Residents at Grandview Village retirement community in Marysville are rich in hugs, wisdom and life experience, says Deb Loughrey-Johnson, executive director at the village.
Residents donated Easter baskets for Saturday’s egg hunt by the Marysville Parks and Recreation Department.
“I take about three carts and pick out baskets that I think small kids will drool over,” Loughrey-Johnson says. “I am so excited when I shop, I can hardly sleep the night before.”
Residents also support a World Vision baby in Africa.
“My residents are the richest people in the world,” she says.
Like Santa Claus, the Easter bunny has helpers. Folks at the Marysville Parks and Recreation Department ordered 8,000 eggs for the Saturday hunt from a company in Georgia.
The eggs are sealed and stored, though some employees are tempted to peek at the innards, says Andrea Hartland, recreation coordinator.
Without even looking, we know they’re filled with a variety of candies, including fruit chews, caramels and Smarties.
Fun Fact: Let’s clear up a mistake, made by yours truly, The Herald. Doug Buell, community information officer for the city of Marysville, scored a hole in one on April 28, 2005.
We note those sorts of once-in-a-lifetime achievements in our sports pages. However, when the big announcement for Buell was published, it listed the sharpshooter as the golf pro at Cedarcrest Golf Course in Marysville.
We wrote about the person who sent in the announcement, rather than Buell.
To set the record straight, Doug Buell shot a hole-in-one on the 11th hole, a par 3, 155-yarder, with a Wilson Hyperdrive 5 wood.
“I’m sure to hear from my golfer buddies who will say that it wasn’t enough they had to hear all about it the first time,” Buell says. “Now they’ll say I’m rebroadcasting it nearly three years later because talking about it is as close as I’ll ever come to doing it again.”
All atwitter, I rushed to Comcast Arena at the Everett Events Center at 11 a.m. Thursday for the big noon sale of SkateAmerica tickets.
World-famous ice skaters will compete in town in late October. I hoped the line wouldn’t be stretched around the building.
11:05 a.m.: I was all alone at the closed box office.
11:15 a.m.: Freezing, by myself.
11:30 a.m.: Humming solo: “Whistle While You Work.”
11:40 a.m.: Jerry Hassenstab and his wife, Nanette Straw from Edmonds, became numbers two and three in line.
She knows all the skaters. He is perfectly willing to purchase a huge plasma TV so she can enjoy as much ice skating as she likes.
I got great seats, right above the kiss and cry area. If some dude pops a quadruple lutz, I’m there.
Columnist Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451 or oharran@heraldnet.com.
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