Marysville Globe, June 05, 2013

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Healthy Communities Challenge Day Thousands attend fifth annual event focused on healthy lifestyles, getting active BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

SPORTS: Marysville celebrates Juan Mendoza with Memorial Mile. Page 8

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Carlos Alonso, 10, tests out the rowing machine for the North Cascades Crew under the supervision of Jennifer Huffman at the Marysville Healthy Communities Challenge Day on June 1.

COMMUNITY: Local police departments introduce ‘Business Watch.’ Page 6

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MARYSVILLE — The fifth annual Healthy Communities Challenge Day at Allen Creek Elementary on Saturday, June 1, was the event’s “biggest year yet,” according to city of Marysville Parks and Recreation Director Jim Ballew. “We had more than a couple of thousand attendees and at least 85 vendors,” Ballew said. “And again, we enjoyed perfect weather for the day.” Ballew himself took part in the X8 Interactive Drumming exhibition, and deemed the Hot Dog USA Jump Rope Team a definite

draw for the day’s crowds. “Participatory activities attract large audiences, so we’ll be focusing more on those next year,” Ballew said. The Get Movin’ campaign unloaded nearly all of their 1,000 T-shirts during the four-hour event, which Marysville YMCA volunteer Rick Lawson saw as evidence of how entrenched the Healthy Communities Challenge Day has become in the Marysville community. “People are a lot more in tune with getting healthy than they used to be,” Lawson said. “This event SEE HEALTHY, PAGE 2

Community honors Nyland, Miller BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com

TULALIP — Marysville School District Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland and Assistant Superintendent Gail Miller were both feted by friends and colleagues at the Hibulb Cultural Center on Thursday, May 30, in anticipation of their impending retirement. “It was turbulent time when they first took over,” Tulalip Tribal Chair Mel Sheldon Jr. said, before laughing, “We had a betting calendar on how long they’d last, but nobody won, because it didn’t go nine years.” Sheldon turned serious to praise the leadership and partnership between Nyland and Miller, just as Sheryl Fryberg, general manager of

the Tribes, cited the complimentary strengths of Nyland’s “linear thinking” and Miller’s creativity. “They’ve made so many connections, and we’re just grateful for our relationships with them,” Fryberg said. Marysville School Board President Chris Nation credited Nyland with pushing him to run for that office only four years before, and echoed Sheldon in attributing the healing of the “fractured community” to Nyland’s influence. “He’s always done the most he can to make sure that every child can be a success,” said Nation, who noted that, during Nyland’s tenure, the district saw the completion of an elementary SEE NYLAND, PAGE 2

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Marysville School District Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland and Assistant Superintendent Gail Miller receive ceremonial blankets from the Tulalip Tribes at the Hibulb Cultural Center on May 30, in honor of their impending retirement.