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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Friday, July 11, 2008 Around the County Everett Council postpones vote on electronic signs The Everett City Council this week voted to postpone a vote on a proposal to lift a ban that prevents schools and religious institutions from using electronic message signs in residential neighborhoods. The council asked city planners to revise the proposed amendment to the city's sign ordinance. Neighborhood activists oppose lifting the ban, saying more signs will be visual blight. David Mascarenas said the debate boils down to a "separation of church and street." Sister Joanne McCauley, principal of St. Mary Magdalen School in south Everett, said, electronic signs are an effective way to communicate with parents, students and the community. "If it's done with finesse and respectability, it seems the benefits would outweigh the disadvantages," she said. Mukilteo Trail work continues in Japanese Gulch Help build a new trail through a portion of city-owned land in Japanese Gulch during a work party planned for this weekend. The work party is 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, starting from the trail head on the east side of the Fifth Street bridge over Japanese Gulch. Mukilteo City Councilman Kevin Stoltz is leading the effort to build the quarter-mile trail from Fifth Street to Mukilteo Lane. Joe Elsholz, president of the Japanese Gulch Group, leads Saturday's work party. More info: Stoltz, 425-344-1071. Snohomish Construction starts for AM radio towers S-R Broadcasting Company Inc. of Everett started construction of four powerful new AM radio towers in the Snohomish River Valley this week, said Andy Skotdal, whose family owns KRKO-AM 1380. The towers are expected to start broadcasting in September. On May 30, the company received a construction permit for the towers from the Federal Communications Commission. The ruling disappointed opponents who believe that the towers will lower their property values and cause health problems. Opponents recently filed appeal to the federal agency, which has yet to decide whether to take the appeal. Construction of the radio towers will continue on schedule, Skotdal said. "There's nothing we have to do at this point," he said about the appeal. Snohomish County Advisory panel adds five to membership Five volunteers were named this week to the Snohomish County Marine Resources Advisory Committee. The County Council appointed Lincoln Loehr, Dena Peel and Jared Bond, and re-appointed Dawn Lawrence and Jen Sevigny. Lawrence, Loehr and Peel represent environmental interests, Bond is Lynnwood's environmental services manager, and Sevigny represents the Stillaguamish Tribe. The panel of up to 11 members advises the council on ways to protect Puget Sound shorelines and aquatic life, including crab, salmon and eelgrass habitat. More info: www.snoco.org and search using the keywords "marine resources."

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