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Published 1:30 am Saturday, July 14, 2018
County clerks delve into history
The Snohomish County Clerk’s Office is working on a history project and needs your help.
Anyone with historical photos, announcements, election paraphernalia or other items relevant to the office, which keeps the court system running, is encouraged to share.
The clerk’s office is particularly interested in photos and other information about any of the elected clerks between W.A. Gregory, who served from 1876 to 1881, to Mary Andersen, who served from 1959 to 1970. About a dozen others held the office in between. There was also Sylvester Stumfall, who was elected in 1942 but died before taking office.
Contact: Chris Taylor at 425-388-3430 or chris.taylor @snoco.org
EVENTS
Meh: It’s Goatalympics time
The Goatalympics are Saturday at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe. The fundraiser for New Moon Farm Goat Rescue and Sanctuary starts at 10 a.m. and ends around 3 p.m. with a variety of fun contests. Admission is free, but there is a $2 suggested donation. There also will be raffles and a silent auction. Food vendors will be on hand.
More info: www.goat alympics.org
Darrington holds Street Fair
The Darrington Street Fair runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday downtown. Find local crafters and vendors, live music and a Dunk the Mayor tank.
More info: discover darrington.com
Kids: Dig into history
Elementary- and middle school-age students can learn how to excavate artifacts and put them together to discover how people lived in the past at “Digging Detectives” events, held at local Sno-Isle Libraries branches. The next session is at 2 p.m. Monday at the Mariner Library, 520 128th St. SW, in south Everett. Other sessions are set for July 24 in Mountlake Terrace, Aug. 7 in Edmonds and Aug. 8 in Brier.
More info: sno-isle.org/events
HEADS UP
Route 240 splits for construction
Community Transit Route 240 will operate on a reduced schedule and altered routes during a two-month closure of Marine Drive between Warm Beach and Stanwood. Changes are expected to start Monday.
“Because we will not be able to provide service between Warm Beach and Stanwood, we are essentially splitting Route 240 into two routes: one that travels between Smokey Point-Warm Beach and one that travels between Smokey Point-Stanwood,” said Martin Munguia, a spokesman.
Headsigns on buses will say either “Stanwood” or “Warm Beach.”
Because the route cannot make its usual loop, the number of trips on each route also will be reduced by half. Buses will come every other hour instead of hourly.
In April, there were about 184 average weekday boardings on Route 240, and about 100 riders a day on Saturdays and Sundays.
More info: community transit.org/Route240
