Club is holding its annual holiday wreath-making workshop on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m. in the Arlington Boys and Girls Club CommunityRoom, located at 18513 59th Ave. NE in Arlington.

For a suggested donation of $4 the Garden Club will provide the greenery and teachers, while participants may bring theirown balls of green twine and wreath forms, or purchase themfrom the Garden Club, at a cost of $4 for the wreath form and$1 for the twine.

For more information, call Arlington Garden Club Past President and Workshop Chair Bea Randall at 360-435-3892.

27th Ave. west of I-5 closes Nov. 23 for installation of Everett to Tulalip pipeline

TULALIP — The Tulalip Tribes will briefly close a portion of 27th Avenue, west of the Marysville Fourth Street and I-5interchange, starting at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23, and reopening about 12 hours later in the early hours of Thursday, Nov. 24.

The construction will support the installation of pipe forthe Everett to Tulalip Joint Water Pipeline Project. During thisclosure, a 1,200-foot 36-inch welded steel pipe will be installed approximately 60 feet below the bottom of Quil Ceda Creek.

Temporary traffic controls and detours will be set up to maintain public traffic and local access to all private properties, businesses and I-5.

When completed, the Everett to Tulalip Joint Water Pipelinewill serve the long-term needs of the Tulalip Reservation, aswell as portions of north Snohomish County and a northerly portion of the city of Everett.

MARYSVILLE — Marysville Public Works, Police and Emergency Management personnel have been training, reviewing and preparing for when the sea-son delivers its first winter storms, and they urge resi-dents and businesses to also be prepared.

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Service has predicted La Nina weather conditions that spell a colder, wetter winter for Marysville and Snohomish County residents.

City Public Works crews mobilized earlier this year for the coming snow and ice by readying snow equipment, stockpiling supplies, training staff for emergency response

and updating the city’s snow and ice routes map. Public Works and Emergency Management staff also hosted and attended pre-snow and ice meetings in October to share strategies and informa-tion with other local jurisdic-tions.

“Major snow and ice events in recent years have made

it clear that it is better to be over-prepared than under-prepared,” Mayor Jon Nehring said. “The city is dedicated to delivering public services to the best of our ability and without disruption during severe weather, and to pro-tecting lives and property.”

Safety on local roads is the top priority, along with keep-ing traffic moving throughout Marysville as efficiently as possible, said Kevin Nielsen, Public Works Director. The Street Department maintains 196 miles of streets within the city. Street crews provide 24-hour coverage, conduct-ing periodic sanding and snow-ice removal to mitigate conditions during a severe weather event. An in-house database system tracks the responses to dispatched crews in order to create a more effi-cient workflow.

Marysville’s fleet includes several vehicles equipped for snow and ice control, includ-ing three 10-yard trucks for plowing and sanding, and

another 10-yard truck that sands, as well as two five-yard trucks, a one-ton truck for plowing and sanding, and another that dispenses anti-icing liquid, said Charlie Burke, Streets and Surface Water Manager.

The city’s Snow and Ice Removal Plan designates snow and ice routes for sand-ing and plowing using a zoned system, Nielsen said. Within each zone, a system of priority has been established, taking into consideration topography, traffic volumes and special usage.

During events where snow and ice conditions are wide-spread, street personnel con-centrate their removal efforts based on the following:

■ Arterials leading in and out of the city.

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city boundaries.That means response is

focused on principal routes

and arterials, such as State,51st, 67th, 83rd and Twin Lakes avenues, as well asFourth, Grove, 88th 116th, 136th, 152nd and 172ndstreets, the latter west of I-5in the Lakewood area, andSunnyside, Ingraham and Smokey Point boulevards. Toview the Snow Routes map,visit the city website at http://marysvillewa.gov. Steep road-ways such as 84th Street past Cedarcrest Golf Course areregularly first to close dur-ing ice and snow conditions.When “Snow Closure: Do Not Enter” signs and bar-ricades are placed at these locations, in the interests ofpublic safety, motorists areadvised not to go aroundthem, said Burke. Pedestriansshould stay off the roads, too.

City officials are askedoften during and after stormswhy neighborhood streetsaren’t addressed.

“We strive to make ourroads as accessible as possiblefor the public and commutersheading to and from work orschools, but the city does nothave the resources and equip-ment to plow or sand resi-dential neighborhood streetsand cul de sacs,” said Burke.In rare instances, however,crews can respond to othersnow and ice removal outsidethe norm, but only at therequest of Marysville Policeor Fire personnel.

Nielsen added that someroads may be closed by citypersonnel due to safety con-cerns.

The city Public Works yardis amply stockpiled with sandand de-icer, with a propor-tion of the materials relocatedto a new north satellite stor-age area near 156th Street toprovide quicker response toMarysville’s north end andLakewood neighborhoods,Burke said.

For the most current infor-mation online about local emergency or road conditionsand preparedness, visit thecity website at http://marys-villewa.gov. The site, which was renovated last spring with several new interactivefeatures, now includes an Emergency Alert Center thatoffers the latest updates. Foryour added convenience, youmay sign up for emergencyalerts sent automatically toyour email through the site’s“Notify Me” email subscrip-tion service.

Updates will also be postedon the city’s Facebook andTwitter sites and on MarysvilleTV21 on Comcast and TV25on Frontier Communications.You can also call the city’smessage-only EmergencyAlert Hotline at 360-363-8118, said Doug Buell,Community Information Officer. For water and seweremergencies during businesshours, call 360-363-8100 or911 after hours.

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Tina was born June 12, 1962 in Seattle, WA to Jim and Darleen Maher; she passed away peacefully from cancer on Novem-ber 14, 2011 at her home in Arlington, WA with her family by her side.

She attended St. Luke’s school in Shoreline, WA and Blanchet High School in Seattle.

Tina attended Seattle Pacific University and later graduated from the Univer-sity of Washington majoring in German. She lived and traveled in Europe as part of her schooling. She espe-cially enjoyed Germany and Italy. Tina also worked in a remote lodge near Dilling-ham, Alaska for (3) sum-mers and always wanted to return to Alaska. Before her children, Tina directed an after-school program at Concordia Lutheran School

in the Wedgwood neighbor-hood of Seattle.

Her family cabin on Whidbey Island was her favorite place to bring friends. She was fully dedi-cated to home-schooling and raising her two boys and was a devoted full-time mother. Tina loved Jesus Christ and loved people. Her greatest joy was wor-shiping God and being a

member of several worship teams.

Tina is survived by her husband of 20 years, Scott; sons David and Michael; parents Jim and Darleen Maher of Lynnwood, WA; brothers Dave (Vicki) Maher of Woodinville, WA, Greg Maher of Whid-bey Island, WA, and Doug (Joy) Maher of Edmonds, WA; numerous nieces and nephews, uncles, aunts, and cousins who also loved her and will greatly miss her.

A celebration of her life was held Saturday, Novem-ber 19, 2011 at Jake’s House church, located at 18824 Smokey Point Blvd., Arling-ton, WA. Please share your thoughts of Tina and sign the online guest register at www.gilbertsonfh.com. Arrangements are under the care of Gilbertson’s Funeral Home, Stanwood, WA.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGCITY OF ARLINGTON

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Arlington City Council on Monday, December 5, 2011 at 7:00pm at the Arlington City Council Chambers located at 110 E. Third Street, Arlington, Wash- ington. Purpose of the hearing is to take public comment and testimony regarding the City of Ar- lington 2012 preliminary budget. Copies of the budget are available by contacting the City Clerk’s Office or at the City’s website www.arlingtonwa.gov .Kristin BanfieldCity ClerkPublished: November 23, 2011. #547235

CITY OF ARLINGTON Notice of Public Hearing

The Arlington Planning Commis- sion and City Council will hold public hearings on the following project, the purpose of which will be to hear public testimony regarding the project prior to adop- tion by City Council, who will make the final decision: Planning Commission Hearing: Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 7PM City Council Hearing: Monday, December 19, 2011, 7PM Hearing Location: Council Chambers, 110 E. Third Street Project Name/Number: Manu- facturing/Industrial Center Com- prehensive Plan Amendments (PLN20110007) Applicant: City of Arlington, 238 N. Olympic Ave., Arlington, WA 98223 Project Location: Within MIC- designated area; See map on City website, www.arlingtonwa.gov or contact City staff for copy Project Description: The Manufacturing/Industrial Center (MIC) Comprehensive Plan Amendments are City-initiated, City-wide text-amendments to the City of Arlington Comprehen- sive Plan to amend goals and policies and chapter discussions related to the designation of a Manufacturing/Industrial Center (MIC) overlay and adding a new map to the Comprehensive Plan showing the specific boundaries of the MIC. The MIC designation would iden- tify the area as a major employment center that attracts manufacturing and industrial uses. By having this area designated as an MIC, the City would be eligible for future competitive transportation infrastructure grant funding. MICs are designated by Snohomish County Tomorrow (SCT), Sno- homish County’s public inter-ju- risdictional forum of cities and the Tribes; and by Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), which is the Puget Sound’s regional planning body. Staff Contact: Todd Hall, Asso- ciate Planner 238 N. Olympic Avenue, Arling- ton, WA 98223 360.403.3436 [email protected] Any interested persons are invit- ed to either testify orally at the hearings, or provide written testimony at or prior to the hearings. If you would like written testimony to be included in the Commis- sion or Council packets, staff must receive it at least 10 days prior to the date of each hearing. Anyone wishing to review the project files may do so during normal business hours (9 AM - 5 PM) Monday-Friday, at the Permit Center, 2nd floor of City Hall, 238 N. Olympic, Arlington, WA. Staff reports will be available to the public 7 days prior to each hearing.Published: November 23, 2011. #546307

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MARYSVILLE — Lakewood hosted its 2A state quarterfinal playoff game against the W.F. West Bearcats at Marysville-Pilchuck High School’s Quil Ceda Stadium, just seven miles from Lakewood High School, in a frosty affair on Nov. 19.

The winner would sur-vive to face the winner of the next day’s match in the semifinal game at the Tacoma Dome on Nov. 25 or 26. The loser would stay home.

The Cougars played before a friendly crowd but it was West senior quarter-back Mitch Gueller who made himself at home, rushing 22 times for 260 yards and three touchdowns to beat Lakewood, 33-18.

The Bearcats stopped Cougar junior running back Donovan Evans short on 4th-and-2 on Lakewood’s first drive to force the Cougars to throw the ball.

The Cougars were domi-nated at the line of scrim-mage in the first quarter as Gueller split the Lakewood defense up the middle and off the left tackle with option plays and drilled the

Cougars for a nine-yard score. Junior Bearcat Keylen Steen scored from six yards out five minutes later to put W.F. West ahead 14-0 with under two minutes to go in the first quarter.

“Every single one of you better rally up,” Lakewood senior wide receiver/line-backer Riley Reinecke shouted as he patrolled the Cougar sideline after the Bearcats’ second score. “Every one of you.”

The Cougars spelled junior quarterback Justin Peterson with junior quar-terback Kolby Schueller to open up the spread-for-mation passing game and catch the Bearcats napping as they played the run and open lanes for the ground game that had brought Lakewood this far. The aggressive tactics moved the chains momentarily, but the Cougars came up short on a 4th down pass early in the second quarter.

Gueller wasted no time in holding onto an option and cruising down one sideline, then the other on consecutive plays. His zone read keeper on the drive’s third play put the Bearcats up 20-0 as the extra point failed.

W.F. West drove a bounc-ing squib kick down the middle on the kickoff to stuff Lakewood’s return, but the Cougars returned it to the Bearcat 40 to amp up the crowd. Evans took a swing pass to the two-yard line and Peterson scampered up the middle to score — and again for a two-point conversion — to put Lakewood on the board, trailing 20-8, with nine minutes left in the half.

Lakewood’s surprise onside kick bounced off of a Bearcat lineman, but West managed to recover the loose ball. The Cougars stuffed Gueller for a five-yard loss on 2nd and 10, then stuffed one of Gueller’s backfield companions for five more to force a 4th-and-20 punt, but the Cougars could not turn the stop into points as they failed on another 4th-down pass at the Bearcat 32.

Gueller crushed the Lakewood rebellion two plays later with a 56-yard keeper down the left side-line, though the Cougars would block the extra point. The score was 26-8 with 34 seconds until halftime.

Lakewood hustled and bustled to attempt a field goal before the end of the half and drew a fortunate

roughing the kicker penalty that put them in range for sophomore kicker Randy Anaya’s second-chance field goal that made the score 26-11 at the half.

“It’s not over, baby,” Reinecke said as his team took the field for the third quarter.

The Cougars opened the second half with an onside kick to try to take the momentum, but the ball sailed out of bounds. Lakewood held the Bearcats to a 4th-and-1 at the Cougar 42-yard line, but a Cougar encroachment penalty gave Gueller room to burn the defense for 29 yards on the ground to go up 33-11 with eight minutes to go in the third quarter.

Lakewood converted a gutsy fake punt on their next possession, but a false start on the next fourth down put their trickery to rest. The Bearcats squeezed the air out of the ball with off-tackle runs to end the third quar-ter.

W.F. West pushed a field goal wide left midway through the fourth. The Cougars went no-huddle and Peterson pushed the ball down the field with a flurry of scrambles and improv passes

until he found Micheletti in the right corner of the end zone to draw to within 33-18 with two and a half minutes to play.

The Bearcats recovered Lakewood’s onside kick and kneeled with the ball to punch their ticket to the Tacoma Dome.

“We built this team, baby,”

Lakewood senior run-ning back Christian Melton told his teammates in the Cougars’ post-game meet-ing, imploring them to hold their heads high and cele-brate their 10-win, Cascade Conference championship season, the first in 17 years. “The juniors will build on this season next year.”

W.F. West freezes Lakewood 33-18


ARLINGTON — Jennifer Domanowski can’t wait another minute.

The Arlington High School senior and Marysville Mighty Marlins Swim Club member who specializes in the butterfly, free-style and individual medley events who has been swimming since she was 7 years old, will join Boise State’s women’s swim team and compete with her new teammates at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha on June 25.

“I’m so excited,” Domanowski said. “It’s like a dream come true. The recruiting process is long and scary, but Boise is so perfect and I get to be a part of it all.”

She’s been a USA Swimming Scholar All-American for the last two years. She’s on Link Crew,

plays in the Arlington wind ensem-ble, plays piano in Arlington’s Jazzmine show, is a member of the National Honor Society and was Arlington High School’s 2009 AP Biology Student of the Year. She wants to be a pharmacist and will study biochemistry in Boise.

“She does her butterfly sets bet-ter than faster swimmers,” Marlins coach Kirby Schaufler said. “Butterfly is the hardest, but she just rips them off in practice.”

Domanowski’s fascination with Boise State began when she met women’s swim coach Kristin Hall at the Junior National Championships in California in August. She visited Boise’s campus in October and felt that she fit in well with the coaching staff.

Domanowski had narrowed her choice of schools to five — Northern Arizona, Colorado

State, the Naval Academy, Boise State and Utah — but cancelled the trip to Utah, her fifth and final visit, because Boise State was exactly what she wanted.

Boise State returned the fas-cination — it keeps an eye on Northwest swimmers and Domanowski was a recruit of interest.

“She’s definitely one of the best swimmers in her area this year,” Hall said. “She’s a hard worker and a great team player with lots of interest in the classroom.”

Domanowski’s goal is to win the Mountain West Conference 200-yard butterfly championship as an individual as well as with her team.

“Boise State’s coaches have gen-uine faith in me,” Domanowski said. “They’ll help me reach my best while I’m there.”

Arlington’s Domanowski will swim at Boise State

Arlington senior Jennifer Domanowski shakes Marysville Mighty Marlins coach Kirby Schaufler’s hand after Domanowski captured first place in the 200-yard butterfly championships at the Senior Pacific Northwest Swimming Championships in Palo Alto, Calif.

Lakewood quarterback Justin Peterson rolls out as he looks downfield to find an open receiver during the Cougars’ 33-18 loss to W.F. West on Nov. 19.


MARYSVILLE — You’d never know it from talk-ing to a Snohomish County school’s athletics depart-ment, but six different schools — Marysville-Pilchuck, Marysville Arts & Technology, Lakewood, Lake Stevens, Mariner and Cascade — have bowl-ing teams and several have enough kids to make two teams each.

The teams don’t show up in yearbooks because they aren’t funded by the schools. Boys have to call their teams ‘clubs’ and girls are allowed to have bowling teams, but bowling must replace anoth-er ‘letter’ sport. So, instead, the boys and girls bowling teams operate independently in co-ed competition.

The bowlers, like players on any high school team, must keep their grades up in order to remain eligible. Kids even join bowling leagues

after graduating to stay active in the sport. League matches cost an average of $9, but kids don’t have to pay to practice at Strawberry Lanes — donations take care of it.

All skill levels — from first-time bowlers to prime-time, competitive players — are welcomed. Amber Maeder of Mariner bowled a 238 in one of Nov. 18’s games and Lakewood bowl-er Eddie Smith maintains a 225 average. Lake Stevens assistant coach Jane Dye has seen three perfect games bowled in the time she’s been involved.

The teams meet at dif-ferent venues two to three times a week for head-to-head matches that go toward determining a league cham-pion at the end of the season. The teams bowl two regular games and two ‘baker’ games, in which each bowler on the team bowls two frames. The top three teams qualify for the state tournament at the

end of the season.Christine Mair, a teacher’s

aide for the Snohomish County School District, attends all matches. Her son, Chance, a student at Marysville Arts & Tech, has been bowling since kindergarten and also plays tennis for M-P. Chance enjoys the competition and the pur-suit of his favorite sport.

“Bowling fits for a lot more people who aren’t interested in a true team sport,” Christine said.

Arts & Tech junior and captain Eli Reed revels in the responsibility of his post. He has to show up at every practice and match, and helps coaches organize the events.

Lakewood coach Cindee Dowell started as a coach at Evergreen High School in 1999 before “inheriting” the Lakewood coaching position.

“It’s a positive environ-ment with great kids and great sportsmanship,” Dowell said. “I love watching first-time bowlers raise their averages from 75 to 125.”

Katie Banks, mother of Arts & Tech bowler Austin Banks, loves to see how many new friends her son has made in the league. Austin has gotten better and better as the weeks have passed and his scores have gotten higher each time.

M-P bowling coach Mike Edenholm ended up as the

Tomahawks’ coach when his daughter got into bowl-ing and the squads needed a coach. He’s coached his teams to state three times, taking fourth in each appear-ance. Arts & Tech coach Gary Schopf and his wife, co-coach Natialene, who was the assistant M-P coach

before her daughter got the Arts & Tech team running, have bowled for more than 50 years.

“All the time we spend here is worth it,” Natialene said. “I love that parents can get involved. We’ve helped a couple of at-risk kids stay out of trouble.”

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SMOKEY POINT — While many holiday shoppers are already gearing up for “Black Friday,” the Arlington and Marysville commu-nities are asking that they keep “Small Business Saturday” in mind as well on Nov. 26.

“Small Business Saturday” was started last year by American Express to help promote local stores across the country, and represen-tatives of the cities of Arlington and Marysville agree that the small businesses in their towns add up to an economic engine which drives the region’s prosperity.

Arlington Assistant City Administrator Kristin Banfield estimated that approximately one-third of the city’s licensed busi-nesses fall under the heading of retail-oriented small businesses.

“We probably have 300 to 350 of our 850 licensed businesses that would be considered small busi-nesses, which employ close to 2,000 people, for an average of about five per business,” Banfield said.

While the city of Arlington classifies small businesses such as beauty salons and massage therapy under “service” rather than retail, Banfield noted that both types of

small businesses generate sales tax revenues and constitute reinvest-ment into the local economy. She added that a number of studies have shown the importance of heeding campaigns in Arlington and Marysville to “Buy Local.”

“A study from Civic Economics found that, for every $100 spent in local independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expendi-tures,” Banfield said. “If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online through an out-of-state vendor and very little, if anything, stays home.”

Banfield went on to cite the U.S. Department of Labor’s findings in 2009 that, if half the employed population spent $50 each month in locally owned independent busi-nesses, it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue.

“For every purchase you make, a portion of the 8.6 percent sales tax you pay when you buy some-thing in Arlington stays right here,” Banfield said. “The bottom line is if you buy local, the money stays local and it keeps recirculating, provid-ing our local community with a quality of life that can’t be beat.”

Marysville Community Information Officer Doug Buell likewise touted the value of small

businesses in funding local govern-ment programs and fostering qual-ity of life in the community.

“Of the 8.6 percent sales tax rate charged here, one tenth — 0.85 percent and 0.01 percent for crimi-nal justice — becomes city rev-enue,” Buell said. “This revenue is part of the city’s general fund. That pays for the fire and police depart-ments, senior services, parks and recreation programs, street light-ing, safe sidewalks and other criti-cal activities and services.”

Buell echoed Banfield’s data that sales taxes are only one way in which local businesses contribute to the community, by pointing to the “multiplier effect” of local busi-ness owners and employees shop-ping for goods and services at each other’s stores.

“When you shop locally, you can avoid higher tax rates charged in some other areas,” Buell said. “Shopping locally saves you time, gas and energy.”

In addition to contributing to services such as the city’s road and infrastructure budgets for traf-fic improvements and expanded infrastructure, Buell listed another benefit of small businesses to the community.

“They often hire and train young people for their first jobs, and take

pride in offering personalized cus-tomer service,” Buell said.

Both the Arlington-Smokey Point and Greater Marysville Tulalip Chambers of Commerce reported on the economic returns yielded by their “Buy Local” cam-paigns.

“During the course of and fol-lowing our 2009-10 ‘Buy Local’ campaign, we found that Marysville had fared better than surrounding communities with respect to the sales taxes returned during this time period,” Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber Board Chair John Bell said. “Since the vast majority of our local businesses are small, the obvious conclusion is that buying locally from small businesses results in higher sales tax revenue for local government and, thus, with appro-priate investment, a better quality of life in our local community.”

Mary Andersen, the office man-ager of the Arlington Pharmacy who’s been active in the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber’s “Buy Local” campaign, likewise cred-ited the partnership between the Chamber, the city of Arlington and the Downtown Arlington Business Association with further fostering interest in local small businesses.

“We’ve been able to track the interest via our Facebook page,

which has 352 ‘likes,’ and our web-site traffic, which is always growing,” Andersen said. “We’re fortunate to live in a community with so many residents who understand why it’s important to shop locally, which is why there’s been a minimum impact on the local small business commu-nity. However, there’s always room for improvement in spreading our message.”

Mary Kirkland, owner of Hilton’s Pharmacy on Third Street in Marysville, sees small businesses as part of the “historic backbone” of the city.

“This town started as a trading post, and the small business com-munity remains alive and well,” Kirkland said. “Entrepreneurship still drives the region.”

“When people think about shop-ping locally, it doesn’t really count if you’re just shopping at Walmart,” said Arlington resident Janna Mitchell, co-owner of Marysville Floral. “They should think of us too.”

“We might not have as much vol-ume, but our uniqueness can’t be beat,” said fellow Marysville Floral co-owner Nicole Walker.

For more information on “Small Business Saturday,” log onto www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessSaturday.

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Classic Worship Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8:15A.M.Kidz’ Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00A.M.Casual Worship Celebration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00A.M.Oasis Service, Family Style (Wednesday) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00P.M.Student Ministries (Jr. High-Wednesday) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00P.M.Student Ministries (Sr. High-Thursday) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:30P.M.

Groups for Children, Youth, College/Career, Young Marrieds, Families and Seniors

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Wednesday 7 p.m. and Sunday 10:30 a.m.PASTOR FRED MOORE

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Word of Fire Christian Center“Is Not My Word Like A Fire” (Jeremiah 23:29)

Meeting at 1059 State St, Suite GNext to Golden Corral RestaurantSunday School 10:30 -11:15 amTuesday Night Bible Study 5 pm

Pastors: Lee & Flora Rush 360-840-3755

SUNDAY SERVICE — 11:30am


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NOTE: If the particular featured pet is not available, we have many great animals to choose from and you are sure to find the perfect pet for you.

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All animals adopted from EAS are neutered, microchipped, vaccinated, wormed and treated for fleas.

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Indoor ComfortVendors/Crafters Wanted

EVERY SAT. & SUN.8-5 PM

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The Unknown, a young and local

Stanwood classic rock band, will be

performing British Rock Songs of the Sixties

at 8 pm, Saturday, December 3rd

at The Sports Station (formerly The Station).

Take a step back in time and enjoy songs

from such groups as The Beatles, The Who,

The Kinks, The Hollies, The Animals,

The Yardbirds, as well as others.

The Sports Station is located at 8713 271st St NW, Stanwood.

$5.00 per person cover.

For more information, please call 425-220-5569

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Are you an Expert in your field? Would you like to share your knowledge with others? Call the Marysville Globe / Arlington Times at 360-659-1300 today, and you could be one of our EXPERTS!

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A: You should allow for 1 to 1 ½ hours for a thorough estimate. It is important for us to listen to you the Homeowner, how long you will be living in your current home, so many people today forget to listen and it is our number one goal to do that and meet your needs and recommend the right system (s) for you. If you truly feel comfortable it is okay to just get “one”. Otherwise customers will typically get anywhere from two to three estimates total. If you get more than that it really can get confusing in terms of all the information out there at that point you should be interviewing the company to meet your needs.

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ARLINGTON — The Arlington United Church aims to provide some holiday cheer for the Arlington Kids’ Kloset with a “Community Giving Tree,” whose gift tags will suggest items to donate.

The tree will be placed in the

front of the church, located at 338 N. McLeod, from Nov. 26 through Dec. 18. Those who choose gift tags are encouraged to bring their con-tributions to a service of dedication on Dec. 18 at the church’s 10:15 a.m. worship. Suggested gift items are:

■ New athletic shoes in any size from 9 for toddlers through 14 for adults.

■ New socks in individual pairs or packages.

■ Packages of new underwear in sizes from children through adult.

■ Packages of new boxer briefs for men.

■ Hygiene products including shampoo, soap, toothpaste, tooth-brushes, shaving gel, razors, deodor-ant and hairbrushes.

■ Coats in new or good used

condition, in any size from 4T to adult.

■ Winter hats, gloves or mittens, and scarves.

For more information call Arlington United Church Pastor Deena Jones at 360-435-3259.

Arlington United Church sets out ‘Community Giving Tree’


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Cute two bedroom one bath home located in the heart of downtown Stanwood. This home with a charming front porch has lots of potential and with some TLC this home could shine again. This home is close to all amenities and bus lines.

Spacious Light and bright two story home located in Gleneagle. This home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a formal living room, family room with gas fireplace and a upstairs bonus room. The kitchen has granite counters. Out back is a fully fenced low maintenance backyard with a large patio. Two-car attached garage.

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LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood School District Board of Directors approved two resolutions at their Nov. 2

meeting, authorizing two levy measures both slated for the Feb. 14 ballot next year.

The first measure is a

replacement school program and operations levy, which will replace the existing school program and opera-

tions levy that expires at the end of 2012. This replacement levy will run for another four years, from 2013 through

2016 — and will help fund the day-to-day operations of the school district, providing approximately 20 percent of

the district’s total operating revenue.

This local levy makes up the difference between the state and federal funding the district receives and what it costs to educate Lakewood’s students. Examples of pro-grams and services not fully funded by state and federal revenues include curriculum, technology, facility mainte-nance and upkeep, student transportation, new school buses, student athletics and activities, security and emer-gency preparedness, health and counseling services, services for students with special needs, staff training, teacher and support staff compensation, and benefits beyond state funding level.

The second measure the Board approved will replace the current technology levy that expires at the end of 2012 and will run for two years, from 2013 through 2015. This capital projects and technology levy will provide funding for mod-ernization and remodeling projects, including increas-ing energy efficiency by upgrading heating and ven-tilation systems, re-roofing school buildings, purchas-ing new portables, repairs on the district stadium and planning modernizations to Lakewood High School. These capital projects levy funds will also be used to continue the district’s tech-nology plan by upgrading and maintaining the district’s technology infrastructure, replacing and replenishing technology equipment, and technology upgrades and instructional tools for class-rooms, students, and staff.

Lakewood School Board approves levies for Feb. 14 ballot18 November 23, 2011

Cascade Valley Hospital Skagit Valley Hospital In Partnership for your Health

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MARYSVILLE — Marysville firefighters and Santa Claus will once again be teaming up this year to collect for the Marysville Community Food Bank.

Santa and the firefight-ers will be at the Marysville Safeway, located at 1258 State Ave., from 3-7 p.m. on Dec. 5-8, so they encourage you to stop by.

During this time of year, the Marysville Community Food Bank relies even more so on the community’s spirit of giving to ensure that fam-ilies in need can celebrate the holiday season.

The firefighters and Santa will accept donations of food, unwrapped toys or cash, and Santa will be handing out candy canes for kids and adults alike.

Firefighters collect for food bank

SMOKE SHOPS

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Visit www.arlingtontimes.com/green_editions &www.marysvilleglobe.com/green_editions today!

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