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Sports: Spring
teams begin matches, games this week. Page 8.
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Fans cheer on Quinton Morris as he drags weights behind his wheelchair for charity.
M-P: Boys lose
first two games at state tournament in Tacoma Dome. Page 9.
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CLASSIFIED ADS 12-14 LEGALS
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OPINION
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SPORTS
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WHAT’S UP?
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Vol. 121, No. 36
MARYSVILLE — “It only looks like a torture device,” Scott Ballenger laughed, as he chained the large wooden box to Quinton Morris’ wheelchair. “But it’s really training technology.” Ballenger is only half-kidding. As the adaptive fitness trainer and coordinator for the Marysville YMCA, he’s studied the training methods used by Paralympic athletes. He credited one of the Y’s members with taking a wooden pallet and turning it into a 15-pound wooden box. “You need resistance to be able to train in a wheelchair,” said
Ballenger, whose own disability requires him to use a wheelchair. “We attached carpeting to the bottom, though, so it won’t get stuck on the floor.” Ballenger then loaded it with two five-pound dumbbells for Morris’ “Draggin’ Dumbbells for Disabilities” March 11. It had already generated $800 in donations before Morris began doing laps around the Y’s gym with the weights chained to his chair. “There’s no coasting,” Ballenger said. “He’s pulling hard for every inch. I’ve done it myself, and your shoulders hurt SEE DISABLED, PAGE 2
Millons distributed to help victims of Oso landslide Globe-Times staff
United Way of Snohomish County and Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation of Arlington together received approximately $4.7 million for relief efforts after the Oso slide. In advance of the one-year anniversary, the two groups provided an updated, financial distributions report. The tragedy claimed the lives of 43 people March 22, 2014. About $3.1 million was distributed or will be distributed to families and individuals affected by the slide. Of the money that has already been distributed, 88 percent went to families directly impacted by the slide (such as those who lost a loved one, lost their home or experienced flood-
ing). The balance went to people indirectly affected (such as those who needed gas cards.) Meanwhile, the United Way of Snohomish County, which received more than $2.7 million nationwide after the Highway 530 landslide, is now focused on long-term recovery. In the last two months, United Way gave North Counties’ Family Services another $300,000 for people affected by the slide, agreed to pay the salary of one long-term disaster case manager, provided seed money for a STEM education project in Darrington; and supported a parks restoration SEE OSO, PAGE 2
Oso 1-year anniversary events
• Memorial, March 22, 10 a.m., Oso slide site, Highway 530 will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon, participants will be shuttled on buses to the site. • Soup Social at Oso Fire Department March 22 from noon to 4 p.m. • Pie Social at Darrington Community Center, March 22. • Benefit Concert with six acts for Oso Fire Department at Rhodes River Ranch March 21 at 1 p.m., to include buffet and live auction. • Gathering of Hope at Darrington Community Center March 20. • McClinchy Mile Oso Strong Bicycle Ride March 15 at 10 a.m.
What measures are your Marysville lawmakers sponsoring? Globe-Times Staff
Are your lawmakers doing what you want them to do in Olympia? Following is a list of some of the bills they have sponsored this session. Arlington - District 39 •Sen. Kirk Pearson has sponsored
28 bills including: Medal of valor to persons; coffee signs at rest stops; supervise domestic violence offenders; expand duties of geological survey; creates Washington Water Commission; provides at-risk fishing permits; and revitalize farm-toschool program.
•Rep. Dan Kristianson has sponsored 0 bills. •Rep. Elizabeth Scott has sponsored 24 bills, including: Celebrates the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival; requires a balanced budget; par SEE LAWS, PAGE 2
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