10 Years Ago 1997
Jared Middleton, Riel Gagnon, Joe Gagnon, and (not pictured) Luke Gagnon and Pat Bouillet, of Wayne Gagnon Masonry, of Marysville, install bricks at the new Weinerschnitzel fast food store located east of the new Oil Can Henrys on 172nd Street
LAKEWOOD KMPS 94.1 FM normally doesnt award its Student of the Week title to more than one student for the same week, but for Lakewood Middle School eighth-graders Jamie Due and Michelle Schoon, the radio station made an exception Jan. 26.
LAKEWOOD Lakewood Elementary School students received age-appropriate lessons on respecting the cultures and backgrounds of several different ethnic groups at the schools annual Celebrating Differences diversity event Feb. 1-2.
Jillian Pratt of Lake Stevens works on a Valentine at the Marysville YMCA family activity night on Feb. 10, with her father Chris, at left. The YMCA holds several family fun nights throughout the year on Easter, Halloween and other times. This is the seventh or eighth year the program has been going, according to Vickie Southern, family director for the Y. The idea of the parent and child program is that it gives parents a positive way to interact with their kids, Southern said. The Y has two family activity nights each month, usually on Tuesday nights. Other special events include the annual diversity celebration in May, the Healthy Kids Day and outdoor movies on an inflatable projection screen. We try to aim it so its good for families with little kids, Southern said.
MARYSVILLE The fourth annual golf tournament to benefit Families and Friends of Violent Crime Victims will be held July 20 at Cedarcrest Golf Course, as the summer classic becomes an even more essential funding source for the statewide group.
SMOKEY POINT It was a different kind of graduation recently as the Tulalip Tribes put their hands up for 46 recent graduates and a Tribal member won a coveted teaching award from the University of Arizona.
MARYSVILLE Marysville is turning the heat up in the campus selection stakes, approving up to $100,000 for a public relations consultant to help fine tune their proposals before the Nov. 15 final deadline.
EVERETT City leaders are in the forefront of efforts to fight hiring discrimination against the families of service personnel.
TULALIP As Marysville licks its lips over prospects for landing a new University of Washington branch campus, owners of more than 200 acres on the Tulalip Indian Reservation say their proposal to host the college is valid and tenable.
SEVEN LAKES At least 185 acres near Lake Goodwin will never be developed.
MARYSVILLE The federal government will be watching a new city program closely to see how well it does at cutting the fat off local citizens.
10 years ago 1997
