Arlington
Police station ceremony set
Arlington Masonic Lodge No. 129 has scheduled a cornerstone ceremony at the city’s new police station and City Council chambers, 110 E. Third St., at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Edmonds
City panel seeks new members
The city of Edmonds is seeking residents to serve on its Historic Preservation Commission.
Applicants will be evaluated on their interest and competence in historic preservation and qualities of impartiality and broad judgment.
The commission encourages preservation of historic places by maintaining a register, reviews proposed changes to register properties and serves as a resource on historic matters.
The deadline to apply is July 29. For more information, call 425-775-2525 or go to www.ci. edmonds.wa.us.
Everett
11 historic homes available for tour
Historic Everett plans self-guided tours of 11 homes from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The featured residences are in the Bayside and Northwest neighborhoods.
Tickets and guidebooks for the tours are available at Grand Avenue Park at Grand Avenue and 16th Street. The cost is $12 for general admission and $10 for Historic Everett members.
Refreshments will be served at the Van Valey House, 2130 Colby Ave.
For more information, go to www.historiceverett.org.
Island County
Learn about road project at meeting
Island County’s Public Works Department has scheduled an open house to answer questions about a road-widening project for Monroe Landing Road between Arnold Road and Penn Cove Road.
The open house will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Monroe Landing Fire Station, 1160 Monroe Landing Road in Oak Harbor.
The project will widen a 1.7-mile section of the road, adding bus pullouts and drainage improvements, and creating more room for pedestrians and bicyclists.
The open house will give property owners a chance to ask about the right-of-way acquisition process and identify any remaining issues.
Farming, flooding will be discussed
The Island County Planning Commission will tackle two difficult issues at its meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Commissioners Hearing Room at the county annex building, 1 NE Sixth St. in Coupeville.
First, the commission will have a public hearing about an update to its definition of frequently flooded areas as it applies to development permits. The update would change the permit process in such areas.
Then the commission will discuss the county’s best management practices for agriculture.
Lake Stevens
Center offers class on first aid, CPR
The Lake Stevens Family Center is offering reduced-cost CPR and first aid training. The one-night class will be from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lake Stevens Assembly of God Church, 9805 31st Place NE.
The cost is $35 and must be paid during registration. For more information, call the family center at 425-397-7433.
Lynnwood
Stickers to help promote safety
While supplies last, the Lynnwood Police Department will supply waterproof labels with a turtle logo to remind drivers to slow down on their neighborhood streets. Participants are asked to attach the labels to their garbage cans.
Stickers are available at the Lynnwood Police Station at 194th Street SW and 44th Ave. W.
For more information, call 425-744-6900.
Marysville
Library offers program for kids
Youngsters 6 and older are invited to have fun with potions, puzzles, coats of arms and crafts during a free program at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Marysville Public Library, 6120 Grove St.
Mill Creek
Comments sought on transportation
The public will get a chance to comment on Mill Creek’s transportation plan for 2006 to 2011 at a City Council meeting at 7:30 p.m.Tuesday at City Hall, 15728 Main St.
For more information, call 425-745-1891.
Monroe
Networking event taking a break
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce will take a break from its “Before Hours” networking breakfast, a monthly event to help local businesses network with others, in July and August. The breakfast will resume Sept. 15.
For more information, call the chamber at 360-794-5488.
Mukilteo
New fee proposed for developers
The hearing will take place at a meeting of the Mukilteo City Council at 7 p.m. July 18 at City Hall, 4480 Chennault Beach Road.
For more information, call 425-355-4141 or go to www.ci. mukilteo.wa.us.
Snohomish
All welcome at summer festival
The Snohomish Chalet will hold its 30th annual free summer festival for people of all ages and abilities, caregivers and families from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 6 at 1705 Terrace Ave.
There will be a petting zoo, clowns, carnival games, model railroads, food, face painting, entertainment by the International Pirates and performances by the Eleanor Leight Fantastics and the Northern Beledi Dancers.
Volunteer helpers, clowns, jugglers and unicyclists are invited. To participate, contact Judy Bruce or Lynn Neff at 360-568-2168 or by e-mail at delta_act@verizon.net.
Stanwood
Tribe gets grant for cleanup effort
A $56,000 grant from the Russell Family Foundation will allow the Stillaguamish Tribe to pay a consultant to clean up abandoned fishing gear such as crab pots and nets in Port Susan near Stanwood and Camano Island.
The derelict fishing gear is a threat to fishermen and scuba divers, who can get tangled in the nets.
If the owners can be identified, the gear will be returned to them, tribal leaders said.
The tribe is also concerned because Dungeness crab get caught and die in abandoned crab pots.
Dungeness crab larvae are a favorite food of juvenile chinook salmon, a threatened species.
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