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Seniors benefit from Days of Caring BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Patrick Jones, a campaign executive with United Way of Snohomish County, joins volunteers in touching up the exterior of the Stillaguamish Senior Center’s thrift store on Sept. 13.
Police, Council discuss impacts of vagrancy, drug trafficking
SPORTS: Lakewood takes top spots in Cascade Conference. Page 12
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
CLASSIFIED ADS 19-24 11 LEGAL NOTICES 4 OPINION 12-13 SPORTS 15 WORSHIP
Vol. 124, No. 08
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Arlington Police Chief Nelson Beazley holds up a street sign of the type that Marysville Police Chief Rick Smith reported has resulted in a drastic decrease in panhandling in Marysville.
ARLINGTON — Arlington Police Chief Nelson Beazley’s presentation to the Arlington City Council on Monday, Sept. 16, yielded an extended discussion on the impacts of vagrancy, drug trafficking and police department staffing levels on the Arlington community. The meeting opened with former Arlington Police Officer Molly Ingram being sworn back into the Arlington Police Department by city of Arlington Attorney Steve Peiffle, after she’d previously served in the Arlington Police Department from 2005-08, and then moved the Marysville Police Department. “She’s back where she belongs, and her
return is extremely timely,” Beazley said. “Her experience level means that her training will be expedited greatly. As we’re looking to fill a tremendous void here, it’s a great time to have Molly back.” When it came time for his own presentation, Beazley brandished a street sign that was inspired by the city of Marysville’s antipanhandling efforts, and attributed much of the panhandling in the Arlington community to the impact of illegal drugs, most notably heroin. “It’s difficult to go after panhandlers legally, since the Constitution says that people have the right to solicit money, and the laws require that you have to prove that they’re SEE POLICE, PAGE 2
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SPORTS: Lady Eagles win season opener against Redmond. Page 12
SMOKEY POINT — The Stillaguamish Senior Center and its thrift store received a significant facelift thanks to the employees of Absolute Manufacturing’s Senior Aerospace Group and members of the United Way of Snohomish County on Friday, Sept. 13, and Saturday, Sept. 14. More than half a dozen volunteers swarmed around the thrift store that Friday morning to repaint its exterior, and they were followed that Saturday morning by another wave of volunteers who weeded the grounds, leveled the drive and cleaned out the parking lot. “If we were paying six or seven guys a rate of $15 an hour for this type of work, that would add up to more than a little bit of money,” said Linda