Our Towns: North county update

Camano Island

Camano disaster team seeks members

Learn how to assist the American Red Cross during disasters.

The monthly meeting of the Camano Island Disaster Action Team is 7 p.m. Monday at the Madrona Fire Hall, 916 W. Fifth St.

The team, part of the American Red Cross, is looking for Camano Island residents who would like to become members.

More info: Chapter headquarters, 888-216-5727, ext. 22.

Darrington

Spring cleanup day scheduled for Saturday

Darrington’s annual spring cleanup is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Darrington Airport.

A hazardous waste team will collect items such as paint and batteries. For a fee, electronic equipment, refrigerators and freezers can be recycled. Dumpsters for recyclable metals will be available at no charge. A minimum fee of $10 per pickup load will be charged for material that goes into disposal containers. Household trash and commercial waste won’t be accepted. The event is sponsored by the town, the county and Waste Management.

More information: 360-436-1131.

Chicken dinner raises funds for senior center

Darrington Senior Center’s community chicken dinner is 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the center, in the Wolfe-Abbott building on Darrington Avenue.

The meal costs $7.50 for adults and $3.50 for children.

Proceeds benefit senior center programs.

More info: 360-436-0646.

Marysville

New deadline on $750 credit for wood stove

The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency extended to April 30 its offer of up to $750 for Marysville residents who want to replace old wood stoves or fireplace inserts. Wood stoves installed before 1995 are eligible for the program. These stoves emit more particulates that can cause serious health problems for children and people with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The agency’s contribution goes toward the purchase a newer, more environmentally friendly stove or insert.

Marysville is in danger of violating the federal government’s new health-based standards for wood smoke, according to the agency.

More info: 888-859-5799 or e-mail woodstove.replacement@gmail.com.

Stanwood

Council to discuss military-friendly initiative

To help recruit employees from military families, the Stanwood City Council is planning to consider declaring the city a military-family-friendly employer.

The council meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Stanwood-Camano School District Administration Building at 26920 Pioneer Highway.

The city was contacted about the partnership initiative by the Greater Marysville-Tulalip Chamber of Commerce.

The goal of the initiative is to help military spouses and family members attain financial security and achieve employment goals, while corporate and public partners have access to a readily available, diverse and talented pool of candidates.

The resolution is nonbinding and would not change the city’s hiring policies.

Tulalip

Tribes to participate in Earth Day

The Tulalip Tribes will celebrate Earth Day with a showcase of the Qwuloolt Wetlands Restoration. Over the past decade, the tribal government has spent about $10 million to buy the wetlands area, which it says originally belonged to the tribe before the region was settled by pioneers and developed. Tribal ecologists are now working to remove four tide gates and about 3,000 feet of levee, which will ultimately allow water to rush back into the wetlands. The ecologists expect the water to return by 2010.

The project is valued at more than $13 million.

Tribal ecologists plan to showcase the project in a booth from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April 19 at Ebey Waterfront Park, 1404 First St. in Marysville, as part of Snohomish County’s Earth Day celebration.

More info: Chapter headquarters, 425-771-7715.

Kenny Moses Building under renovation

The Kenny Moses Building near the Tulalip Tribes government headquarters on Totem Beach Road in the Tulalip Indian Reservation is currently under renovation. Construction crews are updating the building, which is used for tribal gatherings. The renovation is expected to be finished by April 19.