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Dacia Broetz and her son, Brayden, grab some breakfast before his first classes in the third grade at Presidents Elementary.
Brynn Stavang is all smiles as she prepares for her first assignment in first grade at Presidents Elementary.
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Munizza receives Lifetime Achievement award. Page 10.
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When it came to how they adjusted to getting back into the swing of school, Dacia and Brayden offered differing accounts. “I’m a morning person anyway, so I get up around this time as part of my routine,” Dacia said. “And then you go back to sleep,” Brayden added. “Well, sometimes I need that,” Dacia said. Kelcey Wolfe and her daughter, Daun, kept hug-
ging until Daun finally got to her first-grade classroom. “She’s a bit nervous, but excited, since her teacher seemed nice,” Kelcey said. “I’m glad she’s starting first grade. It’s time. We had a fun summer, but it’s definitely time to go back.” As they did last year, Kelcey plans to ease Daun into the start of each school day by waking up early with her and talking with her about what they’ll be doing .
“We even have time enough to take a walk around town,” Kelcey said. “It helps ease her into it.” Kelcey and all her siblings attended Presidents, so she’s happy to see her daughter attend the same school. “Presidents is like home to us,” Kelcey said. As a preschool teacher herself, Amber Gratton was emotionally prepared for her son, Xavier, to start first SEE SCHOOL, PAGE 2
Substation increases police presence in Smokey Point BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SMOKEY POINT — Although the Arlington Police Department’s Smokey Point substation was inaugurated Sept. 2, officials explained that it’s still a work in progress. Arlington Police Cmdr. Terry Quintrall
explained that the substation allows patrol officers who work in the city’s southern beat, in Smokey Point, to complete their casework without driving all the way up to the police station in downtown Arlington, in the city’s northern beat. “That’s a fairly long time in transit to keep
those officers out of this area,” said Quintrall, who believes that keeping the officers closer to their beat will aid in the goal of reducing crime 30 percent over the course of the next three years. “The community, businesses and city management recognized the need for this
substation,” said Tolbert, who also expressed her appreciation to Rossum Properties for working so swiftly to secure a three-year lease. While new School Resource Officer Stephanie Ambrose demonstrated the facilities’ working by logging SEE POLICE, PAGE 2
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Stephanie Ambrose logs onto the computer at the Arlington Police Smokey Point substation.
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ARLINGTON — Brayden Broetz is an old hand at first days of school. As he started third grade at Presidents Elementary Sept. 3, his biggest transition was moving up to the second floor. “He’s gone here since kindergarten, and preschool through second grade is on the ground floor,” said Brayden’s mom, Dacia. “He
was so excited that he gets to go upstairs this year.” Dacia has kept Brayden at Presidents because of its supportive teachers and staff, including Principal Dave McKellar, whom she credited with being friendly and interacting with the children. “They had one janitor that Brayden misses, because he was really lovable and always joking around with the kids,” Dacia said.