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Toy Store serves record number of local children, families during holiday season there,” said Bensch, whose children were among the more than 1,100 served by the Marysville Toy Store this year. “The Marysville Toy Store served about 800 kids last year, said Sue Kendall, who co-chairs the Toy Store with Bonnie Ramsey. “This year, we served 822 kids from 265 families on Friday, and 265 kids from 94 families on Saturday. That’s an increase of about 200 kids since last year, and a total of almost 360 families served between the Toy Store’s two days this year.” While all the families interviewed made it clear that they would have done their best to keep the economy from affecting their chil-
BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SPORTS: Wesco, Northwest teams face off at M-PHS. Page 11
MARYSVILLE — Elizabeth Bensch arrived at the old Dunn Lumber building in her camouflage uniform on Friday, Dec. 16, to make sure her children could celebrate the holidays. “I’m shopping for four kids,” said Bensch, a firstterm Navy enlistee who’s been serving at Naval Station Everett since January of this year. “Dad stays at home to look after them so that I can be the worker bee.” Bensch’s husband had to quit his former job before he and his wife moved to the area, and he hasn’t been able to find work since. “We just want to make sure the Santa gifts are all
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From left, Jamie King receives assistance from the Toy Store volunteers Jessica Harvey and Dallas Hoffman in choosing gifts to suit her six children on Dec. 16.
Council extends marijuana moratorium BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Lake Stevens resident Laura Healy speaks to the Marysville City Council on Dec. 12.
MARYSVILLE — A trio of personal testimonies as to the benefits of medical marijuana was met with interest by the Marysville City Council on Dec. 12, as two citizens of Marysville and one from Lake Stevens urged them to allow the city’s moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries to expire on Jan. 5 of next year. Nonetheless, the Council voted unanimously to extend the moratorium into June of 2012, after Marysville City Attorney Grant Weed warned of potential confusion in interpreting the existing laws regulating medical marijuana, as well as conflicts that could arise between municipal, state and federal laws on the subject. “There are several moving parts to the law which
have yet to be resolved,” Weed said. “The provisions have become more vague, and the state Legislature is interested in clarifying them. The federal Controlled Substances Act is still in effect, under which marijuana is deemed to have no medical value, and its use, possession and sale remain illegal, which preempts any state law. The law is anything but settled.” After city of Marysville Chief Administrative Officer Gloria Hirashima noted that the city of Marysville has been discussing zoning responses with the cities of Arlington and Lake Stevens, which are also considering such an alternative, Lake Stevens resident Laura Healy spoke to the Council about the collective garden that she’s operated for the past two years in Shoreline. “We want to be regulated rather than elimSEE COUNCIL, PAGE 2
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