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Vol. 12 No. 16 n
January 2, 2019 - January 8, 2019
MARYSVILLE • ARLINGTON • SMOKEY POINT • LAKEWOOD • TULALIP • QUIL CEDA VILLAGE
Marysville Mayor discusses city's plans for 2019 By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
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Members of the North County Chapter of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club donate food from their December food drive to the Marysville Community Food Bank. From left, Bandido Roadman Will Holloway, Marysville food bank CPA Robyn Warren, food bank director Dell Deierling and Bandido Milkman Josh Leathers.
Bandidos collect food for Marysville Food Bank
More than 3,700 pounds of food were collected by the local motorcycle club By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com The North County Chapter of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club helped to collect more than 3,700 pounds of food for the Marysville Community Food Bank this December. The club’s food drive was held on Dec. 15 in Marysville at the Lucky 13 Saloon and helped to bring in a total of around 3,760 pounds of food in addition to $1,461 raised from items auctioned at their event. This was the first time that the local club has decided to put on a holiday food drive and Bandido Milkman Josh Leathers, a member of the club and one of the main organizers of the event, was happy with how it went. “Overall I believe that the food
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Members of the North County Chapter of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club and others carry some of the food gathered during the club’s food drive. From left, Casper James Jennings, Bandido Probationary Roach Scott Caudel and Bandido Probationary Wizard Tol McAleese. drive was a success,” he said. The club had decided they wanted to help locals this holiday season and decided to try a food drive. “We wanted to give back to the
community so we chose to give to the local food bank,” said Leathers. “They do a lot of good work for See FOOD on page 2
As 2018 comes to an end Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring said that city officials used the year to set up a number of projects that will begin in 2019. “It was a good year for Marysville and I think the thing we’re excited about is that several of the major projects that we’ve wanted to do are funded and set for construction in the next couple of years,” he said. Those plans include upcoming transportation construction, the city’s new public safety building and some improvements to local trails. The state funding for a new interchange in southern Marysville between I-5 and SR-529 was secured a few years ago but will now be coming to the city in 2019. “This will finally give us a way in and out of the city that doesn’t go through the trains,” said Nehring. The Fourth Street entrance into the downtown and 88th Street are two of the city’s biggest traffic problems and Nehring hopes that a new interchange will help with the former. “Most people use Exit 199 and it causes a lot of traffic, especially when there’s a train coming through,” said Nehring. “It will split off a lot of traffic that is crowding out the Fourth Street exit,” he said. The city will also be put-
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Mayor Jon Nehring
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It was a good year for Marysville and I think the thing we're excited about is that several of the major projects that we've wanted to do are funded and set for construction in the next couple of years.
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Jon Nehring
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ting money toward a First Street bypass project, which will allow commuters taking that new interchange to drive on an alternate route to east Marysville. “The First Street bypass will allow you to come right off that interchange and take a right,” said Nehring. “It will get you in Sunnyside or up to Highway 9,” he said. City officials hopes to begin the bypass project
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