North Snohomish County update
Published 9:45 pm Thursday, June 17, 2010
Camano Island: Outdoor cinema series set to begin tonight
The eighth annual Camano Island Free Summer Outdoor Cinema series is set to begin sometime around dusk tonight at Chumleighland on the south end of the island.
Donations are accepted for showings of movie classics. The series continues Friday evenings through Sept. 24.
For directions and information: www.chumleigh.com.
Granite Falls: Kids can read with Rover
The Mountain Way Elementary Library will be open most Mondays from now through August for students in kindergarten through the sixth grade.
They can read, take Accelerated Reader comprehension tests and enter to win prizes.
A new program this summer is Reading with Rover in which students can read with dogs specially trained for the literacy program. Dates and hours are listed on the school district website at www.gfalls.wednet.edu.
Students must be accompanied by an adult.
Marysville: Planning staff in temporary spot
Marysville planning and community development staff have moved to a temporary location after the city’s public works building was flooded by heavy rains on June 9.
Customers seeking planning or building permits, construction inspections or a license for a business or pet may stop by the temporary office at 601 Delta Ave., near Comeford Park.
More info: 360-363-8100 or www.ci.marysville.wa.us/.
Parade street closures
Part of State Avenue is scheduled to be closed Saturday for the Twilight Grand Parade as part of the Strawberry Festival.
State Avenue will be closed between First Street and 80th Street NE from 4:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fourth Street will be closed between Cedar Avenue and 47th Avenue NE during the same hours.
The parade is scheduled for 8 p.m.
More info: 360-659-7664 or www.ci.marysville.wa.us/.
Juneteenth marked
The Marysville School District will fly the Juneteenth flag on Friday, in honor of the end of slavery.
The flag commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Texas to spread the news that the Civil War was over and all slaves were free.
The day falls more than two years after Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emancipation Proclamation. With the war’s end, troops could enforce that order.
The flag will fly at the Marysville School District Service Center, 4220 80th St. NE.
