Marysville High seniors get creative while painting parking spaces
Corrine Mathews was one of the many seniors at Marysville High School who was painting their own parking space on Thursday.
“I’m planning on doing a super simple sunset and it’s going to say ‘See ya,’” Mathews said. “...It resembles summer, and me just looking forward to summer and just being done … It wasn’t something I expected and I’m really looking forward to it because I love painting and it’s kind of nice to make something our own at the school.”
Marysville High School senior Kolby Dickson and his friend Jordyn Holt, who
“He was so well respected in the community that people didn’t want him to retire when he tried the first time, so he stayed on a few more years,” said Lee Jones, the fourth and current owner of the Harkey House.
Lee, who purchased the house in 1971, said she and her husband, Bob, consider themselves stewards of the Harkey House and have carefully preserved as much of the original house as possible – from the marble fireplaces and chandeliers to the original shutters, screen
door and the blown glass windows.
Jones said she was thrilled when a few items belonging to Harkey himself were gifted to the house by his great grandson, William, in 2019.
Among the items was an original sign from the Harkey
Ranch, bells from Harkey’s mule train, Harkey’s shaver and the top of Harkey’s walking cane, engraved with his name.
Though more than a century old, all of the items are in pristine condition. The top of the walking handle, a little worn from use, even has Harkey’s
thumb indent from years of leaning on it while he walked.
Jones said Williams Harkey found the items while cleaning out a family home and, after giving his family first dibs, decided these items should be returned to their original home here in Yuba City.