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Exchange student finds America ‘awesome’ BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Helene Maleval, a 16-year-old Rotary exchange student from France, receives help on her homework from Kim Kron, who’s hosting her for the next few months in Marysville.
Council candidates introduce themselves BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Marysville City Council member Jeffrey Vaughan, left, speaks with City Council candidate Roger Hoen before the Feb. 11 Council meeting.
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville City Council met with nine citizens on Feb. 11 who hope to fill the vacancy left by former Council member Carmen Rasmussen following her departure at the end of last year. The Feb. 11 City Council meeting afforded each of the Council candidates three minutes to introduce themselves to all in attendance, while the Feb. 25 City Council meeting at 7 p.m. will give current Council members time to question the candidates before voting to appoint one of them as Rasmussen’s successor. “My functions relate to the city’s functions,” said Roger Hoen, a city Planning Commissioner who has served on the Washington State Liquor Control Board and the Washington State Reduce Underage Drinking Coalition, and also
ran for a City Council position in 2011. “I’ve worked collaboratively, sought compromise and brought harmony. I’ve never left an employer under negative circumstances, and I’ve always been told I could come back.” Cheryl Deckard, a lifelong resident of Marysville, has dedicated more than 25 years to community involvement, including her stints on the board and as secretary and treasurer of the Strawberry Festival. “We should be warmer and more inviting to businesses,” said Deckard, who’s served with the Washington Festival Association and the Pride of Marysville Award Program. “I will not stop working on a project until it’s complete. I bring a lot of determination and heart.” “As part of my job as an inspector, I identify and document problems, and SEE COUNCIL, PAGE 2
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MARYSVILLE — Ask 16-year-old French exchange student Helene Maleval what she thinks of America, and the odds are she’ll wind up using the word “awesome” multiple times, as she did during a recent presentation to members of the Marysville Noon Rotary, through whom she came to America. “It’s very different here from how it is in France,” said Maleval, who arrived in the United States on Aug. 23 of last year, and is set to return to her home country on July 17 of this year. “It’s much more friendly here. The United States is all big and new. My school building is very old and very small. It’s like a castle, like in Harry Potter,” she laughed. Maleval stayed her first five months with Don and Debbie Whitfield, who described her as “a wonderful young lady,” even as Don teased that, “She’s a typical teenage girl, who doesn’t want to get up before 10 or 11 in the morning.” Since her Feb. 6 presentation to the Rotary, she’s been staying with Kim and Julie Kron, and taking advantage of Kim’s offers of assistance on her homework every chance she gets. “I have also gone to Canada and met other Rotary exchange students from Germany and Spain,” Maleval said. “We grew very close, because we all have the same feelings about being here. I miss France, but I am so lucky to be here.”