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Regency welcomes new ‘residents’ Seniors at local care center make room for chickens
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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LaRaine Friend, an 84-year-old resident of Regency Care Center, allows one of the center’s baby chickens to perch on her shoulder.
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — Jill Murphy, owner of the Tobacco Express roll-your-own cigarette store in Arlington, is wondering whether her business will last the summer. On May 9, Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law a bill that will tax loose tobacco sold at such stores at the same rate as prepackaged cigarettes, which takes effect July 1. Joe Baba, a tobacco distributor for Washington state who co-owns multiple rollyour-own cigarette stores in the area with his wife Kari, is considering legal action against the state. “Like so many small-business owners throughout the state, I am still very disapSEE TOBACCO, PAGE 2
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Jill Murphy, owner of the Tobacco Express roll-your-own cigarette store in Arlington, cleans the machine that her customers use to make their own cartons of smokes.
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ARLINGTON — On May 19, the Regency Care Center became home to a much younger crowd than they usually serve. The four baby chickens in their new coop were only five days old at the time, and they won’t start laying eggs until this fall or winter, but in the short time since their arrival the new occupants have already endeared themselves to many of the seniors staying there. “They’re so precious,” said 78-year-old Laura Lee Sawyer, a six-month resident of Regency Care Center, as she gently cupped a chick named “Itty” in her hands on May 29. “And they’re just tiny-tiny.” Both Sawyer and 84-year-old LaRaine Friend, who’s been at Regency Care Center for two years, enjoy coming outdoors to visit the chicks in their coop, although Regency Care Center Activities Director Molly