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Sarvey returns eagle to the wild

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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER

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BURIEN — Although the Sarvey Wildlife Center is located in Arlington, its all-volunteer staff is willing to go the extra mile, and then some, to help rehabilitate wild animals. That’s how Sarvey Wildlife Center rescue technician William Miller found himself plunging through icy cold waters on Dec. 22 of last year to catch a bald eagle whose twice-broken wing had left it emaciated and unable to do much more than lowlevel gliding. “I had to chase him about a quarter of a mile upstream,” said Miller, who’s been a rescue technician for two of his eight years as a volunteer for the Sarvey Wildlife Center. “It

was shocking. He was just skin and bones.” On Saturday, March 17, the work and resources of Miller and his fellow Sarvey Wildlife Center volunteers paid off when they were able to release that same eagle into the skies of Burien, at the Ed Munro Seahurst Park, near where Miller had recovered the bird in the first place. “Since I picked him up closer to Sea-Tac, we moved him a bit further out,” Miller said. “It’s a nice area with lots of trees.” While many visitors to the annual ArlingtonStillaguamish Eagle Festival or Stillaguamish Festival of the River might know the Sarvey Wildlife Center for the birds of prey that perch SEE EAGLE, PAGE 2

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The bald eagle recovered from Burien by the Sarvey Wildlife Center in December of last year was more than ready to fly the coop on March 16, one day before its release back into the wild.

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Vol. 123, No. 36 Courtesy of the city of Arlington

The city of Arlington’s crime map for Feb. 16-29, 2012.

ARLINGTON — Recent visitors to the city of Arlington’s website, at http://arlingtonwa.gov, might have noticed a new feature on its “Maps and Data” page, one which city employees hope will help make citizens safer and more informed. The two-week PDF crime maps on that webpage represent the culmination of plans that began with Val Copeland of the Arlington Police Department and city of Arlington Geographic Information Systems Coordinator Katie Kelleher in 2007. “Crime pin maps are typically shown in movies as a large map on the wall with pins at crime

locations, so that the detectives can follow hot spots of criminal activity as well as track specific crimes,” city of Arlington Public Works Director Jim Kelly said. “Electronic crime maps are generated with databases and are even more useful, as they show criminal activity by date, type or location, providing the police with an effective way to manage resources and to deter crime.” Kelleher explained that, because Arlington’s GIS group was new to crime mapping in 2007, they started by visiting Doug Lindsey of the Everett Police Department, to learn how Everett implementSEE MAPS, PAGE 2

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