Happy Paws Farm, a no-kill animal shelter south of Arlington, has closed after a dispute with neighbors about noise from barking dogs.
The shelter’s director, Linda Hunter, is trying to raise money to purchase 50 acres to build a new, bigger shelter with more privacy to handle her hard-to-place dogs.
For more information, visit www.saveourdogs.com or call 360-652-5844.
Edmonds
Council to discuss school levy effort
The City Council will meet for a special session Tuesday to discuss endorsing the May 18 Edmonds School District levy.
The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in council chambers at the Public Safety Complex, 250 Fifth Ave. N. The council will discuss a proposed resolution on the four-year educational facilities and technology capital levy.
After that, the council will go into committee meetings. Topics include: planned residential development variances, home occupations, play structures and zoning regulations, police services with Woodway, automated fingerprint identification system with Lynnwood, citizen assistance program and rescue operations at the wastewater treatment plant.
Everett
Library strategic plan meeting
An Everett Public Library committee will hold three public meetings to get input on its 2005-09 strategic plan.
The committee plans to present its proposal to the library board in August. Each meeting will focus on different types of services. Library staff will give an overview of services and ask residents how services should change if the library’s budget were to be cut.
The following public meetings are scheduled:
Port Gardner to elect new leaders
The Port Gardner Neighborhood Association will meet beginning at 6:45 Monday at the Port of Everett, 2911 Bond St.
The association will elect officers, discuss grant-funded projects and talk about having Neighborhood Night at an Everett AquaSox baseball game.
For more information, call association chairman Walter Selden at 425-259-3382.
Wetland work
to start on island
Work begins this week on Smith Island to restore 100 acres of tidal wetlands and improve pedestrian access.
Because of construction, Fourth Street SE will be closed until June 30 and again in October. City workers and the Army Corps of Engineers have teamed up on the project, which will continue until October 2005.
The project will improve salmon-rearing habitat. Workers will build dikes, raise existing dikes, build bridges across Union Slough and replant disturbed areas. The project will extend a pedestrian path to allow for additional public access.
During construction there will be no public access to the area north of Fourth Street SE between the wastewater treatment lagoons and Union Slough. Spencer Island can be reached by the pedestrian trail south of Langus Park.
Island County
County to set new hearing dates
Island County commissioners will discuss rescheduling a public hearing about proposed parking restrictions along Lowell Point Road.
Some have raised concerns about cars parking on the shoulder of the road at the Camano Island Trail.
The proposed hearing dates are June 1 or June 8.
The commissioners will discuss the dates at their meeting at 9:30 a.m. today at the Island County Annex Building, 1 NE Sixth St., Coupeville.
Lake Stevens
Council to act on sewer regulations
The City Council is scheduled to have a final reading amending sewer regulations and a resolution on sewer connection fees tonight.
Other agenda items include a garbage contract extension, approval of contracts for city attorney and city prosecutor, approval of human services funding and agreements, and a contract for installation of aerator exhaust fans.
The council meets at 7 p.m. at 1808 Main St.
Lynnwood
Students prepare to run Safeway
Lynnwood High School students will get hands-on experience running a grocery store for three hours Friday.
One student will even take store manager Bob Schroeder’s spot.
“You work the floor and roll up your sleeves, do scheduling, work with upper management and work on the computer. It takes a wide range of management skills,” said Schroeder, of the Lynnwood Safeway, 19715 Highway 99.
Don Ide, longtime Edmonds School District marketing teacher, said he likes that his 15-20 students will get front-line experience from 9 a.m. to noon, cashing out customers, baking, working on floral arrangements and stocking produce.
Marysville
Officers ready
to be sworn in
Three police K-9 teams will be sworn in at the City Council meeting tonight, including officers John Hendrickson, Stacey Dreyer and Joby Johnson and dogs Radar and Brody.
Other items on the agenda include affirmation of four hearing examiner rezone decisions, bid reviews for the Ebey Slough Waterfront Park, Strawberry Fields Phase II and the effluent transfer pipeline drilling project. There also will be a public hearing on the Grimm Annexation.
The council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1049 State Ave. The meeting will be preceded by an executive session at 6:30 p.m. to discuss potential litigation.
Mill Creek
State board pulls CPA’s license
A state board has revoked the license of a Mill Creek man to act as a certified public accountant after he pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to wire fraud.
Stephen S. Lowber’s plea was in U.S. District Court in Seattle, said the state Board of Accountancy, a state panel charged with overseeing accountants.
The court said Lowber can never again violate the federal Securities Exchange Act and required him to pay a $50,000 penalty. He also is prohibited from working as an officer or director of a public company and can’t practice as a CPA for seven years.
In 2001, the board found that Lowber, then chief financial officer of Cutter &Buck Inc., filed false statements to the SEC.
Monroe
Philosophical group to meet
The second meeting of the philosophical discussion group, the Socrates Cafe, is scheduled for 7 p.m. May 19 at the Monroe Public Library, 1070 Village Way.
The discussion topic will be “What is the purpose of religion?”
The first meeting of the group, which the Monroe Arts Council initiated, drew people from a range of ages. For more information, call 360-794-7877.
Mountlake Terrace
Pool includes plenty of toys
The pool at the Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion includes many toys during rentals.
The leisure pool, lazy river, tubs, mats, basketball hoops, noodles and water walk are available. There also is a new indoor playground with play houses and ball pits for preschoolers.
Room rentals for up to 75 people and gym rentals also are available.
For $2 each, there’s also a recreation swim or fitness class for adults.
Call 425-776-9173 for more information.
Snohomish
State plants tree for poster winner
David Zander, a home-schooled fifth-grader from Snohomish, recently won the 2004 Arbor Day National Poster Contest after winning the state contest.
The award was presented by The National Arbor Day Foundation and sponsored by Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
For David, the state Department of Natural Resources will plant a Zelkova Serrata tree at Morgantown Park at 200 Long St. on May 26.
Stanwood
Learn about quick and healthy meals
Skagit Valley Hospital will present a free class on how to prepare delicious, healthy meals in less than 15 minutes.
The class will be 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Stanwood Senior Center, 7430 276th St. NW.
For more information, call the hospital at 360-428-2424 or 360-629-6481.
Sultan
Evacuation drill planned Thursday
The entire community is asked to participate in an emergency evacuation drill at 9:45 a.m. Thursday.
Participating will be the city, school and fire districts and the police department.
The town’s siren will ring and participants will hike up the trail at Love’s Hill.
Tulalip
Planning panel to meet Wednesday
The Tulalip Tribes Planning Commission will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday at 6319 23rd Ave. NE.
The meeting is open to the public.
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