Community Calendar

Arlington

Council to talk

of police, overpass

The City Council will meet in a workshop before its regular meeting Monday to get an update on the new police station and City Hall annex.

City staff will lay out key decisions the council needs to make and the construction schedule that would have to be met for the 18,000-square-foot station if the council decides to proceed.

The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Arlington Boys and Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE for dinner. The workshop begins at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Among the agenda items for the regular meeting are a request to authorize Mayor Margaret Larson to sign an agreement with the state Department of Transportation to provide a portion of the money dedicated to widening the Smokey Point I-5 overpass project. In the meantime, the two agencies would continue negotiating final details.

Edmonds

Seniors offered

exercise classes

The Edmonds Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department is offering low-impact and strength exercise classes for senior citizens 8:05-8:55 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St.

Contact the department for more information at 425-771-0230.

Everett

YMCA gets $40,000 boost

The YMCA of Snohomish County will receive $40,000 from Kimberly-Clark Corp. to be used in its family programs.

The Everett, Mukilteo, Marysville and Southeast family branches will each receive a $10,000 grant for activities such as family exercise programs, family nights, Y-Adventure Guides and parent-child play classes.

Breast cancer screening grant

The Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded $6,250 to provide breast screening and related women’s services in Snohomish County.

The money was part of an overall grant of $111,175 to the YWCA of Seattle, King and Snohomish counties,

Locally, the grant will be used to provide women’s health screenings to low- income women, with a special emphasis on lesbian and bisexual women who may be hesitant to seek out health services, said Ingrid Berkhout, program coordinator for women’s health outreach.

To qualify, a woman with no dependents can earn no more than $22,450 a year.

The breast screenings will be provided through a mobile health van that will be at the Positive Women’s Network, 3701 Broadway, in Everett. Screenings will be Feb. 11 and March 18. Call 425-259-9899 for information.

Island County

Thrift shop lists

its top volunteers

The Child Abuse Prevention Foundation of Whidbey Island recently named its volunteers of the quarter for their work at the New Beginnings thrift shop in Coupeville.

They are Roberta Black, Patricia Brooks, Sue Cann, Ruth Dean, George Estes, Michael Hertlein, Kathleen Konopik, Jackie Maner, Irene Mueller, Ginny Munn, Barbara Murphy, Kathryn Pigott, Debra Rusnak, Barbara Saugen, Janet Sebastian, Patricia Shill, Kay Sterns, Shirley Westefeldt and Gretchen Wood.

For more information, call the shop at 360-678-0537.

Lake Stevens

Casino to host

community talk

Neighbors of a new minicasino under construction south of Frontier Village have been invited to a meeting at the casino to discuss their concerns and neighborhood safety issues, a Block Watch spokeswoman said Thursday.

The Highway 9 Casino just south of Frontier Village is scheduled to open in about a month. Technically known as a house-banked card room, it will include a restaurant, a bar and 15 gambling tables.

Neighbors are invited to a meeting at 7 p.m. today at the casino on 95th Avenue SE, said Sonya Hart, a Block Watch co-chairwoman.

Lynnwood

Foes of smoking

head to Olympia

The Northwest Tobacco Free Partnership is planning a round-trip bus ride from Lynnwood to Olympia Thursday to tell legislators about health dangers for workers exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke.

The outing includes free transportation and lunch, informational sessions about connecting effectively with legislators, and opportunities to speak with legislators. Call 425-339-5279 by Monday to reserve a seat.

Marysville

Council to discuss jail expansion plan

The City Council will hear a presentation on the city’s jail expansion project Monday.

Other agenda items include authorizing the mayor to sign an agreement with the state Department of Social and Health Services for a juvenile accountability incentive grant, discuss the next phase of improvements at Strawberry Fields and reappointments to the city’s park board.

The council meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday in the second-floor council chambers of City Hall, 1049 State Ave.

County extends

road closure

Snohomish County public works officials issued an advisory for motorists of an extended single-lane closure of 83rd Avenue NE 7 a.m.-4 p.m. through Saturday.

Puget Sound Energy and Pilchuck Contractors have been granted permission to close one lane of traffic on 83rd at the intersection with 33rd Place NE and between 33rd Place and Soper Hill Road to install a water main to serve the Heartland Estates plat. Emergency vehicles will have access at all times.

Mill Creek

Mothers group looks at safety

The Tuesday meeting of the MOMS Club of Mill Creek for stay-at-home mothers will feature a presentation on safety.

The meeting is 10-11 a.m. at Cedar Cross Church, 1210 132nd St. SE.

Sus Jess, a detective with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, will speak on safety for mothers and their children. Her presentation will include techniques for escaping an attacker and how to be on the alert for sexual predators. She will demonstrate the techniques, and there will be an opportunity to practice them.

For more details on the event, directions to Cedar Cross or information on the club, call 425-672-9916 or 425-280-5253.

Mountlake Terrace

Gym to be open on weekends

The city is offering open-gym basketball for adults 18 and older 9-11:30 a.m. Saturdays in the new gym at Terrace Park School.

Cost is $3. Call 425-776-9173, ext. 121, for more information.

The city also is taking reservations for its full-sized gym for youth, adult or group rentals on Friday nights, Saturdays or Sundays. For more information, call 425-776-9173.

Mukilteo

Lighthouse plan public hearing set

The Mukilteo City Council plans a public hearing to review and adopt the Mukilteo Lighthouse Park master plan at 7 p.m. Monday in the multipurpose room of Fire Station 3, 10400 47th Place W.

Snohomish

School district seeks contractors

The Snohomish School District is looking for contractors that do small works such as land cleaning and tree trimming.

A copy of the Small Works Roster application is available at www.sno.wednet.edu. Click on the Form Link section. For more information, call 360-563-3534.