MARYSVILLE — The Marysville School District will be conducting another information night for Spanish-speaking parents and parents of English Language Learner students on Jan. 26.
The MSD Board room at 4220 80th St. NE will serve as the site for the meeting from 6:30-8 p.m. According to Wendy Messarina, the ELL multilingual parent/community Spanish liaison for the school district, these ELL family info nights will be held every two months from now on.
MARYSVILLE — With a mid-year budget shortfall of roughly $1 million, Marysville School District cabinet staff took the step on Jan. 10 of tightening their own belts.
With the approval of the Marysville School District Board of Directors, MSD Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland resolved to take 10 furlough days, the equivalent of a 4 percent pay cut for this year. Assistant Superintendent Gail Miller likewise pledged 10 furlough days from each of Nyland’s five fellow school district cabinet staff members.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville YMCA received some post-New Year’s holiday cheer from Windermere Realty in Marysville Jan. 5, when Marysville Windermere owner Jim Rowley presented Marysville YMCA Executive Director Reeshemah Davis with a check for $3,750.
The Marysville Soroptimist and Kiwanis students of the month for this school year have included students from the Marysville-Pilchuck and Marysville Getchell high schools.
TULALIP — The 2011 Marysville/Tulalip Relay for Life isn’t until this summer, but Relay organizers aim to give the community a “Taste of Relay” Jan. 15 from 5-7 p.m. at the Pacific Rim Restaurant and Night Club, adjoining the Tulalip Best Western Inn.
Jon Nehring is asking the city of Marysville’s citizens to retain him as their mayor.
Nehring was unanimously appointed by the Marysville City Council on Aug. 2, 2010, to serve the remainder of former Mayor’s Dennis Kendall’s term, and on Jan. 9, Nehring announced that he’s running to serve a a full term as mayor this November.
While this winter’s evening parade ceremony at the Marysville-Pilchuck High School gymnasium was the continuation of an annual tradition for the Marysville Naval Junior ROTC, it also represented a first for the 16-year-old organization, since it was the first time that students from two separate high schools in Marysville came together for this ceremony as part of the same NJROTC company.
The Washington State Legislature’s 2011 regular session began on Jan. 10, and two Republican House members want to let their constituents know about the legislative challenges that lie ahead this year.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville and Everett residents expressed their frustrations with ongoing odors in the area at a Jan. 5 meeting in the Marysville City Council Chambers that was intended to facilitate fact-finding for citizens, elected officials and regulatory agencies alike.
State Rep. Hans Dunshee moderated the discussion between community members, including the Citizens for a Smell Free Marysville and Beyond, and representatives of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, the Snohomish County Health District and the state Department of Ecology.
MARYSVILLE — Ticket sales start on Jan. 10 for the sixth-annual Father/Daughter Valentine’s Dance, and while the event is once again set to be split up into two evenings in February with two dances each, city of Marysville Recreation Coordinator Andrea Kingsford warned that those interested in attending shouldn’t wait to purchase their tickets.
“It’s really popular,” Kingsford said of the dances, which take place from 5:30-7 p.m. and from 7:30-9 p.m. on both Feb. 5 and 12, in the Cedarcrest Middle School cafeteria, at 6400 88th St. NE. “You’ll want to reserve your tickets early, because they sell out every year and they’re not sold at the door.”
Larry Groom isn’t sure how much time he has left, but the school resource officer for the Tulalip Police Department wants to keep doing what he’s doing until his time is up.
“I want to be the first cop in a walker,” laughed Groom, who was diagnosed a little more than a year ago with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.” “I hope to work until I can’t.”
Ever since 1993 the students of Marysville-Pilchuck High School have done their best to make the students and teachers of the school’s Life Skills classes feel appreciated, and on Dec. 16 this annual holiday tradition continued with festive flair.
MARYSVILLE — Four Marysville Boy Scouts were accorded the highest honor in Scouting on Dec. 11, when Boy Scouts of America Troop 80 presented the rank of Eagle Scout to Kyle Bossom, Ethan Hirsch, T.J. McKinney and Spencer Sandlin.
