FYI

Stevens Pass kicks off its ski and snowboarding season today.

The ski area will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Tye Mill, Big Chief, Hogsback, SkyLine and Daisy chairlifts will be running.

Lift tickets will be $34. Stevens has about 40 inches of snow at the base. For more information, call 425-353-4400, or go to www.stevenspass.com.

We ran our annual list of Christmas tree farms on Saturday in our Outdoors section. If you were not included, please send us your information. We will publish a follow-up list on Saturday.

Include name, address, telephone number, hours and dates of operation, directions and tree types.

E-mail information to

tsampson@heraldnet.com, fax to 425-339-3469 or drop it off at the office, 1213 California St., Everett.

The deadline is Wednesday.

A Community Thanksgiving Day Festival is planned for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at Marysville First Assembly, 4705 Grove St., in Marysville.

Consider donating a blanket. The event is sponsored by Life Changes Ministries and Snohomish County churches and businesses.

Dr. Andy Martinis is the son of Paul Martinis Sr. and the brother of Paul Martinis Jr., who captained the family fishing boat, the Dreamland, after Paul Martinis Sr. retired. Andy Martinis’ relationship to Paul Martinis Jr. was incorrect in a quotation that was displayed next to the story on Page B3 on Sunday.

If you have an item for FYI, call Kristi O’Harran at 425-339-3451. If you have a news tip or an idea for a local story, call the city desk at 425-339-3428, or e-mail newstips@heraldnet.com.

Other numbers to call:

Everett, 425-339-3200

425-339-3470, after 4 p.m.

How would you fix the region’s transportation problems? And how would you raise money to pay for your fixes? Here’s your chance to tell the state’s transportation leaders what you would do and how you would do it through Part II of our online simulation. You can find it at www.heraldnet.com/fyc.

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