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Everett: Chamber to rally for campus

The Everett Area Chamber of Commerce is holding a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Everett Golf &Country Club, 1500 52nd St. SE to discuss the effort to bring a University of Washington branch campus to Snohomish County.

Tickets cost $35 for any chambers of commerce or Economic Development Council member. For others, the cost is $50.

The business group function follows a town hall meeting in Everett last week that drew more than 300 people. Four sites in the county remain in contention for a new branch campus. Everett has two sites. Marysville and Lake Stevens have one each.

Everett since January has spent about $100,000 for lobbyists and outside consultants with expertise in higher education, politics and land-use issues.

Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson and city consultant Dick Thompson, a former director of government relations for UW, will join Dr. Lee Huntsman, UW president emeritus, and Deb Merle, higher education adviser for the Governor’s Policy Office, during Wednesday’s talk. A question-and-answer session will follow.

More information, 425-257-3222, ext. 211, or www.everettchamber.com.

Get a free mental health screening

Free and anonymous mental health checkups will be available at Providence Everett Medical Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday as part of National Depression Screening Day. The event will be in the north lobby off 13th Street at the Colby Campus, 1321 Colby Ave. The screenings help people learn the signs and symptoms of depression. As part of the program, mental health professionals will be available to talk about symptoms.

Mukilteo: Book group needs readers

Readers are invited to attend this month’s meeting of the Evening Book Group at the Mukilteo Library.

The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the library, 4675 Harbour Pointe Blvd. This month’s book selection is “The Rug Merchant” by Meg Mullins.

The book can be checked out from Sno-Isle libraries in Brier, Coupeville, Lynnwood, Marysville, Snohomish and Mukilteo.

For more information, call the Mukilteo Library at 425-493-8202.

Public meetings

TodayEverett Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Walter E. Hall Golf Course public meeting room, 1226 SW Casino Road, Everett.

Snohomish County Agricultural Advisory Board, 6 p.m., Administration Building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. Flood fencing and agriculture project.

Snohomish County Parks Advisory Board, 2:30 p.m., Park Department Administration Offices conference room, 9623 32nd St. SE, Everett.

Wednesday

Everett City Council, 8:30 a.m., City Hall chambers, 3002 Wetmore Ave.

Lake Stevens Arts Commission, 6:30 p.m., Annex, 1812 Main St.

Lake Stevens School Board, 7:30 p.m., Educational Service Center, 12309 22nd St. NE.

Snohomish County Council, 9 a.m., eighth floor, County Administration Building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.

Snohomish Design Review Board, 7 p.m., City Hall, 116 Union Ave.

Snohomish Civil Service Commission (as needed), 6 p.m., City Hall, 116 Union Ave.

Snohomish School Board, 7:30 p.m., 1601 Ave. D, Snohomish.

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