MARYSVILLE The Marysville Community Coalition invites parents and teens to a Family Night free dinner and presentation on Jan. 23 to discuss the teen phenomenon of MySpace.com, a social networking web site that creates online friendships, but is also fraught with dangers.
by Pat Timko
MARYSVILLE Students from Quil Ceda Elementary School hit the town last week in a big way, as the second-graders scurried around in their annual scavenger hunt.
MARYSVILLE Got talent? If so, the organizers of the Marysville Strawberry Festival Talent Show want you to be a part of their 76th annual extravaganza which puts the spotlight on local performers.
December 6, 2004. Like 9/11, the date is burned into Karen and Darryl Hundleys memories. It was the day a Tsunami leveled cities and erased lives in Indonesia. Karens thought was that such a wave of devastation must be countered by a Wave of Grace. Otherwise, what are we here for?
MARYSVILLE Judging from comments made during a special City Council meeting held July 1, the city administration is pretty much ready to go forward with annexing all that is left of the citys urban growth area.
MARYSVILLE The national Standard and Poors Ratings Services recently upgraded the bond rating on city of Marysville water and sewer revenue bonds from AA to A+.
MARYSVILLE We feel that personal contact is what is needed, said Marysville Fire District Captain Jeff Cole.
Mark Winterhalter and Cathy Nelson guide Sugar and Spice offering free wagon rides on his Conastoga wagon around downtown Arlington from 11 a
The holiday season is a time of giant expectations for young children. Kids face enormous marketing efforts from every front about the toys they must have this year.
Laurie Breon directs Our Saviors Lutheran Church Choir, with singers from back, Warren Hopkins, Ron Thordarson, Bud Peterson, Jay Jodock, Brad Ranbat, Steve Baylor, Byron Scott, Diane Magnuson, Donna DeWard, Devon McColley-Hopkins, Mary Fox and Diane Magnusson-Edwards, Nancy Wood, Joyce Wold and Marilyn McClure, Kathy Thordarson, Lynnette Scott and Rita Vierling a group of talented and impassioned singers who are accompanied by Devon McColley-Hopkins on flute, Robert Campbell on drums and Annie Thordarson on piano. A cellist, Cris Ewell is featured in one portion. The group sings together regularly through the year at Our Saviors Lutheran Church and they will present a special Christmas concert this Saturday, Dec. 16, starting at 7 p.m., at 616 Highland Dr., in Arlington. The program, And the Word Was God was written by Breon, the church music director who also teaches music at Kent Prairie Elementary School. The program includes musical selections performed by the choir, accompanied by instrumental musicians and readings of scripture. A long time member of the choir since about 1970 and former director Joyce Wold said the program is filled with outstanding voices and lots of enthusiasm. There are gospel tunes and chants, traditional carols from ancient to contemporary, Wold said. Its really very upbeat and fun, she said. Songs include traditional carols like What Child is This,? O Come Emannuel,?and Good Christian Men Rejoice,?as well as some less conventional pieces like, This Little Light of Mine?featuring drummer Robert Campbell. Basically we tell the Christmas story in song,?Breon said. For information call the church 360-435-8921.
With one more weekend before Christmas, there is still a good assortment of musical events special for the occasion that reflect the talent of the community.
MARYSVILLE Local resident Mara Price shot pictures of a recent visitor to her yard a small bear nosing around the bird feeders behind her home north of Getchell Hill. Price said she was sitting reading the newspaper last Friday when something caught her eye.
