10 Years Ago 1997
SMOKEY POINT Carletti Architects of Mount Vernon have been awarded the architectural contract for the planned fire station in Smokey Point.
MARYSVILLE With about 120 titles and discussion kits available, between 80 and 100 already are spoken for according to Sno-Isle Library community relations manager Mary Kelly.
MARYSVILLE Thanks to a new program of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, city residents have a chance to turn in their old wood stoves and receive discounts of between $200 and $750 on the purchase of new, more efficient and environmentally friendly units.
MARYSVILLE City resident Frank Thiessen, 87, died following a pre-dawn traffic mishap on Feb. 29.
MARYSVILLE A 31-year-old man was jailed in the beating and overdose of his two-month old infant daughter. The girl had been taken to Childrens Hospital by ambulance on Dec. 6 after suffering respiratory failure while at her doctors office in Redmond. Doctors there determined that she had been given an overdose of prescription medication. She is currently in the intensive care unit.
10 years ago 1998
SMOKEY POINT This spring, Arlington and Marysville residents alike will have chances to prepare themselves and their neighborhoods for some worst-case scenarios.
10 years ago 1996
MARYSVILLE The Marysville Kiwanis Club celebrated its 50th birthday on Nov. 18 with a reception at the Ken Baxter Senior Community Center. Long-time member Ray Harding was saluted with the Legion of Honor award for 50 years of service to the club. A former school principal, Harding missed being a founding member by just a couple weeks, joining the 31 founders shortly after the club was formed in 1956.
MARYSVILLE The Jubie family has called an end to the annual fall yard sale that has raised more than $100,000 for the Marysville Community Food Bank over the last four years.
MARYSVILLE Long-time pillar of the community Kay Kuhnle passed away last weekend; the owner of Kuhnles Tavern was 79 years old.
ARLINGTON After the June 6 golf tournament was postponed due to rain, the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce enjoyed a glistening day in bright sunshine June 25. Although the course was short 34 golfers, the day was a success, said Tarin OBrien.
