Our Towns: North county
Published 11:45 pm Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Arlington
Utilities meeting tonight
Arlington residents are invited to a public meeting tonight to learn about the city’s plans to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant and other issues that may raise utility rates. City officials will also present a sewer comprehensive plan and information on recycling residential food waste.
The meeting is 6 p.m. at the Utilities Administration Building at 154 West Cox Ave. in Arlington.
More info: 360-403-3526.
Granite Falls
Public safety is theme for council meeting
Possible approval of hiring a detective for the Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force and recognition of police officer Chad Wells’ graduation from the police academy are scheduled for tonight’s meeting of the City Council.
The meeting is 7 p.m. at City Hall, 206 S. Granite Ave.
More info: 360-691-6441.
Marysville
I-5 nighttime ramp closures scheduled
Onramps and offramps at Fourth Street and I-5 in downtown Marysville are scheduled for nighttime closures Sunday through Aug. 27 as part of repaving work on Fourth Street.
The northbound offramp is scheduled to be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday and Tuesday nights, the southbound offramp the same times on Monday and Wednesday nights.
The southbound onramp is scheduled to be closed from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Sunday and Tuesday nights, the northbound onramp the same times Monday and Wednesday.
The repaving work is expected to continue into September.
More info: 360-363-8000.
City to offer basketball league for children
The Marysville parks department is offering a basketball league for kids in first through eighth grades.
Practices begin the first week of December and games start the first week of January. Volunteer coaches are needed.
Registration runs from Sept. 2 to Oct. 4. Fees are $66 for each first family member, $60 for each additional family member.
More info: 360-363-8400 dhall@ci.marysville.wa.us.
Tulalip
Tribal museum and center funding on track
The Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve will cost the Tulalip Tribes about $19 million by the time it’s finished in 2010.
So far, the Tulalip Tribes have pledged $6 million, and a Washington State Heritage Grant has provided $1 million, according to figures provided by the tribal government.
The 23,000-square-foot cultural center and traditional longhouse is expected to open next year. The natural history preserve is also set for completion next year, and the center’s endowment phase will last until 2010.
More info: 360-716-4386.
Tribal leaders caucus this weekend
Tribal leaders from around the Pacific Northwest will meet with business leaders and community members at the Tulalip Resort for the fourth annual Emerging Northwest Tribal Economies Conference.
The conference focuses on the diversification of tribal economies.
The conference is Thursday and Friday.
More info: 206-628-2780.
