10 Years Ago 1997
The Marysville City Council voted 5-2 Monday to approve a contract offer to bring a police chief from California to the vacant head job in Marysville. Depending on when Robert Carden, police chief of Lemoore, Calif., decides to sign, he could be on the job as early as the first week of December, according to Mayor Dave Weiser. Carden, a 24-year veteran of law enforcement, started his career in Visalia, Calif., and reached sergeant before transferring to Lemoore, located 30 miles south of Fresno in the San Joaquin Valley. The father of two sons, Carden served as battalion commander in Lemoore before being selected as the chief three years ago. Councilmember Mike Leighan, one of the dissenting votes, said he was supportive of Carden, but wanted to send a message to Marysville PD Lieutenant Dennis Peterson. I wanted to show [Peterson] that he is an important part of the department and we believe a lot in him.

25 Years Ago 1982
Marysvilles veterans of VFW Post 5671 werent the only ones observing a moment of silence at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month honoring the armistice of the First World War. Marysville Junior High School students continued a four-year tradition of decorating the graves of local veterans who paid with their lives in the service of their country in past wars. Red, white and blue carnations were placed on headstones by ASB officers and representatives from the students assembly committee. Veterans of Marysville Post 5671, as they do every Nov. 11, took part in Veterans Day ceremonies at Madeleine Villa, a home for several of those who served in past wars. Marysville veterans in attendance at the Madeleine Villa flag raising included Bernard Westover, Andrew Bosma, John Stark, Rita Raines, Robert main, Lynnette Groves, Kay Falkender, Frank Cake, Gil Velo, Freeman Tiffany, Lloyd Woolworth, Al Scroggins (Post 5671 Commander), Mary Newbaur, Joe Kishur and Lenneth Groves. Velo, his WWII uniform still fitting, pointed out that as of last year there were 103 veterans of Marysville Post 5671. Velo is the Past Post Commander. Participating in the Veterans Day program at the Marysville Cemetery were MJHS students Jena Erickson, Michelle Hill, Stacy Thompson, Mike Ingrum, Amy Sweetwood, Beth Bardwell, Angie Shipman, Thuan Ho, Kerri Nixon and Kristen Morgan. The trip to the cemetery followed the students Veterans Day assembly Wednesday morning. The assembly, moderated by ASB Vice President Mike Ingrum, featured the junior high band and choirs. Liana Phillipis read an excerpt from a speech on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Brant McCollum and Tiffany Blankenbaker shared the reading of The Box, a poem about the horrors of war. Four students, Troy Taylor, Graeme Kennedy, Steve Mitzell and Laura Esmay read short speeches they had written on My Part in the American Future.
School administrators heard the first reading of a resolution to hold an election on Feb. 8, 1983, to decide on a $1,490,235 levy for the district. The board cannot decide on the levy until after the second reading on Monday, Dec. 6. If directors should decide to run a levy it would tax property owners approximately $1.69 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Monies collected would be used to pay part of the general expenses of maintenance and operation of the district. Also, the Citizen Advisory Committee for Community Education presented an award of appreciation to Citizens Bank for contributing $3,000 for the publication of the quarterly Community Ed brochure the last two years. Accepting the award was board member Robert Lashua, who thanked Hope Pederson, present chairman, JoAnn DeLazzari, past chairman and Jean Teague, community ed director, noting the bank would find a prominent spot to hang the plaque.

50 Years Ago 1957
A reception in honor of Father Anthony McGirl of St. Marys Parish, was held Sunday afternoon, Nov. 10, in the Liberty School auditorium. Father McGirl, who has been pastor of the Catholic Church for the past seven and a half years, has been sent to St. Breenens Parish, Bothell, by Archbishop Thomas Connally of Seattle. Hundreds of his many friends and parishioners gathered in his honor.
Residents and property owners will have opportunity to see how a modern garbage dump is cared for at the next City Council meeting. A representative from the State Department of Health will be on hand to present a film bringing information to the community along this line. Since announcement that an earnest money agreement had been arranged for the purchase of a site for the disposal of the towns garbage on property located a mile west of town on the Tulalip Reservation, some property owners and residents have become alarmed. It is pointed out, however, that the dump should not pose any problem when handled properly.