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Team supports sick girl gridder By STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
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MARYSVILLE – This time of year, when we see the color orange, we usually think of Halloween. But for the Chargers Pee Wee football team, it means showing support for their teammate who was just diagnosed with leukemia. First-year player Kennedy O’Day, 7, one of few girls in the league for up to 8-yearolds, started the season well playing guard, family friend Kristin Urban said. “Then she had decreased energy and complained about being tired and in pain,” Urban said.
Kennedy O’Day Rose Thomas, a parent of a Chargers player, said, “She was one of the best linemen we had.” Coach Jake Miller added: “She played with more heart on the line than some of the boys did some days.”
Tanner Urban with a buzz cut and the special patch. Miller said he never noticed any problems physically from Kennedy, other than she didn’t like the running part of practice. “But
Coach Jake Miller gets a hair cut from Kaylee Whitsel. half the team didn’t like conditioning,” Miller said. About three weeks ago SEE GIRL, PAGE 18
BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE – A 43-year-old Granite Falls man went on a shooting spree with an automatic weapon Wednesday (Oct. 15) night in Granite Falls and Lake Stevens before being shot himself by Marysville police. The suspect shot a Marysville Police Department sergeant in an exchange of gunfire. The sergeant, who has been with the department for 19 years, was treated and released from Providence Regional Medical Center. The suspect is being treated at the same hospital. It is believed his injuries are non-life threatening, sheriff ’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said. Detectives confirmed that at least two Marysville SEE GUNFIRE, PAGE 2
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SMOKEY POINT — Dueling talking points between the candidates for U.S. and state representative seats, as well as the county executive and sheriff ’s offices, marked the Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce’s Oct.
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14 candidate forum. While Democratic U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen touted the federal dollars he’s brought home for local transportation projects, his Republican challenger, B.J. Guillot, expressed concerns with the national debt and NSA surveillance of citizens. Both agreed on the need to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, to provide
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greater stability for businesses. “I’ve been able to reach across the aisle and do work with a local focus for fourteen years,” said Larsen, who’s pushed for stronger safety measures for oil trains. “I believe in the balanced budget amendment, which my oppo SEE ELECTION, PAGE 2