One local bank branch changed hands over the Memorial Day weekend, while another bank with two branches in the area is on its way toward a merger, but representatives of both banks want their customers to remain assured that their service will remain the same
The Marysville Rotary Education Foundation awarded $52,000 in scholarships to 41 students from the Marysville and Lakewood school districts during their 2011 Scholarship Awards Ceremony.
Marysville Rotary Education Foundation President Dr. Tom Albright opened the program at the Marysville Arts and Technology High School on May 25 by telling the scholarship recipients that “a crisis is a terrible thing to waste,” likening their first steps into adulthood to the first step of a bungee jump.
Chris Trujillo has joined the staff of The Arlington Times and The Marysville Globe and will be covering news and sports.
Lily Rotunno is no stranger to cancer.
Her father had prostate cancer, her mother had breast cancer and her sister was diagnosed with skin cancer.
“We’re hoping she caught it in time,” Rotunno said. “That’s why you should check for any unusual moles.”
On May 21, she was joined on the Asbery Field track by another cancer survivor who’s close to her heart.
“There’s a lot of good information and good vibrations here today,” said Mel Sheldon Jr., chair of the Tulalip Tribes, to the crowd in the Tulalip Resort’s Orca Ballroom. “The goal and desire that we all share in common is to better our communities and our county.”
In spite of gray skies and a bit of drizzle, the second annual “Cruzin for a Cure” car and bike show beat out last year’s registration numbers.
“As of noon, we had 61 entrants registered,” said Mark Lilgreen, team captain for the event. “We only had 50 last year, but it was pouring rain that year.”
The base commander of Naval Station Everett laughingly warned the members of the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce that they “live in interesting times,” which he admitted he wasn’t sure whether was a curse or not.
TULALIP — The Tulalip Resort Hotel’s Orca Ballroom was packed with more than 400 diners and auction bidders whose contributions will help the Tulalip Boys & Girls Club keep pace with the needs of the community’s youth.
MARYSVILLE — “I’m still cold now,” said Daniel Anderson, the day after he was rescued from an expedition into the wilderness gone awry.
Anderson, a Marysville resident and Washington State Patrol trooper, was off-duty when he and a few friends ventured east of Darrington, first by biking 11 miles, then by hiking 10 more miles, before camping out in the mountains on May 13. On May 14, Anderson parted company with the rest of his party to continue on to Holden Village.
“I screwed up,” said Anderson, whose military service has included stints in the Marines, the Special Forces and the National Guard. “I was confident in my training, but when you go off on your own like that, just one little thing can leave you so vulnerable.”
It was a trail he’d hiked before, and he’d brought two GPS units to keep himself on course, but the one stopped working and the other began leading him down a questionable path as he continued his hike on May 15. When he set up camp that evening, 800 meters past the wood line, he realized that he’d lost his tent in one of his falls.
“I knew it was an emergency situation,” Anderson said. “It was just a matter of time before hypothermia set in.”
For seven volunteers from the Master Builders Care Foundation, it was a few hours’ free labor on a sunny Saturday, but for 87-year-old Anguess “Hap” Adkins, it’s a lifeline to the outside world.
Members of the Marysville and Tulalip communities teamed up for the second year in a row to take part in a “RED Day,” this time for the Marysville Boys & Girls Club.
Last fall’s “RED Day” saw turnout from the Marysville office of Keller Williams Realty and the Tulalip Tribes’ Adult Education Services Division work to improve the grounds of the Tulalip Homeless Shelter, and on May 12 of this year, volunteers from both organizations improved the grounds and prepared the building of the Marysville Boys & Girls Club for a fresh coat of paint.
Wil and Durla Whetham had only taken three vacations since they opened their mom-and-pop grocery store on May 1, 1972.
MARYSVILLE — Alexie Kilbourn has been coming to the annual free fishing derby in Marysville for six of the 17 years that it’s been around, even though she’s only been around for nine years herself.
“I like how the fish fight for it when I reel them in,” said the 9-year-old Marysville native, as she helped 3-year-old Lissa Kilbourn, the daughter of her visiting cousin from Oregon, net a catch of her own at the Jennings Memorial Park Kiwanis Pond on May 7. “You have to reel them in really fast then.”
