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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 www. marysvilleglobe, com The Marysville Globe o:, A3 • 2008 Continued from page A2 A look back some of th top stories of 2008 for his department. The lengthy, detailed document covers every- thing from staffing goals to deployments to possible expansion of the city jail. Smith's department currently consists of 83 employees, including 53 sworn officers, 11 cus- tody officers and 13 civil- ian workers. However, with the annexation of the city's Urban Growth Area north of Marysville's cur- rent boundaries, Smith sees a need for some 23 new additional employees by 2010 at the latest. That number includes 11 new patrol officers Smith wants ready to patrol the substantial acreage of the annexation area that is criss-crossed by 67.6 miles of roads. Department predictions see calls for service jump- ing by some 25 percent. M May 7 No one seemed positive, but the best guess from those on hand was that this weekend's Kiwanis Fishing Derby constituted the 19th annual event. Still, no matter how many years kids and their families have gathered to reel in the fish from the Kiwanis pond at the Jen- nings Memorial Park, the 2008 derby did feature a first-- a golf club, accord- ing to one observer. While the golf club attracted some attention, what kids were really after were the hundreds of four- or five-pound rainbow trout stocked in the pond courtesy of the Marysville Kiwanis and other sponsors, including the Everett Steelhead and Salmon Club. May 14 With only a few changes from what officials have presented in the past, the city Planning Com- mission, May 6, passed a long-awaited master plan for the Smokey Point area. The plan now goes to City Council which can accept the plan as it stands, alter it any way they like or send it back to planners. With city officials aim- ing to bring in commercial and light industrial devel- opment, the Smokey Point scheme affects 675 acres sitting between 172nd Street NE and 152nd Street NE to the north and south and from 43rd Ave- nue and to the Burlington Northern Railroad tracks, west to east. "I'm very proud of the city staff for all the time they put into making this a good area for business," said Planning Commis- sion member Becky Fos- ter. Donate your vehicles, its -ree and easy" I00EW Elegant Formal Jewelry Crystal Tiaras Bracelets Wedding Sets Excellent For: ALL SPECIAL EVENTS Prom - Holidays - Birthdays Graduation - Quinceanera For Appointment Call Presented by Showroom Location Creative 00Ianos ,oo00o 51$t. AVE NE • Marysvitle. WA 98270 May 21 School Board President Cindy Erickson talked about how this particu- lar day was more than a decade in the making. Long before she was a member of the school board, Erickson said she attended a PTSA meet- ing as a parent and heard about how the district's number one need was for a new high school. Nevertheless, voters waited until 2006 to pass a $79 million bond issue to support construction of what will be Marysville Getchell High School. Local officials expect the state to pitch in approxi- mately $16 million, mak- ing the total project cost about $96 million. On what was easily the warmest day of the year so far, city and school officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new campus May 17. May 28 Speakers no doubt made very similar com- ments at very similar ceremonies around the country on May 26, Memo- rial Day 2008. Still, the thought of World War I I veteran Leon- ard Martin summed more than nicely why about 100 or so people gathered in the Marysville Cemetery for a brief, roughly half- hour ceremony. "We must not forget those who gave their ulti- mate," Martin said simply, later especially asking those in attendance to make sure their children and grandchildren under- stand history and some of the military sacrifices made for their sake. A World War II POW, Martin was the guest speaker for the Marys- villa Memorial Day cere- mony hosted by American Legion Post 178. During his brief speech, Martin touched on a few subjects, recall- ing how, just shortly after he graduated high school, he learned of a friend who had been killed in Europe. He was moved to join the service and later named a son after that lost friend. June June 4 As expected, City Council on May 27 passed new rules allowing police to address the illegal use of fireworks in the city as a civil offense. Although the potential $50.0 fine is less than the possible criminal penal- ties several officials said the expect enforcement of the fireworks rules to increase. June 11 Naturally, the evening was focused on the gradu- ates who filled the main floor of Comcast Arena at the Everett Events Center. Still, parents and family were just as happy and excited as those in the spotlight. June 18 Judging from the com- ments of Tulalip Tribes member Able Paco, the story involves not wasting LOANS 4 YOU File photo Gathered on the main floor of the Everett Events Center, the first row of graduates of the Marysville-Pilchuck High School Class of 2008 applauds one of the student speakers during commencement festivities held June 5. resources, human or natu- ral, and generosity. "You have to realize we have to be able to make changes to who we are," said Paco, a recent graduate of Heritage High School and one of the 25 or so of the school's stu- dents who helped create a story pole as a gift for the Marysville School District's Quil Ceda Ele- mentary School. On June 10, accompa- nied by traditional song, members of the Tulalip Tribes raised the finished 15-foot pole into place in front of the school on the Tulalip Reservation. June 25 There is no official count, but Marysville Strawberry Festival orga: nizers are thinking there was a pretty healthy sized crowd lining State Ave- nue for the 2008 Grand Parade. Admitting she is lousy at guessing at crowd fig- ures, festival board mem- ber Jodi Hiatt put the number of parade watch- ers at around 30,000. Fel- low festival board member Carol Kapua guessed the crowd came closer to 50,000. In any case, whatever the actually tally, both agreed the crowd proba- bly was the largest ever to watch the parade. All told, the parade featured nearly 140 entries ranging from the Seattle Seafair Pirates to, of course, the official Strawberry Festival float. July July 9 The numbers aren't huge admitted Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux of the Marysville Police Depart- ment. Still, he said the numbers are significantly higher than in past years. Armed for the first time with the ability to write civil citations for fireworks offenses, Lamoureux said police handed out 12 such citations in the days lead- ing up to the July 4 holiday. They also gave out four criminal citations, also for fireworks offenses. In past years, Lamon- reux said. Police generally wrote two to four fire- works citations in total. July 16 The wind carries it to different spots and differ- ent people describe it in different way. But for now, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency alleges the source of an odor that has been reach- ing the city is the Cedar Grove Composting Plant on Smith Island in Ever- ett. July 30 On this particu]ar day, the group gathered to tend the garden plot across the street from Sunnyside Nursery is a small one. Nonetheless, as they pull weeds from the muddy field, they voice plenty of enthusiasm. After a month or' so of work, today might be the first time the have enough mature vegetables to pick off the vines and stalks and take to the Marysville Community Food Bank. The budding garden is the result of a col- laboration between the Marysville-Pilchuck High School's International School of Communication and Sunnyside Nursery, which provided space for the garden along with donating seeds, plants and water. August Aug. 13 "It's just something we can do to give back to the city of Marysville," said Steve Ross, a physician who volunteered to help staff the emergency mad- ical tent during the 2008 Summer Jubilee at Asbery Field, Aug. 10. Now boasting doz- ens of sponsors and organized by 14 local churches, Summer Jubi- lee started out as a fairly simple project undertaken by Marysville's Turning point Church. For the first Jubilee, the congregation got together and gave out about 50 bags of free school supplies and held a potluck dinner for church members. Prior to this year's Jubi- lee, event coordinator Judi Johnston said volunteers handed out 5,500 bags of school stuffs in 2007. On the day of the event, volun- teers said they expected the 2008 Jubilee at least to match that number. Aug. 20 Marysville-Pilchuck grad Haley Nemra corn- peted in the Olympic women's 800 meters pre- liminaries in Beijing. In the Aug. 15 prelimi- naries, Nemra raced on behalf of her father's coun- try, the Marshall Islands, in the second of six heats, finishing the course in 2:18.83. Nemra, who did not qualify for the semifinals, will remain in Beijing throughout the events and will return to the U.S. afterward to begin classes at the University of San Francisco. Aug. 27 If they hadn't risked their lives and thought outside the box, the Lake- wood Elementary School building would have been lost. 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