TULALIP — Parents will have a chance to help make their children safer at the Roy Robinson Chevrolet, Subaru and RV Center in Tulalip on Oct. 1, as part of a free “Child Safety Day” for the Marysville and Tulalip communities.
From 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., families will be able to obtain free “DNA LifePrint” biometric fingerprinting and identification kits that have been certified by the FBI and endorsed by John Walsh, creator of the long-running “America’s Most Wanted” TV series.
Everett Community College’s Adult Literacy Center is seeking volunteers who can offer two or more hours per week to assist adults learning reading, writing, English speaking and basic math.
SMOKEY POINT — Area walkers will be able to stay fit this weekend while supporting a local girl suffering from a serious medical condition.
Lakewood High School senior Ashlie Jensen is organizing the “Pump It Out For Platelets” 5K walk, starting at the Stillaguamish Athletic Club in Arlington at 10 a.m. on Sept. 24, for her little sister Karlie, who was diagnosed with a bleeding disorder called ITP when she was only 2 years old.
In spite of overcast skies that soon turned to the first sprinkles of rain that many Marysville residents have seen in a while, the Doleshel Tree Farm Park was packed with volunteers willing to wake up early on a Saturday morning, go outdoors and improve their community.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville Community Food Bank is getting a big boost from the Snohomish County-Camano Association of Realtors this month, as they conduct their annual food drive for this year through Sept. 30.
Keller Williams Realty in Marysville did its part by presenting armloads of boxes and red bags filled with food and other much-needed supplies to Marysville Community Food Bank Director Dell Deierling on Sept. 13.
TULALIP — Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon and 44th District state Rep. Mike Hope will be tackling the issues facing the county, its residents and its businesses during the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce’s Candidate Forum.
The forum will take place during the Chamber’s monthly Business Before Hours in the Canoes Cabaret of the Tulalip Resort Casino, which runs from 7-9 a.m. on Sept. 30. The event is intended to give both candidates for Snohomish County Executive — incumbent Reardon and challenger Hope — an opportunity to answer questions from an audience and each other.
MARYSVILLE — Charges of two counts of child molestation in the first degree and one count of the rape of a child in the first degree were filed Sept. 15 against the son of a currently suspended day care owner and operator in Marysville.
Dakota Wilson, who turned 18 years old on Sept. 16, is the son of Anne “Ladale” Moore, who ran the 24-hour “All Hours Childcare” from her home, where Wilson also lived and assisted his mother in caring for children.
According to documents filed by Snohomish County prosecutors, Wilson not only molested a 10-year-old girl on April 18 of this year, but also molested a five-year-old girl from April 1-15 of this year, and raped another five-year-old girl from May 1, 2009, through January 31 of this year.
Starting the week of Sept. 19, the city of Marysville Public Works Department will begin its annual flushing of water mains. “Flushing mains is done periodically and is vital to ensuring that water consumed meets the highest quality standards possible,” said Karen Latimer, Public Works Operations Manager.
Last year, close to 250 volunteers spruced up Jennings Park as part of the National Day of Service and Remembrance. This year’s Day of Service for Marysville will take place on Sept. 17 at the Doleshel Tree Farm Park, located at 9002 67th Ave. NE.
MARYSVILLE — On Sept. 11, 2011, Marysville resident Robert Hitchings held the American flag that had been flying from his house in Seattle 10 years ago.
“By the time I moved up here, it was too faded to be flown anymore,” said Hitchings, a Vietnam veteran who retired from the Army in 1986 after 22 years of active duty service. “I got a newer one for Christmas, which I finally got around to putting up just recently.”
Hitchings handed over the no-longer-serviceable flag to the members of Marysville American Legion Post 176 at the pavilion in Jennings Park on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Marysville Legion members had already received more than 40 flags to dispose of that day, during an afternoon flag retirement ceremony.
“We received more than 100 unserviceable flags to dispose of at last year’s ceremony,” said Tony Campbell, second vice commander of Legion Post 178. “Of course, that was the first year we’d done this. We’re actually lucky that we didn’t receive as many flags this year, because otherwise it’d take us a couple of hours to retire them all, like it did last year. We’re hoping that this year means that we’ve turned it into an annual event.”
MARYSVILLE — On Sept. 11, 2001, Marysville police officers and firefighters not only watched as they lost fellow police officers and firefighters to the terrorist attacks in New York City, but also suffered the loss of one of their own at home.
Ten years later, the Marysville community came together to pay tribute not only to the 343 firefighters and 72 law enforcement officers and emergency workers who fell that day trying to save the lives of others, but also to the Marysville Fire District’s Lt. Jeff Thornton, who passed away that same day after battling with cancer.
Marysville residents are invited to meet with Mayor Jon Nehring for coffee and conversation from 10-11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29.
At approximately 4:47 a.m. on Saturday, the Marysville Fire District was dispatched to a residential fire in the 5200 block of 116th Street NE. Firefighters arrived at 4:53 a.m. and located a fully involved two-story residential duplex.
