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Be safe on water
BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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A wear your life jacket sign reminds visitors to Twin Lakes near Smokey Point to be sure to be safe when you swim.
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Rep. Larsen sees kids’ airplane BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — When a group of students from Sunrise Mountain High School in Las Vegas won a national aviation competition and got the chance to build a Sportsman aircraft at Glasair Aviation in Arlington, they didn’t expect to explain their work to U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen. But as they guided him through the aircraft they’d built, they demonstrated such professionalism Larsen remarked about it. “See, I heard that you weren’t comfortable with public speaking,” Larsen told student
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Jose Rodriguez during his June 27 visit to Glasair, “but you’ve been talking to me like it’s no big deal.” “Yeah, but you’re just one guy,” Rodriguez said, drawing laughter. The quartet of students beat groups from 80 other schools to take part in Glasair’s “Two Weeks to Taxi” program. The program is designed to promote science, technology, engineering and math education. Glasair President Nigel Mott explained that the students have to do 51 percent of the builds themselves, which empowered SEE LARSEN, PAGE 2
With school out for summer and the weather getting hotter, many families are heading to rivers and lakes to cool down and have fun, but officials warn that anyone entering those waters needs to keep safety in mind. Marysville Parks and Recreation Director Jim Ballew welcomes visitors to use the boat launch at the Ebey Waterfront Park, but wants to make sure they’ll be able to return without incident. “Our boat launch gets a lot more traffic during July
and August,” Ballew said. “What we worry about with inexperienced boaters is making sure that they’re not overloading their boats. You don’t want to be bringing a big cooler and lawn chairs on board a six-foot boat.” Ballew also advised anyone entering Ebey Slough to use extreme caution with the current. “Anyone who’s going into the water, even if it’s on a boat, should be wearing a lifejacket, but even with that, swimming in the slough is dangerous because SEE WATER, PAGE 2
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Carlos Alvarado shows U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen the plane.