Arlington
Genealogy society classes offered
The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society is offering beginning classes 10 a.m.-2 p.m. starting Saturday and finishing during the same time Oct. 11 at the society’s library at 135 N. Olympic Ave.
Call the library at 360-435-4838 for more information.
Edmonds
Shelters, gazebo available for rent
The City Park picnic shelters and gazebo are available for rent during summers.
They can be reserved for families and organizations. Cost is $75 for a picnic shelter and $15 for the gazebo. Make reservations early.
For more information, call 425-771-0230.
Everett
Neighborhood meetings coming
Silver Lake Action Committee will hold its monthly neighborhood association meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at Bethany at Silver Lake, 2235 Lake Heights Drive.
Information will be given about Disc Golf planned for Sullivan Park. For more information, call 425-337-4602.
Also, View Ridge-Madison Neighborhood Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Madison Elementary School Library, 616 Pecks Drive.
Police and code officers will report on neighborhood activities.
Discussion about work parties and neighborhood needs will follow. For more information call Ralph Quaas at 425-259-8171.
Lake Stevens
Construction
to slow traffic
Colacurcio Brothers Construction will close one lane of Machias Road between Division Street and 28th Street NE between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. through Oct. 15.
The lane closure will allow the company to complete work on installing a water main.
For information on the project, call the Snohomish County Department of Public Works at 425-388-6453.
Lynnwood
Local man wins national award
Lt. Michael Odle of Lynnwood is the recipient of the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary’s Colonel Robert V. Payton National Public Affairs Officer of the Year award.
Odle is assigned to the South Dakota Wing and accepted his award during the group’s national board and annual conference in Las Vegas.
Odle, as the chief of public affairs, coordinates a staff of 12 and is the primary adviser to the wing commander.
Marysville
School board
debate televised
Beginning today and continuing through Monday, the city’s cable access station (channel 29) will air a pre-recorded political forum showcasing Marysville School Board candidates.
Incumbent Mark Johnson and challenger Carol James squared off in Position 2; incumbent Cary Peterson faced Vicki Gates in Position 3; and incumbent Erik Olson made a statement in the Position 5 race; his opponent, Michael Kundu, was unable to attend.
Lisa Anne Griffith also filed for the Position 3 seat but announced at the meeting she is withdrawing.
The forum, sponsored by the Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce, was taped Friday. It will air four times each day: 4 a.m., noon, 4 p.m. and 11 p.m.
For more information, call TV29 coordinator Doug Buell at 360-651-5021.
More blood
donors needed
The Marysville Fire District is sponsoring a blood drive Wednesday.
Donors can give blood between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Marysville Public Safety Building, 1635 Grove St.
For more information, call 425-657-2347.
Youth basketball registration set
The Parks and Recreation Department is registering participants for the 2003-04 Youth Basketball League through Oct. 25.
The program is for boys and girls in first through 12th grades.
Registration can be completed between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the office at Jennings Memorial Park, 6915 Armar Road. Cost is $66.
For information, call the parks office at 360-651-5085.
Aromatherapy registration opens
The Parks and Recreation Department is working with Vital Nature to offer the class Aromatherapy and the Female Body 7-9 p.m. Oct. 13.
The class will focus on essential oils that can help balance hormones, relieve menstrual pain, ease menopausal symptoms and relieve stress.
Cost is $20, and the class will be at Vital Nature, 1519 Ninth St., Suite 103. Call the parks office for registration information at 360-651-5085.
Mill Creek
Fire levy will be
on Nov. 4 ballot
Voters throughout Fire District 7, which includes the city of Mill Creek, will be able to vote on whether or not to maintain the current property tax levy for the district.
District officials turned in the required paperwork by the Sept. 19 deadline in order to place the levy on the Nov. 4 ballot, Snohomish County election manager Carolyn Diepenbrock said.
Voters will be decide whether or not to keep the levy at $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value, which is the current levy level as well as the maximum amount allowed by state law. The levy funds all fire and emergency medical service throughout the district.
Monroe
Chamber to host candidate forum
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce will host a Monroe City Council candidates forum at 11:45 a.m. Oct. 14 at its regular meeting at New Horizon Church, 18200 Cascade View Drive.
Lunch will be served. Cost is $10 for members and $12 for visitors. For reservations, call the chamber at 360-794-5488 no later than Monday.
Mountlake Terrace
Police seek church vandals
Mountlake Terrace police are asking for the public’s help in finding those responsible for vandalizing a Korean church Friday.
The vandals spray-painted buildings with ethnic slurs, smashed the windows of a church van and defaced a cross.
Members of the Korean Presbyterian Church of Seattle, 23601 52nd Ave. W. in Mountlake Terrace, discovered the damage Friday.
Police Chief Scott Smith urged anyone with information to call police at 425-670-8260.
Mukilteo
Used book sale
to benefit library
The Mukilteo Friends of the Library will be holding a half-off sale of “gently used” books Saturday through Oct. 10. Prices will range from a quarter to a dollar, although a few coffee table books could be priced as high as $8.
Books for children and adults will be offered. Proceeds will be used by Friends of the Library to support the library.
Call 425-493-8202 for more information. The library is located at 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd., Mukilteo.
Snohomish
Catch a Web wave at library
The Snohomish Public Library offers an Internet Surf School at 10 a.m. Thursday and again Oct. 16 at the library, 311 Maple St.
The class is perfect for the casual or novice computer user, and no prior knowledge or experience is required.
It is open to all ages, free of charge, and no registration is required.
Snohomish County
Free gunlocks
are available
Free gunlocks will be available at police departments around the county Saturday through Oct. 7.
As part of Project ChildSafe, more than 330,000 gunlocks will be distributed around the state.
The cable style locks will be available at 9 a.m. at the following locations:
For more information, visit www.projectchildsafe.org.
Zoning decision on farm agenda
The Snohomish County Agricultural Advisory Board will talk about the recent hearings board decision on the MacAngus Ranches rezone near Marysville and other land-use actions affecting farmlands.
The meeting will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday in the public conference room of the County Administration Building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.
County passes state audit
An audit of Snohomish County PUD “did not identify any conditions significant enough to report as findings,” a report released by State Auditor Brian Sonntag says.
The annual audit was for 2002. The audit is done to make sure the PUD complies with state laws and regulations and its own policies and procedures.
Sonntag’s report says the audit focused on specific areas that have potential for abuse and misuse of public resources.
Stanwood
Sign up soon for Preliminary SAT
Stanwood High School will be administering the Preliminary SAT and National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test later this month, and the sign-up period begins next week.
This standardized test gives first-hand experience for taking the SAT, measuring verbal, critical reading, math and writing skills. The tests also give students the opportunity to qualify for national merit scholarships. Running Start students must take the PSAT as sophomores to qualify for national merit consideration.
The three-hour test begins at 7:30 a.m. Oct. 21 at Stanwood High School, 7400 272nd St. NW. Registration for juniors begins Monday, while underclassmen can register starting Oct. 13. Registration closes Oct. 17.
For more information, call 360-629-1330.
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