Arlington
Public meeting
on cell tower
The Arlington Heights Improvement Club has scheduled a public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the club, 12221 Arlington Heights Road. The club will discuss an application by Voicestream/T-Mobil to erect a 150-foot cell tower in the neighborhood.
Edmonds
Mountaineer
to show slides
Edmonds Elementary PTA invites the public to hear mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Everest in 1963. He will present a slide show at 7 p.m. May 14 on his book, "A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond." Copies of the book will be available for sale. The talk will be at Edmonds Elementary School, 1215 Olympic Ave. Cost is $10. There will be a $100 patron reception at 6 p.m.
Proceeds benefit the Edmonds Elementary School PTA Tech Fund. For more information call 425-778-9009.
Everett
Market businesses
clean up after fire
Most businesses at the Everett Public Market expect to be closed for at least two weeks to repair damage caused by a Monday fire.
A lit cigarette tossed from a rooftop apartment courtyard is blamed for starting the fire, firefighters said. The cigarette apparently landed on a second-floor windowsill of the Everett Public Market building, igniting the sill and part of the Grand Central Antique Mall at 2804 Grand Ave.
Sprinklers kept the fire from spreading, but caused thousands of dollars in water damage throughout the building, home to at least 10 businesses.
On the first floor, The Sisters restaurant was using large industrial fans and dehumidifiers on Tuesday to dry the interior and prevent mold from growing. Next door, the Sno-Isle Food Co-op was throwing out hundreds of damaged products, such as wet bags of flour. The co-op hoped to reopen today.
Other businesses in the building estimated it would be several weeks before they reopened, said Valerie Gray, owner of the Everett Public Market building.
Mayor to speak
to Bayside group
The Bayside Neighborhood Association meets at 7 p.m. today in the auditorium at the Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave.
Mayor Ray Stephanson will speak and answer questions about the city budget, and residents will discuss Bayside’s May 1 neighborhood cleanup.
For more information, call chairwoman Elle Ray at 425-350-0497.
Granite Falls
Library friends plan book sale
Friends of the Granite Falls Library offers a sale of "gently used" books 11-5 p.m. May 28 and 29 at the library, 815 E. Galena St.
The group is accepting donations of books for the sale. Reader’s Digest condensed books will not be accepted.
For more information, call 360-691-6087.
Historical society sponsors lecture
The Island County Historical Society Museum is sponsoring a lecture by George MacDonald, director of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, at 7 p.m. Friday at the Coupeville Recreation Hall, 4 NE Seventh St.
MacDonald, an author and anthropologist, will lecture about "Ancestral Dreams: Painted Housefronts of the Northwest Coast." He will also introduce the society’s upcoming temporary exhibit, "Revelations: Painted Houses of the Pacific Northwest."
The exhibit will be on loan from the University of Washington’s Burke Museum until Aug. 30.
Admission fees are $5, $3 for kids, $8 for a family and free to museum members and kids younger than 5.
MacDonald’s most recent research compared how indigenous people in Australia and the Pacific Northwest incorporated art into their lives.
Lake Stevens
Free ice cream social tonight
Community residents are invited to an all ages ice cream social to recognize the accomplishments of Friends of the Lake Stevens Library 7-8:30 p.m. tonight at the library, 1804 Main St.
Funding is provided by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.
Drainage district
to review permit
Drainage District No. 8 commissioners will review a land-use permit for the Catherine Crest subdivision at
7 p.m. Thursday at 1911 Vernon Road.
The meeting will be preceded by a workshop at 6:45 p.m. for the board to review vouchers. The meeting is open to the public.
Lynnwood
Tea party for kids
and mothers set
The Lynnwood Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department offers a Mother’s Day tea party for children ages 3 to 6 and their mothers 10-11:30 a.m. May 6 at 18900 44th Ave. W. Children and their mothers will create a paper flower bouquets, make a frame for photos and enjoy tea cookies and little sandwiches. Singing and stories are also planned.
The cost is $16 for residents and $17 for nonresidents. A supply fee of $4 will be charged. For more information and registration, call the Lynnwood Recreation Center at 425-771-4030.
Marysville
Historical society plans barn sale
The Marysville Historical Society plans its annual barn sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Jennings Memorial Park, 6915 Armar Road. Proceeds from the barn sale will be used for a museum the society plans to build next to the park near the petting zoo. More information on the museum will be available at the sale.
To donate items for the sale, call Ken Cage at 360-659-5808.
The society meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St. New members and visitors are welcome.
Mill Creek
Rescue Pup rummage sale
Rescue Pup, a nonprofit organization that aids abandoned and injured animals, will have a rummage sale 10 a.m-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday 18001 Bothell-Everett Highway. The sale will help raise funds for veterinary expenses.
The group is seeking donations of anything but appliances, and the group is able to pick up items. Donations may also be dropped off at Pet Pleasers, 800 164th St. SE, Mill Creek, next to Claire’s Pantry.
For more information, call 425-742-6072.
Monroe
Hospital offers safety program
Valley General Hospital, 14701 179th Ave. SE, offers first aid, safety training, CPR and how to use an automated defibrillator 8-4 p.m. May 15. The fee is $48. To register, call 360-794-1411 or go to www.valleygeneral.com.
Mountlake Terrace
County executive hosts meeting
Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon will host his third "community conversation" at the Mountlake Terrace Library at 7 p.m. Thursday He will talk about budget priorities. Those attending the meeting can vote to set the county’s priorities for the 2005 budget, and the input will be used to help craft next year’s spending plan. The library is at 23300 58th Ave. W.
Mukilteo
Book club meets tonight at library
The Mukilteo Library hosts a book club meeting at 7 p.m. today at 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd.
The book selected for this month is "The Virginia Blue" by Tracy Chevalier.
Snohomish
Adopt-a-park potluck is May 7
The city will have an Adopt-a-Park potluck at 5 p.m. May 7 at the Carnegie Building, at the corner of Cedar Avenue and First Street. Participants will brainstorm ideas to expand the city’s Adopt-a-Park program, in which volunteers take care of city parks.
For more information about the potluck or the adopt-a-park program, call Butch McGuire at 360-563-2633.
Stanwood
Legislators to talk
at town meeting
Residents of the state’s 10th Legislative District will get a chance to speak with their lawmakers at a town hall meeting 9-10 a.m. today at the Lincoln School Senior Apartments Conference Room, 7336 276th St. NW.
State Rep. Barbara Bailey, R-Oak Harbor; Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, D-Camano Island; and Rep. Barry Sehlin, R-Oak Harbor, are scheduled to appear.
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