Lions Club funds help fire district
At its March 16 meeting, the Mill Creek Lions Club presented Snohomish County Fire District 7 with a $250 donation that will go toward a new smoke machine for use with the fire district’s Fire Safety House.
The Fire Safety House is used at community events to help citizens practice getting out of the “house” safely during a fire. The smoke machine helps create a real-life scenario.
“Snohomish County Fire District 7 is very thankful for the donation from the Mill Creek Lions Club,” said Public Information Officer Autumn Waite. “Their donation will benefit the community and we appreciate the support.”
The smoke machine will also be used by Fire District 7’s Training Division for the ongoing training of firefighters.
Learn about senior center
Join other seniors for coffee, tea, goodies, and conversation at the Mill Creek Senior Center’s Social and Resource Fair from 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 9 at the Senior Office in McCollum Park at the Snohomish County’s WSU Extension. Come and discover what the Mill Creek Senior Center can do for you and learn about our different activities including fitness, computer and support classes as well as day trips. Preregister by calling the senior office at 425-357-6002.
Transit agency sets record
Community Transit carried a record 11.9 million passengers in 2008, a million more than last year, according to just-released statistics.
That’s an increase of more than 9 percent from 2007, and is the fourth consecutive year of record ridership for the agency.
Snohomish County’s transit provider had strong ridership growth throughout the year, and had two months (July and October) with more than 1 million boardings each.
Eleven of the 12 months in 2008 rank among Community Transit’s 14 highest ridership months ever. Only December fell short and that was because of two weeks of snow and ice storms during which ridership plummeted.
“We have been encouraging people to think transit first, and many certainly did in 2008,” said Joyce Eleanor, Community Transit CEO. “The high gas prices last year probably inspired a lot of people to try the bus, but even as gas prices dropped, we maintained record ridership levels. I think that shows that once people try the bus, they like it and they keep riding.”
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