Transportation improvements dominated the agenda of U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen’s visit to the city of Marysville on Feb. 1.
Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring, City Engineer John Cowling and Planning Manager Cheryl Dungan guided Larsen and his staff through a brisk afternoon driving tour of State Avenue north to Smokey Point, and then back down to the State Route 529 bridge replacement construction, to give the Congressman a firsthand look at how the city’s projected improvements would impact traffic, commerce and quality of life in north Marysville.

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Charnie Dondrea’s first step into helping others in the community began with her concern for a close friend.
“It was really scary,” said Dondrea, the ASB president for Lakewood High School. “Ariel was missing all these days of school and all we knew was that she was at Children’s Hospital, so it obviously wasn’t just the flu. Ariel and I hang out 24-7, so not seeing her for so long was really hard.”

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Ione Carlson has lived in the same house on Beach Avenue since 1934, and on Feb. 19, Carlson’s family is inviting her friends and relatives to celebrate the century of history that she’s lived through, 77 years of it at the same address in Marysville.

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The funeral motorcade for slain corrections officer Jayme Biendl started at the Schaefer Shipman Funeral Home at Eighth Street and State Avenue in Marysville at 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 8.

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Hi-Q season continues into February, as high school teams from Lakewood, Marysville and Arlington compete for a shot at the finals in March.

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Brandie Brock got a head-start on kindergarten this year, but as far as she’s concerned, all she did was spend a Saturday morning reading oversized picture books and making new friends.

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Marysville’s Kathy Goodhew began writing as a way of recovering from her own wounds, but she stuck with it out of a desire to help ease the suffering of others.

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MARYSVILLE — The attorneys and witnesses in Judge Fred Gillings’ courtroom at the Marysville Municipal Court on Jan. 27 conducted themselves so professionally that those who sat in the jury box for their trials commented upon how well they delivered their testimonies and presented their cases.
What made this especially notable was that none of the attorneys presenting their cases or the witnesses delivering their testimonies had graduated from high school yet.
Two teams of eighth-grade students from the 10th Street School in Marysville competed against opposing teams of ninth-graders from Archbishop Murphy High School in a YMCA Youth and Government Mock Trial. The morning’s trial pitted student prosecutors from 10th Street against student defense attorneys from Archbishop Murphy, while the afternoon’s trial put 10th Street on the defense against Archbishop Murphy’s prosecution.

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Soroptimist International of Marysville contributes to the community in a variety of ways each year. Their latest contribution is a $1,000 check for the Autumn Leaf House in Marysville.

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TULALIP — Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring’s first “State of the City” address focused on the city of Marysville’s plans for long-term financial stability and some of the developments that its citizens can expect this year.
Many attendees of the Jan. 28 Business Before Hours, conducted by the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce, reacted favorably to Nehring’s optimistic prognosis of Marysville’s progress and future.

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