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SPORTS: Moms tackle fundraising for youth football. Page 8
Marysville celebrates Strawberry Festival BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
COMMUNITY: Fashion Show draws large crowd. Page 9
Kirk Boxleitner/Staff Photo
Marysville Strawberry Festival Royalty, from left, Prince Erik Kundu, Queen Louie Vital and Princess Lauren Stallcup rock out on this year’s Berrywood-themed Grand Parade float.
SPORTS: Marysville All-Stars gear up for long summer. Page 8
INDEX CLASSIFIED ADS 11-14 7 LEGAL NOTICES 3, 10 OBITUARIES 4 OPINION 8 SPORTS 6 WORSHIP
Vol. 119, No. 18
MARYSVILLE — In spite of gray skies and occasional rain, the final weekend of this year’s Marysville Strawberry Festival still drew crowds who were ready to get into the spirit of the annual event even though more than a few felt let down by the cancellation of the Adult Trike Races due to a lack of participants on June 17. “That was probably our biggest disappointment,” said Jodi Hiatt, past president of Maryfest and the director of its market, pageant and entertainment this year. “We had folks who said, ‘Oh, man, I came down just to see that.’ Of course, as one of our longtime trike racers said, ‘I’m getting too old for this,’” she laughed. SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE 2
Girders set for new Ebey Slough Bridge BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
MARYSVILLE — The ongoing project to replace the aging State Route 529 Bridge over Ebey Slough is approaching a milestone moment, as construction crews expect to finish setting the girders that will form the backbone of the wider, taller new bridge this month. Washington State Department of Transportation Project Engineer Janice Fahning explained that Granite Construction began setting the seven girders — each of which is seven feet tall and weighs an average of 31 tons, and whose individual lengths range
from 100-135 feet each — at the start of June. She noted that crews are assembling the girders from 49 total pieces, and anticipated that the final pieces would be installed by the end of the month. “Building the bridge deck on top of these girders will be our next major step before we can start opening the new bridge lanes,” said Fahning, who anticipated that northbound traffic would be shifted from the current State Route 529 bridge to the new bridge by April of 2012, with all traffic on the new bridge by August of SEE BRIDGE, PAGE 2
Kirk Boxleitner/Staff Photo
Construction crews use cranes to install segments of the new Ebey Slough Bridge’s girders on June 14.