10 years ago 1997
The search for Marysvilles next police chief is nearing its final stage. The citys law enforcement department has been without a chief for nearly a year, said City Administrator Dave Zabell. Zabell and Greg Prothman, a consultant hired by the city, spent the last two weeks interviewing 15 semifinalists including Marysville Police Lt. Dennis Peterson. Neither Zabell nor Prothman would comment on who made the final list or the content of the interviews several of the semifinalists applied without the knowledge of their managers, Prothman said. The City Council asked that the search be restricted to West Coast candidates and at least one lives in the San Diego area. Zabell flew to southern California last week for at least one interview. Zabell is the citys personnel director and he and Mayor David Weiser will narrow the field to six finalists this week, he said. It will be Wesiers decision on how to pick the next chief. Since last November, the department has been run by Assistant Police Chief Walter McKinney who did not apply for the chiefs job. Former Chief Robert Dyer was on medical leave from November until June when he retired with a medical disability. Peterson said the department has held back new policies and plans while they wait for a new chief. We cant very well put anything into program now, before the city hires a chief who may want to implement his/her own programs, he said. That has left the department going through the motions. The day-to-day work is getting done, but no one is thinking about the long term, Officer Mark Thomas said. Thomas is the president of the Marysville Police Officers Association the negotiating body for officers that has endorsed Peterson as the next chief. The city hired Prothmans firm, Seattle-based Waldron and Company, to help in the search for the next police chief. That assistance will cost the city at least $15,000. The chief of police job description has changed since the city last had a chief. City Council members voted 6-1 to take the position off the protections of the civil service Otto Herman voted against the measure, arguing the position may be subject to political pressures. The next chief will be directly under the watch of the city administrator and the mayor who have direct control over the hiring and firing process under the civil service status prior chiefs enjoyed the same job security of most government employees. The next chief will manage an expanded force of more than 30, plus a 25-bed jail, seven jail employees and 13 dispatchers. The budget for the department in 1997 was $3.4 million. If a new chief is hired soon, he or she will enter a department in the middle of negotiations for both next years budget and a new contract for the officers, sergeants and dispatchers, just now entering its preliminary stages. The last negotiations, which included a decertification, lasted nearly two years.

25 years ago 1982
U.S. Sen. Henry Jackson is confidant America has a bright future. Hes just as confident that people like those in the Smokey Point area are the ones needed to make it happen. Speaking before an almost-packed Stillaguamish Center, Jackson said the job facing the nation is getting the economy going and getting people back to work. Jackson spoke Monday at the Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce Community Services Appreciation Luncheon. The overriding problem in this country is putting America back to work. Thats a job, but its manageable. We can do it. This is the greatest country on the earth. We have to get interest rates down and keep them down, Jackson continued, so people can buy a home and can get our lumber companies back to work. In the final analysis, Jackson said, it is people that make a difference. He reminded the 300-plus people that there was a lot each of them could do. He noted Snohomish County had a lot to offer businesses and industries. The advent of Hewlett-Packard coming in is just the beginning, Jackson said. There are two fundamentals and you have them. You have them in spades a good environment and access to an institution of higher learning. Jackson said a good environment is a must on the list of top executives. He said as the country begins moving into an area of progress, companies will want their workers to be better educated, better trained and better skilled. Washingtons senior senator said he would like to see a statewide planning group consisting of a wide variety of professionals who would sit down and plan for the short and long term. Specific areas he noted were a restructuring of the lumber area and a concentrated look at the aerospace program. He also cited the education field. Its not time to cut education. This is the time to build so we can be more competitive. I am confident we do have a long, bright future. As we become better educated, better trained and better skilled we will get this country going, for the good of all mankind. Jackson also spoke out on the death penalty. He received a round of applause when he said the pendulum had swung too far to the other end. A convicted criminal is out on the streets again in 10 years to commit other crimes of violence. Jackson commended the work done by the various services around the area. Its great that from time to time we recognize them for their services, Jackson said. Its heartwarming to see all of you doing a good job. And its good to know you have this kind of service available.
Theres something about the newspaper business that gets into your blood. Those in the business dont know what it is but theres something about it that keeps people coming back year after year. There are thousands of jobs which pay better and have better working hours, but to those in the newspapering game none hold a candle to the press. The Marysville Globe is a perfect example of the dedication its workers possess. There are many who have been with the company for as many or almost as many years as I am old. For the past 22 years you could find a hard working, always eager to learn, ever faithful employee tucked in a corner of the typesetting room happily doing what she did best converting the words and ideas of the reporters into printed matter for the public. That person was Clara Kaald. Clara was one of those who once she got into newspapering, decided not to leave, until recently. After almost a quarter of a century of typesetting and various other jobs, she has retired. Although Clara is not at her machine three days a week, her memories of The Globe and her co-workers memories of her, live on.

50 years ago 1957
Residents of School District 25 will be asked to approve four proposals at a public meeting set by directors for Oct. 23. Final decision on the date and items to be voted upon was made at the regular school board meeting Monday night. Authorization is to be sought for purchase of a 10-acre elementary school site near the Robinson-Norumtown Road corner. An option has been taken on this tract, known as the Marrin property. Also to be considered are acquiring 20 acres east of Liberty School for a future junior high building and buying the property of Mrs. Ida Setchell, Fourth and Quinn, for adding the final corner to Asbery Field. The fourth item will be voting on transfer of money from the building fund to purchase the sites. Money for purchase of these sites as proposed would come from present building funds reserved for construction of the physical education plant. Due to the unexpected 90 percent matching funds recently allowed by the state for this building, there is an excess amount in the fund, say school officials, which can be used for site purchase if public approval is voted.