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‘Rampathon’ benefits local vet BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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MARYSVILLE — For seven volunteers from the Master Builders Care Foundation, it was a few hours’ free labor on a sunny Saturday, but for 87-year-old Anguess “Hap” Adkins, it’s a lifeline to the outside world. Marysville’s Adkins, who’s been wheelchair-bound for the past decade, was one of the beneficiaries of this year’s “Rampathon” on May 14 by the philanthropic arm of the Master Builders Association of Snohomish and King counties. His wife Della had applied for help from the Master Builders Care Foundation last year, not only because his existing wheelchair ramp wasn’t built to code, but also because his front door was impassible for his wheelchair. While Sunshine Vanover supervised Melody Howard, Wendy Davidson, and Krissy and Emily Enberg as they trimmed the hedges and shrubs around the existing ramp, Andy Gemmer constructed a mini-ramp leading from the front door to the porch of Adkins’ trailer home, allowing him to roll out in any direction, before refurbishing the main ramp from the porch to the street, by replacing its support columns and installing protective railings on each side. “It’s a piece of cake,” said Gemmer, as he cut custom-fit planks and plywood planes on the spot. “I usually frame houses, so this is an easy job. I’ve built sheds and garages, but this is my first wheelchair ramp, which is why I want to make sure you could land a helicopter on it.” Adkins, a World War II veteran who retired from Scott Paper in 1986, moved into his current home with his wife 27 years ago, and until a dozen years ago he was able to maintain it himself. According to Adkins, the original wheelchair ramp was built by friends who had no construction experience, and while he remains grateful
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Ray Lewis of Keller Williams Realty in Marysville clears off the sidewalks around the Rudy Wright Memorial Field on May 12.
Teaming up to help Boys & Girls Club BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
by myself. If you have a fire in an old trailer like this one, it can burn up like a flash. If Della wasn’t here, I’d never make it out of the house. But now, she can go shopping and do errands and she doesn’t even have to worry about me.”
MARYSVILLE — Members of the Marysville and Tulalip communities teamed up for the second year in a row to take part in a “RED Day,” this time for the Marysville Boys & Girls Club. Last fall’s “RED Day” saw turnout from the Marysville office of Keller Williams Realty and the Tulalip Tribes’ Adult Education Services Division work to improve the grounds of the Tulalip Homeless Shelter, and on May 12 of this year, volunteers from both organizations improved the grounds
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Marysville’s Anguess Adkins looks on as Master Builders Care Foundation volunteer Andy Gemmer plans to install new support columns for Adkins’ wheelchair ramp on May 14. to them for their aid, he and his wife have become increasingly concerned about his safety, especially in the wake of a small house fire they dealt with recently. “Because of that big lip just under the front door, I had to switch from one scooter to the other to get outside,” Adkins said. “I couldn’t get out
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