Even though most of this year’s attendees had already taken part in the event at least once before, the city of Marysville Parks and Recreation Department’s seventh annual Father/Daughter Dances drew a record total crowd of 836 for its four dances, two on Feb. 4 and two on Feb. 11.
MARYSVILLE — “I feel like I still want to keep going,” said Ernie Hajek, a resident of the Madeleine Villa Health Care Center in Marysville, after he celebrated his 100th birthday on Jan. 17 of this year.
The attorneys presenting their cases in Judge Fred Gillings’ courtroom at the Marysville Municipal Court on Thursday, Feb. 2, hadn’t even graduated from high school, but the professionalism and preparation they demonstrated earned them plaudits from not only Gillings, but also the jurors who heard their cases.
Lakewood High School’s Miranda Head and Marysville-Pilchuck High School’s Rebecca Lentz were all smiles as they became the latest student athletes to sign their names on the dotted line on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard icebreaker Healy’s return to its home-port on Sunday, Feb. 5, marked not only the end of a cruise that saw the ship’s crew performing an essential service for one of America’s northernmost cities, but also the homecoming of its three Marysville crew members.
MARYSVILLE — A Marysville solar panel manufacturer provided an education on solar energy to several Arlington-area students and their families, but their teacher is already aiming to use what they gained that day to educate the community beyond.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring’s State of the City address on Jan. 27 cited the importance of the city’s partnerships with neighboring governments, and even its own citizens, in recognizing its accomplishments to date, and charting a course toward future successes.
EVERETT — The Arlington and Lakewood high school Hi-Q teams will once again be testing their intellectual mettle, against each other and 11 other Snohomish and Island county high school teams, during the 36th year of the region-wide academic competition run locally by Everett Community College.
MARYSVILLE — Paul Brown began his tenure as publisher of The Marysville Globe and The Arlington Times on Jan. 3, but he’s no stranger to weekly newsprint publications.
The three-day weekend for Martin Luther King Jr. Day turned into a full week’s worth of snow-days for many Marysville residents, but even as the snow finally stopped falling and started melting on Friday, Jan. 20, the snow-covered hills of Jennings Park still attracted their share of kids and parents alike who were glad to have the day off.
Snohomish County could serve as the model for a proposed drug take-back program designed to save lives statewide, which is why Snohomish County Sheriff John Lovick is among those urging citizens to contact their state Legislators to voice their support for it.
SMOKEY POINT — Saturday, Jan. 21, was originally set to mark the start of the 2012 Relay For Life season for both the Arlington and the Marysville/Tulalip communities, but the first winter storm of the year in Snohomish County shut down those plans.
However, neither the Arlington nor the Marysville/Tulalip communities have given up on staging official commencements for the 2012 Relay For Life season, which is why Feb. 7 and 8 have become their new kick-off days.
“Just this Monday, one of our customers came to us crying,” said Mary Kirkland, owner of Hilton’s Pharmacy in Marysville, on Thursday, Jan. 12. “Because of the PBMs, her insurance told her that she had to go to mail-order for her medication, but she didn’t want to leave us. She’s a cancer patient who requires a lot of medication, which has to be filled right away, but all the mail-order pharmacies fill them from out of state.”
