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Descendants honor Civil War veteran
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BY LAUREN SALCEDO lsalcedo@arlingtontimes.com
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Local re-enactors of Civil War unit the 11th Pa. Infantry Co. 1 march behind Adam Carter toward the grave of Cyrus Marcus Armbrust, a Civil War veteran buried in the Marysville Cemetery, during a memorial event on April 28.
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Vol. 120, No. 06
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Local officials show solidarity against odor BY KIRK BOXLEITNER
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MARYSVILLE — Those driving along State Avenue shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, might have been surprised to see men in Civil War uniforms at the Marysville Cemetery firing their muskets into the sky. But that’s exactly what they would have seen, as a local family gathered with friends and Civil War re-enactors and stood near the grave of their long-dead ancestor — Cyrus Marcus Armbrust — to perform a traditional Civil War memorial for the Union soldier who died more than 100 years ago. “I think it went great,” said Corey Stinson of Arlington, who led the memorial. “My
whole point was just to do something that I needed to do.” Stinson is a distant relative of Armbrust’s — his mother is Karen Rodin of Stanwood, Armbrust’s fourth cousin. Rodin was the one who discovered through Ancestry. com that Armbrust was her distant relative and that he was buried in the Marysville Cemetery. Since her son, Stinson, and his children had previously performed in Civil War re-enactments, she was glad to find that Armbrust was a Civil War veteran. Stinson, a member of the Washington Civil War Association, has since begun re-enacting as Armbrust’s unit — the 11th Pa. Infantry
MARYSVILLE — Officials for the city of Marysville and the Tulalip Tribes showed their solidarity with Citizens for a Smell Free Snohomish County by calling for a determination of significance and an environmental impact statement from the city of Everett and the Puget Sound Clear Air Agency on Cedar Grove’s Smith Island composting facility in Everett. After submitting letters to those lead agencies on April 5 and 6, Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring and Tulalip Tribes Chair Mel Sheldon Jr. were joined by other city and tribal officials in the Marysville City Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 24, as they met with the press to voice their concerns about Cedar Grove’s shoreline substantial
development permit application. “We’re not against composting and we’re not looking to shut Cedar Grove down,” Nehring said. “We’d love to deal with this business, as long as it’s doing its business responsibly.” Nehring asserted that Cedar Grove’s Smith Island composting facility has failed to bring its operations into compliance with permit conditions laid down nearly nine years ago, and pointed to Cedar Grove’s own research data as showing that it had exceeded its odor threshold, which was the issue that inspired Marysville’s Mike Davis to found Citizens for a Smell Free Snohomish County. Nehring addressed the economic impacts on Marysville from the foul odors that he reported smelling himself. Sheldon echoed these complaints by
noting that, just as the city of Marysville is striving to revitalize its downtown businesses, so too do the Tulalip Tribes depend heavily on tourist revenues which would likewise be impacted by smells that make it less pleasant for people to shop and walk outside. “Tulalip has a biogas plant in Monroe, where we work with the local farmers in a positive way, so we understand the challenges of alternative energy,” said Sheldon, who also worries about the possible impacts of toxins on tribal harvests of salmon, crab and shrimp. For Quil Ceda Village General Manager Steve Gobin, the smell that generated more than 700 recorded complaints from around the area last summer is not just a possible blow to SEE ODOR, PAGE 2
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Mike Davis, founder of Citizens for a Smell Free Snohomish County, shares his concerns about Cedar Grove’s Smith Island composting facility in Everett during an April 24 meeting.
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