Our Towns
Published 9:00 pm Tuesday, October 7, 2003
See cats, kittens who need homes
Purrfect Pals feline shelter in Arlington will take cats and kittens available for adoption to Petco at 1203 SE Everett Mall Way in Everett on Saturday.
Anyone wanting to adopt can see the cats and kittens between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Hospital board meeting canceled
Cascade Valley Hospital’s Board of Commissioners has canceled its monthly meeting that was originally scheduled for Thursday.
PFD to talk fees, real estate deals
The Edmonds Public Facilities District will hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. today in the Fourtner Room at City Hall, 121 Fifth Ave. N.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss rental fees. Also, an executive session will be held so district members can discuss certain real estate negotiations in private.
Downtown public spaces forum
The Committee to Establish Downtown Public Spaces will hold a forum Oct. 15 to gather residents’ reactions to its plans to create more open space downtown and add trees and other amenities to several city streets.
The forum is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. at the Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave.
Designers of the plans will be present to hear ideas and suggestions.
You can RSVP by e-mailing committee member Desmond Skubi at dskubi@comcast.net.
Verizon gives $5,000 to YMCA program
The Verizon Foundation recently gave $5,000 to the YMCA of Snohomish County to support its Y Tech Connect project at its Everett and Monroe branches.
The Everett branch’s Teen Tech Center gives teens access to computers so they can do their homework, develop computer software skills for job readiness and learn resume-writing skills.
The Monroe branch’s Community Technology Connection project is in partnership with Chain Lake and Frank Wagner elementary schools. The project is targeted at youth and families, including Hispanic families, who have access to English language and bilingual software programs.
Leadership skills for boys 10 to 19
The first in a series of courses to help develop leadership skills among boys ages 10 to 19 will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 18 at the South Everett Youth and Community Center, 7628 Cascade Drive.
Gary Morrison, a drug treatment counselor, John DeRosia, director of community relations at the Boeing Co. and Jim McCall, an Everett firefighter, will lead the courses. Call Pam Bracy at 425-355-5270 to register.
Medical team to Guatemala
Four health care specialists from The Everett Clinic will join a group of Puget Sound surgeons, nurses, and staff making a trip to Guatemala to provide free medical and surgical services to local children.
The team leaves on Oct. 11 and will stay one week. They hope to provide medical assistance for 100 to 120 children, including 20 to 30 surgeries.
Team members from The Everett Clinic are Dr. Ron Krueger and Dr. Jeff Adams, both of whom are ear, nose, and throat specialists, and Joan Rindahl and Mary Hubbs, registered nurses.
The trip is a project of Healing the Children.
Officials to explain Sno-Isle library levy
Sno-Isle Regional Library officials will be available at 4 p.m. Thursday, at the Granite Falls Library, 805 E. Galena St., to answer questions about a levy proposal on the November ballot.
The levy would restore a previous assessed value from its current 46 cents per $1,000 to 50 cents per $1,000. Owners of homes worth $200,000 would pay an additional $8 a year. Library officials say if the levy does not pass, the system would face an $800,000 budget shortfall that would cause cuts in services.
Group plans forum on orphan orca Luna
The Orca Network of Whidbey Island has helped organize a public forum to discuss plans to reintroduce an orca named Luna back to his pod, which spends summers in the waters of Island and San Juan counties. Luna was separated from the pod and has lived the past two years in Nootka Sound, British Columbia.
The forum will begin at 7 p.m. tonight at the Seattle Aquarium, 1483 Alaskan Way in Seattle.
Fisheries officials from Canada and the United States are scheduled to speak and answer questions, as are representatives from whale advocacy groups.
The forum is also sponsored by the Seattle Aquarium and People for Puget Sound.
For more information, call 360-678-3451.
Drainage district meeting Thursday
The Drainage Improvement District’s eight commissioners will discuss a determination of nonsignificance for the city’s Eagle Ridge annexation at the commission meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Other agenda items include the third draft of the 2004 budget, a flow-monitoring program bid, an update on the Lake Management Team, and the Davies Estates Annexation into the drainage district. The commissioners also may have an executive session to discuss legal, personnel and contract issues behind closed doors.
The meeting will be at the district headquarters, 1911 Vernon Road.
Library book club to meet Monday
Adults and teenagers are invited to prepare for a book club discussion next week at the Lynnwood Public Library, 19200 44th Ave. W. The event is at 7 p.m. Monday.
The group will discuss “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The narrator follows six generations of the Buendia family in their village, Macondo, with humor and satire.
New members are always welcome. For more information, call 425-778-2148.
Park board meets on budget tonight
The Park Advisory Board tonightwill discuss the 2004 budget, and will likely vote on the driving range, its interim name and a 2004 fee schedule.
The board meets at 7 p.m., at the Ken Baxter Senior Center, 514 Delta Ave.
City holds 2004 budget workshops
The City Council will conduct workshops on the proposed 2004 city budget 5-9 p.m. Thursday and 5-9 p.m. Oct. 16 in the second-floor council chambers at City Hall, 1049 State Ave.
Information on the proposed budget is available through deputy city clerk Lillie Lein in the City Clerk’s Office at 360-651-5000.
Penny Creek work on drainage completed
Construction crews completed the rough grading of the roadway on the Penny Creek culvert at Ninth Avenue. They also installed the new guardrail posts, placed a new conduit to put existing overhead utilities underground, and cleaned out the ditch along Ninth Avenue.
City officials say the work seems to have resolved the drainage concerns on the east side of Ninth Avenue, north of Penny Creek.
Start job search at public library
The Monroe Library invites people to learn to use the Internet in their job searches with a class from 7-8:45 p.m. today at the library, 1070 Village Way.
The class will teach hands-on use of online resources for evaluating job skills and interests, exploring careers, preparing resumes and cover letters, locating jobs, identifying potential employers and interviewing skills.
To register, visit the library or call 360-794-7851.
Kids’ story time at
library Thursday
The Mountlake Terrace Public Library, 23300 58th Ave. W., hosts a family story time session at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Parents and caregivers are invited to bring children, ages 2 to 5, to share in the fun, including stories, songs, crafts and movement. For more information, call 425-776-8722.
Downtown gets some color with art walk
As part of the second annual Festival of the Pumpkins, an art walk is planned at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday in historic downtown Snohomish.
Downtown merchants will distribute maps of the local merchants hosting artists.
Art walkers will be able to meet the artists, see how they work and view completed work, along with perusing the pieces for sale.
More than 20 different artists will be downtown Saturday with media ranging from watercolor, oil and pastel to photography, digital art and bead weaving.
Repairs to busted dike continue
This week, city workers are replacing two water pipes that were snapped when a dike collapsed at the wastewater treatment plant Sept. 18.
The collapse occurred when fill material for construction of a new treatment plant was piled up against the dike and became too heavy.
The collapse opened a 150-foot gash in the access road, too.
“It looks a lot like an earthquake occurred,” Stanwood Public Works Director Bill Beckman said.
The dike separates storm water in Irvine Slough from one of the plant’s lagoons. Fortunately, when the dike gave way, the fill material prevented any wastewater from escaping, Beckman said. The main problem is that water flows at many of the town’s fire hydrants is greatly reduced.
The existing 8-inch and 12-inch water pipes will be replaced by a 16-inch pipe, and the dike will eventually be repaired, but the project could take several more weeks and cost about $400,000, Beckman said. The city has applied for a state emergency grant and should find out in mid-November whether that money would be available.
High school marching band wins division
The Sultan High School Marching Band recently took first place in the Apple Capital Marching Band Festival AA Division in Wenatchee.
The Turks scored an 85.3, beating their rival Mariner High School’s score of 83.3.
The band placed fourth overall out of 12 participants. They also placed first for Best Auxiliary, Best Marching, Best Percussion and Best Music.
