Our Towns: Around the County
Published 11:10 pm Thursday, March 13, 2008
Everett
Master gardener to share green thumb tricks
Everett Public Library and the city parks department are offering free gardening talks.
The next class is 6:30 p.m. April 9 at Everett’s main library branch, 2702 Hoyt Ave. in downtown Everett.
Washington State University master gardener Martha Clatterbaugh is scheduled to speak about the joys of gardening.
She plans to focus on vegetable gardening, how to the make the most of a little space, how to best prepare you soil for best results, and how to use the tricks of the trade to grow a healthy organic garden.
More info: 425-257-8000.
Speakers coming to GOP women’s club
A congressional candidate and national GOP committeewoman plan to speak at this month’s meeting of the Evergreen Republican Women’s Club.
The meeting is 7 p.m. Thursday at Shawn O’Donnell’s Restaurant, 122 128th St. SE, Everett.
Social hour begins at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is available from the restaurant menu.
Guest speakers will be national committeewoman Fredi Simpson, discussing the Washington state presidential primary process, and Larry Ishmael, candidate for the 1st Congressional District.
More info or RSVP: 425-322-5434.
Lake Stevens
FBI to discuss identity theft at free talk
Staff members from the FBI are scheduled to provide tips on preventing identity theft and fraud at an event hosted by the Lake Stevens Lions Club on Tuesday.
The meeting is 7 p.m. at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 2111 117th Ave. NE.
The event is free and open to the public. Dessert is planned. Those who come are asked to bring a canned food item for the food bank.
More info: Call Rusty at 425-210-1392.
Lynnwood
Fire department donates surplus gear to students
Surplus firefighting gear that can no longer be used in real situations was recently donated to the Sno-Isle Vocational High School Fire Technology program.
The Lynnwood Fire Department donated the surplus gear to help students earn high school credits while learning firefighting skills, Lynnwood public education officer Marybeth O’Leary said.
Students in the program go through lots of fire gear. They spend hours learning to climb ladders, practicing search-and-rescue tactics and honing their fire suppression skills, O’Leary said.
“We are glad to be able to help prepare them for a career in the fire service,” she said.
Clothing mended for low-income families
Hundreds of pieces of clothing were recently repaired to benefit children of low-income families in Snohomish County.
Volunteers from Mountlake Terrace and Bethesda Lutheran Church mended more than 250 articles of clothing for Clothes For Kids, a clothing shelter based in LynnÂwood.
Another mending event is 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Bethesda Lutheran Church, 23406 56th Ave W., Mountlake Terrace.
Clothes for Kids has more than 15,000 pounds of clothing that needs mending.
More info: 425-678-8482 or 425-741-6500.
Mountlake Terrace
Egg hunt planned by city seniors group
A group of seniors in Mountlake Terrace has organized the Annual Community Egg Hunt planned for later this month.
The egg hunt is 10 a.m. March 22 at Evergreen Playfield at 22205 56th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace. Children ages 12 and under can participate.
The hunt is organized by the Mountlake Terrace Seniors Group and is funded in part by a $1,000 grant from the city. Donations and volunteers have been supplied by Snohomish County Fire District 1 and the Mountlake Terrace Recreation and Parks Department.
Roughly 2,500 treat-filled plastic eggs will be hidden in the playfield.
More info: Mountlake Terrace Recreation and Parks Department at 425-776-9173, or the Mountlake Terrace Seniors Group at 425-672-2407.
Snohomish County
County diversity manager to be hired
Sometime in May, Snohomish County expects to hire a community inclusion manager to help improve diversity outreach in hiring and granting county contracts.
The County Council approved the position last month and County Executive Aaron Reardon signed the measure this week.
Job applications are due April 9.
Reardon originally proposed the position in 2006, but the council pulled the funding in 2007. County government has 3,246 employees, and 8.9 percent are “nonwhite.” Federal Equal Employment Opportunity figures for the available qualified work force in Snohomish County show county government makeup should be 14 percent to 15 percent minorities.
Safety campaign on buses
On the back of 10 Community Transit buses, drivers can see the image of a plastic lawn chair and a beverage cooler hanging dangerously off the back of a pickup truck.
A $65,000 state Department of Ecology grant is helping to finance the Snohomish County ad campaign that is trying highlight the danger of uncovered truck loads.
Fewer unsecured loads have arrived at the county transfer stations since a larger safety campaign started last year. Fines on unsecured loads have helped finance education campaigns.
