Our Towns
Published 9:00 pm Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Arlington
Seniors plan an open house
Sisco Heights Community Club will have an information night at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the club, 13527 99th Ave. NE.
The event is open to anyone who would like more information about what services are available to seniors.
A potluck dinner will precede the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Bring your favorite dish.
For more information, call Jonette Wiltse at 360-659-2966.
$10,000 grant to fight drugs
The Tulalip Tribes has awarded a $10,000 grant to Choice &Consequence, a nonprofit organization providing substance abuse prevention education to schools.
The grant will be used to bring “The Real Inside Story” to alternative schools, schools serving tribal communities, and low-income schools in Snohomish County.
The presentation uses human organs to illustrate the damaging affects that alcohol, tobacco and other drugs have on people.
Choice &Consequence expects to reach more than 4,000 additional students with this funding. For more information, call 360-435-7250 or go to at www.choice andconsequence.org.
Bothell
$10,000 grant for education
A $10,000 grant will help low-income residents of Woodinville, Kirkland and Redmond finish school, receive job training and find employment.
Cascadia Community College was awarded the grant from the Harvest Foundation, a private family foundation that focuses on social services and education in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Montana.
Funds will be used by the college’s Workforce Resources Center to offer support services to youths and adults at seven public housing sites, including assistance for tuition, books and supplies, child care and transportation. This is the second grant awarded to the project.
Relay for Life kickoff Feb. 10
The American Cancer Society kicks off its annual Relay for Life celebration at 6 p.m. Feb. 10 at Skyview Junior High, 21404 35th Ave. SE, Bothell.
Learn how to be involved in the event, such as being a sponsor, team captain, team member or volunteer.
Relay for Life is a family-oriented event in which teams walk, run or stroll in shifts around the track for 24 hours. After dark, a luminaria ceremony begins to honor those who have survived or are battling cancer.
Northshore’s annual Relay for Life will be May 21 and 22 at Skyview Junior High. For more information, contact Davin Dhatt at 206-660-8411 or ddhatt@yahoo.com, or go to www.cancer.org.
Edmonds
Hospital honors worker of year
Mali Dean has been selected as the employee of the year at Stevens Hospital.
She is a custodian who works in the birth center. She has worked at Stevens Hospital since 1989.
She won the award in part for putting patients first and making sure they are comfortable. She spends her own money and time knitting booties for the babies in the special care nursery.
Library board seeks member
The Edmonds Library Board is seeking a volunteer to fill a board vacancy.
The five-member board provides support and advice to elected city officials regarding library issues, including services provided to the city by Sno-Isle Libraries.
Members serve five-year terms. Meetings are at 6 p.m. the third Monday of every other month at the Edmonds Library.
For more information or to apply, call the mayor’s office at 425-771-0247 or stop by City Hall, 121 Fifth Ave. N. The deadline for application is 4:30 p.m. Feb. 25.
Everett
Bellevue firm missed deadline
Everett city leaders will consider six firms that applied for the job of developing the city’s riverfront. A seventh development firm, Triple Five of Bellevue, has been disqualified for submitting its materials an hour past the deadline.
“The legal department reviewed the situation and decided that, given the fact that it was late, it will not be included in the submittals that will be reviewed by staff for recommendation to council,” city spokeswoman Kate Reardon said.
In coming weeks, the City Council will choose three firms as finalists for further review.
Hearing on I-5 storm-water plan
The city’s land use hearing examiner plans a public hearing this morning on the state Department of Transportation’s plan to build a storm-water treatment system.
The state is proposing a treatment area, including wetlands, between south Second Avenue and the Snohomish River east of Main Street. The proposal is part of the state’s I-5 widening plan.
The hearing is at 11 a.m. in the eighth-floor hearing room of the Wall Street Building, 2930 Wetmore Ave.
Silver Lake panel to meet tonight
The Silver Lake Action Committee meets at 7 p.m. today at Bethany at Silver Lake, 2235 Lake Heights Drive.
County Councilman Dave Gossett is the featured speaker. For information, call Peggy Claflin at 425-337-4602.
Island County
Open house on road widening
Island County Public Works invites the public to an open house on the Monroe Landing Road widening project in Oak Harbor.
The open house 6-8 p.m. today at Monroe Landing Fire Station, 1160 Monroe Landing Road, Oak Harbor.
The project will improve a 1.7-mile section of the road between Highway 20 and Penn Cove Road. Improvements include widening the road, adding bus pullouts and accommodations for bikes and pedestrians, and storm-water drainage work.
The county has hired Skillings-Connolly of Lacey to design the project. Representatives from the county and Skillings-Connolly will be available at the open house to answer questions.
For more information, call 360-679-7331.
Lake Stevens
Library hosts preschool kids
The Lake Stevens Library invites youngsters 3 to 5 years old to enjoy hearts and flowers with stories, songs and fun during a preschool story time.
The program is 11-11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the library, 1804 Main St.
Lynnwood
EdCC names center director
Lisa Neumann is the new director of Edmonds Community College’s Center for Families.
The center, which opened in fall 2003, serves more than 300 children in Head Start, cooperative preschools and infant and toddler parent education classes. It also has provided child care for nearly 600 children since September on the EdCC campus.
Neumann was previously an instructor at Everett Community College and chairwoman of the early childhood education department. She also worked for the Volunteers of America’s child care resource and referral center in Everett.
She earned her master’s degree in education from the University of Washington at Bothell, a certificate in early childhood education from EvCC, and her bachelor’s degree in communications disorders from Eastern Washington University.
Tea will benefit restoration effort
This is the last day tickets will be available for a high tea catered by Lynnwood’s first lady, Letha McKinnon, to benefit the renovation of the 1919 Humble House in Lynnwood’s Heritage Park.
The tea will be 2 p.m. Sunday at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 20610 44th Ave. W.
Humble House will be the new home of the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society’s library.
Teddy bears brought to the function will be donated to the Lynnwood Police Department and Pathways for Women.
Tickets for the tea are $40. Checks may be sent to SIGS, P.O. Box 63, Edmonds, WA 98020. For more information, call 425-778-6062.
Marysville
Cedarcrest School sets spelling bee
Cedarcrest School in Marysville will host its annual all-school spelling bee at 12:30 p.m. Friday in the campus library, 6400 88th St. NE.
Students in grades six through eight will compete for a chance to advance to the regional competition in Seattle.
Decorating class offered
The city’s parks and recreation department offers an interior decorating class 6:45-8:45 p.m. Feb. 9 and Feb. 16 at the Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St., in the large meeting room,
Instructor Lynn Fitzpatrick from Bruce and Becky’s Interiors will help class members create a master plan for decorating their houses. The cost of the two-day class is $25.
For registration information, call the parks office at 360-651-5085.
Monroe
Residents discuss area water system
A community meeting to discuss solutions to a failing water system in the Rimrock neighborhood south of Monroe drew about 45 people Monday evening, area resident Susan Gallegos said.
The owner of the water system has told the state that it will abandon the system in March. Some area residents have had their own wells dug at a cost of more than $20,000.
The Monday meeting was organized mainly for those who can’t afford a well. Officials from the state Department of Health, Snohomish County and Snohomish County PUD attended the meeting, Gallegos said. No decision was made Monday, but a possible solution is to form a small water association to take over the water system.
The next meeting will be 7 p.m. Feb. 21. The location hasn’t been decided, but the meeting notice will be posted on the community bulletin board on Rimrock Road, she said.
Mukilteo
Lighthouse Fest names officers
The Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival Association has announced its 2005 board officers and members.
They are Marko Liias, chairman; Steve Conkle, president; City Councilwoman Jennifer Gregerson, vice president; Barbara Moore, secretary; Scott Hyde, treasurer; and Bruce Brown, Chuck Davis, Paul Luczyk, Bob McBride, Linda Nelson, Diane Tinsley, Eden Trenor, Kathy Wisbeck and David Zunkel, members.
This year’s festival will be Sept. 9 to 11, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the festival and the sesquicentennial of the treaty signing in Mukilteo that formed Washington Territory.
For more information, check www.mukilteofestival.org for updates. To volunteer for the festival, contact Darlene Conkle at or 425-353-5516.
Snohomish
Garden club meets Feb. 14
The Snohomish Garden Club will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 14 at Snohomish High School, 1316 Fifth St. The meeting is open to the public.
The featured speaker will be Allan Mandell, a Portland, Ore.-based garden photographer. His work can be seen in Valerie Easton’s book “Artists and Their Gardens” and in “Gardening in the Northwest.”
Stanwood
Grandparent support group
JoAnn Brisbine, a licensed mental health counselor, will lead a workshop for grandparents who are raising grandchildren.
The workshop will give grandparents the opportunity to talk about the challenges they face. The group will explore the possibility of forming a support group.
The workshop will be Feb. 9 at the Stanwood Camano Medical Center, 9631 269th St. NW in conference rooms A and B. To register, call 360-629-6481. Cost is $5.
Sultan
Food bank plans benefit concert
Sultan Food Bank will host a benefit concert at 7 p.m. Friday at Sultan High School, 13715 310th Ave. SE.
The event features local musicians Bronn and Kathy Journey, and the Sultan High School choir. Tickets are $10 at the door or $8 with a nonperishable food item. All proceeds go to the Sultan Food Bank.
Advance tickets are available from Carolyn Eslick at 360-793-1074. For more information, call Gretchen Wilson at 360-793-0962 or e-mail rgpwilson@ skyvalley.net.
