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Strawberry Festival crowns royalty BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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MARYSVILLE — Although the limited number of candidates for this year’s Marysville Strawberry Festival Royalty meant that everyone still in the running was crowned on the evening of March 1, the Senior Royalty candidates still needed to speak before a trio of judges to determine who would be named the king or queen, and who would be named the prince or princesses. Briauna Hansen, a senior at Marysville Getchell High School, was crowned this year’s Strawberry Festival queen in the Marysville Library, while Lars Kundu and Anna-Marie Mudd, two juniors at Marysville Getchell, were crowned prince and princess, respectively. All three Senior Royalty candidates were asked to deliver speeches on this year’s Strawberry Festival theme of “Just Imagine,” which prompted Kundu to cite imagination as a key component of humankind’s intellectual and societal progress, while Mudd
Marysville Strawberry Festival Senior Royalty Queen Briauna Hansen is flanked by Senior Royalty Princess Anna-Marie Mudd, left, and Prince Lars Kundu, right, after their March 1 coronation.
SPORTS: Marysville AAU teams claim championships. Page 8
Republicans caucus in Marysville BY KIRK BOXLEITNER
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Ahren, left, and Aaron Teerlink fill out the paperwork for their precinct at the Republican Party caucus at Totem Middle School on March 3.
MARYSVILLE — The cafeteria of Totem Middle School was standing room only on the morning of Saturday, March 3, as Republicans from Legislative Districts 38, 39 and 44 came together to caucus on behalf of the candidates they’d like to see challenge Barack Obama for the presidency this fall. Mitt Romney received the most votes of any candidate in Washington state or Snohomish County, garnering 37.6 percent and 42.4 percent of those
votes, respectively. The Marysville caucus at Totem Middle School proved to be no exception, as Romney received 142 of those votes, with Ron Paul coming in second with 89 votes, Rick Santorum coming in third with 55 votes and Newt Gingrich receiving 36 votes. The placement order likewise mirrored those of the county and the state. Iris Lilly, of the Snohomish County Republican Party, echoed the surprise of many of the Marysville caucus’ attendees over its turnout numbers. “This is at least twice as
large as it was the last time,” Lilly said, after designated caucus attendees spoke up on behalf of each of the four Republican candidates. Mark Buse’s sales pitch for Santorum was simple, presenting him as someone who could deliver “a solid whipping to Obama, like Reagan gave Carter,” while George Lindholm touted Paul on a variety of fronts, from Paul’s “consistent conservatism” in opposing government spending and abortion, to his support of national defense and “freeSEE CAUCUS, PAGE 2
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