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Community: CERT disaster team ends training with mock drill. Page 4.
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Santa needs some cheer BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvillegloe.com
BY STEVE POWELL spowell@marysvilleglobe.com
Sports: M-P girls soccer team falls in the playoffs. Page 11.
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Museum asks city for $50,000 to help finish new community project. Page 3.
MARYSVILLE – Priscilla Cox never complained about having to share her birthday with her son, Gabriel. But now she also has to share it with her grandson, Cameron, too. “I’m doubly blessed,” she said Nov. 10. Cameron was born Friday, Nov. 6, at the Providence women’s center in Everett. He wasn’t expected to be born on his dad’s and grandma’s birthday. His due date was Nov. 9. But Priscilla said he’d been wanting to be born for weeks. His mom, Jennifer, had been going into premature labor since the 34-week mark. “But the doctors didn’t want him to come that early,” Priscilla said, so they put Jennifer on bed rest for a few days. She added that Jennifer continued to have contractions and
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Gabe, Priscilla and Cameron. became frustrated saying: “I give up. He’ll never come.” Well, he did. Priscilla and Gabriel were celebrating their birthdays with a breakfast at I-Hop when Jennifer’s water broke. She went into labor around 11 a.m., and about 11:25 p.m. grandpa Richard Cox started thinking it wasn’t going to happen that day. A little while later his wife came out of the birthing room with a big smile on her face. It was 11:50 p.m., SEE BIRTHDAYS, PAGE 2
MARYSVILLE – Santa will be coming to town for Christmas, but he won’t be here early to pose for pictures like he has for the past 34 years. This Santa Claus, his real name, used to live in Marysville, not the North Pole, but moved to Amarillo, Texas, 4 1/2 years ago to be near his wife’s grandchildren. He used to be at Santa’s Den at Slumber Ease Mattress Factory. When he moved out of town, that business found a new one. But then Santa decided he wanted to come back to Marysville each year so he could visit his family. So he set up Santa’s Den near K mart at 9623 State. “I’ve always done it, and it was the only time I got to see them” (his family), he said. “The Santa trip paid the expenses.” Santa said no matter where he was, people would come to see him. One woman showed him three generations of photos, with babies
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just a few days old in each one. Many locals became concerned when they heard he wouldn’t be here for photos because of a recent heart attack. Since he has helped the community so much, they are encouraging locals to help him. People can cheer him up by sending Christmas lists or get well cards to: 3011 N.E. 11th Ave., Amarillo, TX 79107. Santa is 68 and officially changed his name about 20 years ago so he wouldn’t be lying to kids.
Members of the new CERT team in Marysville practice using a fire extinguisher at their final class this week. The mock disaster was the final event of the eight-week free class put on by the city. At the final, members also worked on actors with realistic injuries, pried a dummy free from under a slab of concrete, and learned to use a fire hose. For more, see Page 4.
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