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Sarvey Wildlife faces budget shortfall BY LAUREN SALCEDO lsaclcedo@arlingtontimes.com
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Baxter the bobcat, a resident at the Sarvey Wildlife Care Center, prowls around his enclosure. The wildlife care center is facing a $95,000 budget shortfall and has appealed to the public for donations and support.
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ARLINGTON — The Sarvey Wildlife Care Center, a wildlife education and rehabilitation facility, is appealing to the public for donations after facing a $95,000 budget shortfall just before the start of their busiest season. “Every spring and summer, thousands of animals arrive at the center. Without the funds in place to purchase food, formula, medicine and supplies, we will be forced to make drastic cuts,” said SWCC Executive Director Suzanne West. “In 2012, we had 3,494 animals that we took in. Statistically, our population of incoming patients has grown every year, and the highest we have had is almost 4,000. However, what we are able to do is directly proportion-
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ate to how much funding we have.” The 501(c)3 nonprofit organization relies solely on donations and grants to support its operations, and without the necessary financial support the center faces severe cuts. “The worst-case scenario is that we would need to drastically reduce the amount of animals we can care for, and we would have to limit our rescue operation due to the gas expenditure. There are places we can cut. It just won’t look pretty for the animals. The other piece of it is, if we have to limit the amount of animals that we have been historically taking in, there are no other rehab facilities that can absorb our numbers. Every year, every rehab facility in our area maxes out. If you SEE SARVEY, PAGE 13
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — When U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen visited the Arlington Airport last fall, he met with a few of the non-aviation manufacturers in its business park areas, but on Thursday, April 4, aviation was at the forefront of his focus. Larsen spoke with local pilots, toured through the Glasair Aviation facilities, and was met by Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert and Arlington Airport Manager Rob Putnam, as he provided insights on how the SEE LARSEN, PAGE 2
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From left, Glasair Aviation Vice President of Operations Scott Taylor meets with Arlington Mayor Barbara Tolbert and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen to discuss aviation on April 4.
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