Arlington council members plan retreat
The Arlington City Council plans to hold a retreat in La Conner this weekend.
The annual event is scheduled for today through Sunday.
The council usually uses the retreat to discuss issues affecting the city’s future during a series of meetings with city staff. The agenda for this year’s retreat was not available, but the meetings are open to the public.
The council is not scheduled to take any votes during the retreat at the Channel Lodge, 205 N. First St., La Conner.
Organization needs volunteer advocates
Volunteers are needed to help adults living in nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and adult family homes throughout Snohomish County.
Volunteer ombudsmen serve as advocates, educators, investigators and problem solvers. They receive four days of training and are asked to volunteer four hours a week. Expenses, including mileage, are reimbursed.
The Snohomish County Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program will offer a four-day training session on Feb. 28 and 29 and March 6 and 7. For more information, contact Michal Glauner at 425-388-7393 or michal.glauner@co.snohomish.wa.us.
Forest classes start in Silvana
Classes on forest stewardship designed to help forest landowners are scheduled to begin Monday in Silvana. The classes include nine Monday evening presentations and a Saturday field day.
Participants receive a forest stewardship notebook, educational reference materials, maps and aerial photos of their property, and an onsite consultation from a professional forester or wildlife biologist.
Washington State University Cooperative Extension and the state Department of Natural Resources offer the class.
Tuition, which includes all course materials, is $150 per family or ownership group.
For more inforÂmaÂtion or to register, contact Kevin Zobrist at 425-357-6017 or kzobrist@wsu.edu, or go to snohomish.wsu.edu/forestry/forestryevents.htm.
Camano Island street meeting
A public hearing on whether Island County should vacate a portion of Shoreline Drive has been scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at Camano Center, 141 N. East Camano Drive.
The portion of road to be vacated is in the Tyee Beach plat.
For more information, call the Island County Public Works Department at 360-679-7331.
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