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Jason Schilling and David Bailey release Beatrix while Molly Alves helped catch her.
Local organizations in need, volunteer indeed BY KIRK BOXLEITNER
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MARYSVILLE — If there’s one need community service organizations share, as much as funds, it’s people-power. “As summer winds down and kids get ready to go back to school, a lot of moms and dads will be looking for ways to keep busy,” said Beckye Randall of Red Curtain Foundation of the Arts, who organized the free event Aug. 13. Eilene Zachry of the Marysville Historical Society said they have 20
volunteers but could use 30 more. She added Ken Cage will not be running for president of the society again. “Since he and his wife Ethel were retired, they were able to do so much,” Zachry said. “So the rest of us need to step up and commit.” The society is looking for volunteers who have experience in video production, as well as those who can staff its Third Street Museum and the Gehl House. “I’ve loved learning about the city’s logging, agriculture and fishing,” Zachry said. “People now think
of Marysville as a place to shop, with a water tower, but so much went into making this town what it is.” Kloz 4 Kidz claims about 50 volunteers but with school coming up more are needed to staff its center for the nine hours of family shopping appointments each week. “We give training, and of course we check people’s backgrounds, but it’s all about whether you have a heart for the kids,” board member Ardyce Johnson said. Its goal is to make sure school-age children are
kept adequately clothed. Although it’s intended to serve local families in need, none of its clients is asked to supply proof of income or residence. “We have a brand new family that just came here from Alaska,” fellow board member Linda Max said. “They’ve already come to us. Word gets around.” Karen Harper, a volunteer with Quilceda Community Services, was recruiting volunteers for its thrift store in Arlington and its Willow Place recreational program.“Our special needs people can take a while to
do some things, so we need people who can work with them, and who don’t get rattled when things don’t go according to plan.” Marysville Community Food Bank president Dell Deierling is always in need of volunteers. “Every September, we take a hit, because kids go back to school and snowbirds start to head south for the winter,” said Deierling, who credited Marysville schools with incentivizing student volunteer work, through senior projects and varsity letters.
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TULALIP — Beavers are natural engineers, but can be a nuisance if they’re residing in residential or city areas. This was the case for “Beatrix” a name given to a female North American beaver by the students at Brookeside Elementary, who was flooding the school’s play field with her dams. Beaver dams are actually beneficial for the environment, creating freshwater storage from the ponds they form. “Without beaver dams, salmon don’t have a future,” supervisor of northwest wildlife Ben Dittbrenner said. “They will make a dam and a pond forms behind it which creates a habitat in itself.” Those wetlands are beneficial for ungulates like moose and elk, and aquatic
mammals such as otters and muskrats. They are the base of the food chain, Dittbrenner added. But beavers can become a problem when their dam construction damages property. With the school wanting no more flooding, and the city wanting to construct over the stream, it was Beatrix’s time to go. Some trappers were hired to try and remove Beatrix but could potentially kill her. But Beatrix was in luck because the “Beaver Bill” and the agreement of the Tulalip Tribes meant that there are government regulations on who can handle and relocate beavers. “We thought this was a perfect time to relocate this animal and get her to a better place,” Dittbrenner said. She was finally captured