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‘Financial Peace University’ returns to Marysville
‘Financial Peace University’ returns to Marysville
September 9, 2011 3:07 am

MARYSVILLE — The 13-week “Financial Peace University” course is returning to Marysville this fall.
Mountain View Presbyterian Church, located at 5115 100th St. NE, will host the classes starting on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m.
The Marysville Church of the Nazarene, located at 8240 64th St. NE, will host the classes starting on Monday, Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m.
FPU is intended to teach families and individuals how to plan their money usage in order to free themselves of debt and build lasting wealth.

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Seattle Goodwill Visual Merchandise Assistant Lisa Bayse puts the final touches on a display Aug. 12 for the Marysville Goodwill’s ‘Western Days’ sale.
Marysville Goodwill celebrates ‘Western Days’
By Kirk Boxleitner • August 31, 2011 9:08 am

The Marysville Goodwill’s 10th annual “Western Days” sale exceeded its organizers’ expectations this year. The Goodwill store’s doors opened one hour early, at 8 a.m., on Aug. 12 and 13, to accommodate the large number of eager shoppers that Goodwill staff were anticipating. According to Marysville Goodwill Store Manager Duane Bredin, the crowds they drew on those days did not disappoint.

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Seattle Premium Outlets set to expand at Tulalip
Seattle Premium Outlets set to expand at Tulalip
August 18, 2011 2:10 pm

TULALIP — The Seattle Premium Outlets on the Tulalip Reservation have done such good business that the Simon Property Group plans to expand their retail space by an additional 100,000 square feet.
According to Michele Rothstein, a spokesperson for the Premium Outlets division of Simon, the Seattle Premium Outlets’ existing 120 stores produce sales in excess of $700 per square foot, making them one of the group’s most productive centers.
While Rothstein declined to speculate on how many new stores would be added during the expansion, or which ones they would be, she anticipated that the expansion would be complete in 2013, bringing the Seattle Premium Outlets’ total retail space to approximately 540,000 square feet.

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Marysville Goodwill holds 10th annual ‘Western Days’ sale
Marysville Goodwill holds 10th annual ‘Western Days’ sale
August 6, 2011 8:16 pm

MARYSVILLE — Fans of western clothing and gear won’t want to miss the “Western Days” sale at the Marysville Goodwill store, located at 9315 State Ave.
The Goodwill’s doors will open one hour early, at 8 a.m., on Aug. 12 and 13, to accommodate the large number of eager shoppers that Goodwill staff are anticipating.

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Cabela’s breaks ground at Quil Ceda Village
By Kirk Boxleitner • August 3, 2011 4:58 pm

TULALIP — According to Tulalip Tribal Board members, the plot of land just north of the existing Quil Ceda Village and just south of the Tulalip Resort Hotel and Casino has sat empty for years because they’ve been waiting for just the right new development.
As Tribal members officially broke ground on the site with members of the Cabela’s chain of hunting, fishing and outdoor supplies stores on Aug. 2, they agreed that Cabela’s was the right choice, for Quil Ceda Village and beyond.

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Local patients could walk through the front doors of this building as early as the fall of next year
Everett Clinic plans Lakewood facility
By Kirk Boxleitner • July 27, 2011 1:23 pm

By late next year, area residents should expect to have a new option in health care available to them. The Everett Clinic broke ground on its planned two-story, 60,000-square-foot, $24 million facility north of 172nd Street NE and west of I-5 on July 21, as Everett Clinic Chief Operating Officer Mark Mantei explained that the 3.6-acre site would serve as the grounds for an even bigger building than their branch in Smokey Point, hosting a broader cross-section of health care services than any Everett Clinic outside of their main offices in Everett itself.

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Marysville Tulalip Chamber presents leadership awards
By Kirk Boxleitner • July 13, 2011 11:00 am

The Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce presented its fourth annual Business and Community Leadership Awards for 2011 at the Tulalip Resort Casino on June 24, to celebrate the accomplishments of local companies and individuals who have been judged to epitomize the spirit of leadership, excellent business practices and community involvement.

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Although its shareholders have approved the merger of Cascade Bank
Local bank changes hands, another to merge
By Kirk Boxleitner • June 7, 2011 12:50 pm

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

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Cabela’s confirms plans to open in Quil Ceda Village next year
Cabela’s confirms plans to open in Quil Ceda...
June 6, 2011 5:15 pm

TULALIP — After weeks of speculation, the Cabela’s chain of hunting, fishing and outdoor supplies stories has confirmed that they’ll be setting up shop in Quil Ceda Village.
Tulalip Tribal Chair Mel Sheldon Jr. welcomed the Cabela’s chain to the Tribes’ lands, noting that the projected 2012 opening of the 110,000-square-foot Cabela’s store would not only mark the second Cabela’s store opening in the state of Washington, following that of the chain’s Lacey location in 2007, but would also be the first on a Native American reservation.

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Cities, Tulalip Tribes join for economic summit
By Kirk Boxleitner • June 1, 2011 4:27 pm

“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.”

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