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Marysville teens help seniors, disabled on MLK Day BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
SPORTS: Marysville divers headed to districts. Page 8
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Cedarcrest Middle School student Johvanny Alvarez cleans off Marysville resident Don Gillette’s kitchen countertops as part of Snohomish County’s MLK Day of Service on Jan. 21.
For Life kicks off 2013 season. Page 9
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Police continue assault investigation BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE — The reported assault in the 8300 block of 60th Drive NE on Jan. 12 inspired strong reactions from members of the community in social media, so Marysville Police Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux sat down with The Marysville Globe to discuss the still ongoing case, which saw its first arrests on Jan. 15. On Jan. 12, officers responded to the assault shortly after 10 p.m. It was reported that a large number of individuals had “jumped” three middle school-aged boys, all three of whom were assaulted to varying degrees of injury.
Families were asked at the time if they wanted an aid car to be called to check out the boys’ injuries, but such aid was refused. It was only later that police learned one of the boys had considerably more serious injuries, that required hospitalization. On Jan. 15, officers responded to another assault, this time on an individual who was stopped at a stop signal when a vehicle reportedly approached him from behind at a high rate of speed and bumped his car, before a 15-yearold male suspect got out of the second vehicle and threatened, then punched the victim in the face. The suspect then ran off, but officers were given the license
plate number of the vehicle, and were able to locate it and its occupants. The victim of this assault positively identified the suspect who had punched him, and an arrest was made. Officers recognized the vehicle as one that had been described by victims as being involved in the Jan. 12 assault, and another juvenile was placed under arrest for that earlier assault, before a third juvenile arrest was made in connection with the case on Jan. 16. “The investigation remains ongoing, as we continue to receive additional information,” SEE ASSAULT , PAGE 2
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MARYSVILLE — Don Gillette is 84 years old, hard of hearing and lives by himself, so by his own admission, just keeping up with day-to-day tasks can be a challenge anymore. On the annual observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, seniors and people with disabilities, such as Gillette, benefit from the efforts of area students who choose to make it “a day on, not a day off,” as part of Snohomish County’s MLK Day of Service. On Monday, Jan. 21, Gillette received a visit from
members of the Marysville Minority Achievers Program and the Marysville-Pilchuck High School Volunteer Club, who pitched in to clean his kitchen and two bathrooms in his mobile home, in addition to touching up his windows and doing some dusting and vacuuming. “Those rooms are pretty much where I live,” Gillette said. “It’s easy to say, ‘Oh, I’ll do it tomorrow,’ but that gangs up on you after a while. You get old and stubborn and still think you can do everything by yourself, but just scrubbing the floor makes me feel like I’m done for the week.” Gillette received an MLK Day of Service visit last year from another group of student volunteers, and he praised both groups of stu-
Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux