Shoultes Elementary’s program of school plays marked its fifth year with support from parents and community members on March 21-22, as Kathryn Schultz Miller’s adaptation for elementary school children of “Peter Pan” returned to the Shoultes stage under the direction of school librarian Nancy Hammer, who started the play program.
The Lakewood School District celebrated Lakewood High School’s 30th birthday on March 19 as part of their open house and technology expo which showcased state-of-the-art learning tools while seeking to enlist the community’s support for future improvements.
The Marysville Strawberry Festival saw a few firsts during its crowning ceremony for this year’s court on March 23.
Less than a dozen volunteers from the Adopt A Stream Foundation and the Bethlehem Lutheran Church managed to plant several hundred trees and shrubs along 900 feet of Allen Creek on March 23 in about half the time of the four-hour window that they’d set aside for that work, but according to members of both groups, plenty of work lies ahead for the area in the months and years to come.
Members of the Marysville chapter of Soroptimist International recently donated $1,500 to Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County, as part of both groups’ focus on improving the lives of women.
MARYSVILLE — Dr. Tony Byrd of Edmonds became the first of the Marysville School District’s three superintendent finalist candidates to greet the public during their visits and interviews to the district from Monday, March 25, through Wednesday, March 27.
For the past three years, Suzanne Carpenter has been stocking donated books and magazines on the shelves of a small shopping area near the entrance of the Marysville Library, and like Shirley McRae, who’s been shopping at the Friends of the Marysville Library’s Book Sale area since she first moved to town nearly a decade ago, Carpenter considers it an overlooked treasure.
This year’s St. Patrick’s Day at Veterans of Foreign Wars Old Guard Post 2100 included historic exhibits, tributes to fallen comrades-in-arms, distribution of information on programs to support veterans and their families, and even an authentic Irish meal of corned beef and cabbage.
Although the Tulalip Resort Casino’s six-hour “Virtual Bowling” tournament drew a relatively sparse turnout on March 14, event organizer Shane Warbus still deemed it a success for raising awareness of the upcoming “Cosmic Bowling” tournament that it was created to promote.
The Marysville Kiwanis Club drew an estimated 350 attendees to the annual Kenneth J. Ploeger Kiwanis Memorial Scholarship Concert on March 8, but the demographics of the audience yielded a slightly lighter take than Ken’s widow Penny would have liked.
The season has begun for Marysville Getchell girls golf as the team hosted its first match against Meadowdale and Stanwood on Wednesday, March 13, at Cedarcrest Golf Course for nine holes at par 35.
MARYSVILLE — The search for the Marysville School District’s new superintendent is heading into its homestretch, and as he has throughout the process, MSD Board President Chris Nation is encouraging community members to take part in the selection.
MARYSVILLE — Although its future seemed to be in doubt last year, Shoultes Elementary’s program of school plays will continue for the fifth year in a row this year, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, and 7 p.m. on Friday, March 22.
