TULALIP — After an evening of masks, auctions, music and dining, it all came down to nine small children, only one of whom survived.
Alexandra Craft was the survivor, and she served as the featured guest speaker for the American Cancer Society’s fifth annual Night of Hope Gala at the Tulalip Report Casino Sept. 13.
MARYSVILLE — Close to 20 volunteers rotated out, through the afternoon and evening, to complete the mural on the front of the Red Curtain Arts Center.
At the same time, a dozen artists from as near as Marysville and Arlington, and as far as Seattle, demonstrate their craft inside, by creating pieces in real time at the Sept. 13 “MadeYaLook” art show.
LAKEWOOD — “I’m a taxpayer, so I don’t want to pay any more than I have to,” Lakewood School District Superintendent Michael Mack said about plans to fix Lakewood High School. “So I applaud our independent designer with knocking on our door on a Friday at 5 p.m. to tell us another option, and our architects for doing a new design for a new school, even though I know it couldn’t have thrilled them.”
MARYSVILLE — “We never want this to become routine,” Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring said, in commemorating the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
ARLINGTON — The 13th Canine Musical Freestyle competition at the Country Classic Kennels in Arlington Sept. 6 stood out not only for including a ballet dancer among the dog handlers, but also two men, one of whom was part of a mother-son team.
MARYSVILLE — Crystal Keys knows that some pooches can sniff out when their owners are taking them to a pet-grooming salon, but at Bows & Biscuits, she offers another set of scents to entice them.
MARYSVILLE — Even as the summer winds down, the Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts is preparing to expand its outreach even further.
TULALIP — When Wanda Sykes makes her return to the Tulalip Resort Casino Sept. 5-6, she’ll be doing a little gambling in addition to performing her shows, but she has one request for fans.
MARYSVILLE — More than a thousand visitors thronged Third Street from Aug. 8-10 for the Marysville merchants’ annual Handmade and Homegrown Street Festival.
MARYSVILLE — The Red Curtain Art Center celebrated its first anniversary in the former Dunn Lumber building on Grove Street Aug. 2, as its Foundation for the Arts prepared to stage a musical at the Allen Creek Community Church Aug. 8-10.
MARYSVILLE — What began as a way for a Marysville man to share his life with loved ones has become his means of highlighting global issues for a broad audience. Under the pen name Frank Morse, he’s written three books about his time in the International Police, covering stints in Bosnia and Herzegovina, East Timor and Kosovo, but he began writing only after he left the International police and returned to the military.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville Historical Society President Ken Cage moved to town in 1965, the same year that Carr’s Hardware owner Darlene Scott was elected president of the Liberty Elementary PTA, so her store’s 90-year anniversary had a special significance for him.
TULALIP — They were just three guys in rocking chairs, but their “Rock-A-Thon” to benefit Oso raised just slightly less than $1,000 at the Tulalip Cabela’s Aug. 2.
