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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 Around the County Everett Library's audiobooks available by download The Everett Public Library now offers audiobooks by download. The new OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks program allows patrons to download books to iPods, iPhones and other MP3 players. Book downloads must be completed off library property. Downloads will not be permitted on library computers. Downloaded books can be checked out, four titles at a time, and you may place two holds on titles already checked out. More info: www.epls.org. Maltby Food bank calls for fundraiser volunteers The Maltby Food Bank, which serves the southeast corner of Snohomish County, needs volunteers to help plan its fifth annual fundraiser. The first planning meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Maltby Cafe. More info: Kristine Willson, 206-854-1182 or kristiwillson@msn.com. Marysville School days lost to snow are rescheduled The Marysville School District has rescheduled three school days lost because of December snows. The year was originally scheduled to end on June 11. The school year will now end on June 16. Presentation at middle school on difficult kids A presentation on the Nurtured Heart approach to transforming difficult children is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. in the Marysville Middle School library, 4923 67th St. NE. The program was developed by Howard Glasser. Sandra Klindtworth is scheduled to give the presentation. Klindtworth plans to outline the basics of the Nurtured Heart approach, provide examples on how to use it and answer questions. Mountlake Terrace City signs five-year lease for temporary City Hall Mountlake Terrace has made plans to temporarily move its City Hall to another location while a $37.6 million new campus is built on the current site. The city expects to move its offices around May of this year to the Redstone Corporate Center 6100 219th St. SW. The city recently signed a five-year, $2.1 million lease with the building's owners. If voters approve a bond measure in 2010, construction on the new civic campus would begin in late summer 2011 and be completed by mid- to late 2012. The City Council plans to conduct hearings on the bond measure first. More info: www.cityofmlt.com or 425-776-1171. Snohomish Two workers face layoff The City Council will consider laying off two city workers and eliminating a vacant police officer position at a meeting at 7 tonight at the School Administration Center, 1601 Ave. D. The cuts are proposed because sales tax revenue continues to lag. The city already trimmed hundreds of thousands of dollars from this year's budget. More info: 360-568-3115. Stanwood University women offer two scholarships Students who have graduated from high school in the Stanwood, Arlington and Camano Island area can apply for two scholarships from the Stanwood-Camano branch of the American Association of University Women. The national organization has spent more than 126 years advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education and research. Thanks to money raised at the annual AAUW Art Show at the Floyd Norgaard Center and from sales of the group's cookbook, Artful Appetizers, the local branch will award two scholarships of $2,500 each. Applicants must be residents of the Arlington, Stanwood and Camano Island area or they must be past graduates of Stanwood, Lincoln Hill, Lakewood or Arlington high schools. In addition, applicants must have completed at least two years of college or university by June 2009 and have verifiable plans to continue upper-division or graduate work at an accredited four-year school next fall. Applicants are asked to submit college transcripts, two confidential letters of recommendation, a brief personal statement and a 300-word essay about their relationship to the AAUW mission. More info: www.scaauwscholarship.org, e-mail aauwscholarship@msn.com for an application or www.s-caf.org to download an application. Sultan Land-use change would require notification The Sultan Planning Board is considering whether to create a new land-use zone at its 7 p.m. meeting tonight at City Hall, 319 Main St. Such a zone would allow the people in Sultan to be notified if land set aside for public and institutions, such as schools or city hall, were slated to change uses. For instance, if a school wanted to sell land to a developer for housing, citizens would have to be notified. That's not the case now. The City Council would still have to approve the changes and the zoning map would have to be amended. More info: www.ci.sultan.wa.us. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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