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Helping homeless women BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE – Homeless women and children may be getting a place to stay in Marysville soon. City, faith and social service representatives met recently to talk about the need and potential solu-
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tions. Mayor Jon Nehring said the city owns a house on Third Street that could be used for such a place temporarily, but that a huge transportation project will lead to its demise in probably less than two years. He said he hopes the faith com-
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munity can come up with a different home by then. Chief Administrative Officer Gloria Hirashima said that would be a logical extension. “Churches often take in families and help,” she said. “We can partner and facilitate.”
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Students speak out
BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE – High school students usually do a lot of listening, but they did most of the talking in a meeting with the Marysville School Board Jan. 19. Thirteen students from Marysville high schools took part. Board president Pete Lundberg asked them not to hold back. “We want you to be honest and speak the
truth,” he said. “That’s what we need to hear.” Superintendent Becky Berg added, “You are here because we want to hear from you.” The meeting is part of a series the board is having in an effort to “listen to the people we represent,” Lundberg said. They met with civic groups last week and will meet with parents next week. The students were asked what they like about school.
Cyrus Wi l l i a m s of Arts and Tech said he liked that the board and school Williams administrators want to hear the student perspective. At his school, there is the “teacher connection that shows they care.” SEE SPEAK, PAGE 2
Hirashima said the idea actually came from a local pastor, and the city stepped in to help get it going. Organizers got the Everett Gospel Mission involved, since they are the local experts on the topic of homelessness. They want to model it after the Lydia
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Football leagues to change BY BRANDON ADAM badam@arlingtontimes.com
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House in Snohomish. The difference would be it would be run by local churches, not the mission or the city. “Every community is touched by the homeless epidemic,” Nehring said. The mayor emphasized
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In an attempt to make more balanced and safer leagues, plus a better playoff system, Northwest high school athletic directors are seeking to implement footballspecific leagues. The plan calls for combining the football teams from the Northwest Conference, the Cascade Conference and the Wesco 4A and 3A into five classificationspecific leagues. While unofficial, the unnamed leagues are all but a certainty, with the athletic directors hoping to finalize schedules by next month. Lakewood’s 2A Coach Dan Teeter is glad the leagues are thinking of safety. In one instance last season, Lakewood had to play three games in nine days. “To me that doesn’t make a lot of sense. It’s not in the best interest of the kids,” Teeter said. Under the plan, all of Snohomish County’s football leagues will undergo at least a slight change. In 3A, the Wesco North will add Ferndale and Squalicum to go along with Arlington, Marysville SEE FOOTBALL, PAGE 9