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Taste of the Times
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Is classroom behavior linked to diet?
Aug 28 2008, 4:43 PM Students at California's Canyon Verde School didn't realize what food additives were doing to their well-being when they were challenged to take part in a nutritional study. They also didn't realize that their diets, some carefully planned by caring parents, were loaded with unplanned inputs of hidden calories, fats and additives.

Top Two
Aug 28 2008, 4:43 PM Secretary of State Sam Reed dropped by my town the other day and he was practically burping canary feathers.

Compassion alive and well in north Snohomish County
Aug 28 2008, 4:43 PM While the Dalai Lama will be headlining the Seeds of Compassion, a four-day celebration to nurture kindness and compassion in the world, in Seattle this weekend, a flurry of recent events shows that kindness and compassion are alive and well in north Snohomish County.

While the local events differ greatly in who's participating and who will benefit, the one thing they all have in common is local people giving of themselves to help others in an outpouring of kindness and compassion.

For example, in Marysville last weekend the members of Sorptomist International of Marysville held their annual Junktique sale at Jennings Memorial Park to raise funds to benefit local students, the Marysville Food Bank and the Battered Women's Center in Everett. The efforts of the Soroptimists will improve the lives of many in our community.

Marysville schools work to improve student behavior
Aug 28 2008, 4:43 PM by Larry Nyland

Letters
Aug 28 2008, 4:37 PM Marysville Food Bank

The city's biggest retail venture so far called success by most
The most recent and last major addition to Lakewood Crossing as currently planned, discount retailer Marshalls anchors the south end of the shopping strip. - Aug 28 2008, 4:00 PM MARYSVILLE With the opening last month of its seventh "mid-major" anchor tenant, the city's biggest retail development to date is essentially complete in its spot on Twin Lakes Boulevard.

'Tip-a-Cop' enlists police as waiters
“I just came here for the fish and chips,” said Bonnie Puhrmann, right, who maintains homes in both Smokey Point and Tulalip, as she was waited on by the Marysville Police Department’s Andrea Hill, at left.  “It’s nice to talk to cops when they’re not stopping you on the side of the road,” she laughed. - KIRK BOXLEITNER The Marysville Globe Aug 28 2008, 4:00 PM SMOKEY POINT Many patrons of the Smokey Point Red Robin restaurant were surprised to see their waiters wearing a slightly different uniform, and police officers from Arlington, Marysville and Lake Stevens got a chance to walk in somebody else's shoes, all on behalf of charity.

Adopt-A-Stream offers waterway tune-ups
Walter Rung of Adopt-A-Stream plants live willow stakes along the west fork of Quilceda Creek April 12. Adopt-A-Stream and volunteers from a local homeowners association joined together for the plantings which are designed to help restore the waterway.  - Courtesy photo Aug 28 2008, 3:59 PM MARYSVILLE According to the Adopt-A-Stream Foundation, the basic creek geography for this region goes something like this:

Proposed I-5 ramp could ease Fourth Street congestion
Aug 28 2008, 3:59 PM MARYSVILLE While the city has numerous road projects planned for this summer and even more in the pipeline, a joint study with Everett could result in a new front porch for the city.

The move also might cut down on traffic problems in the area of the Fourth Street and I-5 interchange, which officials estimate sees about 28,000 cars per day.

Formally public works director, but now sporting the newly created title of Marysville executive director, Paul Roberts said the city has joined forces with its nearest southern neighbor and the Port of Everett to study the feasibility of adding an I-5 interchange to SR 529.