After a rocky start to their first regular season game, the Tomahawk girls soccer team held Lake Stevens to a 60-minute draw.
First responders from the Marysville Fire District and the Marysville Police Department were joined by city officials and residents Thursday morning at a brief and solemn ceremony at the Police and Firefighters Memorial at the Marysville Library to remember the events of Sept. 11 and to honor those who lost their lives.
Three residents were displaced by flames that struck a duplex at 7407 67th Ave. NE early the morning of Sept. 9.
n The project manager for next year’s State Route 529 construction got an earful from several citizens worried what effect traffic problems wold have on their businesses, but not before he spent more than an hour defending the project before the City Council. Richard Mitchell told the Council that the Washington State Department of Transportation will close the Ebey Slough bridge and the north and southbound Steamboat Slough bridges for a combined 377 days. The bridges will undergo electrical and mechanical rehabilitation, cleaning and painting, seismic retrofitting, and the control houses will be raised. The cost of the work on the bridges, two of which were built in 1925, is an estimated $10.5 million.
• The Marysville Community Food Bank is in need of volunteers. One hour or two; some needs are Thursday and Fridays, 8-11 a.m., strong backs to help unload trucks; Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 8-11 a.m., drivers of vans or pick ups to go to local stores to pick up donations (mileage is reimbursed); Wednesday afternoon cleaning (mopping the floor, vacuuming; paid service or volunteers do it); help with data entry on the computer. Call Joyce at 360-658-1054.
Arlington Lions Club meets second and fourth Wednesdays at the Local Scoop at 6:30 p.m. Call Doug Merz at 360-435-5424 or Randy Tendering at 360-435-3094.
Silvana Community Association general meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m., Viking Hall in Silvana.
MARYSVILLE — During the summer months donations can be meager to local food banks as people tend to associate a greater need during the holiday season.
MARYSVILLE — With a craving and longing in her heart to feed the hungry and assist the poor, Jo Ann Mulligan and the St. Mary’s Catholic Church began what is now the Marysville Community Food Bank.
MARYSVILLE. — The Marysville Library will host an Early Learning Resources Open House on Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., in the children’s area of the library. The event will include crafts and giveaways for children, demonstrations of library resources for early learning, information about the six essential pre-reading skills, and dissemination of other community resources related to early learning.
Soroptimist International of Marysville is holding a “Get Acquainted” Open House Tuesday, Sept. 16, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at “Let’s Dish”, 11605 State Avenue, in Marysville.
MARYSVILLE — A tributary of the West Fork of Quilceda Creek flows from Arlington through Marysville to the Snohomish River on the Tulalip Reservation. It provides a lush green corridor through the density of civilization which has impacted its fish population by low oxygen levels and high fecal coliform levels.
MARYSVILLE — The operator of a State Avenue business in Marysville didn’t want his name used fearing any publicity might scare away customers.
