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Business: Video interpreters help the deaf. Page 14.
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Brea Morrin, Kaylee Bartley, Coach Nathan Davis.
ARLINGTON — Arlington High School had eight students sign their letters of intent to play sports in college Feb. 4. Brea Morrin and Kaylee Bartley signed their intents to play soccer. Morrin will play for Trinity Lutheran,
and Bartley will play for the University of Great Falls in Montana. Nathan Aune will play soccer for Seattle University. For Football, Connor Bovard signed for Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., and Cameron Scrimgeour signed for University of Jamestown in North Dakota.
Justean Landis signed to participate in track for Eastern Washington University, and Caleb Smith signed on for track and cross country at Northwest University. Audry Frolich signed with Skagit Community College to play volleyball. SEE PREP, PAGE 2
Volunteers donate time, money for homeless
Homeless wish for tent city
BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
Sports: Eagles
win game to fight cancer. Page 10.
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OPINION
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SPORTS
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WHAT’S UP?
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WORSHIP
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Vol. 125, No. 27
MARYSVILLE – These volunteers not only give up their time to help the homeless, they also give up some of their own money. “We pay to serve,” said Teri Branan, who helps each week at the Marysville Community Lunch at the Unitarian Universalist Church on 4th Street. “We do it out of the kindness of our hearts every week.” Branan said they receive food donations from various places, but there are always holes to fill so the volunteers pitch in. Volunteers work on Monday, Wednesday or Friday from about 12:30 to 2 p.m. The 25-40 volunteers are split into the three days. Between 30 and 70 homeless show for each meal. “Each day we have to find our own donations,” Branan said, adding they might be able to find more help but they don’t have the time. “We’ve put together a ragtag group that just tries to keep up,” she said. “We never had the opportunity to dream.”
BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
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Volunteers serve food to the homeless at the Unitarian Universalist Church on 4th Street. Second in a three-part series Pushed for what their needs are, Branan said they could use more freezer space. She said they seem to get a lot of meat donated. “We have 1 1/2 pallets of meat spread out all over Snohomish County,” she said.
Branan said they can always use more fruits and vegetables, along with paper plates, coffee, milk and water. She said if they had more volunteers it would lessen the financial burden on each one. “It’s a huge cost to each of us,” she said, adding even volunteering once a month would help.
The volunteers don’t just cook, serve and clean up. They often have a cup of coffee and visit with the homeless. “It’s total friendship,” Branan said. “It’s what keeps you coming back.” Brenda Peckham is another volunteer. “I’ve been blessed in my SEE HOMELESS, PAGE 2
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MARYSVILLE – The needs of the homeless are simple. They want a roof over their head, even if it’s just a tent. They want clothes, even if they’re worn and tossed out by others. And they want food, even if it’s old and dated. In Marysville, they can get help with the latter two, but not the first. “We need a place to camp where we’re not going to get kicked out of, like a tent city,” said Justin, 27, who has been homeless since he was a runaway at age 13. “Police are harsh on those who don’t have a place to live. We’ve been dealt a bad hand. Surviving on our own is hard.” Kathryn and Frank, who like Justin were eating the free Community Lunch at the Unitarian Universalist Church on 4th, agreed a SEE TENT, PAGE 2