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Vol. 14 No. 45 n July 21, 2021 - July 27, 2021
MARYSVILLE • ARLINGTON • SMOKEY POINT • LAKEWOOD • TULALIP • QUIL CEDA VILLAGE
Books on the Bus, Mathmobile provide summer learning By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
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Gen Geddies, right, talks with Marysville front desk worker Rosa Deluna on July 16.
Local cities reopen offices
By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com After being closed for more than a year because of the pandemic, both Marysville and Arlington city offices are now open to the public, and city council meetings will return to inperson. Some COVID-19 safety measures will remain for of-
fices in both cities. “In some of the smaller lobbies we’re still asking people to socially distance,” said Connie Mennie, communications administrator with the city of Marysville. She said they may ask people to wait outside if too many people are there. “Social distancing and See REOPEN on page 2
The Arlington School District’s Books on the Bus and Mathmobile programs have returned this year to provide summer learning outreach until early August. The Books on the Bus program has been going on for several years and delivers books of all reading levels that can be checked out and returned following week. “We just started with an outreach program to help kids in the summer, because the number one thing that happens in the summer is that kids lose their reading skills,” said Kim Deisher-Allen, a first grade teacher at Eagle Creek Elementary and one of the organizers of the program. “And three years ago we also started the Mathmobile,” she said.
The math program also brings a bus to various locations around the community to provide teachers with mathbased games to help keep students skills up. The Books on the Bus program is available every Wednesday until Aug. 11. It stops at Presidents Elementary from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., at Crown Ridge Estates from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., at Mobile Estates from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., at the Timbers Apartments from 1:15 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and at Eagle Creek Elementary from 2:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Mathmobile program runs every Monday until Aug. 9. It has the same stops and times as the Books on the Bus program, except that it does not make a final stop at Eagle See LEARNING on page 2
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON
Pioneer Elementary paraeductor Kalie Murray, left, gives books to Arlington kid Micheal Williams on July 14 as part of the district’s Books on the Bus program.
Concert series returns to Marysville By Christopher Andersson christopher@northcountyoutlook.com
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ANDERSSON
Members of local group The Lonely Hearts Club Band play at Marysville’s Sounds of Summer concert series on July 16.
The Sounds of Summer concert series returned to Marysville's Jennings Memorial Park on July 16, bringing out families and community members to listen to live music again. The city of Marysville provides the free concert series every summer, except for last summer when the event was canceled because of the pandemic. “We want to give people outlets to sing again, dance again,” said Chris Taylor, cultural arts supervisor with the Marysville Parks, Culture and Recreation Department. “Who knows the last chance people had to do that because we’ve been cooped up for so long." The music is a part of the city’s usual summer offerings to help people get outside.
“We love music and arts and recreation and sports,” said Taylor. “It’s what brings people together. We want to do things that every member of the family can enjoy and feel good about." Families come out to the event to listen to local bands and enjoy the park. This year’s series is a reduced lineup with only two concerts and one children’s concert. Marysville staff members began planning for the series at the beginning of the year, which was a more uncertain time. “As the guidelines started to loosen to the point where we could become fully open we said to ourselves ‘let’s start small and we can expand as we could go,’” said Taylor. Parks and recreation staff have had to
See CONCERTS on page 3
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