MARYSVILLE — The Marysville chapter of Soroptimist International hopes bargain shoppers will help them continue to support the community through their annual “Junktique” sale, April 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jennings Park barn.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville Police detectives had a unique opportunity to team up with a Puget Sound citizen to help prevent illegal weapons trafficking.
Shortly after some of William Webster’s guns were stolen in a Pierce County burglary, he found two of them listed for sale on the Seattleguns.net website, one of which he was able to identify through its distinctive carrying case.
Webster arranged a meeting with the seller of the guns for April 12 in Marysville and contacted the Marysville Police Department on April 11, along with the Pierce and Snohomish county sheriff’s offices, to get their detectives involved. The meeting took place at a gun shop directly across the street from the Marysville Police Station.
“We had a couple of SWAT team members there and our detectives went undercover as buyers,” Marysville Police Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux said. “After they verified that the serial numbers of the seller’s guns matched those of Webster’s guns, we took the seller into custody without incident.”
Lamoureux explained that the arrested seller claimed not to have known the guns were stolen, and was very cooperative in supplying information for further investigation.
Nine new exam rooms, including a dedicated procedure room, remained almost untouched as of April 7.
According to Tamara Fitzpatrick, nurse manager for the Sea Mar Community Health Center in Marysville, that won’t last long.
Marysville residents will be able to protect themselves from identity thieves and do some recycling on Earth Day weekend when the Marysville Municipal Court will host the annual Community Shred Day.
MARYSVILLE — A year after its first meeting, the Marysville Legion Auxiliary has received its Charter.
When Marysville Unit 178 of the American Legion Auxiliary met on Feb. 18 of last year, it became the first active Legion Auxiliary unit in Marysville in 50 years.
When Unit 178 received its Charter at a dinner hosted by the Lake Stevens Unit 181 on March 7 of this year, Legion Auxiliary National President Carlene Ashworth and 2010 Department President Kathy Kerr were in attendance, which Marysville Unit President Kay Smith considered a special honor.
MARYSVILLE — For Alexander Larsen, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get a head start on his aspirations of pursuing a medical career as an adult, but he’ll need some help from the community to get there.
Larsen, a 16-year-old sophomore at the Bio-Med Academy at Marysville Getchell High School, has been invited to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in Houston, Texas, but to afford the tuition for the 19-day program, running from July 19-26, he needs to raise $2,560 by April 22.
MARYSVILLE — Marysville’s City Council is switching from four to three meetings per month to help save money.
At the Marysville City Council’s April 4 meeting, Mayor Jon Nehring and the Council officially discontinued Council meetings on the third Monday of each month, which were work sessions that didn’t include periods for public comment. The Council meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, which are regular sessions that do include periods for public comment, will continue, as will the work session meetings on the first Monday of each month.
Although the morning’s rain brought with it a significantly reduced attendance, the enthusiasm of those who did turn out for the Walk MS at the Tulalip Amphitheatre wasn’t dampened.
Not all of the 35 members of “Goochi’s Gang” were able to make it in time for the kickoff of the three-mile walk fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society at 9:30 a.m. on April 2, but team captain and Marysville resident Gretchen “Goochi” Littell promised a fun after-party for those who had.
Mayor Jon Nehring has announced that Eagle Scout Michael Thomas is the community Volunteer of the Month for March for his contribution of teaching-aid games and books to Marysville preschool programs.
TULALIP — A former Tulalip Liquor Store and Smoke Shop employee is free on bond after being arrested for allegedly embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Angela Jones Ver Hoven, 46, was fired from the Tulalip Liquor Store and Smoke Shop after police confronted her about her suspected embezzlement. She’s estimated to have stolen more than $396,000 between January of 2008 and August of 2010, based on a review of store records. Charging documents accuse her of selling multiple cartons of cigarettes to a given customer, but only ringing in one carton per sale and pocketing the cash from the other cartons sold. According to further investigation, she also allegedly lost a significant amount of money gambling at Quil Ceda Creek Casino.
Ver Hoven’s preliminary hearing is slated for later this month.
The city of Marysville starting April 1 will offer free, screened fill dirt and topsoil mix for residents to use in gardens, lawns or for round-the-yard projects.
Marysville residents might have needed a double-take Thursday evening when Community Transit’s new double-decker bus drove through town on its way to the Cedar and Grove Park and Ride on its first day in service.
Marysville Police detectives arrested the property owner of a local mini-mart store located in the 1000 block of State Ave. on March 31. A search warrant was also served at the business.
