MARYSVILLE – The 30 or so sailors who showed up Friday to build a new play structure at Comeford Park pored over the blueprints to figure out exactly how to build two colorful towers and a connecting climbing bar.
The men who climbed the play tower to attach a molded plastic roof, and those who dug holes that a city crew later will fill with concrete to anchor the play structure, all have been promoted, said Senior Chief Robert Lombard.
“We like working in the communities,” he said. “Part of our promotion cycle is community service.”
Tara Mizell, Marysville’s recreation services manager, said: “Those types of projects for us are huge. It would have taken us a week to do what they did.”
The personnel, all from Naval Station Everett, also worked during the recent National Night Out Against Crime and helped put a new roof on the historic Gehl House. Last year, they joined with Marysville’s Noon Rotary Club to build playground equipment at Pinewood Elementary School.
In addition, they recently joined the Adopt-A-Highway program, Lombard said, choosing Highway 529 between Everett and Marysville. They will clean up along that road on Aug. 28. That afternoon, they’ll also help paint and clean up at the new Imagine Children’s Museum in Everett.
In September, they’ll be back in Marysville to build a 21/2 -story play barn at Jennings Memorial Park.
“We have a pretty full calendar for the next month,” Lombard said.
City crews will pour the concrete and add finishing touches to the play structures, which should be open by Sept. 1.
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