Arlington
City begins planning for storm water project
With the help of a state grant, Arlington has joined forces with Landau and Associates of Edmonds to start planning for a storm water treatment facility.
The state Department of Ecology had previously awarded a $520,000 grant to the city for the creation of a storm water treatment wetland to be located next to the Stillaguamish River northwest of the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 530. The project is intended to clean up city storm water runoff before it goes into the river.
For $86,000, Landau, an environmental planning firm, will help the city design and prepare for construction of the wetland.
More info: 360-403-3526.
Meetings of family tree group begin Tuesday
The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society and Library is starting a Legacy Family Tree computer program user group.
The group plans to meet from 1 to 3 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the society’s library at 135 N. Olympic Ave. in downtown Arlington. There is no charge for the meetings.
Group leader Mary Buzzell plans to start with a video training series that takes the prospective genealogist from the first step to a finished family history.
For beginning genealogists, the library also is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays.
More info: svgs.wa@verizon.net.
Darrington
Open Air Market continues Saturday
The Darrington Open Air Market continues Saturday. Its motto: “If it ain’t fun, we’re not gonna do it.”
The number of farmers and vendors participating in the market has tripled since its first season last year, said market organizer Martha Rasmussen.
The market is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays throughout the summer on the north side of Highway 530 at the west entrance to town, she said.
“It’s the place to socialize in Darrington this summer,” Rasmussen said.
More info: 360-436-2167.
Seniors group plans rummage sale June 5-7
Darrington Cascade Seniors members have scheduled a plant and rummage sale for June 5-7.
The fundraising sale is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. those days at the Darrington Cascade Senior Center, 1115 Darrington Ave.
More info: E-mail Sue Roberts at cascadesc@verizon.net.
Oak Harbor
Naval station receives its first new Growler
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station has received its first new Growler, an electronic attack plane, and a dedication ceremony is planned.
Navy Capt. Bradley S. Russell, commander of the Electronic Attack Wing, will preside over a ceremony Tuesday afternoon that will include speakers Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter and U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash.
The Growler will replace the Prowler, which has been in service since 1971.
More info: 360-257-2286.
Skagit County
Highway 20 drivers should expect delays
Drivers who take Highway 20 will get a new bridge next week, but in the meantime, construction will cause delays.
Crews have worked throughout the winter to build the bridge over Meadow Creek. It is scheduled to open Sunday. The bridge will be closed from 7:30 p.m. Saturday through noon Sunday to allow crews to complete the project. Drivers should expect to be delayed for at least 15 minutes, and possibly longer. Flaggers will be on site to direct traffic.
The project was designed to replace the bridge with a wider road, but also to replace a culvert beneath the bridge in order to improve fish passage. The work is part of a $34.3 million project to improve the highway between Meadow Creek and the highway’s intersection with Miller Road and Gibralter Road.
More info: 360-757-5970.
Whidbey Island
Rotting log guardrails replaced in state park
New log guardrails along a two-mile stretch through Deception Pass State Park were expected to be installed by this week.
Construction to replace the aging guardrail system began in September after the railing’s original logs were found to be rotting. Some of the stone masonry supports that held the logs were also beginning to crumble, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The original railings, built in the 1930s, could not properly withstand the impact from modern cars, the transportation department said.
The $5.5 million project is planned to be completely finished in June when workers return to paint lane markings on the roadway.
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