Arlington
Show-n-Shine car show Saturday
Check out the hot rods at the seventh-annual Old Town Arlington Merchants Show-n-Shine car show this weekend downtown.
Registration begins at 8 a.m. Saturday on N. Olympic Avenue, between First and Division streets. The entry fee for car owners is $10 or 10 pounds of food for the Oso Food Bank. Admission is free, although donations to the food bank are welcome.
Awards will be given at 3 p.m. Everybody will have a chance to win prizes and raffles.
For more information, call 360-435-2777.
Edmonds
Historical panel seeking members
Edmonds is seeking members for its Historic Preservation Commission.
The panel identifies and encourages conservation of the city’s historic resources and serves as its primary resource in matters of history, historic planning and preservation.
The commission meets the second Thursday of each month at 3:30 p.m. at City Hall, 121 Fifth Ave. N.
To apply, get an application at City Hall or call 425-771-0247. Applications must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. July 1. The commission reviews applications before making a recommendation to Mayor Gary Haakenson.
Everett
Open house today for transit center
The public can review designs for a $3 million north Everett transit center.
The current streetside bus shelters are at Tower Street and Waverly Avenue. The new facility would have room for six buses.
The open house is today at Everett Community College, 2000 Tower St, Everett. Transit officials will be at the Parks Student Union Building from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and in Shuksan Hall, room 234, from 4 to 7 p.m.
Questions can be directed to Richard Tarry, Everett Transit program manager, at 425-257-8915.
Styling school and company partner
Northwest Hair Academy in Everett is now a Paul Mitchell Partner School, using only that brand’s styling products and using the company’s Paul Mitchell The School curriculum.
The academy’s campus in Mount Vernon also is becoming a partner.
A celebration will be at 7 p.m. June 17 at the Everett campus, 520 128th St. SW, Suite A8.
The Mount Vernon-based school, with about 50 students at each campus, is accredited with the National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences.
Island County
UW genealogist talks at Whidbey
Sarah Thorsen Little, a genealogy instructor at the University of Washington, will give two presentations to the Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island at its next meeting at 1 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 18341 Highway 525 in Freeland.
The first presentation, Window Shopping on the Web, will demonstrate a new feature that allows people to search millions of pages within books.
The second presentation, Case Study in Genealogical Research, is a step-by-step lecture about the primary and secondary sources used in tracing a family from the Oregon Trail back through Illinois and Kentucky to Virginia.
Lake Stevens
Schools host drug, alcohol meeting
The Lake Stevens School Board encourages community members to attend a special meeting to further discuss student drug and alcohol prevention measures at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the educational service center, 12309 22nd St. NE.
It will be the board’s second such meeting, focusing on Healthy Youth Survey results.
The goal of the meeting is to find ways to support drug and alcohol prevention, as well as counseling, treatment and support systems for students and families.
Book discussion group to meet
Adults are invited to join the monthly book discussion group, which will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lake Stevens Library, 1804 Main St.
The group will discuss this month’s selection, “The Talented Mr. Ripley” by Patricia Highsmith.
Marysville
Historical Society meets Monday
The monthly meeting of the Marysville Historical Society will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Marysville Public Library, 6120 Grove St. The meeting is open to the public and visitors are welcome.
There will be light refreshments and a raffle drawing at the end of the meeting.
For more information call Ken Cage at 360-659-5808 or send an e-mail to mhs98270@aol.com.
Mill Creek
Civil service meeting canceled
The Mill Creek Civil Service Commission meeting scheduled for June 9 has been canceled because of a lack of business.
Its next scheduled meeting will be July 14, a news release from city clerk Kelly Hennessey said.
School foundation marks 20th year
The Everett Public Schools Foundation celebrates its 20th birthday this year with an open house at 7 p.m. Monday at Henry M. Jackson High School, 1508 136th St. SE in Mill Creek.
For more information, call 425-385-4188.
Mountlake Terrace
City wants input on zoning rules
Mountlake Terrace is looking for public input on zoning rules that can help housing be affordable and neighborhood-friendly.
In July, the planning commission expects to consider draft rules, hear public input and make a final recommendation. Later, the City Council will hold public meetings and adopt new zoning. A public workshop took place this week.
Under discussion are cottage homes, accessory units, multi-family design, building designs and setbacks, outbuildings such as sheds and garages, parking needs and home businesses.
“We are really hoping to hear from people on these ideas or others,” planning and development director Shane Hope said in a news release.
For more information, contact the city planning division at 425-744-6266.
Monroe
Group supports cancer patients
Valley General Hospital, 14701 179th Ave. SE, will offer a cancer support group for patients, caregivers, families and friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Mondays through June.
With a facilitator, participants can use the group to give and receive support and to promote a new sense of strength and healing.
The discussion group is free. For additional information, call the hospital’s community relations at 360-794-1411 or go online to www.valleygeneral.com.
School to host special carnival
Special-needs students and their families from across Snohomish County are invited to the first-ever special connections carnival from 6 to 8 p.m. June 15 at Frank Wagner Elementary School, 115 Dickinson Road in Monroe.
Students up to age 21 can play and win prizes at carnival games while families meet each other.
The carnival is free.
Several organizations, including the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and various high school groups, have volunteered their efforts.
Businesses and individuals are encouraged to donate games, prizes and food. Call coordinator Jamie Coonts at 360-668-3446.
Mukilteo
School bands play Lighthouse Park
A concert is scheduled for 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday at Mukilteo Lighthouse Park, and will feature jazz bands from Kamiak High School, Explorer Middle School and Harbour Pointe and Olympic View middle schools.
The Mukilteo Melodies concert is sponsored by several local organizations and businesses.
A second Mukilteo Melodies concert is scheduled for Aug. 5 and will feature the Fabulous Roadstars, a popular swing band.
For more information go to www.mukilteomelodies.org.
Planners consider pair of rezones
The Mukilteo Planning Commission will consider two rezones at its meeting at 7 p.m. June 16 at City Council chambers, 4480 Chennault Beach Road.
One rezone is for 12.2 acres in the 12000 block of Harbour Reach Drive. The other is for 4.2 acres in the 2300 block of Mukilteo Speedway. The panel also plans to update the comprehensive plan.
For more information, call associate planner Glen Pickus at 425-355-4141, ext. 245. Oral or written comments can be made at the meeting. Written comments also can be taken to City Hall until 4:30 p.m. the day of the meeting.
Stanwood
Wal-Mart vote on council agenda
The City Council’s meeting at 7 tonight at City Hall, 10220 270th St. NW, is expected to be well-attended as the council discusses a controversial proposed comprehensive plan amendment that would change 23 acres of residentially zoned land in the northeast corner of Highway 532 and 72nd Avenue NW to commercial.
Wal-Mart had expressed interest in the property, drawing vocal opposition from people who fear the effect it could have on local businesses.
City staff had recommended the proposal be approved with several conditions, but the planning commission voted 6-0 to deny the amendment.
The staff’s recommendation to the City Council, which makes the final call, is now neutral.
Tulalip
Luncheon today honors historian
The Tulalip Tribes will host a celebration of the retirement of Raymond Moses with a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the tribal gymnasium, 6700 Totem Beach Road.
Moses, a decorated Korean War veteran, is the tribes’ historian and storyteller. He has taught children and many other groups about the Tulalips’ history.
The ceremony will include a skit of one of Moses’ stories, along with a blessing and songs by the 71 students in the tribes’ Montessori preschool program.
For information, call Frieda Williams at 360-651-3245.
Powwow planned for the weekend
The Tulalip Tribes will host the 14th annual Veterans Pow Wow Friday through Sunday at the Tulalip Community Center, 6700 Totem Beach Road.
The master of ceremonies will be Ray Fryberg Sr. and the arena director will be Frank Goes Behind. The host drum is Eagle Warrior, the headwoman dancer is Krisan Gobin Moseley and the headman dancer is Ross Fryberg.
Grand entries are 7 p.m. Friday, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Dinner will be at 5 p.m. Friday. All drums are welcome.
There will be contests for junior and senior princess and junior and senior warrior. Arts and crafts spaces are available at the drug- and alcohol-free event.
For more information on the powwow, call David Fryberg at 360-651-4470.
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