My name is JoAnn Sewell. I am the volunteer coordinator at the Marysville Community Food Bank. I just read your column, and couldn’t agree more.
The outrage over the recent incidents of child abuse at two major, high profile university athletic departments continues to fill the national print and electronic media.
MARYSVILLE — Registration begins on Monday, Jan. 9, for the seventh-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 two consecutive Saturdays, Feb. 4 and 11, in the Cedarcrest Middle School cafeteria, located at 6400 88th St. NE in Marysville. “You’ll want to reserve your tickets early, because they sell out every year and they’re not sold at the door.”
MARYSVILLE — Even though the city of Marysville’s Parks and Recreation Department isn’t presenting its Spring Craft Show until April 14 of this year, they’re already accepting applications for the juried craft show, and looking for artists, crafters and high-quality vendors to take part in this event.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Parks and Recreation Department is offering a unique course called “Money Power.”
Through this course, you can learn to change the way you think about money and the kind of choices you make.
MARYSVILLE — Although the winter holiday season has just wrapped up, the degree of need among many families in the community remains.
Marysville Community Food Bank Director Dell Deierling knows this too well, which was why he was pleased to receive a special visit from Marysville Rock and Gem Club President Bill Moser on Monday, Jan. 2.
Moser presented Deierling with not only 152 pounds of non-perishable food items from the Marysville Rock and Gem Club, but also a check in the amount of $500 for the Marysville Community Food Bank.
SMOKEY POINT — With La Nina expected to bring colder weather to the Pacific Northwest, the Snohomish County PUD is offering the following tips to area residents to help them keep their energy consumption under control and stay warm during upcoming cold spells.
You’ll use less energy and will still keep your home warm if you set your thermostat no higher than 68 degrees during the day and no lower than 55 degrees at night. Elderly customers or those with small babies may want to keep their homes warmer.
TULALIP — The Tulalip Tribes celebrated “Tulalip GIS Day” on Dec. 7, and invited the public to learn more about how the Tribes use information to make sound decisions in the areas of resource management and community development.
The Tulalip Data Services Department’s Geographical Information Systems Team hosted the sixth annual event, which recognizes the information-rich software that has helped the Tribes change their planning processes for their future.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — The results of the holiday DUI enforcement campaign conducted from Nov. 24, 2011, through Jan. 2, 2012, have been released.
MARYSVILLE — Arson appears to be the cause of a recent residential fire in Marysville.
At 10:29 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, the Marysville Fire District was dispatched to a residential fire in the 6700 block of 40th Street NE. Firefighters arrived at 10:34 p.m. and located a fire in a single-story residential structure.
Richard C. Kalma passed away on January 4, 2012 at home with his family by his side. He was born…
EVERETT — Community members are invited to join students, faculty and staff to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Everett Community College.
