Our Towns
Published 8:55 pm Sunday, August 19, 2007
Arlington
Skate park summit Tuesday
A summit on the future of the Arlington Skate Park is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Hadley Hall at the Arlington Boys &Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE.
Everyone, especially skate park users, are invited to share opinions regarding the park’s success, what additional improvements could be made to the park, and ideas on other possible skateboard amenities in Arlington.
City staff plan to talk with skate park users about maintenance and vandalism at the park and about how skaters can become park advocates.
Edmonds
Discover printing history at library
Children can learn about the advent of the printing press at an event being planned for the Edmonds Library.
The event, part three of the workshop series History of Libraries and Book Production, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the library at 650 Main St.
For more information, call the library at 425-771-1933.
Lake Stevens
City to discuss transportation
The Lake Stevens City Council plans to discuss its six-year transportation plan tonight.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Lake Stevens School District Educational Services Center, 12309 22nd St. NE.
For more information, call the city at 425-334-1012.
Lynnwood
Senior center work continues
New floors are planned to be installed at the Lynnwood Senior Center as part of the center’s ongoing renovations.
The Lynnwood City Council recently decided to spend up to $74,933 on the new floors.
The senior center, in the Scriber Square Shopping Center at 5800 198th St. SW, is being expanded into two adjacent units in the strip mall.
Demolition is expected to occur this week in the space formerly occupied by Sherman Optical.
A new dance floor, a larger computer lab and more classrooms are being added. The expansion will allow most or all senior center events to be held in-house.
Marysville
Dancing classes coming in the fall
Marysville Parks and Recreation will offer classes in square dancing and ballroom dancing this fall.
Square dancing classes begin Sept. 10 at Totem Middle School, 1605 Seventh St. The class consists of 10 lessons for $50.
Ballroom dancing classes – including waltz, foxtrot, rumba and swing – are available Wednesdays or Fridays on a monthly basis for $50.
For more information, call 360-363-8400.
Mountlake Terrace
Shred documents, thanks to police
People can protect themselves from identity theft by bringing personal documents to be shredded at an event being planned by the Mountlake Terrace Police Department.
The event is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Mountlake Terrace Police Department, 5906 232nd St. SW.
Officers, detectives and Police Chief Scott Smith are planning to be on hand to answer questions about identity theft. The police department also plans to provide information on current crime trends.
Datasite Northwest is donating the shredding services. City residents can bring up to five boxes of papers to be shredded. Documents are not required to be in boxes, but must be limited to the amount of paper that five boxes would hold. Stapled documents are OK, but paper clips and other metal must be removed. Credit cards, notebooks or disks will not be shredded. Certificates of destruction are available.
For more information, call 425-744-6248 or go online at www.cityofmlt.com/ cityServices/police/police.htm.
Mukilteo
Fun run kicks off Lighthouse Fest
A morning run planned through Old Town this weekend kicks off the 42nd annual Mukilteo Lighthouse Festival.
The event, called Run-A-Muk, is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Saturday at Rosehill Community Center, 305 Lincoln Ave. Participants can do either the 5K or 10K run.
Day-of-race registration is open from 6:45 to 7:45 a.m. Other details can be found online at www.mukilteofestival.org/ runamuk.html.
The main festival is scheduled for Sept. 7, 8 and 9 around Rosehill Community Center and the waterfront in Old Town.
The festival is planned to include parades, art exhibits, fireworks, food, children’s activities and family entertainment.
Snohomish
City OKs contract for sewer project
The city recently approved a $20,400 contract with Modern Sewer Corp. of Lake Stevens for a sewer project. The City Council made the decision at its Aug. 7 meeting.
The project is to rechannel six sanitary sewer manholes at various locations in the city. Those manholes have restricted flow and need improvement, according to city staff.
For more information, call the city at 360-568-3115.
Stanwood
Council members consider raises
The Stanwood City Council is considering giving raises to themselves and the town’s mayor.
The council is scheduled to discuss the possibility at a workshop at 7 tonight at the Stanwood Fire Station, 8117 267th St. NW.
The council debated salary increases at a meeting last week and is scheduled to possibly vote on the issue at a meeting at 7 p.m. on Sept. 6, at the Stanwood School District office.
The council is also considering forming a salary commission of residents that would recommend salaries for public officials. The council is scheduled to discuss all these issues at tonight’s workshop.
Everyone is welcome to attend, but public comment is not scheduled.
