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January 9, 2008 VOL. 115, NO. 47 0:9 RACK & COUNTER SALES ONLY SERVING MARYSVILLE SNOHOMISH COUNTY FOR 115 YEARS. Warning! It has been reported that people are going door-to-r door asking for payment for subscription extensions. The Arlington Times and Marys- ville Globe do not have any authorized agents collecting cash outside of our offices for any reason. Please call the police immediately if you are contacted. To participate in the survey go to wwwpulseresearch.com/ ' marysville. ‘ eWSSCAN u» .._ ,.._ “A .. SPORTS: . , M-P wrestling starts new year strong. Page A8 NDEX BIRTHS B4 CEASSIEIEIB Ali‘s" "" B6-B9 CROSSWORD BZ CRYPTOGRAM 'B2 HOROSCOPES B2 LEGAL NOTICES A5 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A6 OBrrUARIES B4 OPINION A7 SPORTS A8—A9 SUDOKU_ ' B2 NEW CARRIER DELIVERY SYSTEM Please include your address in' all messages. Your address and clear instructions will be sufficient in most instances for us to serve you. Current Paid Subscribers ~. 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WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION tallewootlscllools semi levies to voters b Tom Corri an The Marysville Globe MARYSVILLE — Lakewood School Super- intendent Larry Francois said his district would need to make some $3 million to $4 million in budget cuts should voters ulti- mately decide against renewal of an exist- ing maintenance and Operating levy. Francois said the levy currently gener- Iates about 17 percent of the district’s bud- get. Mc‘kikftikkkkkfifitkkkfiinsignifi- *H-DISIT 981 12 31 H m; PRSRI 3n; us first: Sititt.t.illli§i‘iti"‘lt§ ,, 9 Engegcnurnrim nvr Sit “WWW: “9 SEHIIHE lest 98136~1208 mm“ Subscriber website: www.marysvilleglobe.com kind of hit," he said. passage Of both issues. "There‘s no way we could absorb that to be raining bits of pine " ; ,TOM coaleAN The Marysvt Globe ,Scout zeal; hue drags ~‘a tr é: {o‘ the awa V'ng chipp‘ b Tom Corri an The Marysville-Globe MARYSVILLE —'“It was very nerve wrecking”. said city resi- dent Nancy Larson. “I was actu— ally shocked that I even went and ’ did it." i i What Larson went out and did was win $12,000 and a seven-day trip to Switzerland. According to information pro- vided by a Show spokesperson, about 1 million people apply annually to appear on TV‘S “Wheel of Fortune." Only about 600 are selected. Nelson said she applied on the show's' Web site to be a contestant over three years ago. “I'd just written it off. figure I'd never even hear from them," She added. Producers certainly made Nel- son wait, but she got her chance to spin the wheel during a taping near Los Angeles Nov. 28. The show she appeared on airs Jan. 1 1. Nelson solved two puzzles during the Show. ; “I’m actually pretty happy about how I did," She said. Nel— son added she fell about $2,000 in winnings short of being that show's biggest winner and head- ing on to the bonus round. The two puzzles Nelson solved were “Thinly sliced Swiss cheese“ ' “Dalmatians.” The first led, logically enough, to the seven-day trip she and husband Jason will . take some time this year. The sec- ond was a "toss-up puzzle.” After sending in that almost forgotten application, Nelson said she got a call from producers in September. Along with about 50 others, she wound up at an audi— tion in downtown Seattle. Partici- pants provided some biographical information, Nelson said, then played a sort of watered down version Of the game. The mock game didn't feature the show’s trademark wheel, but apparently did include some word puzzles ' for solving by would-be contes- tents. "I think they just wanted to get a feel for who we were and how weiwould act,” Nelson said. Applicantsalso had to take a written test consisting, of course, of fill-in—the-blank word puzzles such as those that are used on the show. Based on that test, produc- ers slashed the number of contes- tants from 50 to 20. Nelson said those remaining played another round or two of the game. Eventually, producers told her she might get a call to appear on the show sometime in the next 12 to 18 months. The call arrived a lot sooner and Nelson and her husband were on their way to Los Angelés. . According to Nelson, six "Wheel of Fortune" shows are taped back The operating levy is one Of two issues Lakewood schools have on the ballot for Feb. 19. The second is a technology levy that Francois and others said would allow the district to greatly improve its educa— tional equipment and tools. “People hear ‘tcchnology' and they think of computers in the classroom. but there's more to it than that," said Tina Ross, one Of two co-chairs Of a committee working for _'which‘, for ' ~ EST. 1892~ 2007 GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER According to the district's Web site, the technology levy would fund items such as interactive Whiteboards, LCD projec~ tors, classroom audio systems as well as the infrastructure —'cables and so on — needed to make that Equipment work. Among other aspects, the levy also con- tains a security component, allowing the district to install video surveillance cam- eras at Lakewood’s junior and senior high schools and on its school buses. Still, Fran- cois said the operating levy is by far the Scouts have collected the trees ' ' hort tints, covered TrOOp'AlQ Scout zach 2;: as: helping near " Jennings Park, . to back. Chosen contestants and their family members sit in the audience and watch until the play— ers get their chance to go up on stage. Nelson said watching the Show and‘being on it definitely are two entirely separate things. "‘It's a whole different perspec- tive," she added. Nelson really didn't meet the show’s stars, Pat Sayjack and Vanna White, though Sayjack came over tO shake her hand on camera after she solved her two puzzles. Nelson did say she watched as White arrived for the tapings in sweats, looking a lot different than She does on air in fancy evening gowns. . Nelson said she's watched the Show for years, though she’s not a slavish fan who haS'to get her fix evéry night. Daughter Mariah helped mom prepare for her on- air appearance, watching the show and practicing solving puzzles. Nelson plans a party for family and friends around Friday's air— ing of the show on which she appeared. While she’s excited and happy, She has no plans to try out for other shows. "I’m thinking this was a once in a lifetime experience," she said. Contact Tom Corrigan at 360—659—1300 or tcorrigan@marysvilleglobe.com. more important of the two ballot questions. The levy would extend an issue approved by voters in 2004 and slated to expire at the end of this year. The district estimates the operating levy would raise about $4.4 million, in 2009, $4.8 million in 2010. $5.1 million in 2011 and $5.6 million in 2012. For each $1,000 in property value, the levy would cost district property owners V LEVIES page A3 Traffic, development g issues for city in 2008 b Tom Corri an The Marysville Globe I MARYSVILLE —— “Well, there is always the issue of traffic," City Council member Jon Nchring responded when asked what sort of priorities the city’s legislative body‘might have for the coming year. “I think we need to continue to address transportation," added Council member Carmen Rasmus- sen. “Traffic is at the top Of my list as well,“ said Councilman Jef- frey Vaughan. If you think you are starting to sense a pat- tern here, you are probably right. Traffic conges- tion was Cited as a key problem for Marysville by every City Coun- cil member spo- ken with. But those satires council . members bélievé “ V some relief is on its way in the case of at least a few of the city's bottlenecks. ' “People are going to see a lot of big improvements in the com- ing year," Vaughan said. Widening SR 528 to five lanes is probably the biggest aspect of (the biggest project now underway. The work will see the state road- way grow almost its entire length between l-S and SR 9. The work is Slated to- be finished by April at a cost of about $2 million. In addi- tion to the widening, Vaughan and others noted the project includes synchronization of traffic signals and others steps intended to improve traffic flow. Mayor Dennis Kendall declined direct comment for this story. Kendall will give the mayor's tra— ditional State of the City Speech later this month. In a rough draft of the speech provided by his office, Kendall touches on the improvements to SR 528 as key for the city, but also talks about Nanovlarsonsninswneelor orlne’ “People are going ‘to see a lot of big improvements in the coming year. ” Jeffrey Vaugham Marysville City Council the widening of 116th Street NE to five lanes between 1-5 and State Avenue. As he has in the past, Kendall also brags about what he obvi- ously sees as the city's success- ful efforts to attract new retail to Marysville. In his speech, Kendall talks about nearly full tenancy at the Lakewood Crossing shopping plaza at 172nd Street NE and [-5 along with the Gateway Shopping Center at 116th Street NE and I- a. Council members also men- tioned new retail as a big plus for Marysville, but were quick to note the Lake— wood Crossing project has led to a big new traf— fic bottleneck as well. Still, for his part, Vaughan argued traffic flowed better than expected around the shop ping area dur- ing the recent holidays. In anticipation of those holidays, the City took a couple of steps aimed at reducing traf- fic problems around the still new shopping Sltl'lp. ' In Octolber, the city and the Washingtom Department of Trans- portation rhestriped and widened 172nd at lI-S to create a right- turn only Lane leading to the I-5 Southbound ramp. In November, the city reconfigured the middle lane of 27tlh Avenue behind Lake- wood Crossing. Since the change, from that middle lane, drivers have been able to turn right or left, as well as go straight ahead. Still, Vaughan, Rasmussen and others said the biggest problem around Lakewood Crossing is the extremely limited access to 1‘5. “That's not acceptable,“ added Vaughan, who feels the city needs to lobby the federal government for help with funding some solu— tions to the traffic problems around the city’s shopping areas V 2008 page A2 Courtesy photo Marysville resident Nancy Larson appears on the “Wheel of For- tune” set.