Fireworks: A look
back at the Strawberry Festival. Pages 12, 13, 17. A look ahead to 4th/Fly-in events. Special section inside. 1055451
GLOBE THE MARYSVILLE
Spray Park: A few
hundred people turn out for the opening. Page 3.
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MARYSVILLE – Sharleen Desrochers has never had a job, never had an apartment. But she has had a drug problem. And she does have an 18-month-old daughter, Madison. Desrochers lived a hard life in Oakland, for one week even having to sleep in a car. She decided to get clean, but social services in California were “horrible.” Family in the Everett area told her they would bring her up here for help if she continued to clean up her act. Desrochers is now living in a women’s and children’s shelter that is fairly new to Marysville. “Since I got pregnant with her (Madison), this is the nicest place we’ve lived — by far,” she said. Desrochers said she and her daughter were victims of domestic violence, but many of
her problems were brought on by her own “poor choices.” Desrochers gets a big smile on her face when she talks about soon getting her first apartment, in Monroe, and her first job, either as a housekeeper or in the food industry, “to get my foot in the door.” Desrochers said it would have been tough to turn her life around without the Maud House in Marysville, a Homeless Prevention Program. A Volunteers of America facility, up to eight moms and their children learn skills there to raise a family. “This place gets stuff done,” Desrochers said. “They helped me with my mental health, recovery and job skills. They have phenomenal resources.” Desrochers obviously loves her daughter. “Without her I’d be nothing,” she said. Nor’vessa White is another
tenant there, along with her 11-month-old son King. King’s dad left them right before they were going to be evicted from their previous residence. They stayed with her aunt in Everett for a few days but were facing living on the streets. “Thank God they called back,” White said of Maud House. White likes staying there. “We came to be like family,” she said. “We help each other with our kids. There’s also a mutual understanding about personal space.” But like any family there are issues. “With eight women in one home there are going to be problems,” White said. White appreciates the resources she receives at Maud House, from helping to SEE SHELTER, PAGE 2
4th laws try to calm celebrations, keep people safe BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
While Arlington and Marysville encourage citizens to celebrate the Fourth of July, the cities’ police officers and firefighters want to make sure those who use fireworks do so safely and legally. Arlington allows fireworks to be sold from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 28, through Friday, July 4, whereas Marysville allows sales from noon to 11 p.m. on June 28 and from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. from Sunday, June 29, through July 4. Marysville residents may discharge fireworks only between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. July 4, while Arlington
residents may discharge fireworks between 9 a.m. and midnight that day. Neither city allows residents to discharge fireworks any other day, outside of New Year’s, and both cities limit their legal fireworks to Class C, or “safe and sane” fireworks. Native American reservations may sell fireworks that do not conform to those laws, but such fireworks must be detonated on reservation lands. The fireworks stands of “Boom City” on the Tulalip Tribal Reservation provide a lighting and detonation area on site for customers. Security personnel will monitor the area to ensure that children age 12 and younger have adults age 18 or older present.
Fireworks that are illegal off tribal lands include bottle rockets, skyrockets, missiles and firecrackers. M-80s and larger, as well as dynamite and any improvised, homemade or altered explosive devices, such as tennis balls, sparkler bombs or cherry bombs, are likewise illegal. Anyone who possesses or uses such illegal devices can expect to be charged with a felony. State Fire Marshal Charles Duffy is reminding Washingtonians that the purchase of fireworks over the Internet is illegal. Fireworks must be purchased
from a licensed retail fireworks stand. SEE 4TH, PAGE 2