TULALIP — Firefighters, police officers and emergency aid crews from Marysville, Tulalip and Snohomish County converged on the woods of Tulalip on Tuesday, June 26, to search for and eventually recover a 20-year-old all-terrain vehicle rider whose family reported him missing after he failed to return from a trip the previous afternoon.
Visitors to the Hibulb Cultural Center on Friday, June 22, were transported back in time by more than a century through the storytelling skills of the Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre group.
It started at the Marysville Family YMCA 10 years ago as a way of raising $100 to buy a boom box, and it drew a grand total of 150 attendees.
While the cities of Arlington and Marysville encourage their citizens to celebrate the upcoming Fourth of July holiday in a festive manner, the cities’ police officers and firefighters want to make sure that those who choose to use fireworks do so in a safe and legal fashion.
Arlington and Marysville are among 40 Washington cities that have been chosen to receive shares of $50 million in federal safety funds for 75 street improvement projects statewide.
TULALIP — When Tulalip Tribal Vice Chair Deborah Parker joined U.S. Senators Patty Murray, Barbara Boxer and Amy Klobuchar in Washington, D.C., to advocate the passage of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act on April 25, the Senate passed the VAWA reauthorization bill by a vote of 68-31 the very next day.
MARYSVILLE — Grace Academy’s graduating class of 2012 was described as “unified in Christ, yet fierce individuals” by Joan Dabrowski, art and yearbook teacher for the school.
Overcast skies that opened up in the afternoon might have quelled some enthusiasm for some events on Saturday, June 16, but spirits stayed strong for the Marysville Strawberry Festival’s climactic weekend this year.
The Marysville-Pilchuck High School auditorium came alive with footsteps, instruments and song on Thursday, June 14, at the Marysville Strawberry Festival Talent Show once again took to its stage with 30 contestants.
MARYSVILLE — Robert Rasmussen Sr. was the first bridge tender of the Ebey Slough Bridge, whose construction was completed in 1927, back when roads were built to accommodate Ford Model-Ts.
The gymnasium of Marysville-Pilchuck High School was overflowing on the evening of Monday, June 11, as the M-PHS Class of 2012 became the first to have its own graduation ceremony since the creation of the Small Learning Communities that now make up Marysville Getchell High School.
At noon on Saturday, June 9, the Marysville-Tulalip Relay For Life had already raised $116,000 for the American Cancer Society.
Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed laughed as he described his visit to the Rotary Club of Marysville on Wednesday, June 6, as part of his “farewell tour,” but even though this marks the last of his 45 years of public service, Reed offered a serious message of concern for the future.
