Marysville Fire District staff recently celebrated achievements by a poster contest winner and firefighters who saved a life.
The department’s fire safety poster contest, “Prevent Cooking Fires: Watch What You Heat,” was won by Shayleen Aubert-Bressler, a fourth-grader in Cheryl Jones’ class at Cascade Elementary School. Shayleen received a framed safety certificate and personalized firefighter helmet. Earlier in the month, Marysville firefighters joined Shayleen and her classmates for lunch at their school.
The “Phoenix Award” was given recently to Marysville Fire District firefighter-paramedics Russell Colmore and Paul Brough. The men saved the life of Roy March, who had suffered a heart attack. March gave the firefighters a wooden plaque with a carving of their faces on either side of an ambulance.
The Boys &Girls Club in north Everett has received the donation of a 192-piece flatware set from the Washington Oakes Retirement Community. In addition, managers from the retirement center recently provided and served dinner to more than 100 children at the club. The kids were praised for their polite and grateful behavior.
The club has a membership of more than 1,000 children, many of whom are from low-income families. Supper is served nightly to about 100 kids. Donations to the club help keep costs for meals at a minimum. The club is continually in need of food and cash donations as well as volunteer help, said Lisa Gutierrez of Washington Oakes. Programs at the club include art classes, computer training, foreign languages and music classes. For more information or to volunteer or make a donation, call 425-259-5147.
Sarah Krauter, 17, is the winner of the Teen Read Month Poster Contest 2006 at the Granite Falls branch of Sno-Isle Libraries. Sarah recently received her award from Cheryl Telford, director of community libraries and technology. Sarah is the daughter of Susan and Lance Krauter of Snohomish. The title of her artwork is “Dreamer” and it can be seen in the teen area of the Granite Falls library. Sarah also does drawings for her church bulletin board and plans to include her talent for drawing in a future career.
Busy Bee Quilters of Snohomish raffled a quilt in November, and Mary Calderon of Arlington had the winning ticket. Funds raised from the quilt raffle help Busy Bee Quilters encourage the art of quilting.
The group usually meets the third Thursday of each month at First Baptist Church, 6016 99th Ave. SE, Snohomish.
For more information, go to www.busybeequilters.com.
Robby Stuvland, 16, and his brother, Michael Stuvland, 15, have earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
Sons of Julie and Brent Stuvland of Snohomish, the Scouts are members of Boy Scout Troop 39 at Maltby Community Club.
Robby is a junior at Monroe High School and plans to pursue a career in cinematography after college. For his Eagle Scout service project Robby designed and constructed an obstacle course used for training police dogs from Snohomish County departments.
Michael is a sophomore at Monroe and would like to attend a culinary arts program and perhaps run his own restaurant. Michael has attended national junior leader training and is senior patrol leader for Troop 39. He also served as a staff member last summer at a Boy Scout camp. Michael’s Eagle Scout service project extended a sidewalk at the Maltby Community Club, added a wheelchair access ramp, improved landscaping and added a bench.
“Robby and Michael are 18 months apart and have always been competitive with each other,” said their mother. “This paid off by both of them obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout within a month of each other. Robby wants to point out that he did make it first.”
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