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V Continued from a e A1
and elsewhere.
After traffic, Council mem-
bers touched on a couple of
different issues they believe
are facing the city. Nehring said
officials need to finish studying
a consolidated civic complex,
one that will bring together
all of the city's various depart—
ments into one space. Kendall
plans to hit on that topic is his
State of the City speech, nam-
ing two sites as being under
consideration: the Comeford
Park area and the downtown
property owned by the city
along Ebey Slough, just east of
State Avenue.
With retail growth seem—
ingly well underway, Rasmus-
sen talked about developing
the so-called Smokey Point
gap area annexed by the city
in 2006. The city zoned the
area for light industry, though,
EWII names dean's list
The follong students were named to Eastern Washington Univer—
sity‘s dean’s list for Fall 2007.
as has: been well publicized,
officials are promoting some
of that space as home to a
potential branch campus of the
University of Washington. Ras—
mussen said Kendall has been
highly aggressive in touting the
area at various business confer-
ences and trade shows.
In his speech, Kendall is
expected to hit on a couple
of other topics, including the
administration's plan to annex
more property to Marysville,
adding as many as 20,000 peo—
ple to the current population
of about 36,000. According to
Kendall, the move makes finan—
cial sense as it will allow the
city to keep a higher percent-
age of collected sales taxes.
Contact Tom Corrigan
at 360-659-1300 or
tcorriganajimarysvilleglobecum.
V Continued from page A1
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Local boy scouts recycle trees into mulch
unloading trees from cars and
trucks as they pulled up to the
drop off point. The trees were
then fed to two city workers, who
in turn fed them to the chipper.
Troop 84 Assistant Scout Mas-
ter Dean Lechlider estimated there
were at least 100 Scouts helping
with the community service proj-
ect. A few were near the chipper
like Zach, while many more, with
the help of volunteer parents —
along with their cars, trucks and
trailers — roamed the streets of
Marysville picking up trees that
had been left curbside.
Besides Troops 80 and 419,
other troops involved were 81, 82
and 84.
Incidentally, being near the
Chipper seemed to be the place
to be, at least from the Scouts’
point of View.
“We get to mutilate trees with-
out any consequences,” said Scout
Ryan Travis, 15, of Troop 419.
"It's definitely better by the
chipper, if it‘s not real windy,"
said Zach, who like others noted
beingwnear the chipper can mean
pine tree bits in your hair, clothes
and soon.
Ryan has been a Secut for about
five years. He’s been involVed with
the tree collection for roughly the
same number of years.
“I really don’t know," Ryan
answered when asked why he
stayed involved with scouting.
“It’s just a way of life for me now,
I really enjoy it," he added.
Charles Lechlider, 14, knows
exactly why he is committed to
the troop his father helps lead.
In short, he wants to become an
Eagle Scout.
TOM CORRIGAN The Marysville Globe
Up past their knees in trees, Marysville Boy Scouts and parent volun-
teers unload one of the collection trucks at Jennings Memorial Park.
“It helps you get a better job,
helps prepare you for the rest of
your life,” he said.
Koths said the city initially
asked local troops if they could
help somehow with the problem
of getting abandoned Christmas
trees off the streets. Obviously,
the various troops agreed and
never looked back, Koths added.
Now, the city and troop leaders
get together once a year and pick
a day for the annual collection.
“The city’s been great, working
hand-in-hand with the troops in
the area," Koths said.
Prior to the collection, Scouts
distribute information about the
recycling to homes all around
Marysville. Residents are invited
to leave, their trees on the curb
can come to the collection point
and drop off their trees them-
selves.
Nobody is really sure how
many Christmas trees get recy-
cled through the Scouts' efforts.
Koths and the elder Lechlider
figure the number has got to be
in the thousands. Koths has seen
the pile of chippings grow to 50
feet in diameter and reach about
15 feet high. '
‘ The troops and the city provide
the service for free, but donations
are encouraged and welcomed.
“It definitely helps boys get
involved with things they nor-
mally couldn't afford to do,"
Koths said.
Lechlider summed things up
nicely.
From Marysville were Amanda Chase, Meghan Greve, Megan Jones,
Raymond Loffredo and Grant Vetter; from Stanwood, Rebekah Bying-
ton, Jacob Fumey, Kimberly Vervair and Michael Vervair. From Arling-
ton, Susan Bradford, Kelly Churchill, Mary Forrey, Shelby Fulfs and
Amy Wagner; and from Darrington, Becky Nations.
on a certain date.
Come collection day, each
troop is responsible for picking
up trees. from various assigned
“It’s just a fun day," he said.
CORRIGN The Marysle Globe
The mulch pile near the city’s chipper got bigger and higher as the
day wore on. At this point, about mid-way through the collection, the
Contact Tom Corrigan
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