The Marysville Kiwanis Club and Soroptimist International Chapter came together for their annual awards breakfast at Fanny’s Restaurant, held June 3 this year, to recognize the local students who have stood out, even among their fellow “Student of the Month” awardees.
Jim Pankiewicz has spent 34 of his 36 years as an educator teaching at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, so it’s no wonder that, to his students, to their parents, and to the surrounding business community, he’s simply known as “Mr. P,” because with three and a half decades there, the M-PHS marketing teacher and DECA advisor has practically become an institution.
When the Marysville Cooperative Education Program at Quil Ceda Elementary found itself without a science specialist this school year, Co-Op third-grade teacher Shawn Jenkins turned to her dad, retired Shoreline School District teacher Ed Orsborn, to help inject some science into the studies of the 48 third-graders taught by herself and Elizabeth Bray at the school.
The Marysville Rotary Education Foundation awarded $52,000 in scholarships to 28 students from the Marysville and Lakewood school districts, and beyond, during their 2009 Scholarship Awards Ceremony, May 27 at 7 p.m., at Cedarcrest Middle School.
High school exchange students from other countries are looking for host families in Marysville and Arlington, and Charla Mosbrucker hopes that locals will be able to help them out.
Rite Aid opened a “Customer World” store, at 3733 116th St. NE in Marysville May 28 with a 7 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Marysville-Getchell High School remains on track to open in time for the 2010-2011 school year, as Doug Nichols and Jay Garthwaite reviewed the budget and schedule for the Marysville School District Board of Directors June 1.
The staff, family and friends of the Grove Street Family Clinic are taking part in the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life for the second year in a row, but while they merely sponsored the event last year, they decided to take a more active role in supporting it this year.
Running counter to a previous recommendation by district staff, a majority of the Marysville School District Board of Directors voted June 1 to amend the preliminary budget presented by MSD Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland and Finance Director Jim Baker.
Sound Harley-Davidson of Smokey Point, located at 16212 Smokey Point Blvd., hopes to show that bikers have big hearts during the two rides for charity that they’re taking part in, June 7 and 13. The Harley-Davidson dealership also recently distinguished itself among its peers with an award.
Bail was set at $1 million on Paul Robert Williams June 3, after the 33-year-old Arlington man had confessed to killing his mother’s next-door neighbor in unincorporated Marysville.
The Tulalip Boys and Girls Club is still adding up the totals from their May 30 silent and live auctions, but Tulalip Boys and Girls Club Office Manager Diane Prouty estimated that 400 attendees turned out for the event, generating roughly $35,000 during the live auction alone.
High school exchange students from other countries are looking for host families in Marysville and Arlington, and Charla Mosbrucker hopes that locals will be able to help them out.
