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Volunteers spruce up Marshall Elementary trict hasn’t been able to do everything that it would have liked, so it’s great that the community can come together to donate its manpower like this,” Sheward said. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and this way we’re welcoming our kids the right way on their first day. Regardless of how much money there is, we’ve got to step up and do what needs to be done for them.” Sheward was likewise gratified to see so many students turning out to take part in the cleanup, just as Jessica Callagan made sure to thank all the area businesses that contributed money and materials to help take care of the campus’ landscaped areas. Callagan, who serves as public relations co-chair for
BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SPORTS: Tomahawks overpower Eagles 42-14. Page 8
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Lisa Anderson, left, and her daughter Livia plant new flowers at Marshall Elementary on Aug. 28.
food banks benefit from upcoming drive. Page 10
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Fire districts discuss regionalization options BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — Firefighters from Marysville, Getchell, Tulalip Bay, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Silvana and Lakewood were among those representing 14 fire districts at a special meeting on Thursday, Aug. 30, to discuss the future of fire and emergency medical services in Arlington and North Snohomish County as a whole. Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert introduced Don Bivens, an emergency services consultant with 30 years of experience in the fire service, as he presented a program in the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center on how the fire districts in attendance might be able to part-
ner and/or pool their resources to maintain and perhaps even expand their levels of service in the face of ever-increasing demands and diminishing resources. Bivens retired from the Clark County Fire District in Vancouver, Wash., in 2010, and acknowledged that public expectations of fire and EMS are escalating while state and federal dollars are drying up in the midst of ongoing economic troubles. “What’s the upside of regionalizing?” Bivens asked rhetorically. “I can’t say you’ll always save money, but you’ll gain significant opportunities to reduce costs, especially as you benefit from economies of scale.”
Bivens touted the clout that regionalization would lend to the agencies involved, and explained that it can be accomplished via a merger of any number of fire districts, an annexation of a city, a contractual consolidation of the districts’ administrations or functions, an operational consolation which would retain the districts’ separate administrations, an organizational consolidation of one agency contracting the other agency’s full services, or the implementation of a regional fire authority. Kirk Boxleitner/Staff Photo “Regional fire authorities are catching on nationally,” Bivens said. Emergency services consultant Don Bivens “It’s as close to a merger between a outlines options for regionalization to memSEE FIRE, PAGE 2
bers of 14 fire districts in the Linda M. Byrnes Performing Arts Center on Aug. 30.
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MARYSVILLE — To make sure their school was inviting in time for the start of the 2012-13 school year on Wednesday, Sept. 5, several of the students, staff members, families and surrounding community members of Marshall Elementary and the Marysville Cooperative Education Program spruced up the school’s grounds on Tuesday, Aug. 28. Marshall Elementary Principal Kelly Sheward expressed her appreciation to the school’s Co-op and PTSA for coordinating the four-hour work party, to compensate for the impact of funding shortfalls faced by the Marysville School District. “Due to state and federal budget cuts, the dis-