Mukilteo: Historical Society meets
The general meeting of the Mukilteo Historical Society is set for 7 p.m. today in the art room/basement of Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo. Speaker Mindy VanWingen from the Northwest Room at the Everett Public Library is scheduled to present a talk, “Snohomish County at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.” The meeting is open to the public and refreshments will be served.
Terrace: Vote for Nickelodeon award
The city’s Recreation Pavilion has been nominated as a place for Best Swim Lessons in Nickelodeon’s 2009 Parents’ Picks Awards. To vote for the Seattle-area’s best swim lesson program go to www.nicksparents picks.com. Select “Seattle,” scroll down, then select “swim class” and vote for Mountlake Terrace. You may vote once a day until Wednesday. Winners will be announced Aug. 18.
More info: Pam Reveley, preveley@ci.mlt.wa.us.
Granite Falls: City gets excellence award
The city of Granite Falls has earned recognition for its storm-water retention program.
The city recently received a Municipal Excellence Award in the public-works category from the Association of Washington Cities.
The city’s reconfiguration of the outlet from man-made Lake Gardner allows the lake to function as a regional storm-water detention facility. Downtown Granite Falls drains to the lake via two streams. As a result of the $85,000 project, developers downtown are not required to build on-site water retention.
Granite Falls’ entry was one of seven projects out of 60 entries selected to receive the award.
Marysville: Teachers hired back
The Marysville School District has offered jobs to 34 of the 50 teachers it had planned to lay off earlier in the year. Due to budget cuts, the district informed the equivalent of 50 full-time teachers they may lose their jobs. However, once the district received more detailed financial information, the school board re-evaluated and decided to extend offers to many of the teachers.
Stanwood: I-5 repair set to begin today
Work is scheduled to begin today on six miles of southbound I-5 between Starbird Road in Skagit County and the Highway 532 exit to Stanwood.
Closures and delays are expected to be minimal the first week of construction while crews close shoulders to install signs and fences and move equipment into the work zone.
It won’t be long before crews start closing one lane around the clock to repair the roadway and closing up to two lanes at night.
The $9.2 million project is paid for by federal economic stimulus funds.
More info: www.wsdot wa.gov/Projects/I5/ sr532toStarbird.
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