Arlington
Expect detour on I-5 around work
Southbound I-5 near Smokey Point will be closed 11 p.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Thursdaybecause of construction work on the widening of the overpass.
The overpass will narrow to one lane during that time.
The State Patrol will send drivers on a detour up the off ramp and back down the on ramp.
Crews will install new girders on the overpass. The work is weather dependent; rain could delay the closure or postpone it to a different night.
Visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/ projects/sr531smokeypt/ for more information about progress on the project.
Edmonds
Club raises $8,370 for tsunami relief
The Edmonds Daybreakers Rotary Club raised $8,370 in one month to aid tsunami victims in Asia.
The money will be divided equally between the Mercy Corps and the Rotary Center of Thailand.
Mercy Corps is a Northwest organization known for relief efforts worldwide. The money raised in Edmonds will help provide food, cooking supplies, temporary shelters and bedding for families displaced by the tsunami and floods in Southeast Asia.
The Rotary Center of Thailand will use Edmonds’ contribution to build shelters, provide education funds for orphans and replace boats and nets for fishermen.
Everett
Mother’s network meets on Feb. 23
The next meeting of the Mother’s Network, a group to support mothers of developmentally disabled children, is at 7 p.m. Feb. 23 at Alfy’s Pizza, 2317 Broadway in Everett. Call The Arc of Snohomish County for information at 425-258-2459.
Library presents travel lecture
Dave Bruels, who has traveled to China and Tibet for the past 17 years, will present a slide lecture on travel in China at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the main auditorium of the Everett Public Library, 2701 Hoyt Ave.
The lecture, which is free, is sponsored by the library, the city cultural commission and Everett Parks and Recreation.
Hospice seminar set for Feb. 12
Providence Hospice &Home Care of Snohomish County and Providence Hospice of Seattle will sponsor a seminar on care-giving at life’s end 1-4 p.m. Feb. 12. at the transitional care unit auditorium at Northwest Hospital, 1550 N. 115th St., in Seattle.
Topics include coping with change and changing roles, saying what is important to family and friends, talking about important decisions, communicating with health professionals, exploring spiritual and religious concerns and identifying community resources.
To register or for more information, call 206-749-7703 or 425-261-4808.
Island County
Comments sought on city’s plan
Oak Harbor’s Comprehensive Plan Task Force invites the public to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the city’s public works department building, 1500 NW 16th Ave.
City planners have been working with the 15-member task force to figure out how many more people the city’s urban growth area can accommodate based on current zoning.
The city’s population is expected to grow by 10,000 people by 2025, expanding the total population to about 30,500.
The city would like people to help the task force decide whether existing land can handle the estimated growth. If not, the options are to increase density or expand the urban growth area to allow more annexations.
The task force is expected to continue meeting until July or August, then make a recommendation to the city’s planning commission.
County cancels special session
The Island County commissioners canceled a special session that would have met today after the board’s regular meeting. The session was to have been a council of governments session including elected officials from the county, cities and port districts.
Lake Stevens
Council, library board to meet
The City Council and the Lake Stevens Library Board will meet in a joint special meeting at 6 tonight at 1808 Main St.
They will discuss the library’s capital facilities plan and an amendment to the Sno-Isle Regional Library agreement.
The City Council’s regular workshop meeting will begin at 7 p.m. The agenda includes a discussion of stun guns, Rowing Club sites and an amendment to the Everett Animal Shelter agreement.
The meetings are open to the public.
Library group meets tonight
The Lake Stevens Book Group will focus on the book “Middle Passage” by Charles Johnson.
The group meets 7-8:30 tonight at the library, 1804 Main St. All adults are welcome.
Lynnwood
Resident joins Peace Corps
Lynnwood resident Carol Jean Brocker has accepted a two-year assignment with the Peace Corps to serve as an environmental education volunteer in Madagascar.
Brocker will work with residents to promote environmental conservation. Projects will include bee raising, improving farm practices, composting and preserving biodiversity and the rain forest.
Brocker, a mother of two grown children, recently monitored streams and helped restore habitat in protected areas. She has also has worked as an environmental reporter for the Shoreline Community College newspaper.
Marysville
Historical Society meeting today
The public is invited to the Marysville Historical Society’s monthly general membership meeting today.
The group meets 12:30-3 p.m. at the Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St.
There will be a raffle drawing and refreshments.
Mill Creek
Garden club will meet Tuesday
The Mill Creek Garden Club will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Mill Creek Country Club, 15500 Country Club Drive.
Shirley Egerdahl will talk about gardening with native plants.
The club’s annual dues are $20, and the cost for the lunches is $17 for members and $20 for guests. For more information contact Pat McClure at 425-316-8510.
Monroe
Fair manager speaks at chamber
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce will have its membership luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Rock Church, 16891 146th St. SE.
Mark Campbell, the manager of Evergreen State Fair, will talk about future projects and plans at the fairgrounds.
To make reservations, call the chamber of commerce at 360-794-5488.
Mukilteo
Sign-ups for youth soccer start soon
The Mukilteo Family YMCA will accept sign-ups for spring youth soccer from Feb. 14 to March 11.
Spring youth soccer is open to kids in the second through sixth grades.
The Mukilteo Family YMCA is located at 10601 47th Place W. For more information, call the YMCA at 425-353-9622.
Snohomish
City calls for council applicants
The city is accepting applications for a vacant seat on the City Council.
The deadline for applications is Feb. 18. The new member will serve the rest of the Cameron Bailey’s term, which is scheduled to expire at the end of 2005.
City Councilman Cameron Bailey recently resigned from the council.
Bailey, who had served the council for about five years, said he decided to step down because he works for Rep. Kirk Pearson, R-Monroe, in Olympia and he doesn’t think he’ll be able to attend meetings in the city.
Qualifying candidates must have lived in the city for the past year. For more information, call 360-568-3115.
District buys site for $10.5 million
Snohomish School District will purchase a 63.41-acre site on Cathcart Way for $10.5 million, which is $2.5 million more than budgeted under the bond proposal approved by voters in May 2004.
Mitigation fees paid to the district by developers will cover the difference.
School board members authorized Superintendent Bill Mester to enter into the real estate purchase agreement with Snohomish County at their meeting last week. The land will be used for a new elementary school and new high school to open in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
Snohomish County
Transit board names officers
Lake Stevens Mayor Lynn Walty was elected chairman of the Community Transit Board of Directors on Thursday.
Edmonds City Council member Richard Marin was elected vice-chairman and Lynnwood City Council member Lisa Utter was elected secretary.
Community Transit board officers are elected to one-year terms each February.
Stanwood
Sharp increase in police service calls
Police Chief Tom Davis told the City Council on Thursday that the department responded to a sharp increase in the number of calls in 2004 than in the previous three years.
Last year, Stanwood police responded to 9,443 calls, he said. That annual number is much higher than the yearly totals from 2001 to 2003, when they ranged from 7,450 to 7,800 calls.
Davis attributed the increase to new annexations that have brought more homes into city limits.
“The good thing is that most of that increase are service calls, not necessarily criminal complaints that result in court appearances,” Davis said. He said arrests and bookings decreased, “so it shows that we’re doing something right.”
Tulalip
Tribes’ planning board to meet
The Tulalip Tribes Planning Commission will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday at 6319 23rd Ave. NE. The meeting is open to the public.
The commission is working on an update of the Tulalip comprehensive plan.
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