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Lynnwood: Sign up for academy

The Lynnwood Police Department plans a free 13-week Citizens Academy starting in January. Those who take the class will learn about policing, investigations and related topics.

The class will meet from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays at the police station, 19321 44th Ave. W.

Early enrollment is encouraged. Applications are available at www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us/CitizensAcademy. For more information, call 425-670-5635.

Sultan: City permit workshop

Sultan has a free workshop coming up for people to learn how to obtain a city permit. It is set for 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday in the City Council chambers at 319 Main St.

To register, contact Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce Director Debbie Copple at 360-793-0983 or Debbie@skyvalleyvic.net.

Edmonds: Landslide talk

Geologist Dan McShane is scheduled to talk Monday night about the recent Oso catastrophe and previous Stillaguamish Valley landslides.

The time is 7 p.m., the location the Edmonds Senior Center, at 202 Railroad Ave., between Main and Dayton streets.

McShane, an engineering geologist with the Stratum Group of Bellingham, plans to talk about ice-age processes in the North Fork Stillaguamish River Valley that contributed to the deadly March 22 landslide and others throughout history.

The talk was arranged as part of the Puget Lobe Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute. It is free and open to the public.

More info: Dale Middleton at 206-784-3146 or dmiddleton1@earthlink.net.

Everett: Intersection closed

City public works crews will close the intersection of West Marine View Drive and Everett Avenue around the clock beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday to complete an emergency repair.

Crews will repair a deteriorating sewer manhole in the middle of the intersection. The work is expected to take about 10 days to complete.

Signs will be posted advising drivers of the closure and traffic will be detoured around the intersection. Limited access to the Port of Everett via Terminal Avenue will be maintained during the closure.

Monroe: History of condensery

The Monroe Historical Society has scheduled a presentation about the Carnation milk brand and its ties to the area. The free event is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Monroe Library, 1070 Village Way.

Bob Kosters, an archivist for the Carnation-Nestle Company, is expected to present the area’s history with the milk brand and Carnation Condensery.

The condensery smokestack was recently painted. It is all that remains of the once sprawling plant that put Monroe on the map and employed many locally from 1908 to 1929.

After the plant was sold in the late 1920s, the Carnation Company consolidated Monroe operations with Mount Vernon. In 1944, the abandoned facility reopened to process flax for World War II. It was in operation for three weeks before it burned to the ground.

For more information on the event, call 360-217-7223 or visit monroehistoricalsociety.org.

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