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SPORTS: Mt. Vernon outruns M-P on the hardcourt. Page 8
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Community turns out to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
COMMUNITY: VFW provides holiday parties for National Guard, families. Page 3
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Marysville’s Makena Keller, 6, gets into the seasonal spirit as she makes her own holiday-themed crafts in Comeford Park on Dec. 3.
SPORTS: Stanwood girls bury Chargers. Page 8
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MARYSVILLE — Even before the evening’s events, the Marysville community celebrated various festivities throughout Saturday, Dec. 3, to kick off the winter holiday season. While the merchants of Second, Third and Fourth streets drew visitors through their “Passport to Christmas” prize program from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Outer Court by the Carabinieri Bar coffee stand on Third Street had its own Santa available for photos from 1-4 p.m. “We must have gotten between $50 and $60 in cash, plus $20 to $30 worth of toys and $60 to $75 worth of food,” said Misty Creel at 2 p.m., as she collected for Allen Creek
Community Church’s “Seeds of Grace” from the nearly 30 families who had stopped by within an hour. “Seeds of Grace serves about 100 to 200 families a week, so every bit helps.” The Marysville Historical Society also had Santa on hand for photos from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Gehl House in Jennings Park, with the $10 per family going toward their capital campaign. Steve and Donna Muller took the photos and donated the time and labor out of their own pockets, while Marysville DECA students served as Santa’s elves. “Santa had about 120 candy canes when he started, and he’s got about 40 left, so SEE HOLIDAYS, PAGE 2
Council approves 2012 city budget BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE — While the evening’s public hearing yielded no input, not all of the Marysville City Council members agreed on the proposed city budget and property tax levies for 2012 during their Nov. 28 meeting. The Council’s votes on the ordinances for the EMS tax and the amendment of Marysville Municipal Code relating to the utility tax on telephone services were both unanimous 7-0, but Council member Jeff Seibert, Lee
Phillips and Jeff Vaughan voted against the majority on the ordinance for the regular tax. By a vote of 4-3, the Council levied a 1 percent increase on the regular tax, rather than banking that tax increase. Although the EMS tax was capped out, the Council’s unanimous vote to increase that tax was intended to bank that tax increase. Seibert and Vaughan were the minority votes again as the Council voted 5-2 to approve the proposed city budget for 2012, which Marysville Mayor Jon
Nehring touted as part of a long-term plan to afford the city some financial stability in a relatively independent fashion. “When I came into this office last year, I knew we needed to look down the road about three years and assume that the economy wouldn’t improve at all,” Nehring said. “We didn’t project any revenue increases, because we wanted to avoid having to rebalance the budget.” The 2012 budget is $111.5 million, down from the 2011 budget of $119.6 million due
“When I came into this office last year, I knew we needed to look down the road and assume that the economy wouldn’t improve at all.” Jon Nehring Marysville Mayor largely to reduced capital expenditures and debt service. Nehring noted that the 2012 budget maintains the status quo of not expecting a recovery from the reces-
sion, especially as retail sales tax in Marysville continues to drop between 3.5 percent and 4 percent on a year-to-year SEE BUDGET, PAGE 2
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