MARYSVILLE — Scrub-a-Mutt is returning to the Strawberry Fields for Rover dog park to continue its support of local pooches.
Scrub-a-Mutt’s fourth annual fundraising Dog Wash runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 20 at the Strawberry Fields Athletic Park, located at 6100 152nd St. NE. Strawberry Fields for Rover will be completely open that day.
Marysville Parks and Recreation’s Ken Baxter Community Center, located at 514 Delta Avenue, is seeking quality handmade craft vendors for the Oct. 15 Autumn Craft Show.
TULALIP — The Tulalip Tribes will host one of the largest stick games in modern history during the weekend of Aug. 20-21, but spectators will have an early opportunity to learn about the games.
The “Battle of Nations Stick Game Tournament” will bring together more than 100 teams and 3,500 players, family and spectators from across the United States and Canada. Stick games, also called “Bone Games,” “Hand Game” or “Slahal,” predate recorded history as a traditional form of tribal trade, landholding and social networking.
The tournament is open to the general public for playing or viewing, and on Aug. 18 from 3-8 p.m., tournament official Andre Picard Jr. will conduct five separate hour-long free public sessions for those who wish to learn about the game before the tournament.
The opening ceremonies for the tournament proper kick off at noon on Aug. 20 at the tented area to the west of the Tulalip Resort Casino. After a demonstration hosted by tournament organizers Rusty Farmer and Tulalip’s Billy Fryberg, three games will commence and last throughout the day.
The community is invited to celebrate the opening of the new Marysville Family YMCA Youth Development Center on Aug. 31. The public can take a tour during the open house from 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., celebrate the opening at the ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m., or enjoy fellowship at the community barbeque at 11:30 a.m.
Marysville’s annual street fair, HomeGrown, welcomes visitors to enjoy its diverse array of artists, craftspeople, food vendors, and local producers of farm products and flowers.
Dressed in bonnets, bloomers and suspenders, more than 300 youth and adult leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints pushed handcarts as they traversed rugged terrain in eastern Washington, all in an effort to experience a taste of what thousands of their pioneer ancestors went through while crossing the Great Plains in the mid-1800s.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Boys & Girls Club will be rocking with the beat of eight hours of live musical acts from throughout the state, and even some bands from California, during the first-ever “Musicians of Marysville” Festival on Aug. 20.
The lineup will run from noon through 8 p.m. and organizers aim to attract between 400 to 1,000 attendees to the Boys & Girls Club, located at 1010 Beach Ave.
MARYSVILLE — Louise “Toni” Nolf’s 100th birthday isn’t until July 31, but her fellow Friends of the Marysville Library couldn’t wait that long to celebrate her century of living.
At their regular meeting in the Jennings Park Barn on July 21, the Friends presented Nolf with a plaque honoring her service and a birthday cake. June Sumpter, who gave Nolf the plaque, credited Nolf with recruiting her into the Friends when Sumpter first moved to Marysville.
The lifelong Washington state resident came to the local area from Bothell in 1974, and has lived in Arlington, Smokey Point, Lakewood and Marysville since then. She still walks around town and at the Marysville-Pilchuck High School track on a regular basis, she still gardens at her own home, and she’s still working in real estate.
It’s been a banner year for Fred Teachout. Not only were he and his girlfriend, Maybelle Hollingworth, named Windsor Square’s Senior King and Queen for this year’s Strawberry Festival on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, but on June 24 Fred was joined by dozens of members of the Teachout family at Windsor Square to celebrate his 100th birthday.
Marysville Parks and Recreation and exclusive sponsor Waste Management NW are proud to present the 2011 Sounds of Summer Concert Series lineup of five free Friday night outdoor performances kicking off July 8.
From dancing dogs and disc-catching mutts to wacky pet contests, the Marysville Poochapalooza Outdoor Dog Event has showcased everyday pooches at their best and brightest since 2007, in a county fair-like atmosphere.
MARYSVILLE — A Marysville-Pilchuck High School graduate is one of eight nationwide contestants with a shot at performing in the Rolling Stone Rock Room next year, but she’ll need enough votes from the Internet to get there.
Carly Calbero, 19, is one of the street musicians with a shot at performing professionally in Austin, Texas, in 2012 as part of the Street to Stage contest jointly sponsored by Rolling Stone and Sprint.
In keeping with this year’s theme of “Berrywood,” the 2011 Marysville Strawberry Festival Fashion Show employed local luminaries as models for its outfits. According to Maryfest Vice President Elect Bobbi Young, the June 14 Fashion Show’s lineup of local celebrities drew an estimated 260 attendees to its annual location at Leifer Manor.
