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Spring wildflowers planted at park BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Cole Martin and Aaron Abele, both 11, planted wildflower seeds like practiced hands at Doleshel Park on May 6.
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Vol. 120, No. 44
MARYSVILLE — When Doleshel Park was officially dedicated on Feb. 22, city of Marysville Parks and Recreation Director Jim Ballew promised that they would return to plant wildflowers in the spring. On Tuesday, May 6, city of Marysville Parks Maintenance Manager Mike Robinson was aided in keeping that promise, not only by members of Cub Scout Pack and Boy Scout Troop 106, but also by members of the Marysville stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, whose thousands of hours of volunteer labor over the past three years were cited by Marysville Mayor John Nehring on Feb. 22 as instrumental in transforming a former Christmas tree farm into a passive nature park.
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Manufacturing Industrial Center makes progress in County Council BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
EVERETT — The cities of Arlington and Marysville made a significant step in the progress of their work to designate 4,091 acres of industrial and highway commercial properties between them as a Manufacturing Industrial Center with the help of the Snohomish County Council on Tuesday, May 6. The Planning and Community Development
Committee of the County Council met that morning to approve a public hearing on the subject for Wednesday, June 4, at 10:30 a.m., after which the Council itself is slated to vote on the ordinance introduced by County Council member Ken Klein, which would amend countywide planing policies to identify the ArlingtonMarysville Manufacturing Industrial Center as a candidate for designation by the Puget Sound Regional Council.
“That would put the county’s stamp of approval on it, which is a crucial step,” Klein said. “The cities can love this idea all day long, but without the county’s approval, it can’t be brought up before the Puget Sound Regional Council.” Klein, a former Arlington City Council member, was credited by representatives of both the cities of Arlington and Marysville with being an out-
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Snohomish County Council member Ken Klein speaks out in favor of the proposed ordinance to designate 4,091 acres of properties between the cities of Arlington and Marysville as a Manufacturing Industrial Center.
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Robinson estimated that the 35 wildflower seed packets that he dispensed to parents and children alike that afternoon contained 75 seeds each. Given that his goal was for his volunteer crew to plant 25 seeds per square foot, that meant that each seed packet could cover three square feet. “All told, we’re planting about 15,000 seeds in 600 square feet of soil,” Robinson said on May 6. “The plot is 10 feet by 60 feet, and it curves with the naturally sloping topography of the site, rather than being laid out in straight lines. The soil was freshly tilled today, and is soft enough that your feet will sink three inches deep if you walk through it.” To that end, a trio of dads did indeed walk through the
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