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January 9, 2008
PUBLIC FORUM
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LETTEns
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to this newspaper, strive for
conciseness (approximately
400 words) and include the
writer‘s signature. full name,
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What
“I don’t know the key
to success, but the key to
failure is trying to please
everybody."
w BILL COSBY
(1937 )
US comedian
&‘television actor
*In an earlier generation, many
readers saved interesting or
pertinent quotations p
and copied them in what was
called‘aC‘ ' i"
LETTEns
Job or education?
I recently found myself out of work.
The falling real—estate market has caused
the construction company I work(ed) for
to discontinue building until the market
demand increases. 50. I filed for unem-
ployment benefits. Meanwhile, I am two
quarters away from graduating from [TI
with my associate's degree in Drafting. .
For the last year-and-a-half I have been *
attending school full-time, with a current
GPA of 3.75, while working full-time as a
residential concrete worker and full-time
single parent who is also current on all
child support. The State of Washington,
in its infinite wisdom, has decided that
because of my full time student status,
I am unavailable for work and therefore
has denied my unemployment benefits
due. When did it become more important
in this country to have a job than to have
an education? Should our high school
freshman focus their attention more on
resumé writing and job search tactics, so
that when they turn 16 they can get a job
and quit school altogether, after all, isn't
a job more important? Perhaps instead
of passing the WASL to graduate, they
should be required to have a full-time
job. What is the message We are teaching
our children, “don‘t bother with college,
get a job, it’s more important?" Ironically,
these types of laws were passed by people
with college educations and one wonders
where they would be right now if they
were taught by people who felt that work
is more important than an education.
KW Carbajal
Arlington
Paper mush
Sorry to bother you but so far it
looks like the Arlington Times delivery
system is not working —— not on Burn
Road at least.
The papers are bagged and thrown
sort of into driveways. There they lie.
They are driven over. They blow around.
They get rained on. The bags split. More
mess.
I live opposite Mora Drive. My mail»
box (and attached paper boxes but who
cares about that) are among a largish.
rank of mailboxes and paper boxes. This
morning (Sunday) there were 15 or 16
Arlington Times laying on the ground in
front of the various mailboxes in the mud
puddle. Several papers were unbagged,
had blown about, and will likely moulder
where they lay. Yuck.
Then I drove northward to Arlington.
There were several dozen of Arlington
Times in various states lying in or near
driveways. And I bet Burn Road isn’t the
only one with this problem.
This‘is a real mess. It looks messy
and puts forward a very poor image of
the paper.
Thanks for listening. Hope you get
something figured out soon so our roads
and driveways don’t become completely
plastered with paper mush. And I hope
those plastic bags are biodegradable and
won’t kill the wildlife in the process.
Noel Lareau
Arlington
NDRTH SNOHOMISH CouuTv DEATHS
(Thro gh December 27, 2008)
Marjorie
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THE MARYSVILLE GLOBE.
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10 years ago — 1998
I Eagle Hardware is proposing to
build a 200,148-square—foot store on 15
acres east of Interstate 5 and south of
Food Pavilion Shopping Center in Smokey
Point. The hardware, building and garden
supply company, which also has stores
in Mount Vernon and Everett, recently
applied to the Snohomish County Plan-
ning and Development Department
for a building and grading permit. The
proposal is in the review process at the
county. “It’s a large project," said Monica
McLaughlin, one of five project reviewers
assigned to the proposal. McLaughlin’s
specialty is zoning. Other reviewers look
at traffic, building codes, fire codes,
drainage and wetlands. Several issues
could make the already large project
more complicated, McLaughlin said.
That includes the proposed filling of a
wetland and traffic impacts. According
to the proposal, the store’s main floor
would be 183,604vsquare-feet, with a
16,544-square-foot mezzanine. Parking
spaces are proposed for 586 cars. Water
and sewer will be provided by the city of
Marysville. The main entrance is planned
from Smokey Point Boulevard at 169th
Place NE — just south of Kentucky Fried
Chicken. A second entrance is proposed
from 172nd Street NE, near the entrance
to Seafirst Bank, which continues behind
Food Pavilion. A third access road, for
deliveries, is proposed at 168th Place NE,
near the Smokey Point Animal Hospital
and across from the entrance to Country
Manor, the 185—home Navy housing proj-
ect. Traffic lights have been proposed
at 169th and the county‘s public works
department also suggested a light at
168th, McLaughlin said. Because 172nd
Street NE is a State highway (SR 531),
the state also will review the project
for traffic impacts. Depending on what
issues arise and how difficult they are
to solve, the review process could last
for months, McLaughlin said. Once the
issues are addressed, a building permit
.could be issued, she said. The building
permit application is good for two years.
Once the permit is issued, it’s good for
another two years and the applicant can
apply for another two-year renewal. That
means breaking ground could be as close
as four months away or as far as four
years. Smokey Point Animal Hospital’s
Ron Huitger. who shares a property line
with the proposed store, said he isn‘t
sure what Eagle’s arrival will mean for
him. “Am I in favor of it? I don’t know.
Something’s got to go there. It might as
well be Eagle. It may be better to have
one large store than a bunch of small
ones," he said.
I The proposed landing of Eagle
Hardware in Smokey Point hasn’t created
a sense of impending doom for local
businesses competing for many of the
same customers. It has focused atten—
tion on what matters most, however. The
nuts and bolts of the hardware business
is service, owners say. And that won’t
change. Smokey Point True Value's Dave
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Belcher said Eagle will do some good for
the community. “Eagle will make Smokey
Point more of a center of commerce in
north Snohomish County," he said. But
he does see some negative impacts. “It’s
going to change the community and
increase traffic. I’m sure it will have an
impact on businesses such as myself,
here in Smokey Point, and on those in
surrounding areas like Arlington, Stan-
wood and Marysville.” But worrying about
it won‘t help, instead, he said, “we need
to emphasize the aspects of our stores
that differentiate us form the big stores."
That includes, he said, providing per—
sonal service, being available to answer
customer questions and offering things
that Eagle doesn't such as True Value's
“Just Ask Rental” service. “I think those
are all important factors the smaller
stores have got to offer,” he said. Mike
Jones of Arlington Hardware and Lumber
agrees. “I'm not terribly worried,“ Jones
said. “We will continue to offer good
customer service.” Generally, he said,
“The people who stay home and mind
their own business keep their business.
We have good customers." Jones expects
business will drop off after Eagle opens,
while people check out the new store.
Once the initial curiosity is appeased, he
expects his customers will return. “People
my find [Eagle's] service is not as good
or the wait is longer or it's not easier to
find things. Our strength is we have sales
people and clerks who know how to fix
things. If someone has a problem with
an electrical connection or a leaky faucet.
we have people on staff who know how
to take care of it. We're going to continue
to do what we do," he said. “We‘ve got a
nice, comfortable store with happy cus-
tomers. I'm hoping it stays that way. I‘m
philosophical about it."
25 years ago -— 1983
I Many of his well-known friends
and colleagues were present Monday
night to say a few parting words for retir-
ing Marysville court judge Don Beaman,. ,
But few said it better than city attorney
James Allendoerfer, at a special farewell
function at Monday night‘s City Council
meeting, as he bade farewell to Judge
Beaman, a man who put in more than
31 years of service as a justice of the
peace, district court commissioner and
municipal judge. “Don Beaman served in
a capacity that was more than a judge,"
Allendoerfer said of Beaman who began
a rather unexpected career in the field of
justice when he was appointed justice of
the peace in 1951. “He was grandfatherly.
He knew more about the defendants
than the defense or the prosecution. The
grandparent image he has carries with
it a great rehabilitative effect. I've heard
Don say, when someone’s boy was up on
a DWI charge; ‘I know your father, and
I know he wouldn't approve.” Beaman,
who had his wife, Edythe, at his side as
court clerk through many of the years,
began campaigning for the position of
justice of the peace in 1951 although
he didn’t know it at the time. “I was one
of the chief complainers,” recalled Bea-
man, who was born in Marysville in 1914.
“We — the business people — felt it
wasn’t such a good court situation here. I
have no legal background, but the county
approached me and appointed me jus—
tice of the peace.” Beaman, who became
the new justice following the death of
J.J. Jacklin in 1951, said he attended
several seminars “to bone up” as the
local court system began picking up
business. “There were very few defense
attorneys in those days," recalled Bea—
man, who sold his insurance business to
John Mitchell May 1, still owns Marysville
Realty and said he and Edythe will con-
tinue to run the license agency and real
estate office. “It was one on one — the
officer versus the defendant." While it
was a farewell party for Judge Beaman,
the evening also signaled the swearing
in of Jay Wisman, Cascade District Court
judge who will assume the duties Beaman
leaves behind. Mayor Daryl Brennick and
wife, Joy, hosted a. dinner earlier Monday
night for Don and Edythe Beaman and
Jay Wisman and his wife Marianne. Mayor
Brennick called the day a “very special
day," and presented each of the Bea—
mans with a plaque for their long service
—— and declared Monday, Jan. 10, as “Don
Beaman Day" and “Edythe Beaman Day.”
Allendoerfer said he was speaking for
four generations of prosecuting attorneys
noting the names of Walter Duncan,
Merle Wilcox, himself and his associ-
ate Gary Brandstetter. “When the judge
was leaning to the defense, we would
lean over to Edythe, the court clerk, and
would whisper in her ear — and we could
get the whole thing turned around,"
laughed Allendoerfer. The audience
enjoyed the humor, too. Close to 100
people were in attendance, including past
mayors, former county prosecutor Russ
Juckett. many friends and colleagues. and
a strong representation from the Marys-
ville Police Department, including Chief
John Faulkner.
50 years ago — 1958
' I Save those old license plates.
Those two small bits of metal off your
car do no weigh much individually but,
when they are combined with thousands
of others collected from all over the
state, they could bring in a tidy sum for
Orthopedic Hospital. All service stations
in the area have consented to be collec-
tion places for the old plate, so when you
have mounted your new plates, put the
old one in your car and drop them off
the next time you stop for gas. The three
Marysville Orthopedic groups, Eugenie
Boyd, Marysville First, and the Dr. J.W.
Rose, are cooperating in the statewide
drive and will pick it p the old plates
from the service station receiving points.
The money derived from this old plate
source will help to continue the hospi-
tal‘s work of caring for and rehabilitating
children from this community.
Let us know what you think.
Write a letter to the editor.
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