Marysville Globe, February 14, 2015

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Homeless home for a night Last in a three-part series.

Church wants others involved BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com

Health: Kidney

dialysis business opens. Page 14.

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Dusty Stogdell and his cat Zander check out the sleeping area at the new homeless shelter at St. Mary’s church in Marysville.

Mayor: Caring for homeless takes a balance

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Vol. 121, No. 32

MARYSVILLE – Mayor Jon Nehring has a dilemma concerning the homeless. While he has compassion for their plight, he also has compassion for the community that may not want to deal with some of the issues the homeless can cause. He wants to strike a balance. He said the problem is too big for

BY KIRK BOXLEITNER

ARLINGTON — The city’s measures to deal with the problems of homelessness and aggressive panhandling have drawn fire from a

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have the facilities. They need help to be self-sustaining.” The county has requested $1.6 million in state funding to renovate the Carnegie Library, adjacent to the county jail in Everett, for low-level offenders with addictions and/or mental illness, many of whom are homeless. The renovation cost is $2.1 million. SEE MAYOR, PAGE 3

SEE SHELTER, PAGE 3

ACLU challenges Arlington regarding homeless laws kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

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the city to handle alone. It will take a regional solution, and he will be meeting this month with Snohomish County and Everett officials to discuss what can be done. He mentioned a psychiatric hospital planned at Smokey Point and homeless shelter planned in Everett as bigpicture solutions. “The elephant in the room is mental health,” Nehring said. “We just don’t

By STEVE POWELL

MARYSVILLE – On a cold December morning, Father Dwight P. Lewis woke up and found four homeless people sleeping on his porch. The rectory was undergoing renovations, and the four used leftover cardboard to block themselves from the wind. Later, Lewis found three more homeless in the St. Mary’s Catholic Church dumpster. And three more were sleeping across 88th Street from the church at the cemetery. Lewis said that convinced the parish that they needed to help. “They were already here on the property, sleeping in the yard,” he said. “Regardless of what you think of them, they are not trash, they are human beings. You cannot just wish them away.” Lewis admitted not everyone was excited about opening a shelter at the church. “They want to help, just

national civil rights group. On Feb. 9, city attorney Steve Peiffle presented a revised draft of the city’s law regarding solicitation and unlawful camping. The city had received a letter from the American

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Civil Liberties Union, suggesting the changes. After Peiffle had sent the ACLU a revised draft in line with their suggestions, the ACLU sent another reply, which he and city staff haven’t reviewed yet.

When council member Debora Nelson asked for the police perspective on the ACLU’s suggestions, Deputy Police Chief Jonathan SEE ACLU, PAGE 2

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