Our Towns

Arlington

Airport auctions abandoned plane

The city-owned Arlington Municipal Airport has scheduled an abandoned aircraft auction at 2 p.m. Thursday at the airport office, 18204 59th Drive NE.

The auction only includes one plane, a Cessna C-172, which can be viewed at the office 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (except for an hour lunch at noon).

The plane (registration number N8938B) is not airworthy.

Bothell

Open house cycle starts Wednesday

The city invites residents to attend a series of open houses and public hearings in the next year to provide input on neighborhood and subarea planning.

The meetings are part of a major update of the city’s “Imagine Bothell” comprehensive plan, expected to be completed near the end of 2004.

Of the 16 Bothell subareas, the first to be updated is Maywood/Beckstrom Hill. That open house is scheduled from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, and will be followed by a public hearing before the planning commission at 7 p.m.

The open house and public hearing will be at the Bothell Municipal Court building, 10116 NE 183rd St.

Edmonds

Church offers grief support

Westgate Chapel is offering a free, eight-week grief support group beginning Sunday at 6 p.m.

The church is located at 22901 Edmonds Way in Edmonds. For more information, or to reserve a space, call 425-775-2776.

Everett

Neighborhood meetings set

Harborview Seahurst Glenhaven Neighborhood Association meets at 7 tonight at Fire Station No. 4, Glenwood Avenue at Merrill Creek Parkway.

Guest speaker Mark Weeks from the Everett Department of Public Works will discuss Everett’s water supply. For more information call neighborhood representative Louise Uriu at 425-252-7327.

Meanwhile, the Delta Neighborhood Association will not hold a meeting today because of the primary election. The next meeting will be Oct. 21.

The Vallyview-Sylvan Crest-Larimer Ridge Neighborhood Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the South Everett Police Station, 1121 Everett Mall Way.

Guest speaker Wendy McClure, coordinator of the city’s Office of Neighborhoods, will discuss 2004 mini-grants. For more information call Patricia Thomas at 425-290-6932.

A real gem of a meeting tonight

The Everett Rock and Gem Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7 tonight at First United Methodist Church, 3530 Colby Ave.

The meeting will feature a presentation by club president John Peterson, who will demonstrate silversmithing used in the manufacture of handmade jewelry.

Other activities include a silent auction, prize drawings, member displays and refreshments. For more information call Mel Buhr, 425-338-2184.

Lake Stevens

Pancake breakfast for cancer patient

Proceeds from a Norwegian pancake breakfast Saturday will benefit a young Lake Stevens man who is battling cancer.

Tim Jorgensen graduated from Lake Stevens High School and more recently from Central Washington University. He is undergoing treatment following surgery this summer.

The breakfast will be 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 2111 117th Ave. NE. The menu includes all-you-can-eat Norwegian pancakes with strawberries, maple syrup, sliced ham and beverages. Cost is $5. Children 4 and younger are free. Call 425-334-0421 for information.

Lynnwood

Seniors look at Lynnwood history

From the era of the Interurban to the age of the automobile, historian Marie Little will offer up a look at Lynnwood’s history Monday at the Lynnwood Senior Center, 5800 198th St. SW.

The sandwich and chips lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. and the presentation begins at noon. Lunch is $2.

For more information, call 425-744-6464.

Marysville

Decorating class offered by parks

The Marysville Parks and Recreation Department is offering a two-session class on interior decorating Oct. 6 and Oct. 8.

Instructor Lynn Fitzpatrick, from Bruce and Becky’s Interiors, will teach you how to coordinate, analyze, assess, buy within your budget and prioritize your decorating goals.

Classes are 6:45-8:45 p.m. at the Marysville Public Library, 6120 Grove St. Cost is $25. Call the parks department for registration information at 360-651-5085.

Construction

to delay traffic

A construction project will prompt closure of one lane on 152nd Street NE between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. through Nov. 28.

Thomco has been granted permission to close one lane from the west side of the intersection of 152nd Street NE and 51st Avenue NE east to 67th Avenue NE to install a water main. Emergency vehicles will have access at all times.

For information on the project, call Snohomish County Public Works at 425-388-6453.

Mill Creek

Pieces coming

together at park

All masonry work is complete at the concession stand and at the maintenance building at the Mill Creek Sports Park, which is scheduled to open Sept. 28.

Floor joists and light poles were placed late last week, and the skate park is being formed. Steel has been placed and the first concrete poured.

A crushed rock base was placed on the field last week and the porous asphalt paving over the field is scheduled for early this week. The artificial turf is expected to be placed this week.

Mountlake Terrace

Volunteers sought to assess damage

Mountlake Terrace is seeking volunteers to help city officials conduct post-disaster damage assessments.

After a major disaster such as an earthquake, the city would launch a citywide assessment to size up the injury and property damage to help in making emergency response decisions.

While many city employees are trained to carry out damage assessment duties, they may be tied up with other duties and need help.

Mountlake Terrace residents are invited to attend an informative meeting to learn more about city emergency management, damage assessment operations and volunteer damage assessment team training requirements.

The meeting is at the Emergency Services Coordinating Agency office, 23607 Highway 99, Suite 3-C, in Edmonds. For more information, or to register, call 425-776-3722.

Mukilteo

Speedway work ahead of schedule

Road workers are ahead of schedule in the $92.3 million widening project on Mukilteo Speedway.

The state Department of Transportation announced the news Monday.

New street lighting between Chennault Beach Road and Harbour Pointe Boulevard N. have been turned on, and work continues on new signals at Beverly Park-Edmonds Road, Chennault Beach Road and Harbour Pointe Boulevards N. and S.

The project is widening six miles of Mukilteo Speedway to four lanes with new turn lanes, bicycle lanes and sidewalks. Final paving is set for spring.

Silvana

Justin Hebert scholarship dinner

The Silvana Community Association is setting up a Justin Hebert Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor the 20-year-old U.S. Army paratrooper from Silvana who in April became the first soldier from Snohomish County to be killed in the war in Iraq.

The group is having a spaghetti dinner from 1-6 p.m. Sunday at Viking Hall, 1331 Pioneer Highway. The dinner is free, although the association suggests making a donation to the scholarship.

The scholarship will be for a student at Hebert’s alma mater, Arlington High School. Qualifying criteria are still being determined.

For those unable to attend, donations can be sent to the Justin Hebert Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 223, Silvana, WA 98287.