Around the County
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Everett: Your county knowledge needed
The Snohomish County Tourism Bureau wants volunteers to help promote Everett and the county at the Everett Visitor and Information Center, 2000 Hewitt Ave. Suite 120.
The “Travel Counselors” should be enthusiastic and available for three hours weekly.
Knowledge of Everett and the surrounding area is helpful.
More info: Celeste Allen, 425-263-9314
Coupeville: Learn about Ebey’s Landing
A public open house where people can learn about design changes for the Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Coupeville Recreation Hall, 901 NW Alexander St.
Public hearings are set to follow at a later date.
The open house is hosted by the Island County Board of Commissioners, the town of Coupeville and the Ebley’s Landing National Historical Reserve Trust Board.
More info: www.islandcounty.net/planning/EbeyReserve.htm.
Mukilteo: Learn in classes at library
The following classes are planned at the Mukilteo Library this month:
Keepin’ Knit Real: 10 a.m. to noon Thursday and Jan. 27. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Beginners should bring a pair of No. 8 or No. 9 needles and a skein of worsted-weight yarn.
Mukilteo Evening Book Group: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. This month’s book is “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese. Copies are available at the check-out desk. The book group meets on the third Thursday of each month.
Smooth Mood Food and Brain Nutrients: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday. The class covers dietary basics, herbal alternatives and natural remedies. Register online at www.sno-isle.org or by phone at 425-493-8202. More info: karlmincin@nutrition -testing.com.
Postcard Poems and Puppy Prose: 2 p.m. Sunday. Local authors Amanda Laughtland and Marcia Woodard read from newly published works. Laughtland’s “Postcards to Box 464” and Woodard’s “Collected Kona.”
Mukilteo Daytime Book Group: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Monday. This month’s title is “Saint Joan,” a play by George Bernard Shaw.
Singer Songwriters of the 60s at Your Library: 2 to 3 p.m. Feb. 5. Bryan Stratton will guide participants through the lives and music of influential singer-songwriters of the time.
The Mukilteo Library is at 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd.
More info: 425-493-8202.
Edmonds: Weigh in on commercial areas
City officials want to hear the public’s ideas for revamping the commercial areas of Westgate and Five Corners.
The outreach comes as Edmonds has been working with faculty and graduate students University of Washington’s College of Built Environments to create plans for the possible future enhancement and development of the two neighborhoods.
A meeting about Westgate is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 25 at City Hall’s third-floor Brackett Room, 121 Fifth Ave. N.
A meeting about Five Corners is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Plaza Room above the Edmonds Library, 650 Main St.
More info: 425-771-0220 or 425-771-0251.
Lynnwood: Fire official to lead national board
A new national hazards management association was incorporated last month, and one of Lynnwood’s own will be helping lead it.
Lynnwood Assistant Fire Chief Tod Gates was recently named as the first vice board president for the All-Hazards Incident Management Teams Association, Inc.
The association will help educate incident management teams around the U.S., officials said. Those are the teams that respond to disasters such as wild fires, blizzards and tornadoes. The association will strive to build national standards and enhance the cooperation of national, state and local efforts after disasters.
