Around the County
Published 8:26 pm Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Mukilteo
U.S. Lighthouse Society director to speak
Jeff Gales, executive director of the U.S. Lighthouse Society, is the featured speaker for the Mukilteo Historical Society meeting Thursday.
The meeting is 7 p.m. at the Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave.
The U.S. Lighthouse Society recently moved its headquarters from California to offices at the Point No Point Lighthouse north of Kingston on the Kitsap Peninsula.
The U.S. Coast Guard recently sent a letter to Mukilteo asking that the antique Fresnel lens in the lighthouse tower be replaced with a more modern light fixture. The historical society opposes the move.
A short business meeting is scheduled before the talk. Refreshments will be served.
More info: 425-356-2778.
Everett
Sept. 11 event to honor military, first responders
Operation Homefront Washington Freedom Walk is 5:30 p.m. Thursday to show support for American troops, police and firefighters and those who lost their lives during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
It begins at Snohomish County Plaza, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., in downtown Everett.
The event includes a rally with speakers from Operation Homefront, Naval Station Everett and community leaders.
The walk begins at the County Campus Plaza and heads west on Wall Street, north on Colby Avenue, east on California Avenue and south on Rockefeller Avenue back to the County Campus plaza.
