Our Towns
Published 9:00 pm Thursday, July 1, 2004
Arlington
Kiddies Parade set for Saturday
This year’s Kiddies Parade will be 2 p.m. Saturday on Olympic Avenue.
The annual parade, which is sponsored by the Arlington Fire Department’s Women’s Auxiliary, is designed to give kids their own Fourth of July parade.
Line-up begins at 1 p.m. Prizes for best costumes and other activities are planned after the parade at the Arlington Fire Department, 137 N. MacLeod Street.
Fourth festivities bring out ducks
Sunday’s Fourth of July activities include the usual mix of pancakes, pedaling, paddling, puffing, parading, an auction, a rubber duck race and fireworks.
Pancakes will be served by the Arlington Heights Fire Department Auxiliary 7-11 a.m. at Haller Park, at the corner of West and Cox avenues.
The Pedal, Paddle, Puff triathlon begins at 8 a.m. at Haller Park. For more information, call 360-435-3777.
After the race, the Kiwanis Club will hold an auction at 1 p.m. at Haller Park. For more information, call 360-435-5789.
The Fourth of July parade begins at 5 p.m. on Olympic Avenue. The action returns to Haller Park at 7:30 p.m. for the Great Stilly Duck Dash, a rubber duck race that has become a Stillaguamish River tradition. The Arlington Rotary Club sells numbered tickets before the event; the ticket holder of whatever number corresponds with the duck that reaches the finish line first wins $5,000.
The fireworks are moving this year to the Arlington Boys &Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE. The show begins at dusk.
Bothell
Cascadia names interim president
Brinton Sprague, retired vice president for student learning at Cascadia Community College, will take over as interim president of the Bothell-based campus Sept. 1.
Jean Hernandez will serve as acting president until then. Hernandez is the college’s vice president of student learning.
Victoria Munoz Richart, Cascadia’s first president, has accepted the same position at MiraCosta Community College in Oceanside, Calif.
Even after he retired, Sprague has continued to teach at Cascadia and has served as a consultant for community colleges across the state.
His community college experience spans almost 30 years, including administrative posts at Skagit Valley College.
UW Bothell taps academic leader
G. Thomas Bellamy is the new vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Washington, Bothell.
The vice chancellor serves as the chief academic officer for the campus and reports to UW Bothell Chancellor Warren Buck.
“The University of Washington, Bothell is fortunate to have attracted an academic leader like Tom Bellamy,” Buck said. “He is an experienced administrator and well-respected scholar and teacher. We are very pleased that Dr. Bellamy has joined our team.”
Belamy earned a doctorate in special education from the University of Oregon. He comes to UW Bothell from the University of Colorado at Denver where he was professor of administrative leadership and policy studies. He has just completed two years as interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Freedom Fest is this weekend
Concerts, free pancakes, parades and the Battle of Concord will be featured at Bothell’s annual Freedom Festival, taking place today through Sunday at various locations around the city.
This year’s theme is “Explore and Discover,” in keeping with the bicentennial celebration of Lewis and Clark’s expedition to the Pacific Northwest. The event is produced by the Parks and Recreation Division and funded by the city hotel/motel tax.
For more information, visit www.ci.bothell.wa.us or call 425.486.7430.
Police, firefighters on fireworks detail
Bothell police officers and firefighters will be paired up and patrolling city streets in unmarked vehicles to locate discharges of illegal fireworks and respond to citizen complaints.
Police have created a tip line where residents can report neighborhoods or specific addresses where illegal fireworks are typically discharged each year. The phone number is 425-487-5551, an automated number. Residents are not required to identify themselves, unless they want a follow-up call. People reporting illegal fireworks discharges in progress should call 911.
Edmonds
Parade, other events Sunday
The annual “An Edmonds Kind of Fourth” celebration will begin at 9 a.m. Sunday.
The day starts with a Sons of Norway pancake breakfast at 515 Dayton St. The children’s parade through downtown begins at noon and the main parade at 1 p.m.
A Civil War re-enactment will begin at 3 p.m. at City Park, followed by a fire department water-ball competition at 3:30 p.m.
The Lost Vuarnets will perform at 7 p.m. at Civic Stadium, followed by the fireworks show at midnight.
More information is available at www.edmonds wa.com/Events/4th.
Youth circus comes to town
The Edmonds Exchange Club and Edmonds Parks and Recreation will host the Wenatchee Youth Circus at 7 p.m. Tuesday and 1 and 7 p.m. Wednesday at Civic Center Playfield, Seventh and Bell streets.
The cost is $5 for adults, $3.50 for kids, $17 for a family (two adults and four kids tickets) or $2.50 per ticket, kids or adults, for a group minimum of 10 people.
The event, also known as the “Biggest Little Circus in the World,” includes all circus acts except those involving wild animals. Performers are ages 5 through 19.
Everett
Asarco public hearing scheduled
The state Department of Ecology will hold a public hearing Wednesday on plans for the Asarco Inc., smelter site in north Everett.
The public hearing will be 7-9 p.m. in the Jackson conference room of Jackson Hall at Everett Community College, 2000 Tower St.
The Everett Housing Authority recently agreed to pay Asarco $3.42 million for land that is expected to be cleaned of arsenic by October. The EHA plans to build as many as 85 homes on the site.
The land contains 15 homes and the foundations of 22 homes that were demolished in the late 1990s because of the high arsenic levels.
For more information, call the ecology department’s David South at 425-649-7200.
Island County
Learn about seals, sea lions at park
Biologist Matt Klope will present the nature program at 7:30 p.m. today at Camano Island State Park, 2269 S. Lowell Point Road.
Klope’s presentation is titled, “Seals and sea lions of Puget Sound: Do you know the difference?”
Lake Stevens
Council to discuss downtown plan
The City Council will discuss the Greater Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce’s downtown plan, along with the city’s six-year transportation improvement plan and a library board appointment at its workshop meeting Tuesday.
Other agenda items include a discussion of the emergency radio update and a discussion of a regional narcotics task force agreement with Snohomish County.
The council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday (because of the Fourth of July holiday) at 1808 Main St. The meeting is open to the public.
Marysville
Festival booths still available
Marysville’s HomeGrown Festival organizers are accepting vendor applications for the Aug. 13-14 event. Booths are available for handcrafted items, artwork, produce and flowers. No imported or commercial items will be displayed. Booths are $55 for the two-day festival, which will be 10 a.m.-7 p.m. both days.
For more information or to reserve a space, call 360-659-4997 or 360-629-9695.
Council to discuss logo design
The City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to authorize the mayor to sign a contract with Rusty George Design to develop a new logo for Marysville.
Other agenda items include discussion of a supplemental agreement to the city’s master drainage plan and regional detention facility design plan, an ordinance amending city codes regarding utility tax collections, and a re-appointment to the city’s salary commission.
The council will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday instead of Monday, because of the Fourth of July holiday, at 1049 State Ave. The meeting is open to the public.
Mill Creek
Police raising money for DARE
Mill Creek police are selling police department chocolate shields for $2 to benefit the DARE program.
The shields were made from a mold that was designed with the Mill Creek water wheel and the words “Mill Creek Police.” The shields can be purchased at the police department’s service counter inside City Hall, 15728 Mill Creek Blvd.
Mountlake Terrace
Band kicks off anniversary
Leading off Mountlake Terrace’s 50th anniversary celebrations this summer is a concert by the File Gumbo Zydeco Band, renowned as the featured house band at the New Orleans Restaurant in Pioneer Square. The anniversary concert is scheduled for 6 p.m. July 15 at Terrace Creek “Candy Cane” Park, 23200 48th Ave. W.
File Gumbo performs Cajun, zydeco, Tex-Mex, New Orleans rhythm and blues and Dixieland music. The group features four lead singers, accordion, guitars, washboard, bass, harmonica, fiddle and drums.
For more information call the city at 425-776-1161.
Snohomish
Center offers drug workshop
Janet Kusler, owner of Kusler’s Pharmacy, will speak about medication safety at the Snohomish Senior Center, 171 Cypress Ave., at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Participants will learn how pharmacists can help them recognize and avoid problems that may arise with drug interactions.
The project receives funding from the Snohomish County Department of Human Services and is free to the public.
For more information, call 360-568-0934.
Stanwood
Fireworks at Heritage Park
The city and Viking Village Shopping Center are sponsoring this year’s fireworks show by Port Gardner Fireworks Co.
Parking and picnic areas will open at 6 p.m. Sunday at Heritage Park, 9600 276th St. NW. Music begins at 8 p.m., and the fireworks start shooting at 10 p.m.
Organizers are asking residents not to bring fireworks, alcohol, cigarettes or dogs.
