The Marysville Parks and Recreation Department has a variety of upcoming classes.
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.”
The Marysville-Pilchuck High School auditorium will host a concert May 20 to help support at-risk area children.
The Lakewood High School Drama Department will be bringing a taste of Southern-fried culture to their auditorium this month, when they stage two weekend showings of “Steel Magnolias” as a student play.
Village Community Services offered a taste of “Wonderland” to 165 attendees of its ninth annual “Taste of Decadence.”
While the April 9 fundraiser collected approximately $15,000, roughly equal to last year’s total, with this year’s theme of “Alice in Wonderland,” VCS Resource Development Manager Michelle Dietz believes the evening’s message was at least as important as the monies it earned through its silent auctions of professionally made desserts and other donated items.
MARYSVILLE — Jennings Park will be hopping for Easter this weekend.
The Jennings Park Barn, located at 6915 Armar Rd., will host its annual Easter egg hunt April 23 from 10-11 a.m.
More than 10,000 plastic eggs filled with candy and prizes will be hidden in and around the Jennings Memorial Park Rotary Ranch, for Easter egg hunters as old as 8, with a limit of eight eggs per child.
Those looking for an evening of theatrical entertainment need only “follow the Yellow Brick Road” to Marysville-Pilchuck High School near the end of April and the start of May.
MARYSVILLE — Third Street is hosting its fourth annual Fit-Tastic Easter Egg Hunt on April 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the Carabinieri Bar espresso stand.
MARYSVILLE — Focusing on fashion in film seems to have yielded blockbuster returns for the Marysville Historical Society.
The Marysville Historical Society’s eighth annual spring tea and fashion show on April 10 featured “Fashion in Film: A Focus on Iconic Films and Film Stars” as its theme, and while last year’s spring tea and fashion show netted an estimated $7,000, this year’s fundraiser drew donations totaling close to $11,000, even more than event chair Rietta Costa had hoped for.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Kiwanis Club not only turned last year’s Kenneth J. Ploeger Kiwanis Memorial Scholarship Concert into an annual event, but also scored huge gains in both its attendance and its earnings.
Marysville Kiwanis Concert Coordinator Penelope Ploeger, Ken’s widow, reported that last year’s concert drew as many as 100 attendees and netted proceeds of $150. According to Ploeger, an estimated 250 audience members turned out to the Marysville-Pilchuck High School auditorium this year on March 18, raising roughly $800 for the scholarship in her late husband’s name.
MARYSVILLE — The YMCA’s annual Health Kids Day returns to Marysville on April 16.
The Marysville Y will host the free event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help local families overcome obstacles toward leading healthier lives, by learning how to become more physically active on a day-to-day basis.
This year’s events aim to engage entire families in physical activity through healthy all-ages games and activities such as Zumba. The Marysville Y will also provide information on nutrition and water safety skills, as well as fitness testing and screenings for dental, vision and hearing. Contacts for community resources will also be on hand to answer questions.
MARYSVILLE — What began as one Marysville woman’s way of recovering from her own wounds has become something that she now shares with others to help ease their suffering.
Marysville’s Kathy Goodhew will be signing copies of her first book, “A Vision Beyond Abuse,” at the Wit’s End Bookstore in Suite H at 1206 State Ave. in Marysville on April 29 from 6-8 p.m. The book details the decades of abuse that Goodhew endured in not just one but two relationships.
The city of Marysville’s Parks and Recreation Department has a variety of classes scheduled in the coming weeks.
